The chiefs among the people of the Pharaoh said, (discussing the matter among themselves): "This is indeed, (as the Pharaoh says,) a learned, skillful sorcerer
The eminent ones (priests) among the people of Pharaoh said, “Indeed, this is a learned magician”...
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
The chiefs of Pharaoh�s people said: � Verily this indeed is a knowing sorcerer �
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
But then, said those among his people in whose hearts reigned vice and falsehood: "this man is indeed a necromancer skilled in magic, and the works of the Devil are being made manifest in him"