«إِذَا جَاءَ مُوسَى وَأَلْقَى الْعَصَا فَقَدْ بَطَلَ السِّحْرُ وَالسَّاحِرُ»
When Moses came and cast his staff, magic and the magician lost their force.
Although the expression alludes to a particular episode, it may convey the broader principle that truth overcomes deception. It can be used proverbially when decisive evidence exposes a fraud. Such use depends on a fitting analogy, not on claiming that every feature of the historical episode literally recurs.
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Semantic Embellishments II: Gathering, Differentiation, Division, Hyperbole, and Further Devices
«إِذَا جَاءَ مُوسَى وَأَلْقَى الْعَصَا فَقَدْ بَطَلَ السِّحْرُ وَالسَّاحِرُ»
When Moses came and cast his staff, magic and the magician lost their force.
Although the expression alludes to a particular episode, it may convey the broader principle that truth overcomes deception. It can be used proverbially when decisive evidence exposes a fraud. Such use depends on a fitting analogy, not on claiming that every feature of the historical episode literally recurs.