Taha Verse 62

So the magicians disputed the matter among themselves, conversing privately.

Then they disputed the matter among themselves, and kept their talk private.

And they disputed upon their plan between them, and communed secretly

So they discussed their plan among themselves, talking secretly,

Then they wrangled about their affair among themselves, and kept secret their private counsel.

So they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they kept their talk secret.

Thereupon they wrangled among themselves about the matter and conferred in secret.

So they discussed their strategy among themselves and conferred privately,

So they differed with one another in their task, and secretly conferred.

So they disputed their matter among themselves, and kept their confidential talks secret.

(Moses’ warning having influenced some among the sorcerers and the Pharaoh’s men,) they began to debate their affair among themselves, holding a secret counsel.

Upon this they (- Pharaoh and his courtiers) began arguing their affair among themselves, and kept (their) discourse secret.

So they disputed/quarreled their matter/affair between them, and they kept the secret conversation secret.

So they differed with one another in their task, and secretly conferred.

Said Moses to him, "Woe to you! Forge you not against Allah a lie; lest He destroy you by punishment. The forger must ever suffer disappointment (or failure)."

Then they debated with one another what they must do, and they kept their talk secret.

Moses said to them: Woe to you! Forge not a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you by punishment, and he fails indeed who forges (a lie).

So they disputed with one another about their affair and kept the discourse secret.

Then they debated one with another what they must do, and they kept their counsel secret.

They started arguing and whispering to each other

They disputed upon their plan with one another, and spoke in secret

Then they debated one with another what they must do, and they kept their talk secret.

Then they [the magicians] conferred among themselves, whispering to one another.

They disagreed among themselves over their affair, and conferred secretly.

So they disputed their matter among themselves, regarding Moses and his brother, and kept secret their private counsel, that is, their conversation regarding the two,

فَتَنَازَعُوا أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ

"...And surely, he who invents a lie will fail miserably." Then they debated one with another what they must do,

It has been said that this means that they argued among themselves. So one of them said, "This is not the speech of a magician, but it is the speech of a Prophet."

Another said, "No, he is only a magician."

There are other opinions that have been mentioned about what they discussed. And Allah knows best.

Allah's statement,

وَأَسَرُّوا النَّجْوَى



and they kept their talk secret.

means, they held secret counsel among themselves about this matter