Quran Verses about Moses and Pharaoh

نَتۡلُواْ عَلَيۡكَ مِن نَّبَإِ مُوسَىٰ وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ لِقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٣

Natlū ʿalayka min nabaʾi mūsā wa firʿawna bil-ḥaqqi liqawmiy yuʾminūn.

We recite to you from the news of Moses and Pharaoh in truth for a people who believe.

إِنَّ فِرۡعَوۡنَ عَلَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهۡلَهَا شِيَعٗا يَسۡتَضۡعِفُ طَآئِفَةٗ مِّنۡهُمۡ يُذَبِّحُ أَبۡنَآءَهُمۡ وَيَسۡتَحۡيِۦ نِسَآءَهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ ٤

Inna firʿawna ʿalā fil-arḍi wa jaʿala ahlahā shiyaʿay yastaḍʿifu ṭāʾifatam minhum yudhabbiḥu abnāʾahum wa yastaḥyī nisāʾahum, innahū kāna minal-mufsidīn.

Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters.

وَنُرِيدُ أَن نَّمُنَّ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتُضۡعِفُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَنَجۡعَلَهُمۡ أَئِمَّةٗ وَنَجۡعَلَهُمُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ ٥

Wa nurīdu an namunna ʿalal-ladhīnastuḍʿifū fil-arḍi wa najʿalahum aʾimmataw wa najʿalahumul-wārithīn.

And We wanted to confer favor upon those who were oppressed in the land and make them leaders and make them inheritors

وَنُمَكِّنَ لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَنُرِيَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا مِنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَحۡذَرُونَ ٦

Wa numakkina lahum fil-arḍi wa nuriya firʿawna wa hāmāna wa junūdahumā minhum mā kānū yaḥdharūn.

And establish them in the land and show Pharaoh and [his minister] Hāmān and their soldiers through them¹ that which they had feared.

وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَرۡضِعِيهِۖ فَإِذَا خِفۡتِ عَلَيۡهِ فَأَلۡقِيهِ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ وَلَا تَخَافِي وَلَا تَحۡزَنِيٓۖ إِنَّا رَآدُّوهُ إِلَيۡكِ وَجَاعِلُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٧

Wa awḥaynā ilā ummi mūsā an arḍiʿīh, fa idhā khifti ʿalayhi fa alqīhi fil-yammi wa lā takhāfī wa lā taḥzanī, innā rāddūhu ilayki wa jāʿilūhu minal-mursalīn.

And We inspired to the mother of Moses, "Suckle him; but when you fear for him, cast him into the river and do not fear and do not grieve. Indeed, We will return him to you and will make him [one] of the messengers."

فَٱلۡتَقَطَهُۥٓ ءَالُ فِرۡعَوۡنَ لِيَكُونَ لَهُمۡ عَدُوّٗا وَحَزَنًاۗ إِنَّ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا كَانُواْ خَٰطِـِٔينَ ٨

Fal-taqaṭahū ālu firʿawna liyakūna lahum ʿaduwwaw wa ḥazanā, inna firʿawna wa hāmāna wa junūdahumā kānū khāṭiʾīn.

And the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river] so that he would become to them an enemy and a [cause of] grief. Indeed, Pharaoh and Hāmān and their soldiers were deliberate sinners.

وَقَالَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُ فِرۡعَوۡنَ قُرَّتُ عَيۡنٖ لِّي وَلَكَۖ لَا تَقۡتُلُوهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوۡ نَتَّخِذَهُۥ وَلَدٗا وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٩

Wa qālatimraʾatu firʿawna qurratu ʿaynil lī wa lak, lā taqtulūhu ʿasā ay yanfaʿanā aw nattakhidhahū waladaw wa hum lā yashʿurūn.

And the wife of Pharaoh said, "[He will be] a comfort of the eye [i.e., pleasure] for me and for you. Do not kill him; perhaps he may benefit us, or we may adopt him as a son." And they perceived not.¹

وَأَصۡبَحَ فُؤَادُ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰ فَٰرِغًاۖ إِن كَادَتۡ لَتُبۡدِي بِهِۦ لَوۡلَآ أَن رَّبَطۡنَا عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٠

Wa aṣbaḥa fuʾādu ummi mūsā fārighā, in kādat latubdī bihī lawlā ar rabaṭnā ʿalā qalbihā litakūna minal-muʾminīn.

And the heart of Moses' mother became empty [of all else]. She was about to disclose [the matter concerning] him had We not bound fast her heart that she would be of the believers.

وَقَالَتۡ لِأُخۡتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِۖ فَبَصُرَتۡ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٖ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ١١

Wa qālat liʾukhtihī quṣṣīh, fabaṣurat bihī ʿan junubiw wa hum lā yashʿurūn.

And she said to his sister, "Follow him"; so she watched him from a distance while they perceived not.

۞ وَحَرَّمۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡمَرَاضِعَ مِن قَبۡلُ فَقَالَتۡ هَلۡ أَدُلُّكُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِ بَيۡتٖ يَكۡفُلُونَهُۥ لَكُمۡ وَهُمۡ لَهُۥ نَٰصِحُونَ ١٢

Wa ḥarramnā ʿalayhil-marāḍiʿa min qablu faqālat hal adullukum ʿalā ahli baytiy yakfulūnahū lakum wa hum lahū nāṣiḥūn.

And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before,¹ so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his upbringing] sincere?"

فَرَدَدۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّهِۦ كَيۡ تَقَرَّ عَيۡنُهَا وَلَا تَحۡزَنَ وَلِتَعۡلَمَ أَنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّٞ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٣

Faradadnāhu ilā ummihī kay taqarra ʿaynuhā wa lā taḥzana walitaʿlama anna waʿdallāhi ḥaqquw wa lākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn.

So We restored him to his mother that she might be content and not grieve and that she would know that the promise of Allāh is true. But most of them [i.e., the people] do not know.

وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَٱسۡتَوَىٰٓ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ حُكۡمٗا وَعِلۡمٗاۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١٤

Wa lammā balagha ashuddahū wastawā ātaynāhu ḥukmaw wa ʿilmā, wa kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.

And when he attained his full strength and was [mentally] mature, We bestowed upon him judgement and knowledge. And thus do We reward the doers of good.

وَدَخَلَ ٱلۡمَدِينَةَ عَلَىٰ حِينِ غَفۡلَةٖ مِّنۡ أَهۡلِهَا فَوَجَدَ فِيهَا رَجُلَيۡنِ يَقۡتَتِلَانِ هَٰذَا مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ وَهَٰذَا مِنۡ عَدُوِّهِۦۖ فَٱسۡتَغَٰثَهُ ٱلَّذِي مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ عَلَى ٱلَّذِي مِنۡ عَدُوِّهِۦ فَوَكَزَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ فَقَضَىٰ عَلَيۡهِۖ قَالَ هَٰذَا مِنۡ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَدُوّٞ مُّضِلّٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٥

Wa dakhalal-madīnata ʿalā ḥīni ghaflatim min ahlihā fawajada fīhā rajulayni yaqtatilāni hādhā min shīʿatihī wa hādhā min ʿaduwwih, fastaghāthahul-ladhī min shīʿatihī ʿalal-ladhī min ʿaduwwihī fawakazahū mūsā faqaḍā ʿalayh, qāla hādhā min ʿamalish-shayṭān, innahū ʿaduwwum muḍillum mubīn.

And he entered the city at a time of inattention by its people¹ and found therein two men fighting: one from his faction and one from among his enemy. And the one from his faction called for help to him against the one from his enemy, so Moses struck him and [unintentionally] killed him. [Moses] said, "This is from the work of Satan. Indeed, he is a manifest, misleading enemy."

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمۡتُ نَفۡسِي فَٱغۡفِرۡ لِي فَغَفَرَ لَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٦

Qāla rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī faghfir lī faghafara lah, innahū huwal-ghafūrur-raḥīm.

He said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me," and He forgave him. Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيَّ فَلَنۡ أَكُونَ ظَهِيرٗا لِّلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ١٧

Qāla rabbi bimā anʿamta ʿalayya falan akūna ẓahīral lil-mujrimīn.

He said, "My Lord, for the favor You bestowed upon me, I will never be an assistant to the criminals."

فَأَصۡبَحَ فِي ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ خَآئِفٗا يَتَرَقَّبُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِي ٱسۡتَنصَرَهُۥ بِٱلۡأَمۡسِ يَسۡتَصۡرِخُهُۥۚ قَالَ لَهُۥ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّكَ لَغَوِيّٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٨

Fa aṣbaḥa fil-madīnati khāʾifay yataraqqabu fa idhal-ladhistanṣarahū bil-amsi yastaṣrikhuh, qāla lahū mūsā innaka laghawiyyum mubīn.

And he became inside the city fearful and anticipating [exposure], when suddenly the one who sought his help the previous day cried out to him [once again]. Moses said to him, "Indeed, you are an evident, [persistent] deviator."

فَلَمَّآ أَنۡ أَرَادَ أَن يَبۡطِشَ بِٱلَّذِي هُوَ عَدُوّٞ لَّهُمَا قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَتُرِيدُ أَن تَقۡتُلَنِي كَمَا قَتَلۡتَ نَفۡسَۢا بِٱلۡأَمۡسِۖ إِن تُرِيدُ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ جَبَّارٗا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا تُرِيدُ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصۡلِحِينَ ١٩

Falammā an arāda ay yabṭisha bil-ladhī huwa ʿaduwwul lahumā qāla yāmūsā aturīdu an taqtulanī kamā qatalta nafsam bil-ams, in turīdu illā an takūna jabbāran fil-arḍi wa mā turīdu an takūna minal-muṣliḥīn.

And when he wanted to strike the one who was an enemy to both of them, he¹ said, "O Moses, do you intend to kill me as you killed someone yesterday? You only want to be a tyrant in the land and do not want to be of the amenders."

وَجَآءَ رَجُلٞ مِّنۡ أَقۡصَا ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ يَسۡعَىٰ قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ ٱلۡمَلَأَ يَأۡتَمِرُونَ بِكَ لِيَقۡتُلُوكَ فَٱخۡرُجۡ إِنِّي لَكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ ٢٠

Wa jāʾa rajulum min aqṣal-madīnati yasʿā qāla yāmūsā innal-malaʾa yaʾtamirūna bika liyaqtulūka fakhruj innī laka minan-nāṣiḥīn.

And a man came from the farthest end of the city, running. He said, "O Moses, indeed the eminent ones are conferring over you [intending] to kill you, so leave [the city]; indeed, I am to you of the sincere advisors."

فَخَرَجَ مِنۡهَا خَآئِفٗا يَتَرَقَّبُۖ قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّنِي مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢١

Fakharaja minhā khāʾifay yataraqqab, qāla rabbi najjinī minal-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.

So he left it, fearful and anticipating [apprehension]. He said, "My Lord, save me from the wrongdoing people."

وَلَمَّا تَوَجَّهَ تِلۡقَآءَ مَدۡيَنَ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبِّيٓ أَن يَهۡدِيَنِي سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ٢٢

Wa lammā tawajjaha tilqāʾa madyana qāla ʿasā rabbī ay yahdiyanī sawāʾas-sabīl.

And when he directed himself toward Madyan, he said, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to the sound way."

وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَآءَ مَدۡيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيۡهِ أُمَّةٗ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ ٱمۡرَأَتَيۡنِ تَذُودَانِۖ قَالَ مَا خَطۡبُكُمَاۖ قَالَتَا لَا نَسۡقِي حَتَّىٰ يُصۡدِرَ ٱلرِّعَآءُۖ وَأَبُونَا شَيۡخٞ كَبِيرٞ ٢٣

Wa lammā warada māʾa madyana wajada ʿalayhi ummatam minan-nāsi yasqūna wa wajada min dūnihimumraʾatayni tadhūdān, qāla mā khaṭbukumā, qālatā lā nasqī ḥattā yuṣdirar-riʿāʾ, wa abūnā shaykhun kabīr.

And when he came to the water [i.e., well] of Madyan, he found there a crowd of people watering [their flocks], and he found aside from them two women holding back [their flocks]. He said, "What is your circumstance?" They said, "We do not water until the shepherds dispatch [their flocks]; and our father is an old man."

فَسَقَىٰ لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلَّىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَآ أَنزَلۡتَ إِلَيَّ مِنۡ خَيۡرٖ فَقِيرٞ ٢٤

Fasaqā lahumā thumma tawallā ilaẓ-ẓilli faqāla rabbi innī limā anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqīr.

So he watered [their flocks] for them; then he went back to the shade and said, "My Lord, indeed I am, for whatever good You would send down to me, in need."

فَجَآءَتۡهُ إِحۡدَىٰهُمَا تَمۡشِي عَلَى ٱسۡتِحۡيَآءٖ قَالَتۡ إِنَّ أَبِي يَدۡعُوكَ لِيَجۡزِيَكَ أَجۡرَ مَا سَقَيۡتَ لَنَاۚ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُۥ وَقَصَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقَصَصَ قَالَ لَا تَخَفۡۖ نَجَوۡتَ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢٥

Fajāʾathu iḥdāhumā tamshī ʿalastiḥyāʾin qālat inna abī yadʿūka liyajziyaka ajra mā saqayta lanā, falammā jāʾahū wa qaṣṣa ʿalayhil-qaṣaṣa qāla lā takhaf, najawta minal-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.

Then one of the two women came to him walking with shyness. She said, "Indeed, my father invites you that he may reward you for having watered for us." So when he came to him¹ and related to him the story, he said, "Fear not. You have escaped from the wrongdoing people."

قَالَتۡ إِحۡدَىٰهُمَا يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱسۡتَـٔۡجِرۡهُۖ إِنَّ خَيۡرَ مَنِ ٱسۡتَـٔۡجَرۡتَ ٱلۡقَوِيُّ ٱلۡأَمِينُ ٢٦

Qālat iḥdāhumā yāʾabatistaʾjirh, inna khayra manistaʾjartal-qawiyyul-amīn.

One of the women said, "O my father, hire him. Indeed, the best one you can hire is the strong and the trustworthy."

قَالَ إِنِّيٓ أُرِيدُ أَنۡ أُنكِحَكَ إِحۡدَى ٱبۡنَتَيَّ هَٰتَيۡنِ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَأۡجُرَنِي ثَمَٰنِيَ حِجَجٖۖ فَإِنۡ أَتۡمَمۡتَ عَشۡرٗا فَمِنۡ عِندِكَۖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنۡ أَشُقَّ عَلَيۡكَۚ سَتَجِدُنِيٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٢٧

Qāla innī urīdu an unkiḥaka iḥdabnatayya hātayni ʿalā an taʾjuranī thamāniya ḥijaj, fa in atmamta ʿashran famin ʿindik, wa mā urīdu an ashuqqa ʿalayk, satajidunī in shāʾallāhu minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

He said, "Indeed, I wish to wed you one of these, my two daughters, on [the condition] that you serve me for eight years; but if you complete ten, it will be [as a favor] from you. And I do not wish to put you in difficulty. You will find me, if Allāh wills, from among the righteous."

قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَكَۖ أَيَّمَا ٱلۡأَجَلَيۡنِ قَضَيۡتُ فَلَا عُدۡوَٰنَ عَلَيَّۖ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٞ ٢٨

Qāla dhālika baynī wa baynak, ayyamal-ajalayni qaḍaytu falā ʿudwāna ʿalayy, wallāhu ʿalā mā naqūlu wakīl.

[Moses] said, "That is [established] between me and you. Whichever of the two terms I complete - there is no injustice to me, and Allāh, over what we say, is Witness."

وَهَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ٩

Wa hal atāka ḥadīthu mūsā.

And has the story of Moses reached you? -

إِذۡ رَءَا نَارٗا فَقَالَ لِأَهۡلِهِ ٱمۡكُثُوٓاْ إِنِّيٓ ءَانَسۡتُ نَارٗا لَّعَلِّيٓ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنۡهَا بِقَبَسٍ أَوۡ أَجِدُ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ هُدٗى ١٠

Idh raʾā nāran faqāla liʾahlihimkuthū innī ānastu nāral laʿallī ātīkum minhā biqabasin aw ajidu ʿalan-nāri hudā.

When he saw a fire and said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire; perhaps I can bring you a torch or find at the fire some guidance."

فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِيَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ ١١

Falammā atāhā nūdiya yāmūsā.

And when he came to it, he was called, "O Moses,

إِنِّيٓ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكَ فَٱخۡلَعۡ نَعۡلَيۡكَ إِنَّكَ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوٗى ١٢

Innī ana rabbuka fakhlaʿ naʿlayka innaka bil-wādil-muqaddasi ṭuwā.

Indeed, I am your Lord, so remove your sandals. Indeed, you are in the blessed valley of Ṭuwā.

وَأَنَا ٱخۡتَرۡتُكَ فَٱسۡتَمِعۡ لِمَا يُوحَىٰٓ ١٣

Wa anakhtartuka fastamiʿ limā yūḥā.

And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed [to you].

إِنَّنِيٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعۡبُدۡنِي وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِذِكۡرِيٓ ١٤

Innanī anallāhu lā ilāha illā ana faʿbudnī wa aqimiṣ-ṣalāta lidhikrī.

Indeed, I am Allāh. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.

إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخۡفِيهَا لِتُجۡزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا تَسۡعَىٰ ١٥

Innas-sāʿata ātiyatun akādu ukhfīhā litujzā kullu nafsim bimā tasʿā.

Indeed, the Hour is coming - I almost conceal it¹ - so that every soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives.

فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنۡهَا مَن لَّا يُؤۡمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَتَرۡدَىٰ ١٦

Falā yaṣuddannaka ʿanhā mal lā yuʾminu bihā wattabaʿa hawāhu fatardā.

So do not let one avert you from it¹ who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish.

وَمَا تِلۡكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ ١٧

Wa mā tilka biyamīnika yāmūsā.

And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?"

قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّؤُاْ عَلَيۡهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخۡرَىٰ ١٨

Qāla hiya ʿaṣāya atawakkaʾu ʿalayhā wa ahushshu bihā ʿalā ghanamī waliya fīhā maʾāribu ukhrā.

He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."

قَالَ أَلۡقِهَا يَٰمُوسَىٰ ١٩

Qāla alqihā yāmūsā.

[Allāh] said, "Throw it down, O Moses."

فَأَلۡقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٞ تَسۡعَىٰ ٢٠

Fa alqāhā fa idhā hiya ḥayyatun tasʿā.

So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.

قَالَ خُذۡهَا وَلَا تَخَفۡۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٢١

Qāla khudhhā wa lā takhaf, sanuʿīduhā sīratahal-ūlā.

[Allāh] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition.

وَٱضۡمُمۡ يَدَكَ إِلَىٰ جَنَاحِكَ تَخۡرُجۡ بَيۡضَآءَ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ سُوٓءٍ ءَايَةً أُخۡرَىٰ ٢٢

Waḍmum yadaka ilā janāḥika takhruj bayḍāʾa min ghayri sūʾin āyatan ukhrā.

And draw in your hand to your side; it will come out white without disease - another sign,

لِنُرِيَكَ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا ٱلۡكُبۡرَى ٢٣

Linuriyaka min āyātinal-kubrā.

That We may show you [some] of Our greater signs.

ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ٢٤

Idhhab ilā firʿawna innahū ṭaghā.

Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed [i.e., tyrannized]."

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشۡرَحۡ لِي صَدۡرِي ٢٥

Qāla rabbishraḥ lī ṣadrī.

[Moses] said, "My Lord, expand [i.e., relax] for me my breast [with assurance]

وَيَسِّرۡ لِيٓ أَمۡرِي ٢٦

Wa yassir lī amrī.

And ease for me my task

وَٱحۡلُلۡ عُقۡدَةٗ مِّن لِّسَانِي ٢٧

Waḥlul ʿuqdatam mil lisānī.

And untie the knot from my tongue

يَفۡقَهُواْ قَوۡلِي ٢٨

Yafqahū qawlī.

That they may understand my speech.

وَٱجۡعَل لِّي وَزِيرٗا مِّنۡ أَهۡلِي ٢٩

Wajʿal lī wazīram min ahlī.

And appoint for me a minister [i.e., assistant] from my family -

هَٰرُونَ أَخِي ٣٠

Hārūna akhī.

Aaron, my brother.

ٱشۡدُدۡ بِهِۦٓ أَزۡرِي ٣١

Ushdud bihī azrī.

Increase through him my strength

وَأَشۡرِكۡهُ فِيٓ أَمۡرِي ٣٢

Wa ashrikhu fī amrī.

And let him share my task

كَيۡ نُسَبِّحَكَ كَثِيرٗا ٣٣

Kay nusabbiḥaka kathīrā.

That we may exalt You much

وَنَذۡكُرَكَ كَثِيرًا ٣٤

Wa nadhkuraka kathīrā.

And remember You much.

إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرٗا ٣٥

Innaka kunta binā baṣīrā.

Indeed, You are of us ever Seeing."

قَالَ قَدۡ أُوتِيتَ سُؤۡلَكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ ٣٦

Qāla qad ūtīta suʾlaka yāmūsā.

[Allāh] said, "You have been granted your request, O Moses.

ٱذۡهَبۡ أَنتَ وَأَخُوكَ بِـَٔايَٰتِي وَلَا تَنِيَا فِي ذِكۡرِي ٤٢

Idhhab anta wa akhūka biʾāyātī wa lā taniyā fī dhikrī.

Go, you and your brother, with My signs and do not slacken in My remembrance.

ٱذۡهَبَآ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ٤٣

Idhhabā ilā firʿawna innahū ṭaghā.

Go, both of you, to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُولَا لَهُۥ قَوۡلٗا لَّيِّنٗا لَّعَلَّهُۥ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوۡ يَخۡشَىٰ ٤٤

Faqūlā lahū qawlal layyinal laʿallahū yatadhakkaru aw yakhshā.

And speak to him with gentle speech that perhaps he may be reminded or fear [Allāh]."

قَالَا رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَا نَخَافُ أَن يَفۡرُطَ عَلَيۡنَآ أَوۡ أَن يَطۡغَىٰ ٤٥

Qālā rabbanā innanā nakhāfu ay yafruṭa ʿalaynā aw ay yaṭghā.

They said, "Our Lord, indeed we are afraid that he will hasten [punishment] against us or that he will transgress."

قَالَ لَا تَخَافَآۖ إِنَّنِي مَعَكُمَآ أَسۡمَعُ وَأَرَىٰ ٤٦

Qāla lā takhāfā, innanī maʿakumā asmaʿu wa arā.

[Allāh] said, "Fear not. Indeed, I am with you both; I hear and I see.

فَأۡتِيَاهُ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولَا رَبِّكَ فَأَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَا تُعَذِّبۡهُمۡۖ قَدۡ جِئۡنَٰكَ بِـَٔايَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّكَۖ وَٱلسَّلَٰمُ عَلَىٰ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ ٤٧

Faʾtiyāhu faqūlā innā rasūlā rabbika fa arsil maʿanā banī isrāʾīla wa lā tuʿadhdhibhum, qad jiʾnāka biʾāyatim mir rabbik, was-salāmu ʿalā manittabaʿal-hudā.

So go to him and say, 'Indeed, we are messengers of your Lord, so send with us the Children of Israel and do not torment them. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord. And peace¹ will be upon he who follows the guidance.

إِنَّا قَدۡ أُوحِيَ إِلَيۡنَآ أَنَّ ٱلۡعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ٤٨

Innā qad ūḥiya ilaynā annal-ʿadhāba ʿalā man kadhdhaba wa tawallā.

Indeed, it has been revealed to us that the punishment will be upon whoever denies and turns away.'"

قَالَ فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا يَٰمُوسَىٰ ٤٩

Qāla famar rabbukumā yāmūsā.

[Pharaoh] said, "So who is the Lord of you two, O Moses?"

قَالَ رَبُّنَا ٱلَّذِيٓ أَعۡطَىٰ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلۡقَهُۥ ثُمَّ هَدَىٰ ٥٠

Qāla rabbunal-ladhī aʿṭā kulla shayʾin khalqahū thumma hadā.

He said, "Our Lord is He who gave each thing its form and then guided [it]."

قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلۡقُرُونِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٥١

Qāla famā bālul-qurūnil-ūlā.

[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"

قَالَ عِلۡمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّي فِي كِتَٰبٖۖ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّي وَلَا يَنسَى ٥٢

Qāla ʿilmuhā ʿinda rabbī fī kitāb, lā yaḍillu rabbī wa lā yansā.

[Moses] said, "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a record. My Lord neither errs nor forgets."

ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَهۡدٗا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمۡ فِيهَا سُبُلٗا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزۡوَٰجٗا مِّن نَّبَاتٖ شَتَّىٰ ٥٣

Al-ladhī jaʿala lakumul-arḍa mahdaw wa salaka lakum fīhā subulaw wa anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fa akhrajnā bihī azwājam min nabātin shattā.

[It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.

كُلُواْ وَٱرۡعَوۡاْ أَنۡعَٰمَكُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّأُوْلِي ٱلنُّهَىٰ ٥٤

Kulū warʿaw anʿāmakum, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liʾulin-nuhā.

Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.

۞ مِنۡهَا خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمۡ وَمِنۡهَا نُخۡرِجُكُمۡ تَارَةً أُخۡرَىٰ ٥٥

Minhā khalaqnākum wa fīhā nuʿīdukum wa minhā nukhrijukum tāratan ukhrā.

From it [i.e., the earth] We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.

وَلَقَدۡ أَرَيۡنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّبَ وَأَبَىٰ ٥٦

Wa laqad araynāhu āyātinā kullahā fakadhdhaba wa abā.

And We certainly showed him [i.e., Pharaoh] Our signs - all of them - but he denied and refused.

هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ١٥

Hal atāka ḥadīthu mūsā.

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ١٦

Idh nādāhu rabbuhū bil-wādil-muqaddasi ṭuwā.

When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,

ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ١٧

Idhhab ilā firʿawna innahū ṭaghā.

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٨

Faqul hal laka ilā an tazakkā.

And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ ١٩

Wa ahdiyaka ilā rabbika fatakhshā.

And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٢٠

Fa arāhul-āyatal-kubrā.

And he showed him the greatest sign,¹

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ٢١

Fakadhdhaba wa ʿaṣā.

But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٢٢

Thumma adbara yasʿā.

Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].¹

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ٢٣

Faḥashara fanādā.

And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٢٤

Faqāla ana rabbukumul-aʿlā.

And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ٢٥

Fa akhadhahullāhu nakālal-ākhirati wal-ūlā.

So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].¹.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ ٢٦

Inna fī dhālika laʿibratal limay yakhshā.

Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].

ثُمَّ بَعَثۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِيْهِۦ فَظَلَمُواْ بِهَاۖ فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ ١٠٣

Thumma baʿathnā mim baʿdihim mūsā biʾāyātinā ilā firʿawna wa malaʾihī faẓalamū bihā, fanẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-mufsidīn.

Then We sent after them Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were unjust toward them.¹ So see how was the end of the corrupters.

وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ يَٰفِرۡعَوۡنُ إِنِّي رَسُولٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٠٤

Wa qāla mūsā yāfirʿawnu innī rasūlum mir rabbil-ʿālamīn.

And Moses said, "O Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds

حَقِيقٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن لَّآ أَقُولَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلۡحَقَّۚ قَدۡ جِئۡتُكُم بِبَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ فَأَرۡسِلۡ مَعِيَ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٠٥

Ḥaqīqun ʿalā al lā aqūla ʿalallāhi illal-ḥaqq, qad jiʾtukum bibayyinatim mir rabbikum fa arsil maʿiya banī isrāʾīl.

[Who is] obligated not to say about Allāh except the truth. I have come to you with clear evidence from your Lord, so send with me the Children of Israel."¹

قَالَ إِن كُنتَ جِئۡتَ بِـَٔايَةٖ فَأۡتِ بِهَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ١٠٦

Qāla in kunta jiʾta biʾāyatin faʾti bihā in kunta minaṣ-ṣādiqīn.

[Pharaoh] said, "If you have come with a sign, then bring it forth, if you should be of the truthful."

فَأَلۡقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعۡبَانٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٠٧

Fa alqā ʿaṣāhu fa idhā hiya thuʿbānum mubīn.

So he [i.e., Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent, manifest.¹

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيۡضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ ١٠٨

Wa nazaʿa yadahū fa idhā hiya bayḍāʾu lin-nāẓirīn.

And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white [with radiance] for the observers.

قَالُواْ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلۡقِيَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنۡ أَلۡقَىٰ ٦٥

Qālū yāmūsā immā an tulqiya wa immā an nakūna awwala man alqā.

They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."

قَالَ بَلۡ أَلۡقُواْۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمۡ وَعِصِيُّهُمۡ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيۡهِ مِن سِحۡرِهِمۡ أَنَّهَا تَسۡعَىٰ ٦٦

Qāla bal alqū, fa idhā ḥibāluhum wa ʿiṣiyyuhum yukhayyalu ilayhi min siḥrihim annahā tasʿā.

He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].

فَأَوۡجَسَ فِي نَفۡسِهِۦ خِيفَةٗ مُّوسَىٰ ٦٧

Fa awjasa fī nafsihī khīfatam mūsā.

And he sensed within himself apprehension, did Moses.

قُلۡنَا لَا تَخَفۡ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٦٨

Qulnā lā takhaf innaka antal-aʿlā.

We [i.e., Allāh] said, "Fear not. Indeed, it is you who are superior.

وَأَلۡقِ مَا فِي يَمِينِكَ تَلۡقَفۡ مَا صَنَعُوٓاْۖ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُواْ كَيۡدُ سَٰحِرٖۖ وَلَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلسَّاحِرُ حَيۡثُ أَتَىٰ ٦٩

Wa alqi mā fī yamīnika talqaf mā ṣanaʿū, innamā ṣanaʿū kaydu sāḥir, wa lā yufliḥus-sāḥiru ḥaythu atā.

And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is."

فَأُلۡقِيَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدٗا قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ هَٰرُونَ وَمُوسَىٰ ٧٠

Fa ulqiyas-saḥaratu sujjadan qālū āmannā birabbi hārūna wa mūsā.

So the magicians fell down in prostration.¹ They said, "We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ قَبۡلَ أَنۡ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحۡرَۖ فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيۡدِيَكُمۡ وَأَرۡجُلَكُم مِّنۡ خِلَٰفٖ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ فِي جُذُوعِ ٱلنَّخۡلِ وَلَتَعۡلَمُنَّ أَيُّنَآ أَشَدُّ عَذَابٗا وَأَبۡقَىٰ ٧١

Qāla āmantum lahū qabla an ādhana lakum, innahū lakabīrukumul-ladhī ʿallamakumus-siḥr, falaʾuqaṭṭiʿanna aydiyakum wa arjulakum min khilāfiw wa laʾuṣallibannakum fī judhūʿin-nakhli wa lataʿlamunna ayyunā ashaddu ʿadhābaw wa abqā.

[Pharaoh] said, "You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic. So I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and you will surely know which of us is more severe in [giving] punishment and more enduring."

قَالُواْ لَن نُّؤۡثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ وَٱلَّذِي فَطَرَنَاۖ فَٱقۡضِ مَآ أَنتَ قَاضٍۖ إِنَّمَا تَقۡضِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَآ ٧٢

Qālū lan nuʾthiraka ʿalā mā jāʾanā minal-bayyināti wal-ladhī faṭaranā, faqḍi mā anta qāḍ, innamā taqḍī hādhihil-ḥayātad-dunyā.

They said, "Never will we prefer you over what has come to us of clear proofs and [over] He who created us.¹ So decree whatever you are to decree. You can only decree for this worldly life.

إِنَّآ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّنَا لِيَغۡفِرَ لَنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَا وَمَآ أَكۡرَهۡتَنَا عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلسِّحۡرِۗ وَٱللَّهُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ ٧٣

Innā āmannā birabbinā liyaghfira lanā khaṭāyānā wa mā akrahtanā ʿalayhi minas-siḥr, wallāhu khayruw wa abqā.

Indeed, we have believed in our Lord that He may forgive us our sins and what you compelled us [to do] of magic. And Allāh is better and more enduring."¹

وَلَقَدۡ أَخَذۡنَآ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِٱلسِّنِينَ وَنَقۡصٖ مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَذَّكَّرُونَ ١٣٠

Wa laqad akhadhnā āla firʿawna bis-sinīna wa naqṣim minath-thamarāti laʿallahum yadhdhakkarūn.

And We certainly seized¹ the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتۡهُمُ ٱلۡحَسَنَةُ قَالُواْ لَنَا هَٰذِهِۦۖ وَإِن تُصِبۡهُمۡ سَيِّئَةٞ يَطَّيَّرُواْ بِمُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓۗ أَلَآ إِنَّمَا طَٰٓئِرُهُمۡ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٣١

Fa idhā jāʾathumul-ḥasanatu qālū lanā hādhih, wa in tuṣibhum sayyiʾatuy yaṭṭayyarū bimūsā wa mam maʿah, alā innamā ṭāʾiruhum ʿindallāhi wa lākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn.

But when good [i.e., provision] came to them, they said, "This is ours [by right]." And if a bad [condition] struck them, they saw an evil omen in Moses and those with him. Unquestionably, their fortune is with Allāh, but most of them do not know.

وَقَالُواْ مَهۡمَا تَأۡتِنَا بِهِۦ مِنۡ ءَايَةٖ لِّتَسۡحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحۡنُ لَكَ بِمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٣٢

Wa qālū mahmā taʾtinā bihī min āyatil litasḥaranā bihā famā naḥnu laka bimuʾminīn.

And they said, "No matter what sign you bring us with which to bewitch us, we will not be believers in you."

فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلۡجَرَادَ وَٱلۡقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ ءَايَٰتٖ مُّفَصَّلَٰتٖ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ وَكَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا مُّجۡرِمِينَ ١٣٣

Fa arsalnā ʿalayhimuṭ-ṭūfāna wal-jarāda wal-qummala waḍ-ḍafādiʿa wad-dama āyātim mufaṣṣalātin fastakbarū wa kānū qawmam mujrimīn.

So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.

وَلَمَّا وَقَعَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلرِّجۡزُ قَالُواْ يَٰمُوسَى ٱدۡعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَۖ لَئِن كَشَفۡتَ عَنَّا ٱلرِّجۡزَ لَنُؤۡمِنَنَّ لَكَ وَلَنُرۡسِلَنَّ مَعَكَ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ١٣٤

Wa lammā waqaʿa ʿalayhimur-rijzu qālū yāmūsadʿu lanā rabbaka bimā ʿahida ʿindak, laʾin kashafta ʿannar-rijza lanuʾminanna laka wa lanursilanna maʿaka banī isrāʾīl.

And when the punishment descended upon them, they said, "O Moses, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. If you [can] remove the punishment from us, we will surely believe you, and we will send with you the Children of Israel."

فَلَمَّا كَشَفۡنَا عَنۡهُمُ ٱلرِّجۡزَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ هُم بَٰلِغُوهُ إِذَا هُمۡ يَنكُثُونَ ١٣٥

Falammā kashafnā ʿanhumur-rijza ilā ajalin hum bālighūhu idhā hum yankuthūn.

But when We removed the punishment from them until a term which they were to reach,¹ then at once they broke their word.

وَقَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ ذَرُونِيٓ أَقۡتُلۡ مُوسَىٰ وَلۡيَدۡعُ رَبَّهُۥٓۖ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُمۡ أَوۡ أَن يُظۡهِرَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلۡفَسَادَ ٢٦

Wa qāla firʿawnu dharūnī aqtul mūsā walyadʿu rabbah, innī akhāfu ay yubaddila dīnakum aw ay yuẓhira fil-arḍil-fasād.

And Pharaoh said, "Let me kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord. Indeed, I fear that he will change your religion or that he will cause corruption¹ in the land."

وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّي عُذۡتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُم مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٖ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ٢٧

Wa qāla mūsā innī ʿudhtu birabbī wa rabbikum min kulli mutakabbiril lā yuʾminu biyawmil-ḥisāb.

But Moses said, "Indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every arrogant one who does not believe in the Day of Account."

وَقَالَ رَجُلٞ مُّؤۡمِنٞ مِّنۡ ءَالِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ يَكۡتُمُ إِيمَٰنَهُۥٓ أَتَقۡتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَن يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ ٱللَّهُ وَقَدۡ جَآءَكُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ مِن رَّبِّكُمۡۖ وَإِن يَكُ كَٰذِبٗا فَعَلَيۡهِ كَذِبُهُۥۖ وَإِن يَكُ صَادِقٗا يُصِبۡكُم بَعۡضُ ٱلَّذِي يَعِدُكُمۡۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي مَنۡ هُوَ مُسۡرِفٞ كَذَّابٞ ٢٨

Wa qāla rajulum muʾminum min āli firʿawna yaktumu īmānahū ataqtulūna rajulan ay yaqūla rabbiyallāhu wa qad jāʾakum bil-bayyināti mir rabbikum, wa iy yaku kādhiban faʿalayhi kadhibuh, wa iy yaku ṣādiqay yuṣibkum baʿḍul-ladhī yaʿidukum, innallāha lā yahdī man huwa musrifun kadhdhāb.

And a believing man from the family of Pharaoh who concealed his faith said, "Do you kill a man [merely] because he says, 'My Lord is Allāh' while he has brought you clear proofs from your Lord? And if he should be lying, then upon him is [the consequence of] his lie; but if he should be truthful, there will strike you some of what he promises you. Indeed, Allāh does not guide one who is a transgressor and a liar.

يَٰقَوۡمِ لَكُمُ ٱلۡمُلۡكُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ ظَٰهِرِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَمَن يَنصُرُنَا مِنۢ بَأۡسِ ٱللَّهِ إِن جَآءَنَاۚ قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ مَآ أُرِيكُمۡ إِلَّا مَآ أَرَىٰ وَمَآ أَهۡدِيكُمۡ إِلَّا سَبِيلَ ٱلرَّشَادِ ٢٩

Yāqawmi lakumul-mulkul-yawma ẓāhirīna fil-arḍi famay yanṣurunā mim baʾsillāhi in jāʾanā, qāla firʿawnu mā urīkum illā mā arā wa mā ahdīkum illā sabīlar-rashād.

O my people, sovereignty is yours today, [your being] dominant in the land. But who would protect us from the punishment of Allāh if it came to us?" Pharaoh said, "I do not show you except what I see, and I do not guide you except to the way of right conduct."

فَوَقَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِ مَا مَكَرُواْۖ وَحَاقَ بِـَٔالِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ سُوٓءُ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٤٥

Fawaqāhullāhu sayyiʾāti mā makarū, wa ḥāqa biʾāli firʿawna sūʾul-ʿadhāb.

So Allāh protected him from the evils they plotted, and the people of Pharaoh were enveloped by the worst of punishment -

ٱلنَّارُ يُعۡرَضُونَ عَلَيۡهَا غُدُوّٗا وَعَشِيّٗاۚ وَيَوۡمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡخِلُوٓاْ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ أَشَدَّ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٤٦

An-nāru yuʿraḍūna ʿalayhā ghuduwwaw wa ʿashiyyā, wa yawma taqūmus-sāʿatu adkhilū āla firʿawna ashaddal-ʿadhāb.

The Fire; they are exposed to it morning and evening.¹ And the Day the Hour appears [it will be said], "Make the people of Pharaoh enter the severest punishment."

وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلٗا لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱمۡرَأَتَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِذۡ قَالَتۡ رَبِّ ٱبۡنِ لِي عِندَكَ بَيۡتٗا فِي ٱلۡجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِي مِن فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَعَمَلِهِۦ وَنَجِّنِي مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١١

Wa ḍaraballāhu mathalal lil-ladhīna āmanumraʾata firʿawna idh qālat rabbibni lī ʿindaka baytan fil-jannati wa najjinī min firʿawna wa ʿamalihī wa najjinī minal-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.

And Allāh presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, "My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from the wrongdoing people."

۞ وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِيٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ٥٢

Wa awḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri biʿibādī innakum muttabaʿūn.

And We inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued."

فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ٥٣

Fa arsala firʿawnu fil-madāʾini ḥāshirīn.

Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers¹

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةٞ قَلِيلُونَ ٥٤

Inna hāʾulāʾi lashirdhimatun qalīlūn.

[And said], "Indeed, those are but a small band,

وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ ٥٥

Wa innahum lanā laghāʾiẓūn.

And indeed, they are enraging us,

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ ٥٦

Wa innā lajamīʿun ḥādhirūn.

And indeed, we are a cautious society..."

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ٥٧

Fa akhrajnāhum min jannātiw wa ʿuyūn.

So We removed them from gardens and springs

وَكُنُوزٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ ٥٨

Wa kunūziw wa maqāmin karīm.

And treasures and honorable station¹ -

كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٥٩

Kadhālik, wa awrathnāhā banī isrāʾīl.

Thus. And We caused to inherit it the Children of Israel.

فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِينَ ٦٠

Fa atbaʿūhum mushriqīn.

So they pursued them at sunrise.

فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ ٦١

Falammā tarāʾal-jamʿāni qāla aṣḥābu mūsā innā lamudrakūn.

And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken!"

قَالَ كـَلَّآۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ ٦٢

Qāla kallā, inna maʿiya rabbī sayahdīn.

[Moses] said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me."

فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرۡقٖ كَٱلطَّوۡدِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٦٣

Fa awḥaynā ilā mūsā aniḍrib biʿaṣākal-baḥr, fanfalaqa fakāna kullu firqin kaṭ-ṭawdil-ʿaẓīm.

Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.

وَأَزۡلَفۡنَا ثَمَّ ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ٦٤

Wa azlafnā thammal-ākharīn.

And We advanced thereto the others [i.e., the pursuers].

وَأَنجَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٦٥

Wa anjaynā mūsā wa mam maʿahū ajmaʿīn.

And We saved Moses and those with him, all together.

ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ٦٦

Thumma aghraqnal-ākharīn.

Then We drowned the others.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٦٧

Inna fī dhālika laʾāyah, wa mā kāna aktharuhum muʾminīn.

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٦٨

Wa inna rabbaka lahuwal-ʿazīzur-raḥīm.

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

۞ وَجَٰوَزۡنَا بِبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُمۡ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَجُنُودُهُۥ بَغۡيٗا وَعَدۡوًاۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَدۡرَكَهُ ٱلۡغَرَقُ قَالَ ءَامَنتُ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِيٓ ءَامَنَتۡ بِهِۦ بَنُوٓاْ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ٩٠

Wa jāwaznā bibanī isrāʾīlal-baḥra fa atbaʿahum firʿawnu wa junūduhū baghyaw wa ʿadwā, ḥattā idhā adrakahul-gharaqu qāla āmantu annahū lā ilāha illal-ladhī āmanat bihī banū isrāʾīla wa ana minal-muslimīn.

And We took the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh and his soldiers pursued them in tyranny and enmity until, when drowning overtook him, he said, "I believe that there is no deity except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of the Muslims."

ءَآلۡـَٰٔنَ وَقَدۡ عَصَيۡتَ قَبۡلُ وَكُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ ٩١

Āl-āna wa qad ʿaṣayta qablu wa kunta minal-mufsidīn.

Now? And you had disobeyed [Him] before and were of the corrupters?

فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ نُنَجِّيكَ بِبَدَنِكَ لِتَكُونَ لِمَنۡ خَلۡفَكَ ءَايَةٗۚ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا لَغَٰفِلُونَ ٩٢

Fal-yawma nunajjīka bibadanika litakūna liman khalfaka āyah, wa inna kathīram minan-nāsi ʿan āyātinā laghāfilūn.

So today We will save you in body¹ that you may be to those who succeed you a sign. And indeed, many among the people, of Our signs, are heedless.