{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/02602.htm","path":"isl/quran/02602.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/02602.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n10. Wa-ith nada rabbuka moosa ani i/ti alqawma alththalimeena\n10. Behold, thy Lord called\n Moses: \"Go to the people\n Of iniquity,\u2014\n11. Qawma firAAawna ala yattaqoona\n11. \"The people of Pharaoh:\n Will they not fear God?\"\n12. Qala rabbi innee akhafu an yukaththibooni\n12. He said: \"O my Lord!\n I do fear that they\n Will charge me with falsehood:\n13. Wayadeequ sadree wala yantaliqu lisanee faarsil ila haroona\n13. \"My breast will be straitened?'\n And my speech may not go\n (Smoothly): so send unto Aaron.\n14. Walahum AAalayya thanbun faakhafu an yaqtulooni\n14. \"And (further), they have\n A charge of crime against me;\n And I fear they may\n Slay me.\"\n15. Qala kalla faithhaba bi-ayatina inna maAAakum mustamiAAoona\n15. God said: \"By no means!\n Proceed then, both of you,\n With Our Signs; We\n Are with you, and will\n Listen (to your call).\n16. Fa/tiya firAAawna faqoola inna rasoolu rabbi alAAalameena\n16. \"So go forth, both of you,\n To Pharaoh, and say:\n 'We have been sent\n By the Lord and Cherisher\n Of the Worlds;\n17. An arsil maAAana banee isra-eela\n17. \"'Send thou with us\n The Children of Israel.'\"\n18. Qala alam nurabbika feena waleedan walabithta feena min AAumurika sineena\n18. (Pharaoh) said: \"Did we not\n Cherish thee as a child\n Among us, and didst thou not\n Stay in our midst\n Many years of thy life?\n19. WafaAAalta faAAlataka allatee faAAalta waanta mina alkafireena\n19. \"And thou didst a deed\n Of thine which (thou knowest)\n Thou didst, and thou art\n An ungrateful (wretch)!\"\n20. Qala faAAaltuha ithan waana mina alddalleena\n20. Moses said: \"I did it\n Then, when I was\n In error.\n21. Fafarartu minkum lamma khiftukum fawahaba lee rabbee hukman wajaAAalanee mina almursaleena\n21. \"So I fled from you (all)\n When I feared you;\n But my Lord has (since)\n Invested me with judgment\n (And wisdom) and appointed me\n As one of the apostles.\n22. Watilka niAAmatun tamunnuha AAalayya an AAabbadta banee isra-eela\n22. \"And this is the favour\n With which thou dost\n Reproach me,\u2014that thou\n Hast enslaved the Children\n Of Israel!\"\n23. Qala firAAawnu wama rabbu alAAalameena\n23. Pharaoh said: \"And what\n Is the 'Lord and Cherisher\n Of the Worlds'?\n24. Qala rabbu alssamawati waal-ardi wama baynahuma in kuntum mooqineena\n24. (Moses) said: \"The Lord\n And Cherisher of the heavens\n And the earth, and all between,\n If ye want to be\n Quite sure.\"\n25. Qala liman hawlahu ala tastamiAAoona\n25. (Pharaoh) said to those\n Around: \"Do ye not listen\n (To what he says)?\n26. Qala rabbukum warabbu aba-ikumu al-awwaleena\n26. (Moses) said: \"Your Lord\n And the Lord of your fathers\n From the beginning!\"\n27. Qala inna rasoolakumu allathee orsila ilaykum lamajnoonun\n27. (Pharaoh) said: \"Truly\n Your apostle who has been\n Sent to you is\n A veritable madman!\"\n28. Qala rabbu almashriqi waalmaghribi wama baynahuma in kuntum taAAqiloona\n28. (Moses) said: \"Lord of the East\n And the West, and all between!\n If ye only had sense!\"\n29. Qala la-ini ittakhathta ilahan ghayree laajAAalannaka mina almasjooneena\n29. (Pharaoh) said: \"If thou\n Dost put forward any god\n Other than me, I will\n Certainly put thee in prison!\"\n30. Qala awa law ji/tuka bishay-in mubeenin\n30. (Moses) said: \"Even if I\n Showed you something\n Clear (and) convincing?\"\n31. Qala fa/ti bihi in kunta mina alssadiqeena\n31. (Pharaoh) said: \"Show it then,\n If thou tellest the truth!\"\n32. Faalqa AAasahu fa-itha hiya thuAAbanun mubeenun\n32. So (Moses) threw his rod,\n And behold, it was\n A serpent, plain (for all to see)!\n33. WanazaAAa yadahu fa-itha hiya baydao lilnnathireena\n33. And he drew out his hand,\n And behold, it was white\n To all beholders!","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra XXVI.: Shu\u2018ar\u0101a, or The Poets.: Section 2 (10-33)","type":"page"}