قَالَ فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا يَٰمُوسَىٰ
Qala faman rabbukuma ya moosa
(When this message was delivered), (Pharaoh) said: "Who, then, O Moses, is the Lord of you two?"
20. Ta Ha · verses 49–63
سورة طهقَالَ رَبُّنَا ٱلَّذِيٓ أَعۡطَىٰ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلۡقَهُۥ ثُمَّ هَدَىٰ
Qala rabbuna allathee aAAta kulla shayin khalqahu thumma hada
He said: "Our Lord is He Who gave to each (created) thing its form and nature, and further, gave (it) guidance."
قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلۡقُرُونِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ
Qala fama balu alqurooni aloola
(Pharaoh) said: "What then is the condition of previous generations?"
قَالَ عِلۡمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّي فِي كِتَٰبٖۖ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّي وَلَا يَنسَى
Qala AAilmuha AAinda rabbee fee kitabin la yadillu rabbee wala yansa
He replied: "The knowledge of that is with my Lord, duly recorded: my Lord never errs, nor forgets,-
ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَهۡدٗا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمۡ فِيهَا سُبُلٗا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزۡوَٰجٗا مِّن نَّبَاتٖ شَتَّىٰ
Allathee jaAAala lakumu alarda mahdan wasalaka lakum feeha subulan waanzala mina alssamai maan faakhrajna bihi azwajan min nabatin shatta
"He Who has, made for you the earth like a carpet spread out; has enabled you to go about therein by roads (and channels); and has sent down water from the sky." With it have We produced diverse pairs of plants each separate from the others.
كُلُواْ وَٱرۡعَوۡاْ أَنۡعَٰمَكُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّأُوْلِي ٱلنُّهَىٰ
Kuloo wairAAaw anAAamakum inna fee thalika laayatin liolee alnnuha
Eat (for yourselves) and pasture your cattle: verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.
۞ مِنۡهَا خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمۡ وَمِنۡهَا نُخۡرِجُكُمۡ تَارَةً أُخۡرَىٰ
Minha khalaqnakum wafeeha nuAAeedukum waminha nukhrijukum taratan okhra
From the (earth) did We create you, and into it shall We return you, and from it shall We bring you out once again.
وَلَقَدۡ أَرَيۡنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّبَ وَأَبَىٰ
Walaqad araynahu ayatina kullaha fakaththaba waaba
And We showed Pharaoh all Our Signs, but he did reject and refuse.
قَالَ أَجِئۡتَنَا لِتُخۡرِجَنَا مِنۡ أَرۡضِنَا بِسِحۡرِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ
Qala ajitana litukhrijana min ardina bisihrika ya moosa
He said: "Hast thou come to drive us out of our land with thy magic, O Moses?
فَلَنَأۡتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحۡرٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦ فَٱجۡعَلۡ بَيۡنَنَا وَبَيۡنَكَ مَوۡعِدٗا لَّا نُخۡلِفُهُۥ نَحۡنُ وَلَآ أَنتَ مَكَانٗا سُوٗى
Falanatiyannaka bisihrin mithlihi faijAAal baynana wabaynaka mawAAidan la nukhlifuhu nahnu wala anta makanan suwan
"But we can surely produce magic to match thine! So make a tryst between us and thee, which we shall not fail to keep - neither we nor thou - in a place where both shall have even chances."
قَالَ مَوۡعِدُكُمۡ يَوۡمُ ٱلزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحۡشَرَ ٱلنَّاسُ ضُحٗى
Qala mawAAidukum yawmu alzzeenati waan yuhshara alnnasu duhan
Moses said: "Your tryst is the Day of the Festival, and let the people be assembled when the sun is well up."
فَتَوَلَّىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فَجَمَعَ كَيۡدَهُۥ ثُمَّ أَتَىٰ
Fatawalla firAAawnu fajamaAAa kaydahu thumma ata
So Pharaoh withdrew: He concerted his plan, and then came (back).
قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ وَيۡلَكُمۡ لَا تَفۡتَرُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبٗا فَيُسۡحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٖۖ وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَنِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ
Qala lahum moosa waylakum la taftaroo AAala Allahi kathiban fayushitakum biAAathabin waqad khaba mani iftara
Moses said to him: Woe to you! Forge not ye a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you (at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger must suffer frustration!"
فَتَنَٰزَعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَهُم بَيۡنَهُمۡ وَأَسَرُّواْ ٱلنَّجۡوَىٰ
FatanazaAAoo amrahum baynahum waasarroo alnnajwa
So they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they kept their talk secret.
قَالُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَٰنِ لَسَٰحِرَٰنِ يُرِيدَانِ أَن يُخۡرِجَاكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِكُم بِسِحۡرِهِمَا وَيَذۡهَبَا بِطَرِيقَتِكُمُ ٱلۡمُثۡلَىٰ
Qaloo in hathani lasahirani yureedani an yukhrijakum min ardikum bisihrihima wayathhaba bitareeqatikumu almuthla
They said: "These two are certainly (expert) magicians: their object is to drive you out from your land with their magic, and to do away with your most cherished institutions.
