23. Muminun · verses 45–48

ثُمَّ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَأَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ

Thumma arsalna moosa waakhahu haroona biayatina wasultanin mubeenin

Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron, with Our Signs and authority manifest,

إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِيْهِۦ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ وَكَانُواْ قَوۡمًا عَالِينَ

Ila firAAawna wamalaihi faistakbaroo wakanoo qawman AAaleena

To Pharaoh and his Chiefs: But these behaved insolently: they were an arrogant people.

فَقَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لِبَشَرَيۡنِ مِثۡلِنَا وَقَوۡمُهُمَا لَنَا عَٰبِدُونَ

Faqaloo anuminu libasharayni mithlina waqawmuhuma lana AAabidoona

They said: "Shall we believe in two men like ourselves? And their people are subject to us!"

فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُهۡلَكِينَ

Fakaththaboohuma fakanoo mina almuhlakeena

So they accused them of falsehood, and they became of those who were destroyed.