26. Shuara · verses 16–23

فَأۡتِيَا فِرۡعَوۡنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Fatiya firAAawna faqoola inna rasoolu rabbi alAAalameena

"So go forth, both of you, to Pharaoh, and say: ´We have been sent by the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds;

أَنۡ أَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ

An arsil maAAana banee israeela

"´Send thou with us the Children of Israel.´"

قَالَ أَلَمۡ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدٗا وَلَبِثۡتَ فِينَا مِنۡ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

Qala alam nurabbika feena waleedan walabithta feena min AAumurika sineena

(Pharaoh) said: "Did we not cherish thee as a child among us, and didst thou not stay in our midst many years of thy life?

وَفَعَلۡتَ فَعۡلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلۡتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

WafaAAalta faAAlataka allatee faAAalta waanta mina alkafireena

"And thou didst a deed of thine which (thou knowest) thou didst, and thou art an ungrateful (wretch)!"

قَالَ فَعَلۡتُهَآ إِذٗا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

Qala faAAaltuha ithan waana mina alddalleena

Moses said: "I did it then, when I was in error.

فَفَرَرۡتُ مِنكُمۡ لَمَّا خِفۡتُكُمۡ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكۡمٗا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

Fafarartu minkum lamma khiftukum fawahaba lee rabbee hukman wajaAAalanee mina almursaleena

"So I fled from you (all) when I feared you; but my Lord has (since) invested me with judgment (and wisdom) and appointed me as one of the messengers.

وَتِلۡكَ نِعۡمَةٞ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنۡ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ

Watilka niAAmatun tamunnuha AAalayya an AAabbadta banee israeela

"And this is the favour with which thou dost reproach me,- that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel!"

قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Qala firAAawnu wama rabbu alAAalameena

Pharaoh said: "And what is the ´Lord and Cherisher of the worlds´?"