26. Shuara · verses 21–32

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´?"

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

Qala rabbu alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma in kuntum mooqineena

(Moses) said: "The Lord and Cherisher of the heavens and the earth, and all between,- if ye want to be quite sure."

قَالَ لِمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسۡتَمِعُونَ

Qala liman hawlahu ala tastamiAAoona

(Pharaoh) said to those around: "Did ye not listen (to what he says)?"

قَالَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

Qala rabbukum warabbu abaikumu alawwaleena

(Moses) said: "Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers from the beginning!"

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أُرۡسِلَ إِلَيۡكُمۡ لَمَجۡنُونٞ

Qala inna rasoolakumu allathee orsila ilaykum lamajnoonun

(Pharaoh) said: "Truly your messenger who has been sent to you is a veritable madman!"

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ

Qala rabbu almashriqi waalmaghribi wama baynahuma in kuntum taAAqiloona

(Moses) said: "Lord of the East and the West, and all between! if ye only had sense!"

قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذۡتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيۡرِي لَأَجۡعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجُونِينَ

Qala laini ittakhathta ilahan ghayree laajAAalannaka mina almasjooneena

(Pharaoh) said: "If thou dost put forward any god other than me, I will certainly put thee in prison!"

قَالَ أَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكَ بِشَيۡءٖ مُّبِينٖ

Qala awalaw jituka bishayin mubeenin

(Moses) said: "Even if I showed you something clear (and) convincing?"

قَالَ فَأۡتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

Qala fati bihi in kunta mina alssadiqeena

(Pharaoh) said: "Show it then, if thou tellest the truth!"

فَأَلۡقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعۡبَانٞ مُّبِينٞ

Faalqa AAasahu faitha hiya thuAAbanun mubeenun

So (Moses) threw his rod, and behold, it was a serpent, plain (for all to see)!