79. Naziat · verses 16–29

إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:-

ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:

فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ

Faqul hal laka ila an tazakka

"And say to him, ´Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?-

وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ

Waahdiyaka ila rabbika fatakhsha

"´And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?´"

فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ

Faarahu alayata alkubra

Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

Fakaththaba waAAasa

But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ

Thumma adbara yasAAa

Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

Fahashara fanada

Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ

Faqala ana rabbukumu alaAAla

Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ

Faakhathahu Allahu nakala alakhirati waaloola

But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan liman yakhsha

Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).

ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا

Aantum ashaddu khalqan ami alssamao banaha

What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:

رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

RafaAAa samkaha fasawwaha

On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.

وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

Waaghtasha laylaha waakhraja duhaha

Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).