79. Naziat · verses 24–27

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: