Verse 20:51 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
47 فَأۡتِیَاهُ فَقُولَاۤ إِنَّا رَسُولَا رَبِّكَ فَأَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَا بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰۤءِیلَ وَلَا تُعَذِّبۡهُمۡۖ قَدۡ جِئۡنَـٰكَ بِءَایَةࣲ مِّن رَّبِّكَۖ وَٱلسَّلَـٰمُ عَلَىٰ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلۡهُدَىٰۤ ۝٤٧ fatiyāhu faqūlā innā rasūlā rabbika fa-arsil maʿanā banī is'rāīla walā tuʿadhib'hum qad ji'nāka biāyatin min rabbika wal-salāmu ʿalā mani ittabaʿa l-hud Go and tell him, “We are your Lord’s mes-sengers, so send the Children of Israel with us and do not oppress them. We have brought you a sign from your Lord. Peace be upon whoever follows the right guidance 48 إِنَّا قَدۡ أُوحِیَ إِلَیۡنَاۤ أَنَّ ٱلۡعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝٤٨ innā qad ūḥiya ilaynā anna l-ʿadhāba ʿalā man kadhaba watawall it has been revealed to us that punishment falls on whoever rejects the truth and turns his back on it.”’ 49 قَالَ فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا یَـٰمُوسَىٰ ۝٤٩ qāla faman rabbukumā yāmūs [Pharaoh] said, ‘Moses, who is this Lord of yours?’ 50 قَالَ رَبُّنَا ٱلَّذِیۤ أَعۡطَىٰ كُلَّ شَیۡءٍ خَلۡقَهُۥ ثُمَّ هَدَىٰ ۝٥٠ qāla rabbunā alladhī aʿṭā kulla shayin khalqahu thumma had Moses said, ‘Our Lord is He who gave everything its form, then gave it guidance.’
51 قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلۡقُرُونِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ۝٥١ qāla famā bālu l-qurūni l-ūl He said, ‘What about former generations?’
52 قَالَ عِلۡمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّی فِی كِتَـٰبࣲۖ لَّا یَضِلُّ رَبِّی وَلَا یَنسَى ۝٥٢ qāla ʿil'muhā ʿinda rabbī fī kitābin lā yaḍillu rabbī walā yans Moses said, ‘My Lord alone has knowledge of them, all in a record; my Lord does not err or forget.’ 53 ٱلَّذِی جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَهۡدࣰا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمۡ فِیهَا سُبُلࣰا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءࣰ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا بِهِۦۤ أَزۡوَ ٰجࣰا مِّن نَّبَاتࣲ شَتَّىٰ ۝٥٣ alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa mahdan wasalaka lakum fīhā subulan wa-anzala mina l-samāi māan fa-akhrajnā bihi azwājan min nabātin shatt It was He who spread out the earth for you and traced routes in it. He sent down water from the sky. With that water We bring forth every kind of plant 54 كُلُوا۟ وَٱرۡعَوۡا۟ أَنۡعَـٰمَكُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَـٰتࣲ لِّأُو۟لِی ٱلنُّهَىٰ ۝٥٤ kulū wa-ir'ʿaw anʿāmakum inna fī dhālika laāyātin li-ulī l-nuh so eat, and graze your cattle. There are truly signs in all this for people of understand-ing 55 ۞ مِنۡهَا خَلَقۡنَـٰكُمۡ وَفِیهَا نُعِیدُكُمۡ وَمِنۡهَا نُخۡرِجُكُمۡ تَارَةً أُخۡرَىٰ ۝٥٥ min'hā khalaqnākum wafīhā nuʿīdukum wamin'hā nukh'rijukum tāratan ukh'r From the earth We created you, into it We shall return you, and from it We shall raise you a second time

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