Verse 23:49 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
45 ثُمَّ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَأَخَاهُ هَـٰرُونَ بِءَایَـٰتِنَا وَسُلۡطَـٰنࣲ مُّبِینٍ ۝٤٥ thumma arsalnā mūsā wa-akhāhu hārūna biāyātinā wasul'ṭānin mubīni Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron, with Our signs and clear authority 46 إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِی۟هِۦ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوۡمًا عَالِینَ ۝٤٦ ilā fir'ʿawna wamala-ihi fa-is'takbarū wakānū qawman ʿālīn to Pharaoh and his prominent leaders, but they responded with arrogance: they were a haughty people 47 فَقَالُوۤا۟ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لِبَشَرَیۡنِ مِثۡلِنَا وَقَوۡمُهُمَا لَنَا عَـٰبِدُونَ ۝٤٧ faqālū anu'minu libasharayni mith'linā waqawmuhumā lanā ʿābidūn They said, ‘Are we to believe in two mortals like us? And their people are our servants?’ 48 فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلۡمُهۡلَكِینَ ۝٤٨ fakadhabūhumā fakānū mina l-muh'lakīn and so they called them both liars: they became another ruined people
49 وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَیۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ یَهۡتَدُونَ ۝٤٩ walaqad ātaynā mūsā l-kitāba laʿallahum yahtadūn We gave Moses the Scripture, so that they might be rightly guided
50 وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱبۡنَ مَرۡیَمَ وَأُمَّهُۥۤ ءَایَةࣰ وَءَاوَیۡنَـٰهُمَاۤ إِلَىٰ رَبۡوَةࣲ ذَاتِ قَرَارࣲ وَمَعِینࣲ ۝٥٠ wajaʿalnā ib'na maryama wa-ummahu āyatan waāwaynāhumā ilā rabwatin dhāti qarārin wamaʿīni We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign; We gave them shelter on a peaceful hillside with flowing water 51 یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلرُّسُلُ كُلُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلطَّیِّبَـٰتِ وَٱعۡمَلُوا۟ صَـٰلِحًاۖ إِنِّی بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ عَلِیمࣱ ۝٥١ yāayyuhā l-rusulu kulū mina l-ṭayibāti wa-iʿ'malū ṣāliḥan innī bimā taʿmalūna ʿalīmu Messengers, eat good things and do good deeds: I am well aware of what you do 52 وَإِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦۤ أُمَّتُكُمۡ أُمَّةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمۡ فَٱتَّقُونِ ۝٥٢ wa-inna hādhihi ummatukum ummatan wāḥidatan wa-anā rabbukum fa-ittaqūn This community of yours is one- and I am your Lord: be mindful of Me 53 فَتَقَطَّعُوۤا۟ أَمۡرَهُم بَیۡنَهُمۡ زُبُرࣰاۖ كُلُّ حِزۡبِۭ بِمَا لَدَیۡهِمۡ فَرِحُونَ ۝٥٣ fataqaṭṭaʿū amrahum baynahum zuburan kullu ḥiz'bin bimā ladayhim fariḥūn but they have split their community into sects, each rejoicing in their own

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