Verse 26:23 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
19
وَفَعَلۡتَ فَعۡلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِی فَعَلۡتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ ١٩
wafaʿalta faʿlataka allatī faʿalta wa-anta mina l-kāfirīn
And then you committed that crime of yours: you were so ungrateful.’
20
قَالَ فَعَلۡتُهَاۤ إِذࣰا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّاۤلِّینَ ٢٠
qāla faʿaltuhā idhan wa-anā mina l-ḍālīn
Moses replied, ‘I was misguided when I did i
21
فَفَرَرۡتُ مِنكُمۡ لَمَّا خِفۡتُكُمۡ فَوَهَبَ لِی رَبِّی حُكۡمࣰا وَجَعَلَنِی مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ٢١
fafarartu minkum lammā khif'tukum fawahaba lī rabbī ḥuk'man wajaʿalanī mina l-mur'salīn
and I fled from you in fear; later my Lord gave me wisdom and made me one of His messengers
22
وَتِلۡكَ نِعۡمَةࣱ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَیَّ أَنۡ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰۤءِیلَ ٢٢
watil'ka niʿ'matun tamunnuhā ʿalayya an ʿabbadtta banī is'rāīl
And is this- that you have enslaved the Children of Israel- the favour with which you reproach me?’
23
قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ٢٣
qāla fir'ʿawnu wamā rabbu l-ʿālamīn
Pharaoh asked, ‘What is this “Lord of the Worlds”?’
24
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَاۤۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِینَ ٢٤
qāla rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīn
Moses replied, ‘He is the Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between them. If you would only have faith!’
25
قَالَ لِمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُۥۤ أَلَا تَسۡتَمِعُونَ ٢٥
qāla liman ḥawlahu alā tastamiʿūn
Pharaoh said to those present, ‘Do you hear what he says?’
26
قَالَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَاۤىِٕكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ٢٦
qāla rabbukum warabbu ābāikumu l-awalīn
Moses said, ‘He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.’
27
قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِیۤ أُرۡسِلَ إِلَیۡكُمۡ لَمَجۡنُونࣱ ٢٧
qāla inna rasūlakumu alladhī ur'sila ilaykum lamajnūnu
Pharaoh said, ‘This messenger who has been sent to you is truly possessed.’
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