وَنَادَىٰ
فِرۡعَوۡنُ
فِي
قَوۡمِهِۦ
قَالَ
يَٰقَوۡمِ
أَلَيۡسَ
لِي
مُلۡكُ
مِصۡرَ
وَهَٰذِهِ
ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ
تَجۡرِي
مِن
تَحۡتِيٓۚ
أَفَلَا
تُبۡصِرُونَ
٥١

And Pharaoh called out to his people, boasting, “O my people! Am I not sovereign over Egypt as well as ˹all˺ these streams¹ flowing at my feet? Can you not see?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

أَمۡ

أَنَا۠

خَيۡرٞ

مِّنۡ

هَٰذَا

ٱلَّذِي

هُوَ

مَهِينٞ

وَلَا

يَكَادُ

يُبِينُ

٥٢

Am I not better than this nobody who can hardly express himself?¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

فَلَوۡلَآ

أُلۡقِيَ

عَلَيۡهِ

أَسۡوِرَةٞ

مِّن

ذَهَبٍ

أَوۡ

جَآءَ

مَعَهُ

ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ

مُقۡتَرِنِينَ

٥٣

Why then have no golden bracelets ˹of kingship˺ been granted to him or angels come with him as escorts!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

فَٱسۡتَخَفَّ

قَوۡمَهُۥ

فَأَطَاعُوهُۚ

إِنَّهُمۡ

كَانُواْ

قَوۡمٗا

فَٰسِقِينَ

٥٤

And so he fooled his people, and they obeyed him. They were truly a rebellious people.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

فَلَمَّآ

ءَاسَفُونَا

ٱنتَقَمۡنَا

مِنۡهُمۡ

فَأَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُمۡ

أَجۡمَعِينَ

٥٥

So when they enraged Us, We inflicted punishment upon them, drowning them all.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ

سَلَفٗا

وَمَثَلٗا

لِّلۡأٓخِرِينَ

٥٦

And We made them an example and a lesson for those after them.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

۞ وَلَمَّا

ضُرِبَ

ٱبۡنُ

مَرۡيَمَ

مَثَلًا

إِذَا

قَوۡمُكَ

مِنۡهُ

يَصِدُّونَ

٥٧

When the son of Mary was cited as an example ˹in argument˺, your people ˹O Prophet˺ broke into ˹joyful˺ applause.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

وَقَالُوٓاْ

ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَا

خَيۡرٌ

أَمۡ

هُوَۚ

مَا

ضَرَبُوهُ

لَكَ

إِلَّا

جَدَلَۢاۚ

بَلۡ

هُمۡ

قَوۡمٌ

خَصِمُونَ

٥٨

They exclaimed, “Which is better: our gods or Jesus?” They cite him only to argue. In fact, they are a people prone to dispute.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

إِنۡ

هُوَ

إِلَّا

عَبۡدٌ

أَنۡعَمۡنَا

عَلَيۡهِ

وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ

مَثَلٗا

لِّبَنِيٓ

إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ

٥٩

He was only a servant We showed favour to, and made as an example for the Children of Israel.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

وَلَوۡ

نَشَآءُ

لَجَعَلۡنَا

مِنكُم

مَّلَٰٓئِكَةٗ

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

يَخۡلُفُونَ

٦٠

Had We willed, We could have easily replaced you ˹all˺ with angels,¹ succeeding one another on earth.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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