قَالَ
فَمَا
بَالُ
ٱلۡقُرُونِ
ٱلۡأُولَىٰ
٥١

Pharaoh asked, “And what about previous peoples?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

قَالَ

عِلۡمُهَا

عِندَ

رَبِّي

فِي

كِتَٰبٖۖ

لَّا

يَضِلُّ

رَبِّي

وَلَا

يَنسَى

٥٢

He replied, “That knowledge is with my Lord in a Record. My Lord neither falters nor forgets ˹anything˺.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

ٱلَّذِي

جَعَلَ

لَكُمُ

ٱلۡأَرۡضَ

مَهۡدٗا

وَسَلَكَ

لَكُمۡ

فِيهَا

سُبُلٗا

وَأَنزَلَ

مِنَ

ٱلسَّمَآءِ

مَآءٗ

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا

بِهِۦٓ

أَزۡوَٰجٗا

مِّن

نَّبَاتٖ

شَتَّىٰ

٥٣

˹He is the One˺ Who has laid out the earth for ˹all of˺ you, and set in it pathways for you, and sends down rain from the sky, causing various types of plants to grow,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

كُلُواْ

وَٱرۡعَوۡاْ

أَنۡعَٰمَكُمۡۚ

إِنَّ

فِي

ذَٰلِكَ

لَأٓيَٰتٖ

لِّأُوْلِي

ٱلنُّهَىٰ

٥٤

˹so˺ eat and graze your cattle. Surely in this are signs for people of sound judgment.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

۞ مِنۡهَا

خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ

وَفِيهَا

نُعِيدُكُمۡ

وَمِنۡهَا

نُخۡرِجُكُمۡ

تَارَةً

أُخۡرَىٰ

٥٥

From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will bring you back again.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

وَلَقَدۡ

أَرَيۡنَٰهُ

ءَايَٰتِنَا

كُلَّهَا

فَكَذَّبَ

وَأَبَىٰ

٥٦

And We certainly showed Pharaoh all of Our signs,¹ but he denied them and refused ˹to believe˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

قَالَ

أَجِئۡتَنَا

لِتُخۡرِجَنَا

مِنۡ

أَرۡضِنَا

بِسِحۡرِكَ

يَٰمُوسَىٰ

٥٧

He said, “Have you come to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Moses?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

فَلَنَأۡتِيَنَّكَ

بِسِحۡرٖ

مِّثۡلِهِۦ

فَٱجۡعَلۡ

بَيۡنَنَا

وَبَيۡنَكَ

مَوۡعِدٗا

لَّا

نُخۡلِفُهُۥ

نَحۡنُ

وَلَآ

أَنتَ

مَكَانٗا

سُوٗى

٥٨

We can surely meet you with similar magic. So set for us an appointment that neither of us will fail to keep, in a central place.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

قَالَ

مَوۡعِدُكُمۡ

يَوۡمُ

ٱلزِّينَةِ

وَأَن

يُحۡشَرَ

ٱلنَّاسُ

ضُحٗى

٥٩

Moses said, “Your appointment is on the Day of the Festival, and let the people be gathered mid-morning.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

فَتَوَلَّىٰ

فِرۡعَوۡنُ

فَجَمَعَ

كَيۡدَهُۥ

ثُمَّ

أَتَىٰ

٦٠

Pharaoh then withdrew, orchestrated his scheme, then returned.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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