Verses 5–23

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ﴿٥﴾

26:5There does not come to them any new reminder from the All-beneficent but that they disregard it.¹

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ﴿٦﴾

26:6They have already denied [the truth], but soon there will come to them the news of what they have been deriding.

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۢ كَرِيمٍ﴿٧﴾

26:7Have they not regarded the earth, how many of every splendid kind [of vegetation] We have caused to grow in it?

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿٨﴾

26:8There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿٩﴾

26:9Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿١٠﴾

26:10When your Lord called out to Moses: [saying,] ‘Go to those wrongdoing people,

قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ﴿١١﴾

26:11the people of Pharaoh. Will they not be wary [of Allah]?’

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ﴿١٢﴾

26:12He said, ‘My Lord! I fear they will impugn me,

وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ﴿١٣﴾

26:13and I will become upset and my tongue will fail me. So send for Aaron [to join me].

وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌۭ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ﴿١٤﴾

26:14Besides, they have a charge against me, and I fear they will kill me.’²

قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ﴿١٥﴾

26:15He said, ‘Certainly not! Let both of you go with Our signs: We will indeed be with you, hearing [everything].

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٦﴾

26:16So approach Pharaoh and say, ‘‘We are indeed envoys of the Lord of the worlds

أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ﴿١٧﴾

26:17that you let the Children of Israel leave with us.’’ ’

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًۭا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ﴿١٨﴾

26:18He [i.e. Pharaoh] said, ‘Did we not rear you as a child among us, and did you not stay with us for years of your life?^*

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ﴿١٩﴾

26:19Then you committed that deed of yours, and you are an ingrate.’

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًۭا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ﴿٢٠﴾

26:20He said, ‘I did that when I was astray.³

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًۭا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿٢١﴾

26:21So I fled from you, as I was afraid of you. Then my Lord gave me sound judgement and made me one of the apostles.^*

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌۭ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ﴿٢٢﴾

26:22That you have enslaved the Children of Israel—is that the favour with which you reproach me?’⁴

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٢٣﴾

26:23He said, ‘And what is ‘‘the Lord of all the worlds?’’ ’