آیت :
16
إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
when his Lord called out to him at the sacred valley of Tuwa?
آیت :
17
ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
[Saying,] “Go to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed all bounds”.
آیت :
18
فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
And say: ‘Are you willing to be purified,
آیت :
19
وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ
and I will guide you to your Lord so that you may fear Him?’”
آیت :
20
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
Then Moses showed him the greatest sign[9].
آیت :
21
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
But Pharaoh denied it and disobeyed.
آیت :
22
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ
Then he turned back striving to plot.
آیت :
23
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
He gathered [his people] and proclaimed,
آیت :
24
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
saying, “I am your lord, the most high.”
آیت :
25
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ
So Allah seized him for an exemplary punishment in this life and in the Hereafter[10].
آیت :
26
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ
Indeed, there is a lesson in this for those who fear Allah.
آیت :
27
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Are you more difficult to create or the heaven that He built?
آیت :
28
رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
He raised its vault high and proportioned it,
آیت :
29
وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
and darkened its night and brought forth its daylight.
آیت :
30
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ
And thereafter He spread out the earth,
آیت :
31
أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا
brought forth from it its water and its pasture,
آیت :
32
وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا
and set the mountains firmly,
آیت :
33
مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
as a provision for you and your grazing livestock.
آیت :
34
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
But when the Supreme Calamity comes[11],
آیت :
35
يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ
on that Day man will remember all what he did,
آیت :
36
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ
and the Blazing Fire will be exposed for all to see.
آیت :
37
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ
As for those who transgressed,
آیت :
38
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا
and preferred the life of this world,
آیت :
39
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
the Blazing Fire will be their abode.
آیت :
40
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ
But those who feared standing before their Lord and restrained themselves from evil desires,
آیت :
41
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ
Paradise will surely be their abode.
آیت :
42
يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا
They ask you concerning the Hour, “When will it be[12]?”
آیت :
43
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ
How could you possibly mention that?
آیت :
44
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ
Its knowledge rests only with your Lord[13].
آیت :
45
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا
You are only a warner for those who fear it.
آیت :
46
كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا
On the Day when they see it[14], it will be as if they had remained [in this world] no more than an evening or a morning.
