And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?  

وَنَادَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي قَوْمِهِ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ أَلَيْسَ لِي مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَٰذِهِ الْأَنْهَارُ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِي ۖ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ  

Or am I ˹not˺ better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?  

أَمْ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ هَٰذَا الَّذِي هُوَ مَهِينٌ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ  

Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"  

فَلَوْلَا أُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِ أَسْوِرَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ أَوْ جَاءَ مَعَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِينَ  

So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were ˹themselves˺ a people defiantly disobedient ˹of Allah˺.  

فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ فَأَطَاعُوهُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمًا فَاسِقِينَ  

And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.  

فَلَمَّا آسَفُونَا انْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ  

And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.  

فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ سَلَفًا وَمَثَلًا لِلْآخِرِينَ  

And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud.  

وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ  

And they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for ˹mere˺ argument. But, ˹in fact˺, they are a people prone to dispute.  

وَقَالُوا أَآلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ ۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ  

Jesus was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.  

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبْدٌ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَاهُ مَثَلًا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ  

And if We willed, We could have made ˹instead˺ of you angels succeeding ˹one another˺ on the earth.  

وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنْكُمْ مَلَائِكَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ  

And indeed, Jesus will be ˹a sign for˺ knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.  

وَإِنَّهُ لَعِلْمٌ لِلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَاتَّبِعُونِ ۚ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ  

And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.  

وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبِينٌ  

And when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with wisdom and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so fear Allah and obey me.  

وَلَمَّا جَاءَ عِيسَىٰ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ قَالَ قَدْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَلِأُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ بَعْضَ الَّذِي تَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ  

Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."  

إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ  

But the denominations from among them differed ˹and separated˺, so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.  

فَاخْتَلَفَ الْأَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍ  

Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?  

هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا السَّاعَةَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ  

Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous  

الْأَخِلَّاءُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا الْمُتَّقِينَ  

˹To whom Allah will say˺, "O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve,  

يَا عِبَادِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ وَلَا أَنْتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ  

˹You˺ who believed in Our verses and were Muslims.  

الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَكَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ  

Enter Paradise, you and your kinds, delighted."  

ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ أَنْتُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُكُمْ تُحْبَرُونَ  

Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and ˹what˺ delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.  

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِصِحَافٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَأَكْوَابٍ ۖ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ الْأَنْفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ الْأَعْيُنُ ۖ وَأَنْتُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ  

And that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to do.  

وَتِلْكَ الْجَنَّةُ الَّتِي أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ  

For you therein is much fruit from which you will eat.  

لَكُمْ فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ مِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ  

Indeed, the criminals will be in the punishment of Hell, abiding eternally.  

إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدُونَ  

It will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in despair.  

لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ  

And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.  

وَمَا ظَلَمْنَاهُمْ وَلَٰكِنْ كَانُوا هُمُ الظَّالِمِينَ  

And they will call, "O Malik, let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."  

وَنَادَوْا يَا مَالِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ مَاكِثُونَ  

We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.  

لَقَدْ جِئْنَاكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَارِهُونَ  

Or have they devised ˹some˺ affair? But indeed, We are devising ˹a plan˺.  

أَمْ أَبْرَمُوا أَمْرًا فَإِنَّا مُبْرِمُونَ  

Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, ˹We do˺, and Our messengers are with them recording.  

أَمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّا لَا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَاهُمْ ۚ بَلَىٰ وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيْهِمْ يَكْتُبُونَ  

Say, ˹O Muhammad˺, "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of ˹his˺ worshippers."  

قُلْ إِنْ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْعَابِدِينَ  

Exalted is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.  

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ  

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.  

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ  

And it is Allah who is ˹the only˺ deity in the heaven, and on the earth ˹the only˺ deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.  

وَهُوَ الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاءِ إِلَٰهٌ وَفِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَٰهٌ ۚ وَهُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْعَلِيمُ  

And blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and to whom you will be returned.  

وَتَبَارَكَ الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَعِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ  

And those they invoke besides Him do not possess ˹power of˺ intercession; but only those who testify to the truth ˹can benefit˺, and they know.  

وَلَا يَمْلِكُ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِهِ الشَّفَاعَةَ إِلَّا مَنْ شَهِدَ بِالْحَقِّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ  

And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allah." So how are they deluded?  

وَلَئِنْ سَأَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ  

And ˹Allah acknowledges˺ his saying, "O my Lord, indeed these are a people who do not believe."  

وَقِيلِهِ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ  

So turn aside from them and say, "Peace." But they are going to know.  

فَاصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلَامٌ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ