وَهَل أَتاكَ حَديثُ موسىٰ
Did you hear the story of Moses?
إِذ رَأىٰ نارًا فَقالَ لِأَهلِهِ امكُثوا إِنّي آنَستُ نارًا لَعَلّي آتيكُم مِنها بِقَبَسٍ أَو أَجِدُ عَلَى النّارِ هُدًى
When he saw a fire, he told his family, “Stay here, I have noticed a fire. Perhaps I can bring you a torch from it, or find guidance at the fire.”
فَلَمّا أَتاها نودِيَ يا موسىٰ
As he approached it, he was called, “O Moses!
إِنّي أَنا رَبُّكَ فَاخلَع نَعلَيكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ بِالوادِ المُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
I. I am your Lord. Remove your shoes; you are in the sacred valley of Tuwa.
وَأَنَا اختَرتُكَ فَاستَمِع لِما يوحىٰ
I have chosen you, so listen to what’s being revealed.
إِنَّني أَنَا اللَّهُ لا إِلـٰهَ إِلّا أَنا فَاعبُدني وَأَقِمِ الصَّلاةَ لِذِكري
Surely, it is I. I am God. There is no deity except Me. So, worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.
إِنَّ السّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ أَكادُ أُخفيها لِتُجزىٰ كُلُّ نَفسٍ بِما تَسعىٰ
The Hour is coming; I keep it almost hidden, so that every soul may be recompensed for its endeavors.
فَلا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنها مَن لا يُؤمِنُ بِها وَاتَّبَعَ هَواهُ فَتَردىٰ
Therefore, let not those who don’t believe in it and follow their lusts hinder you from it, else you be ruined.
وَما تِلكَ بِيَمينِكَ يا موسىٰ
And what’s that in your right hand, O Moses?”
قالَ هِيَ عَصايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيها وَأَهُشُّ بِها عَلىٰ غَنَمي وَلِيَ فيها مَآرِبُ أُخرىٰ
He replied, “It is my staff. I lean on it, herd my sheep with it, and I have other uses for it.”
قالَ أَلقِها يا موسىٰ
He instructed, “Throw it down, O Moses.”