قالَ فَعَلتُها إِذًا وَأَنا مِنَ الضّالّينَ
“I did it,” he confessed, “when I was misguided.
فَفَرَرتُ مِنكُم لَمّا خِفتُكُم فَوَهَبَ لي رَبّي حُكمًا وَجَعَلَني مِنَ المُرسَلينَ
I fled from you when I feared you. But my Lord gave me wisdom and appointed me as one of the messengers.
وَتِلكَ نِعمَةٌ تَمُنُّها عَلَيَّ أَن عَبَّدتَ بَني إِسرائيلَ
Is this the favor of which you remind me—that you’ve enslaved the Children of Israel?”
قالَ فِرعَونُ وَما رَبُّ العالَمينَ
Pharaoh said, “And who is this ‘Lord of the worlds’?”
قالَ رَبُّ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ وَما بَينَهُما ۖ إِن كُنتُم موقِنينَ
He replied, “The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, if you could be certain.”
قالَ لِمَن حَولَهُ أَلا تَستَمِعونَ
He then addressed those around him, “Did you hear this?”
قالَ رَبُّكُم وَرَبُّ آبائِكُمُ الأَوَّلينَ
He said, “Your Lord and the Lord of your ancient ancestors.”
قالَ إِنَّ رَسولَكُمُ الَّذي أُرسِلَ إِلَيكُم لَمَجنونٌ
He said, “Your messenger who was sent to you is delusional.”
قالَ رَبُّ المَشرِقِ وَالمَغرِبِ وَما بَينَهُما ۖ إِن كُنتُم تَعقِلونَ
He responded, “The Lord of the East and the West and all that’s between, if you would use reason.”
قالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذتَ إِلـٰهًا غَيري لَأَجعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ المَسجونينَ
He threatened, “If you take a god other than me, I will surely imprison you.”
قالَ أَوَلَو جِئتُكَ بِشَيءٍ مُبينٍ
He countered, “What if I brought you something convincing?”