قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۗ اَلَا يَتَّقُوْنَ ( الشعراء: ١١ )
The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Allah?"
قَالَ رَبِّ اِنِّيْٓ اَخَافُ اَنْ يُّكَذِّبُوْنِ ۗ ( الشعراء: ١٢ )
He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me
وَيَضِيْقُ صَدْرِيْ وَلَا يَنْطَلِقُ لِسَانِيْ فَاَرْسِلْ اِلٰى هٰرُوْنَ ( الشعراء: ١٣ )
And that my breast will tighten and my tongue will not be fluent, so send for Aaron.
وَلَهُمْ عَلَيَّ ذَنْۢبٌ فَاَخَافُ اَنْ يَّقْتُلُوْنِ ۚ ( الشعراء: ١٤ )
And they have upon me a [claim due to] sin, so I fear that they will kill me."
قَالَ كَلَّاۚ فَاذْهَبَا بِاٰيٰتِنَآ اِنَّا مَعَكُمْ مُّسْتَمِعُوْنَ ۙ ( الشعراء: ١٥ )
[Allah] said, "No. Go both of you with Our signs; indeed, We are with you, listening.
فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُوْلَآ اِنَّا رَسُوْلُ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۙ ( الشعراء: ١٦ )
Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds,
اَنْ اَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ ۗ ( الشعراء: ١٧ )
[Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel."'"
قَالَ اَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِيْنَا وَلِيْدًا وَّلَبِثْتَ فِيْنَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِيْنَ ۗ ( الشعراء: ١٨ )
[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?
وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِيْ فَعَلْتَ وَاَنْتَ مِنَ الْكٰفِرِيْنَ ( الشعراء: ١٩ )
And [then] you did your deed which you did, and you were of the ungrateful."
قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ اِذًا وَّاَنَا۠ مِنَ الضَّاۤلِّيْنَ ( الشعراء: ٢٠ )
[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray [i.e., ignorant].