وَ نَادٰی فِرْعَوْنُ فِیْ قَوْمِهٖ قَالَ یٰقَوْمِ اَلَیْسَ لِیْ مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَ هٰذِهِ الْاَنْهٰرُ تَجْرِیْ مِنْ تَحْتِیْ ۚ اَفَلَا تُبْصِرُوْنَؕ۝۵۱

And the Pharaoh said to his people: "O people, is not mine the kingdom of Egypt and these rivers that flow at my feet? Can you still not comprehend?

اَمْ اَنَا خَیْرٌ مِّنْ هٰذَا الَّذِیْ هُوَ مَهِیْنٌ ۙ۬ وَّ لَا یَكَادُ یُبِیْنُ۝۵۲

Am I (not) better than him who is contemptible, and cannot even express himself clearly?

فَلَوْ لَاۤ اُلْقِیَ عَلَیْهِ اَسْوِرَةٌ مِّنْ ذَهَبٍ اَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُ الْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِیْنَ۝۵۳

Why were then no bracelets of gold shed upon him from above, or angels sent down as a retinue with him?"

فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهٗ فَاَطَاعُوْهُ ؕ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَوْمًا فٰسِقِیْنَ۝۵۴

Thus he made light (of the matter) to his people, and they obeyed him. They were certainly wicked.

فَلَمَّاۤ اٰسَفُوْنَا انْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَاَغْرَقْنٰهُمْ اَجْمَعِیْنَۙ۝۵۵

But when they roused Our anger We inflicted retributive punishment and drowned them all,

فَجَعَلْنٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَّ مَثَلًا لِّلْاٰخِرِیْنَ۠۝۵۶

And made them a precedent and example for posterity.

وَ لَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْیَمَ مَثَلًا اِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ یَصِدُّوْنَ۝۵۷

When the example of Mary´s son is quoted before them, your people cry out at it,

وَ قَالُوْۤا ءَاٰلِهَتُنَا خَیْرٌ اَمْ هُوَ ؕ مَا ضَرَبُوْهُ لَكَ اِلَّا جَدَلًا ؕ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُوْنَ۝۵۸

And say: "Are our deities better or he?" They say this only for disputing. Surely they are a contentious people.

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا عَبْدٌ اَنْعَمْنَا عَلَیْهِ وَ جَعَلْنٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَؕ۝۵۹

(Jesus) was only a creature whom We favoured and made an example for the children of Israel.

وَ لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنْكُمْ مَّلٰٓىِٕكَةً فِی الْاَرْضِ یَخْلُفُوْنَ۝۶۰

If We pleased We could have put angels in place of you as trustees on the earth.