قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ الْقُرُوْنِ الْاُوْلٰی۝۵۱

(The Pharaoh) said: "And what about the former generations?"

قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِنْدَ رَبِّیْ فِیْ كِتٰبٍ ۚ لَا یَضِلُّ رَبِّیْ وَ لَا یَنْسَیؗ۝۵۲

(Moses) replied: "Knowledge of that is with my Lord (recorded) in the Book. My Lord neither errs nor forgets."

الَّذِیْ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَّ سَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِیْهَا سُبُلًا وَّ اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً ؕ فَاَخْرَجْنَا بِهٖۤ اَزْوَاجًا مِّنْ نَّبَاتٍ شَتّٰی۝۵۳

It is He who made the earth a bed for you, and traced for you paths upon it, and sends down water from the sky, and brings out through it every kind of vegetation

كُلُوْا وَ ارْعَوْا اَنْعَامَكُمْ ؕ اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیٰتٍ لِّاُولِی النُّهٰی۠۝۵۴

To eat and feed your cattle. Surely there are signs in these for those who are wise.

مِنْهَا خَلَقْنٰكُمْ وَ فِیْهَا نُعِیْدُكُمْ وَ مِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً اُخْرٰی۝۵۵

We created you from the earth and will revert you back to it; and raise you up from it a second time.

وَ لَقَدْ اَرَیْنٰهُ اٰیٰتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّبَ وَ اَبٰی۝۵۶

So We showed him all Our signs, but he denied them and refused,

قَالَ اَجِئْتَنَا لِتُخْرِجَنَا مِنْ اَرْضِنَا بِسِحْرِكَ یٰمُوْسٰی۝۵۷

And said: "Have you come to us, O Moses, to drive us out of our land with your witchery?

فَلَنَاْتِیَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍ مِّثْلِهٖ فَاجْعَلْ بَیْنَنَا وَ بَیْنَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّا نُخْلِفُهٗ نَحْنُ وَ لَاۤ اَنْتَ مَكَانًا سُوًی۝۵۸

We shall certainly meet you with like magic. So make an appointment when we and you could meet on common ground, which neither we nor you should fail to keep."

قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ یَوْمُ الزِّیْنَةِ وَ اَنْ یُّحْشَرَ النَّاسُ ضُحًی۝۵۹

Said (Moses): "Let your meeting be on the day of the Feast, and let people assemble in broad daylight."

فَتَوَلّٰی فِرْعَوْنُ فَجَمَعَ كَیْدَهٗ ثُمَّ اَتٰی۝۶۰

After this the Pharaoh withdrew and settled his stratagem, then came back.