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Pharaoh threatened, “How dare you believe in him before I give you permission? This must be a conspiracy you devised in the city to drive out its people, but soon you will see.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Said Pharaoh, "You believed in him1 before I gave you permission. Indeed, this is a conspiracy which you conspired in the city to expel therefrom its people. But you are going to know.

— Saheeh International

I will certainly cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, then crucify you all.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides; then I will surely crucify you all."

— Saheeh International

They responded, “Surely to our Lord we will ˹all˺ return.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

They said, "Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

— Saheeh International

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Your rage towards us is only because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us. Our Lord! Shower us with perseverance, and let us die while submitting ˹to You˺.”1 

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And you do not resent us except because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us. Our Lord, pour upon us patience1 and let us die as Muslims [in submission to You]."

— Saheeh International

The chiefs of Pharaoh’s people protested, “Are you going to leave Moses and his people free to spread corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?” He responded, “We will kill their sons and keep their women.1 We will completely dominate them.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And the eminent among the people of Pharaoh said, "Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" [Pharaoh] said, "We will kill their sons and keep their women alive; and indeed, we are subjugators over them."

— Saheeh International

Moses reassured his people, “Seek Allah’s help and be patient. Indeed, the earth belongs to Allah ˹alone˺. He grants it to whoever He chooses of His servants. The ultimate outcome belongs ˹only˺ to the righteous.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Said Moses to his people, "Seek help through Allah and be patient. Indeed, the earth belongs to Allah. He causes to inherit it whom He wills of His servants. And the [best] outcome is for the righteous."

— Saheeh International

They complained, “We have always been oppressed—before and after you came to us ˹with the message˺.” He replied, “Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you successors in the land to see what you will do.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

They said, "We have been harmed before you came to us and after you have come to us." He said, "Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and grant you succession in the land and see how you will do."

— Saheeh International

Indeed, We afflicted Pharaoh’s people with famine and shortage of crops so they might come back ˹to their senses˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And We certainly seized1 the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded.

— Saheeh International

In times of prosperity, they said, “This is what we deserve,” but in adversity, they blamed it on Moses and those with him.1 Surely all is destined by Allah. Yet most of them did not know.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

But when good [i.e., provision] came to them, they said, "This is ours [by right]." And if a bad [condition] struck them, they saw an evil omen in Moses and those with him. Unquestionably, their fortune is with Allah, but most of them do not know.

— Saheeh International

They said, “No matter what sign you may bring to deceive us, we will never believe in you.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And they said, "No matter what sign you bring us with which to bewitch us, we will not be believers in you."

— Saheeh International

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So We plagued them with floods, locusts, lice, frogs, and blood—all as clear signs, but they persisted in arrogance and were a wicked people.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.

— Saheeh International

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