ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُواْ مُعَلَّمٞ مَّجۡنُونٌ
(44:14) yet they turned away from him and said: “This is a well-tutored madman.”2
إِنَّا كَاشِفُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ قَلِيلًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ عَآئِدُونَ
(44:15) Yet We will hold the scourge back for a while, (but no sooner than
We will do so) you will revert to your old ways.
We will do so) you will revert to your old ways.
يَوۡمَ نَبۡطِشُ ٱلۡبَطۡشَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ
(44:16) The Day when We shall seize them with a mighty seizing, that will
be the Day on which We shall inflict upon you full retribution.3
be the Day on which We shall inflict upon you full retribution.3
۞وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَجَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ كَرِيمٌ
(44:17) Indeed before that We subjected the Pharaonites to the same test.
A noble Messenger4 came to them
A noble Messenger4 came to them
أَنۡ أَدُّوٓاْ إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
(44:18) (and said):5 “Deliver to me Allah's servants.6
I am a trustworthy Messenger to you,7
I am a trustworthy Messenger to you,7
وَأَن لَّا تَعۡلُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّيٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ
(44:19) and do not exalt yourselves in defiance of Allah. I have come to
you with a clear authority8 (as a Messenger).
you with a clear authority8 (as a Messenger).