وَإِنِّي عُذۡتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمۡ أَن تَرۡجُمُونِ
(44:20) I have taken refuge with my Lord and your Lord lest you should attack
me with stones.
me with stones.
وَإِن لَّمۡ تُؤۡمِنُواْ لِي فَٱعۡتَزِلُونِ
(44:21) But if you do not believe what I say, leave me alone9
(and desist from laying hands on me).”
(and desist from laying hands on me).”
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوۡمٞ مُّجۡرِمُونَ
(44:22) Then he called upon his Lord: “These are a criminal people.”0
فَأَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيۡلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
(44:23) (He was told): “Set out with My servants by night1 for
you will certainly be pursued.2
you will certainly be pursued.2
وَٱتۡرُكِ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ رَهۡوًاۖ إِنَّهُمۡ جُندٞ مُّغۡرَقُونَ
(44:24) And leave the sea behind you as calm as ever. Surely they are an
army that is doomed to be drowned.”3
army that is doomed to be drowned.”3
كَمۡ تَرَكُواْ مِن جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ
(44:25) How many gardens did they leave behind, and how many fountains