ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
(79:17) and directed him: “Go to Pharaoh, he has rebelled,
فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ
(79:18) and say to him: 'Are you willing to be purified,
وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ
(79:19) that I may direct you to your Lord and then you hold Him8
in awe?' ”
in awe?' ”
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
(79:20) Then Moses (went to Pharaoh and) showed him the Great Sign;9
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
(79:21) but he denied it as false and disobeyed,
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ
(79:22) and then he turned back to have recourse to his craftiness,0
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
(79:23) and gathered his people and declared:1
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
(79:24) “I am the supreme lord of you all.”