فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ
Then Moses showed him the great sign,1
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
but he denied and disobeyed ˹Allah˺,
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ
then turned his back, striving ˹against the truth˺.
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
Then he summoned ˹his people˺ and called out,
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ
saying, “I am your lord, the most high!”
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ
So Allah overtook him, making him an example in this life and the next.
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ
Surely in this is a lesson for whoever stands in awe of ˹Allah˺.
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا
Which is harder to create: you or the sky?1 He built it,
رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا
raising it high and forming it flawlessly.
وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا
He dimmed its night, and brought forth its daylight.