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55. Minha khalaqnakum wafeeha nuAAeedukum waminha nukhrijukum taratan okhra
55. From the (earth) did We create you, and into it shall We return you, and from it shall We bring you out once again.
56. Walaqad araynahu ayatina kullaha fakaththaba waaba
56. And We showed Pharaoh all Our Signs, but he did reject and refuse.
57. Qala aji/tana litukhrijana min ardina bisihrika ya moosa
57. He said: "Hast thou come to drive us out of our land with thy magic, O Moses?
58. Falana/tiyannaka bisihrin mithlihi faijAAal baynana wabaynaka mawAAidan la nukhlifuhu nahnu wala anta makanan suwan
58. "But we can surely produce magic to match thine! So make a tryst between us and thee, which we shall not fail to keep - neither we nor thou - in a place where both shall have even chances."
59. Qala mawAAidukum yawmu alzzeenati waan yuhshara alnnasu duhan
59. Moses said: "Your tryst is the Day of the Festival, and let the people be assembled when the sun is well up."
60. Fatawalla firAAawnu fajamaAAa kaydahu thumma ata
60. So Pharaoh withdrew: He concerted his plan, and then came (back).
61. Qala lahum moosa waylakum la taftaroo AAala Allahi kathiban fayushitakum biAAathabin waqad khaba mani iftara
61. Moses said to him: Woe to you! Forge not ye a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you (at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger must suffer frustration!"
62. FatanazaAAoo amrahum baynahum waasarroo alnnajwa
62. So they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they kept their talk secret.
63. Qaloo in hathani lasahirani yureedani an yukhrijakum min ardikum bisihrihima wayathhaba bitareeqatikumu almuthla
63. They said: "These two are certainly (expert) magicians: their object is to drive you out from your land with their magic, and to do away with your most cherished institutions.
64. FaajmiAAoo kaydakum thumma i/too saffan waqad aflaha alyawma mani istaAAla
64. "Therefore concert your plan, and then assemble in (serried) ranks: He wins (all along) today who gains the upper hand."
65. Qaloo ya moosa imma an tulqiya wa-imma an nakoona awwala man alqa
65. They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first to throw?"
66. Qala bal alqoo fa-itha hibaluhum waAAisiyyuhum yukhayyalu ilayhi min sihrihim annaha tasAAa
66. He said, "Nay, throw ye first!" Then behold their ropes and their rods-so it seemed to him on account of their magic - began to be in lively motion!
67. Faawjasa fee nafsihi kheefatan moosa
67. So Moses conceived in his mind a (sort of) fear.
68. Qulna la takhaf innaka anta al-aAAla
68. We said: "Fear not! for thou hast indeed the upper hand:
69. Waalqi ma fee yameenika talqaf ma sanaAAoo innama sanaAAoo kaydu sahirin wala yuflihu alssahiru haythu ata
69. "Throw that which is in thy right hand: Quickly will it swallow up that which they have faked what they have faked is but a magician's trick: and the magician thrives not, (no matter) where he goes."
70. Faolqiya alssaharatu sujjadan qaloo amanna birabbi haroona wamoosa
70. So the magicians were thrown down to prostration: they said, "We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses".
71. Qala amantum lahu qabla an athana lakum innahu lakabeerukumu allathee AAallamakumu alssihra falaoqattiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakum min khilafin walaosallibannakum fee juthooAAi alnnakhli walataAAlamunna ayyuna ashaddu AAathaban waabqa
71. (Pharaoh) said: "Believe ye in Him before I give you permission? Surely this must be your leader, who has taught you magic! be sure I will cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and I will have you crucified on trunks of palm-trees: so shall ye know for certain, which of us can give the more severe and the more lasting punishment!"
72. Qaloo lan nu/thiraka AAala ma jaana mina albayyinati waallathee fatarana faiqdi ma anta qadin innama taqdee hathihi alhayata alddunya
72. They said: "Never shall we regard thee as more than the Clear Sings that have come to us, or than Him Who created us! so decree whatever thou desirest to decree: for thou canst only decree (touching) the life of this world.
73. Inna amanna birabbina liyaghfira lana khatayana wama akrahtana AAalayhi mina alssihri waAllahu khayrun waabqa
73. "For us, we have believed in our Lord: may He forgive us our faults, and the magic to which thou didst compel us: for Allah is Best and Most Abiding."
74. Innahu man ya/ti rabbahu mujriman fa-inna lahu jahannama la yamootu feeha wala yahya
74. Verily he who comes to his Lord as a sinner (at Judgment),- for him is Hell: therein shall he neither die nor live.
75. Waman ya/tihi mu/minan qad AAamila alssalihati faola-ika lahumu alddarajatu alAAula
75. But such as come to Him as Believers who have worked righteous deeds,- for them are ranks exalted,-
76. Jannatu AAadnin tajree min tahtiha al-anharu khalideena feeha wathalika jazao man tazakka
76. Gardens of Eternity, beneath which flow rivers: they will dwell therein for aye: such is the reward of those who purify themselves (from evil).