ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِم
مُّوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ إِلَىٰ
فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟
قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ
فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ
مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوٓا۟
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ
قَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَتَقُولُونَ
لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَكُمْ ۖ أَسِحْرٌ
هَـٰذَا وَلَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّـٰحِرُونَ
قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَلْفِتَنَا
عَمَّا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ
ءَابَآءَنَا وَتَكُونَ لَكُمَا
ٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ
وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكُمَا بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
Then after them
We sent Musa and
Harun to Fir`awn
and his chiefs with
Our Ayat. But they
behaved arrogantly
and were a people
who were criminals.
So when came to
them the truth from
Us, they said:
“This is indeed clear
magic.” Musa said:
“Say you (this) about
the truth when it
has come to you
Is this magic But the
magicians will never
be successful.” They
said: “Have you come
to us to turn us away
from that we found
our fathers following,
and that you two
may have greatness
in the land We are not
going to believe you two!”
The Story of Musa and Fira`wn
Allah said:
ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا
Then after them We sent
meaning ofter these Messengers,
مُّوسَى وَهَـرُونَ
إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِ
Musa and Harun to Fir`awn and his chiefs
meaning his people
بِـَايَـتِنَآ
with Our Ayat.
meaning; `Our proofs and evidences.’
فَاسْتَكْبَرُواْ وَكَانُواْ
قَوْماً مُّجْرِمِينَ
But they behaved arrogantly, and were a people who were criminals.
meaning they were too arrogant to follow the truth and submit to it, and they were criminals.
فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ
مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُواْ إِنَّ
هَـذَا لَسِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ
So, when came to them the truth from us, they said: “This is indeed clear magic.”
They were as if they gave an oath that what they had said was the truth. But they knew that what they were saying was a mere lie. As Allah said:
وَجَحَدُواْ بِهَا وَاسْتَيْقَنَتْهَآ
أَنفُسُهُمْ ظُلْماً وَعُلُوّاً
And they belied them wrongfully and arrogantly, though they themselves were convinced thereof.(An-Naml 14)
Musa criticized them saying:
أَتقُولُونَ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا
جَآءَكُمْ أَسِحْرٌ هَـذَا
وَلاَ يُفْلِحُ السَّـحِرُونَقَالُواْ
أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَلْفِتَنَا
“Say you (this) about the truth when it has come to you Is this magic But the magicians will never be successful.” They said: “Have you come to us to turn us away…
عَمَّا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءابَاءَنَا
from that we found our fathers following
their religion.
وَتَكُونَ لَكُمَا
and that you two may have…
الْكِبْرِيَآءُ
greatness
means grandeur and leadership
فِى الاٌّرْضِ وَمَا نَحْنُ
لَكُمَا بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
…in the land, We are not going to believe you two!”