And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Ibrahim said, Rabbi ij’al hatha al balada aminan wajnubnee wabaniyya an na’buda al-asnam “My Lord, make this city [Makkah] secure and keep me and my sons away from worshipping idols. Rabbi innahunna adlalna katheeran mina an nasi faman tabi’anee fa-innahu minnee waman ‘asanee fa-innaka ghafoorun raheem My Lord, indeed they […]
And when they entered upon Yusuf, he took his parents to himself and said, “Enter Egypt, Allah willing, safe [and secure].” And he raised his parents upon the throne, and they fell down to him in prostration. And he said, “O my father, this is the explanation of my dream of before. My Lord has made
And women in the city said, “The wife of ʿAziz is seeking to seduce her slave boy; he has impassioned her with love. Indeed, we see her [to be] in clear error.” So when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and prepared for them a banquet and gave each one of them
And it [the ark] sailed with them through waves like mountains, and Nuh called to his son who stood apart [from them], “O my son, embark with us and be not with the disbelievers.” [But] he said, “I will take refuge on a mountain to protect me from the water.” [Nuh] said, “There is no
But no one believed Musa , except [some] offspring [youths] among his people, for fear of Fir’awn and their chiefs that they would persecute them. And indeed, Fir’awn was a tyrant in the land, and indeed, he was of the transgressors. And Musa said, “O my people, if you have believed in Allah, then put
And when Musa returned to his people, angry and grieved, he said, “How evil is what you have done in my place after [my departure]. Were you impatient over the matter of your Lord?” And he cast down the tablets and seized his brother by [the hair of] his head, dragging him toward him. [Harun]
Said Fir’awn, “You believed in him [ Musa ] before I gave you permission. Indeed, this is a plot which you conspired in the city to drive out therefrom its people. But you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides; then I will crucify you all.”
Said the eminent ones who were arrogant among his people, “We will surely drive you out, O Shuʿayb, and those who have believed with you from our city, or you must return to our millat.” He said, “Even if we were unwilling? We would have fabricated against Allah a lie if we returned to your
