Az-Zukhruf
وَمَا نُرِيۡهِمۡ مِّنۡ اٰيَةٍ اِلَّا هِيَ اَكۡبَرُ مِنۡ اُخۡتِهَاؗ وَاَخَذۡنٰهُمۡ بِالۡعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُوۡنَ
And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith]
وَقَالُوۡا يٰ٘اَيُّهَ السَّاحِرُ ادۡعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِنۡدَكَۚ اِنَّنَا لَمُهۡتَدُوۡنَ
And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided
فَلَمَّا كَشَفۡنَا عَنۡهُمُ الۡعَذَابَ اِذَا هُمۡ يَنۡكُثُوۡنَ
But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word
وَنَادٰي فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِيۡ قَوۡمِهٖ قَالَ يٰقَوۡمِ اَلَيۡسَ لِيۡ مُلۡكُ مِصۡرَ وَهٰذِهِ الۡاَنۡهٰرُ تَجۡرِيۡ مِنۡ تَحۡتِيۡۚ اَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُوۡنَؕ
And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see
اَمۡ اَنَا خَيۡرٌ مِّنۡ هٰذَا الَّذِيۡ هُوَ مَهِيۡنٌ ۙ وَّلَا يَكَادُ يُبِيۡنُ
Or am I [not] better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear
فَلَوۡلَا٘ اُلۡقِيَ عَلَيۡهِ اَسۡوِرَةٌ مِّنۡ ذَهَبٍ اَوۡ جَآءَ مَعَهُ الۡمَلٰٓئِكَةُ مُقۡتَرِنِيۡنَ
Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction
فَاسۡتَخَفَّ قَوۡمَهٗ فَاَطَاعُوۡهُؕ اِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوۡا قَوۡمًا فٰسِقِيۡنَ
So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah]
فَلَمَّا٘ اٰسَفُوۡنَا انۡتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ فَاَغۡرَقۡنٰهُمۡ اَجۡمَعِيۡنَۙ
And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all
فَجَعَلۡنٰهُمۡ سَلَفًا وَّمَثَلًا لِّلۡاٰخِرِيۡنَࣖ
And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples
وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ مَثَلًا اِذَا قَوۡمُكَ مِنۡهُ يَصِدُّوۡنَ
And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud
وَقَالُوۡ٘ا ءَاٰلِهَتُنَا خَيۡرٌ اَمۡ هُوَؕ مَا ضَرَبُوۡهُ لَكَ اِلَّا جَدَلًاؕ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٌ خَصِمُوۡنَ
And they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute
اِنۡ هُوَ اِلَّا عَبۡدٌ اَنۡعَمۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ وَجَعَلۡنٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِيۡ٘ اِسۡرَآءِيۡلَؕ
Jesus was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel
وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلۡنَا مِنۡكُمۡ مَّلٰٓئِكَةً فِي الۡاَرۡضِ يَخۡلُفُوۡنَ
And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth