Surah Al-A'raaf

تِلْكَٱلْقُرَىٰنَقُصُّعَلَيْكَمِنْأَنۢبَآئِهَاوَلَقَدْجَآءَتْهُمْرُسُلُهُمبِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِفَمَاكَانُوا۟لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟بِمَاكَذَّبُوا۟مِنقَبْلُكَذَٰلِكَيَطْبَعُٱللَّهُعَلَىٰقُلُوبِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

Unto those [earlier] communities - some of whose stories We [now] relate unto thee -there had indeed come apostles of their own with all evidence of the truth; but they would not believe in anything to which they had once given the lie: thus it is that God seals the hearts of those who deny the truth;

وَمَاوَجَدْنَالِأَكْثَرِهِممِّنْعَهْدٍۢوَإِنوَجَدْنَآأَكْثَرَهُمْلَفَٰسِقِينَ

and in most of them We found no [inner] bond with anything that is right -and most of them We found to be iniquitous indeed.

ثُمَّبَعَثْنَامِنۢبَعْدِهِممُّوسَىٰبِـَٔايَٰتِنَآإِلَىٰفِرْعَوْنَوَمَلَإِي۟هِۦفَظَلَمُوا۟بِهَافَٱنظُرْكَيْفَكَانَعَٰقِبَةُٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

AND AFTER those [early people] We sent Moses with Our messages unto Pharaoh and his great ones, and they wilfully rejected them: and behold what happened in the end to those spreaders of corruption!

وَقَالَمُوسَىٰيَٰفِرْعَوْنُإِنِّىرَسُولٌۭمِّنرَّبِّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

And Moses said: "O Pharaoh! Verily, I am an apostle from the Sustainer of all the worlds,

حَقِيقٌعَلَىٰٓأَنلَّآأَقُولَعَلَىٱللَّهِإِلَّاٱلْحَقَّقَدْجِئْتُكُمبِبَيِّنَةٍۢمِّنرَّبِّكُمْفَأَرْسِلْمَعِىَبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

so constituted that I cannot say anything about God but the truth. I have now come unto you with a clear evidence from your Sustainer: let, then, the children of Israel go with me!"

قَالَإِنكُنتَجِئْتَبِـَٔايَةٍۢفَأْتِبِهَآإِنكُنتَمِنَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

Said [Pharaoh]: "If thou hast come with a sign, produce it-if thou art a man of truth!"

فَأَلْقَىٰعَصَاهُفَإِذَاهِىَثُعْبَانٌۭمُّبِينٌۭ

Thereupon [Moses] threw down his staff, and lo! it was a serpent, plainly visible;

وَنَزَعَيَدَهُۥفَإِذَاهِىَبَيْضَآءُلِلنَّٰظِرِينَ

and he drew forth his hand, and lo! it appeared [shining] white to the beholders.

قَالَٱلْمَلَأُمِنقَوْمِفِرْعَوْنَإِنَّهَٰذَالَسَٰحِرٌعَلِيمٌۭ

The great ones among Pharaoh's people said: "Verily, this is indeed a sorcerer of great knowledge,

يُرِيدُأَنيُخْرِجَكُممِّنْأَرْضِكُمْفَمَاذَاتَأْمُرُونَ

who wants to drive you out of your land! " [Said Pharaoh:] "What, then, do you advise?"

قَالُوٓا۟أَرْجِهْوَأَخَاهُوَأَرْسِلْفِىٱلْمَدَآئِنِحَٰشِرِينَ

They answered: "Let him and his brother wait awhile, and send unto all cities heralds

يَأْتُوكَبِكُلِّسَٰحِرٍعَلِيمٍۢ

who shall bring before thee every sorcerer of great knowledge."

وَجَآءَٱلسَّحَرَةُفِرْعَوْنَقَالُوٓا۟إِنَّلَنَالَأَجْرًاإِنكُنَّانَحْنُٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ

And the sorcerers came unto Pharaoh [and] said: "Verily, we ought to have a great reward if it is we who prevail."

قَالَنَعَمْوَإِنَّكُمْلَمِنَٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

Answered [Pharaoh]: "Yes; and, verily, you shall be among those who are near unto me."

قَالُوا۟يَٰمُوسَىٰٓإِمَّآأَنتُلْقِىَوَإِمَّآأَننَّكُونَنَحْنُٱلْمُلْقِينَ

They said: "O Moses! Either thou shalt throw [thy staff first], or we shall [be the first to] throw."

قَالَأَلْقُوا۟فَلَمَّآأَلْقَوْا۟سَحَرُوٓا۟أَعْيُنَٱلنَّاسِوَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْوَجَآءُوبِسِحْرٍعَظِيمٍۢ

He answered: "You throw [first]." And when they threw down [their staffs], they cast a spell upon the people's eyes, and struck them with awe, and produced mighty sorcery.

وَأَوْحَيْنَآإِلَىٰمُوسَىٰٓأَنْأَلْقِعَصَاكَفَإِذَاهِىَتَلْقَفُمَايَأْفِكُونَ

And [then] We inspired Moses, "Throw down thy staff!" -and lo! it swallowed up all their deceptions:

فَوَقَعَٱلْحَقُّوَبَطَلَمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ

whereupon the truth was established, and vain was proved all that they had been doing.

فَغُلِبُوا۟هُنَالِكَوَٱنقَلَبُوا۟صَٰغِرِينَ

And thus were they vanquished there and then, and became utterly humiliated.

وَأُلْقِىَٱلسَّحَرَةُسَٰجِدِينَ

And down fell the sorcerers, prostrating themselves