Surah Al-Qaşaş (The Stories) in English

1. فلما قضى موسى الأجل وسار بأهله آنس من جانب الطور نارا قال لأهله امكثوا إني آنست نارا لعلي آتيكم منها بخبر أو جذوة من النار لعلكم تصطلون

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   So when Moses completed the term and set out with his family, he descried a fire on the side of the mountain. He said to his family, ‘Wait! Indeed, I descry a fire! Maybe I will bring you some news from it, or a brand of fire so that you may warm yourselves.’

   fa-lammā qaḍā mūsā l-ʾajala wa-sāra bi-ʾahlihī ʾānasa min jānibi ṭ-ṭūri nāran qāla li-ʾahlihi mkuthū ʾinnī ʾānastu nāran laʿallī ʾātīkum minhā bi-khabarin ʾaw jadhwatin mina n-nāri laʿallakum taṣṭalūna

2. فلما أتاها نودي من شاطئ الواد الأيمن في البقعة المباركة من الشجرة أن يا موسى إني أنا الله رب العالمين

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   When he approached it, he was called from the right bank of the valley in that blessed site from the tree: ‘Moses! Indeed I am Allah, the Lord of all the worlds!’

   fa-lammā ʾatāhā nūdiya min shāṭiʾi l-wādi l-ʾaymani fī l-buqʿati l-mubārakati mina sh-shajarati ʾan yā-mūsā ʾinnī ʾana llāhu rabbu l-ʿālamīna

3. وأن ألق عصاك فلما رآها تهتز كأنها جان ولى مدبرا ولم يعقب يا موسى أقبل ولا تخف إنك من الآمنين

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   And: ‘Throw down your staff!’ And when he saw it wriggling as if it were a snake, he turned his back [to flee], without looking back. ‘Moses! Come forward, and do not be afraid. Indeed you are safe.’

   wa-ʾan ʾalqi ʿaṣāka fa-lammā raʾāhā tahtazzu ka-ʾannahā jānnun wallā mudbiran wa-lam yuʿaqqib yā-mūsā ʾaqbil wa-lā takhaf ʾinnaka mina l-ʾāminīna

4. اسلك يدك في جيبك تخرج بيضاء من غير سوء واضمم إليك جناحك من الرهب فذانك برهانان من ربك إلى فرعون وملئه إنهم كانوا قوما فاسقين

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   ‘Insert your hand into your shirt. It will emerge white, without any fault, and keep your arms drawn in awe to your sides. These shall be two proofs from your Lord to Pharaoh and his elite. They are indeed a transgressing lot.’

   usluk yadaka fī jaybika takhruj bayḍāʾa min ghayri sūʾin wa-ḍmum ʾilayka janāḥaka mina r-rahbi fa-dhānika burhānāni min rabbika ʾilā firʿawna wa-malaʾihī ʾinnahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna

5. قال رب إني قتلت منهم نفسا فأخاف أن يقتلون

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   He said, ‘My Lord! Indeed, I have killed one of their men, so I fear they will kill me.

   qāla rabbi ʾinnī qataltu minhum nafsan fa-ʾakhāfu ʾan yaqtulūni

6. وأخي هارون هو أفصح مني لسانا فأرسله معي ردءا يصدقني إني أخاف أن يكذبون

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   Aaron, my brother—he is more eloquent than me in speech. So send him with me as a helper to confirm me, for I fear that they will impugn me.’

   wa-ʾakhī hārūnu huwa ʾafṣaḥu minnī lisānan fa-ʾarsilhu maʿiya ridʾan yuṣaddiqunī ʾinnī ʾakhāfu ʾan yukadhdhibūni

7. قال سنشد عضدك بأخيك ونجعل لكما سلطانا فلا يصلون إليكما بآياتنا أنتما ومن اتبعكما الغالبون

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   He said, ‘We will strengthen your arm by means of your brother, and invest both of you with such authority that they will not touch you. With the help of Our signs, you two, and those who follow the two of you, shall be the victors.’

   qāla sa-nashuddu ʿaḍudaka bi-ʾakhīka wa-najʿalu lakumā sulṭānan fa-lā yaṣilūna ʾilaykumā bi-ʾāyātinā ʾantumā wa-mani ttabaʿakumā l-ghālibūna