Surah Al-Qaşaş (The Stories) in English

1. فلما جاءهم موسى بآياتنا بينات قالوا ما هذا إلا سحر مفترى وما سمعنا بهذا في آبائنا الأولين

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   When Moses brought them Our manifest signs, they said, ‘This is nothing but concocted magic. We never heard of such a thing among our forefathers.’

   fa-lammā jāʾahum mūsā bi-ʾāyātinā bayyinātin qālū mā hādhā ʾillā siḥrun muftaran wa-mā samiʿnā bi-hādhā fī ʾābāʾinā l-ʾawwalīna

2. وقال موسى ربي أعلم بمن جاء بالهدى من عنده ومن تكون له عاقبة الدار إنه لا يفلح الظالمون

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   Moses said, ‘My Lord knows best who brings guidance from Him, and in whose favour the outcome of that abode will be. The wrongdoers will not be felicitous.’

   wa-qāla mūsā rabbī ʾaʿlamu bi-man jāʾa bi-l-hudā min ʿindihī wa-man takūnu lahū ʿāqibatu d-dāri ʾinnahū lā yufliḥu ẓ-ẓālimūna

3. وقال فرعون يا أيها الملأ ما علمت لكم من إله غيري فأوقد لي يا هامان على الطين فاجعل لي صرحا لعلي أطلع إلى إله موسى وإني لأظنه من الكاذبين

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   Pharaoh said, ‘O [members of the] elite! I do not know of any god that you may have besides me. Haman, light for me a fire over clay, and build me a tower so that I may take a look at Moses’ god, and indeed I consider him to be a liar!’

   wa-qāla firʿawnu yā-ʾayyuhā l-malaʾu mā ʿalimtu lakum min ʾilāhin ghayrī fa-ʾawqid lī yā-hāmānu ʿalā ṭ-ṭīni fa-jʿal lī ṣarḥan laʿallī ʾaṭṭaliʿu ʾilā ʾilāhi mūsā wa-ʾinnī la-ʾaẓunnuhū mina l-kādhibīna

4. واستكبر هو وجنوده في الأرض بغير الحق وظنوا أنهم إلينا لا يرجعون

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   He and his hosts unduly acted arrogantly in the land, and thought they would not be brought back to Us.

   wa-stakbara huwa wa-junūduhū fī l-ʾarḍi bi-ghayri l-ḥaqqi wa-ẓannū ʾannahum ʾilaynā lā yurjaʿūna

5. فأخذناه وجنوده فنبذناهم في اليم فانظر كيف كان عاقبة الظالمين

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   So We seized him and his hosts, and threw them into the sea. So observe how was the fate of the wrongdoers!

   fa-ʾakhadhnāhu wa-junūdahū fa-nabadhnāhum fī l-yammi fa-nẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu ẓ-ẓālimīna

6. وجعلناهم أئمة يدعون إلى النار ويوم القيامة لا ينصرون

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   We made them leaders who invite to the Fire, and on the Day of Resurrection they will not receive any help.

   wa-jaʿalnāhum ʾaʾimmatan yadʿūna ʾilā n-nāri wa-yawma l-qiyāmati lā yunṣarūna

7. وأتبعناهم في هذه الدنيا لعنة ويوم القيامة هم من المقبوحين

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   We made a curse pursue them in this world, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be among the disfigured.

   wa-ʾatbaʿnāhum fī hādhihi d-dunyā laʿnatan wa-yawma l-qiyāmati hum mina l-maqbūḥīna

8. ولقد آتينا موسى الكتاب من بعد ما أهلكنا القرون الأولى بصائر للناس وهدى ورحمة لعلهم يتذكرون

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   Certainly We gave Moses the Book, after We had destroyed the former generations, as [a set of] eye-openers, guidance and mercy for mankind, so that they may take admonition.

   wa-la-qad ʾātaynā mūsā l-kitāba min baʿdi mā ʾahlaknā l-qurūna l-ʾūlā baṣāʾira li-n-nāsi wa-hudan wa-raḥmatan laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna