إِذْ قَالَ مُوسى لاَهْلِهِ إِنى ءَانَست نَاراً سئَاتِیکم مِّنهَا بخَبرٍ أَوْ ءَاتِیکُم بِشهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَّعَلَّکمْ تَصطلُونَ ))7((

7- (AND REMEMBER) WHEN MOSES SAID TO HIS HOUSEHOLD:ِ ``I PERCEIVED A FIRE. SOON I WILL BRING YOU A NEWS OF IT, OR BRING YOU A BURNING BRAND THAT YOU MAY WARM YOURSELVES. (BY KINDLING A FIRE)

فَلَمَّا جَاءَهَا نُودِىَ أَنْ بُورِکَ مَنْ فِى النَّارِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِینَ(( 8 ))

8- THEN WHEN HE CAME TO IT, (HE HEARD) A CALL SAYING:ِ ``BLESSED IS HE WHO IS IN THE FIRE, AND HE WHO IS AROUND IT. AND GLORY BE TO ALLAH, THE LORD OF ALL THE WORLDS.''

یَا مُوسَى إِنَّهُ أَنَا اللهُ الْعَزِیزُ الْحَکِیمُ (( 9 ))

9- O, MOSES! VERILY I AM ALLAH, EXALTED IN MIGHT, ALL-WISE.

وَأَلْقِ عَصَاکَ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ کَأَنَّهَا جَانٌّ وَلَّى مُدْبِراً وَلَمْ یُعَقِّبْ یَا مُوسَى لاَ تَخَفْ إِنِّى لاَ یَخَافُ لَدَىَّ الْمُرْسَلُونَ(( 10 ))

10- AND CAST DOWN YOUR STAFF. THEN WHEN HE SAW IT MOVING FAST AS IF A SNAKE, HE TURNED BACK AND LOOKED NOT BEHIND. (HE FLED)

      O, MOSES! DO NOT BE AFRAID, THAT THE MESSENGERS DO NOT FEAR IN MY PRESENCE.

إِلاَّ مَنْ ظَلَمَ ثُمَّ بَدَّلَ حُسْناً بَعْدَ سُوء فَإِنِّى غَفُورٌ رَّحِیمٌ(( 11 ))

11- EXCEPT HE WHO OPPRESSED, THEN CHANGED TO GOOD AFTER DOING BAD; THEN I AM ALL-FORGIVING COMPASSIONATE.

وَأَدْخِلْ یَدَکَ فِى جَیْبِکَ تَخْرُجْ بَیْضَاءَ مِنْ غَیْرِ سُوء فِى تِسْعِ آیَات إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمِهِ إِنَّهُمْ کَانُوا قَوْماً فَاسِقِینَ(( 12 ))

12- AND PUT YOUR HAND INTO YOUR ARM-PIT, AND IT WILL COME OUT SHINING WHITE WITH NOTHING WRONG.

      (THESE ARE AMONG) THE NINE SIGNS TO PHARAOH AND HIS PEOPLE, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN A PEOPLE OF DEBAUCHERIES.

فَلَمَّا جَاءَتْهُمْ آیَاتُنَا مُبْصِرَةً قَالُوا هَذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِینٌ(( 13 ))

13- BUT WHEN OUR ILLUMINATING SIGNS CAME TO THEM THEY SAID:ِ ``THIS IS A CLEAR SORCERY.''

وَجَحَدُوا بِهَا وَاسْتَیْقَنَتْهَا أَنْفُسُهُمْ ظُلْماً وَعُلُوّاً فَانظُرْ کَیْفَ کَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُفْسِدِینَ(( 14 ))

14- AND THEY (DELIBERATELY) DENIED THEM OUT OF PRIDE AND OPPRESSION THOUGH THEIR SOULS WERE SURE OF IT. THEN SEE HOW WAS THE END OF THE EVIL-DOERS.