وَنَادَى فِرْعَوْنُ فِی قَوْمِهِ قَالَ یَا قَوْمِ أَلَیْسَ لِی مُلْکُ مِصْرَ وَهَذِهِ الاَْنْهَارُ تَجْرِی مِنْ تَحْتِی أَفَلاَ تُبْصِرُونَ(( 51 ))

51- AND PHARAOH PROCLAIMED AMONG HIS PEOPLE, SAYING:- ``O, MY PEOPLE! IS NOT THE KINGDOM OF EGYPT MINE, AND THESE STREAMS THAT ARE FLOWING BENEATH ME. DON'T YOU SEE? (THAT THEY ARE ALL MINE)

أَمْ أَنَا خَیْرٌ مِنْ هَذَا الَّذِی هُوَ مَهِینٌ وَلاَ یَکَادُ یُبِینُ(( 52 ))

52- AM I NOT BETTER THAN THIS MAN WHO IS DESPICABLE, AND WHO CANNOT EVEN EXPRESS HIS FEELINGS CLEARLY?

فَلَوْلاَ أُلْقِىَ عَلَیْهِ أَسْوِرَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَب أَوْ جَاءَ مَعَهُ الْمَلاَئِکَةُ مُقْتَرِنِینَ(( 53 ))

53- WHY THEN BRACELETS OF GOLD HAVE NOT BEEN CAST ON HIM OR ANGEL HAVE NOT COME WITH HIM? (TO CONFIRM HIS ASSERTION)

فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ فَأَطَاعُوهُ إِنَّهُمْ کَانُوا قَوْماً فَاسِقِینَ(( 54 ))

54- HE TRICKED HIS PEOPLE INTO BEHAVING FOOLISHLY, AND THEY OBEYED HIM BECAUSE THEY WERE DEBAUCHERS.

فَلَمَّا آسَفُونَا انتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ أَجْمَعِینَ(( 55 ))

55- WHEN THEY INCURRED OUR WRATH, WE TOOK VENGEANCE ON THEM, AND DROWNED THEM ALL.

فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ سَلَفاً وَمَثَلا لِلاْخِرِینَ(( 56 ))

56- AND WE MADE THEM A PRECEDENT, (A TALE OF THE PAST) AND AN EXAMPLE TO THOSE WHO SUCCEEDED THEM.