وَقَالَ الْمَلاَُ مِن قَومِ فِرْعَوْنَ أَتَذَرُ مُوسَى وَقَوْمَهُ لِیُفْسِدُوا فِى الاَْرْضِ وَیَذَرَکَ وَءَالِهَتَکَ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْىِ نِسَآءَهُمْ وَإِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَـهِرُونَ (127) قَالَ مُوسَى لِقَومِهِ اسْتَعِینُوا بِاللهِ واصْبِرُوا إِنَّ الاَْرضَ للهِ یُورِثُهَا مَن یَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَالْعَقِبَهُ لِلْمُتَّقِینَ (128) قَالُوا أُوذِینَا مِنْ قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِیَنَا وَمِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا قَالَ عَسَى رَبُّکُمْ أَن یُهْلِکَ عَدُوَّکُمْ وَیَسْتَخْلِفَکُمْ فِى الاَْرْضِ فَیَنْظُرَ کَیْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ (129) 127- AND THE HIGH - UPS (CHIEFS AND ELDERS) OF THE PEOPLE OF PHARAOH SAID: `DO YOU LEAVE MOSES AND HIS PEOPLE TO MAKE TROUBLE IN THE LAND, AND TO LEAVE DOWN YOU AND YOUR GODS?'
HE SAID: `SOON SHALL WE SLAY THEIR SONS, AND LEAVE ALIVE THEIR DAUGHTERS, AND WE DO HAVE POWER OVER THEM.'
128- MOSES SAID TO HIS PEOPLE: `SEEK HELP IN ALLAH AND BE PATIENT; THAT THE LAND BELONGS TO ALLAH. HE LETS THOSE OF HIS SERVANTS WHOM HE WANTS TO INHERIT IT, AND THE GOOD END IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE PIOUS.'
129- THEY SAID: `WE HAVE BEEN PERSECUTED BEFORE YOU CAME TO US, AND (ALSO) AFTER YOU HAVE COME TO US.'
HE SAID: `IT MAY BE THAT YOUR LORD DESTROYS YOUR ENEMY, AND MAKE YOU SUCCESSOR IN THE LAND; SO THAT MAY SEE HOW WILL YOU ACT.'