18 (Pharaoh) said: Did we not bring thee up as a child among us, and thou didst tarry (many) years of thy life among us? |
19 And thou didst (that) deed of thine which thou didst and thou art of the ungrateful ones. |
20 He said: I did it then when I was of those who err. |
21 So I fled from you when I feared you, then my Lord granted me judgment and made me of the messengers. |
22 And is it a favour of which thou remindest me that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel? |
23 Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the worlds? |
24 He said: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you would be sure. |
25 (Pharaoh) said to those around him: Do you not hear? |
26 He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old. |
27 (Pharaoh) said: Surely your messenger, who is sent to you, is mad. |
28 He said: The Lord of the East and the West and what is between them, if you have any sense. |
29 (Pharaoh) said: If thou takest a god besides me, I will certainly put thee in prison. |
30 He said: Even if I show thee something plain? |
31 (Pharaoh) said: Show it, then, if thou art of the truthful. |
32 So he cast down his rod, and lo! it was an obvious serpent; |
33 And he drew forth his hand, and lo! it appeared white to the beholders. |
34 (Pharaoh) said to the chiefs around him: Surely this is a skilful enchanter, |
35 Who desires to turn you out of your land with his enchantment. What is it then that you counsel? |
36 They said: Give him and his brother respite and send heralds into the cities |
37 That they bring to thee every skilful enchanter. |