In the name of God, the Almighty,¹ the Merciful.

¹ ṭā hā ¹

² We have not sent down upon thee the Qur’an¹ that thou be wretched,

³ But only as a reminder to him who fears —

⁴ A revelation¹ from Him who created the earth and the high heavens.

⁵ The Almighty¹ established Himself upon the Throne;

⁶ To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and what is between them,¹ and what is under the soil.

⁷ And if thou be public in speech, then He knows the secret and what is more hidden.

⁸ God, there is no god save He;¹ to Him belong the best names.

⁹ And has there come to thee the story¹ of Moses?

¹⁰ When he saw a fire, and said to his people: “Stay here; I perceive a fire. I might bring you therefrom a firebrand, or find at the fire guidance.”

¹¹ And when he came to it, he was called: “O Moses:

¹² “I am thy Lord; so remove thou thy sandals; thou art in the sacred valley of Ṭuwa.¹

¹³ “And I have chosen thee, so hearken thou to what is revealed:¹

¹⁴ “I am God. There is no god save I, so serve thou Me; and uphold thou the duty¹ for My remembrance:²

¹⁵ “The Hour is coming — I almost conceal it — that every soul might be rewarded for that for which it strives;

¹⁶ “And let not turn thee away from¹ it him who believes not in² it but follows his vain desire, or thou wilt perish.

¹⁷ “And what is that in thy right hand, O Moses?”

¹⁸ Said he: “It is my staff. I lean on it, and beat down therewith leaves for my sheep; and I have therefor other uses.”

¹⁹ He said: “Cast thou it down, O Moses.”

²⁰ And he cast it down, and then was it a serpent moving.

²¹ He said: “Take thou it, and fear thou not; We will return it to its former state.

²² “And draw thou thy hand into thy bosom: it will come forth white, without evil,¹ as another proof,²

²³ “That We might show thee some of Our greater proofs.¹

²⁴ “Go thou to Pharaoh.¹ He has transgressed.”²

²⁵ Said he: “My Lord: expand Thou for me my breast,

²⁶ “And ease Thou for me my affair,

²⁷ “And loosen Thou the knot from my tongue,

²⁸ “That they might understand my speech.¹

²⁹ “And appoint Thou for me an assistant¹ from my family:

³⁰ “Aaron, my brother;

³¹ “Strengthen Thou by him my strength,

³² “And make Thou him share¹ in my affair,

³³ “That we might glorify¹ Thee much,

³⁴ “And remember Thee much.

³⁵ “Thou dost see us.”

³⁶ He said: “Thou hast been granted thy request, O Moses.

³⁷ “And We bestowed favour upon thee another time,

³⁸ “When We instructed¹ thy mother with what was instructed:²

³⁹ “‘Hurl¹ thou him into the chest, and hurl thou it into the water;² the water³ will cast him⁴ upon the shore. An enemy to Me and an enemy to him will take him.’ And I cast upon thee love from Me, and that thou be wrought under My eye

⁴⁰ “When thy sister went and said: ‘Shall I direct you to one who will take care of him?’ So We returned thee to thy mother, that her eye might be comforted and grieve not. And thou didst kill a soul; and We delivered thee from distress, and subjected thee to means of denial¹ by a trial. And thou didst tarry years among the people of Madyan;² then camest thou as ordained, O Moses.

⁴¹ “And I chose¹ thee for Myself;

⁴² “Go thou and thy brother with My proofs¹ — and flag² not in My remembrance³ —

⁴³ “Go¹ to Pharaoh.² He has transgressed.³

⁴⁴ “And speak¹ to him a gentle word,² that he might take heed, or fear.”

⁴⁵ They¹ said: “Our Lord: we fear lest he hasten against us, or that he will transgress.”

⁴⁶ He said: “Fear¹ not; I am with you,² hearing and seeing.³

⁴⁷ “So go¹ to him, and say:² ‘We are the messengers³ of thy Lord, so send thou the children of Israel with us, and punish thou them not. We have come to thee with a proof⁴ from thy Lord; and peace be upon him who follows the guidance!

⁴⁸ “‘It has been revealed¹ to us that the punishment is upon him who denies and turns away.’”²

⁴⁹ Said he:¹ “And who is your² Lord, O Moses?”