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

¹ ṭā sīn mīm¹

² Those¹ are the proofs² of the Clear Writ.³

³ Thou mightest destroy thy soul from grief¹ that they are not believers.²

⁴ If We will, We can send down upon them from the sky a proof¹ to which their necks will remain humbled.²

⁵ And there comes not to them any new remembrance¹ from the Almighty,² save they turn away therefrom.

⁶ Then have they denied; and there will come to them the report of that whereat they mocked.

⁷ Have they not seen¹ the earth: how much We have caused to grow therein of every² noble kind?

⁸ In that is a proof,¹ but most of them are not believers.²

⁹ And thy Lord: He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

¹⁰ And when thy Lord called Moses: “Go thou to the wrongdoing¹ people,

¹¹ “The people of Pharaoh:¹ — will they not be in prudent fear?”²

¹² He said: “My Lord: I fear that they will deny me,

¹³ “And my breast will be straitened, and my tongue not proceed; so send Thou for Aaron.

¹⁴ “And they have a transgression¹ against me, so I fear that they will kill me.”

¹⁵ He said: “By no means!¹ Go² with Our proofs;³ We are with you,⁴ listening.”

¹⁶ “And go¹ to Pharaoh,² and say:³ ‘We are a messenger⁴ of the Lord of All Creation.

¹⁷ “‘Send thou¹ with us the children of Israel.’”

¹⁸ Said he: “Did we not bring thee up among us as a child? And thou tarriedst among us years of thy life;

¹⁹ “And thou didst thy deed which thou didst, and wast of the false claimers of guidance.”¹

²⁰ He said: “I did it when I was of those who stray.¹

²¹ “And I fled from you¹ when I feared you. Then my Lord gave me judgment and made me among the emissaries.

²² “And that favour wherewith thou reproachest me is that thou hast enslaved the children of Israel.”

²³ Said Pharaoh:¹ “And what is the Lord of All Creation?”

²⁴ He said: “The Lord of the Heavens and the Earth and what is between them;¹ if you² are certain––”³

²⁵ Said he¹ to those round about him: “Do you not hear!”²

²⁶ He said: “Your Lord, and the Lord of your fathers of old––”¹

²⁷ Said he: “Your messenger who has been sent to you is possessed!”

²⁸ He said: “The Lord of the East and the West, and what is between them;¹ if you use reason––”²

²⁹ Said he: “If thou takest a god other than me, I will place thee among those imprisoned.”

³⁰ He said: “Even though I brought thee something clear?”

³¹ Said he: “Then bring thou it, if thou be of the truthful.”

³² And he cast his staff, and then it was a clear serpent;

³³ And he drew forth his hand, and then it was white for all to see.¹

³⁴ Said he to the eminent ones round about him: “This is a learned sorcerer.¹

³⁵ “He wants to turn you out of your land by his sorcery;¹ then what do you command?”

³⁶ They said: “Delay thou him and his brother, and raise thou up in the cities gatherers

³⁷ “Who will bring thee every learned sorcerer.”¹

³⁸ And the sorcerers¹ were assembled at the appointed time of a known day.

³⁹ And it was said to the people: “Will you assemble

⁴⁰ So we might follow the sorcerers,¹ if they are the victors?”

⁴¹ And when the sorcerers¹ came they said to Pharaoh:² “Will there be a reward for us, if we are the victors?”

⁴² He said: “Yea; and you will then be of those brought near.”¹

⁴³ Moses said to them: “Cast what you will cast.”

⁴⁴ And they cast their ropes and their staffs, and said: “By the power and glory¹ of Pharaoh² are we the victors!”

⁴⁵ Then Moses cast his staff; and then it swallowed up what they falsified;

⁴⁶ Then were the sorcerers¹ cast down² in submission,³

⁴⁷ They said: “We believe in¹ the Lord of All Creation,

⁴⁸ “The Lord of Moses and Aaron.”

⁴⁹ Said he: “You have believed him¹ before I gave you leave. He is your chief who taught you sorcery.² And you will come to know! I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and crucify³ you all together.”