Selected Quranic verses

﴿ ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ﴾

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

﴿ فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ﴾

And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify...

﴿ وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ ﴾

And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fea...

﴿ فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ﴾

And he showed him the greatest sign,[1842]

﴿ فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ﴾

But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.

﴿ ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ ﴾

Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting]...

﴿ فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ﴾

And he gathered [his people] and called out

﴿ فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ﴾

And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

﴿ فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ﴾

So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for th...

﴿ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ ﴾

Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for who...

﴿ ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا ﴾

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven...

﴿ رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴾

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.