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25. Qala rabbi ishrah lee sadree
25. (Moses) said: "O my Lord! expand me my breast;
26. "Ease my task for me;
27. Waohlul AAuqdatan min lisanee
27. "And remove the impediment from my speech,
28. "So they may understand what I say:
29. WaijAAal lee wazeeran min ahlee
29. "And give me a Minister from my family,
30. "Aaron, my brother;
31. "Add to my strength through him,
32. "And make him share my task:
33. "That we may celebrate Thy praise without stint,
34. "And remember Thee without stint:
35. Innaka kunta bina baseeran
35. "For Thou art He that (ever) regardeth us."
36. Qala qad ooteeta su/laka ya moosa
36. ((Allah)) said: "Granted is thy prayer, O Moses!"
37. Walaqad mananna AAalayka marratan okhra
37. "And indeed We conferred a favour on thee another time (before).
38. Ith awhayna ila ommika ma yooha
38. "Behold! We sent to thy mother, by inspiration, the message:
39. Ani iqthifeehi fee alttabooti faiqthifeehi fee alyammi falyulqihi alyammu bialssahili ya/khuthhu AAaduwwun lee waAAaduwwun lahu waalqaytu AAalayka mahabbatan minnee walitusnaAAa AAala AAaynee
39. "'Throw (the child) into the chest, and throw (the chest) into the river: the river will cast him up on the bank, and he will be taken up by one who is an enemy to Me and an enemy to him': But I cast (the garment of) love over thee from Me: and (this) in order that thou mayest be reared under Mine eye.
40. Ith tamshee okhtuka fataqoolu hal adullukum AAala man yakfuluhu farajaAAnaka ila ommika kay taqarra AAaynuha wala tahzana waqatalta nafsan fanajjaynaka mina alghammi wafatannaka futoonan falabithta sineena fee ahli madyana thumma ji/ta AAala qadarin ya moosa
40. "Behold! thy sister goeth forth and saith, 'shall I show you one who will nurse and rear the (child)?' So We brought thee back to thy mother, that her eye might be cooled and she should not grieve. Then thou didst slay a man, but We saved thee from trouble, and We tried thee in various ways. Then didst thou tarry a number of years with the people of Midian. Then didst thou come hither as ordained, O Moses!
41. "And I have prepared thee for Myself (for service)"..
42. Ithhab anta waakhooka bi-ayatee wala taniya fee thikree
42. "Go, thou and thy brother, with My Signs, and slacken not, either of you, in keeping Me in remembrance.
43. Ithhaba ila firAAawna innahu tagha
43. "Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds;
44. Faqoola lahu qawlan layyinan laAAallahu yatathakkaru aw yakhsha
44. "But speak to him mildly; perchance he may take warning or fear ((Allah))."
45. Qala rabbana innana nakhafu an yafruta AAalayna aw an yatgha
45. They (Moses and Aaron) said: "Our Lord! We fear lest he hasten with insolence against us, or lest he transgress all bounds."
46. Qala la takhafa innanee maAAakuma asmaAAu waara
46. He said: "Fear not: for I am with you: I hear and see (everything).
47. Fa/tiyahu faqoola inna rasoola rabbika faarsil maAAana banee isra-eela wala tuAAaththibhum qad ji/naka bi-ayatin min rabbika waalssalamu AAala mani ittabaAAa alhuda
47. "So go ye both to him, and say, 'Verily we are apostles sent by thy Lord: Send forth, therefore, the Children of Israel with us, and afflict them not: with a Sign, indeed, have we come from thy Lord! and peace to all who follow guidance!
48. Inna qad oohiya ilayna anna alAAathaba AAala man kaththaba watawalla
48. "'Verily it has been revealed to us that the Penalty (awaits) those who reject and turn away.'"
49. Qala faman rabbukuma ya moosa
49. (When this message was delivered), (Pharaoh) said: "Who, then, O Moses, is the Lord of you two?"
50. Qala rabbuna allathee aAAta kulla shay-in khalqahu thumma hada
50. He said: "Our Lord is He Who gave to each (created) thing its form and nature, and further, gave (it) guidance."
51. Qala fama balu alqurooni al-oola
51. (Pharaoh) said: "What then is the condition of previous generations?"
52. Qala AAilmuha AAinda rabbee fee kitabin la yadillu rabbee wala yansa
52. He replied: "The knowledge of that is with my Lord, duly recorded: my Lord never errs, nor forgets,-
53. Allathee jaAAala lakumu al-arda mahdan wasalaka lakum feeha subulan waanzala mina alssama-i maan faakhrajna bihi azwajan min nabatin shatta
53. "He Who has, made for you the earth like a carpet spread out; has enabled you to go about therein by roads (and channels); and has sent down water from the sky." With it have We produced diverse pairs of plants each separate from the others.
54. Kuloo wairAAaw anAAamakum inna fee thalika laayatin li-olee alnnuha
54. Eat (for yourselves) and pasture your cattle: verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.