They said, “We believe in the Lord of all worlds,

the Lord of Moses and Aaron.”

Pharaoh said, “You believed in Him before I gave you permission! This must be a plot you planned in the city to drive its people out. You will soon know.

I will certainly cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, then I will crucify you all.”

They said, “We are returning to our Lord.

You resent us only because we believed in our Lord’s signs when they came to us. Our Lord, pour patience upon us and let us die as those who submit to You.”

The leaders among Pharaoh’s people said, “Will you leave Moses and his people to spread corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?” He said, “We will kill their sons and spare their women. We have complete power over them.”

Moses said to his people, “Seek Allah’s help and be patient. The earth belongs to Allah. He grants it as an inheritance to whomever He wills of His servants, and the good outcome belongs to those who are mindful of Him.”

They said, “We were harmed before you came to us and after you came.” He said, “Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you successors in the land, then see how you act.”

We certainly afflicted Pharaoh’s people with years of drought and shortage of crops so that they might take heed.

But whenever good came to them, they said, “This is ours.” And if something bad struck them, they blamed Moses and those with him as a bad omen. In fact, their fate was with Allah, but most of them did not know.

They said, “Whatever sign you bring to bewitch us with, we will never believe in you.”

So We sent upon them the flood, locusts, lice, frogs, and blood as distinct signs. But they remained arrogant and were a guilty people.

Whenever the punishment fell upon them, they said, “Moses, call upon your Lord for us by what He has promised you. If you remove the punishment from us, we will surely believe in you and send the Children of Israel with you.”

But whenever We removed the punishment from them until a term they were to reach, they immediately broke their promise.

So We took retribution from them and drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.

And We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern and western parts of the land We had blessed. Your Lord’s good word was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of their patience, and We destroyed what Pharaoh and his people had built and what they had raised.

We brought the Children of Israel across the sea. Then they came upon a people devoted to idols of theirs. They said, “Moses, make a god for us like the gods they have.” He said, “You are certainly a people acting without knowledge.

What these people are devoted to is doomed, and what they are doing is worthless.”

He said, “Should I seek a god for you other than Allah when He has favored you above the peoples of your time?”

Remember when We rescued you from Pharaoh’s people, who subjected you to terrible suffering, killing your sons and sparing your women. In that was a tremendous trial from your Lord.

We appointed for Moses thirty nights and completed them with ten more, so the appointed time of his Lord was completed as forty nights. Moses said to his brother Aaron, “Take my place among my people, set things right, and do not follow the way of those who spread corruption.”

When Moses came at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, “My Lord, show Yourself to me so that I may look at You.” He said, “You will not see Me, but look at the mountain. If it remains firm in its place, then you will see Me.” Then when his Lord manifested His glory to the mountain, He made it crumble, and Moses fell unconscious. When he recovered, he said, “Glory be to You! I turn to You in repentance, and I am the first of the believers.”

He said, “Moses, I have chosen you above the people through My messages and My speaking to you. So take what I have given you and be among the grateful.”