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7:127 1 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran The chiefs of Pharaoh’s people protested, “Are you going to leave Moses and his people free to spread corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?” He responded, “We will kill their sons and keep their women.1 We will completely dominate them.”
7:128 0 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran Moses reassured his people, “Seek Allah’s help and be patient. Indeed, the earth belongs to Allah ˹alone˺. He grants it to whoever He chooses of His servants. The ultimate outcome belongs ˹only˺ to the righteous.”
7:129 0 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran They complained, “We have always been oppressed—before and after you came to us ˹with the message˺.” He replied, “Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you successors in the land to see what you will do.”
7:130 0 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran Indeed, We afflicted Pharaoh’s people with famine and shortage of crops so they might come back ˹to their senses˺.
7:131 1 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran In times of prosperity, they said, “This is what we deserve,” but in adversity, they blamed it on Moses and those with him.1 Surely all is destined by Allah. Yet most of them did not know.
7:132 0 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran They said, “No matter what sign you may bring to deceive us, we will never believe in you.”
7:133 0 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran So We plagued them with floods, locusts, lice, frogs, and blood—all as clear signs, but they persisted in arrogance and were a wicked people.
7:134 0 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran When tormented, they pleaded, “O Moses! Pray to your Lord on our behalf, by virtue of the covenant He made with you. If you help remove this torment from us, we will certainly believe in you and let the Children of Israel go with you.”
7:135 1 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran But as soon as We removed the torment from them—until they met their inevitable fate1—they broke their promise.
7:136 0 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran So We inflicted punishment upon them, drowning them in the sea for denying Our signs and being heedless of them.
7:137 0 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran And ˹so˺ We made the oppressed people successors of the eastern and western lands, which We had showered with blessings. ˹In this way˺ the noble Word of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel for what they had endured. And We destroyed what Pharaoh and his people constructed and what they established.
7:138 0 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran We brought the Children of Israel across the sea and they came upon a people devoted to idols. They demanded, “O Moses! Make for us a god like their gods.” He replied, “Indeed, you are a people acting ignorantly!
7:139 0 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran What they follow is certainly doomed to destruction and their deeds are in vain.”
7:140 0 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran He added, “Shall I seek for you a god other than Allah, while He has honoured you above the others?”
7:141 0 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran And ˹remember˺ when We rescued you from the people of Pharaoh, who afflicted you with dreadful torment—killing your sons and keeping your women. That was a severe test from your Lord.
7:142 0 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran We appointed for Moses thirty nights then added another ten—completing his Lord’s term of forty nights. Moses commanded his brother Aaron, “Take my place among my people, do what is right, and do not follow the way of the corruptors.”
7:143 0 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran When Moses came at the appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he asked, “My Lord! Reveal Yourself to me so I may see You.” Allah answered, “You cannot see Me! But look at the mountain. If it remains firm in its place, only then will you see Me.” When his Lord appeared to the mountain, He levelled it to dust and Moses collapsed unconscious. When he recovered, he cried, “Glory be to You! I turn to You in repentance and I am the first of the believers.”
7:144 1 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran Allah said, “O Moses! I have ˹already˺ elevated you above all others by My messages and speech.1 So hold firmly to what I have given you and be grateful.”
7:145 2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran We wrote for him on the Tablets ˹the fundamentals˺ of everything; commandments and explanations of all things. ˹We commanded,˺ “Hold to this firmly and ask your people to take the best of it.1 I will soon show ˹all of˺ you the home of the rebellious.2
7:146 0 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran I will turn away from My signs those who act unjustly with arrogance in the land. And even if they were to see every sign, they still would not believe in them. If they see the Right Path, they will not take it. But if they see a crooked path, they will follow it. This is because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.