Al-Quran 26:17 - Surah Ash-Shu'ara Ayah #17 - English Translation

26:16

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَا إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Go to Pharaoh and say,

26:17

أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

[Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel."

26:18

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?

26:19

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِي فَعَلْتَ وَأَنْتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ

And [then] you did your deed which you did, and you were of the ungrateful."

26:20

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذًا وَأَنَا مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ

[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray [i.e., ignorant].

Surah Ash-Shu'ara Ayahs #20 Translated in English