Al-Quran 26:20 - Surah Ash-Shu'ara Ayah #20 - English Translation

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].

26:21

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنْكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me judgement [i.e., wisdom and prophet hood] and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.

26:22

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدْتَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"

26:23

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"

Surah Ash-Shu'ara Ayahs #23 Translated in English