Cast what is in your right hand, and it will swallow up what they have made, for what they have made is no more than a magic trick. And magicians can never succeed wherever they go.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is."
— Saheeh International
So the magicians fell down in prostration, declaring, “We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
So the magicians fell down in prostration.1 They said, "We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."
— Saheeh International
Pharaoh threatened, “How dare you believe in him before I give you permission? He must be your master who taught you magic. I will certainly cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and crucify you on the trunks of palm trees. You will really see whose punishment is more severe and more lasting.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
[Pharaoh] said, "You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic. So I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and you will surely know which of us is more severe in [giving] punishment and more enduring."
— Saheeh International
They responded, “By the One Who created us! We will never prefer you over the clear proofs that have come to us. So do whatever you want! Your authority only covers the ˹fleeting˺ life of this world.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
They said, "Never will we prefer you over what has come to us of clear proofs and [over] He who created us.1 So decree whatever you are to decree. You can only decree for this worldly life.
— Saheeh International
Indeed, we have believed in our Lord so He may forgive our sins and that magic you have forced us to practice. And Allah is far superior ˹in reward˺ and more lasting ˹in punishment˺.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed, we have believed in our Lord that He may forgive us our sins and what you compelled us [to do] of magic. And Allah is better and more enduring."1
— Saheeh International
Whoever comes to their Lord as an evildoer will certainly have Hell, where they can neither live nor die.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed, whoever comes to his Lord as a criminal - indeed, for him is Hell; he will neither die therein nor live.
— Saheeh International
But whoever comes to Him as a believer, having done good, they will have the highest ranks:
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
But whoever comes to Him as a believer having done righteous deeds - for those will be the highest degrees [in position]:
— Saheeh International
the Gardens of Eternity, under which rivers flow, where they will stay forever. That is the reward of those who purify themselves.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Gardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. And that is the reward of one who purifies himself.1
— Saheeh International
And We surely inspired Moses, ˹saying,˺ “Leave with My servants ˹at night˺ and strike a dry passage for them across the sea. Have no fear of being overtaken, nor be concerned ˹of drowning˺.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And We had inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants and strike for them a dry path through the sea; you will not fear being overtaken [by Pharaoh] nor be afraid [of drowning]."
— Saheeh International
Then Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers—but how overwhelming were the waters that submerged them!
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
So Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the sea that which covered them,1
— Saheeh International
And ˹so˺ Pharaoh led his people astray, and did not guide ˹them rightly˺.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide [them].
— Saheeh International