Surah 20 · verse 51
Taha 20:51
Sign in to listenقَالَ فَمَا بَالُ الْقُرُونِ الْأُولَىٰ
qala fa-ma balu al-qurun al-ula
[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
إِنَّا قَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْنَا أَنَّ الْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Indeed, it has been revealed to us that the punishment will be upon whoever denies and turns away.' "
Verse 49قَالَ فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا يَا مُوسَىٰ
[Pharaoh] said, "So who is the Lord of you two, O Moses?"
Verse 50قَالَ رَبُّنَا الَّذِي أَعْطَىٰ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلْقَهُ ثُمَّ هَدَىٰ
He said, "Our Lord is He who gave each thing its form and then guided [it]."
قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ الْقُرُونِ الْأُولَىٰ
[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"
قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّي فِي كِتَابٍ ۖ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّي وَلَا يَنسَى
[Moses] said, "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a record. My Lord neither errs nor forgets."
Verse 53الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِّن نَّبَاتٍ شَتَّىٰ
[It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.
Verse 54كُلُوا وَارْعَوْا أَنْعَامَكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّأُولِي النُّهَىٰ
Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed, in that are signs for those of intelligence.
