Surah 26 · verse 18

Ash-Shu'ara 26:18

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قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

qala a-lam nurabbika fina walidan wa-labithta fina min 'umrika sinin

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

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Context in the surah

Verse 15

قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَاذْهَبَا بِآيَاتِنَا ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ

[Allah] said, "No. Go both of you with Our signs; indeed, We are with you, listening.

Verse 16

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَا إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds,

Verse 17

أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

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

Verse 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?

Verse 19

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِي فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ

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

Verse 20

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذًا وَأَنَا مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ

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

Verse 21

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me wisdom and prophethood and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.