Surah 26 · verse 20
Ash-Shu'ara 26:20
Sign in to listenقَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذًا وَأَنَا مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ
qala fa'altuha idhan wa-ana min ad-dallin
[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
[Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel."'"
Verse 18قَالَ 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 19وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِي فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ
And [then] you did your deed which you did, and you were of the ungrateful."
قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذًا وَأَنَا مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ
[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray.
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.
Verse 22وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"
Verse 23قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"
