Surah 26 · verse 23
Ash-Shu'ara 26:23
Sign in to listenقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
qala fir'awnu wa-ma rabb al-'alamin
Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذًا وَأَنَا مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ
[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray.
Verse 21فَفَرَرْتُ 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?"
قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"
قَالَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
[Moses] said, "The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced."
Verse 25قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ
[Pharaoh] said to those around him, "Do you not hear?"
Verse 26قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
[Moses] said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers."
