Surah 26 · verse 29
Ash-Shu'ara 26:29
Sign in to listenقَالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـٰهًا غَيْرِي لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُونِينَ
qala la-ini ittakhadta ilahan ghayri la-aj'alannaka min al-masjunin
[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."
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Context in the surah
قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
[Moses] said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers."
Verse 27قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ الَّذِي أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ
[Pharaoh] said, "Indeed, your 'messenger' who has been sent to you is mad."
Verse 28قَالَ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
[Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason."
قَالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـٰهًا غَيْرِي لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُونِينَ
[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."
قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَيْءٍ مُّبِينٍ
[Moses] said, "Even if I brought you proof manifest?"
Verse 31قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
[Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful."
Verse 32فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ
So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.