فَقُل هَل لَكَ إِلىٰ أَن تَزَكّىٰ

And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

وَأَهدِيَكَ إِلىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخشىٰ

And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

فَأَراهُ الآيَةَ الكُبرىٰ

And he showed him the greatest sign,

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصىٰ

But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.

ثُمَّ أَدبَرَ يَسعىٰ

Then he turned his back, striving.

فَقالَ أَنا رَبُّكُمُ الأَعلىٰ

And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكالَ الآخِرَةِ وَالأولىٰ

So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].

إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَعِبرَةً لِمَن يَخشىٰ

Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].

أَأَنتُم أَشَدُّ خَلقًا أَمِ السَّماءُ ۚ بَناها

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.

رَفَعَ سَمكَها فَسَوّاها

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.