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.

فَحَشَرَ فَنادىٰ

And he gathered [his people] and called out

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.

وَأَغطَشَ لَيلَها وَأَخرَجَ ضُحاها

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.