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

فَقالَ أَنا رَبُّكُمُ الأَعلىٰ

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

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.

وَالأَرضَ بَعدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحاها

And after that He spread the earth.