وَإِذْ And when wa-idh your Lord called nādā your Lord called rabbuka Musa mūsā [that] ani Go i'ti (to) the people l-qawma (who are) wrongdoers l-ẓālimīna
And [mention] when your Lord called Moses, [saying], "Go to the wrongdoing people -
قَوْمَ (The) people qawma (of) Firaun fir'ʿawna Will not alā they fear yattaqūna
The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Allāh?"
قَالَ He said qāla My Lord rabbi Indeed, I innī [I] fear akhāfu that an they will deny me yukadhibūni
He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me
وَيَضِيقُ And straitens wayaḍīqu my breast ṣadrī and not walā expresses well yanṭaliqu my tongue lisānī so send fa-arsil for ilā Harun hārūna
And that my breast will tighten and my tongue will not be fluent, so send for Aaron.
وَلَهُمْ And they have walahum against me ʿalayya a crime dhanbun so I fear fa-akhāfu that an they will kill me yaqtulūni
And they have upon me a [claim due to] sin, so I fear that they will kill me."
قَالَ He said qāla Nay kallā go both of you fa-idh'habā with Our Signs biāyātinā Indeed, We innā (are) with you maʿakum listening mus'tamiʿūna
[Allāh] said, "No. Go both of you with Our signs; indeed, We are with you, listening.
فَأْتِيَا So go both of you fatiyā (to) Firaun fir'ʿawna and say faqūlā 'Indeed, we innā (are the) Messenger rasūlu (of the) Lord rabbi (of) the worlds l-ʿālamīna
Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds,
أَنْ [That] an send arsil with us maʿanā (the) Children of Israel.' banī (the) Children of Israel.' is'rāīla
[Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel."'"
قَالَ He said qāla Did not alam we bring you up nurabbika among us fīnā (as) a child walīdan and you remained walabith'ta among us fīnā of min your life ʿumurika years sinīna
[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?
وَفَعَلْتَ And you did wafaʿalta your deed faʿlataka which allatī you did faʿalta and you wa-anta (were) of mina the ungrateful l-kāfirīna
And [then] you did your deed which you did, and you were of the ungrateful."
قَالَ He said qāla I did it faʿaltuhā when idhan I wa-anā (was) of mina those who are astray l-ḍālīna
[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray [i.e., ignorant].
فَفَرَرْتُ So I fled fafarartu from you minkum when lammā I feared you khif'tukum But granted fawahaba to me lī my Lord rabbī judgment ḥuk'man and made me wajaʿalanī of mina the Messengers l-mur'salīna
So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me judgement [i.e., wisdom and prophet hood] and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.
وَتِلْكَ And this watil'ka (is the) favor niʿ'matun with which you reproach tamunnuhā [on] me ʿalayya that an you have enslaved ʿabbadtta (the) Children of Israel banī (the) Children of Israel is'rāīla
And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"