(20:43) Go, both of you, to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed. (20:44) And speak to him with gentle speech that perhaps he may be reminded or fear [Allah]." (20:45) They said, "Our Lord, indeed we are afraid that he will hasten [punishment] against us or that he will transgress." (20:46) [Allah] said, "Fear not. Indeed, I am with you both; I hear and I see. (20:47) So go to him and say, `Indeed, we are messengers of your Lord, so send with us the Children of Israel and do not torment them. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord. And peace will be upon he who follows the guidance. (20:48) Indeed, it has been revealed to us that the punishment will be upon whoever denies and turns away.` " (20:49) [Pharaoh] said, "So who is the Lord of you two, O Moses?" (20:50) He said, "Our Lord is He who gave each thing its form and then guided [it]." (20:51) [Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?" (20:52) [Moses] said, "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a record. My Lord neither errs nor forgets." (20:53) [It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants. (20:54) Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed, in that are signs for those of intelligence. (20:55) From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time. (20:56) And We certainly showed Pharaoh Our signs - all of them - but he denied and refused.
