فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ
21. But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ
22. Then he turned his back, striving.
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ
23. And he gathered [his people] and called out
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ
24. And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
25. So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِمَنْ يَخْشَىٰ
26. Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
أَأَنْتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
27. Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
28. He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
29. And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
30. And after that He spread the earth.
