2. مَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتَشْقَى
20|2|We did not reveal the Quran to you to make you suffer.
3. إِلَّا تَذْكِرَةً لِمَنْ يَخْشَى
20|3|But only as a reminder for him who fears.
4. تَنْزِيلًا مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ الْأَرْضَ وَالسَّمَاوَاتِ الْعُلَى
20|4|A revelation from He who created the earth and the high heavens.
5. الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَى
20|5|The Most Merciful; on the Throne He settled.
6. لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَمَا تَحْتَ الثَّرَى
20|6|To Him belongs everything in the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, and everything beneath the soil.
7. وَإِنْ تَجْهَرْ بِالْقَوْلِ فَإِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ وَأَخْفَى
20|7|If you speak aloud—He knows the secret, and the most hidden.
8. اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى
20|8|God, there is no god but He, His are the Most Beautiful Names.
9. وَهَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَى
20|9|Has the story of Moses reached you?
10. إِذْ رَأَى نَارًا فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ امْكُثُوا إِنِّي آنَسْتُ نَارًا لَعَلِّي آتِيكُمْ مِنْهَا بِقَبَسٍ أَوْ أَجِدُ عَلَى النَّارِ هُدًى
20|10|When he saw a fire, he said to his family, “Stay; I have noticed a fire; Perhaps I can bring you a torch therefrom, or find some guidance by the fire.”
11. فَلَمَّا أَتَاهَا نُودِيَ يَا مُوسَى
20|11|Then, when he reached it, he was called, “O Moses.
12. إِنِّي أَنَا رَبُّكَ فَاخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ إِنَّكَ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
20|12|I—I am your Lord. Take off your shoes. You are in the sacred valley of Tuwa.
13. وَأَنَا اخْتَرْتُكَ فَاسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوحَى
20|13|I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed.
14. إِنَّنِي أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدْنِي وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ لِذِكْرِي
20|14|I—I am God. There is no God but I. So serve Me, and practice the prayer for My remembrance.
15. إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا تَسْعَى
20|15|The Hour is coming—but I keep it almost hidden—so that each soul will be paid for what it endeavors.
16. فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَنْ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ فَتَرْدَى
20|16|And do not let him who denies it and follows his desire turn you away from it, lest you fall.
17. وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَا مُوسَى
20|17|And what is that in your right-hand, O Moses?”
18. قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَى غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَى
20|18|He said, “This is my staff. I lean on it, and herd my sheep with it, and I have other uses for it.”
19. قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَا مُوسَى
20|19|He said, “Throw it, O Moses.”
20. فَأَلْقَاهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَى
20|20|So he threw it—thereupon it became a moving serpent.