غَافِر : ٢٩

  • يَٰقَوۡمِ O my people!
  • لَكُمُ For you
  • ٱلۡمُلۡكُ (is) the kingdom
  • ٱلۡيَوۡمَ today
  • ظَٰهِرِينَ dominant
  • فِي in
  • ٱلۡأَرۡضِ the land
  • فَمَن but who
  • يَنصُرُنَا will help us
  • مِنۢ from
  • بَأۡسِ (the) punishment
  • ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah
  • إِن if
  • جَآءَنَاۚ it came to us
  • قَالَ Said
  • فِرۡعَوۡنُ Firaun
  • مَآ Not
  • أُرِيكُمۡ I show you
  • إِلَّا except
  • مَآ what
  • أَرَىٰ I see
  • وَمَآ and not
  • أَهۡدِيكُمۡ I guide you
  • إِلَّا except
  • سَبِيلَ (to the) path
  • ٱلرَّشَادِ the right
O my people, sovereignty is yours today, [your being] dominant in the land. But who would protect us from the punishment of Allāh if it came to us?" Pharaoh said, "I do not show you except what I see, and I do not guide you except to the way of right conduct."
O my people! Today the kingdom is yours: [you are] dominant, prevailing (zaahireena, a circumstantial qualifier) in the land, the land of Egypt. But who will help us against the might of God, [against] His chastisement, if you [resolve to] slay His friends, should it reach us?' In other words, we would have no helper. Pharaoh said, 'I only point out to you what I see [to be best], that is to say, I only suggest to you what I suggest to myself, and that is, to kill Moses [would be best]; and I am only guiding you to the path of rectitude', [to] the correct way.