وَقَالَ
رَجُلٞ
مُّؤۡمِنٞ
مِّنۡ
ءَالِ
فِرۡعَوۡنَ
يَكۡتُمُ
إِيمَٰنَهُۥٓ
أَتَقۡتُلُونَ
رَجُلًا
أَن
يَقُولَ
رَبِّيَ
ٱللَّهُ
وَقَدۡ
جَآءَكُم
بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ
مِن
رَّبِّكُمۡۖ
وَإِن
يَكُ
كَٰذِبٗا
فَعَلَيۡهِ
كَذِبُهُۥۖ
وَإِن
يَكُ
صَادِقٗا
يُصِبۡكُم
بَعۡضُ
ٱلَّذِي
يَعِدُكُمۡۖ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
لَا
يَهۡدِي
مَنۡ
هُوَ
مُسۡرِفٞ
كَذَّابٞ
٢٨

A believing man from Pharaoh’s people, who was hiding his faith, argued, “Will you kill a man1 ˹only˺ for saying: ‘My Lord is Allah,’ while he has in fact come to you with clear proofs from your Lord? If he is a liar, it will be to his own loss. But if he is truthful, then you will be afflicted with some of what he is threatening you with. Surely Allah does not guide whoever is a transgressor, a total liar.
يَٰقَوۡمِ
لَكُمُ
ٱلۡمُلۡكُ
ٱلۡيَوۡمَ
ظَٰهِرِينَ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
فَمَن
يَنصُرُنَا
مِنۢ
بَأۡسِ
ٱللَّهِ
إِن
جَآءَنَاۚ
قَالَ
فِرۡعَوۡنُ
مَآ
أُرِيكُمۡ
إِلَّا
مَآ
أَرَىٰ
وَمَآ
أَهۡدِيكُمۡ
إِلَّا
سَبِيلَ
ٱلرَّشَادِ
٢٩
O  my people! Authority belongs to you today, reigning supreme in the land. But who would help us against the torment of Allah, if it were to befall us?” Pharaoh assured ˹his people˺, “I am telling you only what I believe, and I am leading you only to the way of guidance.”
وَقَالَ
ٱلَّذِيٓ
ءَامَنَ
يَٰقَوۡمِ
إِنِّيٓ
أَخَافُ
عَلَيۡكُم
مِّثۡلَ
يَوۡمِ
ٱلۡأَحۡزَابِ
٣٠
And the man who believed cautioned, “O my people! I truly fear for you the doom of ˹earlier˺ enemy forces—
مِثۡلَ
دَأۡبِ
قَوۡمِ
نُوحٖ
وَعَادٖ
وَثَمُودَ
وَٱلَّذِينَ
مِنۢ
بَعۡدِهِمۡۚ
وَمَا
ٱللَّهُ
يُرِيدُ
ظُلۡمٗا
لِّلۡعِبَادِ
٣١
like the fate of the people of Noah, ’Ȃd, Thamûd, and those after them. For Allah would never will to wrong ˹His˺ servants.
وَيَٰقَوۡمِ
إِنِّيٓ
أَخَافُ
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
يَوۡمَ
ٱلتَّنَادِ
٣٢
O  my people! I truly fear for you the Day all will be crying out ˹to each other˺—
يَوۡمَ
تُوَلُّونَ
مُدۡبِرِينَ
مَا
لَكُم
مِّنَ
ٱللَّهِ
مِنۡ
عَاصِمٖۗ
وَمَن
يُضۡلِلِ
ٱللَّهُ
فَمَا
لَهُۥ
مِنۡ
هَادٖ
٣٣
the Day you will ˹try in vain to˺ turn your backs and run away, with no one to protect you from Allah. And whoever Allah leaves to stray will be left with no guide.
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