So, hold fast to that which has been revealed to you. Surely, you are on the straight path.

And certainly this (Qur’ān) is a word of honour for you and your people, and you will be questioned.

Ask Our messengers whom We sent before you whether We had appointed gods to be worshipped besides RaHmān.

We sent Mūsā with Our signs to Fir’aun (Pharaoh) and his chiefs; so he said, “I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds.”

So, when he came to them with Our signs, they at once started laughing at them.

And We did not show them a sign, but it used to be greater than the one that preceded it. And We seized them with punishment, so that they may return.

And they said, “O magician, pray for us to your Lord by the covenant He has made with you; we will certainly come to guidance.”

Then, once We removed the punishment from them, in no time they broke their promise.

And Fir’aun (Pharaoh) proclaimed among his people, saying, “Does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers are flowing right underneath me? Do you, then, not discern?

Or (do you not see that) I am much better than this one (Mūsā) who is worthless and can hardly express himself?

So why were the bracelets of gold not sent down to him, or (why) did the angels not come along with him as companions?”

Thus he made fool of his people, and they obeyed him. Surely they were a sinful people.