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Y: And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

P: And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

S: And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

026.010
Y: Behold, thy Lord called Moses: "Go to the people of iniquity,"-

P: And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk,

S: And when your Lord called out to Musa, saying: Go to the unjust
people,

026.011
Y: "The people of the Pharaoh: will they not fear Allah?"

P: The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil)?

S: The people of Firon: Will they not guard (against evil)?

026.012
Y: He said: "O my Lord! I do fear that they will charge me with
falsehood:"

P: He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me,

S: He said: O my Lord! surely I fear that they will reject me;

026.013
Y: "My breast will be straitened. And my speech may not go (smoothly):
so send unto Aaron."

P: And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly,
therefor send for Aaron (to help me).

S: And by breast straitens, and my tongue is not eloquent, therefore
send Thou to Haroun (to help me);

026.014
Y: "And (further), they have a charge of crime against me; and I fear
they may slay me."

P: And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me.

S: And they have a crime against me, therefore I fear that they may slay
me.

026.015
Y: Allah said: "By no means! proceed then, both of you, with Our Signs;
We are with you, and will listen (to your call)."

P: He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We shall be
with you, Hearing.

S: He said: By no means, so go you both with Our signs; surely We are
with you, hearing;

026.016
Y: "So go forth, both of you, to Pharaoh, and say: 'We have been sent by
the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds;'"

P: And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the
Lord of the Worlds,

S: Then come to Firon and say: Surely we are the messengers of the Lord
of the worlds:

026.017
Y: "'Send thou with us the Children of Israel.'"

P: (Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us.

S: Then send with us the children of Israel.

026.018
Y: (Pharaoh) said: "Did we not cherish thee as a child among us, and
didst thou not stay in our midst many years of thy life?"

P: (Pharaoh) said (unto Moses): Did we not rear thee among us as a
child? And thou didst dwell many years of thy life among us,

S: (Firon)