An-Naazi'aat

فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

(21) But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

(22) Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].[1843]

فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ

(23) And he gathered [his people] and called out

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

(24) And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

(25) So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].[1844].

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ

(26) Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا

(27) Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.

رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

(28) He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

(29) And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.[1845]

وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ

(30) And after that He spread the earth.