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قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٢٠
qāla faʿaltuhā idhan wa-anā mina l-ḍālīna
[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray [i.e., ignorant].
Verse 20 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:20), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 368 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Moses (peace be upon him) said to Pharaoh: I did what you mentioned before I received revelation and was sent as a messenger.
He said, “I did it when I had no guidance.
Mûsâ (Moses) said: "I did it then, when I was ignorant (as regards my Lord and His Message).
He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray.
Moses said: "I did it then, when I was in error.
He said: I did it then while I was of those unable to see the right course;
He (Musa) (Moses) said, "lo, I performed it and I was of the erring.
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِى …
[Moses] said, "My Lord, expand [i.e., relax] for me my breast [with assurance] …
قَالَ سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بِأَخِيكَ وَنَجْعَلُ لَكُمَا سُلْطَٰنًا فَلَا يَصِلُونَ إِلَيْكُمَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أَنتُمَا وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكُمَا ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ
[Allāh] said, "We will strengthen your arm through your brother and grant you both supremacy so they will not reach you. [It will be] through Our signs; you and those who follow you will be the predominant."
قَالَ لَا تَخَافَآ إِنَّنِى مَعَكُمَآ أَسْمَعُ وَأَرَىٰ …
[Allāh] said, "Fear not. Indeed, I am with you both; I hear and I see. …
