وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ مِن بَعْدِ مَا أَهْلَكْنَا الْقُرُونَ الْأُولَى بَصَائِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

Walaqad atayna moosa alkitaba min baAAdi ma ahlakna alquroona aloola basaira li(l)nnasi wahudan warahmatan laAAallahum yatathakkaroon(a)

And assuredly We^-SWT vouchsafed to Musa^-AS, after We^-SWT had destroyed the generations of old, the Scripture; enlightenment to mankind and a guidance and a Mercy, that perhaps they be admonished.

(28:43)

وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ الْغَرْبِيِّ إِذْ قَضَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى الْأَمْرَ وَمَا كُنتَ مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ

Wama kunta bijanibi algharbiyyi ith qadayna ila moosa alamra wama kunta mina a(l)shshahideen(a)

And you^-SW were not on the Western side when We^-SWT decreed the affair to Musa^-AS, and you^-SW were not of the witnesses

(28:44)

وَلَكِنَّا أَنشَأْنَا قُرُونًا فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعُمُرُ وَمَا كُنتَ ثَاوِيًا فِي أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُو عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِنَا وَلَكِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ

Walakinna anshana quroonan fatatawala AAalayhimu alAAumuru wama kunta thawiyan fee ahli madyana tatloo AAalayhim ayatina walakinna kunna mursileen(a)

And We^-SWT produced generations and life was prolonged unto them, nor were you^-SW a dweller among the people of Madyan, reciting to them Our^-SWT revelations; but it is We^-SWT Who were to send

(28:45)

وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ الطُّورِ إِذْ نَادَيْنَا وَلَكِن رَّحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّا أَتَاهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

Wama kunta bijanibi a(l)ttoori ith nadayna walakin rahmatan min rabbika litunthira qawman ma atahum min natheerin min qablika laAAallahum yatathakkaroon(a)

Nor were you^-SW beside the Tur when We^-SWT called, but you^-SW are sent as a Mercy from your^-SW Rabb^-SWT that you^-SW may warn a people to whom no Warner came before you^-SW, that may be they are admonished.

(28:46)

وَلَوْلَا أَن تُصِيبَهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُوا رَبَّنَا لَوْلَا أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ آيَاتِكَ وَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Walawla an tuseebahum museebatun bima qaddamat aydeehim fayaqooloo rabbana lawla arsalta ilayna rasoolan fanattabiAAa ayatika wanakoona mina almumineen(a)

And lest an affliction had visited them for what their hands had sent before, they should have said: Our Rabb^-SWT ! Why did not You^-SWT send a Messenger^-AS unto us, so that we might have followed Your^-SWT revelations and been of the believers?

(28:47)

فَلَمَّا جَاءهُمُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا لَوْلَا أُوتِيَ مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ مُوسَى أَوَلَمْ يَكْفُرُوا بِمَا أُوتِيَ مُوسَى مِن قَبْلُ قَالُوا سِحْرَانِ تَظَاهَرَا وَقَالُوا إِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كَافِرُونَ

Falamma jaahumu alhaqqu min AAindina qaloo lawla ootiya mithla ma ootiya moosa awalam yakfuroo bima ootiya moosa min qablu qaloo sihrani tathahara waqaloo inna bikullin kafiroon(a)

Yet when the truth has come to them from before Us^-SWT , they say: Why has he^-SW not been vouchsafed the like of what was given to Musa^-AS? Did they not disbelieve in what was given to Musa^-AS before? They say: Two magics supporting each other. And they say; We are disbelievers in all such things.

(28:48)

قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِكِتَابٍ مِّنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ هُوَ أَهْدَى مِنْهُمَا أَتَّبِعْهُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

Qul fatoo bikitabin min AAindi Allahi huwa ahda minhuma attabiAAhu in kuntum sadiqeen(a)

Say you^-SW: Then bring a Book from before Allah^-SWT that is better in guidance than these two, and I shall follow it-if you are truthful.

(28:49)

فَإِن لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا لَكَ فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يَتَّبِعُونَ أَهْوَاءهُمْ وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ اتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًى مِّنَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ

Fain lam yastajeeboo laka fa(i)AAlam annama yattabiAAoona ahwaahum waman adallu mimmani ittabaAAa hawahu bighayri hudan mina Allahi inna Allaha la yahdee alqawma a(l)ththalimeen(a)

Then if they do not answer you^-SW, know you^-SW that they only follow their own desires; and who is farther astray than he who follows his own desire without a guidance from Allah^-SWT . Verily Allah^-SWT does not guide a wrong ­doing people.

(28:50)