فَأَقبَلَتِ امرَأَتُهُ في صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّت وَجهَها وَقالَت عَجوزٌ عَقيمٌ

His wife approached in astonishment, slapped her face, and said, “A barren old woman?”

قالوا كَذٰلِكِ قالَ رَبُّكِ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الحَكيمُ العَليمُ

They responded, “So said your Lord. Indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing.”

قالَ فَما خَطبُكُم أَيُّهَا المُرسَلونَ

He asked, “What’s your business, O messengers?”

قالوا إِنّا أُرسِلنا إِلىٰ قَومٍ مُجرِمينَ

They replied, “We’ve been sent to a guilty people.

لِنُرسِلَ عَلَيهِم حِجارَةً مِن طينٍ

To unleash upon them stones of clay.

فَأَخرَجنا مَن كانَ فيها مِنَ المُؤمِنينَ

So, we evacuated those of the believers who were there.

فَما وَجَدنا فيها غَيرَ بَيتٍ مِنَ المُسلِمينَ

In it, we found only one household of the submissive.

وَتَرَكنا فيها آيَةً لِلَّذينَ يَخافونَ العَذابَ الأَليمَ

We left in it a sign for those who fear the dreadful punishment.

وَفي موسىٰ إِذ أَرسَلناهُ إِلىٰ فِرعَونَ بِسُلطانٍ مُبينٍ

Also, in Moses, We sent him to Pharaoh with apparent authority.

فَتَوَلّىٰ بِرُكنِهِ وَقالَ ساحِرٌ أَو مَجنونٌ

But he turned away with his chiefs and said, “A magician or a madman!”