the people of Fir` aun (the Pharaoh). Do they not fear Allah?"

He (Musa) said, "My Lord, I fear they will belie me.

And my heart gets straitened and my tongue is not fluent; so send for Harun.

And they have (made) a charge of offence against me and I fear they will kill me;"

He (Allah) said, Never! So go, both of you, with Our signs. We are with you, listening.

So, the two of you reach the Fir` aun and say, 'We both are messengers of the Lord of all the worlds,

(sent with the message) that you must send the children of Isra it with us"

He (the Pharaoh) said, 'Did we not nourish you among us as a child? And you remained among us for years,

and you did that deed of yours which you did while you were among the ungrateful.

He said, "I did that at that time when I was one of the unaware people.