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Surah 43. Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 51

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وَنَادَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى قَوْمِهِۦ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَيْسَ لِى مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَـٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِىٓ ۖ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Wan a d a firAAawnu fee qawmihi q a la y a qawmi alaysa lee mulku mi s ra wah ath ihi alanh a ru tajree min ta h tee afal a tub s iroon a

And Pharaoh issued a call to his people, saying: "O my people! Does not the dominion over Egypt belong to me, since all these running waters flow at my feet?⁴² Can you not, then, see [that I am your lord supreme]?

- Mohammad Asad

One day Fir'on made a proclamation among his people: "O my people! Is not the kingdom of Egypt mine? Are not these rivers flowing beneath me? Can you not see?

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And Pharaoh called out to his people, boasting, 'O my people! Am I not sovereign over Egypt as well as 'all' these streams¹ flowing at my feet? Can you not see?

- Mustafa Khattab

And Pharaoh caused a proclamation to be made among his people saying: O my people! Is not mine the sovereignty of Egypt and these rivers flowing under me? Can ye not then discern?

- Marmaduke Pickthall

And Pharaoh proclaimed among his people saying: "O my people! does not the dominion of Egypt belong to me (witness) these streams flowing underneath my (palace)? What! see ye not then? ⁴⁶⁵³

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali