M. H. Shakir, The Holy Quran; Arabic Text and English Translation; Foot-notes by M. H. Shakir (1974)

2. These are the verses of the Book that makes (things) clear.

3. Perhaps you will kill yourself with grief because they do not believe.

4. If We please, We should send down upon them a sign from the heaven so that their necks should stoop to it.

5. And there does not come to them a new reminder from the Beneficent God but they turn aside from it.

6. So they have indeed rejected (the truth), therefore the news of that which they mock shall soon come to them.

7. Do they not see the earth, how many of every noble kind We have caused to grow in it?

8. Most surely there is a sign in that, but most of them will not believe.

9. And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

Section 2

10. And when your Lord called out to Musa, saying: Go to the unjust people,

11. The people of Firon: Will they not guard (against evil)?

12. He said: O my Lord! surely I fear that they will reject me:

13. And my breast straitens, and my tongue is not eloquent, therefore send Thou to Haroun (to help me):

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M. H. Shakir, The Holy Quran; Arabic Text and English Translation; Foot-notes by M. H. Shakir, R. A. Juma, 1615 Pech Rd., Apt. 26C, Houston, Texas 77055. Presented by World Organization for Islamic Services (WOFIS), P.O. Box No. 2245, Tehran, Iran, 1974 Edition, Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 11 May. 2025: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/m-h-shakir/1974?page=600