But he denied and disobeyed, (21)

Then turned he away in haste, (22)

Then gathered he and summoned (23)

And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest." (24)

So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former. (25)

Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth. (26)

Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built? (27)

He raised the height thereof and ordered it; (28)

And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof. (29)

And after that He spread the earth, (30)