"The people of the Pharaoh: will they not fear Allah?" (۱۱)

He said: "O my Lord! I do fear that they will charge me with falsehood: (۱۲)

"My breast will be straitened. And my speech may not go (smoothly): so send unto Aaron. (۱۳)

"And (further), they have a charge of crime against me; and I fear they may slay me." (۱۴)

Allah said: "By no means! proceed then, both of you, with Our Signs; We are with you, and will listen (to your call). (۱۵)

"So go forth, both of you, to Pharaoh, and say: 'We have been sent by the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds; (۱۶)

"'Send thou with us the Children of Israel.'" (۱۷)

(Pharaoh) said: "Did we not cherish thee as a child among us, and didst thou not stay in our midst many years of thy life? (۱۸)

"And thou didst a deed of thine which (thou knowest) thou didst, and thou art an ungrateful (wretch)!" (۱۹)

Moses said: "I did it then, when I was in error. (۲۰)