"So I fled from you (all) when I feared you; but my Lord has (since) invested me with judgment (and wisdom) and appointed me as one of the messengers. (21)

"And this is the favour with which thou dost reproach me,- that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel!" (22)

Pharaoh said: "And what is the 'Lord and Cherisher of the worlds'?" (23)

(Moses) said: "The Lord and Cherisher of the heavens and the earth, and all between,- if ye want to be quite sure." (24)

(Pharaoh) said to those around: "Did ye not listen (to what he says)?" (25)

(Moses) said: "Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers from the beginning!" (26)

(Pharaoh) said: "Truly your messenger who has been sent to you is a veritable madman!" (27)

(Moses) said: "Lord of the East and the West, and all between! if ye only had sense!" (28)

(Pharaoh) said: "If thou dost put forward any god other than me, I will certainly put thee in prison!" (29)

(Moses) said: "Even if I showed you something clear (and) convincing?" (30)