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  How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Ṭuwa, (Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh&mdash;Lo! he hath rebelled&mdash; And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)? Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him). And he showed him the tremendous token. But he denied and disobeyed, Then turned he away in haste, Then gathered he and summoned And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest." So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former. Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth. Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built? He raised the height thereof and ordered it; And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof. And after that He spread the earth, And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof, And He made fast the hills, A provision for you and for your cattle. But when the great disaster cometh, The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour, And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth, Then, as for him who rebelled And chose the life of the world, Lo! hell will be his home.