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Surah 26. Ash-Shuara, Ayah 29

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قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ
Q a la laini ittakha th ta il a han ghayree laajAAalannaka mina almasjooneen a
Said [Pharaoh]: "Indeed, if thou choose to worship any deity other than me, I shall most certainly throw thee into prison!17
  - Mohammad Asad

In the religion of ancient Egypt, the king (or "Pharaoh", as each of the rulers was styled) represented an incarnation of the divine principle, and was considered to be a god in his own right. Hence, a challenge to his divinity implied a challenge to the prevalent religious system as a whole.

At this, Fir'on, who did not want to listen any more said: "If you serve any other god besides me, I shall have you thrown into prison."
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Pharaoh threatened, 'If you take any other god besides me, I will certainly have you imprisoned.'
  - Mustafa Khattab
(Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
(Pharaoh) said: "If thou dost put forward any god other than me I will certainly put thee in prison!" 3155
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Now we come to the crisis. Pharaoh threatens Moses with prison for treason. Moses remains calm and still argues: "What if I show you a miracle? Will it convince you that I am not mad, and that I have behind me the Lord of all the Worlds?"

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