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Surah 20. Ta-Ha, Ayah 52

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قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى فِى كِتَـٰبٍ ۖ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّى وَلَا يَنسَى
Q a la AAilmuh a AAinda rabbee fee kit a bin l a ya d illu rabbee wal a yans a
[Moses] answered: "Knowledge thereof rests with my Sustainer [alone, and is laid down] in His decree;33 my Sustainer does not err, and neither does He forget."34
  - Mohammad Asad

I.e., He alone decrees their destiny in the life to come, for He alone knows their motives and understands the cause of their errors, and He alone can appreciate their spiritual merits and demerits.

According to Razi, the dialogue between Moses and Pharaoh ends here for the time being, with verses {53-55} representing a direct Qur'anic discourse addressed to man in general.

Musa replied: "That knowledge is with my Rabb, duly recorded in a Book. He neither makes a mistake nor does He forget."
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
He replied, 'That knowledge is with my Lord in a Record. My Lord neither falters nor forgets 'anything'.'
  - Mustafa Khattab
He said: The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a Record. My Lord neither erreth nor forgetteth,
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
He replied: "The knowledge of that is with my Lord duly recorded: my Lord never errs nor forgets 2575
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Moses did not fall into the trap. He remembered the injunction given to him to speak mildly (xx. 44). He speaks mildly, but does not in any way whittle down the truth. He said in effect: 'Allah's knowledge is perfect, as if, with men, it were a record. For men may make mistakes or may not remember, but Allah never mistakes and never forgets. But Allah is not only All-Knowing: He is also All-Good. Look around you: the whole earth is spread out like a carpet. Men go to and fro in it freely. He sends abundance of water from the skies, which comes down in Nile floods and fertilises the whole soil of Egypt, and feeds men and animals.'

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