- Ta. Sin. Mim.
- These are revelations of the Scripture that maketh plain.
- It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O Muhammad) because
they believe not.
- If We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so
that their necks would remain bowed before it.
- Never cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from the
Beneficent One, but they turn away from it.
- Now they have denied (the Truth); but there will come unto
them tidings of that whereat they used to scoff.
- Have they not seen the earth, how much of every fruitful kind
We make to grow therein ?
- Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not
believers.
- And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
- And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing
folk,
- The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil) ?
- He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me,
- And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak
plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me).
- And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will
kill me.
- He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We
shall be with you, Hearing.
- And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message
of the Lord of the Worlds,
- (Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us.
- (Pharaoh) said (unto Moses): Did we not rear thee among us as
a child ? And thou didst dwell many years of thy life among us,
- And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast
one of the ingrates.
- He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray.
- Then I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord vouchsafed
me a command and appointed me (of the number) of those sent (by Him).
- And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me:
that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel.
- Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds ?
- (Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that
is between them, if ye had but sure belief.
- (Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not ?
- He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers.
- (Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you
is indeed a madman!
- He said: Lord of the East and the West and all that is between
them, if ye did but understand.
- (Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I
assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners.
- He said: Even though I show thee something plain ?
- (Pharaoh) said: Produce it then, if thou art of the truthful!
- Then he flung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest,
- And he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white to the
beholders.
- (Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo! this is verily a
knowing wizard,
- Who would drive you out of your land by his magic. Now what
counsel ye ?
- They said: Put him off, (him) and his brother, and send into
the cities summoners
- Who shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard.
- So the wizards were gathered together at a set time on a day
appointed.
- And it was said unto the people: Are ye (also) gathering ?
- (They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they
are the winners.
- And when the wizards came they said unto Pharaoh: Will there
surely be a reward for us if we are the winners ?
- He said: Aye, and ye will then surely be of those brought near
(to me).
- Moses said unto them: Throw what ye are going to throw!
- Then they threw down their cords and their staves and said: By
Pharaoh's might, lo! we verily are the winners.
- Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which
they did falsely show.
- And the wizards were flung prostrate,
- Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
- The Lord of Moses and Aaron.
- (Pharaoh) said: Ye put your faith in him before I give you
leave. Lo! he doubtless is your chief who taught you magic! But verily
ye shall come to know. Verily I will cut off your hands and your feet
alternately, and verily I will crucify you every one.
- They said: It is no hurt, for lo! unto our Lord we shall
return.
- Lo! we ardently hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins
because we are the first of the believers.
- And We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night,
for ye will be pursued.
- Then Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners,
- (Who said): Lo! these indeed are but a little troop,
- And lo! they are offenders against us.
- And lo! we are a ready host.
- Thus did We take them away from gardens and watersprings,
- And treasures and a fair estate.
- Thus (were those things taken from them) and We caused the
Children of Israel to inherit them.
- And they overtook them at sunrise.
- And when the two hosts saw each other, those with Moses said:
Lo! we are indeed caught.
- He said: Nay, verily! for lo! my Lord is with me. He will
guide me.
- Then We inspired Moses, saying: Smite the sea with thy staff.
And it parted, and each part was as a mountain vast.
- Then brought We near the others to that place.
- And We saved Moses and those with him, every one;
- And We drowned the others.
- Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not
believers.
- And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
- Recite unto them the story of Abraham:
- When he said unto his father and his folk: What worship ye ?
- They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them.
- He said: Do they hear you when ye cry ?
- Or do they benefit or harm you ?
- They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise.
- He said: See now that which ye worship,
- Ye and your forefathers!
- Lo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the
Worlds,
- Who created me, and He doth guide me,
- And Who feedeth me and watereth me.
- And when I sicken, then He healeth me,
- And Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life (again),
- And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of
Judgment.
- My Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous.
- And give unto me a good report in later generations.
- And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight,
- And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err.
- And abase me not on the day when they are raised,
- The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)
- Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart.
- And the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off
(evil).
- And hell will appear plainly to the erring.
- And it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to
worship
- Instead of Allah ? Can they help you or help themselves ?
- Then will they be hurled therein, they and the seducers
- And the hosts of Iblis, together.
- And they will say, when they are quarrelling therein:
- By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest
- When we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.
- It was but the guilty who misled us.
- Now we have no intercessors
- Nor any loving friend.
- Oh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of
the believers!
- Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not
believers!
- And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
- Noah's folk denied the messengers (of Allah),
- When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off
(evil) ?
- Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
- So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
- And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only
of the Lord of the Worlds.
- So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
- They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the
people) follow thee ?
- He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been
doing (in the past) ?
- Lo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew;
- And I am not (here) to repulse believers.
- I am only a plain warner.
- They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be
among those stoned (to death).
- He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me.
- Therefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and
save me and those believers who are with me.
- And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.
- Then afterward We drowned the others.
- Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not
believers.
- And lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
- (The tribe of) A'ad denied the messengers (of Allah).
- When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off
(evil) ?
- Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
- So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
- And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only
of the Lord of the Worlds.
- Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight ?
- And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever ?
- And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants ?
- Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
- Keep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you with (the good
things) that ye know,
- Hath aided you with cattle and sons.
- And gardens and watersprings.
- Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day.
- They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art
not of those who preach;
- This is but a fable of the men of old,
- And we shall not be doomed.
- And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is
indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
- And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
- (The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)
- When their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off
(evil) ?
- Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
- So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
- And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only
of the Lord of the Worlds.
- Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us,
- In gardens and watersprings.
- And tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees,
- Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful ?
- Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,
- And obey not the command of the prodigal,
- Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.
- They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
- Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art
of the truthful.
- He said: (Behold) this she-camel. She hath the right to drink
(at the well), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an appointed
day.
- And touch her not with ill lest there come on you the
retribution of an awful day.
- But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.
- So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a
portent, yet most of them are not believers.
- And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
- The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),
- When their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off
(evil) ?
- Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
- So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
- And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only
of the Lord of the Worlds.
- What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males,
- And leave the wives your Lord created for you ? Nay, but ye
are froward folk.
- They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the
outcast.
- He said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct.
- My Lord! Save me and my household from what they do.
- So We saved him and his household, every one,
- Save an old woman among those who stayed behind.
- Then afterward We destroyed the others.
- And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of
those who have been warned.
- Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not
believers.
- And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
- The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of
Allah),
- When Shu'eyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil) ?
- Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
- So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
- And I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only
of the Lord of the Worlds.
- Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the
due).
- And weigh with the true balance.
- Wrong not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making
mischief, in the earth.
- And keep your duty unto Him Who created you and the
generations of the men of old.
- They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
- Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the
liars.
- Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of
the truthful.
- He said: My Lord is Best Aware of what ye do.
- But they denied him, so there came on them the retribution of
the day of gloom. Lo! it was the retribution of an awful day.
- Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not
believers.
- And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
- And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds,
- Which the True Spirit hath brought down
- Upon thy heart, that thou mayst be (one) of the warners,
- In plain Arabic speech.
- And lo! it is in the Scriptures of the men of old.
- Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of
Israel know it ?
- And if We had revealed it unto one of any other nation than
the Arabs,
- And he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in
it.
- Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty.
- They will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom,
- So that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive
not.
- Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved ?
- Would they (now) hasten on Our doom ?
- Hast thou then seen, if We content them for (long) years,
- And then cometh that which they were promised,
- (How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them
?
- And We destroyed no township but it had its warners
- For reminder, for We never were oppressors.
- The devils did not bring it down.
- It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power,
- Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing.
- Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one
of the doomed.
- And warn thy tribe of near kindred,
- And lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who
follow thee.
- And if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say: Lo! I am
innocent of what they do.
- And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.
- Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)
- And (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in
worship).
- Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower.
- Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend ?
- They descend on every sinful, false one.
- They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.
- As for poets, the erring follow them.
- Hast thou not seen how they stray in every valley,
- And how they say that which they do not ?
- Save those who believe and do good works, and remember Allah
much, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. Those who
do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be
overturned!