English - Chapter 26 - Ash-Shuara

Ta. Sin Mim

These are the verses of a Book luminous

Belike thou shalt kill thyself with grief because they become not believers

If We list, We can send down unto them a sign from the heaven so that their necks would became to it submissive

And there cometh not unto them any fresh admonition from the Compassionate but they are wont to be there from backsliders

So they have surely belied; wherefore anon there shall come unto them the truth of that whereat they were wont to mock

Observe they not the earth, how much We make to grow therein of every fruitful kind

Verily therein is a sign; yet most of them are not believers

And verily thy Lord! He is the Mighty, the Merciful

And recall what time thy Lord called unto Musa, saying: go thou unto the wrong-doing people

The people of Fir'awn; fear they Me not

He said: my Lord! verily I fear they shall belie me

And my breast straiteneth, and my tongue moveth not quickly: so send for Harun

And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they shall slay me

He said: by no means. so go ye twain with Our signs; verily We shall be with you listening

So go ye twain unto Fir'awn and say: verily we are the apostles of the Lord of the Worlds

Send with us the Children of Isra'il

Fir'awn said: brought we not thee up amongst us as a child? And thou tarriedst amongst us for many years of thy life

And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst; and thou art of the ingrates

He said: I did it then when I was mistaken

Then I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord bestowed on me wisdom and made me one of the sent ones

And that favour wherewith thou didst oblige me was that thou hadst enslaved the Children of Isra'il

Fir'awn said. and what is the Lord of the worlds

He said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is in-between, if ye seek to be convinced

Fir'awn said unto those around him: hear ye not

He said: your Lord and the Lord of your ancient fathers

Fir'awn said: verily your apostle who hath been sent unto you is mad

He said: Lord of the east and the west and whatsoever is in-between, if ye understand

Fir'awn said: if thou wilt take a god other than me, I shall surely place thee among the prisoners

He said: even though I bring unto thee something manifest

Fir'awn said: forth with it then, if thou art of the truth- tellers

Then he cast down his staff, and lo! it was a serpent manifest

And he drew forth his hand, and lo! it was white unto the beholders

Fir'awn said unto the chiefs around him: verily this is a magician knowing

He would drive you out of your land through his magic; what then is it ye command

They said: put off him and his brother, and send unto the cities callers

Thot they may bring to thee every magician knowing

So the magicians were assembled at a set time on a day made known

And it was said unto the people: are ye going to assemble

Belike we may follow the magicians if they are the winners

Then when the magicians came, they said unto Fir'awn: will there surely be a big hire for us if we are the winners

He said: yea; and ye shall verily then be of those brought nigh

Musa said unto them: cast whatsoever ye have to cast

Then they cast their cords and their staves, and said: by the might of Fir'awn, verily we! we shall be the winners

Then Musa cast down his staff, and lo! it swallowed up that which they had devised

Then the magicians flung themselves prostrate

They said: we believe in the Lord of the worlds

The Lord of Musa and Harun

Fir'awn said: ye believed in him ere I gave you leave. Verily he is your chief who hath taught you magic, so ye shall surely come to know. Surely I shall cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides and surely I shall crucify you all

They said: no harm! verily unto our Lord we are to return

Verily we long that our Lord shall forgive us our faults because we have been the first of the believers

And We revealed unto Musa saying: go by night with My bondmen verily ye shall be pursued

Then Fir'awn sent unto the cities callers

Verily these are but a band small

And verily they have enraged US

And verily we are host well-provided

Then We drave them forth from gardens and springs

And treasures and a station noble

Even so. And We caused the Children of Isra'il to inherit them

Then they pursued them at sunrise

And when the two parties saw each other, the companions of Musa said: verily we are overtaken

Musa said: by no means; verily with me is my Lord; He shall guide me

Then We revealed unto Musa, saying: smite thou the sea with thy staff. So it became separated, and each part was like unto a cliff mighty

And We brought near thither the others

And We delivered Musa and those with him together

Then We drowned the others

Verily herein is a sign; but most of them are not believers

And verily thy Lord! He is the Mighty, the Merciful

And recite unto them the story of Ibrahim

When he said unto his father and his people: what worship ye

They said: we worship idols, and we are unto them ever devoted

He said: hearken they unto you when ye cry

Or, benefit they you or hurt they you

They said: nay; but we found our fathers doing in this wise

He said: have ye observed that which ye worship

Ye and your fathers of old

Verily they are an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the worlds

Who hath created me, and He guideth me

He Who feedeth me and giveth me to drink

And when I sicken, then He healeth me

And He Who shall cause me to die, and then shall quicken me

And He Who, long, shall forgive me my faults, on the Day of Requital

My Lord! bestow on me wisdom and join me with the righteous

And appoint for me an honourable mention among the posterity

And make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Delight

And forgive my father; verily he is of the erring

And humiliate me not on the Day whereon people shall be raised

The Day whereon will profit neither substance nor sons

Unless it be he, who shall bring unto Allah a whole heart

And the Garden shall be brought nigh to the God, fearing

And the Fierce Fire shall be made apparent unto the seduced ones

And it shall be said unto them where is that which ye were wont to worship

Beside Allah? Can they succour you or succour themselves

Then they shall be hurled therein, they and the seduced ones

And the hosts of Iblis together

And they, While contending therein, shall say

By Allah, we have indeed been in an error manifest

When we equalled you with the Lord of the worlds

And none led us astray except the Culprits

So none we have as intercessors

Nor any loving friend

Were there for us a return, we would be of the believers

Verily herein is a sign, but most of them are not believers

And verily thy Lord! He is the Mighty, the Merciful

And Nuh's people belied the sent ones

When their brother Nuh said Unto them: fear ye not

Verily I am unto you an apostle trusted

So fear Allah and obey me

And I ask of you no hire therefor; my hire is but with the Lord of the worlds

So fear Allah and obey me

They said: shall We believe in thee when the meanest follow thee

He said: I have no knowledge of that which they have been Working

Their reckoning is upon my Lord, if ye but knew

And I am not to drive away the believers

I am naught but a warner manifest

They said: if thou desistest not, thou shalt surely be of those stoned

He said: my Lord! verily my people have belied me

So decide Thou between me and them with a decision, and deliver me and those who are with me of the believers

Wherefore We delivered him and those with him in the laden ark

Then We drowned the rest thereafter

Verily herein is a sign, yet most of them are not believers

And thy Lord! He is the Mighty, the Merciful

The'Aad belied the sent ones

When their brother Hud said Unto them: fear ye not

Verily I am unto you an apostle trusted

So fear Allah and obey me

And I ask of you no hire therefor: my hire is but with the Lord of the worlds

Build ye on every eminence a landmark in vanity

And take ye for yourselves castles that haply ye may abide

And when ye seize, ye seize like unto tyrants

So fear Allah, and obey me

And fear Him Who hath aided you with that which ye know

He hath aided you With Cattle and sons

And gardens and springs

Verily I fear for you the torment of a Mighty Day

They said: it is equal unto us whether thou admonishest or art not of the admonishers

This in but a custom of the ancients

And we are not going to be tormented

And they belied him; so We destroyed them. Verily herein is a sign, yet most of them are not believers

And verily thy Lord? He is the Mighty, the Merciful

The Thamud belied the sent ones

When their brother Salih said unto them: fear ye not

Verily I am unto you an apostle trusted

So fear Allah, and obey me

And I ask of you no hire therefor; MY hire is but with the Lord of the worlds

Shall ye be left secure in that which is here before us

In gardens and springs

And corn-fields and palm-trees whereof the spathes are fine

And hew ye out houses in the mountains skilfully! g

So fear Allah, and obey me

And obey not the command of the extravagant

Who work corruption in the land and rectify not

They said: thou art but one of the bewitched

Thou art but a human being like unto us. So bring thou a sign if thou art of the truth-tellers

He said: yonder is a she-camel; to her a drink, and to you a drink, each on a day known

And touch her not with ill, lest there take hold of you the torment of a Mighty Day

Then they hamstrung her; and then they became regretful

So the torment took hold of them: verily herein is a sign, but most of them are not believers

And verily thy Lord! He is the Mighty, the Merciful

The people of Lut belied the sent ones

When their brother Lut said unto them: fear ye not

Verily I am unto you an apostle trusted

So fear Allah, and obey me

And I ask of you no hire there for; my hire is but with the Lord of the worlds

Go ye in, of all creatures, unto the males

And leave ye your spouses your Lord hath created for you? Aye! ye are a people trespassing

They said: if thou desistest not, O Lut! thou shalt surely be of those driven forth

He said: verily I am of those who abhor your work

My Lord! deliver me and my household from that which they work

So We delivered him and his household all

Save an old woman among the lingerers

Thereafter We annihilated the rest

And We rained on them a rain. So ill was the rain on those warned

Verily herein is a sign, yet most of them are not believers

The dwellers of the wood belied the sent ones

What time Shu'aib, said unto them: fear ye not

Verily I am unto you an apostle trusted

So fear Allah, and obey me

And ask of you no hire therefor; and my hire is but with the Lord of the worlds

Give full measure, and be not of those who cause others to lose

And weigh with a balance straight

And defraud not people of their things, and commit not corruption on the earth

So fear Him Who created you and the former generations

They said: thou art but of the bewitched

And thou art but a human being like unto us, and we deem thee to be of the liars

So cause thou a fragment of the heaven to fall upon us, if thou art of the truth-tellers

He. said: My Lord is the Best Knower of that which ye work

Thenn they belied him; wherefore there laid hold of -them the torment of day of shadow. Verily it was the torment of a Mighty Day

Verily herein is a sign; but most of them are not believers

And verily thy Lord! He is the Mighty, the Merciful

And verily it is a revelation of the Lord of the worlds

The Trusted spirit hath brought it down

Upon thy heart, that thou mayest be of the warners

In plain Arabic speech

And verily it is in the Scriptures of the ancients

Is it not a sign unto them that the learned among the Children of Isra'il know it

And had We revealed it unto any of the ncn-Arabs

And he had-read it unto them, even then they would not have been believers therein

In this wise have We made way for it into the hearts of the culprits

They will not believe therein until they behold the torment afflictive

It shall come unto them on a sudden, and they shall not perceive

Then they will say: are we to be respited

Seek haste then they with our torment

Beholdest thou? - if We let them enjoy for years

And then there cometh unto them that which they had been promised

What shall that which they enjoyed avail them

And We destroyed not a city but it had its warners

By way of admonition, and We have never been oppressors

And the satans have not brought it down

It behoveth them not, nor they can

Verily far from hearing are they removed

So call not thou unto anot her god along with Allah, lest thou be of the doomed

And warn thou thy clan, the nearest ones

And lower thou thy Wlng Unto those who follow thee as believers

And if they disobey thee, say thou: verily I am quit of that which ye work

And rely thou upon the Mighty, the Merciful

Who seeth thee when thou standest up

And thy movements among those who fall prostrate

Verily He! He is the Hearer, the Knower

Shall declare unto you upon whom the satans descend

They descend upon every calumniator, sinner

Who give ear, and most of them are liars

As for the poets -it is the seduced who follow them

Observest thou not, that they Wander about every vale

And that they say that which they do not

Save those who believed and worked righteous works and remembered Allah much, and vindicated themselves after they had been wronged. And anon those who do wrong shall come to know with what a translating they shall be translated