English - Chapter 26 - Ash-Shuara

Ta Sin Mim

Those are the Signs of the Clear Book

Perhaps you will destroy yourself with grief because they will not become muminun

If We wished We could send down a Sign to them from heaven, before which their heads would be bowed low in subjection

But no fresh reminder from the All-Merciful reaches them without their turning away from it

They have denied the truth, but the news of what they mocked will certainly come to them

Have they not looked at the earth and seen how We have made every sort of beneficial species grow in it

There is certainly a Sign in that, yet most of them are not muminun

Truly your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

When your Lord called out to Musa: ´Go to the wrongdoing people

the people of Pharaoh. Will they not have taqwa?´

He said, ´My Lord, I fear they will deny me

and that my breast will be constricted and that my tongue will not be free, so send Harun as a Messenger as well

They hold a wrong action against me and I fear that they may kill me.´

He said, ´By no means! Go, both of you, with Our Signs. We will certainly be together with you, listening

Go to Pharaoh and say, "We are the Messenger of the Lord of all the worlds

to tell you to send the tribe of Israel away with us."´

He said, ´Did we not bring you up among us as a child and did you not spend many years of your life among us

Yet you did the deed you did and were ungrateful.´

He said, ´At the time I did it I was one of the misguided

and so I fled from you when I was in fear of you but my Lord gave me right judgement and made me one of the Messengers

And anyway you can only reproach me with this favour because you made the tribe of Israel into slaves!´

Pharaoh said, ´What is the Lord of all the worlds?´

He said, ´The Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything between them if you knew for sure.´

He said to those around him, ´Are you listening?´

He said, ´Your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers, the previous peoples.´

He said, ´This Messenger, who has been sent to you, is mad.´

He said, ´The Lord of the East and the West and everything between them if you used your intellect.´

He said, ´If you take any god other than me, I will certainly throw you into prison.´

He said, ´Even if I were to bring you something undeniable?´

He said, ´Produce it then if you are someone telling the truth.´

So He threw down his staff and there it was, unmistakably a snake

And he drew out his hand and there it was, pure white to those who looked

He said to the High Council round about him, ´This certainly is a skilled magician

who desires by his magic to expel you from your land, so what do you recommend?´

They said, ´Detain him and his brother and send out marshals to the cities

to bring you all the skilled magicians.´

So the magicians were assembled for a meeting on a specified day

The people were asked, ´Are you all assembled

so we can follow the magicians if they are the winners?´

When the magicians came, they said to Pharaoh, ´Will we be rewarded if we are the winners?´

He said, ´Yes, and in that case you will be among those brought near.´

Musa said to them, ´Throw whatever it is you are going to throw!´

They threw down their ropes and staffs and said, ´By the might of Pharaoh we are the winners.´

But Musa threw down his staff and at once it swallowed up what they had fabricated

The magicians threw themselves down, prostrating

They said, ´We have iman in the Lord of all the worlds

the Lord of Musa and Harun.´

He said, ´Have you had iman in him before I authorised you? He is your chief who taught you magic. But you will soon know! I will cut off your alternate hands and feet and I will crucify every one of you.´

They said, ´We do not care! We are returning to our Lord

We remain hopeful that our Lord will forgive us our mistakes for being the first of the muminun.´

We revealed to Musa: ´Travel with Our slaves by night. You will certainly be pursued.´

Pharaoh sent marshals into the cities

´These people are a small group

and we find them irritating

and we constitute a vigilant majority.´

We expelled them from gardens and springs

from treasures and a splendid situation

So it was! And We bequeathed them to the tribe of Israel

So they pursued them towards the east

And when the two hosts came into sight of one another Musa´s companions said, ´We will surely be overtaken!´

He said, ´Never! My Lord is with me and He will guide me.´

So We revealed to Musa, ´Strike the sea with your staff.´ And it split in two, each part like a towering cliff

And We brought the others right up to it

We rescued Musa and all those who were with him

Then We drowned the rest

There is certainly a Sign in that yet most of them are not muminun

Truly your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

Recite to them the story of Ibrahim

when he said to his father and his people, ´What do you worship?´

They said, ´We worship idols and will continue to cling to them.´

He said, ´Do they hear you when you call

or do they help you or do you harm?´

They said, ´No, but this is what we found our fathers doing.´

He said, ´Have you really thought about what you worship

you and your fathers who came before

They are all my enemies — except for the Lord of all the worlds

He who created me and guides me

He who gives me food and gives me drink

and when I am ill, it is He who heals me

He who will cause my death, then give me life

He who I sincerely hope will forgive my mistakes on the Day of Reckoning

My Lord, give me right judgement and unite me with the righteous

and make me highly esteemed among the later peoples

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

and forgive my father — he was one of the misguided

and do not disgrace me on the Day they are raised up

the Day when neither wealth nor sons will be of any use —

except to those who come to Allah with sound and flawless hearts.´

The Garden will be brought near to those who have taqwa

The Blazing Fire will be displayed to the misled

They will be asked, ´Where are those you used to worship besides Allah

Can they help you or even help themselves?´

They will be bundled into it head first, they and the misled

and every one of Iblis´s regiments

Arguing in it with one another, they will say

´By Allah, we were plainly misguided

when We equated you with the Lord of all the worlds

It was only the evildoers who misguided us

and now we have no one to intercede for us

we do not have a single loyal friend

If only we could have another chance then we would be among the muminun!´

There is certainly a Sign in that, yet most of them are not muminun

Truly your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

The people of Nuh denied the Messengers

When their brother Nuh said to them, ´Will you not have taqwa

I am a faithful Messenger to you

so have taqwa of Allah and obey me

I do not ask you for any wage for it. My wage is the responsibility of no one but the Lord of all the worlds

so have taqwa of Allah and obey me.´

He said, ´What do I know about what they have been doing

Their reckoning is the concern of my Lord alone if you were but aware

I am not going to chase away the muminun

I am only a clear warner.´

They said, ´Nuh, if you do not desist you will be stoned.´

He said, ´My Lord, my people have denied me

so make a clear judgement between me and them and rescue me and the muminun who are with me.´

So We rescued him and those with him in the loaded ship

Then afterwards We drowned the rest

There is certainly a Sign in that, yet most of them are not muminun

Truly your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

´Ad denied the Messengers

when their brother Hud said to them, ´Will you not have taqwa

I am a faithful Messenger to you

so have taqwa of Allah and obey me

I do not ask you for any wage for it. My wage is the responsibility of no one but the Lord of all the worlds

Do you build a tower on every hilltop, just to amuse yourselves

and construct great fortresses, hoping to live for ever

and when you attack, attack as tyrants do

So have taqwa of Allah and obey me

Have taqwa of Him who has supplied you with what you know

supplied you with livestock and children

and gardens and clear springs

I fear for you the punishment of a terrible Day.´

They said, ´It makes no difference to us whether you preach or do not preach

This is only what the previous peoples did

We are not going to be punished.´

So they denied him and We destroyed them. There is certainly a Sign in that, yet most of them are not muminun

Truly your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

Thamud denied the Messengers

when their brother Salih said to them, ´Will you not have taqwa

I am a faithful Messenger to you

so have taqwa of Allah and obey me

I do not ask you for any wage for it. My wage is the responsibility of no one but the Lord of all the worlds

Are you going to be left secure amid what is here

amid gardens and clear springs

and cultivated fields and palms with supple spathes

Will you continue hewing houses from the mountains with exultant skill

So have taqwa of Allah and obey me

Do not obey the orders of the profligate

those who corrupt the earth and do not put things right.´

They said, ´You are merely someone bewitched

You are nothing but a human being like ourselves, so produce a Sign if you are telling the truth.´

He said, ´Here is a she-camel. She has a time for drinking and you have a time for drinking — on specified days

Do not do anything to harm her or the punishment of a terrible day will come down on you.´

But they hamstrung her and woke up full of remorse

for the punishment did come down them. There is certainly a Sign in that, yet most of them are not muminun

Truly your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

The people of Lut denied the Messengers

when their brother Lut said to them, ´Will you not have taqwa

I am a faithful Messenger to you

so have taqwa of Allah and obey me

I do not ask you for any wage for it. My wage is the responsibility of no one but the Lord of all the worlds

Of all beings, do you lie with males

leaving the wives Allah has created for you? You are a people who have overstepped the limits.´

They said, ´Lut, if you do not desist you will be expelled.´

He said, ´I am someone who detests the deed you perpetrate

My Lord, rescue me and my family from what they are doing.´

Therefore We rescued him and all his family —

except for an old woman who remained behind

Then We utterly destroyed the rest

and made a Rain come pouring down upon them. How evil is the rain of those who are warned

There is certainly a Sign in that, yet most of them are not muminun

Truly your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

The Companions of the Thicket denied the Messengers

when Shu´ayb said to them, ´Will you not have taqwa

I am a faithful Messenger to you

so have taqwa of Allah and obey me

I do not ask you for any wage for it. My wage is the responsibility of no one but the Lord of all the worlds

Give full measure. Do not skimp

Weigh with a level balance

Do not diminish people´s goods and do not go about the earth, corrupting it

Have taqwa of Him who created you and the earlier creatures.´

They said, ´You are merely someone bewitched

You are nothing but a human being like ourselves. We think you are a liar

So make lumps from heaven fall down on us if you are telling the truth.´

He said, ´My Lord knows best what you are doing.´

They denied him and the punishment of the Day of Shadow came down on them. It was indeed the punishment of a terrible Day

There is certainly a Sign in that, yet most of them are not muminun

Truly your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

Truly it is revelation sent down by the Lord of all the worlds

The Faithful Ruh brought it down

to your heart so you would be one of the Warners

in a clear Arabic tongue

It is certainly in the scriptures of the previous peoples

Is it not indeed a Sign for them that the scholars of the tribe of Israel have knowledge of it

If We had sent it down to a non-Arab

who had then recited it to them, they still would not have iman in it

That is how We thread it into the hearts of the evildoers

They will not have iman in it until they see the painful punishment

It will come upon them suddenly when they are not expecting it

They will say, ´Can we be granted a reprieve?´

Do they want to hasten Our punishment

Do you think, if We let them enjoy themselves for years

and then what they were promised comes to them

that what they enjoyed will be of any use to them

We have never destroyed a city without giving it prior warning

as a reminder. We were never unjust

The shaytans did not bring it down

It does not befit them and they are not capable of it

They are debarred from hearing it

So do not call on any other god along with Allah or you will be among those who will be punished

Warn your near relatives

and take the muminun who follow you under your wing

If they disobey you, say, ´I am free of what you do.´

Put your trust in the Almighty, the Most Merciful

He who sees you when you stand up to pray

and your movements with those who prostrate

He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing

Shall I tell you upon whom the shaytans descend

They descend on every evil liar

They give them a hearing and most of them are liars

And as for poets, it is the misled who follow them

Do you not see how they ramble on in every style

and say things which they do not do

except those who have iman and do right actions and remember Allah repeatedly and defend themselves after they have been wronged? Those who do wrong will soon know the kind of reversal they will receive