English - Chapter 26 - Ash-Shuara

Ta. Sin. Mim

These are the signs of the lucid Book

Haply thou wearest thyself away with grief because they will not believe

Were it our will we could send down to them a sign from Heaven, before which they would humbly bow

But from each fresh warning that cometh to them from the God of Mercy they have only turned aside

And treated it as a lie: But tidings shall reach them which they shall not laugh to scorn

Have they not beheld the earth - how we have caused every kind of noble plant to spring up therein

Verily, in this is a sign: but most of them believe not

And assuredly, thy Lord! - He is the Mighty, the Merciful

And remember when thy Lord called to Moses, "Go to the wicked people

The people of Pharaoh. What! will they not fear me

He said, "My Lord, in sooth I fear lest they treat me as a liar

And my breast is straitened, and I am slow of speech: send therefore to Aaron to be my helpmate

For they have a charge against me, and I fear lest they put me to death

He said, "Surely not. Go ye therefore with our signs: we will be with you and will hearken

And go to Pharaoh and say: 'Verily we are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds

Send forth with us the children of Israel

He said, "Did we not rear thee among us when a child? And hast thou not passed years of thy life among us

And yet what a deed is that which thou hast done! Thou art one of the ungrateful

He said, "I did it indeed, and I was one of those who erred

And I fled from you because I feared you; but my Lord hath given me wisdom and hath made me one of his Apostles

And is this the favour thou hast conferred on me, that thou hast enslaved the children of Israel

Said Pharaoh, "Who then is the Lord of the Worlds

He said, "The Lord of the Heavens and of the Earth and of all that is between them, if only ye believe it

Said Pharaoh to those around him, "Hear ye this

Your Lord," said Moses, "and the Lord of your sires of old

In sooth, your Apostle whom He hath sent to you," said Pharaoh, "is certainly possessed

He said, "Lord is He of the East and of the West, and of all that is between them, if ye can understand

He said, "If ye take any God beside me, I will surely put thee in ward

Said Moses, "What! if I shew thee that which shall be a proof of my mission

He said, "Forth with it then, if thou speakest truth

Then threw he down his staff, and lo! an undoubted serpent

And he drew out his hand, and lo! it was white to the beholders

He said to his nobles around him. "This truly is a right cunning sorcerer

Fain would he drive you out of your land by his Sorcery. But what do ye suggest

They said, "Put him and his brother off awhile, and send summoners to all the cities

Who shall bring to thee every cunning magician

So the magicians were mustered at a set time, on a solemn day

And it was said to the people, "Are ye all assembled

Yes! and we will follow the magicians if they gain the day

And when the magicians were arrived they said to Pharaoh, "Shall we have a reward if we gain the day

He said, "Yes. And verily in that case ye shall be of those who are near my person

Moses said to them, "Throw down what ye have to throw

So they cast down their ropes and rods, and said, "By Pharaoh's might we shall surely win

Then Moses threw down his rod, and lo! it swallowed up their cheating wonders

Then the magicians threw themselves down in worship

They said, "We believe on the Lord of the Worlds

The Lord of Moses and of Aaron

Said Pharaoh, "Have ye then believed on him ere I gave you leave? He truly is your master who hath taught you magic. But bye and bye ye shall surely know my power. I will cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and I will have you all crucified

They said, "It cannot harm us, for to our Lord shall we return

Assuredly we trust that our Lord will forgive us our sins, since we are of the first who believe

Then revealed we this order to Moses: "Go forth by night with my servants, for ye will be pursued

And Pharaoh sent summoners through the cities

These Israelites," said they, "are a scanty band

Yet are they enraged against us

But we truly are numerous, wary

Thus we caused them to quit gardens and fountains

And treasures and splendid dwellings

So was it; and we gave them to the children of Israel for an heritage

Then at sunrise the Egyptians followed them

And when the hosts came in view of one another, the comrades of Moses said, "We are surely overtaken

He said, "By no means: - for my Lord is with me - He will guide me

And we revealed this order to Moses, "Strike the sea with thy rod." And it clave asunder, and each part became like a huge mountain

Then made we the others to draw on

And we saved Moses, and those who were with him, all

But we drowned the others

Truly in this was a sign; but most of them did not believe

But verily thy Lord, - He is the Mighty, the Merciful

And recite to them the story of Abraham

When he said to his Father and to his people, "What worship ye

They said, "We worship idols, and constant is our devotion to them

He said, "Can they hear you when ye cry to them

Or help you or do you harm

They said, "But we found our Fathers do the like

He said, "How think ye? They whom ye worship

Ye and your fathers of early days

Are my foes: but not so the Lord of the Worlds

Who hath created me, and guideth me

Who giveth me food and drink

And when I am sick, he healeth me

And who will cause me to die and again quicken me

And who, I hope, will forgive me my sins in the day of reckoning

My Lord! bestow on me wisdom and join me to the just

And give me a good name among posterity

And make me one of the heirs of the garden of delight

And forgive my father, for he was one of the erring

And put me not to shame on the day when mankind shall be raised up

The day when neither wealth nor children shall avail

Save to him who shall come to God with a sound heart

When Paradise shall be brought near the pious

And Hell shall lay open for those who have gone astray

And it shall be said to them, 'Where are they whom ye worshipped

Beside God? Can they harm you or help themselves

And they shall be cast into it - the seducers and the seduced

And all the host of Eblis

They shall say, as they wrangle therein together

By God, we were in a plain error

When we equalled you with the Lord of the Worlds

And none misled us but the wicked

And we have none to plead for us

Nor friend who careth for us

Could we but return, we would be of the believers

Verily, in this was a sign: but most of them believed not

And truly thy Lord! - He is the Mighty, the Merciful

The people of Noah gainsaid the Apostles

When their brother Noah said to them, "Will ye not fear God

Of a truth am I your faithful Apostle

Fear God then and obey me

I ask of you no reward for this, for my reward is of the Lord of the Worlds alone

Fear God then and obey me

They said, "Shall we believe on thee when the meanest only are thy followers

He said, "But I have no knowledge of that they did

To my Lord only must their account be given: would that ye understood this

And I will not thrust away those who believe

For I am only one charged with plain warnings

He said, "Lord! my people treat me as a liar

Decide thou therefore a decision between me and them, and rescue me and the faithful who are with me

So we saved him and those who were with him in the fully-laden ark

And afterwards we drowned the rest

Herein truly was a sign, but most of them believed not

But thy Lord! - He is the Mighty, the Merciful

The Adites treated their Apostles as liars

When their brother Houd said to them, "Will ye not fear God

I am your Apostle, worthy of all credit

Fear God then and obey me

I ask for no reward for this; for my reward is of the Lord of the Worlds alone

What! build ye landmarks on all heights in mere pastime

And raise ye structures to be your lasting abodes

And when ye put forth your power do ye put it forth with harshness

Fear ye God then and obey me

And fear ye Him who hath plenteously betowed on you ye well know what

Plenteously bestowed on you flocks and children

And gardens and fountains

Indeed I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day

They said, "It is the same to us whether thou warn or warn us not

This is but a tale of the ancients

And we are not they who shall be punished

And they charged him with imposture; and we destroyed them. In this was a sign: but most of them believed not

But thy Lord! - He is the Mighty, the Merciful

The Themoudites also treated their Apostles as liars

When their brother Saleh said to them, "Will ye not fear God

I am your Apostle worthy of all credit

Fear God, then, and obey me

I ask of you no reward for this: my reward is of the Lord of the Worlds alone

Shall ye be left secure amid these things here

Amid gardens and fountains

And corn-fields and palm-trees, with flower-sheathing branches

And, insolent that ye are, will ye hew out your dwellings in the mountains

But fear God and obey me

And obey not the bidding of those who commit excess

Who act disorderly on the earth and reform it not

They said, "Certainly thou art a person bewitched

Thou art only a man like us: produce now a sign if thou art a man of truth

He said, "This she-camel, then - drink shall there be for her, and drink shall there be for you, on a several day for each

But harm her not, lest the punishment of a tremendous day overtake you

But they ham-strung her, and repented of it on the morrow

For the punishment overtook them. In this truly was a sign, but most of them believed not

But thy Lord! - He is the Powerful, the Merciful

The people of Lot treated their apostles as liars

When their brother Lot said to them, "Will ye not fear God

I am your Apostle worthy of all credit

Fear God, then, and obey me

For this I ask you no reward: my reward is of the Lord of the worlds alone

What! with men, of all creatures, will ye have commerce

And leave ye your wives whom your Lord hath created for you? Ah! ye are an erring people

They said, "O Lot, if thou desist not, one of the banished shalt thou surely be

He said, "I utterly abhor your doings

My Lord! deliver me and my family from what they do

So we delivered him and his whole family

Save an aged one among those who tarried

Then we destroyed the rest

And we rained a rain upon them, and fatal was the rain to those whom we had warned

In this truly was a sign; but most of them did not believe

But thy Lord! He is the Powerful, the Merciful

The dwellers in the forest of Madian treated the Apostles as liars

When Shoaib their brother said to them, "Will ye not fear God

I truly am your trustworthy Apostle

Fear God, then, and obey me

No reward ask I of you for this: my reward is of the Lord of the Worlds alone

Fill the measure, and be not of those who minish

Weigh with exact balance

And defraud not men in their substance, and do no wrong on the earth by deeds of licence

And fear Him who made you and the races of old

They said, "Certainly thou art a person bewitched

Thou art but a man like us, and we deem thee liar

Make now a part of the heaven to fall down upon us, if thou art a man of truth

He said, "My Lord best knoweth your doings

And when they treated him as a liar, the chastisement of the day of cloud overtook them. This truly was the chastisement of a dreadful day

In this was a sign, but most of them believed not

But thy Lord! - He is the Mighty, the Merciful

Verily from the Lord of the Worlds hath this Book come down

The faithful spirit hath come down with it

Upon thy heart, that thou mightest become a warner

In the clear Arabic tongue

And truly it is foretold in the Scriptures of them of yore

Was it not a sign to them that the learned among the children of Israel recognised it

If we had sent it down unto any foreigner

And he had recited it to them, they had not believed

In such sort have we influenced the heart of the wicked ones

That they will not believe it till they see the grievous chastisement

And it shall come upon them on a sudden when they look not for it

And they will say, "Can we be respited

What! will they seek to hasten on our chastisement

How thinkest thou? If after we have given them their fill for years

That with which they are menaced come upon them at last

Of what avail will their enjoyments be to them

We never destroyed a city which had not first its warners

With admonition; nor did we deal unjustly

The Satans were not sent down with this Koran

It beseemed them not, and they had not the power

For they are far removed from hearing it

Call not thou on any other god but God, lest thou be of those consigned to torment

But warn thy relatives of nearer kin

And kindly lower thy wing over the faithful who follow thee

And if they disobey thee, then say: "I will not be answerable for your doings

And put thy trust in Him that is the Mighty, the Merciful

Who seeth thee when thou standest in prayer

And thy demeanour amongst those who worship

For He heareth, knoweth all

Shall I tell you on whom Satan descend

They descend on every lying, wicked person

They impart what they have heard; - but most of them are liars

It is the POETS whom the erring follow

Seest thou not how they rove distraught in every valley

And that they say that which they do not

Save those who believe and do good works, and oft remember God; And who defend themselves when unjustly treated. But they who treat them unjustly shall find out what a lot awaiteth them