English - Chapter 26 - Ash-Shuara

S.M

These are verses from the Clear Book

Perhaps you are fretting your soul away because they are not believers

If We so wished, We might send a sign down to them from Heaven so they would bow their heads submissively before it

No Reminder ever comes to them as a renewal from the Mercy-giving except they shun it

They have just rejected [it], so news of what they have been ridiculing will soon come to them

Have they not looked at the earth [to see] how many generous species We have grown on it

In that is a sign; though most of them are not believers

Yet your Lord is the Powerful, the Merciful

So your Lord summoned Moses: "Go to the wrongdoing folk

Pharaoh´s folk! Will they not heed

He said: "My Lord, I fear they will reject me

and my breast feels cramped while my tongue will not loosen up. Send for Aaron

They have [laid] a charge against me; so I fear they will kill me

He said; "Indeed not; let both of you go off with Our signs, We will be listening along with you

Go to Pharaoh and say: "We are messengers from the Lord of the Universe

Send the Children of Israel off with us!"´

He said: "Did we not rear you as a child among us and you spent several years of your life with us

Yet you committed the deed you did: You are so ungrateful

He said: "I did it while I was misguided

I fled from you (all) because I feared you. Still my Lord has bestowed discretion on me and set me up as an emissary

Is this some favor you have shown me-that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"´

Pharaoh said: "What is the Lord of the Universe

He said: "The Lord of Heaven and Earth and whatever [lies] in between them, if you will be convinced

He said to those around him: "Aren´t you listening

He said: "Your Lord and the Lord of your very first forefathers

He said: "Your messenger who has been sent to you is crazy

He said: "[He comes from] the Lord of the East and West, and whatever lies in between them, if you know how to reason

He said: "If you should adopt any god besides me, I shall make you a prisoner

He said: "Even if I bring you something obvious

He said: "Bring it, if you a telling the truth

So he cast his staff down and imagine, it was clearly a snake

He pulled out his hand [from his shirtfront], and imagine, it was white to the spectators

He told the councilmen around him: "This is some clever magician

who wants to drive you out of your land through his magic. What do you order

They said: "Make him and his brother wait, and send recruiters out into the cities

who will bring you in every clever magician

So the magicians were gathered for the appointment on a certain day

and the people were told: "Are you assembling

so that we may follow the sorcerers once they have won out

When the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh: "Will we have payment if we are the winners

He said: "Yes, you will then become courtiers

Moses told them: "Throw down whatever you are going to throw.´

So they threw their ropes and their staffs, and said: " By Pharaoh´s majesty, we will be the winners!" ´

So Moses cast his staff and imagine, it swallowed up what they were shamming about

The sorcerers dropped down on their knees

they said: "We believe in the Lord of the Universe

the Lord of Moses and Aaron

He said. "Have you believed in Him before I permit you to? He is your chief who has taught you magic. You will know! I´ll cut your hands and feet off on opposite sides and crucify you all

They said: ´It won´t hurt! We will be sent home to our Lord

we long for our Lord to forgive us our mistakes so we may be the first among believers

We inspired Moses as follows: "Travel with My servants at night: you will be pursued

Pharaoh sent recruiters into the cities

Those are a few dissidents

they are agitating against us

We are completely forewarned

Yet We drove them out of (their) gardens and springs

treasures and a splendid position

The same We let the Children of Israel fall heirs to

They followed after them at sunrise

When both groups sighted each other, Moses´ companions said: "We have been overtaken

said: "Not at all! My Lord stands by me; He will guide me

So We inspired Moses as follows: "Strike the sea with your staff!" If opened up and each section was like a huge cliff

We brought the others up next

and saved Moses and all those who were with him

Then We let the rest drown

In that is a sign; though most of them are not believers

Yet your Lord is the Powerful, the Merciful

Recite Abraham´s news to them

when he said to his father and his folk: "What are you worshipping

They said; "We worship idols, and are utterly devoted to them

He said; "Do they hear you when you call

or benefit you or harm [you]

They said: "Rather we found our fathers doing so

He said: "Have you ever seen what you have been worshipping

you and your forefathers, the oldtimers

They are enemies of mine, except for the Lord of the Universe

Who created me. He guides me

and is the One Who feeds me and gives me something to drink

Whenever I fall ill, He heals me

[He is] the One Who will cause me to die, then bring me back to life [again]

the One Who I expect will forgive me my mistakes on the Day for Repayment

My Lord, bestow discretion on me and acquaint me with honorable men

Grant me a truthful reputation among later men

Grant me an inheritance in the Garden of Bliss

Forgive my father even though he may be [considered] lost

Do not disgrace me on the day they are raised up again

the day when neither wealth nor children will benefit anyone

except for someone who comes to God with a sound heart

The Garden will be brought near for those who did their duty

while Hades will appear for the straying

and someone will say to them: "Where is whatever you were serving

instead of God? Will they support you, or even support themselves

So they will be toppled into it, both they and the misguided ones

as well as all of Diabolis´ armies

They will say while they quarrel away in it

By God, we were in such obvious error

when we put you (all) on the same footing as the Lord of the Universe

It has only been criminals who have led us astray

We have no intercessors

nor any bosom friend

If we had another chance, we would then be believers

In that is a sign, though most of them are not believers

Yet your Lord is the Powerful, the Merciful

Noah´s folk rejected the emissaries

when their brother Noah said to them: "Will you not do your duty

I am a trustworthy messenger for you

so heed God and obey me

I do not ask you for any payment for it; my payment only concerns the Lord of the Universe

So heed God and obey me

They said: "Are we to believe in you while the meanest people follow you

He said: "What knowledge do I have about what they have been doings

Their reckoning only concerns my Lord, if you will only notice it

I do not intend to drive any believers away

I am merely a plain warner

They said: "If you do not stop, Noah, you will become an outcast

He said: "My Lord, my folk have rejected me

Decide the case between me and them, and rescue me as well as any believers who may be with me

So We rescued him and anyone who was with him on the laden ship

Then later on We let those who remained drown

In that is a sign, though most of them are not believers

Yet your Lord is the Powerful, the Merciful

Ad rejected the emissaries

when their brother Hud said to them; "Will you not do our duty

I am a trustworthy messenger for you

so heed God and obey me

I do not ask you for any payment for it; my payment only concerns the Lord of the Universe

Are you building a sign on every hill just so you may fool around

Are you setting up workshops so that you may live forever

Whenever you assault anyone, you pounce on them like bullies

So heed God and obey me

heed the One Who has furnished you with whatever you know

He has furnished you with livestock and children

gardens and springs

Yet I fear the torment of a terrible day for you

They said: "It´s all the same for us whether you lecture [us] or are not lecturing

This is only a fabrication [made up] by primitive men

we are not going to be punished

They rejected him, so We wiped them out. In that is a sign; though most of them are not believers

Yet your Lord is the Powerful, the Merciful

Thamud rejected the emissaries

I am a trustworthy messenger for you

so heed God and obey me

I do not ask you for any payment for it; my payment only concerns the Lord of the Universe

Will you be left securely in what you have here

among gardens and springs

crops and datepalms with slender stalks

You skillfully hew houses out of the mountains

Heed God and obey me

do not obey the order of extravagant people

who corrupt [things] on earth and never reform

They said: "You are merely someone deluded

you are only a human being like ourselves! Bring a sign if you are so truthful

He said: "This is a she-camel. She has drinking rights while you have drinking rights on a fixed day

Do not touch her so that you hurt her, lest the torment of an awful day may seize you

Yet they mistreated her, and one morning they felt remorseful about it

Torment overtook them. In that is a sign, though most of them are not believers

Yet your Lord is the Powerful, the Merciful

Lot´s folk rejected the emissaries

when their brother Lot said to them: "Will you not do your duty

I am a trustworthy messenger [sent] to you

so heed God and obey me

I do not ask you any payment for it; my payment only concerns the Lord of the Universe

Do you approach males among [everyone in] the Universe

and ignore any wives whom your Lord has created for you? Indeed you are such defiant folk

They said; "If you do not stop, Lot, you will become an exile

He said: "I am someone who detests your behavior

My Lord, save me and my family from what they are doing

So We saved him and his whole family

except for an old woman among those who stayed behind

Then We annihilated the rest

We sent a rain down upon them. How evil was such a rain for those who had been warned

In that is a sign; though most of them are not believers

Yet your Lord is the Powerful, the Merciful

The dwellers in the Forest rejected the emissaries

when Shuayb said to them: "Will you not perform your duty

I am a trustworthy messenger [sent] to you

so heed God and obey me

I do not ask you for any payment for it; my payment only concerns the Lord of the Universe

Give full measure and do not cause [people] any losses

Weigh with honest scales

do not undersell people to cheat them of their things nor storm around the earth in order to spoil matters

Heed Him Who created you and the character of the earliest men

They said: "You are merely someone bewitched

You are only a human being like ourselves, and we think you are a liar

Let a piece fall out of the sky on us if you are so truthful

He said: "My Lord is quite Aware of what you are doing

So they rejected him, and the torment of a gloomy day gripped them; it was the torment of a terrible day

In that is a sign, though most of them are not believers

Yet your Lord is the Powerful, the Merciful

It is a revelation from the Lord of the Universe

The Faithful Spirit has brought it down

for your heart, so may be a warner

in a clear Arabic tongue

It [can be found] in the Psalms of early men

Do they not have a sign since the scholars Children of Israel knew about it

If We had sent it down to some outsider

and he had read it to them, they would never have believed in it

Despite that, We slip it into criminals´ hearts

They will not believe in it until they see painful torment

it will come upon them suddenly while they least suspect it

and so they say: "Will we be allowed to wait

Are they trying to hasten up Our torment

Have you seen how We let them enjoy themselves for years

then whatever they have been threatened with, comes to them

Whatever they have been enjoying will never benefit them

We never wipe out any town unless it has had its warners

to remind [it]. We have never been unfair

The devils did not descend with it

it does not suit them to, nor can they manage it

they are too withdrawn to even hear it

Do not appeal to any other deity along with God, lest you be tormented

Warn your nearest kinfolk

lower your [protecting] wing over any believers who may follow you

I opposed to you, then SAY: "I am innocent of whatever doing

Rely on the Powerful, the Merciful

Who sees you whenever you stand up [in prayer]

as well as how you move around among those who are bowing down on their knees

He is the Alert, Aware

Shall I tell you who are the ones on whom the devils descend

They come down upon every bluffing sinner

They even try to eavesdrop, since most of them are liars

and poets are followed around by them bewildered

Do you not see them staggering around in every river-valley

They preach what they never practice

except for those who believe and perform honorable deeds, remember God often, and protect themselves once they have been wronged. Those who do wrong shall know what sort of upsets they may expect to face