English - Chapter 20 - Ta-Ha

T'. H

We did not send down to you the Quran so you may suffer

It is but a reminder for the one who takes heed

Sent down from the One who created the Earth and the heavens above

The Almighty, on the throne He settled

To Him is what is in the heavens and what is in the Earth, and what is in between, and what is underneath the soil

And if you declare openly what you say, He knows the secret and what is hidden

God, there is no god but He, to Him are the beautiful names

And did the news of Moses come to you

When he saw a fire, so he said to his family: "Stay here, I have seen a fire, perhaps I can bring from it something, or find at the fire some guidance

So when he came to it he was called: "O Moses

I am your Lord, so take off your slippers, you are in the holy valley Tawa

And I have chosen you, so listen to what is being inspired

I am God, there is no god but Me, so serve Me and hold the contact-method for My remembrance

The Hour is coming, I am nearly keeping it hidden, so that every soul will be recompensed with what is strived

So do not be deterred from it by he who does not believe in it and followed his desire and perished

And what is in your right hand O Moses

He said: "It is my staff, I lean on it, and I guide my sheep with it, and I have other uses in it

He said: "Cast it down O Moses

So he cast it down, and it became a moving serpent

He said: "Take it and do not be fearful, We will turn it back to its previous form

And place your hand under your arm, it will come out white without blemish, as another sign

This is to show you Our great signs

Go to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed

He said: "My Lord, relieve for me my chest

And make my mission easy

And remove the knot in my tongue

So they can understand what I say

And allow for me an advisor from my family

Aaron, my brother

So that I may strengthen my resolve through him

And share with him my mission

So that we may glorify You plenty

And remember You plenty

You Have been watcher over us

He said: "You have been given what you asked O Moses

And We Have graced you another time

When We inspired to your mother what was inspired

That she should cast him in the basket, and cast the basket in the sea, so the sea will place him on the shore, where an enemy of Mine and his will take him. And I placed upon you a love from Me and that you shall be raised under My eye

That your sister should follow, and Say: "Shall I guide you to a person who will nurse him" Thus We returned you to your mother, so that she may be pleased and not be sad. And you killed a person, but We saved you from harm and We tested you greatly. So it was that you stayed with the people of Median for many years, then you came here by fate O Moses

And I Have raised you for Myself

Go, you and your brother with Our signs, and do not linger from My remembrance

Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed

So say to him soft words, perhaps he will remember or take heed

They said: "Our Lord, we fear that he would let loose upon us, or transgress

He said: "Do not fear, I am with you, I hear and I see

So come to him and Say: "We are messengers from your Lord, so send with us the Children of Israel, and do not punish them. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord, and peace be upon those who follow the guidance

It has been inspired to us that the retribution will be upon he who denies and turns away

He said: "So who is the lord of you both O Moses

He said: "Our Lord is the One who gave everything its creation, then guided

He said: "What then has happened to the previous generations

He said: "It's knowledge is with my Lord, in a record. My Lord does not err or forget

The One who made for you the Earth habitable and He made ways for you in it, and He brought down water from the sky, so We brought out with it pairs of vegetation of all types

Eat and raise your livestock, in that are signs for those of thought

From it We created you and in it We return you, and from it We bring you out another time

And We showed him Our signs, all of them, but he denied and refused

He said: "Have you come to us to take us out of our land with your magic O Moses

We will bring you a magic like it, so let us make an appointment between us and you which neither of us will break, a place where we both agree

He said: "Your appointment is the day of festival, and when the people start crowding during the late morning

So Pharaoh went away, and he gathered his scheming then he came

Moses said to them: "Woe to you, do not invent lies about God, else the retribution will take you, and miserable is the one who invents

So they disputed in their matter between themselves, and they kept secret their council

They said: "These are but two magicians who want to take you out of your land with their magic, and they want to do away with your ideal way

So agree your scheme, then come as one front. Whoever wins today will succeed

They said: "O Moses, either you cast down or we will be the first to cast down

He said: "No, you cast down." So their ropes and staffs appeared from their magic as if they were moving

And Moses held some fear in himself

We said: "Do not fear, you will best them

And cast down what is in your right hand it will consume what they have made. They have only made the work of a magician, and the magician will not succeed no matter what he does

So the magicians went down in prostration. They said: "We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses

He said: "Have you believed to him before taking my permission He is surely your great one who has taught you magic. So, I will cut off your hands and feet from alternate sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of the palm trees, and you will come to know which of us is greater in retribution and more lasting

They said: "We will not prefer you over the proofs that have come to us, and over the One who initiated us. So issue whatever judgment you have, for you only issue judgment in this worldly life

We have believed in our Lord that He may forgive us our sins, and what you had forced us into doing of magic. And God is better and everlasting

He who comes to his Lord as a criminal, he will have Hell, where he will neither die in it nor live

And he who comes to Him as a believer doing good works, for those will be the highest ranks

The gardens of Eden with rivers flowing beneath them, abiding therein. Such is the reward of he who is developed

And We inspired to Moses: "Take My servants out, and make for them through the sea a path. You shall not fear being overtaken, nor be afraid

So Pharaoh followed them with his soldiers, but the sea came-over them and covered them

Thus, Pharaoh misled his people and he did not guide

O Children of Israel, We have saved you from your enemy, and We summoned you at the right side of the mount, and We sent down to you manna and quail

Eat from the good things that We have provided for you and do not transgress in this else My wrath will be upon you. Whomever has incurred My wrath is lost

And I am forgiving for whomever repents and does good work, then is guided

And what has caused you to rush ahead of your people O Moses

He said: "They are coming in my tracks, and I came quickly to you my Lord so you would be pleased

He said: "We have tested your people after you left, and the Samarian misguided them

So Moses returned to his people angry and disappointed. He said: "My people, did not your Lord promise you a good promise Has the waiting been too long, or did you want that the wrath of your Lord be upon you Thus you broke the promise with me

They said: "We did not break the promise by our own will, but we were loaded down with the jewellery of the people so we cast them down, and it was such that the Samarian suggested

He then produced for them a statue of a calf that emitted a sound. So they said: "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he had forgotten

Did they not see that it did not respond to them, nor did it possess for them any harm or benefit

And Aaron said to them before: "My people, you are being tested with it. Your Lord is the Almighty, so follow me and obey my command

They said: "We will remain devoted to it until Moses comes back to us

He said: "O Aaron, what prevented you when you saw them being astray

Do you not follow me Have you disobeyed my command

He said: "O son of my mother, do not grab me by my beard nor by my head. I feared that you would say that I separated between the Children of Israel, and that I did not follow your orders

He said: "So what do you have to say O Samarian

He said: "I noticed what they did not notice, so I took a handful from where the messenger was standing, and I cast it in. This is what my soul inspired me to do

He said: "Then be gone, for you will have it in this life to Say: "I am not to be touched" And you will have an appointed time which you will not forsake. And look to your god that you remained devoted to, we will burn him, then we will destroy him in the sea completely

Your god is God; whom there is no god but He. His knowledge encompasses all things

And it is such that We relate to you the news of what has passed. And We have given you from Us a remembrance

Whoever turns away from it, then he will carry a load on the Day of Resurrection

They will remain therein, and miserable on the Day of Resurrection is what they carry

The Day the horn is blown, and We gather the criminals on that Day white eyed

They whisper amongst themselves: "You have only been away for a period of ten

We are fully aware of what they say, for the best in knowledge amongst them will Say: "No, you have only been away for a day

And they ask you about the mountains, Say: "My Lord will annihilate them completely

Then He will leave it as a smooth plain

You will not see in it any crookedness or curves

On that Day, they will follow the caller, there is no crookedness to him. And all voices will be humbled for the Almighty, you will not be able to hear except whispers

On that Day, no intercession will be of help, except for he whom the Almighty allows and accepts what he has to say

He knows their present and their future, and they do not have any of His knowledge

And the faces shall be humbled for the Eternal, the Living. And whoever carried wickedness with him has failed

And whoever does any good works, while he is a believer, then he should not fear injustice nor being given less than his due

And it was such that We sent it down as an Arabic Quran, and We cited in it many warnings, perhaps they will become aware or it will cause for them a remembrance

Then High above all is God, the King, the True. And do not be hasty with the Quran before its inspiration is completed to you, and Say: "My Lord, increase my knowledge

And We had made a pledge to Adam from before, but he forgot, and We did not find in him the will power

So We said: "O Adam, this is an enemy to you and your mate. So do not let him take you out from the paradise, else you will have hardship

You will have in it that you will not go hungry nor need clothes

And you will have in it that you will not go thirsty nor suffer from heat

But the devil whispered to him, he said: "O Adam, shall I lead you to the tree of immortality and a kingdom which will not waste away

So they both ate from it, and their wickedness became apparent for them, and they began to place leaves on themselves from the garden. Adam had disobeyed his Lord, and had gone astray

Then his Lord recalled him, and He forgave him and gave guidance to him

He said: "Descend from this, all of you, for you are enemies to one another. So, when My guidance comes to you, then whoever follows My guidance, he will not go astray nor suffer

And whoever turns away from My remembrance, then he will have a miserable life, and We will raise him blind on the Day of Resurrection

He said: "My Lord, you have raised me blind while I used to be able to see

He said: "It was the same when Our revelations came to you, you forgot them, and similarly today you will be forgotten

And it is such that We recompense he who transgresses, and did not believe in His Lord's revelations. And the retribution of the Hereafter is more severe and lasting

Is it not a guide to them how many generations We had destroyed before them, which they are walking now in their homes In that are signs for the people of understanding

And had it not been for a word already given by your Lord, they would have been held to account immediately

So be patient to what they are saying and glorify the grace of your Lord before the rising of the sun, and before its setting, and from the early part of the night glorify, and at the edges of the day that you may be content

And do not strain your eyes on what We have given other people as luxuries of this worldly life, where We are testing them with it. The provision of your Lord is better and more lasting

And instruct your family with the contact-method, and be patient for it. We do not ask you for provision, for We provide for you. And the good end is for the righteous

And they said: "If only he would bring us a sign from his Lord!" Did not proof come to them from what is in the previous Scriptures

And if We had destroyed them with retribution before this, they would have said: "Our Lord, if only You had sent us a messenger so we could follow Your revelations before we are humiliated and shamed

Say: "All are waiting, so wait, and you will come to know who are the people upon the even path and who are guided