| | Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar rendition of Surah The Poets(ash-Shu`ara`)
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| 26:1 | | ^[ S M\m. |
| 26:2 | | That are the signs of the clear Book. |
| 26:3 | | Perhaps thou wouldst be one who consumes thyself in grief because they become not ones who believe. |
| 26:4 | | If We will, We send down to them from heaven a sign so that perhaps their necks would stay to it, ones that are bent in humility. |
| 26:5 | | And there approaches them not any renewed Remembrance from The Merciful but that they had been ones who turn aside from it. |
| 26:6 | | Surely, they denied it. So soon the tiding will approach them about what they had been ridiculing. |
| 26:7 | | Consider they the earth, how much We caused to develop in and on it of every generous pair? |
| 26:8 | | Truly, in that is a sign. Yet most of them had not been ones who believe. |
| 26:9 | | Truly, thy Lord, He is, certainly, The Almighty, The Compassionate. |
| 26:10 | | And when thy Lord proclaimed to Moses saying that: Approach the unjust folk, |
| 26:11 | | a folk of Pharaoh saying: Will they not be Godfearing? |
| 26:12 | | He said: My Lord! Truly, I fear that they will deny me |
| 26:13 | | and my breast be narrowed and my tongue will not be loosened. So send for Aaron. |
| 26:14 | | And they charge an impiety against me. I fear that they will kill me. |
| 26:15 | | He said: No indeed! Both of you go with Our signs. Truly, We will be with you, ones who are listening. |
| 26:16 | | And both of you approach Pharaoh and say: We are the Messengers of the Lord of the worlds, |
| 26:17 | | so send the Children of Israel with us. |
| 26:18 | | Pharaoh said: Raise not we thee up among us as a child? Hadst thou not lingered in expectation with us for many years of thy lifetime? |
| 26:19 | | And thou hadst accomplished thy accomplishment that thou hadst accomplished and thou art among the ones who are ungrateful. |
| 26:20 | | Moses said: I accomplished it when I was of the ones who go astray. |
| 26:21 | | So I ran away from you when I feared you. Then, my Lord bestowed on me critical judgment and made me among the ones who are sent. |
| 26:22 | | Beyond this past favor with which thou hast reproached me, thou hadst enslaved the Children of Israel. |
| 26:23 | | Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the worlds? |
| 26:24 | | Moses said: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between the two of them if you had been ones who are certain. |
| 26:25 | | Pharaoh said to whoever was around him: Listen you not? |
| 26:26 | | Moses said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers, the ancient ones. |
| 26:27 | | Pharaoh said: Truly, your Messenger who was sent to you is one who is possessed! |
| 26:28 | | Moses said: The Lord of the East and the West and whatever is between the two of them if you had been reasonable! |
| 26:29 | | Pharaoh said: If thou hadst taken to thyself a god other than me. I will, certainly, assign thee to be imprisoned! |
| 26:30 | | Moses said: What if I drew near thee with something that makes it clear? |
| 26:31 | | Pharaoh said: Bring it, if thou hast been among the ones who are sincere. |
| 26:32 | | So he cast his staff; that is when it was a clear serpent. |
| 26:33 | | And he drew out his hand and that is when it was shimmering white to the ones who look. |
| 26:34 | | He said to the Council around him: Truly, this is one who is a knowing sorcerer! |
| 26:35 | | He wants to drive you out from your region by his sorcery. What is it, then, that you suggest? |
| 26:36 | | They said: Put him and his brother off and raise up ones who summon in the cities. |
| 26:37 | | They will bring every knowing witch to thee. |
| 26:38 | | So the ones who were sorcerers were gathered at a time appointed on a known day |
| 26:39 | | and it was said to humanity: Will you, you be ones who gather together |
| 26:40 | | so that perhaps we follow the ones who are sorcerers if they had been the ones who are victors? |
| 26:41 | | So when the ones who are sorcerers drew near, they said to Pharaoh: Is there a compensation for us if we had been the ones who are victors? |
| 26:42 | | Pharaoh said: Yes! Truly, you will be the ones who are brought near to me. |
| 26:43 | | Moses said to them: Cast what you will as ones who cast. |
| 26:44 | | So they cast their ropes and their staffs and said: By the vainglory of Pharaoh, we, we will, surely, be the ones who are victors! |
| 26:45 | | Then, Moses cast down his staff. That is when it swallows what they faked. |
| 26:46 | | The ones who are sorcerers were cast down, ones who prostrate themselves. |
| 26:47 | | They said: We believed in the Lord of the worlds, |
| 26:48 | | the Lord of Moses and Aaron. |
| 26:49 | | Pharaoh said: You believed in him before I give permission to you? He is, truly, your foremost master who taught you sorcery. Then, you will know. I will, certainly, cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will cause you to be crucified one and all. |
| 26:50 | | They said: No grievance. Truly, to our Lord we are ones who are turning. |
| 26:51 | | Truly, we are desirous that Our Lord forgive us our transgressions that we had been the first of the ones who believe. |
| 26:52 | | And We revealed to Moses saying that: Set thou forth by night with My servants. Truly, you are ones who will be followed. |
| 26:53 | | Then, Pharaoh sent to the cities, ones who summon. |
| 26:54 | | They said: These are, truly, a small crowd |
| 26:55 | | and, truly, they are ones who enrage us. |
| 26:56 | | We are altogether, truly, ones who are cautious. |
| 26:57 | | So We drove them out from the gardens and springs |
| 26:58 | | and treasures and a generous station. |
| 26:59 | | And We, thus, gave them as inheritance to the Children of Israel. |
| 26:60 | | So they pursued them at sunrise. |
| 26:61 | | Then, when the two multitudes sighted each other, the Companions of Moses said: Truly, we are ones who are to be overtaken. |
| 26:62 | | Moses said: No indeed. Truly, my Lord is with me and He will guide me. |
| 26:63 | | Then, We revealed to Moses saying that: Strike the sea with thy staff and it divided and each had been a separate part like a high, tremendous mountain. |
| 26:64 | | And, again, We brought the others close |
| 26:65 | | and We rescued Moses and whoever was with him, one and all. |
| 26:66 | | Again, We drowned the others. |
| 26:67 | | Truly, in this is a sign and yet most of them had not been ones who believe. |
| 26:68 | | And, truly, thy Lord, He is The Almighty, The Compassionate. |
| 26:69 | | And recount to them the tidings of Abraham |
| 26:70 | | when he said to his father and his folk: What is it you worship? |
| 26:71 | | They said: We worship idols. We will stay ones who give ourselves up to them. |
| 26:72 | | He said: Hear they when you call them? |
| 26:73 | | Or are they profiting you or hurting you? |
| 26:74 | | They said: Nay! But we found our fathers acting likewise. |
| 26:75 | | He said: Then, considered what you had been worshipping, |
| 26:76 | | you and your fathers, the elders? |
| 26:77 | | Truly, they are an enemy to me, but not so the Lord of the worlds |
| 26:78 | | Who created me. And it is He Who guides me. |
| 26:79 | | And that He Who feeds me and gives me drink. |
| 26:80 | | And when I was sick, it is He Who heals me |
| 26:81 | | and Who causes me to die, again, will give me life, |
| 26:82 | | and from Whom I am desirous that He will forgive me my transgressions on the Day of Judgment. |
| 26:83 | | My Lord! Bestow on me critical judgment and cause me to join with the ones in accord with morality. |
| 26:84 | | And assign me a good name of good repute with the later ones |
| 26:85 | | and make me one who inherits the Garden of Bliss. |
| 26:86 | | And forgive my father. Truly, he had been among the ones who go astray. |
| 26:87 | | And cover me not with shame on a Day they will be raised up, |
| 26:88 | | on a Day neither wealth will profit nor children |
| 26:89 | | but he who approached God with a pure-hearted heart. |
| 26:90 | | And the Garden will be brought close for the ones who are Godfearing |
| 26:91 | | and hellfire will be advanced for the ones who are in error. |
| 26:92 | | And it will be said to them: Where is what you had been worshipping |
| 26:93 | | instead of God? Are you helped by them? Or help they themselves? |
| 26:94 | | Then, they were thrown down into it, they and the ones who are in error, |
| 26:95 | | and the army of Iblis, one and all. |
| 26:96 | | And they said while they are in it striving against one another: |
| 26:97 | | By God! Truly, we had been clearly wandering astray |
| 26:98 | | when we made you equal with the Lord of the worlds. |
| 26:99 | | And no one caused us to go astray but the ones who sin. |
| 26:100 | | Now we have not ones who are intercessors |
| 26:101 | | nor an ardent friend, a loyal friend. |
| 26:102 | | Would that there were for us a return again. Then, we would be among the ones who believe! |
| 26:103 | | Truly, in this is a sign; yet most of them had not been ones who believe. |
| 26:104 | | And, truly, thy Lord, He is The Almighty, The Compassionate. |
| 26:105 | | The folk of Noah denied the ones who are sent |
| 26:106 | | when their brother, Noah, said to them: Will you not be Godfearing? |
| 26:107 | | Truly, I am a trustworthy Messenger to you |
| 26:108 | | so be Godfearing of God and obey me. |
| 26:109 | | And I ask you not for any compensation for it. My compensation is only from the Lord of the worlds. |
| 26:110 | | So be Godfearing of God and obey you me. |
| 26:111 | | They said: Will we believe in thee when it is the most wretched that followed thee? |
| 26:112 | | He said: And what knowledge have I of what they had been doing? |
| 26:113 | | Truly, their reckoning is but with my Lord if you be aware. |
| 26:114 | | I am not one who drives away the ones who believe. |
| 26:115 | | I am not but a clear warner. |
| 26:116 | | They said: If thou hast not refrained thyself, O Noah, thou wilt, certainly, be among the ones who are stoned! |
| 26:117 | | He said: My Lord! My folk denied me, |
| 26:118 | | so give Thou deliverance between me and them and victory and deliver me and whoever is with me among the ones who believe. |
| 26:119 | | And We rescued him and whoever was with him in the laden boat. |
| 26:120 | | Again, We drowned after that the ones who remained. |
| 26:121 | | In this is, truly, a sign, yet most of them had not been ones who believe. |
| 26:122 | | Thy Lord, He, truly, is The Almighty, The Compassionate. |
| 26:123 | | Ad denied the ones who are sent |
| 26:124 | | when their brother Hud said to them: Will you not be Godfearing? |
| 26:125 | | Truly, I am a trustworthy Messenger to you, |
| 26:126 | | so be Godfearing of God and obey me. |
| 26:127 | | And I ask you not for any compensation for it. My compensation is only from the Lord of the worlds. |
| 26:128 | | Build you a sign on every high hill to amuse? |
| 26:129 | | And take you for yourselves castles so that perhaps you will dwell in them forever? |
| 26:130 | | And when you seized by force, seized you by force haughtily? |
| 26:131 | | So be Godfearing of God and obey me. |
| 26:132 | | Be Godfearing of Him Who furnished relief to you with all that you know. |
| 26:133 | | He furnished relief to you with flocks and children |
| 26:134 | | and gardens and springs. |
| 26:135 | | Truly, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day. |
| 26:136 | | They said: It is equal to us whether thou wert to admonish or thou hast not been among the ones who admonish. |
| 26:137 | | Truly, this is nothing but morals of the ancient ones |
| 26:138 | | and we are not ones who are punished. |
| 26:139 | | So they denied him and We caused them to perish. Truly, in this is a sign yet most of them had not been ones who believe. |
| 26:140 | | And, truly, thy Lord, He is, certainly, The Almighty, The Compassionate. |
| 26:141 | | And Thamud denied the ones who are sent |
| 26:142 | | when their brother Salih said to them: Will you not be Godfearing? |
| 26:143 | | Truly, I am a trustworthy Messenger to you, |
| 26:144 | | so be Godfearing of God and obey me. |
| 26:145 | | And I ask you not for any compensation for it. My compensation is only from the Lord of the worlds. |
| 26:146 | | Will you be left ones who are safe in what you have here |
| 26:147 | | in gardens and springs |
| 26:148 | | and crops of slender spathes of date palm trees? |
| 26:149 | | Will you carve houses out of the mountains as ones who are skillful? |
| 26:150 | | So be Godfearing of God and obey me. |
| 26:151 | | Obey not the command of the ones who are excessive, |
| 26:152 | | who make corruption in and on the earth and make not things right. |
| 26:153 | | They said: Truly, thou art only of the ones against whom a spell is cast. |
| 26:154 | | Thou art not but a mortal like us. So bring us a sign if thou hadst been of the ones who are sincere. |
| 26:155 | | He said: This is a she camel. She has a right to drink and you have a right to drink on a known day. |
| 26:156 | | And afflict her not with evil so that you should take the punishment of a tremendous Day. |
| 26:157 | | But they crippled her and, then, it came to be in the morning that they are ones who are remorseful. |
| 26:158 | | So the punishment took them. Truly, in this is a sign yet most of them had not been ones who believe. |
| 26:159 | | And, truly, thy Lord! He is, certainly, The Almighty, The Compassionate. |
| 26:160 | | The folk of Lot denied the ones who are sent |
| 26:161 | | when their brother, Lot, said to them: Will you not be Godfearing? |
| 26:162 | | Truly, I am a trustworthy Messenger to you |
| 26:163 | | so be Godfearing of God and obey me. |
| 26:164 | | And I ask you not for any compensation for it. My compensation is only from the Lord of the worlds. |
| 26:165 | | You approach males among worldly beings |
| 26:166 | | forsaking spouses whom your Lord created for you? Nay! You are a folk ones who turn away. |
| 26:167 | | They said: If thou hast not refrained thyself, O Lot, thou wilt, certainly, be among ones who are driven out. |
| 26:168 | | He said: I am of the ones with hatred for your actions. |
| 26:169 | | My Lord! Deliver me and my people from what they do! |
| 26:170 | | So We delivered him and his people one and all |
| 26:171 | | but an old woman of the ones who stay behind. |
| 26:172 | | Again, We destroyed the others |
| 26:173 | | and We rained down on them a rain. And how evil was the rain for the ones who are warned! |
| 26:174 | | Truly, in this is a sign. Yet most of them had not been ones who believe. |
| 26:175 | | And, truly, thy Lord, He is, certainly, The Almighty, The Compassionate. |
| 26:176 | | The Companions of the Thicket denied the ones who are sent. |
| 26:177 | | When Shuayb said to them: Will you not be Godfearing? |
| 26:178 | | Truly, I am a trustworthy Messenger to you |
| 26:179 | | so be Godfearing of God and obey me. |
| 26:180 | | And I ask you not for any compensation for it. My compensation is only from the Lord of the worlds. |
| 26:181 | | Live up to the full measure and be not of the ones who cause loss to others by fraud. |
| 26:182 | | And weigh with a straight scale |
| 26:183 | | and diminish not to humanity their things nor do mischief in or on the earth as ones who make corruption. |
| 26:184 | | And be Godfearing of Him Who created you and the array of the ancient ones. |
| 26:185 | | They said: Thou art only ones against whom a spell is cast. |
| 26:186 | | And thou art nothing but a mortal like us. And, truly, we think thee to be among the ones who lie. |
| 26:187 | | So cause pieces of heaven to drop on us, if you had been among the ones who are sincere. |
| 26:188 | | He said: My Lord is greater in knowledge of what you do. |
| 26:189 | | But they denied him. So took them the punishment on the overshadowing day. Truly, that had been the punishment of a tremendous Day! |
| 26:190 | | Truly, in this is a sign. Yet most of them had not been ones who believe. |
| 26:191 | | And, truly, thy Lord, He is, certainly, The Almighty, The Compassionate. |
| 26:192 | | And this, truly, is the sending down successively of the Lord of the worlds |
| 26:193 | | that the Trustworthy Spirit brought down |
| 26:194 | | on thy heart that thou be among the one who warn |
| 26:195 | | in a clear Arabic tongue. |
| 26:196 | | And, truly, it is in the ancient scrolls of the ancient ones. |
| 26:197 | | Would it not be a sign for them that is known to the knowing among the Children of Israel? |
| 26:198 | | And if We sent it down to some of the non-Arabs, |
| 26:199 | | and he recited it to them, they had not been ones who believe in it. |
| 26:200 | | Thus, We thrust it into the hearts of the ones who sin. |
| 26:201 | | They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment. |
| 26:202 | | Then, it will approach them suddenly while they are not aware. |
| 26:203 | | Then, they will say: Are we ones who are given respite? |
| 26:204 | | Seek they to hasten Our punishment? |
| 26:205 | | Hadst thou considered that if We gave them enjoyment for years |
| 26:206 | | and, again, there drew near them what they had been promised, |
| 26:207 | | they would not be availed by what they had been given of enjoyment? |
| 26:208 | | We caused no town to perish but that it had ones who warn |
| 26:209 | | as a reminder. And We had not been ones who are unjust. |
| 26:210 | | It came not forth by the satans |
| 26:211 | | and neither is it fit and proper for them nor are they able. |
| 26:212 | | Truly, they, from having the ability to hear, are the ones who are set aside. |
| 26:213 | | So call thou not to any god with God so that thou be among the ones who are punished. |
| 26:214 | | And warn thy nearest kin, the kinspeople. |
| 26:215 | | And make low thy wing to whoever followed thee among the ones who believe. |
| 26:216 | | Then, if they rebelled against thee, then, say: Truly, I am free of what you do. |
| 26:217 | | And put thy trust in The Almighty, The Compassionate, |
| 26:218 | | Who sees thee at the time thou hast stood up |
| 26:219 | | and thy going to and fro of the ones who prostrate themselves? |
| 26:220 | | Truly, He is The Hearing, The Knowing. |
| 26:221 | | Will I tell you in whom the satans come forth? |
| 26:222 | | They come forth in every sinful false one who gives listen, |
| 26:223 | | but most of them are ones who lie. |
| 26:224 | | As for the poets, the ones who are in error follow them. |
| 26:225 | | Hast thou not considered that they wander in every valley |
| 26:226 | | and that they say what they accomplish not? |
| 26:227 | | But those who believed and did as the ones in accord with morality remembered God frequently and helped themselves after they were wronged. And those who did wrong will know by which overturning they will be turned about! |
