26:1  TaSeenMeem

26:2  Those are the verses of the clear Book

26:3  Perhaps you consume yourself that they are not believers

26:4  If We will, We can send down on them a sign from heaven before which their necks will remain humbled

26:5  A fresh remembrance has never come to them from the Merciful, except they turn away from it

26:6  So, they belied, but surely the tidings of that they mocked will come to them

26:7  Have they not seen the earth, how many We caused to grow in it every generous kind

26:8  Surely, in this there is a sign yet most of them do not believe

26:9  Your Lord, He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

26:10  And when your Lord called to Moses, saying: 'Go to the harmdoing nation

26:11  the nation of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Me?

26:12  'My Lord, ' he replied, 'I fear they will belie m

26:13  and my chest will become constricted and my tongue will not be loosed (in my speech), therefore, send to Aaron

26:14  They hold a sin against me, and I fear that they will kill me.

26:15  He said: 'Never so, go both of you with Our signs; We shall be with you, listenin

26:16  go both to Pharaoh and both of you say to him: 'We are (each) a Messenger from the Lord of all the Worlds

26:17  Send forth with us the Children of Israel.

26:18  He (Pharaoh) said (to Moses): 'Did We not bring you up when you were a child? And have you not spent years of your life amongst us

26:19  Yet you were ungrateful and have done the deed you did.

26:20  He (Moses) replied: 'Indeed, I did that when I was among those who stray

26:21  I fled from you because I feared you. But my Lord has given me judgment and made me one of the Messengers

26:22  Is this then the blessing with which you reproach me, that you have the Children of Israel for worshipers!

26:23  Pharaoh said: 'And what is the Lord of the Worlds?

26:24  'He' (Moses) replied: 'is the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if you believe!

26:25  'Do you not hear? ' said he (Pharaoh) to those around him

26:26  He said, 'Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients.

26:27  (Pharaoh) said: 'Surely, the Messenger who has been sent to you is mad!

26:28  'He is the Lord of the East and the West, ' said he (Moses), 'and all that is between them, if you could understand!

26:29  'If you take any other god except myself, ' he (Pharaoh) replied, 'you shall be thrown into prison.

26:30  'What, even if I brought you something clear, ' said he (Moses)

26:31  He (Pharaoh) replied: 'Show us your sign, if you are of the truthful.

26:32  He cast down his staff and thereupon it was a clear serpent

26:33  Then he drew out his hand, and it was luminous to the onlookers

26:34  'This', said he (Pharaoh) to his Council, 'is a cunning sorcere

26:35  who seeks to expel you from your land by his sorcery. What is your counsel?

26:36  They replied: 'Put him and his brother off for a while, and send heralds to your citie

26:37  to bring every knowledgeable sorcerer.

26:38  The sorcerers were gathered at the appointed time on a wellknown day

26:39  and the people were asked: 'Will you gathe

26:40  in order that we shall follow the sorcerers if they are the victors.

26:41  Then, when the sorcerers came to Pharaoh, they said: 'Shall we receive a wage if we win?

26:42  'Yes, indeed' he answered, 'and you shall become among those who are near stationed.

26:43  Moses said to them: 'Cast down what you cast.

26:44  So they cast their ropes and staffs, saying: 'By Pharaoh's might, we shall be the victors.

26:45  Then Moses cast down his staff and it swallowed up their lying invention

26:46  so the sorcerers were cast down, prostrating themselves

26:47  saying: 'We believe in the Lord of the Worlds

26:48  the Lord of Moses and Aaron.

26:49  He (Pharaoh) said: 'You have believed him before I have given you permission. He is the chief of you who has taught you sorcery. But you shall know. I will surely cut off on opposite sides a hand and a foot, and crucify you all.

26:50  'There is no harm, ' they replied, 'for surely to our Lord we are turning

26:51  We are eager that Our Lord should forgive us our offenses, for we are the first of the believers.

26:52  Also, We revealed to Moses, saying: 'Go with My worshipers by night, for you will be followed.

26:53  Then Pharaoh sent gatherers to the cities

26:54  'These, ' they said, 'are a small band

26:55  they have enraged us

26:56  and we are a host on our guard.

26:57  As such We expelled them from their gardens and their fountains

26:58  their treasures and a noble station

26:59  As such we gave it to the Children of Israel

26:60  At sunrise, they followed them

26:61  And when the two hosts came in view of each other, Moses' companions said: 'We have been reached!

26:62  'No, indeed' he replied, 'my Lord is with me and He will guide me.

26:63  Then We revealed to Moses: 'Strike the sea with your staff', so it divided and each part was as a mighty mount

26:64  And there We brought the others on

26:65  and We saved Moses and those who were with him together

26:66  then, We drowned the others

26:67  Surely, in that there is a sign; yet most of them do not believe

26:68  Surely, your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

26:69  And recite to them the news of Abraham

26:70  He said to his father and to his nation: 'What do you worship?

26:71  They replied: 'We worship idols and continue cleaving to them.

26:72  'Do they hear you when you call on them? ' He asked

26:73  'Can they benefit you or harm you?

26:74  They replied: 'No, but we found our fathers doing so.

26:75  He said: 'Have you considered what you worship

26:76  you, and your elderly fathers

26:77  They are enemies to me except the Lord of all the World

26:78  who created me; and He guides me

26:79  and He gives me to eat and drink

26:80  who, when I am sick, heals me

26:81  who makes me to die and then revives me

26:82  and whom I am eager shall forgive me my sins on the Day of Recompense.

26:83  My Lord, give me judgment, and join me with the righteous

26:84  And appoint me a tongue of truthfulness among the latter

26:85  and place me amongst the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss

26:86  and forgive my father, for he was among the astray

26:87  Do not degrade me on the Day when they are resurrected

26:88  The Day when neither wealth nor sons shall benefi

26:89  except him who comes before Allah with a pure heart

26:90  and Paradise shall be brought forward to the cautious

26:91  And Hell is brought near to the perverse.

26:92  It will be said to them: 'Where is that you worshipped

26:93  other than Allah? Do they help you or even help themselves?

26:94  And they will be pitched into it, they and the pervers

26:95  and the hosts of iblis all together

26:96  And they will say while they dispute with one another

26:97  'By Allah, we were certainly in clear error

26:98  when we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds

26:99  It was nothing but the evildoers who led us astray

26:100  We have no intercessors now

26:101  no caring friend

26:102  Would that we might return again, and be among the believers.

26:103  Surely, in that there is a sign, yet most of them do not believe

26:104  Surely, Your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

26:105  The nation of Noah, belied their Messengers

26:106  when Noah, their brother, said to them: 'Will you not be cautious

26:107  I am for you an honest Messenger

26:108  so fear Allah, and obey me

26:109  For this I ask of you no wage, for my wage falls only on the Lord of the Worlds

26:110  So fear Allah and obey me.

26:111  They replied: 'Are we to believe you whom the lowliest follow?

26:112  He said: 'I have no knowledge of what they have done

26:113  Their account falls only upon My Lord, if you were but aware

26:114  I will not drive away the believers

26:115  I am only a clear warner.

26:116  'Noah, ' they replied, 'if you do not desist you shall be of those stoned.

26:117  He said: 'My Lord, my nation have belied me

26:118  So open between me and them an opening, and save me and the believers who are with me.

26:119  We saved him and those who were with him in the laden ship

26:120  afterwards, We drowned the rest

26:121  Surely, in that there is a sign; yet most of them do not believe

26:122  Your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

26:123  (The nation of) Aad belied their Messengers

26:124  When their brother Hood said to them: 'Will you not be cautious

26:125  I am for you an honest Messenger

26:126  Fear Allah and obey me

26:127  For this I ask of you no wage, for my wage falls only on the Lord of the Worlds

26:128  Do you build over each high place a sign to amuse yourselves

26:129  And do you take to yourselves underground reservoirs, in order to live for ever

26:130  When you assault, you assault like tyrants

26:131  So fear Allah, and obey me

26:132  Fear Him who has given you all the things you know

26:133  He has given you flocks and sons

26:134  gardens and fountains

26:135  Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a dreadful Day.

26:136  They replied: 'It is the same to us whether you admonish or whether you are not one of the admonishers

26:137  That is nothing but a habit of the ancients

26:138  and we shall never be punished.

26:139  So they belied him, so We destroyed them. Surely, in that there is a sign; yet most of them do not believe

26:140  Surely, your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

26:141  Thamood, belied their Messengers

26:142  Their brother Salih said to them: 'Will you not be cautious

26:143  I am for you an honest Messenger

26:144  So fear Allah, and obey me

26:145  For this I ask of you no wage; my wage falls only upon the Lord of the Worlds

26:146  Will you be left secure in this

26:147  amidst gardens and fountains

26:148  sown fields and palmtrees, with slender spathes

26:149  Will you still hew your dwellings in the mountains

26:150  So fear Allah and obey me

26:151  Do not obey the order of the wasteful

26:152  who corrupt in the earth, and do not reform.

26:153  They replied: 'Surely, you are one of those bewitched

26:154  You are but a human like ourselves. Produce for us a sign, if you are of the truthful.

26:155  He said: 'Here is a shecamel. She shall have her share of water as you have yours on an appointed day

26:156  Do not touch her with malice so that punishment of a dreadful day seizes you.

26:157  Yet they hamstrung her, and in the morning they were remorseful

26:158  and the punishment seized them. Surely, in that there is a sign. Yet most of them do not believe

26:159  Your Lord, He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

26:160  Lot's nation, belied their Messengers

26:161  When their brother Lot said to them: 'Will you not be cautious

26:162  I am for you an honest Messenger

26:163  So fear Allah, and obey me

26:164  I ask of you no wage for this; my wage is only with the Lord of the Worlds

26:165  What, do you come to the males of the world

26:166  and leave your wives whom your Lord has created for you? No, but you are a transgressing nation.

26:167  'Lot, ' they replied, 'if you do not desist, you shall be thrown out.

26:168  He said: 'Truly, I am a detester of what you do.

26:169  'My Lord, save me and my people from that they are doing.

26:170  So We saved him and all his people

26:171  except an old woman who stayed behind

26:172  then We destroyed the others

26:173  We rained upon them a rain, and evil is the rain (of stones) on those that are warned

26:174  Surely, in that there is a sign. Yet most of them do not believe

26:175  Your Lord, He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

26:176  The dwellers of the Thicket belied their Messengers

26:177  Shu'aib said to them: 'Will you not be cautious

26:178  I am for you an honest Messenger

26:179  So fear Allah, and obey me

26:180  I ask of you no wage for this; my wage is only with the Lord of the Worlds

26:181  Fill up the measure, do not be among the cheats

26:182  and weigh with the straight scale

26:183  and do not diminish the goods of the people, and do not make mischief in the earth, working corruption

26:184  Fear He who created you, and the generations of the ancient.

26:185  They replied: 'You are surely one of those bewitched

26:186  You are but a human like ourselves, we think that you are one of the liars

26:187  Drop down on us lumps from heaven, if you are one of the truthful.

26:188  He said: 'My Lord knows what you are doing.

26:189  But they belied him, then the punishment of the Day of Shadow (raining fire) seized them. Truly, it was the punishment of a dreadful day

26:190  Surely, in that there is a sign; yet most of them do not believe

26:191  Your Lord, He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

26:192  Truly, it is the sending of the Lord of the Worlds

26:193  The honest Spirit (Gabriel) brought it dow

26:194  upon your heart (Prophet Muhammad), in order to be one of the warners

26:195  in a clear, Arabic tongue

26:196  Truly, it is in the Books of the ancients

26:197  Was it not a sign for them known to the learned of the Children of Israel

26:198  If We had revealed it to a nonArab

26:199  and he had recited it to them, they would not have believed

26:200  Even so, We have caused it to enter into the hearts of harmdoers

26:201  they shall not believe in it until they see the painful punishmen

26:202  so that it will come upon them suddenly, while they are unaware

26:203  and then they will say: 'Shall we be respited?

26:204  Do they wish to hasten Our punishment

26:205  What do you see? If We gave them enjoyment for years

26:206  and then what they were promised comes to them

26:207  what avail will their past enjoyments be to them

26:208  We never destroyed a village that did not have warner

26:209  for a reminder, and We never harmed

26:210  It was not the satans who brought it down

26:211  it is not for them, nor are they able

26:212  Truly, they are expelled from hearing

26:213  So do not call upon another god with Allah, lest you should be one of those who are punished

26:214  Warn your tribe and your near kinsmen

26:215  and lower your wing to the believers who follow you

26:216  If they disobey you, say: 'I am quit of what you do.

26:217  Put your trust in the Almighty, the Most Merciful

26:218  who sees you when you stan

26:219  and when you turn among those who prostrate themselves

26:220  Surely, He is the Hearer, the Knower

26:221  Shall I tell you on whom the satans descend

26:222  They descend on every guilty impostor

26:223  They listen, but most of them are liars

26:224  Poets are followed by the perverse

26:225  Have you not seen how they wander in every valley

26:226  and they say what they do not do

26:227  Except those who believe, and do good works and remember Allah in abundance and became victorious after they had been wronged. The wrongdoers will surely know which turn they will be returning to (Hell)