26:1  Benignant, Hearing, Knowing God

26:2  These are the verses of the Book that makes manifest

26:3  Perhaps thou wilt kill thyself with grief because they believe not

26:4  If We please, We could send down on them a sign from heaven, so that their necks would bend before it

26:5  And there comes not to them a new Reminder from the Beneficent but they turn away from it

26:6  They indeed reject, so the news will soon come to them of that at which they mock

26:7  See they not the earth, how many of every noble kind We cause to grow in it

26:8  Surely in this is a sign; yet most of them believe not

26:9  And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful

26:10  And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go to the iniquitous people -

26:11  The people of Pharaoh. Will they not guard against evil

26:12  He said: My Lord, I fear that they will reject me

26:13  And my breast straitens, and my tongue is not eloquent, so send for Aaron (too)

26:14  And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me

26:15  He said: By no means; so go you both with Our signs; surely We are with you, Hearing

26:16  Then come to Pharaoh, and say: We are bearers of a message of the Lord of the worlds

26:17  Send with us the Children of Israel

26:18  (Pharaoh) said: Did we not bring thee up as a child among us, and thou didst tarry (many) years of thy life among us

26:19  And thou didst (that) deed of thine which thou didst and thou art of the ungrateful ones

26:20  He said: I did it then when I was of those who err

26:21  So I fled from you when I feared you, then my Lord granted me judgment and made me of the messengers

26:22  And is it a favour of which thou remindest me that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel

26:23  Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the worlds

26:24  He said: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you would be sure

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

26:26  He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old

26:27  (Pharaoh) said: Surely your messenger, who is sent to you, is mad

26:28  He said: The Lord of the East and the West and what is between them, if you have any sense

26:29  (Pharaoh) said: If thou takest a god besides me, I will certainly put thee is prison

26:30  He said: Even if I show thee something plain

26:31  (Pharaoh) said: Show it, then, if thou art of the truthful

26:32  So he cast down his rod, and lo! it was an obvious serpent

26:33  And he drew forth his hand, and lo! it appeared white to the beholders

26:34  (Pharaoh) said to the chiefs around him: Surely this is a skilful enchanter

26:35  Who desires to turn you out of your land with his enchantment. What is it then that you counsel

26:36  They said: Give him and his brother respite and send heralds into the citie

26:37  That they bring to thee every skilful enchanter

26:38  So the enchanters were gathered together for the appointment of a well-known day

26:39  And it was said to the people: Will you gather together

26:40  Haply may we follow the enchanters, if they are the vanquishers

26:41  So when the enchanters came, they said to Pharaoh: Will there be a reward for us, if we are the vanquishers

26:42  He said: Yes, and surely you will then be of those who are nearest (to me)

26:43  Moses said to them: Cast what you are going to cast

26:44  So they cast down their cords and their rods and said: By Pharaoh’s power we shall most surely be victorious

26:45  Then Moses cast down his rod, and lo! it swallowed up their fabrication

26:46  And the enchanters were thrown down prostrate -

26:47  They said: We believe in the Lord of the worlds

26:48  The Lord of Moses and Aaron

26:49  (Pharaoh) said: You believe in him before I give you leave; surely he is the chief of you who taught you enchantment, so you shall know. Certainly I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposites sides, and I will crucify you all

26:50  They said: No harm; surely to our Lord we return

26:51  We hope that our Lord will forgive us our wrongs because we are the first of the believers

26:52  And We revealed to Moses, saying: Travel by night with My servants -- you will be pursued

26:53  And Pharaoh sent heralds into the cities (proclaiming)

26:54  These are indeed a small band

26:55  And they have surely enraged us

26:56  And we are truly a vigilant multitude

26:57  So We turned them out of gardens and springs

26:58  And treasures and goodly dwellings -

26:59  Even so. And We gave them as a heritage to the Children of Israel

26:60  Then they pursued them at sunrise

26:61  So when the two hosts saw each other, the companions of Moses cried out: Surely we are overtaken

26:62  He said: By no means; surely my Lord is with me -- He will guide me

26:63  Then We revealed to Moses: March on to the sea with thy staff. So it parted, and each party was like a huge mound

26:64  And there We brought near the others

26:65  And We saved Moses and those with him, all

26:66  Then We drowned the others

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

26:68  And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful

26:69  And recite to them the story of Abraham

26:70  When he said to his sire and his people: What do you worship

26:71  They said: We worship idols, so we shall remain devoted to them

26:72  He said: Do they hear you when you call (on them)

26:73  Or do they benefit or harm you

26:74  They said: Nay, we found our fathers doing so

26:75  He said: Do you then see what you worship -

26:76  You and your ancient sires

26:77  Surely they are an enemy to me, but not (so) the Lord of the worlds

26:78  Who created me, then He shows me the way

26:79  And Who gives me to eat and to drink

26:80  And when I am sick, He heals me

26:81  And Who will cause me to die, then give me life

26:82  And Who, I hope, will forgive me my mistakes on the day of Judgment

26:83  My Lord, grant me wisdom, and join me with the righteous

26:84  And ordain for me a goodly mention in later generations

26:85  And make me of the heirs of the Garden of bliss

26:86  And forgive my sire, surely he is of the erring ones

26:87  And disgrace me not on the day when they are raised -

26:88  The day when wealth will not avail, nor sons

26:89  Save him who comes to Allah with a sound heart

26:90  And the Garden is brought near for the dutiful

26:91  And hell is made manifest to the deviators

26:92  And it is said to them: Where are those that you worshipped

26:93  Besides Allah? Can they help you or help themselves

26:94  So they are hurled into it, they and the deviators

26:95  And the hosts of the devil, all

26:96  They will say, while they quarrel therein

26:97  By Allah! We were certainly in manifest error

26:98  When we made you equal with the Lord of the worlds

26:99  And none but the guilty led us astray

26:100  So we have no intercessors

26:101  Nor a true friend

26:102  Now, if we could but once return, we would be believers

26:103  Surely there is a sign in this; yet most of them believe not

26:104  And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful

26:105  The people of Noah rejected the messengers

26:106  When their brother Noah said to them: Will you not guard against evil

26:107  Surely I am a faithful messenger to you

26:108  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me

26:109  And I ask of you no reward for it: my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds

26:110  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me

26:111  They said: Shall we believe in thee and the meanest follow thee

26:112  He said: And what knowledge have I of what they did

26:113  Their reckoning is only with my Lord, if you but perceive

26:114  And I am not going to drive away the believers

26:115  I am only a plain warner

26:116  They said: If thou desist not, O Noah, thou wilt certainly be stoned to death

26:117  He said: My Lord, my people give me the lie

26:118  So judge Thou between me and them openly, and deliver me and the believers who are with me

26:119  So We delivered him and those with him in the laden ark

26:120  Then We drowned the rest afterwards

26:121  Surely there is sign in this, yet most of them believe not

26:122  And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful

26:123  ‘Ad gave the lie to the messengers

26:124  When their brother Hud said to them: Will you not guard against evil

26:125  Surely I am a faithful messenger to you

26:126  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me

26:127  And I ask of you no reward for it; surely my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds

26:128  Do you build on every height a monument? You (only) sport

26:129  And you make fortresses that you may abide

26:130  And when you seize, you seize as tyrants

26:131  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me

26:132  And keep your duty to Him Who aids you with that which you know -

26:133  He aids you with cattle and childre

26:134  And gardens and fountains

26:135  Surely I fear for you the chastisement of a grievous day

26:136  They said: It is the same to us whether thou admonish, or art not one of the admonishers

26:137  This is naught but a fabrication of the ancients

26:138  And we will not be chastised

26:139  So they rejected him, then We destroyed them. Surely there is a sign in this; yet most of them believe not

26:140  And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful

26:141  Thamud gave the lie to the messengers

26:142  When their brother Salih said to them: Will you not guard against evil

26:143  Surely I am a faithful messenger to you

26:144  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me

26:145  And I ask of you no reward for it; my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds

26:146  Will you be left secure in what is here

26:147  In gardens and fountains

26:148  And corn-fields and palm-trees having fine flower-spikes

26:149  And you hew houses out of the mountains exultingly

26:150  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me

26:151  And obey not the bidding of the extravagant

26:152  Who make mischief in the land and act not aright

26:153  They said: Thou art only a deluded person

26:154  Thou art naught but a mortal like ourselves -- so bring a sign if thou art truthful

26:155  He said: This is a she-camel; she has her portion of water, and you have your portion of water at an appointed time

26:156  And touch her not with evil, lest the chastisement of a grievous day overtake you

26:157  But the hamstrung her, then regretted

26:158  So the chastisement overtook them. Surely there is a sign in this; yet most of them believe not

26:159  And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful

26:160  The people of Lot gave the lie to the messengers

26:161  When their brother Lot said to them: Will you not guard against evil

26:162  Surely I am a faithful messenger to you

26:163  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me

26:164  And I ask of you no reward for it; my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds

26:165  Do you come to the males from among the creatures

26:166  And leave your wives whom your Lord has created for you? Nay, you are a people exceeding limits

26:167  They said: If thou desist not, O Lot, thou wilt surely be banished

26:168  He said: Surely I abhor what you do

26:169  My Lord, deliver me and my followers from what they do

26:170  So We delivered him and his followers all

26:171  Except an old woman, among those who remained behind

26:172  Then We destroyed the others

26:173  And We rained on them a rain, and evil was the rain on those warned

26:174  Surely there is a sign in this; yet most of them believe not

26:175  And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful

26:176  The dwellers of the thicket gave the lie to the messengers

26:177  When Shu’aib said to them: Will you not guard against evil

26:178  Surely I am a faithful messenger to you

26:179  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me

26:180  And I ask of you no reward for it; my reward only with the Lord of the worlds

26:181  Give full measure and be not of those who diminish

26:182  And weigh with a true balance

26:183  And wrong not men of their dues, and act not corruptly in the earth, making mischief

26:184  And keep your duty to Him Who created you and the former generation

26:185  They said: Thou art only a deluded person

26:186  And thou art naught but a mortal like ourselves, and we deem thee to be a liar

26:187  So cause a portion of the heaven to fall on us, if thou art truthful

26:188  He said: My Lord knows best what you do

26:189  But they rejected him, so the chastisement of the day of Covering overtook them. Surely it was the chastisement of a grievous day

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

26:191  And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful

26:192  And surely this is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds

26:193  The faithful Spirit has brought i

26:194  On thy heart that thou mayest be a warner

26:195  In plain Arabic language

26:196  And surely the same is in the Scriptures of the ancients

26:197  Is it not a sign to them that the learned men of the Children of Israel know it

26:198  And if We have revealed it to any of the foreigners

26:199  And he had read it to them, they would not have believed in it

26:200  Thus do We cause it to enter into the hearts of the guilty

26:201  They will not believe in it till they see the painful chastisement

26:202  So it will come to them suddenly, while they perceive not

26:203  Then they will say: Shall we be respited

26:204  Do they still seek to hasten on Our chastisement

26:205  Seest thou, if We let them enjoy themselves for years

26:206  Then that which they are promised comes to them -

26:207  That which they were made to enjoy will not avail them

26:208  And We destroyed no town but it had (its) warners -

26:209  To remind. And We are never unjust

26:210  And the devils have not brought it

26:211  And it behoves them not, nor have they the power to do (it)

26:212  Surely they are far removed from hearing it

26:213  So call not upon another god with Allah, lest thou be of those who are chastised

26:214  And warn thy nearest relations

26:215  And lower thy wing to the believers who follow thee

26:216  But if they disobey thee, say: I am clear of what you do

26:217  And rely on the Mighty, the Merciful

26:218  Who sees thee when thou standest up

26:219  And thy movements among those who prostrate themselves

26:220  Surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing

26:221  Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend

26:222  They descend upon every lying, sinful one -

26:223  They give ear, and most of them are liars

26:224  And the poets -- the deviators follow them

26:225  Seest thou not that they wander in every valley

26:226  And that they say that which they do not

26:227  Except those who believe and do good and remember Allah much, and defend themselves after they are oppressed. And they who do wrong, will know to what final place of turning they will turn back