26:1  Ta Sin Mim

26:2  These are verses of the Book that makes things clear

26:3  Haply thou wilt grieve thyself to death because they believe not

26:4  If WE please, WE can send down to them a Sign from the Heaven, so that their necks will bow down before it

26:5  And there comes not to them a new reminder from the Gracious God, but they turn away from it

26:6  They have, indeed, treated it as a lie but soon there will come to them the tidings of that at which they mocked

26:7  See they not the earth, how many of every noble species have WE caused to grow therein

26:8  In that is a Sign indeed; but most of these would not believe

26:9  And verily thy Lord - HE is the Mighty, the Merciful

26:10  And call to mind when thy Lord called Moses, and directed him: `Go to the wrongdoing people

26:11  `The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear God

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

26:13  `And my breast is not straitened and my tongue is not fluent; so send word to Aaron also

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

26:15  God said, `That shall not be, go both of you with Our Signs; We are with you hearing your prayers.

26:16  `So go to Pharaoh and say, `We are the Messengers of the Lord of the World

26:17  `To tell thee to send the children of Israel with us.

26:18  Pharaoh said, `O Moses, did we not bring thee up among us as a child? And thou didst stay among us many years of thy life

26:19  `And thou didst do that deed which thou didst, and thou art one of the ungrateful.

26:20  Moses said, `I did it then inadvertently, and I was in a perplexed state of mind

26:21  `So I fled from you when I feared you; then my Lord granted me right judgment and made me one of the Messengers

26:22  `And this favour of bringing me up as a child with which thou now tauntest me, dost thou put forward against thy having 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 of all that is between the two, if you would believe.

26:25  Pharaoh said to those around him, `Do you not hear?

26:26  Moses said, `Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore.

26:27  Pharaoh said, `Most surely, this Messenger of yours who has been sent to you is a madman.

26:28  Moses Said, `The Lord of the East and of the West, and of all that is between the two, if only you have sense.

26:29  `Pharaoh said, `If thou takest a god other than me, I will, certainly, put thee in prison.

26:30  Moses said, `What, even though I bring thee something that is manifest !

26:31  Pharaoh said, `Bring it then, if thou speakest the truth.

26:32  So Moses threw down his rod, and behold ! it was a serpent plainly visible

26:33  And he drew out his hand, and lo ! it was white for the beholders

26:34  Pharaoh said to the chiefs around him, `This is surely a skillful sorcerer

26:35  `He seeks to turn you out of your land by his sorcery. Now, what do you advise?

26:36  They said, `Put him off and his brother awhile and send into the cities summoners

26:37  `Who should bring thee every skillful and cunning sorcerer.

26:38  So the sorcerers were assembled together at the appointed time on a fixed day

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

26:40  `So we may follow the sorcerers if they are the winners?

26:41  And when the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, `Shall we have a reward if we are the winners?

26:42  He said, `Yes, and surely then you will be among my favourites.

26:43  Moses said to them, `Now throw you what you have to throw.

26:44  So they threw down their ropes and their rods and said, `By Pharaoh's honour, it is we who will surely win.

26:45  Then Moses threw down his rod, and lo ! it swallowed up all that which they had fabricated

26:46  Thereupon the sorcerers were impelled to fall 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 have believed in him before I gave you leave? He is surely your chief who has taught you sorcery. But you shall know the consequences thereof. I will most surely cut off your hands and your feet on account of your disobedience and I will most surely crucify you all.

26:50  They said, `It can do us no harm; to our Lord shall WE return

26:51  `We do hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins, since we are the first among the believers.

26:52  And WE revealed to Moses, directing him, `Take away MY servants by night, you will surely be pursued.

26:53  And Pharaoh sent summoners into the cities, announcing

26:54  `Theses are a small party

26:55  `Yet they have offended us

26:56  `And we are a multitude fully prepared and vigilant.

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

26:58  And treasures and an abode of honour

26:59  Thus it was; and WE gave them as heritage to the children of Israel

26:60  And the host of Pharaoh pursued and overtook them at sunrise

26:61  And when the two host came in sight of each other, the companions of Moses said, `We are surely caught.

26:62  `Never !' said he, `My Lord is with me; HE will guide me to safety.

26:63  Then WE revealed to Moses: `Strike the sea with thy rod.' Thereupon it parted and every part looked like a huge mound

26:64  And WE made the others approach nearer

26:65  And WE saved Moses and those who were with him

26:66  Then WE drowned the others

26:67  In this, verily, there is a Sign; but most of these would not believe

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

26:69  And recite unto them the story of Abraham

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

26:71  They said, `We worship idols, and we shall continue to be devoted to them.

26:72  He said, `Do they hear you when you call on them

26:73  `Or, do you good or harm you?

26:74  They said, `Not so, but we found our fathers doing likewise.

26:75  Abraham said, `Do you know that those you have been worshiping

26:76  `You and your fathers before you

26:77  `They are all enemies to me but it is the Lord of the worlds

26:78  `Who has created me, and it is HE Who guides me

26:79  `And Who gives me food and gives me drink

26:80  `And when I fall ill, it is HE who restores me to health

26:81  `And Who will cause me to die, and then bring me to life again

26:82  `And Who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the Day of Judgment

26:83  `My Lord, bestow wisdom on me and join me with the righteous

26:84  `And grant me true and lasting reputation among posterity

26:85  `And make me one of the heirs of the Garden of Bliss

26:86  `And forgive my father, for he is of the erring ones

26:87  `And disgrace me not on the day when they will be raised up

26:88  `The day when wealth and sons shall not avail

26:89  `Save him who comes to ALLAH with a sound heart.

26:90  And Heaven shall be brought near to the righteous

26:91  And Hell shall be placed in full view to those who have gone astray

26:92  And it will be said to them, `Where are those that you worshipped

26:93  `Beside ALLAH? Can they help you or help themselves?

26:94  Then will they be thrown headlong therein, they and those who have gone astray

26:95  And the Hosts of Iblis, all together

26:96  They will say, whilst they dispute between themselves therein

26:97  `By ALLAH, we were in manifest error

26:98  `When we held you as equal with the Lord of the worlds

26:99  `And none led us astray but the guilty ones

26:100  `And now we have no intercessors

26:101  `Nor any warm friend

26:102  `Could we but return to the world, we would be among the believers !

26:103  In this, verily, there is a Sign; but most of these would not believe

26:104  And verily thy Lord - HE is the Mighty, the Merciful

26:105  The people of Noah treated the Messengers as liars

26:106  When their brother Noah said to them, `Will you not be God-Fearing

26:107  `Surely I am unto you a Messenger, faithful to my trus

26:108  `So fear ALLAH and obey me

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

26:110  `So fear ALLAH and obey me

26:111  They said, `Shall we believe, in thee when it is the meanest of us who follow thee?

26:112  He said, `And what knowledge have I as to what they have been doing

26:113  `Their account is only with my Lord, if you only knew

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 shalt surely be stoned to death.

26:117  He said, `My Lord, my people have treated me as a liar

26:118  `Therefore judge Thou decisively between me and them; and save me and the believers that are with me.

26:119  So WE saved him and those who were with him in the fully laden Ark

26:120  Then WE drowned thereafter those who remained behind

26:121  In this, verily, there is a Sign; but most of them would not believe

26:122  And verily thy Lord - HE is the Mighty, the Merciful

26:123  The tribe of Ad rejected the Messengers

26:124  When their Brother Hud said to them, `Will you not fear God

26:125  `Surely, I am unto you a Messenger, faithful to my trust

26:126  `So fear ALLAH and obey me

26:127  `And I ask of you no reward for it. My reward is only with the Lord of the worlds

26:128  `Do you build monuments on every high place, seeking vain glory

26:129  `And do you erect palaces as if you will live for ever

26:130  `And when you lay hands upon anyone, you lay hands as tyrants

26:131  `So fear ALLAH and obey me

26:132  `And fear HIM Who has helped you with all that you know

26:133  `He has helped you with cattle and sons

26:134  `And gardens and springs

26:135  `Indeed I fear for you the punishment of an awful day.

26:136  They said, `It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or whether thou be not of those who admonish

26:137  `This is nothing but the habit of the ancients

26:138  `And WE shall not be punished.

26:139  So they rejected him, and WE destroyed them. In that, indeed, there is a Sign, but most of these would not believe

26:140  And verily thy Lord - HE is the Mighty, the Merciful

26:141  The tribe of Thamud also rejected the Messengers

26:142  When their brother Salih said to them, will you not guard against evil?

26:143  `Surely, I am unto you a Messenger, faithful to my trust

26:144  `So fear 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  `Do you think that you will be left secure amid the things that you have here

26:147  `Amid gardens and springs

26:148  `And cornfields, and date-palms with heavy spathes near breaking

26:149  `And you hew out houses in the mountains, elated with your greatness

26:150  `So fear ALLAH and obey me

26:151  `And obey not the bidding of those who exceed the bounds

26:152  `Who create disorder in the earth, and do not promote order and security.

26:153  They said, `Thou art but one of the bewitched

26:154  `Thou art only a mortal like us. So bring a Sign, if thou art of the truthful.

26:155  He said, `Here is a she-camel; she has her turn of drinking, and you have your turn of drinking on an appointed day

26:156  And touch her not with evil lest there overtake you the punishment of an awful day.

26:157  But they hamstrung her; and then they became remorseful

26:158  So the punishment overtook them. In that verily there is a Sign, but most of these would not believe

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

26:160  The people of Lot rejected the Messengers

26:161  When their brother Lot said to them, `Will you not fear God

26:162  `Surely, I am unto you a Messenger, faithful to my trust

26:163  `So fear 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, of all creatures, come to males

26:166  And leave your wives whom your Lord created for you? Nay, you are a people who transgress all limits.

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

26:168  He said, `Certainly I hate your conduct.

26:169  `My Lord, save me and my family from what they do.

26:170  So WE saved him and his family, all of them

26:171  Save an old woman, among those who stayed behind

26:172  Then we destroyed the others

26:173  And WE rained upon them a rain; and evil was the rain that descended upon those who were warned

26:174  In that, verily, there is a Sign; but most of these would not believe

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

26:176  The people of the Wood rejected the Messengers

26:177  When Shu'aib said to them, `Will you not fear God

26:178  `Surely, I am unto you a Messenger, faithful to my trust

26:179  `So fear ALLAH and obey me

26:180  `And I ask of you no reward for it. My reward is with the Lord of the worlds

26:181  Give full measure, and be not of those who give less

26:182  `And weigh with a true balance

26:183  `And diminish not unto people their things, nor go about the earth, creating disorder

26:184  `And fear HIM Who created you and the earlier peoples.

26:185  They said, `Thou art but a bewitched person

26:186  `And thou art only a mortal like us, and we believe thee to be a liar

26:187  `So cause fragments of the sky to fall on us, if thou art truthful.

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

26:189  So they rejected him. Then the punishment of the day of overshadowing gloom overtook them. That was indeed the punishment of a dreadful day

26:190  In that, verily, there is a Sign; but most of these would not believe

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

26:192  And verily this Qur'an is a revelation from the Lord of all the worlds

26:193  The Spirit, faithful to the trust, has descended with i

26:194  On thy heart, that thou mayest be a Warner

26:195  In plain and clear Arabic tongue

26:196  And it is surely mentioned in the scriptures of the former peoples

26:197  And is it not a sufficient Sign for them that the learned among the Children of Israel know it

26:198  And if WE had sent it down to one of the non-Arabs

26:199  And he had read it to them, they would never have believed in it

26:200  Thus have WE caused disbelief to enter into the hearts of the sinful

26:201  They will not believe in it until they see the grievous punishment

26:202  Which will come upon them suddenly, while they are not aware of it

26:203  And they will say, `Shall we be respited?

26:204  What ! do they seek to hasten OUR punishment

26:205  What thinkest thou that if WE let them enjoy the good things of this world for years

26:206  Then there comes to them the punishment that they are promised

26:207  Of what avail will be to them that which they were allowed to enjoy

26:208  And never did WE destroy any township but it had its Warners

26:209  So that they may be admonished; and WE are not unjust

26:210  And the evil ones have not brought it down

26:211  It does neither suit them nor have they the power to produce it

26:212  Surely, they are debarred from listening to the Divine Word

26:213  Call not, therefore, on any other god beside ALLAH, lest thou become one of those who are punished

26:214  And warn thy nearest kinsmen

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

26:216  Then if they disobey thee, say, `I repudiate all connection with what you do.

26:217  And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful

26:218  Who sees thee when thou standest in Prayer

26:219  And Who sees thy movements among those who prostrate themselves before ALLAH

26:220  HE is indeed the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing

26:221  Shall I inform you on whom the evil ones descend

26:222  They descend on every lying sinner

26:223  They strain their ears towards heaven, and most of them are liars

26:224  And as for the poets - it is the erring ones who follow them

26:225  Dost thou not see how they wonder aimlessly in every valley

26:226  And that they say what they do not

26:227  Save those who believe and do righteous deeds, and remember ALLAH much, and defend themselves after they are wronged. And the wrongdoers shall soon know to what place of return they shall return