26:1  TA SIN MIM

26:2  These are the verses of the perspicuous Book

26:3  You may perhaps wear out your heart because they do not come to belief

26:4  We could send down from the heavens a sign to them if We pleased, before which their heads would remain bowed

26:5  Never does a new reminder come to them from Ar-Rahman but they turn away from it

26:6  Surely they have done with denying; soon will come to them the news of what they were laughing at

26:7  Do they not see the earth, how We grow all kinds of noble things upon it

26:8  Verily there are signs in this; yet many of them do not believe

26:9  Your Lord is surely mighty and merciful

26:10  When your Lord called upon Moses: "Go to the wicked people

26:11  The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear and take heed?"

26:12  : He said: "O Lord, I fear that they will deny me

26:13  My heart is constrained, my tongue falters, so delegate Aaron

26:14  And they have a charge (of murder) against me. So I fear that they will kill me."

26:15  (It was) said: "By no means. Go with My signs, both of you. I am verily with you and I hear

26:16  Go to the Pharaoh and tell him: 'We bring a message from the Lord of all the world

26:17  That you should send the children of Israel with us.

26:18  (The Pharaoh) said: "Did we not bring you up as a child? And you lived a number of years of your life with us

26:19  And you commited what you did, and you are ungrateful!"

26:20  (Moses) replied: "I did do that and I was in the wrong

26:21  So I ran away from you out of fear. But my Lord has given me wisdom, and made me an apostle

26:22  But the favour you oblige me with is that you have enslaved the children of Israel."

26:23  The Pharaoh asked: "And what is the Lord of all the worlds?"

26:24  (Moses) said: "The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, if you can believe."

26:25  (The Pharaoh) said to those around him: "Do you hear?"

26:26  (Moses continued): "Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers before you."

26:27  (The Pharaoh) said (to his nobles): "Your apostle who has been sent to you, is certainly mad."

26:28  (Moses) said: "The Lord of the East and the Lord of the West and all that lies between them, if you have sense."

26:29  (The Pharaoh) said: "If you took another god apart from me I will have you incarcerated."

26:30  (Moses) said: "Even though I have brought to you something convincing?"

26:31  (The Pharaoh) said: "Then bring it, if you speak the truth."

26:32  So (Moses) cast his staff, and lo, it turned into a living serpent

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

26:34  The Pharaoh said to the chiefs around him: "He is certainly a clever magician

26:35  He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic. So, what do you bid?"

26:36  They said: "Put him and his brother off awhile, and send summoners to the cities to gathe

26:37  And bring the ablest magicians to you."

26:38  So the magicians were assembled at a stated time and place on an appointed day

26:39  And the people were also asked to assemble

26:40  (They said): "We may haply follow the magicians if they are victorious."

26:41  When the magicians arrived, they said to the Pharaoh: "Is there a reward for us if we are victorious?" -

26:42  "Yes," he replied. "You 'will be among the honoured."

26:43  Moses said to them: "Cast what you have to cast."

26:44  So they cast their ropes and rods, and said: "By the glory of Pharaoh, we shall be victorious."

26:45  Then Moses threw down his staff, and lo, it swallowed up their conjurations

26:46  Then the magicians fell prostrating in adoration

26:47  And said: "We (affirm and) believe in the Lord of all the worlds

26:48  The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

26:49  Said (the Pharaoh): "You have come to believe in him before I gave you leave. He is surely your chief, who taught you magic. You will soon come to know: I will have your hands and feet cut off on alternate sides, and have every one of you crucified."

26:50  They said: "There will be no harm. We shall return to our Lord

26:51  We certainly hope our Lord will forgive our sins as we are the first to believe."

26:52  We said to Moses: "Travel by night with My creatures. You will surely be pursued."

26:53  Then the Pharaoh sent announcers to the cities

26:54  (Proclaiming): "Surely they are a small band (of fugitives)

26:55  They are always harassing us

26:56  But we are a fully accounted army."

26:57  So We made them leave the gardens and springs of water

26:58  And treasures and agreeable mansions

26:59  Thus it was; and We made the children of Israel possess them

26:60  But they pursued them at sunrise

26:61  When the two forces drew within seeing distance of each other, the people of Moses said: "We shall certainly be overtaken."

26:62  Moses replied: "By no means. My Lord is with me. He will show me the way."

26:63  We commanded Moses: "Smite the sea with your staff." And it parted, and every parting was like a lofty mountain

26:64  Then We brought the others to that place

26:65  We delivered Moses and every one with him

26:66  And We drowned the others

26:67  Verily there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe

26:68  Indeed your Lord is mighty and merciful

26:69  Relate the news of Abraham to them

26:70  When he asked his father and his people: "What do you worship?"

26:71  They replied: "We worship idols and are devoted to them."

26:72  (Abraham) asked: "Do they hear when you call them

26:73  Or do they benefit you, or do you harm?"

26:74  They said: "No. But we found our fathers doing so."

26:75  He said: "Have you considered what you have been worshipping

26:76  You and your fathers

26:77  Yet they are my enemies except the Lord of all the world

26:78  Who created me and showed me the way

26:79  Who gives me food and drink

26:80  And heals me when I am sick

26:81  Who will make me die, then give me life again

26:82  And who, I hope, will condone my faults on the Day of Judgement

26:83  O Lord, give me wisdom and admit me among the righteous

26:84  And uphold my name with posterity

26:85  And put me among the inheritors of Paradise

26:86  Forgive me and my father: He was surely among those who went astray

26:87  And do not disgrace me on the day when they are raised from the graves

26:88  The day when neither wealth nor children will be of any avai

26:89  But to him who comes to God with a tranquil heart."

26:90  Paradise will be brought near those who take heed for themselves and follow the straight path

26:91  And Hell made visible to those who had gone astray

26:92  They will be asked: "Where are those you worshipped

26:93  Other than God? Can they save you or even save themselves?"

26:94  They will then be thrown into Hell with those who had gone astra

26:95  Together with the hordes of Iblis

26:96  Disputing among themselves they will say

26:97  "By God, we were plainly in erro

26:98  In equating you with the Lord of all the worlds

26:99  No one but the sinners led us astray

26:100  Now we have none to intercede for us

26:101  Nor any sincere friend

26:102  If only we could return and be among the believers!"

26:103  Verily there is a sign in this, but many of them do not believe

26:104  Verily your Lord is mighty and merciful

26:105  The people of Noah accused the apostles of lies

26:106  When their brother Noah said to them: "Will you not take heed

26:107  I have been sent as a trusted messenger to you

26:108  So be fearful of God and listen to me

26:109  I ask no recompense of you for it. My reward is due from none but the Lord of all the worlds

26:110  So fear God and follow me."

26:111  They said: "Should we place our trust in you when only the condemned follow you?"

26:112  He said: "It is not for me to know what they were doing

26:113  It is for my Lord to bring them to book, if you can understand

26:114  I am certainly not one to drive away the believers

26:115  I am only a plain admonisher."

26:116  They said: "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will be stoned to death."

26:117  He prayed: "O Lord, verily my people accuse me of lies

26:118  So adjudge between me and them conclusively, and save me and the believers who are with me."

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

26:120  And drowned the rest of them

26:121  Verily there is a sign in this, yet many of them do not believe

26:122  But surely your Lord is mighty and merciful

26:123  The people of 'Ad accused the messengers of lies

26:124  When their brother Hud said to them: "Will you not take heed

26:125  I have been sent as a trusted messenger to you

26:126  So fear God and listen to me

26:127  I ask no recompense of you for it. My reward is due from none but the Lord of all the worlds

26:128  You construct monuments on every hill in vain

26:129  Erect palaces (thinking) that you will live for ever

26:130  And whenever you apply force become tyrannical

26:131  So be fearful of God and follow me

26:132  Fear Him who has bestowed on you what you know

26:133  Gave you increase of cattle and sons

26:134  And orchards and springs

26:135  I fear the punishment of a terrible day for you

26:136  They said: "It is the same to us if you warn us or do not warn

26:137  This is just a habit of antiquated people

26:138  We are not going to be damned."

26:139  Then they accused him of lies; so We annihilated them. Verily there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe

26:140  Yet surely your Lord is mighty and merciful

26:141  The Thamud accused the messengers of lies

26:142  When their brother Saleh said to them: "Will you not take heed?"

26:143  I have been sent as a trusted messenger to you

26:144  So fear God and follow me

26:145  I do not ask any recompense of you for this. My reward is due from none but the Lord of all the worlds

26:146  (Do you think) you will be left secure her

26:147  In these gardens and these springs

26:148  The fields of corn and date-palm trees with soft and tender spathes

26:149  And dwellings hewed out of mountains ingeniously

26:150  So be mindful of God and listen to me

26:151  Do not follow those who are extravagant

26:152  Who corrupt the land and do not reform it."

26:153  They said: "Surely you are deluded

26:154  You are nothing but a man like us. Bring us a token if you speak the truth."

26:155  (Saleh) said: "Here is a she-camel. She has a right of drinking water, and you have a right of drinking it on appointed turns

26:156  Do not treat her unkindly or the punishment of a grievous day will fall on you."

26:157  But they hamstrung her; and on the morrow were repentant

26:158  For they were seized by the torment. Verily there was a sign in this, but most of them did not believe

26:159  Yet verily your Lord is mighty and merciful

26:160  The people of Lot accused the messengers of lies

26:161  When their brother Lot said to them: "Will you not take heed

26:162  I have been sent as a trusted messenger to you

26:163  So fear God and listen to me

26:164  I ask no recompense of you for this. My reward is due from none but the Lord of all the worlds

26:165  Why do you go for males unlike all other creature

26:166  Leaving the consorts your Lord has made for you? But you are a people who exceed the bounds."

26:167  They said: "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will be expelled (from the city)."

26:168  (Lot) said: "I am disgusted with your actions,"

26:169  (And prayed:) "O Lord, save me and my family from what they do."

26:170  So We saved him and his whole famil

26:171  Except one old woman who remained behind

26:172  Then We destroyed the rest of them

26:173  And rained on them a shower (of Stones). How terrible was the rain (that fell) on those who had been warned

26:174  Verily in this was a sign, but most of them do not believe

26:175  Yet surely your Lord is mighty and powerful

26:176  The people of the Wood too called the messengers liars

26:177  When Shu'aib said to them: "Will you not take heed

26:178  I have been sent as a trusted messenger to you

26:179  So fear God and follow me

26:180  I ask no recompense of you for this. My reward is due from none but the Lord of all the worlds

26:181  Give full measure and do not cheat

26:182  Weigh on an even balance

26:183  And do not withhold from people what belongs to them, and do not corrupt the land

26:184  And fear Him who created you and all the earlier people."

26:185  They said: "Surely you are deluded

26:186  You are nothing but a man like us, and we think you are a liar

26:187  But in case you are speaking the truth, then make a segment of the sky to fall upon us."

26:188  (Shu'aib) said: "My Lord knows well what you are doing."

26:189  But they denied him, and We seized them with the torment of the Day of Shadowing (when the cloud had rained down fire). It was indeed the torment of a terrible day

26:190  Verily in this was a sign, but most of them do not believe

26:191  Yet verily your Lord is mighty and merciful

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

26:193  Which the trusted spirit descended wit

26:194  To (communicate) to your heart that you may be a warne

26:195  In eloquent Arabic

26:196  This is (indicated) in the Books of earlier people

26:197  Was it not a proof for them that the learned men of Israel knew about this

26:198  Had We revealed it to a man of obscure tongu

26:199  And he had recited it to them, and they had not believed (it would have been different)

26:200  Thus do We cause (unbelief) to enter the hearts of sinners

26:201  They will not believe it until they behold the painful punishment

26:202  It will come upon them unawares, and they will not comprehend it

26:203  Then will they say: "Can we be given respite?"

26:204  Do they wish Us then to hasten the punishment

26:205  Just think: If We let them enjoy (the good things of life) for a few years more

26:206  And then what they were promised comes upon them

26:207  Of what avail shall their enjoyment be to them

26:208  Never have We destroyed a habitation till We had sent admonishers to the

26:209  To warn. For We are never unjust

26:210  The devils did not bring it down

26:211  They are not worthy of it, nor have they power

26:212  They have been precluded from hearing it

26:213  So call on no other god but God, lest you are condemned to torment

26:214  And warn your near relations

26:215  And take those believers under your wing who follow you

26:216  If they do not obey you, tell them: "I am not responsible for what you do."

26:217  Have trust in the Mighty, the Merciful

26:218  Who watches you when you get up

26:219  And your movements among those who bow in homage to God

26:220  He is all-hearing and all-knowing

26:221  Should I tell you on whom the devils descend

26:222  They come down to every mendacious sinner

26:223  Who listens to you (for spreading rumours); but most of them are liars

26:224  As for the poets, only those who go astray follow them

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

26:226  And they say what they do not do

26:227  Except those who believe and do the right, and remember God a great deal, who retaliate only when they have been wronged. Yet the oppressors will now come to know through what reversals they will be overthrown