ash-Shu`ara` (The Poets) at IslamAwakened.com

26:1 Ta Sin Mim.

26:2 Those are the Signs of the Clear Book.

26:3 Perhaps you will destroy yourself with grief because they will not become muminun.

26:4 If We wished We could send down a Sign to them from heaven, before which their heads would be bowed low in subjection.

26:5 But no fresh reminder from the All-Merciful reaches them without their turning away from it.

26:6 They have denied the truth, but the news of what they mocked will certainly come to them.

26:7 Have they not looked at the earth and seen how We have made every sort of beneficial species grow in it?

26:8 There is certainly a Sign in that, yet most of them are not muminun.

26:9 Truly your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.

26:10 When your Lord called out to Musa: ´Go to the wrongdoing people,

26:11 the people of Pharaoh. Will they not have taqwa?´

26:12 He said, ´My Lord, I fear they will deny me

26:13 and that my breast will be constricted and that my tongue will not be free, so send Harun as a Messenger as well.

26:14 They hold a wrong action against me and I fear that they may kill me.´

26:15 He said, ´By no means! Go, both of you, with Our Signs. We will certainly be together with you, listening.

26:16 Go to Pharaoh and say, "We are the Messenger of the Lord of all the worlds

26:17 to tell you to send the tribe of Israel away with us."´

26:18 He said, ´Did we not bring you up among us as a child and did you not spend many years of your life among us?

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

26:20 He said, ´At the time I did it I was one of the misguided

26:21 and so I fled from you when I was in fear of you but my Lord gave me right judgement and made me one of the Messengers.

26:22 And anyway you can only reproach me with this favour because you made the tribe of Israel into slaves!´

26:23 Pharaoh said, ´What is the Lord of all the worlds?´

26:24 He said, ´The Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything between them if you knew for sure.´

26:25 He said to those around him, ´Are you listening?´

26:26 He said, ´Your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers, the previous peoples.´

26:27 He said, ´This Messenger, who has been sent to you, is mad.´

26:28 He said, ´The Lord of the East and the West and everything between them if you used your intellect.´

26:29 He said, ´If you take any god other than me, I will certainly throw you into prison.´

26:30 He said, ´Even if I were to bring you something undeniable?´

26:31 He said, ´Produce it then if you are someone telling the truth.´

26:32 So He threw down his staff and there it was, unmistakably a snake.

26:33 And he drew out his hand and there it was, pure white to those who looked.

26:34 He said to the High Council round about him, ´This certainly is a skilled magician

26:35 who desires by his magic to expel you from your land, so what do you recommend?´

26:36 They said, ´Detain him and his brother and send out marshals to the cities,

26:37 to bring you all the skilled magicians.´

26:38 So the magicians were assembled for a meeting on a specified day.

26:39 The people were asked, ´Are you all assembled?

26:40 so we can follow the magicians if they are the winners?´

26:41 When the magicians came, they said to Pharaoh, ´Will we be rewarded if we are the winners?´

26:42 He said, ´Yes, and in that case you will be among those brought near.´

26:43 Musa said to them, ´Throw whatever it is you are going to throw!´

26:44 They threw down their ropes and staffs and said, ´By the might of Pharaoh we are the winners.´

26:45 But Musa threw down his staff and at once it swallowed up what they had fabricated.

26:46 The magicians threw themselves down, prostrating.

26:47 They said, ´We have iman in the Lord of all the worlds,

26:48 the Lord of Musa and Harun.´

26:49 He said, ´Have you had iman in him before I authorised you? He is your chief who taught you magic. But you will soon know! I will cut off your alternate hands and feet and I will crucify every one of you.´

26:50 They said, ´We do not care! We are returning to our Lord.

26:51 We remain hopeful that our Lord will forgive us our mistakes for being the first of the muminun.´

26:52 We revealed to Musa: ´Travel with Our slaves by night. You will certainly be pursued.´

26:53 Pharaoh sent marshals into the cities:

26:54 ´These people are a small group

26:55 and we find them irritating

26:56 and we constitute a vigilant majority.´

26:57 We expelled them from gardens and springs,

26:58 from treasures and a splendid situation.

26:59 So it was! And We bequeathed them to the tribe of Israel.

26:60 So they pursued them towards the east.

26:61 And when the two hosts came into sight of one another Musa´s companions said, ´We will surely be overtaken!´

26:62 He said, ´Never! My Lord is with me and He will guide me.´

26:63 So We revealed to Musa, ´Strike the sea with your staff.´ And it split in two, each part like a towering cliff.

26:64 And We brought the others right up to it.

26:65 We rescued Musa and all those who were with him.

26:66 Then We drowned the rest.

26:67 There is certainly a Sign in that yet most of them are not muminun.

26:68 Truly your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.

26:69 Recite to them the story of Ibrahim

26:70 when he said to his father and his people, ´What do you worship?´

26:71 They said, ´We worship idols and will continue to cling to them.´

26:72 He said, ´Do they hear you when you call

26:73 or do they help you or do you harm?´

26:74 They said, ´No, but this is what we found our fathers doing.´

26:75 He said, ´Have you really thought about what you worship,

26:76 you and your fathers who came before?

26:77 They are all my enemies — except for the Lord of all the worlds:

26:78 He who created me and guides me;

26:79 He who gives me food and gives me drink;

26:80 and when I am ill, it is He who heals me;

26:81 He who will cause my death, then give me life;

26:82 He who I sincerely hope will forgive my mistakes on the Day of Reckoning.

26:83 My Lord, give me right judgement and unite me with the righteous;

26:84 and make me highly esteemed among the later peoples;

26:85 and make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Delight;

26:86 and forgive my father — he was one of the misguided;

26:87 and do not disgrace me on the Day they are raised up,

26:88 the Day when neither wealth nor sons will be of any use —

26:89 except to those who come to Allah with sound and flawless hearts.´

26:90 The Garden will be brought near to those who have taqwa.

26:91 The Blazing Fire will be displayed to the misled.

26:92 They will be asked, ´Where are those you used to worship besides Allah?

26:93 Can they help you or even help themselves?´

26:94 They will be bundled into it head first, they and the misled,

26:95 and every one of Iblis´s regiments.

26:96 Arguing in it with one another, they will say,

26:97 ´By Allah, we were plainly misguided

26:98 when We equated you with the Lord of all the worlds.

26:99 It was only the evildoers who misguided us

26:100 and now we have no one to intercede for us;

26:101 we do not have a single loyal friend.

26:102 If only we could have another chance then we would be among the muminun!´

26:103 There is certainly a Sign in that, yet most of them are not muminun.

26:104 Truly your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.

26:105 The people of Nuh denied the Messengers.

26:106 When their brother Nuh said to them, ´Will you not have taqwa?

26:107 I am a faithful Messenger to you

26:108 so have taqwa of Allah and obey me.

26:109 I do not ask you for any wage for it. My wage is the responsibility of no one but the Lord of all the worlds.

26:110 so have taqwa of Allah and obey me.´

26:111 they said, ´Why should we believe you when the vilest people follow you?´

26:112 He said, ´What do I know about what they have been doing?

26:113 Their reckoning is the concern of my Lord alone if you were but aware.

26:114 I am not going to chase away the muminun.

26:115 I am only a clear warner.´

26:116 They said, ´Nuh, if you do not desist you will be stoned.´

26:117 He said, ´My Lord, my people have denied me

26:118 so make a clear judgement between me and them and rescue me and the muminun who are with me.´

26:119 So We rescued him and those with him in the loaded ship.

26:120 Then afterwards We drowned the rest.

26:121 There is certainly a Sign in that, yet most of them are not muminun.

26:122 Truly your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.

26:123 ´Ad denied the Messengers

26:124 when their brother Hud said to them, ´Will you not have taqwa?

26:125 I am a faithful Messenger to you

26:126 so have taqwa of Allah and obey me.

26:127 I do not ask you for any wage for it. My wage is the responsibility of no one but the Lord of all the worlds.

26:128 Do you build a tower on every hilltop, just to amuse yourselves,

26:129 and construct great fortresses, hoping to live for ever,

26:130 and when you attack, attack as tyrants do?

26:131 So have taqwa of Allah and obey me.

26:132 Have taqwa of Him who has supplied you with what you know,

26:133 supplied you with livestock and children

26:134 and gardens and clear springs.

26:135 I fear for you the punishment of a terrible Day.´

26:136 They said, ´It makes no difference to us whether you preach or do not preach.

26:137 This is only what the previous peoples did.

26:138 We are not going to be punished.´

26:139 So they denied him and We destroyed them. There is certainly a Sign in that, yet most of them are not muminun.

26:140 Truly your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.

26:141 Thamud denied the Messengers,

26:142 when their brother Salih said to them, ´Will you not have taqwa?

26:143 I am a faithful Messenger to you

26:144 so have taqwa of Allah and obey me.

26:145 I do not ask you for any wage for it. My wage is the responsibility of no one but the Lord of all the worlds.

26:146 Are you going to be left secure amid what is here,

26:147 amid gardens and clear springs,

26:148 and cultivated fields and palms with supple spathes?

26:149 Will you continue hewing houses from the mountains with exultant skill?

26:150 So have taqwa of Allah and obey me.

26:151 Do not obey the orders of the profligate,

26:152 those who corrupt the earth and do not put things right.´

26:153 They said, ´You are merely someone bewitched.

26:154 You are nothing but a human being like ourselves, so produce a Sign if you are telling the truth.´

26:155 He said, ´Here is a she-camel. She has a time for drinking and you have a time for drinking — on specified days.

26:156 Do not do anything to harm her or the punishment of a terrible day will come down on you.´

26:157 But they hamstrung her and woke up full of remorse,

26:158 for the punishment did come down them. There is certainly a Sign in that, yet most of them are not muminun.

26:159 Truly your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.

26:160 The people of Lut denied the Messengers,

26:161 when their brother Lut said to them, ´Will you not have taqwa?

26:162 I am a faithful Messenger to you.

26:163 so have taqwa of Allah and obey me.

26:164 I do not ask you for any wage for it. My wage is the responsibility of no one but the Lord of all the worlds.

26:165 Of all beings, do you lie with males,

26:166 leaving the wives Allah has created for you? You are a people who have overstepped the limits.´

26:167 They said, ´Lut, if you do not desist you will be expelled.´

26:168 He said, ´I am someone who detests the deed you perpetrate.

26:169 My Lord, rescue me and my family from what they are doing.´

26:170 Therefore We rescued him and all his family —

26:171 except for an old woman who remained behind.

26:172 Then We utterly destroyed the rest

26:173 and made a Rain come pouring down upon them. How evil is the rain of those who are warned!

26:174 There is certainly a Sign in that, yet most of them are not muminun.

26:175 Truly your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.

26:176 The Companions of the Thicket denied the Messengers,

26:177 when Shu´ayb said to them, ´Will you not have taqwa?

26:178 I am a faithful Messenger to you.

26:179 so have taqwa of Allah and obey me.

26:180 I do not ask you for any wage for it. My wage is the responsibility of no one but the Lord of all the worlds.

26:181 Give full measure. Do not skimp.

26:182 Weigh with a level balance.

26:183 Do not diminish people´s goods and do not go about the earth, corrupting it.

26:184 Have taqwa of Him who created you and the earlier creatures.´

26:185 They said, ´You are merely someone bewitched.

26:186 You are nothing but a human being like ourselves. We think you are a liar.

26:187 So make lumps from heaven fall down on us if you are telling the truth.´

26:188 He said, ´My Lord knows best what you are doing.´

26:189 They denied him and the punishment of the Day of Shadow came down on them. It was indeed the punishment of a terrible Day.

26:190 There is certainly a Sign in that, yet most of them are not muminun.

26:191 Truly your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.

26:192 Truly it is revelation sent down by the Lord of all the worlds.

26:193 The Faithful Ruh brought it down

26:194 to your heart so you would be one of the Warners

26:195 in a clear Arabic tongue.

26:196 It is certainly in the scriptures of the previous peoples.

26:197 Is it not indeed a Sign for them that the scholars of the tribe of Israel have knowledge of it?

26:198 If We had sent it down to a non-Arab

26:199 who had then recited it to them, they still would not have iman in it.

26:200 That is how We thread it into the hearts of the evildoers.

26:201 They will not have iman in it until they see the painful punishment.

26:202 It will come upon them suddenly when they are not expecting it.

26:203 They will say, ´Can we be granted a reprieve?´

26:204 Do they want to hasten Our punishment?

26:205 Do you think, if We let them enjoy themselves for years

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

26:207 that what they enjoyed will be of any use to them?

26:208 We have never destroyed a city without giving it prior warning

26:209 as a reminder. We were never unjust.

26:210 The shaytans did not bring it down.

26:211 It does not befit them and they are not capable of it.

26:212 They are debarred from hearing it.

26:213 So do not call on any other god along with Allah or you will be among those who will be punished.

26:214 Warn your near relatives.

26:215 and take the muminun who follow you under your wing.

26:216 If they disobey you, say, ´I am free of what you do.´

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

26:218 He who sees you when you stand up to pray

26:219 and your movements with those who prostrate.

26:220 He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

26:221 Shall I tell you upon whom the shaytans descend?

26:222 They descend on every evil liar.

26:223 They give them a hearing and most of them are liars.

26:224 And as for poets, it is the misled who follow them.

26:225 Do you not see how they ramble on in every style

26:226 and say things which they do not do,

26:227 except those who have iman and do right actions and remember Allah repeatedly and defend themselves after they have been wronged? Those who do wrong will soon know the kind of reversal they will receive!