Announcements

Ash-Shu'ara

Translation:

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
طسم
Ta, Seen, Meem.
26:1
تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ
These are the signs of the Manifest Book.
26:2
لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ
You are liable to imperil your life [out of distress] that they will not have faith.
26:3
إِنْ نَشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ
If We wish We will send down to them a sign from the sky before which their heads will remain bowed in humility.
26:4
وَمَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ ذِكْرٍ مِنَ الرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ
There does not come to them any new reminder from the All-beneficent but that they disregard it.
26:5
فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنْبَاءُ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
They have already denied [the truth], but soon there will come to them the news of what they have been deriding.
26:6
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ
Have they not regarded the earth, how many of every splendid kind [of vegetation] We have caused to grow in it?
26:7
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.
26:8
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.
26:9
وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ ائْتِ الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ
When your Lord called out to Moses: [saying,] ‘Go to those wrongdoing people,
26:10
قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ
the people of Pharaoh. Will they not be wary [of Allah]?’
26:11
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يُكَذِّبُونِ
He said, ‘My Lord! I fear they will impugn me,
26:12
وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِي وَلَا يَنْطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَارُونَ
and I will become upset and my tongue will fail me. So send for Aaron [to join me].
26:13
وَلَهُمْ عَلَيَّ ذَنْبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَنْ يَقْتُلُونِ
Besides, they have a charge against me, and I fear they will kill me.’
26:14
قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَاذْهَبَا بِآيَاتِنَا ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ مُسْتَمِعُونَ
He said, ‘Certainly not! Let both of you go with Our signs: We will indeed be with you, hearing [everything].
26:15
فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَا إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
So approach Pharaoh and say, ‘‘We are indeed envoys of the Lord of the worlds
26:16
أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
that you let the Children of Israel leave with us.’’ ’
26:17
قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ
He [i.e. Pharaoh] said, ‘Did we not rear you as a child among us, and did you not stay with us for years of your life?
26:18
وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِي فَعَلْتَ وَأَنْتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ
Then you committed that deed of yours, and you are an ingrate.’
26:19
قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذًا وَأَنَا مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ
He said, ‘I did that when I was astray.
26:20
فَفَرَرْتُ مِنْكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
So I fled from you, as I was afraid of you. Then my Lord gave me sound judgement and made me one of the apostles.
26:21
وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدْتَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
That you have enslaved the Children of Israel—is that the favour with which you reproach me?’
26:22
قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
He said, ‘And what is ‘‘the Lord of all the worlds?’’ ’
26:23
قَالَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُوقِنِينَ
He said, ‘The Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them,—should you have conviction.’
26:24
قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ
He said to those who were around him, ‘Don’t you hear?!’
26:25
قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
He said, ‘Your Lord, and the Lord of your forefathers!’
26:26
قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ الَّذِي أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ
He said, ‘Indeed your messenger, who has been sent to you, is surely crazy!’
26:27
قَالَ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
He said, ‘The Lord of the east and the west and whatever is between them—should you exercise your reason.’
26:28
قَالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِي لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُونِينَ
He said, ‘If you take up any god other than me, I will surely make you a prisoner!’
26:29
قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَيْءٍ مُبِينٍ
He said, ‘What if I bring you something [as an] unmistakable [proof]?’
26:30
قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
He said, ‘Then bring it, should you be truthful.’
26:31
فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُبِينٌ
Thereat he threw down his staff, and behold, it was a manifest python.
26:32
وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاءُ لِلنَّاظِرِينَ
Then he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white and bright to the onlookers.
26:33
قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ
He said to the elite [who stood] around him, ‘This is indeed an expert magician
26:34
يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُخْرِجَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِكُمْ بِسِحْرِهِ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ
who seeks to expel you from your land with his magic. So what do you advise?’
26:35
قَالُوا أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَابْعَثْ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ
They said, ‘Put him and his brother off for a while, and send heralds to the cities
26:36
يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ
to bring you every expert magician.’
26:37
فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ
So the magicians were gathered for the tryst of a known day,
26:38
وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُجْتَمِعُونَ
and the people were told: ‘Will you all gather?!’
26:39
لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ إِنْ كَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ
‘Maybe we will follow the magicians, if they are victors!’
26:40
فَلَمَّا جَاءَ السَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِنْ كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ
So when the magicians came, they said to Pharaoh, ‘Shall we have a reward if we were to be the victors?’
26:41
قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ
He said, ‘Of course; and you will be among members of my inner circle.’
26:42
قَالَ لَهُمْ مُوسَىٰ أَلْقُوا مَا أَنْتُمْ مُلْقُونَ
Moses said to them, ‘Throw down whatever you have to throw!’
26:43
فَأَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَالِبُونَ
So they threw down their sticks and ropes, and said, ‘By the might of Pharaoh, we shall surely be victorious!’
26:44
فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
Thereat Moses threw down his staff, and behold, it was swallowing what they had faked.
26:45
فَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ
Thereat the magicians fell down prostrating.
26:46
قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
They said, ‘We believe in the Lord of all the worlds,
26:47
رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ
the Lord of Moses and Aaron.’
26:48
قَالَ آمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
He [i.e. Pharaoh] said, ‘Do you profess faith in Him before I should permit you? He is indeed your chief who has taught you magic! Soon you will know! I will cut off your hands and feet from opposite sides, and I will crucify you all.’
26:49
قَالُوا لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنْقَلِبُونَ
They said, ‘[There is] no harm [in that]! Indeed, we shall return to our Lord.
26:50
إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَايَانَا أَنْ كُنَّا أَوَّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Indeed we hope our Lord will forgive us our offences for being the first to believe.’
26:51
وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي إِنَّكُمْ مُتَّبَعُونَ
Then We revealed to Moses, [saying],‘Set out with My servants at night, for you will be pursued.’
26:52
فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ
Then Pharaoh sent heralds to the cities,
26:53
إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ
[proclaiming:] ‘These are indeed a small band.
26:54
وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَائِظُونَ
They have aroused our wrath,
26:55
وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَاذِرُونَ
and we are alert and fully prepared.’
26:56
فَأَخْرَجْنَاهُمْ مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
So We took them out of gardens and springs,
26:57
وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
and [made them leave behind] treasures and stately homes.
26:58
كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
So it was; and We bequeathed them to the Children of Israel.
26:59
فَأَتْبَعُوهُمْ مُشْرِقِينَ
Then they pursued them at sunrise.
26:60
فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَىٰ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ
When the two hosts sighted each other, the companions of Moses said, ‘Indeed we have been caught up.’
26:61
قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ
He said, ‘Certainly not! Indeed my Lord is with me. He will guide me.’
26:62
فَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَ ۖ فَانْفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظِيمِ
Thereupon We revealed to Moses: ‘Strike the sea with your staff!’ Whereupon it parted, and each part was as if it were a great mountain.
26:63
وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ الْآخَرِينَ
There, We brought the others near,
26:64
وَأَنْجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ
and We delivered Moses and all those who were with him.
26:65
ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا الْآخَرِينَ
Then We drowned the rest.
26:66
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
There is indeed a sign in that, but most of them do not have faith.
26:67
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.
26:68
وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ
Relate to them the account of Abraham
26:69
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
when he said to his father and his people, ‘What is it that you are worshiping?!’
26:70
قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَاكِفِينَ
They said, ‘We worship idols, and are constant in our devotion to them.’
26:71
قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ
He said, ‘Do they hear you when you call them?
26:72
أَوْ يَنْفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ
Or do they bring you any benefit, or cause you any harm?’
26:73
قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
They said, ‘Indeed, we found our fathers doing likewise.’
26:74
قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ
He said, ‘Have you regarded what you have been worshipping,
26:75
أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمُ الْأَقْدَمُونَ
you and your ancestors?
26:76
فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِي إِلَّا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ
They are indeed enemies to me, but the Lord of all the worlds,
26:77
الَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ
who created me, it is He who guides me,
26:78
وَالَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ
and provides me with food and drink,
26:79
وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ
and when I get sick, it is He who cures me;
26:80
وَالَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ
who will make me die, then He will bring me to life,
26:81
وَالَّذِي أَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ
and who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the Day of Retribution.’
26:82
رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ
‘My Lord! Grant me [unerring] judgement, and unite me with the Righteous.
26:83
وَاجْعَلْ لِي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ
Confer on me a worthy repute among the posterity,
26:84
وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ
and make me one of the heirs to the paradise of bliss.
26:85
وَاغْفِرْ لِأَبِي إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ
Forgive my father, for he is one of those who are astray.
26:86
وَلَا تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ
Do not disgrace me on the day that they will be resurrected,
26:87
يَوْمَ لَا يَنْفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ
the day when neither wealth nor children will avail,
26:88
إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ
except him who comes to Allah with a sound heart,’
26:89
وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
and paradise will be brought near for the Godwary,
26:90
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ
and hell will be brought into view for the perverse,
26:91
وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ
and they shall be told: ‘Where is that which you used to worship
26:92
مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ هَلْ يَنْصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنْتَصِرُونَ
besides Allah? Do they help you, or do they help each other?’
26:93
فَكُبْكِبُوا فِيهَا هُمْ وَالْغَاوُونَ
Then they will be cast into it on their faces—they and the perverse,
26:94
وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ
and the hosts of Iblis all together.
26:95
قَالُوا وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ
They will say, as they wrangle in it [together],
26:96
تَاللَّهِ إِنْ كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ
‘By Allah, we had indeed been in manifest error
26:97
إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُمْ بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
when we equated you with the Lord of all the worlds!
26:98
وَمَا أَضَلَّنَا إِلَّا الْمُجْرِمُونَ
No one led us astray except the guilty.
26:99
فَمَا لَنَا مِنْ شَافِعِينَ
Now we have no intercessors,
26:100
وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ
nor do we have any sympathetic friend.
26:101
فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Had there been another turn for us, we would be among the faithful.’
26:102
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.
26:103
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.
26:104
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
The people of Noah impugned the apostles
26:105
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
when Noah, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?
26:106
إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.
26:107
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So be wary of Allah and obey me.
26:108
وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.
26:109
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So be wary of Allah and obey me.’
26:110
قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ
They said, ‘Shall we believe in you, when it is the riffraff who follow you?’
26:111
قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
He said, ‘What do I know as to what they used to do?
26:112
إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّي ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ
Their reckoning is only with my Lord, should you be aware.
26:113
وَمَا أَنَا بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
I will not drive away the faithful.
26:114
إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ
I am just a manifest warner.’
26:115
قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ
They said, ‘Noah, if you do not desist, you will certainly be stoned [to death].’
26:116
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي كَذَّبُونِ
He said, ‘My Lord! Indeed my people have impugned me.
26:117
فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَنْ مَعِيَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
So judge conclusively between me and them, and deliver me and the faithful who are with me.’
26:118
فَأَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ
Thereupon We delivered him and those who were with him in the laden ark.
26:119
ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَاقِينَ
Then We drowned the rest.
26:120
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.
26:121
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.
26:122
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
[The people of] ‘Ad impugned the apostles,
26:123
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
when Hud, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?
26:124
إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.
26:125
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So be wary of Allah and obey me.
26:126
وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.
26:127
أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ
Do you build futile a sign on every prominence?
26:128
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ
You set up structures as if you will be immortal,
26:129
وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ
and when you seize [someone for punishment], you seize [him] like tyrants.
26:130
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So be wary of Allah and obey me.
26:131
وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي أَمَدَّكُمْ بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Be wary of Him who has provided you with whatever you know,
26:132
أَمَدَّكُمْ بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ
and aided you with sons and with cattle,
26:133
وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
gardens and springs.
26:134
إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Indeed I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day.’
26:135
قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ
They said, ‘It is the same to us whether you exhort us or not.
26:136
إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
These are nothing but the traditions of the ancients,
26:137
وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
and we will not be punished.’
26:138
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
So they impugned him, whereupon We destroyed them. There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.
26:139
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.
26:140
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
[The people of] Thamud impugned the apostles
26:141
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَالِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
when Salih, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?
26:142
إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.
26:143
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So be wary of Allah and obey me.
26:144
وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.
26:145
أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَاهُنَا آمِنِينَ
Will you be left secure in that which is here
26:146
فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
—amid gardens and springs,
26:147
وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ
farms and date palms with dainty spathes
26:148
وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَارِهِينَ
—while you skillfully hew out houses from the mountains?
26:149
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So be wary of Allah and obey me,
26:150
وَلَا تُطِيعُوا أَمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ
and do not obey the dictates of the transgressors,
26:151
الَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ
who cause corruption in the land and do not bring about reform.’
26:152
قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ
They said, ‘Indeed you are one of the bewitched.
26:153
مَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِآيَةٍ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
You are just a human being like us. So bring us a sign, should you be truthful.’
26:154
قَالَ هَٰذِهِ نَاقَةٌ لَهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ
He said, ‘This is a she-camel; she shall drink and you shall drink on known days.
26:155
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Do not cause her any harm, for then you shall be seized by the punishment of a terrible day.’
26:156
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا نَادِمِينَ
But they hamstrung her, whereupon they became regretful.
26:157
فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
So the punishment seized them. There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.
26:158
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.
26:159
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
The people of Lot impugned the apostles
26:160
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
when Lot, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?
26:161
إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.
26:162
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So be wary of Allah and obey me.
26:163
وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.
26:164
أَتَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ
What! Of all people do you come to males,
26:165
وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ ۚ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ
abandoning your wives your Lord has created for you? Indeed, you are a transgressing lot.’
26:166
قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا لُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَجِينَ
They said, ‘Lot, if you do not desist, you will surely be banished.’
26:167
قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُمْ مِنَ الْقَالِينَ
He said, ‘Indeed I detest your conduct.’
26:168
رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ
‘My Lord! Deliver me and my family from what they do.’
26:169
فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ
So We delivered him and all his family,
26:170
إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ
except an old woman who remained behind.
26:171
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْآخَرِينَ
Then We destroyed [all] the rest,
26:172
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَرًا ۖ فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ
and rained down upon them a rain [of stones]. Evil was the rain of those who were warned!
26:173
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.
26:174
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.
26:175
كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
The inhabitants of Aykah impugned the apostles,
26:176
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
when Shu‘ayb said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]?
26:177
إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.
26:178
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So be wary of Allah and obey me.
26:179
وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds.
26:180
أَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِينَ
Observe the full measure, and do not be of those who give short measure.
26:181
وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ
Weigh with an even balance,
26:182
وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
and do not cheat the people of their goods. Do not act wickedly on the earth, causing corruption.
26:183
وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Be wary of Him who created you and the earlier generations.’
26:184
قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ
They said, ‘Indeed you are one of the bewitched.
26:185
وَمَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا وَإِنْ نَظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ
You are just a human being like us, and we indeed consider you to be a liar.
26:186
فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
Make a fragment of the sky falls upon us, should you be truthful.’
26:187
قَالَ رَبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
He said, ‘My Lord knows best what you are doing.’
26:188
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
So they impugned him, and then they were overtaken by the punishment of the day of the overshadowing cloud. It was indeed the punishment of a terrible day.
26:189
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith.
26:190
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.
26:191
وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنْزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
This is indeed [a Book] sent down by the Lord of all the worlds,
26:192
نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ
brought down by the Trustworthy Spirit
26:193
عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِينَ
upon your heart (so that you may be one of the warners),
26:194
بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُبِينٍ
in a clear Arabic language.
26:195
وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ
It is indeed [foretold] in the scriptures of the ancients.
26:196
أَوَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ آيَةً أَنْ يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
Is it not a sign for them that the learned of the Children of Israel recognize it?
26:197
وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ
Had We sent it down upon some non-Arab
26:198
فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ
and had he recited it to them, they would not have believed in it.
26:199
كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
This is how We let it pass through the hearts of the guilty:
26:200
لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ
they do not believe in it until they sight the painful punishment.
26:201
فَيَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
It will overtake them suddenly while they are unaware.
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فَيَقُولُوا هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنْظَرُونَ
Thereupon they will say, ‘Shall we be granted any respite?’
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أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
So do they seek to hasten on Our punishment?
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أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ مَتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ
Tell me, should We let them enjoy for some years,
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ثُمَّ جَاءَهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ
then there comes to them what they have been promised,
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مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُمَتَّعُونَ
of what avail to them will be that which they were given to enjoy?
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وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنْذِرُونَ
We have not destroyed any town without its having warners,
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ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
for the sake of admonition, and We were not unjust.
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وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيَاطِينُ
It has not been brought down by the devils.
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وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
Neither does it behoove them, nor are they capable [of doing that].
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إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ
Indeed, they are kept at bay [even] from hearing it.
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فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ
So do not invoke any god besides Allah, lest you should be among the punished.
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وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ
Warn the nearest of your kinsfolk,
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وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
and lower your wing to the faithful who follow you.
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فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
But if they disobey you, say, ‘I am absolved of what you do.’
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وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ
And put your trust in the All-mighty, the All-merciful,
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الَّذِي يَرَاكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
who sees you when you stand [for prayer],
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وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السَّاجِدِينَ
and your going about among those who prostrate.
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إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
Indeed He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.
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هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَنْ تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيَاطِينُ
Should I inform you on whom the devils descend?
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تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ
They descend on every sinful liar.
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يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ
They eavesdrop, and most of them are liars.
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وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ
As for the poets, [only] the perverse follow them.
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أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ
Have you not regarded that they rove in every valley,
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وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ
and that they say what they do not do?
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إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَانْتَصَرُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنْقَلَبٍ يَنْقَلِبُونَ
Barring those who have faith, do righteous deeds, and remember Allah much often, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. And the wrongdoers will soon know at what goal they will end up.
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