26 The Poets -Ash-Shuara In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful [26.1] TaSeenMeem. [26.2] Those are the verses of the clear Book. [26.3] Perhaps you consume yourself that they are not believers. [26.4] If We will, We can send down on them a sign from heaven before which their necks will remain humbled. [26.5] A fresh remembrance has never come to them from the Merciful, except they turn away from it. [26.6] So, they belied, but surely the tidings of that they mocked will come to them. [26.7] Have they not seen the earth, how many We caused to grow in it every generous kind? [26.8] Surely, in this there is a sign yet most of them do not believe. [26.9] Your Lord, He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful. [26.10] And when your Lord called to Moses, saying: Go to the harmdoing nation, [26.11] the nation of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Me? [26.12] My Lord, he replied, I fear they will belie me [26.13] and my chest will become constricted and my tongue will not be loosed (in my speech), therefore, send to Aaron. [26.14] They hold a sin against me, and I fear that they will kill me. [26.15] He said: Never so, go both of you with Our signs; We shall be with you, listening [26.16] go both to Pharaoh and both of you say to him: We are (each) a Messenger from the Lord of all the Worlds. [26.17] Send forth with us the Children of Israel. [26.18] He (Pharaoh) said (to Moses): Did We not bring you up when you were a child? And have you not spent years of your life amongst us? [26.19] Yet you were ungrateful and have done the deed you did. [26.20] He (Moses) replied: Indeed, I did that when I was among those who stray. [26.21] I fled from you because I feared you. But my Lord has given me judgment and made me one of the Messengers. [26.22] Is this then the blessing with which you reproach me, that you have the Children of Israel for worshipers! [26.23] Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds? [26.24] He (Moses) replied: is the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if you believe! [26.25] Do you not hear? said he (Pharaoh) to those around him. [26.26] He said, Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients. [26.27] (Pharaoh) said: Surely, the Messenger who has been sent to you is mad! [26.28] He is the Lord of the East and the West, said he (Moses), and all that is between them, if you could understand! [26.29] If you take any other god except myself, he (Pharaoh) replied, you shall be thrown into prison. [26.30] What, even if I brought you something clear, said he (Moses). [26.31] He (Pharaoh) replied: Show us your sign, if you are of the truthful. [26.32] He cast down his staff and thereupon it was a clear serpent. [26.33] Then he drew out his hand, and it was luminous to the onlookers. [26.34] This, said he (Pharaoh) to his Council, is a cunning sorcerer [26.35] who seeks to expel you from your land by his sorcery. What is your counsel? [26.36] They replied: Put him and his brother off for a while, and send heralds to your cities [26.37] to bring every knowledgeable sorcerer. [26.38] The sorcerers were gathered at the appointed time on a wellknown day, [26.39] and the people were asked: Will you gather [26.40] in order that we shall follow the sorcerers if they are the victors. [26.41] Then, when the sorcerers came to Pharaoh, they said: Shall we receive a wage if we win? [26.42] Yes, indeed he answered, and you shall become among those who are near stationed. [26.43] Moses said to them: Cast down what you cast. [26.44] So they cast their ropes and staffs, saying: By Pharaohs might, we shall be the victors. [26.45] Then Moses cast down his staff and it swallowed up their lying invention, [26.46] so the sorcerers were cast down, prostrating themselves, [26.47] saying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds, [26.48] the Lord of Moses and Aaron. [26.49] He (Pharaoh) said: You have believed him before I have given you permission. He is the chief of you who has taught you sorcery. But you shall know. I will surely cut off on opposite sides a hand and a foot, and crucify you all. [26.50] There is no harm, they replied, for surely to our Lord we are turning. [26.51] We are eager that Our Lord should forgive us our offenses, for we are the first of the believers. [26.52] Also, We revealed to Moses, saying: Go with My worshipers by night, for you will be followed. [26.53] Then Pharaoh sent gatherers to the cities. [26.54] These, they said, are a small band, [26.55] they have enraged us, [26.56] and we are a host on our guard. [26.57] As such We expelled them from their gardens and their fountains, [26.58] their treasures and a noble station. [26.59] As such we gave it to the Children of Israel. [26.60] At sunrise, they followed them. [26.61] And when the two hosts came in view of each other, Moses companions said: We have been reached! [26.62] No, indeed he replied, my Lord is with me and He will guide me. [26.63] Then We revealed to Moses: Strike the sea with your staff, so it divided and each part was as a mighty mount. [26.64] And there We brought the others on, [26.65] and We saved Moses and those who were with him together, [26.66] then, We drowned the others. [26.67] Surely, in that there is a sign; yet most of them do not believe. [26.68] Surely, your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful. [26.69] And recite to them the news of Abraham. [26.70] He said to his father and to his nation: What do you worship? [26.71] They replied: We worship idols and continue cleaving to them. [26.72] Do they hear you when you call on them? He asked. [26.73] Can they benefit you or harm you? [26.74] They replied: No, but we found our fathers doing so. [26.75] He said: Have you considered what you worship, [26.76] you, and your elderly fathers? [26.77] They are enemies to me except the Lord of all the Worlds [26.78] who created me; and He guides me, [26.79] and He gives me to eat and drink, [26.80] who, when I am sick, heals me; [26.81] who makes me to die and then revives me, [26.82] and whom I am eager shall forgive me my sins on the Day of Recompense. [26.83] My Lord, give me judgment, and join me with the righteous. [26.84] And appoint me a tongue of truthfulness among the latter. [26.85] and place me amongst the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss. [26.86] and forgive my father, for he was among the astray. [26.87] Do not degrade me on the Day when they are resurrected. [26.88] The Day when neither wealth nor sons shall benefit [26.89] except him who comes before Allah with a pure heart; [26.90] and Paradise shall be brought forward to the cautious. [26.91] And Hell is brought near to the perverse. [26.92] It will be said to them: Where is that you worshipped, [26.93] other than Allah? Do they help you or even help themselves? [26.94] And they will be pitched into it, they and the perverse [26.95] and the hosts of iblis all together. [26.96] And they will say while they dispute with one another, [26.97] By Allah, we were certainly in clear error, [26.98] when we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds. [26.99] It was nothing but the evildoers who led us astray. [26.100] We have no intercessors now, [26.101] no caring friend. [26.102] Would that we might return again, and be among the believers. [26.103] Surely, in that there is a sign, yet most of them do not believe. [26.104] Surely, Your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful. [26.105] The nation of Noah, belied their Messengers. [26.106] when Noah, their brother, said to them: Will you not be cautious? [26.107] I am for you an honest Messenger, [26.108] so fear Allah, and obey me. [26.109] For this I ask of you no wage, for my wage falls only on the Lord of the Worlds. [26.110] So fear Allah and obey me. [26.111] They replied: Are we to believe you whom the lowliest follow? [26.112] He said: I have no knowledge of what they have done. [26.113] Their account falls only upon My Lord, if you were but aware. [26.114] I will not drive away the believers. [26.115] I am only a clear warner. [26.116] Noah, they replied, if you do not desist you shall be of those stoned. [26.117] He said: My Lord, my nation have belied me. [26.118] So open between me and them an opening, and save me and the believers who are with me. [26.119] We saved him and those who were with him in the laden ship, [26.120] afterwards, We drowned the rest. [26.121] Surely, in that there is a sign; yet most of them do not believe. [26.122] Your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful. [26.123] (The nation of) Aad belied their Messengers. [26.124] When their brother Hood said to them: Will you not be cautious? [26.125] I am for you an honest Messenger. [26.126] Fear Allah and obey me. [26.127] For this I ask of you no wage, for my wage falls only on the Lord of the Worlds. [26.128] Do you build over each high place a sign to amuse yourselves! [26.129] And do you take to yourselves underground reservoirs, in order to live for ever! [26.130] When you assault, you assault like tyrants. [26.131] So fear Allah, and obey me. [26.132] Fear Him who has given you all the things you know. [26.133] He has given you flocks and sons, [26.134] gardens and fountains. [26.135] Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a dreadful Day. [26.136] They replied: It is the same to us whether you admonish or whether you are not one of the admonishers. [26.137] That is nothing but a habit of the ancients, [26.138] and we shall never be punished. [26.139] So they belied him, so We destroyed them. Surely, in that there is a sign; yet most of them do not believe. [26.140] Surely, your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful. [26.141] Thamood, belied their Messengers. [26.142] Their brother Salih said to them: Will you not be cautious? [26.143] I am for you an honest Messenger. [26.144] So fear Allah, and obey me. [26.145] For this I ask of you no wage; my wage falls only upon the Lord of the Worlds. [26.146] Will you be left secure in this, [26.147] amidst gardens and fountains, [26.148] sown fields and palmtrees, with slender spathes. [26.149] Will you still hew your dwellings in the mountains? [26.150] So fear Allah and obey me. [26.151] Do not obey the order of the wasteful, [26.152] who corrupt in the earth, and do not reform. [26.153] They replied: Surely, you are one of those bewitched. [26.154] You are but a human like ourselves. Produce for us a sign, if you are of the truthful. [26.155] He said: Here is a shecamel. She shall have her share of water as you have yours on an appointed day. [26.156] Do not touch her with malice so that punishment of a dreadful day seizes you. [26.157] Yet they hamstrung her, and in the morning they were remorseful, [26.158] and the punishment seized them. Surely, in that there is a sign. Yet most of them do not believe. [26.159] Your Lord, He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful. [26.160] Lots nation, belied their Messengers. [26.161] When their brother Lot said to them: Will you not be cautious? [26.162] I am for you an honest Messenger. [26.163] So fear Allah, and obey me. [26.164] I ask of you no wage for this; my wage is only with the Lord of the Worlds. [26.165] What, do you come to the males of the world, [26.166] and leave your wives whom your Lord has created for you? No, but you are a transgressing nation. [26.167] Lot, they replied, if you do not desist, you shall be thrown out. [26.168] He said: Truly, I am a detester of what you do. [26.169] My Lord, save me and my people from that they are doing. [26.170] So We saved him and all his people, [26.171] except an old woman who stayed behind, [26.172] then We destroyed the others. [26.173] We rained upon them a rain, and evil is the rain (of stones) on those that are warned. [26.174] Surely, in that there is a sign. Yet most of them do not believe. [26.175] Your Lord, He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful. [26.176] The dwellers of the Thicket belied their Messengers. [26.177] Shuaib said to them: Will you not be cautious? [26.178] I am for you an honest Messenger. [26.179] So fear Allah, and obey me. [26.180] I ask of you no wage for this; my wage is only with the Lord of the Worlds. [26.181] Fill up the measure, do not be among the cheats, 182 and weigh with the straight scale, [26.183] and do not diminish the goods of the people, and do not make mischief in the earth, working corruption. [26.184] Fear He who created you, and the generations of the ancient. [26.185] They replied: You are surely one of those bewitched. [26.186] You are but a human like ourselves, we think that you are one of the liars. [26.187] Drop down on us lumps from heaven, if you are one of the truthful. [26.188] He said: My Lord knows what you are doing. [26.189] But they belied him, then the punishment of the Day of Shadow (raining fire) seized them. Truly, it was the punishment of a dreadful day. [26.190] Surely, in that there is a sign; yet most of them do not believe. [26.191] Your Lord, He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful. [26.192] Truly, it is the sending of the Lord of the Worlds. [26.193] The honest Spirit (Gabriel) brought it down [26.194] upon your heart (Prophet Muhammad), in order to be one of the warners, [26.195] in a clear, Arabic tongue. [26.196] Truly, it is in the Books of the ancients. [26.197] Was it not a sign for them known to the learned of the Children of Israel? [26.198] If We had revealed it to a nonArab, [26.199] and he had recited it to them, they would not have believed. [26.200] Even so, We have caused it to enter into the hearts of harmdoers: [26.201] they shall not believe in it until they see the painful punishment [26.202] so that it will come upon them suddenly, while they are unaware, [26.203] and then they will say: Shall we be respited? [26.204] Do they wish to hasten Our punishment? [26.205] What do you see? If We gave them enjoyment for years, [26.206] and then what they were promised comes to them, [26.207] what avail will their past enjoyments be to them? [26.208] We never destroyed a village that did not have warners [26.209] for a reminder, and We never harmed. [26.210] It was not the satans who brought it down: [26.211] it is not for them, nor are they able. [26.212] Truly, they are expelled from hearing. [26.213] So do not call upon another god with Allah, lest you should be one of those who are punished. [26.214] Warn your tribe and your near kinsmen. [26.215] and lower your wing to the believers who follow you. [26.216] If they disobey you, say: I am quit of what you do. [26.217] Put your trust in the Almighty, the Most Merciful, [26.218] who sees you when you stand [26.219] and when you turn among those who prostrate themselves. [26.220] Surely, He is the Hearer, the Knower. [26.221] Shall I tell you on whom the satans descend? [26.222] They descend on every guilty impostor. [26.223] They listen, but most of them are liars. [26.224] Poets are followed by the perverse. [26.225] Have you not seen how they wander in every valley, [26.226] and they say what they do not do?
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