26:1  Tua Sin M'im

26:2  These are verses of the Glorious Book

26:3  O Muhammad, you will perhaps fret yourself to death with grief because they do not believe

26:4  If We wanted, We could send down upon them a sign from the heaven before which they would bend their necks in submission, but that is not what We want

26:5  They have been turning their backs on each fresh warning that comes to them from the Compassionate (Allah)

26:6  But now that they have neglected the warning, they will soon come to know the reality of what they have been mocking at

26:7  Have they not looked at the earth to see how We have caused all kinds of noble pairs to grow in it

26:8  Surely in this there is a sign; yet most of them do not believe

26:9  In fact your Lord is the Mighty as well as the Merciful

26:10  Remind them of the story when your Lord called Moses and said: "Go to the wicked peopl

26:11  the people of Pharoah (Pharaoh). Have they no fear?"

26:12  Moses submitted, saying: "My Lord! I fear that they will reject me

26:13  My breast feels cramped and my tongue is not eloquent; send Haroon (Aaron)

26:14  They have a charge of manslaughter against me and I fear they may put me to death."

26:15  Allah said: "Indeed not! Proceed, both of you, with Our signs; surely We are with you, listening

26:16  Go to Pharoah and tell him: "We are the Messengers from the Lord of the Worlds

26:17  You should send with us the Children of Israel."

26:18  When they went to Pharoah and conveyed the Message of Allah, he said: "Did we not cherish you when you were a child? Did you not stay several years of your life among us

26:19  Then you did what you did; you are so ungrateful!"

26:20  Moses replied: "I did that when I was a misguided youth

26:21  I fled from you all because I feared you; but now my Lord has granted me wisdom and appointed me as one of His Messengers

26:22  Is it a favor with which you taunt me, that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"

26:23  Pharoah said: "Who is this Lord of the Worlds?"

26:24  Moses replied: "He is the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, if you really care to believe."

26:25  Pharoah said to those around him, "Do you hear that?"

26:26  Moses continued: "He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers."

26:27  Pharoah interjected: "This Messenger of yours, who has been sent to you, is crazy."

26:28  Moses continued:" He is the Lord of the east and west, and all that lies between them. If you would only care and try to understand."

26:29  At this, Pharoah, who did not want to listen any more said: "If you serve any other god besides me, I shall have you thrown into prison."

26:30  At this, Moses said: "What if I show you a convincing sign?"

26:31  Pharoah said: "Go ahead, show it if you are of the truthful."

26:32  Hearing this, Moses threw down his staff, and thereupon it changed into a veritable serpent

26:33  Then he drew forth his hand and it became shining bright for the spectators

26:34  After witnessing both the miracles, Pharoah (Pharaoh) said to the chiefs around him: "This fellow is certainly a skilled magician

26:35  who seeks to drive you out from your land by the force of his magic. Now what is your advice?"

26:36  They submitted: "Put him and his brother off for a while, and dispatch heralds to the various citie

26:37  to bring you every skilled magician."

26:38  So the magicians were brought together at the appointed time on a fixed day

26:39  The people were motivated through saying: "Would you come to the gathering

26:40  So that we may follow the magicians if they are dominant."

26:41  When the magicians arrived, they asked Pharoah: "Shall we get a reward if we are dominant?"

26:42  Pharoah replied: "Yes of course! You will even be made my courtiers."

26:43  Moses said to them: "Cast down what you are going to cast."

26:44  Thereupon they cast down their ropes and staffs, saying: "By the glory of Pharoah, we shall be the winners."

26:45  Then Moses threw down his staff, and lo! It swallowed their false devices

26:46  At this, all the magicians prostrated themselves

26:47  saying: "We believe in the Lord of the Worlds

26:48  the Lord of Moses and Haroon (Aaron)."

26:49  Pharoah shouted: "How dare you believe in him before I give you permission? He must be your master who taught you the witchcraft. But soon you shall find out. I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides and crucify you all."

26:50  They replied: "We don’t care! We are going to return to our Lord anyway

26:51  We only desire that our Lord may forgive us our sins, as we are the first to believe."

26:52  We revealed to Moses, saying: "Set off with my servants by night and beware that you will be pursued."

26:53  Pharoah (Pharaoh) sent heralds to all the cities

26:54  and to mobilize his people he said: "These Israelites are but a handful of people

26:55  who have provoked us much

26:56  while we have a large army, well prepared."

26:57  Thus did We make them leave their gardens and their water springs

26:58  their treasures and sumptuous dwellings

26:59  This is how they were made to lose, while on the other hand We made the Children of Israel inheritors of such things

26:60  At sunrise the Egyptians pursued them

26:61  When the two hosts came face to face, the companions of Moses cried out: "We are surely overtaken."

26:62  Moses said: "Not at all! My Lord is with me; He will show me a way out."

26:63  Then We revealed Our will to Moses: "Strike the sea with your staff," and the sea was cleft asunder, each part stood like a mighty mountain

26:64  We made the other party (Pharoah and his army) follow them

26:65  We delivered Moses and all who were with him

26:66  and drowned the others

26:67  Surely there is a lesson in this: yet most of these people do not learn this lesson to become believers

26:68  The fact is that your Lord is the Mighty as well as the Merciful

26:69  Narrate to them the story of Abraham

26:70  when he asked his father and his people: "What is that which you worship?"

26:71  They replied: "We worship idols, and sit beside them with all devotion."

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

26:73  Can they help you or harm you?"

26:74  They replied: "No! But we found our forefathers doing so."

26:75  Abraham said: "Have you ever seen with open eyes these which you have been worshippin

26:76  - you and your forefathers

26:77  They are all enemies to me; except the Lord of the Worlds

26:78  Who created me, then He gave me guidance

26:79  He is the One Who gives me food and drink

26:80  Who gives me health when I get sick

26:81  Who will cause me to die and then bring me back to life

26:82  Who, I hope, will forgive me my mistakes on the Day of Judgment."

26:83  After this, Abraham prayed: "O my Lord! Bestow wisdom upon me and admit me among the righteous

26:84  grant me a reputation of truthfulness on the tongue of later generations

26:85  count me among the inheritors of the paradise of Bliss

26:86  forgive my father, for he is from among those who have gone astray

26:87  do not hold me up in shame on the Day when everybody will be raised back to lif

26:88  - the Day when neither wealth nor sons will avail anyone

26:89  and when none shall be saved except him who will come before Allah with a pure heart

26:90  when paradise shall be brought in the sight of the righteous

26:91  while hell shall be spread open to the strayin

26:92  and they will be asked: "Now, where are those whom you worshippe

26:93  besides Allah? Can they help you or even help themselves?"

26:94  Then they will be toppled into it, both they and those who misled them

26:95  together with all the armies of Iblees

26:96  wherein they will argue with one anothe

26:97  saying: " By Allah, we were indeed in manifest error

26:98  when we made you equals with the Lord of the Worlds

26:99  It was the criminals who led us astray

26:100  Now we have no intercessors

26:101  and no loving friends

26:102  If we could but once return to our worldly life, we would be of the true believers."

26:103  Surely in this narration there is a great lesson, but most of these people do not learn a lesson to become believers

26:104  The fact is that your Lord is the Mighty as well as the Merciful

26:105  The people of Noah, also, rejected the Messengers

26:106  Remember when their brother Noah asked them: "Have you no fear of Allah

26:107  Rest assured that I am a trustworthy Messenger of Allah towards you

26:108  so fear Allah and obey me

26:109  I do not ask you for any reward for my services, for my reward will be given by the Lord of the Worlds

26:110  so fear Allah and obey me."

26:111  They replied: "Should we believe in you, whereas your followers are but the lowest of the low?"

26:112  He said: "I have no knowledge as to what they have been doing

26:113  their account is the concern of my Lord, if you could use your common sense

26:114  I am not going to drive away any believer

26:115  I am nothing but a plain Warner."

26:116  They said: "O Noah! If you do not stop, you shall be stoned to death."

26:117  Noah prayed: "O Lord! My people have disobeyed me

26:118  Decide the case between me and them openly. Deliver me and the believers who are with me."

26:119  So We granted his prayer, delivered him and those with him in the laden ark

26:120  and drowned the rest in the flood

26:121  Surely in this story there is a great lesson, but most of these people do not learn a lesson and become believers

26:122  The fact is that your Lord is the Mighty as well as the Merciful

26:123  The people of 'Ad, too, disbelieved their Messengers

26:124  Remember when their brother Hud asked them: "Have you no fear of Allah

26:125  Rest assured that I am a trustworthy Messenger of Allah towards you

26:126  So fear Allah and obey me

26:127  I do not ask you any reward for my services, for my reward will be given by the Lord of the Worlds

26:128  Are you erecting a monument on every high place for fun

26:129  Are you building strong fortresses as if you are going to live here forever

26:130  Whenever you lay your hands on anyone, you act like cruel tyrants

26:131  Have fear of Allah and obey me

26:132  Fear the One Who has given you all the things that you know

26:133  He has given you flocks and children

26:134  gardens and fountains

26:135  Truly I fear for you the torment of a dreadful Day."

26:136  They replied: "It is the same to us whether you preach us or you are not one of the preachers

26:137  Such preaching is nothing but an ancient myth

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

26:139  So they disbelieved him and We utterly destroyed them. Surely in this story there is a great lesson, but most of these people do not learn a lesson and become believers

26:140  The fact is that your Lord is the Mighty as well as the Merciful

26:141  The people of Thamud also disbelieved their Messengers

26:142  Remember when their brother Saleh asked them: "Have you no fear of Allah

26:143  Rest assured that I am a trustworthy Messenger of Allah towards you

26:144  So fear Allah and obey me

26:145  I do not ask you for any reward for my services, for my reward will be given by the Lord of the Worlds

26:146  Will you be left in peace to enjoy all that you have here forever

26:147  Gardens and fountains

26:148  cornfields and palm-trees laden with juicy fruit

26:149  carving your dwellings in the mountains and leading a happy life

26:150  Have fear of Allah and obey me

26:151  Do not follow the bidding of the extravagant

26:152  who create corruption in the land and reform nothing."

26:153  They replied: "You are but one of the bewitched

26:154  You are no more than a human being like us. Bring forth a sign if you are one of the truthful."

26:155  Saleh said: "Well, here is the she-camel (the sign that you asked for). She shall have her share of water as you all have yours, each drinking on an alternate appointed day

26:156  Do not touch her with evil, lest the punishment of a dreadful Day may overtake you."

26:157  Yet they hamstrung her, then became full of regrets

26:158  so the punishment overtook them. Surely in this story there is a great lesson, but most of these people do not learn a lesson and become believers

26:159  The fact is that your Lord is the Mighty as well as the Merciful

26:160  The people of Lot, also, disbelieved their Messengers

26:161  Remember when their brother Lot asked them: "Have you no fear of Allah

26:162  Rest assured that I am a trustworthy Messenger of Allah towards you

26:163  So fear Allah and obey me

26:164  I do not ask you for any reward for my services, for my reward will be given by the Lord of the Worlds

26:165  Will you fornicate with males from among the creatures of the world

26:166  and leave those whom your Lord has created for you to be your mates? Nay! You are a people who have transgressed all limits."

26:167  They replied: "If you do not stop, O Lot, you shall become one of the expelled."

26:168  Lot said: "I am certainly one of those who abhor your actions

26:169  O Lord! Deliver me and my family from their wicked deeds."

26:170  So We delivered him and all his famil

26:171  except an old woman who was left among those who remained behind

26:172  Then We utterly destroyed the rest

26:173  We rained down on them the rain of brimstones: and evil was the rain which fell on those who were forewarned

26:174  Surely in this story there is a great lesson, but most of these people do not learn a lesson and become believers

26:175  The fact is that your Lord is the Mighty as well as the Merciful

26:176  The people of Aiykah, also, disbelieved their Messengers

26:177  Remember Shu‘aib asked them: "Have you no fear of Allah

26:178  Rest assured that I am a trustworthy Messenger of Allah towards you

26:179  So fear Allah and obey me

26:180  I do not ask you for any reward for my services, for my reward will be given by the Lord of the Worlds

26:181  Give full measure and be not of those who cause losses to others by fraud

26:182  Weigh with even scale

26:183  and do not cheat your fellow men of what is rightly theirs: nor spread evil in the land

26:184  Fear Him Who has created you and the generations before you."

26:185  They replied: "You are surely one of those who are bewitched

26:186  You are no more than a human being like us and we think that you are lying

26:187  Let a fragment fall out of the sky on us if you are telling the Truth."

26:188  Shu’aib said: "My Lord has full knowledge of all your actions."

26:189  So they disbelieved him, and the torment of the day of darkness (dark clouds carrying Allah's scourge) seized them, and indeed it was the torment of an extremely dreadful day

26:190  Surely in this story there is a great lesson, but most of these people do not learn a lesson and become believers

26:191  The fact is that your Lord is the Mighty as well as the Merciful

26:192  Surely this Qur’an is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds

26:193  The trustworthy Spirit (Angel Gabriel) brought it dow

26:194  upon your heart so that you may become one of those who are appointed by Allah to warn the peopl

26:195  in a plain Arabic language

26:196  This fact was foretold in the scriptures of the former people

26:197  Is it not sufficient proof for the people that the learned men of the children of Israel knew about it

26:198  Even so that if We had revealed it to a non-Arab

26:199  and he had recited it to them in fluent Arabic, they would still not have believed in it

26:200  We have thus caused unbelief in the hearts of the guilty

26:201  They are not going to believe in it until they see the painful scourg

26:202  which, in their heedlessness, will come to them suddenly

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

26:204  Do they wish to hurry on Our scourge

26:205  Just think! If We let them enjoy this life for many years

26:206  and then the scourge with which they are threatened falls upon them

26:207  of what avail will their past enjoyments be to them

26:208  Never have We destroyed a population to whom We did not send Warners

26:209  they were forewarned, and We have never been unjust

26:210  This Qur’an is not brought down by the Satans

26:211  it is neither in their interest nor in their power to produce such a masterpiece

26:212  They are kept too far off to even hear it

26:213  So do not call on other gods besides Allah, lest you become one of those who incur His punishment

26:214  Admonish your close relative

26:215  and lower your wing of kindness to those of the believers who follow you

26:216  but if they disobey, tell them: "I am not accountable for what you do."

26:217  Put your trust in the All-Mighty, the Merciful

26:218  Who observes you when you get u

26:219  and when you walk among those who prostrate themselves in worship

26:220  He is the One Who hears all and knows all

26:221  Shall I tell you, O people, on whom the Satans descend

26:222  They descend on every slandering sinner

26:223  those who listen to hearsay - and most of them are liar

26:224  - and those poets who are followed by those who go astray

26:225  Do you not see, how aimlessly they wander in every valley

26:226  preaching what they do not practice themselves

26:227  However, an exception is made for those (poets) who believe, do good deeds, engage much in the remembrance of Allah and defend themselves when wronged, showing no vindictiveness. The unjust oppressors will soon find out what vicissitudes their affairs will take