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26:1  Benignant, Hearing, Knowing God
26:2  These are the verses of the Book that makes manifest
26:3  Perhaps thou wilt kill thyself with grief because they believe not
26:4  If We please, We could send down on them a sign from heaven, so that their necks would bend before it
26:5  And there comes not to them a new Reminder from the Beneficent but they turn away from it
26:6  They indeed reject, so the news will soon come to them of that at which they mock
26:7  See they not the earth, how many of every noble kind We cause to grow in it
26:8  Surely in this is a sign; yet most of them believe not
26:9  And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful
26:10  And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go to the iniquitous people -
26:11  The people of Pharaoh. Will they not guard against evil
26:12  He said: My Lord, I fear that they will reject me
26:13  And my breast straitens, and my tongue is not eloquent, so send for Aaron (too)
26:14  And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me
26:15  He said: By no means; so go you both with Our signs; surely We are with you, Hearing
26:16  Then come to Pharaoh, and say: We are bearers of a message of the Lord of the worlds
26:17  Send with us the Children of Israel
26:18  (Pharaoh) said: Did we not bring thee up as a child among us, and thou didst tarry (many) years of thy life among us
26:19  And thou didst (that) deed of thine which thou didst and thou art of the ungrateful ones
26:20  He said: I did it then when I was of those who err
26:21  So I fled from you when I feared you, then my Lord granted me judgment and made me of the messengers
26:22  And is it a favour of which thou remindest me that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel
26:23  Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the worlds
26:24  He said: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you would be sure
26:25  (Pharaoh) said to those around him: Do you not hear
26:26  He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old
26:27  (Pharaoh) said: Surely your messenger, who is sent to you, is mad
26:28  He said: The Lord of the East and the West and what is between them, if you have any sense
26:29  (Pharaoh) said: If thou takest a god besides me, I will certainly put thee is prison
26:30  He said: Even if I show thee something plain
26:31  (Pharaoh) said: Show it, then, if thou art of the truthful
26:32  So he cast down his rod, and lo! it was an obvious serpent
26:33  And he drew forth his hand, and lo! it appeared white to the beholders
26:34  (Pharaoh) said to the chiefs around him: Surely this is a skilful enchanter
26:35  Who desires to turn you out of your land with his enchantment. What is it then that you counsel
26:36  They said: Give him and his brother respite and send heralds into the citie
26:37  That they bring to thee every skilful enchanter
26:38  So the enchanters were gathered together for the appointment of a well-known day
26:39  And it was said to the people: Will you gather together
26:40  Haply may we follow the enchanters, if they are the vanquishers
26:41  So when the enchanters came, they said to Pharaoh: Will there be a reward for us, if we are the vanquishers
26:42  He said: Yes, and surely you will then be of those who are nearest (to me)
26:43  Moses said to them: Cast what you are going to cast
26:44  So they cast down their cords and their rods and said: By Pharaoh’s power we shall most surely be victorious
26:45  Then Moses cast down his rod, and lo! it swallowed up their fabrication
26:46  And the enchanters were thrown down prostrate -
26:47  They said: We believe in the Lord of the worlds
26:48  The Lord of Moses and Aaron
26:49  (Pharaoh) said: You believe in him before I give you leave; surely he is the chief of you who taught you enchantment, so you shall know. Certainly I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposites sides, and I will crucify you all
26:50  They said: No harm; surely to our Lord we return
26:51  We hope that our Lord will forgive us our wrongs because we are the first of the believers
26:52  And We revealed to Moses, saying: Travel by night with My servants -- you will be pursued
26:53  And Pharaoh sent heralds into the cities (proclaiming)
26:54  These are indeed a small band
26:55  And they have surely enraged us
26:56  And we are truly a vigilant multitude
26:57  So We turned them out of gardens and springs
26:58  And treasures and goodly dwellings -
26:59  Even so. And We gave them as a heritage to the Children of Israel
26:60  Then they pursued them at sunrise
26:61  So when the two hosts saw each other, the companions of Moses cried out: Surely we are overtaken
26:62  He said: By no means; surely my Lord is with me -- He will guide me
26:63  Then We revealed to Moses: March on to the sea with thy staff. So it parted, and each party was like a huge mound
26:64  And there We brought near the others
26:65  And We saved Moses and those with him, all
26:66  Then We drowned the others
26:67  Surely there is a sign in this; yet most of them believe not
26:68  And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful
26:69  And recite to them the story of Abraham
26:70  When he said to his sire and his people: What do you worship
26:71  They said: We worship idols, so we shall remain devoted to them
26:72  He said: Do they hear you when you call (on them)
26:73  Or do they benefit or harm you
26:74  They said: Nay, we found our fathers doing so
26:75  He said: Do you then see what you worship -
26:76  You and your ancient sires
26:77  Surely they are an enemy to me, but not (so) the Lord of the worlds
26:78  Who created me, then He shows me the way
26:79  And Who gives me to eat and to drink
26:80  And when I am sick, He heals me
26:81  And Who will cause me to die, then give me life
26:82  And Who, I hope, will forgive me my mistakes on the day of Judgment
26:83  My Lord, grant me wisdom, and join me with the righteous
26:84  And ordain for me a goodly mention in later generations
26:85  And make me of the heirs of the Garden of bliss
26:86  And forgive my sire, surely he is of the erring ones
26:87  And disgrace me not on the day when they are raised -
26:88  The day when wealth will not avail, nor sons
26:89  Save him who comes to Allah with a sound heart
26:90  And the Garden is brought near for the dutiful
26:91  And hell is made manifest to the deviators
26:92  And it is said to them: Where are those that you worshipped
26:93  Besides Allah? Can they help you or help themselves
26:94  So they are hurled into it, they and the deviators
26:95  And the hosts of the devil, all
26:96  They will say, while they quarrel therein
26:97  By Allah! We were certainly in manifest error
26:98  When we made you equal with the Lord of the worlds
26:99  And none but the guilty led us astray
26:100  So we have no intercessors
26:101  Nor a true friend
26:102  Now, if we could but once return, we would be believers
26:103  Surely there is a sign in this; yet most of them believe not
26:104  And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful
26:105  The people of Noah rejected the messengers
26:106  When their brother Noah said to them: Will you not guard against evil
26:107  Surely I am a faithful messenger to you
26:108  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me
26:109  And I ask of you no reward for it: my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds
26:110  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me
26:111  They said: Shall we believe in thee and the meanest follow thee
26:112  He said: And what knowledge have I of what they did
26:113  Their reckoning is only with my Lord, if you but perceive
26:114  And I am not going to drive away the believers
26:115  I am only a plain warner
26:116  They said: If thou desist not, O Noah, thou wilt certainly be stoned to death
26:117  He said: My Lord, my people give me the lie
26:118  So judge Thou between me and them openly, and deliver me and the believers who are with me
26:119  So We delivered him and those with him in the laden ark
26:120  Then We drowned the rest afterwards
26:121  Surely there is sign in this, yet most of them believe not
26:122  And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful
26:123  ‘Ad gave the lie to the messengers
26:124  When their brother Hud said to them: Will you not guard against evil
26:125  Surely I am a faithful messenger to you
26:126  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me
26:127  And I ask of you no reward for it; surely my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds
26:128  Do you build on every height a monument? You (only) sport
26:129  And you make fortresses that you may abide
26:130  And when you seize, you seize as tyrants
26:131  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me
26:132  And keep your duty to Him Who aids you with that which you know -
26:133  He aids you with cattle and childre
26:134  And gardens and fountains
26:135  Surely I fear for you the chastisement of a grievous day
26:136  They said: It is the same to us whether thou admonish, or art not one of the admonishers
26:137  This is naught but a fabrication of the ancients
26:138  And we will not be chastised
26:139  So they rejected him, then We destroyed them. Surely there is a sign in this; yet most of them believe not
26:140  And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful
26:141  Thamud gave the lie to the messengers
26:142  When their brother Salih said to them: Will you not guard against evil
26:143  Surely I am a faithful messenger to you
26:144  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me
26:145  And I ask of you no reward for it; my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds
26:146  Will you be left secure in what is here
26:147  In gardens and fountains
26:148  And corn-fields and palm-trees having fine flower-spikes
26:149  And you hew houses out of the mountains exultingly
26:150  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me
26:151  And obey not the bidding of the extravagant
26:152  Who make mischief in the land and act not aright
26:153  They said: Thou art only a deluded person
26:154  Thou art naught but a mortal like ourselves -- so bring a sign if thou art truthful
26:155  He said: This is a she-camel; she has her portion of water, and you have your portion of water at an appointed time
26:156  And touch her not with evil, lest the chastisement of a grievous day overtake you
26:157  But the hamstrung her, then regretted
26:158  So the chastisement overtook them. Surely there is a sign in this; yet most of them believe not
26:159  And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful
26:160  The people of Lot gave the lie to the messengers
26:161  When their brother Lot said to them: Will you not guard against evil
26:162  Surely I am a faithful messenger to you
26:163  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me
26:164  And I ask of you no reward for it; my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds
26:165  Do you come to the males from among the creatures
26:166  And leave your wives whom your Lord has created for you? Nay, you are a people exceeding limits
26:167  They said: If thou desist not, O Lot, thou wilt surely be banished
26:168  He said: Surely I abhor what you do
26:169  My Lord, deliver me and my followers from what they do
26:170  So We delivered him and his followers all
26:171  Except an old woman, among those who remained behind
26:172  Then We destroyed the others
26:173  And We rained on them a rain, and evil was the rain on those warned
26:174  Surely there is a sign in this; yet most of them believe not
26:175  And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful
26:176  The dwellers of the thicket gave the lie to the messengers
26:177  When Shu’aib said to them: Will you not guard against evil
26:178  Surely I am a faithful messenger to you
26:179  So keep your duty to Allah and obey me
26:180  And I ask of you no reward for it; my reward only with the Lord of the worlds
26:181  Give full measure and be not of those who diminish
26:182  And weigh with a true balance
26:183  And wrong not men of their dues, and act not corruptly in the earth, making mischief
26:184  And keep your duty to Him Who created you and the former generation
26:185  They said: Thou art only a deluded person
26:186  And thou art naught but a mortal like ourselves, and we deem thee to be a liar
26:187  So cause a portion of the heaven to fall on us, if thou art truthful
26:188  He said: My Lord knows best what you do
26:189  But they rejected him, so the chastisement of the day of Covering overtook them. Surely it was the chastisement of a grievous day
26:190  Surely there is a sign in this; yet most of them believe not
26:191  And surely thy Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful
26:192  And surely this is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds
26:193  The faithful Spirit has brought i
26:194  On thy heart that thou mayest be a warner
26:195  In plain Arabic language
26:196  And surely the same is in the Scriptures of the ancients
26:197  Is it not a sign to them that the learned men of the Children of Israel know it
26:198  And if We have revealed it to any of the foreigners
26:199  And he had read it to them, they would not have believed in it
26:200  Thus do We cause it to enter into the hearts of the guilty
26:201  They will not believe in it till they see the painful chastisement
26:202  So it will come to them suddenly, while they perceive not
26:203  Then they will say: Shall we be respited
26:204  Do they still seek to hasten on Our chastisement
26:205  Seest thou, if We let them enjoy themselves for years
26:206  Then that which they are promised comes to them -
26:207  That which they were made to enjoy will not avail them
26:208  And We destroyed no town but it had (its) warners -
26:209  To remind. And We are never unjust
26:210  And the devils have not brought it
26:211  And it behoves them not, nor have they the power to do (it)
26:212  Surely they are far removed from hearing it
26:213  So call not upon another god with Allah, lest thou be of those who are chastised
26:214  And warn thy nearest relations
26:215  And lower thy wing to the believers who follow thee
26:216  But if they disobey thee, say: I am clear of what you do
26:217  And rely on the Mighty, the Merciful
26:218  Who sees thee when thou standest up
26:219  And thy movements among those who prostrate themselves
26:220  Surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing
26:221  Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend
26:222  They descend upon every lying, sinful one -
26:223  They give ear, and most of them are liars
26:224  And the poets -- the deviators follow them
26:225  Seest thou not that they wander in every valley
26:226  And that they say that which they do not
26:227  Except those who believe and do good and remember Allah much, and defend themselves after they are oppressed. And they who do wrong, will know to what final place of turning they will turn back