26:1  T.S.M.

26:2  These are verses from the Clear Book (the Quran).

26:3  Perhaps you are fretting your soul away because they are not believers.

26:4  If We so wished, We might send a sign down to them from Heaven so they would bow their heads submissively before it.

26:5  No Reminder ever comes to them as a renewal from the Mercygiving except they shun it.

26:6  They have just rejected [it], so news of what they have been ridiculing will soon come to them.

26:7  Have they not looked at the earth [to see] how many generous species We have grown on it?

26:8  In that is a sign; though most of them are not believers.

26:9  Yet your Lord is the Powerful, the Merciful. (II)

26:10  So your Lord summoned Moses: "Go to the wrongdoing folk,

26:11  Pharaoh's folk! Will they not heed?"

26:12  He said: "My Lord, I fear they will reject me,

26:13  and my breast feels cramped while my tongue will not loosen up. Send for Aaron!

26:14  They have [laid] a charge against me; so I fear they will kill me."

26:15  He said; "Indeed not; let both of you go off with Our signs, We will be listening along with you.

26:16  Go to Pharaoh and say: "We are messengers from the Lord of the Universe.

26:17  Send the Children of Israel off with us!"'

26:18  He said: "Did we not rear you as a child among us and you spent several years of your life with us?

26:19  Yet you committed the deed you did: You are so ungrateful!"

26:20  He said: "I did it while I was misguided.

26:21  I fled from you (all) because I feared you. Still my Lord has bestowed discretion on me and set me up as an emissary.

26:22  Is this some favor you have shown me-that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"'

26:23  Pharaoh said: "What is the Lord of the Universe?"

26:24  He said: "The Lord of Heaven and Earth and whatever [lies] in between them, if you will be convinced."

26:25  He said to those around him: "Aren’t you listening?"

26:26  He said: "Your Lord and the Lord of your very first forefathers,"

26:27  He said: "Your messenger who has been sent to you is crazy!"

26:28  He said: "[He comes from] the Lord of the East and West, and whatever lies in between them, if you know how to reason."

26:29  He said: "If you should adopt any god besides me, I shall make you a prisoner."

26:30  He said: "Even if I bring you something obvious?"

26:31  He said: "Bring it, if you a telling the truth!"

26:32  So he cast his staff down and, it was clearly a snake!

26:33  He pulled out his hand [from his shirtfront], and, it was white to the spectators! (III)

26:34  He told the councilmen around him: "This is some clever magician

26:35  who wants to drive you out of your land through his magic. What do you order?"

26:36  They said: "Make him and his brother wait, and send recruiters out into the cities

26:37  who will bring you in every clever magician."

26:38  So the magicians were gathered for the appointment on a certain day,

26:39  and the people were told: "Are you assembling

26:40  so that we may follow the sorcerers once they have won out?"

26:41  When the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh: "Will we have payment if we are the winners?"

26:42  He said: "Yes, you will then become courtiers."

26:43  Moses told them: "Throw down whatever you are going to throw.'

26:44  So they threw their ropes and their staffs, and said: " By Pharaoh's majesty, we will be the winners!"

26:45  So Moses cast his staff and imagine, it swallowed up what they were shamming about!

26:46  The sorcerers dropped down on their knees;

26:47  they said: "We believe in the Lord of the Universe,

26:48  the Lord of Moses and Aaron!"

26:49  He said. "Have you believed in Him before I permit you to? He is your chief who has taught you magic. You will know! I'll cut your hands and feet off on opposite sides and crucify you all!"

26:50  They said: 'It won’t hurt! We will be sent home to our Lord;

26:51  we long for our Lord to forgive us our mistakes so we may be the first among believers." (IV)

26:52  We inspired Moses as follows: "Travel with My servants at night: you will be pursued!"

26:53  Pharaoh sent recruiters into the cities:

26:54  "Those are a few dissidents;

26:55  they are agitating against us.

26:56  We are completely forewarned."

26:57  Yet We drove them out of (their) gardens and springs,

26:58  treasures and a splendid position.

26:59  The same We let the Children of Israel fall heirs to.

26:60  They followed after them at sunrise.

26:61  When both groups sighted each other, Moses' companions said: "We have been overtaken!"

26:62  He (Moses) said: "Not at all! My Lord stands by me; He will guide me!"

26:63  So We inspired Moses as follows: "Strike the sea with your staff!" If opened up and each section was like a huge cliff.

26:64  We brought the others up next,

26:65  and saved Moses and all those who were with him.

26:66  Then We let the rest drown.

26:67  In that is a sign; though most of them are not believers.

26:68  Yet your Lord is the Powerful, the Merciful.

26:69  Recite Abraham's news to them

26:70  when he said to his father and his folk: "What are you worshipping?"

26:71  They said; "We worship idols, and are utterly devoted to them."

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

26:73  or benefit you or harm [you]?"

26:74  They said: "Rather we found our fathers doing so."

26:75  He said: "Have you ever seen what you have been worshipping,

26:76  you and your forefathers, the old-timers?

26:77  They are enemies of mine, except for the Lord of the Universe

26:78  Who created me. He guides me

26:79  and is the One Who feeds me and gives me something to drink.

26:80  Whenever I fall ill, He heals me;

26:81  [He is] the One Who will cause me to die, then bring me back to life [again];

26:82  the One Who I expect will forgive me my mistakes on the Day for Repayment.

26:83  "My Lord, bestow discretion on me and acquaint me with honorable men!

26:84  Grant me a truthful reputation among later men,

26:85  Grant me an inheritance in the Garden of Bliss.

26:86  Forgive my father even though he may be [considered] lost.

26:87  Do not disgrace me on the day they are raised up again,

26:88  the day when neither wealth nor children will benefit anyone

26:89  except for someone who comes to Allah (God) with a sound heart." Doomsday

26:90  The Paradise will be brought near the headful;

26:91  while Hades will appear for the straying

26:92  and they were told "Where is whatever you were worshipping

26:93  instead of Allah (God)? Will they support you, or even support themselves?

26:94  So they will be toppled into it, both they and the misguided ones,

26:95  as well as all of Diabolis' armies.

26:96  They will say while they quarrel away in it:

26:97  "By Allah (God), we were in such obvious misguidance

26:98  when we put you (all) on the same footing as the Lord of the Universe!

26:99  It has only been criminals who have led us astray;

26:100  We have no intercessors

26:101  nor any bosom friend.

26:102  If we had another chance, we would then be believers!"

26:103  In that is a sign, though most of them are not believers.

26:104  Yet your Lord is the Powerful, the Merciful. Noah

26:105  Noah's folk rejected the emissaries

26:106  when their brother Noah said to them: "Will you not do your duty?

26:107  I am a trustworthy messenger for you,

26:108  so heed Allah (God) and obey me.

26:109  I do not ask you for any payment for it; my payment only concerns the Lord of the Universe.

26:110  So heed Allah (God) and obey me!"

26:111  They said: "Are we to believe in you while the inferior people follow you?"

26:112  He said: "What knowledge do I have about what they have been doings

26:113  Their reckoning is only by my Lord, if you will only notice it!

26:114  I do not intend to drive any believers away;

26:115  I am merely a plain warner."

26:116  They said: "If you do not stop, Noah, you will become an outcast."

26:117  He said: "My Lord, my folk have rejected me!

26:118  Decide the case between me and them, and rescue me as well as any believers who may be with me!"

26:119  So We rescued him and anyone who was with him on the laden ship.

26:120  Then later on We let those who remained drown.

26:121  In that is a sign, though most of them are not believers.

26:122  Yet your Lord is the Powerful, the Merciful!

26:123  Ad rejected the emissaries

26:124  when their brother Hud said to them; "Will you not do our duty?

26:125  I am a trustworthy messenger for you,

26:126  so heed Allah (God) and obey me.

26:127  I do not ask you for any payment for it; my payment only concerns the Lord of the Universe.

26:128  "Are you building a monument on every hill just so you may fool around?

26:129  Are you setting up castles so that you may live for ever?

26:130  Whenever you assault anyone, you pounce on them like bullies.

26:131  So heed Allah (God) and obey me;

26:132  heed the One Who has furnished you with whatever you know.

26:133  He has furnished you with livestock and children,

26:134  gardens and springs.

26:135  Yet I fear the torment of a terrible day for you!"

26:136  They said: "It's all the same for us whether you lecture [us] or are not lecturing.

26:137  This is only a fabrication [made up] by primitive men;

26:138  we are not going to be punished.

26:139  They rejected him, so We wiped them out. In that is a sign; though most of them are not believers.

26:140  Yet your Lord is the Powerful, the Merciful!"

26:141  Thamud rejected the emissaries

26:142  when their brother Salih said to them: "Will you not do your duty?

26:143  I am a trustworthy messenger for you,

26:144  so heed Allah (God) and obey me.

26:145  I do not ask you for any payment for it; my payment only concerns the Lord of the Universe.

26:146  "Will you be left securely in what you have here,

26:147  among gardens and springs,

26:148  crops and date palms with slender stalks?

26:149  You skillfully hew houses out of the mountains.

26:150  Heed Allah (God) and obey me;

26:151  do not obey the order of extravagant people

26:152  who corrupt [things] on earth and never reform."

26:153  They said: "You are merely someone deluded;

26:154  you are only a human being like ourselves! Bring a sign if you are so truthful."

26:155  He said: "This is a she-camel. She has drinking rights while you have drinking rights on a fixed day.

26:156  Do not touch her so that you hurt her, lest the torment of an awful day may seize you!"

26:157  Yet they mistreated her, and one morning they felt remorseful about it.

26:158  Torment overtook them. In that is a sign, though most of them are not believers.

26:159  Yet your Lord is the Powerful, the Merciful.

26:160  Lot's folk rejected the emissaries

26:161  when their brother Lot said to them: "Will you not do your duty?

26:162  I am a trustworthy messenger [sent] to you,

26:163  so heed Allah (God) and obey me.

26:164  I do not ask you any payment for it; my payment only concerns the Lord of the Universe.

26:165  Do you approach males among [everyone in] the Universe,

26:166  and ignore any wives whom your Lord has created for you? Indeed you are such defiant folk!"

26:167  They said; "If you do not stop, Lot, you will become an exile."

26:168  He said: "I am someone who detests your behavior.

26:169  My Lord, save me and my family from what they are doing!"

26:170  So We saved him and his whole family

26:171  except for an old woman among those who stayed behind.

26:172  Then We annihilated the rest;

26:173  We sent a rain down upon them. How evil was such a rain for those who had been warned!

26:174  In that is a sign; though most of them are not believers.

26:175  Yet your Lord is the Powerful, the Merciful.

26:176  The dwellers in the Forest rejected the emissaries

26:177  when Shuayb said to them: "Will you not perform your duty?

26:178  I am a trustworthy messenger [sent] to you,

26:179  so heed Allah (God) and obey me!

26:180  I do not ask you for any payment for it; my payment only concerns the Lord of the Universe.

26:181  "Give full measure and do not cause [people] any losses.

26:182  Weigh with honest scales;

26:183  do not undersell people to cheat them of their things nor storm around the earth in order to spoil matters.

26:184  Heed Him Who created you and the character of the earliest men."

26:185  They said: "You are merely someone bewitched.

26:186  You are only a human being like ourselves, and we think you are a liar.

26:187  Let a piece fall out of the sky on us if you are so truthful."

26:188  He said: "My Lord is quite Aware of what you are doing."

26:189  So they rejected him, and the torment of a gloomy day gripped them; it was the torment of a terrible day!

26:190  In that is a sign, though most of them are not believers.

26:191  Yet your Lord is the Powerful, the Merciful!

26:192  It is a revelation from the Lord of the Universe.

26:193  The Faithful Spirit has brought it down

26:194  for your heart, so may be a warner

26:195  in a clear Arabic tongue.

26:196  It [can be found] in the Psalms of early men.

26:197  Do they not have a sign since the scholars among Children of Israel knew about it?

26:198  If We had sent it down to some outsider [of Arab]

26:199  and he had read it to them [perfecty], they would never have believed in it.

26:200  We slip it[s hate] into criminals' hearts.

26:201  They will not believe in it until they see painful torment;

26:202  it will come upon them suddenly while they least suspect it,

26:203  and so they say: "Will we be allowed to wait?"

26:204  Are they trying to hasten up Our torment?

26:205  Have you seen how We let them enjoy themselves for years,

26:206  then whatever they have been threatened with, comes to them?

26:207  Whatever they have been enjoying will never benefit them.

26:208  We never wipe out any town unless it has had its warners

26:209  to remind [it]. We have never been unfair.

26:210  The devils did not descend with it:

26:211  it does not suit them to, nor can they manage it;

26:212  they are too withdrawn to even hear it.

26:213  Do not appeal to any other deity along with Allah (God), lest you be tormented.

26:214  Warn your nearest kinfolk;

26:215  lower your [protecting] wing over any believers who may follow you.

26:216  If they opposed you, then SAY: "I am innocent of whatever doing."

26:217  Rely on the Powerful, the Merciful

26:218  Who sees you whenever you stand up [in prayer]

26:219  as well as how you move around among those who are bowing down on their knees.

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

26:221  Shall I tell you who are the ones on whom the devils descend?

26:222  They come down upon every bluffing sinner.

26:223  They even try to eavesdrop, since most of them are liars;

26:224  and poets are followed around by the bewildered.

26:225  Do you not see them staggering around in every river-valley?

26:226  They preach what they never practise,

26:227  except for those who believe and perform honorable deeds, remember Allah (God) often, and protect themselves [and believers] once they have been wronged. Those who do wrong shall know what sort of upsets they may expect to face!