26. Ash-Shu’arâ : The Poets
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
طسم
Ta. Sin. Mim.
26:1
تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ
These are revelations of the Scripture that maketh plain.
26:2
لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ
It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O Muhammad) because they believe not.
26:3
إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّن السَّمَاء آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ
If We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so that their necks would remain bowed before it.
26:4
وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ
Never cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from the Beneficent One, but they turn away from it.
26:5
فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنبَاء مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُون
Now they have denied (the Truth); but there will come unto them tidings of that whereat they used to scoff.
26:6
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ
Have they not seen the earth, how much of every fruitful kind We make to grow therein?
26:7
إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.
26:8
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
26:9
وَإِذْ نَادَى رَبُّكَ مُوسَى أَنِ ائْتِ الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ
And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk,
26:10
قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ
The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil)?
26:11
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ
He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me,
26:12
وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِي وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَى هَارُونَ
And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me).
26:13
وَلَهُمْ عَلَيَّ ذَنبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ
And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me.
26:14
قَالَ كَلَّا فَاذْهَبَا بِآيَاتِنَا إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ
He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We shall be with you, Hearing.
26:15
فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَا إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the Lord of the Worlds,
26:16
أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
(Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with Us.
26:17
قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ
(Pharaoh) said (unto Moses): Did we not rear thee among us as a child? And thou didst dwell many years of thy life among us,
26:18
وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِي فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ
And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast one of the ingrates,
26:19
قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذًا وَأَنَا مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ
He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray.
26:20
فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
Then I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord vouchsafed me a command and appointed me (of the number) of those sent (by Him).
26:21
وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
And this is the past favor wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel.
26:22
قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds?
26:23
قَالَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
(Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye had but sure belief.
26:24
قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ
(Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not?
26:25
قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers.
26:26
قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ الَّذِي أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ
(Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you is indeed a madman!
26:27
قَالَ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
He said: Lord of the East and the West and all that is between them, if ye did but understand.
26:28
قَالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذْتَ إِلَهًا غَيْرِي لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُونِينَ
(Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners.
26:29
قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَيْءٍ مُّبِينٍ
He said: Even though I show thee something plain?
26:30
قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
(Pharaoh) said: Produce it then, if thou art of the truthful!
26:31
فَأَلْقَى عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ
Then he Sung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest,
26:32
وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاء لِلنَّاظِرِينَ
And he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white to the beholders.
26:33
قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ
(Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo, this is verily a knowing wizard,
26:34
يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ
Who would drive you out of your land by his magic. Now what counsel ye?
26:35
قَالُوا أَرْجِهِ وَأَخَاهُ وَابْعَثْ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ
They said: Put him off, (him) and his brother, and send them into the cities summoners
26:36
يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ
Who shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard.
26:37
فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
So the wizards were gathered together at a set time on a day appointed.
26:38
وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ
And it was said unto the people: Are ye (also) gathering?
26:39
لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ
(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners.
26:40
فَلَمَّا جَاء السَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ
And when the wizards came they said unto Pharaoh: Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners?
26:41
قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ
He said: Aye, and ye will then surely be of those brought near (to me).
26:42
قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَى أَلْقُوا مَا أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ
Moses said unto them: Throw what ye are going to throw!
26:43
فَأَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَالِبُونَ
Then they threw down their cords and their staves and said: By Pharaoh’s might, lo! we verily are the winners.
26:44
فَأَلْقَى مُوسَى عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which they did falsely show.
26:45
فَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ
And the wizards were flung prostrate,
26:46
قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
26:47
رَبِّ مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ
The Lord of Moses and Aaron.
26:48
قَالَ آمَنتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
(Pharaoh) said, Ye put your faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he doubtless is your chief who taught you magic! But verily ye shall come to know. Verily I will cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and verily I will crucify you everyone.
26:49
قَالُوا لَا ضَيْرَ إِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ
They said: It is no hurt, for lo! unto our Lord we shall return.
26:50
إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَايَانَا أَن كُنَّا أَوَّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Lo! we ardently hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we are the first of the believers.
26:51
وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
And We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night, for ye will be pursued.
26:52
فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ
Then Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners,
26:53
إِنَّ هَؤُلَاء لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ
(Who said): Lo! these indeed are but a little troop,
26:54
وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَائِظُونَ
And lo! they are offenders against us.
26:55
وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَاذِرُونَ
And lo! we are a ready host.
26:56
فَأَخْرَجْنَاهُم مِّن جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Thus did We take them away from gardens and water springs,
26:57
وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
And treasures and a fair estate.
26:58
كَذَلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
Thus (were those things taken from them) and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit them.
26:59
فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ
And they overtook them at sunrise.
26:60
فَلَمَّا تَرَاءى الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَى إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ
And when the two hosts saw each other, those with Moses said: Lo! we are indeed caught.
26:61
قَالَ كَلَّا إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ
He said: Nay, verily! for lo! my Lord is with me. He will guide me.
26:62
فَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى أَنِ اضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَ فَانفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظِيمِ
Then We inspired Moses, saying: Smite the sea with thy staff. And it parted, and each part was as a mountain vast.
26:63
وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ الْآخَرِينَ
Then brought We near the others to that place.
26:64
وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَى وَمَن مَّعَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ
And We saved Moses and those with him, every one;
26:65
ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا الْآخَرِينَ
We drowned the others.
26:66
إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
26:67
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
26:68
وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ
Recite unto them the story of Abraham:
26:69
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
When he said unto his father and his folk: What worship ye?
26:70
قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَاكِفِينَ
They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them.
26:71
قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ
He said: Do they hear you when ye cry?
26:72
أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ
Or do they benefit or harm you?
26:73
قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءنَا كَذَلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this use.
26:74
قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ
He said: See now that which ye worship,
26:75
أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمُ الْأَقْدَمُونَ
Ye and your forefathers!
26:76
فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّي إِلَّا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Lo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the Worlds.
26:77
الَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ
Who created me, and He doth guide me,
26:78
وَالَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ
And Who feedeth me and watereth me.
26:79
وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ
And when I sicken, then He healeth me,
26:80
وَالَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ
And Who causeth me to die, the giveth me life (again),
26:81
وَالَّذِي أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ
And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgement.
26:82
رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ
My Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous.
26:83
وَاجْعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ
And give unto me a good report in later generations.
26:84
وَاجْعَلْنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ
And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight,
26:85
وَاغْفِرْ لِأَبِي إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ
And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err.
26:86
وَلَا تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ
And abase me not on the day when they are raised,
26:87
يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ
The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)
26:88
إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ
Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart.
26:89
وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
And the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off (evil).
26:90
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ
And hell will appear plainly to the erring.
26:91
وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ
And it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to worship
26:92
مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ
Instead of Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?
26:93
فَكُبْكِبُوا فِيهَا هُمْ وَالْغَاوُونَ
Then they will be hurled therein, they and the seducers
26:94
وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ
And the hosts of Iblis, together.
26:95
قَالُوا وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ
And they will say, when they are quarrelling therein:
26:96
تَاللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ
By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest
26:97
إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
When we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.
26:98
وَمَا أَضَلَّنَا إِلَّا الْمُجْرِمُونَ
It was but the guilty who misled us.
26:99
فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَافِعِينَ
Now we have no intercessors
26:100
وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ
Nor any loving friend.
26:101
فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Oh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of the believers!
26:102
إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers!
26:103
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
And lo, thy Lord! He is Indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
26:104
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
Noah’s folk denied the messengers (of Allah),
26:105
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
26:106
إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
26:107
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
26:108
وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
26:109
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
26:110
قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ
They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee?
26:111
قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past)?
26:112
إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّي لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ
Lo! their reckoning is my Lord’s concern, if ye but knew;
26:113
وَمَا أَنَا بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And I am not (here) to repulse believers.
26:114
إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
I am only a plain warner.
26:115
قَالُوا لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ
They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death).
26:116
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي كَذَّبُونِ
He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me.
26:117
فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِي مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Therefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and save me and those believers who are with me.
26:118
فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ
And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.
26:119
ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَاقِينَ
Then afterward We drowned the others.
26:120
إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
26:121
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
And lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
26:122
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
(The tribe of) Aad denied the messengers (of Allah),
26:123
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
26:124
إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
26:125
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
26:126
وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
26:127
أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ
Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight?
26:128
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ
And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever?
26:129
وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ
And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants?
26:130
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
26:131
وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Keep your duty toward Him who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know,
26:132
أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ
Hath aided you with cattle and sons.
26:133
وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
And gardens and watersprings.
26:134
إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day.
26:135
قَالُوا سَوَاء عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ
They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach;
26:136
إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
This is but a fable of the men of old,
26:137
وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
And we shall not be doomed.
26:138
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
26:139
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
26:140
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
(The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)
26:141
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَالِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
When their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
26:142
إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
26:143
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
26:144
وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
26:145
أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَاهُنَا آمِنِينَ
Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us,
26:146
فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
In gardens and watersprings
26:147
وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ
And tilled fields and heavy sheathed palm trees,
26:148
وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَارِهِينَ
Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful?
26:149
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,
26:150
وَلَا تُطِيعُوا أَمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ
And obey not the command of the prodigal,
26:151
الَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ
Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.
26:152
قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ
They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
26:153
مَا أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِآيَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful.
26:154
قَالَ هَذِهِ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
He said: (Behold) this she camel. She hath the right to drink (at the well), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an appointed day.
26:155
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
And touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day.
26:156
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا نَادِمِينَ
But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.
26:157
فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
26:158
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
26:159
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),
26:160
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
When their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
26:161
إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
26:162
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
26:163
وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
26:164
أَتَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ
What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males,
26:165
وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُم بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ
And leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are froward folk.
26:166
قَالُوا لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَا لُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَجِينَ
They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the outcast.
26:167
قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ الْقَالِينَ
He said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct.
26:168
رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ
My Lord! Save me and my household from what they do.
26:169
فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ
So We saved him and his household, every one,
26:170
إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ
Save an old woman among those who stayed behind.
26:171
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْآخَرِينَ
Then afterward We destroyed the others.
26:172
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَسَاء مَطَرُ الْمُنذَرِينَ
And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.
26:173
إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
26:174
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
26:175
كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah),
26:176
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
When Shueyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
26:177
إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
26:178
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
26:179
وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
And I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
26:180
أَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِينَ
Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due).
26:181
وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ
And weigh with the true balance.
26:182
وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
Wring not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth.
26:183
وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الْأَوَّلِينَ
And keep your duty unto Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old.
26:184
قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ
They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
26:185
وَمَا أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ
Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.
26:186
فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ السَّمَاء إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of the truthful.
26:187
قَالَ رَبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
He said: My Lord is best aware of what ye do.
26:188
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
But they denied him, so there came on them the retribution of the day of gloom. Lo! it was the retribution of an awful day.
26:189
إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.
26:190
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
26:191
وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds,
26:192
نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ
Which the True Spirit hath brought down
26:193
عَلَى قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنذِرِينَ
Upon thy heart, that thou mayest be (one) of the warners,
26:194
بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِينٍ
In plain Arabic speech.
26:195
وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ
And lo, it is in the Scriptures of the men of old.
26:196
أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ آيَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاء بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel know it?
26:197
وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَى بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ
And if We had revealed it unto one of any other nation than the Arabs,
26:198
فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ
And he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in it.
26:199
كَذَلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty.
26:200
لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ حَتَّى يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ
They will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom,
26:201
فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
So that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not.
26:202
فَيَقُولُوا هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ
Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved?
26:203
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
Would they (now) hasten on Our doom?
26:204
أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ
Hast thou then seen, We content them for (long) years,
26:205
ثُمَّ جَاءهُم مَّا كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ
And then cometh that which they were promised,
26:206
مَا أَغْنَى عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يُمَتَّعُونَ
(How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them?
26:207
وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ
And We destroyed no township but it had its warners
26:208
ذِكْرَى وَمَا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
For reminder, for We never were oppressors.
26:209
وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيَاطِينُ
The devils did not bring it down.
26:210
وَمَا يَنبَغِي لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power,
26:211
إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ
Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing.
26:212
فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ
Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the doomed.
26:213
وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ
And warn thy tribe of near kindred,
26:214
وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who follow thee.
26:215
فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
And if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say: Lo! I am innocent of what they do.
26:216
وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ
And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.
26:217
الَّذِي يَرَاكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)
26:218
وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السَّاجِدِينَ
And (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in worship).
26:219
إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower.
26:220
هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَى مَن تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيَاطِينُ
Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
26:221
تَنَزَّلُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ
They descend on every sinful, false one.
26:222
يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ
They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.
26:223
وَالشُّعَرَاء يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ
As for poets, the erring follow them.
26:224
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ
Hast thou not seen how they stray in every valley,
26:225
وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ
And how they say that which they do not?
26:226
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيراً وَانتَصَرُوا مِن بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ
Save those who believe and do good works, and remember Allah much, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. Those who do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be overturned!
26:227
Islamist is the secret of my life 