Surah Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets)
Meccan · 227 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.
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Verses
طسٓمٓ
Ta. Sin. Mim
26:1تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ
These are revelations of the Scripture that maketh plain
26:2لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٞ نَّفۡسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ
It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O Muhammad) because they believe not
26:3إِن نَّشَأۡ نُنَزِّلۡ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةٗ فَظَلَّتۡ أَعۡنَٰقُهُمۡ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ
If We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so that their necks would remain bowed before it
26:4وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرٖ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مُحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ عَنۡهُ مُعۡرِضِينَ
Never cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from the Beneficent One, but they turn away from it
26:5فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُواْ فَسَيَأۡتِيهِمۡ أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُاْ مَا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ
Now they have denied (the Truth); but there will come unto them tidings of that whereat they used to scoff
26:6أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَمۡ أَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجٖ كَرِيمٍ
Have they not seen the earth, how much of every fruitful kind We make to grow therein
26:7إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers
26:8وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful
26:9وَإِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئۡتِ ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk
26:10قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ
The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil)
26:11قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ
He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me
26:12وَيَضِيقُ صَدۡرِي وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرۡسِلۡ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ
And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me)
26:13وَلَهُمۡ عَلَيَّ ذَنۢبٞ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقۡتُلُونِ
And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me
26:14قَالَ كَلَّاۖ فَٱذۡهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسۡتَمِعُونَ
He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We shall be with you, Hearing
26:15فَأۡتِيَا فِرۡعَوۡنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the Lord of the Worlds
26:16أَنۡ أَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ
(Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us
26:17قَالَ أَلَمۡ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدٗا وَلَبِثۡتَ فِينَا مِنۡ 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
26:18وَفَعَلۡتَ فَعۡلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلۡتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast one of the ingrates
26:19قَالَ فَعَلۡتُهَآ إِذٗا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray
26:20فَفَرَرۡتُ مِنكُمۡ لَمَّا خِفۡتُكُمۡ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكۡمٗا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
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)
26:21وَتِلۡكَ نِعۡمَةٞ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنۡ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ
And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel
26:22قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds
26:23قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
(Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye had but sure belief
26:24قَالَ لِمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسۡتَمِعُونَ
(Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not
26:25قَالَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers
26:26قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أُرۡسِلَ إِلَيۡكُمۡ لَمَجۡنُونٞ
(Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you is indeed a madman
26:27قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ
He said: Lord of the East and the West and all that is between them, if ye did but understand
26:28قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذۡتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيۡرِي لَأَجۡعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجُونِينَ
(Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners
26:29قَالَ أَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكَ بِشَيۡءٖ مُّبِينٖ
He said: Even though I show thee something plain
26:30قَالَ فَأۡتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
(Pharaoh) said: Produce it then, if thou art of the truthful
26:31فَأَلۡقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعۡبَانٞ مُّبِينٞ
Then he flung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest
26:32وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيۡضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ
And he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white to the beholders
26:33قَالَ لِلۡمَلَإِ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٞ
(Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo! this is verily a knowing wizard
26:34يُرِيدُ أَن يُخۡرِجَكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِكُم بِسِحۡرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأۡمُرُونَ
Who would drive you out of your land by his magic. Now what counsel ye
26:35قَالُوٓاْ أَرۡجِهۡ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبۡعَثۡ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ
They said: Put him off, (him) and his brother, and send into the cities summoners
26:36يَأۡتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٖ
Who shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard
26:37فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ
So the wizards were gathered together at a set time on a day appointed
26:38وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّجۡتَمِعُونَ
And it was said unto the people: Are ye (also) gathering
26:39لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ
(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners
26:40فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُواْ لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجۡرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ
And when the wizards came they said unto Pharaoh: Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners
26:41قَالَ نَعَمۡ وَإِنَّكُمۡ إِذٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ
He said: Aye, and ye will then surely be of those brought near (to me)
26:42قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلۡقُواْ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلۡقُونَ
Moses said unto them: Throw what ye are going to throw
26:43فَأَلۡقَوۡاْ حِبَالَهُمۡ وَعِصِيَّهُمۡ وَقَالُواْ بِعِزَّةِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ
Then they threw down their cords and their staves and said: By Pharaoh's might, lo! we verily are the winners
26:44فَأَلۡقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا يَأۡفِكُونَ
Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which they did falsely show
26:45فَأُلۡقِيَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ
And the wizards were flung prostrate
26:46قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds
26:47رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ
The Lord of Moses and Aaron
26:48قَالَ ءَامَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ قَبۡلَ أَنۡ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحۡرَ فَلَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيۡدِيَكُمۡ وَأَرۡجُلَكُم مِّنۡ خِلَٰفٖ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ
(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 every one
26:49قَالُواْ لَا ضَيۡرَۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ
They said: It is no hurt, for lo! unto our Lord we shall return
26:50إِنَّا نَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
Lo! we ardently hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we are the first of the believers
26:51۞وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِيٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
And We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night, for ye will be pursued
26:52فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ
Then Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners
26:53إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةٞ قَلِيلُونَ
(Who said): Lo! these indeed are but a little troop
26:54وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ
And lo! they are offenders against us
26:55وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ
And lo! we are a ready host
26:56فَأَخۡرَجۡنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ
Thus did We take them away from gardens and watersprings
26:57وَكُنُوزٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ
And treasures and a fair estate
26:58كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ
Thus (were those things taken from them) and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit them
26:59فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِينَ
And they overtook them at sunrise
26:60فَلَمَّا تَرَـٰٓءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ
And when the two hosts saw each other, those with Moses said: Lo! we are indeed caught
26:61قَالَ كَلَّآۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ
He said: Nay, verily! for lo! my Lord is with me. He will guide me
26:62فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرۡقٖ كَٱلطَّوۡدِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
Then We inspired Moses, saying: Smite the sea with thy staff. And it parted, and each part was as a mountain vast
26:63وَأَزۡلَفۡنَا ثَمَّ ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ
Then brought We near the others to that place
26:64وَأَنجَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ
And We saved Moses and those with him, every one
26:65ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ
And We drowned the others
26:66إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers
26:67وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful
26:68وَٱتۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ
Recite unto them the story of Abraham
26:69إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ
When he said unto his father and his folk: What worship ye
26:70قَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامٗا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ
They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them
26:71قَالَ هَلۡ يَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ
He said: Do they hear you when ye cry
26:72أَوۡ يَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَضُرُّونَ
Or do they benefit or harm you
26:73قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ
They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise
26:74قَالَ أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ
He said: See now that which ye worship
26:75أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ
Ye and your forefathers
26:76فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوّٞ لِّيٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Lo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the Worlds
26:77ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهۡدِينِ
Who created me, and He doth guide me
26:78وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطۡعِمُنِي وَيَسۡقِينِ
And Who feedeth me and watereth me
26:79وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ يَشۡفِينِ
And when I sicken, then He healeth me
26:80وَٱلَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحۡيِينِ
And Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life (again)
26:81وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لِي خَطِيٓـَٔتِي يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ
And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment
26:82رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي حُكۡمٗا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِي بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
My Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous
26:83وَٱجۡعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدۡقٖ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
And give unto me a good report in later generations
26:84وَٱجۡعَلۡنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight
26:85وَٱغۡفِرۡ لِأَبِيٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err
26:86وَلَا تُخۡزِنِي يَوۡمَ يُبۡعَثُونَ
And abase me not on the day when they are raised
26:87يَوۡمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٞ وَلَا بَنُونَ
The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)
26:88إِلَّا مَنۡ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلۡبٖ سَلِيمٖ
Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart
26:89وَأُزۡلِفَتِ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ
And the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off (evil)
26:90وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِلۡغَاوِينَ
And hell will appear plainly to the erring
26:91وَقِيلَ لَهُمۡ أَيۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ
And it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to worship
26:92مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلۡ يَنصُرُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَنتَصِرُونَ
Instead of Allah? Can they help you or help themselves
26:93فَكُبۡكِبُواْ فِيهَا هُمۡ وَٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ
Then will they be hurled therein, they and the seducers
26:94وَجُنُودُ إِبۡلِيسَ أَجۡمَعُونَ
And the hosts of Iblis, together
26:95قَالُواْ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا يَخۡتَصِمُونَ
And they will say, when they are quarrelling therein
26:96تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ
By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest
26:97إِذۡ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
When we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds
26:98وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ
It was but the guilty who misled us
26:99فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ
Now we have no intercessors
26:100وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٖ
Nor any loving friend
26:101فَلَوۡ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةٗ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
Oh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of the believers
26:102إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers
26:103وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful
26:104كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
Noah's folk denied the messengers (of Allah)
26:105إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)
26:106إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you
26:107فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me
26:108وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds
26:109فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me
26:110۞قَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ
They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee
26:111قَالَ وَمَا عِلۡمِي بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ
He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past)
26:112إِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّيۖ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُونَ
Lo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew
26:113وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
And I am not (here) to repulse believers
26:114إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ
I am only a plain warner
26:115قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَرۡجُومِينَ
They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death)
26:116قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِي كَذَّبُونِ
He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me
26:117فَٱفۡتَحۡ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحٗا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِيَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
Therefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and save me and those believers who are with me
26:118فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ
And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship
26:119ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا بَعۡدُ ٱلۡبَاقِينَ
Then afterward We drowned the others
26:120إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers
26:121وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful
26:122كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٌ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
(The tribe of) A'ad denied the messengers (of Allah)
26:123إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)
26:124إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you
26:125فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me
26:126وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds
26:127أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةٗ تَعۡبَثُونَ
Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight
26:128وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُونَ
And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever
26:129وَإِذَا بَطَشۡتُم بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِينَ
And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants
26:130فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me
26:131وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعۡلَمُونَ
Keep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know
26:132أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنۡعَٰمٖ وَبَنِينَ
Hath aided you with cattle and sons
26:133وَجَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ
And gardens and watersprings
26:134إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ
Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day
26:135قَالُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡنَآ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَٰعِظِينَ
They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach
26:136إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
This is but a fable of the men of old
26:137وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
And we shall not be doomed
26:138فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers
26:139وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful
26:140كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
(The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)
26:141إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
When their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)
26:142إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you
26:143فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me
26:144وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds
26:145أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ
Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us
26:146فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ
In gardens and watersprings
26:147وَزُرُوعٖ وَنَخۡلٖ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِيمٞ
And tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees
26:148وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتٗا فَٰرِهِينَ
Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful
26:149فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me
26:150وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
And obey not the command of the prodigal
26:151ٱلَّذِينَ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ
Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not
26:152قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ
They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched
26:153مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful
26:154قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٞ لَّهَا شِرۡبٞ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ
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
26:155وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ
And touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day
26:156فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَٰدِمِينَ
But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent
26:157فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers
26:158وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful
26:159كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah)
26:160إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
When their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)
26:161إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you
26:162فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me
26:163وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds
26:164أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males
26:165وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِكُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عَادُونَ
And leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are froward folk
26:166قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِينَ
They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the outcast
26:167قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَالِينَ
He said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct
26:168رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهۡلِي مِمَّا يَعۡمَلُونَ
My Lord! Save me and my household from what they do
26:169فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ
So We saved him and his household, every one
26:170إِلَّا عَجُوزٗا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ
Save an old woman among those who stayed behind
26:171ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ
Then afterward We destroyed the others
26:172وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرٗاۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ
And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned
26:173إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers
26:174وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful
26:175كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah)
26:176إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
When Shu'eyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)
26:177إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you
26:178فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me
26:179وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
And I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds
26:180۞أَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِينَ
Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due)
26:181وَزِنُواْ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِ
And weigh with the true balance
26:182وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ
Wrong not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth
26:183وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
And keep your duty unto Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old
26:184قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ
They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched
26:185وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ
Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars
26:186فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of the truthful
26:187قَالَ رَبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ
He said: My Lord is Best Aware of what ye do
26:188فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ 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
26:189إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers
26:190وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful
26:191وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds
26:192نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِينُ
Which the True Spirit hath brought down
26:193عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ
Upon thy heart, that thou mayst be (one) of the warners
26:194بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيّٖ مُّبِينٖ
In plain Arabic speech
26:195وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِي زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
And lo! it is in the Scriptures of the men of old
26:196أَوَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُمۡ ءَايَةً أَن يَعۡلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَـٰٓؤُاْ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ
Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel know it
26:197وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَعۡجَمِينَ
And if We had revealed it unto one of any other nation than the Arabs
26:198فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِينَ
And he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in it
26:199كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَٰهُ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty
26:200لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ
They will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom
26:201فَيَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ
So that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not
26:202فَيَقُولُواْ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ
Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved
26:203أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ
Would they (now) hasten on Our doom
26:204أَفَرَءَيۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ سِنِينَ
Hast thou then seen, if We content them for (long) years
26:205ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ
And then cometh that which they were promised
26:206مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُمَتَّعُونَ
(How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them
26:207وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ
And We destroyed no township but it had its warners
26:208ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
For reminder, for We never were oppressors
26:209وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ
The devils did not bring it down
26:210وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُمۡ وَمَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ
It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power
26:211إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ
Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing
26:212فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِينَ
Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the doomed
26:213وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ
And warn thy tribe of near kindred
26:214وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
And lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who follow thee
26:215فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ
And if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say: Lo! I am innocent of what they do
26:216وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful
26:217ٱلَّذِي يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)
26:218وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ
And (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in worship)
26:219إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ
Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower
26:220هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ
Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend
26:221تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ
They descend on every sinful, false one
26:222يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ
They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars
26:223وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ
As for poets, the erring follow them
26:224أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي كُلِّ وَادٖ يَهِيمُونَ
Hast thou not seen how they stray in every valley
26:225وَأَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفۡعَلُونَ
And how they say that which they do not
26:226إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا وَٱنتَصَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْۗ وَسَيَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٖ 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
Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani (public domain). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, “The Meaning of the Glorious Koran” (1930) — public domain.
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