26-1 : In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Ta. Sin. Mim.

26-2 : These are revelations of the scripture that maketh plain.

26-3 : It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O muhammad) because they believe not.

26-4 : If We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so that their necks would remain bowed before it.

26-5 : Never cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from the Beneficent One, but they turn away from it.

26-6 : Now they have denied (the Truth); but there will come unto them tidings of that whereat they used to scoff.

26-7 : Have they not seen the earth, how much of every fruitful kind We make to grow therein ?

26-8 : Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.

26-9 : And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

26-10 : And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk,

26-11 : The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil) ?

26-12 : He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me,

26-13 : And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me).

26-14 : And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me.

26-15 : He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We shall be with you, Hearing.

26-16 : And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the Lord of the Worlds,

26-17 : (Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us.

26-18 : (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,

26-19 : And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast one of the ingrates.

26-20 : He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray.

26-21 : 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).

26-22 : And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel.

26-23 : Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds ?

26-24 : (Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye had but sure belief.

26-25 : (Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not ?

26-26 : He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers.

26-27 : (Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you is indeed a madman!

26-28 : He said: Lord of the East and the West and all that is between them, if ye did but understand.

26-29 : (Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners.

26-30 : He said: Even though I show thee something plain ?

26-31 : (Pharaoh) said: Produce it then, if thou art of the truthful!

26-32 : Then he flung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest,

26-33 : And he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white to the beholders.

26-34 : (Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo! this is verily a knowing wizard,

26-35 : Who would drive you out of your land by his magic. Now what counsel ye ?

26-36 : They said: Put him off, (him) and his brother, and send into the cities summoners

26-37 : Who shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard.

26-38 : So the wizards were gathered together at a set time on a day appointed.

26-39 : And it was said unto the people: Are ye (also) gathering ?

26-40 : (They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners.

26-41 : And when the wizards came they said unto Pharaoh: Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners ?

26-42 : He said: Aye, and ye will then surely be of those brought near (to me).

26-43 : Moses said unto them: Throw what ye are going to throw!

26-44 : Then they threw down their cords and their staves and said: By Pharaoh's might, lo! we verily are the winners.

26-45 : Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which they did falsely show.

26-46 : And the wizards were flung prostrate,

26-47 : Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,

26-48 : The Lord of Moses and Aaron.

26-49 : (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.

26-50 : They said: It is no hurt, for lo! unto our Lord we shall return.

26-51 : Lo! we ardently hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we are the first of the believers.

26-52 : And We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night, for ye will be pursued.

26-53 : Then Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners,

26-54 : (Who said): Lo! these indeed are but a little troop,

26-55 : And lo! they are offenders against us.

26-56 : And lo! we are a ready host.

26-57 : Thus did We take them away from gardens and watersprings,

26-58 : And treasures and a fair estate.

26-59 : Thus (were those things taken from them) and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit them.

26-60 : And they overtook them at sunrise.

26-61 : And when the two hosts saw each other, those with Moses said: Lo! we are indeed caught.

26-62 : He said: Nay, verily! for lo! my Lord is with me. He will guide me.

26-63 : Then We inspired Moses, saying: Smite the sea with thy staff. And it parted, and each part was as a mountain vast.

26-64 : Then brought We near the others to that place.

26-65 : And We saved Moses and those with him, every one;

26-66 : And We drowned the others.

26-67 : Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

26-68 : And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

26-69 : Recite unto them the story of Abraham:

26-70 : When he said unto his father and his folk: What worship ye ?

26-71 : They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them.

26-72 : He said: Do they hear you when ye cry ?

26-73 : Or do they benefit or harm you ?

26-74 : They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise.

26-75 : He said: See now that which ye worship,

26-76 : Ye and your forefathers!

26-77 : Lo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the Worlds,

26-78 : Who created me, and He doth guide me,

26-79 : And Who feedeth me and watereth me.

26-80 : And when I sicken, then He healeth me,

26-81 : And Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life (again),

26-82 : And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment.

26-83 : My Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous.

26-84 : And give unto me a good report in later generations.

26-85 : And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight,

26-86 : And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err.

26-87 : And abase me not on the day when they are raised,

26-88 : The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)

26-89 : Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart.

26-90 : And the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off (evil).

26-91 : And hell will appear plainly to the erring.

26-92 : And it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to worship

26-93 : Instead of Allah ? Can they help you or help themselves ?

26-94 : Then will they be hurled therein, they and the seducers

26-95 : And the hosts of Iblis, together.

26-96 : And they will say, when they are quarrelling therein:

26-97 : By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest

26-98 : When we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.

26-99 : It was but the guilty who misled us.

26-100 : Now we have no intercessors

26-101 : Nor any loving friend.

26-102 : Oh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of the believers!

26-103 : Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers!

26-104 : And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

26-105 : Noah's folk denied the messengers (of Allah),

26-106 : When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil) ?

26-107 : Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

26-108 : So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

26-109 : And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

26-110 : So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

26-111 : They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee ?

26-112 : He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past) ?

26-113 : Lo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew;

26-114 : And I am not (here) to repulse believers.

26-115 : I am only a plain warner.

26-116 : They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death).

26-117 : He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me.

26-118 : Therefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and save me and those believers who are with me.

26-119 : And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.

26-120 : Then afterward We drowned the others.

26-121 : Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

26-122 : And lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

26-123 : (The tribe of) A'ad denied the messengers (of Allah).

26-124 : When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil) ?

26-125 : Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

26-126 : So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

26-127 : And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

26-128 : Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight ?

26-129 : And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever ?

26-130 : And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants ?

26-131 : Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

26-132 : Keep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know,

26-133 : Hath aided you with cattle and sons.

26-134 : And gardens and watersprings.

26-135 : Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day.

26-136 : They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach;

26-137 : This is but a fable of the men of old,

26-138 : And we shall not be doomed.

26-139 : And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

26-140 : And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

26-141 : (The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)

26-142 : When their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil) ?

26-143 : Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

26-144 : So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

26-145 : And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

26-146 : Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us,

26-147 : In gardens and watersprings.

26-148 : And tilled fields and heavy - sheathed palm - trees,

26-149 : Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful ?

26-150 : Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,

26-151 : And obey not the command of the prodigal,

26-152 : Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.

26-153 : They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;

26-154 : Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful.

26-155 : 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.

26-156 : And touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day.

26-157 : But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.

26-158 : So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

26-159 : And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

26-160 : The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),

26-161 : When their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil) ?

26-162 : Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

26-163 : So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

26-164 : And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

26-165 : What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males,

26-166 : And leave the wives your Lord created for you ? Nay, but ye are froward folk.

26-167 : They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the outcast.

26-168 : He said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct.

26-169 : My Lord! Save me and my household from what they do.

26-170 : So We saved him and his household, every one,

26-171 : Save an old woman among those who stayed behind.

26-172 : Then afterward We destroyed the others.

26-173 : And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.

26-174 : Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

26-175 : And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

26-176 : The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah),

26-177 : When Shu'eyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil) ?

26-178 : Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

26-179 : So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

26-180 : And I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

26-181 : Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due).

26-182 : And weigh with the true balance.

26-183 : Wrong not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth.

26-184 : And keep your duty unto Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old.

26-185 : They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;

26-186 : Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.

26-187 : Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of the truthful.

26-188 : He said: My Lord is Best Aware of what ye do.

26-189 : 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.

26-190 : Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.

26-191 : And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

26-192 : And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds,

26-193 : Which the True Spirit hath brought down

26-194 : Upon thy heart, that thou mayst be (one) of the warners,

26-195 : In plain Arabic speech.

26-196 : And lo! it is in the scriptures of the men of old.

26-197 : Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel know it ?

26-198 : And if We had revealed it unto one of any other nation than the Arabs,

26-199 : And he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in it.

26-200 : Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty.

26-201 : They will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom,

26-202 : So that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not.

26-203 : Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved ?

26-204 : Would they (now) hasten on Our doom ?

26-205 : Hast thou then seen, if We content them for (long) years,

26-206 : And then cometh that which they were promised,

26-207 : (How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them ?

26-208 : And We destroyed no township but it had its warners

26-209 : For reminder, for We never were oppressors.

26-210 : The devils did not bring it down.

26-211 : It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power,

26-212 : Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing.

26-213 : Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the doomed.

26-214 : And warn thy tribe of near kindred,

26-215 : And lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who follow thee.

26-216 : And if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say: Lo! I am innocent of what they do.

26-217 : And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.

26-218 : Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)

26-219 : And (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in worship).

26-220 : Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower.

26-221 : Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend ?

26-222 : They descend on every sinful, false one.

26-223 : They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.

26-224 : As for poets, the erring follow them.

26-225 : Hast thou not seen how they stray in every valley,

26-226 : And how they say that which they do not ?

26-227 : 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!