1. Ta-Ha.
2. We have not sent down the
Qur'an to thee to be (an
occasion) for thy distress,
3. But only as an admonition to
those who fear ((Allah)),-
4. A revelation from Him Who
created the earth and the
heavens on high.
5. ((Allah)) Most Gracious is
firmly established on the throne
(of authority).
6. To Him belongs what is in the
heavens and on earth, and all
between them, and all beneath
the soil.
7. If thou pronounce the word
aloud, (it is no matter): for
verily He knoweth what is secret
and what is yet more hidden.
8. Allah. there is no god but
He! To Him belong the most
Beautiful Names.
9. Has the story of Moses
reached thee?
10. Behold, he saw a fire: So he
said to his family, "Tarry ye; I
perceive a fire; perhaps I can
bring you some burning brand
therefrom, or find some guidance
at the fire."
11. But when he came to the
fire, a voice was heard: "O
Moses!
12. "Verily I am thy Lord!
therefore (in My presence) put
off thy shoes: thou art in the
sacred valley Tuwa.
13. "I have chosen thee: listen,
then, to the inspiration (sent
to thee).
14. "Verily, I am Allah. There
is no god but I: So serve thou
Me (only), and establish regular
prayer for celebrating My
praise.
15. "Verily the Hour is coming -
My design is to keep it hidden -
for every soul to receive its
reward by the measure of its
Endeavour.
16. "Therefore let not such as
believe not therein but follow
their own lusts, divert thee
therefrom, lest thou perish!"..
17. "And what is that in the
right hand, O Moses?"
18. He said, "It is my rod: on
it I lean; with it I beat down
fodder for my flocks; and in it
I find other uses."
19. ((Allah)) said, "Throw it, O
Moses!"
20. He threw it, and behold! It
was a snake, active in motion.
21. ((Allah)) said, "Seize it,
and fear not: We shall return it
at once to its former
condition"..
22. "Now draw thy hand close to
thy side: It shall come forth
white (and shining), without
harm (or stain),- as another
Sign,-
23. "In order that We may show
thee (two) of our Greater Signs.
24. "Go thou to Pharaoh, for he
has indeed transgressed all
bounds."
25. (Moses) said: "O my Lord!
expand me my breast;
26. "Ease my task for me;
27. "And remove the impediment
from my speech,
28. "So they may understand what
I say:
29. "And give me a Minister from
my family,
30. "Aaron, my brother;
31. "Add to my strength through
him,
32. "And make him share my task:
33. "That we may celebrate Thy
praise without stint,
34. "And remember Thee without
stint:
35. "For Thou art He that (ever)
regardeth us."
36. ((Allah)) said: "Granted is
thy prayer, O Moses!"
37. "And indeed We conferred a
favour on thee another time
(before).
38. "Behold! We sent to thy
mother, by inspiration, the
message:
39. "'Throw (the child) into the
chest, and throw (the chest)
into the river: the river will
cast him up on the bank, and he
will be taken up by one who is
an enemy to Me and an enemy to
him': But I cast (the garment
of) love over thee from Me: and
(this) in order that thou mayest
be reared under Mine eye.
40. "Behold! thy sister goeth
forth and saith, 'shall I show
you one who will nurse and rear
the (child)?' So We brought thee
back to thy mother, that her eye
might be cooled and she should
not grieve. Then thou didst slay
a man, but We saved thee from
trouble, and We tried thee in
various ways. Then didst thou
tarry a number of years with the
people of Midian. Then didst
thou come hither as ordained, O
Moses!
41. "And I have prepared thee
for Myself (for service)"..
42. "Go, thou and thy brother,
with My Signs, and slacken not,
either of you, in keeping Me in
remembrance.
43. "Go, both of you, to
Pharaoh, for he has indeed
transgressed all bounds;
44. "But speak to him mildly;
perchance he may take warning or
fear ((Allah))."
45. They (Moses and Aaron) said:
"Our Lord! We fear lest he
hasten with insolence against
us, or lest he transgress all
bounds."
46. He said: "Fear not: for I am
with you: I hear and see
(everything).
47. "So go ye both to him, and
say, 'Verily we are apostles
sent by thy Lord: Send forth,
therefore, the Children of
Israel with us, and afflict them
not: with a Sign, indeed, have
we come from thy Lord! and peace
to all who follow guidance!
48. "'Verily it has been
revealed to us that the Penalty
(awaits) those who reject and
turn away.'"
49. (When this message was
delivered), (Pharaoh) said:
"Who, then, O Moses, is the Lord
of you two?"
50. He said: "Our Lord is He Who
gave to each (created) thing its
form and nature, and further,
gave (it) guidance."
51. (Pharaoh) said: "What then
is the condition of previous
generations?"
52. He replied: "The knowledge
of that is with my Lord, duly
recorded: my Lord never errs,
nor forgets,-
53. "He Who has, made for you
the earth like a carpet spread
out; has enabled you to go about
therein by roads (and channels);
and has sent down water from the
sky." With it have We produced
diverse pairs of plants each
separate from the others.
54. Eat (for yourselves) and
pasture your cattle: verily, in
this are Signs for men endued
with understanding.
55. From the (earth) did We
create you, and into it shall We
return you, and from it shall We
bring you out once again.
56. And We showed Pharaoh all
Our Signs, but he did reject and
refuse.
57. He said: "Hast thou come to
drive us out of our land with
thy magic, O Moses?
58. "But we can surely produce
magic to match thine! So make a
tryst between us and thee, which
we shall not fail to keep -
neither we nor thou - in a place
where both shall have even
chances."
59. Moses said: "Your tryst is
the Day of the Festival, and let
the people be assembled when the
sun is well up."
60. So Pharaoh withdrew: He
concerted his plan, and then
came (back).
61. Moses said to him: Woe to
you! Forge not ye a lie against
Allah, lest He destroy you (at
once) utterly by chastisement:
the forger must suffer
frustration!"
62. So they disputed, one with
another, over their affair, but
they kept their talk secret.
63. They said: "These two are
certainly (expert) magicians:
their object is to drive you out
from your land with their magic,
and to do away with your most
cherished institutions.
64. "Therefore concert your
plan, and then assemble in
(serried) ranks: He wins (all
along) today who gains the upper
hand."
65. They said: "O Moses! whether
wilt thou that thou throw
(first) or that we be the first
to throw?"
66. He said, "Nay, throw ye
first!" Then behold their ropes
and their rods-so it seemed to
him on account of their magic -
began to be in lively motion!
67. So Moses conceived in his
mind a (sort of) fear.
68. We said: "Fear not! for thou
hast indeed the upper hand:
69. "Throw that which is in thy
right hand: Quickly will it
swallow up that which they have
faked what they have faked is
but a magician's trick: and the
magician thrives not, (no
matter) where he goes."
70. So the magicians were thrown
down to prostration: they said,
"We believe in the Lord of Aaron
and Moses".
71. (Pharaoh) said: "Believe ye
in Him before I give you
permission? Surely this must be
your leader, who has taught you
magic! be sure I will cut off
your hands and feet on opposite
sides, and I will have you
crucified on trunks of
palm-trees: so shall ye know for
certain, which of us can give
the more severe and the more
lasting punishment!"
72. They said: "Never shall we
regard thee as more than the
Clear Sings that have come to
us, or than Him Who created us!
so decree whatever thou desirest
to decree: for thou canst only
decree (touching) the life of
this world.
73. "For us, we have believed in
our Lord: may He forgive us our
faults, and the magic to which
thou didst compel us: for Allah
is Best and Most Abiding."
74. Verily he who comes to his
Lord as a sinner (at Judgment),-
for him is Hell: therein shall
he neither die nor live.
75. But such as come to Him as
Believers who have worked
righteous deeds,- for them are
ranks exalted,-
76. Gardens of Eternity, beneath
which flow rivers: they will
dwell therein for aye: such is
the reward of those who purify
themselves (from evil).
77. We sent an inspiration to
Moses: "Travel by night with My
servants, and strike a dry path
for them through the sea,
without fear of being overtaken
(by Pharaoh) and without (any
other) fear."
78. Then Pharaoh pursued them
with his forces, but the waters
completely overwhelmed them and
covered them up.
79. Pharaoh led his people
astray instead of leading them
aright.
80. O ye Children of Israel! We
delivered you from your enemy,
and We made a Covenant with you
on the right side of Mount
(Sinai), and We sent down to you
Manna and quails:
81. (Saying): "Eat of the good
things We have provided for your
sustenance, but commit no excess
therein, lest My Wrath should
justly descend on you: and those
on whom descends My Wrath do
perish indeed!
82. "But, without doubt, I am
(also) He that forgives again
and again, to those who repent,
believe, and do right, who,- in
fine, are ready to receive true
guidance."
83. (When Moses was up on the
Mount, Allah said:) "What made
thee hasten in advance of thy
people, O Moses?"
84. He replied: "Behold, they
are close on my footsteps: I
hastened to thee, O my Lord, to
please thee."
85. ((Allah)) said: "We have
tested thy people in thy
absence: the Samiri has led them
astray."
86. So Moses returned to his
people in a state of indignation
and sorrow. He said: "O my
people! did not your Lord make a
handsome promise to you? Did
then the promise seem to you
long (in coming)? Or did ye
desire that Wrath should descend
from your Lord on you, and so ye
broke your promise to me?"
87. They said: "We broke not the
promise to thee, as far as lay
in our power: but we were made
to carry the weight of the
ornaments of the (whole) people,
and we threw them (into the
fire), and that was what the
Samiri suggested.
88. "Then he brought out (of the
fire) before the (people) the
image of a calf: It seemed to
low: so they said: This is your
god, and the god of Moses, but
(Moses) has forgotten!"
89. Could they not see that it
could not return them a word
(for answer), and that it had no
power either to harm them or to
do them good?
90. Aaron had already, before
this said to them: "O my people!
ye are being tested in this: for
verily your Lord is ((Allah))
Most Gracious; so follow me and
obey my command."
91. They had said: "We will not
abandon this cult, but we will
devote ourselves to it until
Moses returns to us."
92. (Moses) said: "O Aaron! what
kept thee back, when thou sawest
them going wrong,
93. "From following me? Didst
thou then disobey my order?"
94. (Aaron) replied: "O son of
my mother! Seize (me) not by my
beard nor by (the hair of) my
head! Truly I feared lest thou
shouldst say, 'Thou has caused a
division among the children of
Israel, and thou didst not
respect my word!'"
95. (Moses) said: "What then is
thy case, O Samiri?"
96. He replied: "I saw what they
saw not: so I took a handful (of
dust) from the footprint of the
Messenger, and threw it (into
the calf): thus did my soul
suggest to me."
97. (Moses) said: "Get thee
gone! but thy (punishment) in
this life will be that thou wilt
say, 'touch me not'; and
moreover (for a future penalty)
thou hast a promise that will
not fail: Now look at thy god,
of whom thou hast become a
devoted worshipper: We will
certainly (melt) it in a blazing
fire and scatter it broadcast in
the sea!"
98. But the god of you all is
the One Allah. there is no god
but He: all things He
comprehends in His knowledge.
99. Thus do We relate to thee
some stories of what happened
before: for We have sent thee a
Message from Our own Presence.
100. If any do turn away
therefrom, verily they will bear
a burden on the Day of judgment;
101. They will abide in this
(state): and grievous will the
burden be to them on that Day,-
102. The Day when the Trumpet
will be sounded: that Day, We
shall gather the sinful,
blear-eyed (with terror).
103. In whispers will they
consult each other: "Yet tarried
not longer than ten (Days);
104. We know best what they will
say, when their leader most
eminent in conduct will say: "Ye
tarried not longer than a day!"
105. They ask thee concerning
the Mountains: say, "My Lord
will uproot them and scatter
them as dust;
106. "He will leave them as
plains smooth and level;
107. "Nothing crooked or curved
wilt thou see in their place."
108. On that Day will they
follow the Caller (straight): no
crookedness (can they show) him:
all sounds shall humble
themselves in the Presence of
((Allah)) Most Gracious: nothing
shalt thou hear but the tramp of
their feet (as they march).
109. On that Day shall no
intercession avail except for
those for whom permission has
been granted by ((Allah)) Most
Gracious and whose word is
acceptable to Him.
110. He knows what (appears to
His creatures as) before or
after or behind them: but they
shall not compass it with their
knowledge.
111. (All) faces shall be
humbled before (Him) - the
Living, the Self-Subsisting,
Eternal: hopeless indeed will be
the man that carries iniquity
(on his back).
112. But he who works deeds of
righteousness, and has faith,
will have no fear of harm nor of
any curtailment (of what is his
due).
113. Thus have We sent this down
- an arabic Qur'an - and
explained therein in detail some
of the warnings, in order that
they may fear Allah, or that it
may cause their remembrance (of
Him).
114. High above all is Allah,
the King, the Truth! Be not in
haste with the Qur'an before its
revelation to thee is completed,
but say, "O my Lord! advance me
in knowledge."
115. We had already, beforehand,
taken the covenant of Adam, but
he forgot: and We found on his
part no firm resolve.
116. When We said to the angels,
"Prostrate yourselves to Adam",
they prostrated themselves, but
not Iblis: he refused.
117. Then We said: "O Adam!
verily, this is an enemy to thee
and thy wife: so let him not get
you both out of the Garden, so
that thou art landed in misery.
118. "There is therein (enough
provision) for thee not to go
hungry nor to go naked,
119. "Nor to suffer from thirst,
nor from the sun's heat."
120. But Satan whispered evil to
him: he said, "O Adam! shall I
lead thee to the Tree of
Eternity and to a kingdom that
never decays?"
121. In the result, they both
ate of the tree, and so their
nakedness appeared to them: they
began to sew together, for their
covering, leaves from the
Garden: thus did Adam disobey
his Lord, and allow himself to
be seduced.
122. But his Lord chose him (for
His Grace): He turned to him,
and gave him Guidance.
123. He said: "Get ye down, both
of you,- all together, from the
Garden, with enmity one to
another: but if, as is sure,
there comes to you Guidance from
Me, whosoever follows My
Guidance, will not lose his way,
nor fall into misery.
124. "But whosoever turns away
from My Message, verily for him
is a life narrowed down, and We
shall raise him up blind on the
Day of Judgment."
125. He will say: "O my Lord!
why hast Thou raised me up
blind, while I had sight
(before)?"
126. ((Allah)) will say: "Thus
didst Thou, when Our Signs came
unto thee, disregard them: so
wilt thou, this day, be
disregarded."
127. And thus do We recompense
him who transgresses beyond
bounds and believes not in the
Sings of his Lord: and the
Penalty of the Hereafter is far
more grievous and more enduring.
128. Is it not a warning to such
men (to call to mind) how many
generations before them We
destroyed, in whose haunts they
(now) move? Verily, in this are
Signs for men endued with
understanding.
129. Had it not been for a Word
that went forth before from thy
Lord, (their punishment) must
necessarily have come; but there
is a Term appointed (for
respite).
130. Therefore be patient with
what they say, and celebrate
(constantly) the praises of thy
Lord, before the rising of the
sun, and before its setting;
yea, celebrate them for part of
the hours of the night, and at
the sides of the day: that thou
mayest have (spiritual) joy.
131. Nor strain thine eyes in
longing for the things We have
given for enjoyment to parties
of them, the splendour of the
life of this world, through
which We test them: but the
provision of thy Lord is better
and more enduring.
132. Enjoin prayer on thy
people, and be constant therein.
We ask thee not to provide
sustenance: We provide it for
thee. But the (fruit of) the
Hereafter is for righteousness.
133. They say: "Why does he not
bring us a sign from his Lord?"
Has not a Clear Sign come to
them of all that was in the
former Books of revelation?
134. And if We had inflicted on
them a penalty before this, they
would have said: "Our Lord! If
only Thou hadst sent us an
apostle, we should certainly
have followed Thy Signs before
we were humbled and put to
shame."
135. Say: "Each one (of us) is
waiting: wait ye, therefore, and
soon shall ye know who it is
that is on the straight and even
way, and who it is that has
received Guidance." |