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Surah 26 · 227 ayat

Ash-Shu'araa

The Poets

الشعراء

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

26:1

طسٓمٓ

PickthallTa. Sin. Mim.

26:2

تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

PickthallThese are revelations of the Scripture that maketh plain.

26:3

لَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallIt may be that thou tormentest thyself (O Muhammad) because they believe not.

26:4

إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَـٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَـٰضِعِينَ

PickthallIf We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so that their necks would remain bowed before it.

26:5

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ

PickthallNever cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from the Beneficent One, but they turn away from it.

26:6

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

PickthallNow they have denied (the Truth); but there will come unto them tidings of that whereat they used to scoff.

26:7

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

PickthallHave they not seen the earth, how much of every fruitful kind We make to grow therein?

26:8

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallLo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.

26:9

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

PickthallAnd lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

26:10

وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

PickthallAnd when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk,

26:11

قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ

PickthallThe folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil)?

26:12

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

PickthallHe said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me,

26:13

وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَـٰرُونَ

PickthallAnd I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me).

26:14

وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ

PickthallAnd they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me.

26:15

قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ

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

26:16

فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

PickthallAnd come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the Lord of the Worlds,

26:17

أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Pickthall(Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us.

26:18

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

Pickthall(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

وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

PickthallAnd thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast one of the ingrates.

26:20

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

PickthallHe said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray.

26:21

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

PickthallThen 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

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

PickthallAnd this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel.

26:23

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

PickthallPharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds?

26:24

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

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

26:25

قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ

Pickthall(Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not?

26:26

قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

PickthallHe said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers.

26:27

قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ

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

26:28

قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

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

26:29

قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ

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

26:30

قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍ مُّبِينٍ

PickthallHe said: Even though I show thee something plain?

26:31

قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

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

26:32

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

PickthallThen he flung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest,

26:33

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ

PickthallAnd he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white to the beholders.

26:34

قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

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

26:35

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

PickthallWho would drive you out of your land by his magic. Now what counsel ye?

26:36

قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ

PickthallThey said: Put him off, (him) and his brother, and send into the cities summoners,

26:37

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ

PickthallWho shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard.

26:38

فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

PickthallSo the wizards were gathered together at a set time on a day appointed.

26:39

وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ

PickthallAnd it was said unto the people: Are ye (also) gathering?

26:40

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ

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

26:41

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ

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

26:42

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

PickthallHe said: Aye, and ye will then surely be of those brought near (to me).

26:43

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

PickthallMoses said unto them: Throw what ye are going to throw!

26:44

فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ

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

26:45

فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

PickthallThen Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which they did falsely show.

26:46

فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِينَ

PickthallAnd the wizards were flung prostrate,

26:47

قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

PickthallCrying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,

26:48

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ

PickthallThe Lord of Moses and Aaron.

26:49

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Pickthall(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

قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

PickthallThey said: It is no hurt, for lo! unto our Lord we shall return.

26:51

إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَـٰيَـٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallLo! we ardently hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we are the first of the believers.

26:52

وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

PickthallAnd We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night, for ye will be pursued.

26:53

فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ

PickthallThen Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners,

26:54

إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ

Pickthall(Who said): Lo! these indeed are but a little troop,

26:55

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ

PickthallAnd lo! they are offenders against us.

26:56

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَـٰذِرُونَ

PickthallAnd lo! we are a ready host.

26:57

فَأَخْرَجْنَـٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

PickthallThus did We take them away from gardens and watersprings,

26:58

وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

PickthallAnd treasures and a fair estate.

26:59

كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

PickthallThus (were those things taken from them) and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit them.

26:60

فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ

PickthallAnd they overtook them at sunrise.

26:61

فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ

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

26:62

قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ

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

26:63

فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

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

26:64

وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

PickthallThen brought We near the others to that place.

26:65

وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

PickthallAnd We saved Moses and those with him, every one;

26:66

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

PickthallAnd We drowned the others.

26:67

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallLo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

26:68

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

PickthallAnd lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

26:69

وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

PickthallRecite unto them the story of Abraham:

26:70

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

PickthallWhen he said unto his father and his folk: What worship ye?

26:71

قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَـٰكِفِينَ

PickthallThey said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them.

26:72

قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

PickthallHe said: Do they hear you when ye cry?

26:73

أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

PickthallOr do they benefit or harm you?

26:74

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

PickthallThey said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise.

26:75

قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

PickthallHe said: See now that which ye worship,

26:76

أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ

PickthallYe and your forefathers!

26:77

فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

PickthallLo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the Worlds,

26:78

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ

PickthallWho created me, and He doth guide me,

26:79

وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ

PickthallAnd Who feedeth me and watereth me.

26:80

وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

PickthallAnd when I sicken, then He healeth me,

26:81

وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ

PickthallAnd Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life (again),

26:82

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

PickthallAnd Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment.

26:83

رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

PickthallMy Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous.

26:84

وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

PickthallAnd give unto me a good report in later generations.

26:85

وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

PickthallAnd place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight,

26:86

وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

PickthallAnd forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err.

26:87

وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ

PickthallAnd abase me not on the day when they are raised,

26:88

يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ

PickthallThe day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)

26:89

إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

PickthallSave him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart.

26:90

وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

PickthallAnd the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off (evil).

26:91

وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ

PickthallAnd hell will appear plainly to the erring.

26:92

وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

PickthallAnd it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to worship

26:93

مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

PickthallInstead of Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?

26:94

فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

PickthallThen will they be hurled therein, they and the seducers

26:95

وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ

PickthallAnd the hosts of Iblis, together.

26:96

قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ

PickthallAnd they will say, when they are quarrelling therein:

26:97

تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

PickthallBy Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest

26:98

إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

PickthallWhen we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.

26:99

وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

PickthallIt was but the guilty who misled us.

26:100

فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَـٰفِعِينَ

PickthallNow we have no intercessors

26:101

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ

PickthallNor any loving friend.

26:102

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallOh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of the believers!

26:103

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallLo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers!

26:104

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

PickthallAnd lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

26:105

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

PickthallNoah's folk denied the messengers (of Allah),

26:106

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

PickthallWhen their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

26:107

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

PickthallLo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

26:108

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

PickthallSo keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

26:109

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

PickthallAnd I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

26:110

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

PickthallSo keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

26:111

قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَ

PickthallThey said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee?

26:112

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

PickthallHe said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past)?

26:113

إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ

PickthallLo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew;

26:114

وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallAnd I am not (here) to repulse believers.

26:115

إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

PickthallI am only a plain warner.

26:116

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ

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

26:117

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ

PickthallHe said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me.

26:118

فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallTherefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and save me and those believers who are with me.

26:119

فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

PickthallAnd We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.

26:120

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ

PickthallThen afterward We drowned the others.

26:121

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallLo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

26:122

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

PickthallAnd lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

26:123

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Pickthall(The tribe of) A'ad denied the messengers (of Allah).

26:124

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

PickthallWhen their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

26:125

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

PickthallLo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

26:126

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

PickthallSo keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

26:127

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

PickthallAnd I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

26:128

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ

PickthallBuild ye on every high place a monument for vain delight?

26:129

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ

PickthallAnd seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever?

26:130

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

PickthallAnd if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants?

26:131

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

PickthallRather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.

26:132

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ

PickthallKeep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know,

26:133

أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَـٰمٍ وَبَنِينَ

PickthallHath aided you with cattle and sons.

26:134

وَجَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

PickthallAnd gardens and watersprings.

26:135

إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

PickthallLo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day.

26:136

قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ

PickthallThey said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach;

26:137

إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

PickthallThis is but a fable of the men of old,

26:138

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ

PickthallAnd we shall not be doomed.

26:139

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallAnd they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

26:140

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

PickthallAnd lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

26:141

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Pickthall(The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)

26:142

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

PickthallWhen their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

26:143

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

PickthallLo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

26:144

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

PickthallSo keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

26:145

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

PickthallAnd I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

26:146

أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَـٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ

PickthallWill ye be left secure in that which is here before us,

26:147

فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

PickthallIn gardens and watersprings.

26:148

وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ

PickthallAnd tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees,

26:149

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَـٰرِهِينَ

PickthallThough ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful?

26:150

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

PickthallTherefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,

26:151

وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

PickthallAnd obey not the command of the prodigal,

26:152

ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

PickthallWho spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.

26:153

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

PickthallThey said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;

26:154

مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

PickthallThou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful.

26:155

قَالَ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

PickthallHe 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

وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

PickthallAnd touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day.

26:157

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَـٰدِمِينَ

PickthallBut they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.

26:158

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallSo the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

26:159

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

PickthallAnd lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

26:160

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

PickthallThe folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),

26:161

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

PickthallWhen their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

26:162

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

PickthallLo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

26:163

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

PickthallSo keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

26:164

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

PickthallAnd I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

26:165

أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

PickthallWhat! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males,

26:166

وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ

PickthallAnd leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are froward folk.

26:167

قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ

PickthallThey said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the outcast.

26:168

قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ

PickthallHe said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct.

26:169

رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

PickthallMy Lord! Save me and my household from what they do.

26:170

فَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَ

PickthallSo We saved him and his household, every one,

26:171

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ

PickthallSave an old woman among those who stayed behind.

26:172

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

PickthallThen afterward We destroyed the others.

26:173

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

PickthallAnd We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.

26:174

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallLo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

26:175

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

PickthallAnd lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

26:176

كَذَّبَ أَصْحَـٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

PickthallThe dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah),

26:177

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

PickthallWhen Shu'eyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?

26:178

إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

PickthallLo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,

26:179

فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

PickthallSo keep your duty to Allah and obey me.

26:180

وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

PickthallAnd I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.

26:181

أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ

PickthallGive full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due).

26:182

وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ

PickthallAnd weigh with the true balance.

26:183

وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

PickthallWrong not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth.

26:184

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

PickthallAnd keep your duty unto Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old.

26:185

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ

PickthallThey said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;

26:186

وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ

PickthallThou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.

26:187

فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

PickthallThen make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of the truthful.

26:188

قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

PickthallHe said: My Lord is Best Aware of what ye do.

26:189

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

PickthallBut 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

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallLo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.

26:191

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

PickthallAnd lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.

26:192

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

PickthallAnd lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds,

26:193

نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ

PickthallWhich the True Spirit hath brought down

26:194

عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ

PickthallUpon thy heart, that thou mayst be (one) of the warners,

26:195

بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّ مُّبِينٍ

PickthallIn plain Arabic speech.

26:196

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

PickthallAnd lo! it is in the Scriptures of the men of old.

26:197

أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَـٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

PickthallIs it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel know it?

26:198

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ

PickthallAnd if We had revealed it unto one of any other nation than the Arabs,

26:199

فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallAnd he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in it.

26:200

كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَـٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

PickthallThus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty.

26:201

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ

PickthallThey will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom,

26:202

فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

PickthallSo that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not.

26:203

فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ

PickthallThen they will say: Are we to be reprieved?

26:204

أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

PickthallWould they (now) hasten on Our doom?

26:205

أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ سِنِينَ

PickthallHast thou then seen, if We content them for (long) years,

26:206

ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

PickthallAnd then cometh that which they were promised,

26:207

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَ

Pickthall(How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them?

26:208

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

PickthallAnd We destroyed no township but it had its warners

26:209

ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ

PickthallFor reminder, for We never were oppressors.

26:210

وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ

PickthallThe devils did not bring it down.

26:211

وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

PickthallIt is not meet for them, nor is it in their power,

26:212

إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ

PickthallLo! verily they are banished from the hearing.

26:213

فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ

PickthallTherefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the doomed.

26:214

وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ

PickthallAnd warn thy tribe of near kindred,

26:215

وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

PickthallAnd lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who follow thee.

26:216

فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

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

26:217

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

PickthallAnd put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.

26:218

ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

PickthallWho seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)

26:219

وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ

PickthallAnd (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in worship).

26:220

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

PickthallLo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower.

26:221

هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ

PickthallShall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

26:222

تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ

PickthallThey descend on every sinful, false one.

26:223

يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَـٰذِبُونَ

PickthallThey listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.

26:224

وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَ

PickthallAs for poets, the erring follow them.

26:225

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ

PickthallHast thou not seen how they stray in every valley,

26:226

وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ

PickthallAnd how they say that which they do not?

26:227

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ

PickthallSave 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!