Sura - 1 The Key

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Sura - 26 The Poets
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
	1		[ 26: 1 ] T. S. M. ( Ta, Seen, Mim )
	2		[ 26: 2 ] These ( letters ) constitute proofs of this clarifying scripture.
	3		[ 26: 3 ] You may blame yourself that they are not believers.
	4		[ 26: 4 ] If we will, we can send from the sky a sign that forces their necks to bow.
	5		[ 26: 5 ] Whenever a reminder from the Most Gracious comes to them, that is new, they turn away in aversion.
	6		[ 26: 6 ] Since they disbelieved, they have incurred the consequences of their heedlessness.
	7		[ 26: 7 ] Have they not seen the earth, and how many kinds of beautiful plants we have grown thereon?
	8		[ 26: 8 ] This should be a sufficient proof for them, but most of them are not believers.
	9		[ 26: 9 ] Most assuredly, your Lord is the Almighty, Most Merciful.
	10		[ 26: 10 ] Recall that your Lord called Moses: " Go to the transgressing people.
	11		[ 26: 11 ] " Pharaoh's people; perhaps they reform. "
	12		[ 26: 12 ] He said, " My Lord, I fear lest they disbelieve me.
	13		[ 26: 13 ] " I may lose my temper. My tongue gets tied; send for my brother Aaron.
	14		[ 26: 14 ] " Also, they consider me a fugitive; I fear lest they kill me. "
	15		[ 26: 15 ] He said, " No, ( they will not ). Go with My proofs. We will be with you, listening.
	16		[ 26: 16 ] " Go to Pharaoh and say, `We are messengers from the Lord of the universe.'
	17		[ 26: 17 ] " `Let the Children of Israel go.' "
	18		[ 26: 18 ] He said, " Did we not raise you from infancy, and you spent many years with us?
	19		[ 26: 19 ] " Then you committed the crime that you committed, and you were ungrateful. "
	20		[ 26: 20 ] He said, " Indeed, I did it when I was astray.
	21		[ 26: 21 ] " Then I fled, when I feared you, and my Lord endowed me with wisdom and made me one of the messengers.
	22		[ 26: 22 ] " You are boasting that you did me a favor, while enslaving the Children of Israel! "
	23		[ 26: 23 ] Pharaoh said, " What is the Lord of the universe? "
	24		[ 26: 24 ] He said, " The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them. You should be certain about this. "
	25		[ 26: 25 ] He said to those around him, " Did you hear this? "
	26		[ 26: 26 ] He said, " Your Lord and the Lord of your ancestors. "
	27		[ 26: 27 ] He said, " Your messenger who is sent to you is crazy. "
	28		[ 26: 28 ] He said, " The Lord of the east and the west, and everything between them, if you understand. "
	29		[ 26: 29 ] He said, " If you accept any god, other than me, I will throw you in the prison. "
	30		[ 26: 30 ] He said, " What if I show you something profound? "
	31		[ 26: 31 ] He said, " Then produce it, if you are truthful. "
	32		[ 26: 32 ] He then threw his staff, whereupon it became a profound snake.
	33		[ 26: 33 ] And he took out his hand, and it was white to the beholders.
	34		[ 26: 34 ] He said to the elders around him, " This is an experienced magician.
	35		[ 26: 35 ] " He wants to take you out of your land, with his magic. What do you suggest? "
	36		[ 26: 36 ] They said, " Respite him and his brother, and send summoners to every town.
	37		[ 26: 37 ] " Let them summon every experienced magician. "
	38		[ 26: 38 ] The magicians were gathered at the appointed time, on the appointed day.
	39		[ 26: 39 ] The people were told: " Come one and all; let us gather together here.
	40		[ 26: 40 ] " Maybe we will follow the magicians, if they are the winners. "
	41		[ 26: 41 ] When the magicians came, they said to Pharaoh, " Do we get paid, if we are the winners? "
	42		[ 26: 42 ] He said, " Yes indeed; you will even be close to me. "
	43		[ 26: 43 ] Moses said to them " Throw what you are going to throw. "
	44		[ 26: 44 ] They threw their ropes and sticks, and said, " By Pharaoh's majesty, we will be the victors. "
	45		[ 26: 45 ] Moses threw his staff, whereupon it swallowed what they fabricated.
	46		[ 26: 46 ] The magicians fell prostrate.
	47		[ 26: 47 ] They said, " We believe in the Lord of the universe.
	48		[ 26: 48 ] " The Lord of Moses and Aaron. "
	49		[ 26: 49 ] He said, " Did you believe with him before I give you permission? He must be your teacher, who taught you magic. You will surely find out. I will sever your hands and feet on alternate sides. I will crucify you all. "
	50		[ 26: 50 ] They said, " This will not change our decision; to our Lord we will return.
	51		[ 26: 51 ] " We hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins, especially that we are the first believers. "
	52		[ 26: 52 ] We inspired Moses: " Travel with My servants; you will be pursued. "
	53		[ 26: 53 ] Pharaoh sent to the cities callers.
	54		[ 26: 54 ] ( Proclaiming, ) " This is a small gang.
	55		[ 26: 55 ] " They are now opposing us.
	56		[ 26: 56 ] " Let us all beware of them. "
	57		[ 26: 57 ] Consequently, we deprived them of gardens and springs.
	58		[ 26: 58 ] And treasures and an honorable position.
	59		[ 26: 59 ] Then we made it an inheritance for the Children of Israel.
	60		[ 26: 60 ] They pursued them towards the east.
	61		[ 26: 61 ] When both parties saw each other, Moses' people said, " We will be caught. "
	62		[ 26: 62 ] He said, " No way. My Lord is with me; He will guide me. "
	63		[ 26: 63 ] We then inspired Moses: " Strike the sea with your staff, " whereupon it parted. Each part was like a great hill.
	64		[ 26: 64 ] We then delivered them all.
	65		[ 26: 65 ] We thus saved Moses and all those who were with him.
	66		[ 26: 66 ] And we drowned the others.
	67		[ 26: 67 ] This should be a sufficient proof, but most people are not believers.
	68		[ 26: 68 ] Most assuredly, your Lord is the Almighty, Most Merciful.
	69		[ 26: 69 ] Narrate to them Abraham's history.
	70		[ 26: 70 ] He said to his father and his people, " What is this you are worshipping? "
	71		[ 26: 71 ] They said, " We worship statues; we are totally devoted to them. "
	72		[ 26: 72 ] He said, " Can they hear you when you implore?
	73		[ 26: 73 ] " Can they benefit you, or harm you? "
	74		[ 26: 74 ] They said, " No; but we found our parents doing this. "
	75		[ 26: 75 ] He said, " Do you see these idols that you worship.
	76		[ 26: 76 ] " You and your ancestors.
	77		[ 26: 77 ] " I am against them, for I am devoted only to the Lord of the universe.
	78		[ 26: 78 ] " The One who created me, and guided me.
	79		[ 26: 79 ] " The One who feeds me and waters me.
	80		[ 26: 80 ] " And when I get sick, He heals me.
	81		[ 26: 81 ] " The One who puts me to death, then brings me back to life.
	82		[ 26: 82 ] " The One who hopefully will forgive my sins on the Day of Judgment.
	83		[ 26: 83 ] " My Lord, grant me wisdom, and include me with the righteous.
	84		[ 26: 84 ] " Let the example I set for the future generations be a good one.
	85		[ 26: 85 ] " Make me one of the inheritors of the blissful Paradise.
	86		[ 26: 86 ] " And forgive my father, for he has gone astray.
	87		[ 26: 87 ] " And do not forsake me on the Day of Resurrection. "
	88		[ 26: 88 ] That is the day when neither money, nor children, can help.
	89		[ 26: 89 ] Only those who come to GOD with their whole heart ( will be saved ).
	90		[ 26: 90 ] Paradise will be presented to the righteous.
	91		[ 26: 91 ] Hell will be set up for the strayers.
	92		[ 26: 92 ] They will be asked, " Where are the idols you had worshipped
	93		[ 26: 93 ] " beside GOD? Can they help you now? Can they help themselves? "
	94		[ 26: 94 ] They will be thrown therein, together with the strayers.
	95		[ 26: 95 ] And all of Satan's soldiers.
	96		[ 26: 96 ] They will say as they feud therein,
	97		[ 26: 97 ] " By GOD, we were far astray.
	98		[ 26: 98 ] " How could we set you up to rank with the Lord of the universe?
	99		[ 26: 99 ] " Those who misled us were wicked.
	100		[ 26: 100 ] " Now we have no intercessors.
	101		[ 26: 101 ] " Nor a single close friend.
	102		[ 26: 102 ] " If only we could get another chance, we would then believe. "
	103		[ 26: 103 ] This should be a good lesson. But most people are not believers.
	104		[ 26: 104 ] Your Lord is the Almighty, Most Merciful.
	105		[ 26: 105 ] The people of Noah disbelieved the messengers.
	106		[ 26: 106 ] Their brother Noah said to them, " Would you not be righteous?
	107		[ 26: 107 ] " I am an honest messenger to you.
	108		[ 26: 108 ] " You shall reverence GOD and obey me.
	109		[ 26: 109 ] " I do not ask you for any wage. My wage comes from the Lord of the universe.
	110		[ 26: 110 ] " You shall reverence GOD and obey me. "
	111		[ 26: 111 ] They said, " How can we believe with you, when the worst among us have followed you? "
	112		[ 26: 112 ] He said, " How do I know what they did?
	113		[ 26: 113 ] " Their judgment rests only with my Lord, if you could perceive.
	114		[ 26: 114 ] " I will never dismiss the believers.
	115		[ 26: 115 ] " I am no more than a clarifying warner. "
	116		[ 26: 116 ] They said, " Unless you refrain, O Noah, you will be stoned. "
	117		[ 26: 117 ] He said, " My Lord, my people have disbelieved me.
	118		[ 26: 118 ] " Grant me victory against them, and deliver me and my company of believers. "
	119		[ 26: 119 ] We delivered him and those who accompanied him in the loaded ark.
	120		[ 26: 120 ] Then we drowned the others.
	121		[ 26: 121 ] This should be a lesson, but most people are not believers.
	122		[ 26: 122 ] Most assuredly, your Lord is the Almighty, Most Merciful.
	123		[ 26: 123 ] `Aad disbelieved the messengers.
	124		[ 26: 124 ] Their brother Hood said to them, " Would you not be righteous?
	125		[ 26: 125 ] " I am an honest messenger to you.
	126		[ 26: 126 ] " You shall reverence GOD, and obey me.
	127		[ 26: 127 ] " I do not ask you for any wage; my wage comes from the Lord of the universe.
	128		[ 26: 128 ] " You build on every hill a mansion for vanity's sake.
	129		[ 26: 129 ] " You set up buildings as if you last forever.
	130		[ 26: 130 ] " And when you strike, you strike mercilessly.
	131		[ 26: 131 ] " You shall reverence GOD and obey me.
	132		[ 26: 132 ] " Reverence the One who provided you with all the things you know.
	133		[ 26: 133 ] " He provided you with livestock and children.
	134		[ 26: 134 ] " And gardens and springs.
	135		[ 26: 135 ] " I fear for you the retribution of an awesome day. "
	136		[ 26: 136 ] They said, " It is the same whether you preach, or do not preach.
	137		[ 26: 137 ] " That affliction was limited to our ancestors.
	138		[ 26: 138 ] " No retribution will ever befall us. "
	139		[ 26: 139 ] They thus disbelieved and, consequently, we annihilated them. This should be a lesson, but most people are not believers.
	140		[ 26: 140 ] Most assuredly, your Lord is the Almighty, Most Merciful.
	141		[ 26: 141 ] Thamoud disbelieved the messengers.
	142		[ 26: 142 ] Their brother Saaleh said to them, " Would you not be righteous?
	143		[ 26: 143 ] " I am an honest messenger to you.
	144		[ 26: 144 ] " You shall reverence GOD, and obey me.
	145		[ 26: 145 ] " I do not ask you for any wage; my wage comes only from the Lord of the universe.
	146		[ 26: 146 ] " Do you suppose you will be left forever, secure in this state?
	147		[ 26: 147 ] " You enjoy gardens and springs.
	148		[ 26: 148 ] " And crops and date palms with delicious fruits.
	149		[ 26: 149 ] " You carve out of the mountains luxurious mansions.
	150		[ 26: 150 ] " You shall reverence GOD, and obey me.
	151		[ 26: 151 ] " Do not obey the transgressors.
	152		[ 26: 152 ] " Who commit evil, not good works. "
	153		[ 26: 153 ] They said, " You are bewitched.
	154		[ 26: 154 ] " You are no more than a human like us. Produce a miracle, if you are truthful. "
	155		[ 26: 155 ] He said, " Here is a camel that will drink only on a day that is assigned to her; a day that is different from your specified days of drinking.
	156		[ 26: 156 ] " Do not touch her with any harm, lest you incur retribution on an awesome day. "
	157		[ 26: 157 ] They slaughtered her, and thus incurred sorrow.
	158		[ 26: 158 ] The retribution overwhelmed them. This should be a lesson, but most people are not believers.
	159		[ 26: 159 ] Most assuredly, your Lord is the Almighty, Most Merciful.
	160		[ 26: 160 ] The people of Lot disbelieved the messengers.
	161		[ 26: 161 ] Their brother Lot said to them, " Would you not be righteous?
	162		[ 26: 162 ] " I am an honest messenger to you.
	163		[ 26: 163 ] " You shall reverence GOD, and obey me.
	164		[ 26: 164 ] " I do not ask you for any wage; my wage comes only from the Lord of the universe.
	165		[ 26: 165 ] " Do you have sex with the males, of all the people?
	166		[ 26: 166 ] " You forsake the wives that your Lord has created for you! Indeed, you are transgressing people. "
	167		[ 26: 167 ] They said, " Unless you refrain, O Lot, you will be banished. "
	168		[ 26: 168 ] He said, " I deplore your actions. "
	169		[ 26: 169 ] " My Lord, save me and my family from their works. "
	170		[ 26: 170 ] We saved him and all his family.
	171		[ 26: 171 ] But not the old woman; she was doomed.
	172		[ 26: 172 ] We then destroyed the others.
	173		[ 26: 173 ] We showered them with a miserable shower; what a terrible shower for those who had been warned!
	174		[ 26: 174 ] This should be a lesson, but most people are not believers.
	175		[ 26: 175 ] Most assuredly, your Lord is the Almighty, Most Merciful.
	176		[ 26: 176 ] The People of the Woods disbelieved the messengers.
	177		[ 26: 177 ] Shu`aib said to them, " Would you not be righteous?
	178		[ 26: 178 ] " I am an honest messenger to you.
	179		[ 26: 179 ] " You shall reverence GOD, and obey me.
	180		[ 26: 180 ] " I do not ask you for any wage; my wage comes only from the Lord of the universe.
	181		[ 26: 181 ] " You shall give full measure when you trade; do not cheat.
	182		[ 26: 182 ] " You shall weigh with an equitable scale.
	183		[ 26: 183 ] " Do not cheat the people out of their rights, and do not roam the earth corruptingly.
	184		[ 26: 184 ] " Reverence the One who created you and the previous generations. "
	185		[ 26: 185 ] They said, " You are bewitched.
	186		[ 26: 186 ] " You are no more than a human being like us. In fact, we think you are a liar.
	187		[ 26: 187 ] " Let masses from the sky fall on us, if you are truthful. "
	188		[ 26: 188 ] He said, " My Lord is the One who knows everything you do. "
	189		[ 26: 189 ] They disbelieved him and, consequently, they incurred the retribution of the Day of the Canopy. It was the retribution of an awesome day.
	190		[ 26: 190 ] This should be a lesson, but most people are not believers.
	191		[ 26: 191 ] Most assuredly, your Lord is the Almighty, Most Merciful.
	192		[ 26: 192 ] This is a revelation from the Lord of the universe.
	193		[ 26: 193 ] The Honest Spirit ( Gabriel ) came down with it.
	194		[ 26: 194 ] To reveal it into your heart, that you may be one of the warners.
	195		[ 26: 195 ] In a perfect Arabic tongue.
	196		[ 26: 196 ] It has been prophesied in the books of previous generations.
	197		[ 26: 197 ] Is it not a sufficient sign for them that it was known to the scholars among the Children of Israel?
	198		[ 26: 198 ] If we revealed this to people who do not know Arabic.
	199		[ 26: 199 ] And had him recite it ( in Arabic ), they could not possibly believe in it.
	200		[ 26: 200 ] We thus render it ( like a foreign language ) in the hearts of the guilty.
	201		[ 26: 201 ] Thus, they cannot believe in it; not until they see the painful retribution.
	202		[ 26: 202 ] It will come to them suddenly, when they least expect it.
	203		[ 26: 203 ] They will then say, " Can we have a respite? "
	204		[ 26: 204 ] Did they not challenge our retribution?
	205		[ 26: 205 ] As you see, we allowed them to enjoy for years.
	206		[ 26: 206 ] Then the retribution came to them, just as promised.
	207		[ 26: 207 ] Their vast resources did not help them in the least.
	208		[ 26: 208 ] We never annihilate any community without sending warners.
	209		[ 26: 209 ] Therefore, this is a reminder, for we are never unjust.
	210		[ 26: 210 ] The devils can never reveal this.
	211		[ 26: 211 ] They neither would, nor could.
	212		[ 26: 212 ] For they are prevented from hearing.
	213		[ 26: 213 ] Therefore, do not idolize beside GOD any other god, lest you incur the retribution.
	214		[ 26: 214 ] You shall preach to the people who are closest to you.
	215		[ 26: 215 ] And lower your wing for the believers who follow you.
	216		[ 26: 216 ] If they disobey you, then say, " I disown what you do. "
	217		[ 26: 217 ] And put your trust in the Almighty, Most Merciful.
	218		[ 26: 218 ] Who sees you when you meditate during the night.
	219		[ 26: 219 ] And your frequent prostrations.
	220		[ 26: 220 ] He is the Hearer, the Omniscient.
	221		[ 26: 221 ] Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
	222		[ 26: 222 ] They descend upon every guilty fabricator.
	223		[ 26: 223 ] They pretend to listen, but most of them are liars.
	224		[ 26: 224 ] As for the poets, they are followed only by the strayers.
	225		[ 26: 225 ] Do you not see that their loyalty shifts according to the situation?
	226		[ 26: 226 ] And that they say what they do not do?
	227		[ 26: 227 ] Exempted are those who believe, lead a righteous life, commemorate GOD frequently, and stand up for their rights. Surely, the transgressors will find out what their ultimate destiny is.