1. Tá-Há.
2. We have not sent down the Qurán 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. the Most Gracious is firmly established on
the Throne.
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, he was called:
"O Moses!
12. "Verily I am thy Lord! therefore put off thy
shoes: thou art in the sacred valley Tuwá.
13. "I have chosen thee: listen, then, to the
inspiration (given to thee).
14. "Verily, I am Allah. There is no god but I:
So serve thou Me (only), and establish regular prayer for My
remembrance.
15. "Verily the Hour is coming - I have almost
kept it hidden - for every soul to receive its reward by the measure of
its Endeavor.
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 thy 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 over seeing us."
36. (Allah) said: "Granted is thy prayer, O
Moses!"
37. "And indeed We conferred a favor 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 endued thee with love 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 messengers 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 Chastisement (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, then 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 them: "Woe to you! Forge not
ye a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you (at once) utterly by
chastisement: the forger must suffer failure!"
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 way.
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 succeeds 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 prefer thee to
what has come to us of the Clear Signs, 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 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 on 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 Sámirí has led them astray."
86. So Moses returned to his people in a state
of anger 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 Sámirí 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 cease to worship
it, 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 observe my word!' "
95. (Moses) said: "What then is thy case, O
Sámirí?"
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 burn it in a blazing fire and scatter it
broadcast in the sea!"
98. But the God of you all is 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 reminder from Us.
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 the
best of them in judgment 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 (in) him: all the voices will be hushed to
the Most Gracious: so that thou hearest not but murmuring.
109. On that Day shall no intercession avail
except for those for whom permission has been granted by the Most
Gracious and whose word is acceptable to Him.
110. He knows what is before or after or behind
them: but they shall comprehend Him not.
111. (All) faces shall be humbled before 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
Qurán - 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 Qurán before its revelation to thee is
completed, but say, "O my Lord! Increase 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 fell into error.
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, forgot them: so wilt thou, this day, be
forgotten."
127. And thus do We recompense him who
transgresses beyond bounds and believes not in the Sings of his Lord:
and the Chastisement of the Hereafter is far more grievous and more
enduring.
128. Is it not a guidance 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 may be
pleased.
131. Nor strain thine eyes in longing for the
things We have given for enjoyment to parties of them, the splendor 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. Had We destroyed them with punishment
before this, they would have said: "Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent us
a messenger, 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."
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