Surah Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets)

Ta, Seen, Meem

These are the verses of the clear Book

Perhaps, [O Muhammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers

If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled

And no revelation comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it

For they have already denied, but there will come to them the news of that which they used to ridicule

Did they not look at the earth - how much We have produced therein from every noble kind

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

And [mention] when your Lord called Moses, [saying], "Go to the wrongdoing people

The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Allah

He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me

And that my breast will tighten and my tongue will not be fluent, so send for Aaron

And they have upon me a [claim due to] sin, so I fear that they will kill me

[Allah] said, "No. Go both of you with Our signs; indeed, We are with you, listening

Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds

[Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel

[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life

And [then] you did your deed which you did, and you were of the ungrateful

[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray

So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me wisdom and prophethood and appointed me [as one] of the messengers

And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel

Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds

[Moses] said, "The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced

[Pharaoh] said to those around him, "Do you not hear

[Moses] said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers

[Pharaoh] said, "Indeed, your 'messenger' who has been sent to you is mad

[Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason

[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned

[Moses] said, "Even if I brought you proof manifest

[Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful

So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest

And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers

[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician

He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise

They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician

So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day

And it was said to the people, "Will you congregate

That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant

And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, "Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant

He said, "Yes, and indeed, you will then be of those near [to me]

Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw

So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant

Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified

So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah]

They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds

The Lord of Moses and Aaron

[Pharaoh] said, "You believed Moses before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic, but you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you all

They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return

Indeed, we aspire that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we were the first of the believers

And We inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued

Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers

[And said], "Indeed, those are but a small band

And indeed, they are enraging us

And indeed, we are a cautious society

So We removed them from gardens and springs

And treasures and honorable station

Thus. And We caused to inherit it the Children of Israel

So they pursued them at sunrise

And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken

[Moses] said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me

Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain

And We advanced thereto the pursuers

And We saved Moses and those with him, all together

Then We drowned the others

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

And recite to them the news of Abraham

When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship

They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted

He said, "Do they hear you when you supplicate

Or do they benefit you, or do they harm

They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus

He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping

You and your ancient forefathers

Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds

Who created me, and He [it is who] guides me

And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink

And when I am ill, it is He who cures me

And who will cause me to die and then bring me to life

And who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense

[And he said], "My Lord, grant me authority and join me with the righteous

And grant me a reputation of honor among later generations

And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Pleasure

And forgive my father. Indeed, he has been of those astray

And do not disgrace me on the Day they are [all] resurrected

The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children

But only one who comes to Allah with a sound heart

And Paradise will be brought near [that Day] to the righteous

And Hellfire will be brought forth for the deviators

And it will be said to them, "Where are those you used to worship

Other than Allah? Can they help you or help themselves

So they will be overturned into Hellfire, they and the deviators

And the soldiers of Iblees, all together

They will say while they dispute therein

By Allah, we were indeed in manifest error

When we equated you with the Lord of the worlds

And no one misguided us except the criminals

So now we have no intercessors

And not a devoted friend

Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

The people of Noah denied the messengers

When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allah

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger

So fear Allah and obey me

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds

So fear Allah and obey me

They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]

He said, "And what is my knowledge of what they used to do

Their account is only upon my Lord, if you [could] perceive

And I am not one to drive away the believers

I am only a clear warner

They said, "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be of those who are stoned

He said, "My Lord, indeed my people have denied me

Then judge between me and them with decisive judgement and save me and those with me of the believers

So We saved him and those with him in the laden ship

Then We drowned thereafter the remaining ones

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

Aad denied the messengers

When their brother Hud said to them, "Will you not fear Allah

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger

So fear Allah and obey me

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds

Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves

And take for yourselves palaces and fortresses that you might abide eternally

And when you strike, you strike as tyrants

So fear Allah and obey me

And fear He who provided you with that which you know

Provided you with grazing livestock and children

And gardens and springs

Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day

They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors

This is not but the custom of the former peoples

And we are not to be punished

And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

Thamud denied the messengers

When their brother Salih said to them, "Will you not fear Allah

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger

So fear Allah and obey me

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds

Will you be left in what is here, secure [from death]

Within gardens and springs

And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit

And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill

So fear Allah and obey me

And do not obey the order of the transgressors

Who cause corruption in the land and do not amend

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic

You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful

He said, "This is a she-camel. For her is a [time of] drink, and for you is a [time of] drink, [each] on a known day

And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day

But they hamstrung her and so became regretful

And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

The people of Lot denied the messengers

When their brother Lot said to them, "Will you not fear Allah

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger

So fear Allah and obey me

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds

Do you approach males among the worlds

And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing

They said, "If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those evicted

He said, "Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest [it]

My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do

So We saved him and his family, all

Except an old woman among those who remained behind

Then We destroyed the others

And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

The companions of the thicket denied the messengers

When Shu'ayb said to them, "Will you not fear Allah

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger

So fear Allah and obey me

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds

Give full measure and do not be of those who cause loss

And weigh with an even balance

And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption

And fear He who created you and the former creation

They said, "You are only of those affected by magic

You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars

So cause to fall upon us fragments of the sky, if you should be of the truthful

He said, "My Lord is most knowing of what you do

And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

And indeed, the Qur'an is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds

The Trustworthy Spirit has brought it down

Upon your heart, [O Muhammad] - that you may be of the warners

In a clear Arabic language

And indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples

And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel

And even if We had revealed it to one among the foreigners

And he had recited it to them [perfectly], they would [still] not have been believers in it

Thus have We inserted disbelief into the hearts of the criminals

They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment

And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not

And they will say, "May we be reprieved

So for Our punishment are they impatient

Then have you considered if We gave them enjoyment for years

And then there came to them that which they were promised

They would not be availed by the enjoyment with which they were provided

And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners

As a reminder; and never have We been unjust

And the devils have not brought the revelation down

It is not allowable for them, nor would they be able

Indeed they, from [its] hearing, are removed

So do not invoke with Allah another deity and [thus] be among the punished

And warn, [O Muhammad], your closest kindred

And lower your wing to those who follow you of the believers

And if they disobey you, then say, "Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing

And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful

Who sees you when you arise

And your movement among those who prostrate

Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing

Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend

They descend upon every sinful liar

They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars

And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them

Do you not see that in every valley they roam

And that they say what they do not do

Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allah often and defend [the Muslims] after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned