Surah Taha (Ta-Ha)

طه

20:1 Ta Ha.

مَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِتَشْقَىٰٓ

20:2 We did not send down the Quran to you to make you miserable,

إِلَّا تَذْكِرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

20:3 but only as a reminder for whoever is in awe,

تَنزِيلًا مِّمَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ ٱلْعُلَى

20:4 a revelation from the One who created the earth and the high heavens:

ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱسْتَوَىٰ

20:5 the Most Merciful [ar-Rahman: mercy reaching all creation] rose over the Throne.

لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَمَا تَحْتَ ٱلثَّرَىٰ

20:6 His is everything in the heavens, everything on earth, everything between them, and everything under the soil.

وَإِن تَجْهَرْ بِٱلْقَوْلِ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ وَأَخْفَى

20:7 If you speak aloud, He knows the secret and what is even more hidden.

ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

20:8 Allah [God], there is no god but Him. His are the most beautiful names.

وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ

20:9 Has the story of Moses reached you?

إِذْ رَءَا نَارًا فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِقَبَسٍ أَوْ أَجِدُ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ هُدًى

20:10 When he saw a fire, he said to his family, “Stay here. I have spotted a fire. Maybe I can bring you a flaming piece from it, or find directions at the fire.”

فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِىَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ

20:11 Then, when he came to it, he was called: “Moses!

إِنِّىٓ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكَ فَٱخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

20:12 It is I, your Lord. Take off your sandals; you are in the sacred valley of Tuwa.

وَأَنَا ٱخْتَرْتُكَ فَٱسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوحَىٰٓ

20:13 And I have chosen you, so listen to what is being revealed.

إِنَّنِىٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعْبُدْنِى وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِذِكْرِىٓ

20:14 I am Allah. There is no god but Me, so worship Me, and establish prayer to remember Me.

إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا تَسْعَىٰ

20:15 The Hour is coming. I keep it all but hidden, so every soul may be repaid for what it strives for.

فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَن لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَتَرْدَىٰ

20:16 So do not let anyone who does not believe in it, and follows his own desire, turn you away from it, or you will fall.

وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

20:17 And what is that in your right hand, Moses?

قَالَ هِىَ عَصَاىَ أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِى وَلِىَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخْرَىٰ

20:18 He said, “It is my staff. I lean on it, beat down leaves with it for my sheep, and I have other uses for it.”

قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

20:19 He said, “Throw it down, Moses.”

فَأَلْقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِىَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ

20:20 So he threw it down, and suddenly it was a snake, moving fast.

قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ

20:21 He said, “Take it, and do not be afraid. We will return it to its former state.”

وَٱضْمُمْ يَدَكَ إِلَىٰ جَنَاحِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍ ءَايَةً أُخْرَىٰ

20:22 And draw your hand to your side; it will come out white, with no disease, another sign.

لِنُرِيَكَ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا ٱلْكُبْرَى

20:23 So We may show you some of Our greatest signs.

ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

20:24 Go to Pharaoh. He has overstepped all bounds.

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِى

20:25 He said, “My Lord, open my heart for me,

وَيَسِّرْ لِىٓ أَمْرِى

20:26 and make my task easy for me,

وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى

20:27 and untie the knot from my tongue,

يَفْقَهُوا۟ قَوْلِى

20:28 so they may understand what I say.

وَٱجْعَل لِّى وَزِيرًا مِّنْ أَهْلِى

20:29 Appoint for me a helper from my family:

هَـٰرُونَ أَخِى

20:30 Aaron, my brother.

ٱشْدُدْ بِهِۦٓ أَزْرِى

20:31 Strengthen me through him,

وَأَشْرِكْهُ فِىٓ أَمْرِى

20:32 and let him share in my task,

كَىْ نُسَبِّحَكَ كَثِيرًا

20:33 so we may glorify You much

وَنَذْكُرَكَ كَثِيرًا

20:34 and remember You much.

إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا

20:35 You have always seen us.”

قَالَ قَدْ أُوتِيتَ سُؤْلَكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

20:36 He said, “You have been granted what you asked for, Moses.”

وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَيْكَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَىٰٓ

20:37 And We had certainly favored you once before,

إِذْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ

20:38 when We inspired your mother with this:

أَنِ ٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلتَّابُوتِ فَٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ ٱلْيَمُّ بِٱلسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ لِّى وَعَدُوٌّ لَّهُۥ ۚ وَأَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِّنِّى وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلَىٰ عَيْنِىٓ

20:39 "Put him in the chest, then put it in the river. Let the river cast it onto the bank, where an enemy of Mine and his [Pharaoh] will take him." And I cast love over you from Me, so that you would be raised under My eye.

إِذْ تَمْشِىٓ أُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن يَكْفُلُهُۥ ۖ فَرَجَعْنَـٰكَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ ۚ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا فَنَجَّيْنَـٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّـٰكَ فُتُونًا ۚ فَلَبِثْتَ سِنِينَ فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلَىٰ قَدَرٍ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

20:40 When your sister went along and said, "Shall I point you to someone who will care for him?" So We returned you to your mother, so her eyes would be comforted and she would not grieve. And you killed a man, then We saved you from distress and tested you through trials. Then you stayed for years among the people of Madyan. Then you came at the appointed time, Moses.

وَٱصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِى

20:41 And I chose you for Myself.

ٱذْهَبْ أَنتَ وَأَخُوكَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِى وَلَا تَنِيَا فِى ذِكْرِى

20:42 Go, you and your brother [Aaron], with My signs, and do not let up in remembering Me.

ٱذْهَبَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

20:43 Go, both of you, to Pharaoh. He has overstepped all bounds.

فَقُولَا لَهُۥ قَوْلًا لَّيِّنًا لَّعَلَّهُۥ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوْ يَخْشَىٰ

20:44 Speak to him gently, so perhaps he will take heed or fear.

قَالَا رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَا نَخَافُ أَن يَفْرُطَ عَلَيْنَآ أَوْ أَن يَطْغَىٰ

20:45 They said, "Our Lord, we fear he may strike at us first, or go too far."

قَالَ لَا تَخَافَآ ۖ إِنَّنِى مَعَكُمَآ أَسْمَعُ وَأَرَىٰ

20:46 He said, "Do not fear. I am with you both; I hear and I see.

فَأْتِيَاهُ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولَا رَبِّكَ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَا تُعَذِّبْهُمْ ۖ قَدْ جِئْنَـٰكَ بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۖ وَٱلسَّلَـٰمُ عَلَىٰ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

20:47 So go to him and say, 'We are two messengers from your Lord, so let the Children of Israel go with us, and do not torment them. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord. Peace is upon whoever follows guidance.

إِنَّا قَدْ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْنَآ أَنَّ ٱلْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

20:48 It has been revealed to us that punishment is upon whoever denies and turns away.'"

قَالَ فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

20:49 He [Pharaoh] said, “Then who is your Lord, Moses?”

قَالَ رَبُّنَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَعْطَىٰ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلْقَهُۥ ثُمَّ هَدَىٰ

20:50 He said, “Our Lord is the One who gave everything its form, then guided it.”

قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

20:51 He said, “Then what about the earlier generations?”

قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى فِى كِتَـٰبٍ ۖ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّى وَلَا يَنسَى

20:52 He said, “Knowledge of them is with my Lord, in a record. My Lord does not err, and He does not forget.”

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّن نَّبَاتٍ شَتَّىٰ

20:53 He made the earth a bed for you, opened pathways through it for you, and sent down water from the sky; then with it We brought out pairs of many different plants.

كُلُوا۟ وَٱرْعَوْا۟ أَنْعَـٰمَكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

20:54 Eat, and graze your livestock. Surely in that are signs for people of understanding.

۞ مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ

20:55 From it [the earth] We created you, into it We will return you, and from it We will bring you out another time.

وَلَقَدْ أَرَيْنَـٰهُ ءَايَـٰتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّبَ وَأَبَىٰ

20:56 We certainly showed him [Pharaoh] all Our signs, but he denied them and refused.

قَالَ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتُخْرِجَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِنَا بِسِحْرِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

20:57 He said, “Have you come to drive us out of our land with your magic, Moses?

فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍ مِّثْلِهِۦ فَٱجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّا نُخْلِفُهُۥ نَحْنُ وَلَآ أَنتَ مَكَانًا سُوًى

20:58 We will surely bring you magic like it. So set an appointment between us and you, one that neither we nor you will miss, in a fair place.”

قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ ٱلزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَرَ ٱلنَّاسُ ضُحًى

20:59 He said, “Your appointment is the Festival Day, and let the people be gathered in the morning.”

فَتَوَلَّىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فَجَمَعَ كَيْدَهُۥ ثُمَّ أَتَىٰ

20:60 Then Pharaoh turned away, gathered his plan, and came.

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا فَيُسْحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٍ ۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ

20:61 Moses said to them, “Woe to you. Do not invent a lie against Allah, or He will wipe you out with punishment. Whoever invents lies has already failed.”

فَتَنَـٰزَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَىٰ

20:62 Then they argued among themselves over their matter and kept their private counsel secret.

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَٰنِ لَسَـٰحِرَٰنِ يُرِيدَانِ أَن يُخْرِجَاكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِمَا وَيَذْهَبَا بِطَرِيقَتِكُمُ ٱلْمُثْلَىٰ

20:63 They said, “These two are magicians. They want to drive you out of your land by their magic and do away with your finest way of life.

فَأَجْمِعُوا۟ كَيْدَكُمْ ثُمَّ ٱئْتُوا۟ صَفًّا ۚ وَقَدْ أَفْلَحَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مَنِ ٱسْتَعْلَىٰ

20:64 So bring your whole plan together, then come in a row. Today, whoever gains the upper hand will succeed.”

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ

20:65 They said, “Moses, either you throw, or we will be the first to throw.”

قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ

20:66 He said, “No, you throw.” Then, suddenly, their ropes and staffs seemed to Moses, by their magic, to be moving.

فَأَوْجَسَ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ خِيفَةً مُّوسَىٰ

20:67 So Moses felt fear within himself.

قُلْنَا لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

20:68 We said, “Do not be afraid. It is you who will have the upper hand.

وَأَلْقِ مَا فِى يَمِينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا۟ كَيْدُ سَـٰحِرٍ ۖ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ أَتَىٰ

20:69 Throw what is in your right hand [your staff]; it will swallow up what they have made. What they have made is only a magician’s trick, and no magician succeeds wherever he goes.”

فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ هَـٰرُونَ وَمُوسَىٰ

20:70 The magicians dropped into prostration. They said, “We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.”

قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ ۖ فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ فِى جُذُوعِ ٱلنَّخْلِ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ أَيُّنَآ أَشَدُّ عَذَابًا وَأَبْقَىٰ

20:71 Pharaoh said, “You believed in him before I gave you permission? He is surely your chief, the one who taught you magic. I will cut off a hand and a foot from opposite sides, and I will crucify you on palm trunks. Then you will know which of us is harsher in punishment and more lasting.”

قَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنَا ۖ فَٱقْضِ مَآ أَنتَ قَاضٍ ۖ إِنَّمَا تَقْضِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَآ

20:72 They said, “We will never choose you over the clear proofs that have come to us, and the One who created us. So pass whatever judgment you are going to pass; you can pass judgment only in this present life.”

إِنَّآ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّنَا لِيَغْفِرَ لَنَا خَطَـٰيَـٰنَا وَمَآ أَكْرَهْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلسِّحْرِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

20:73 [The magicians said to Pharaoh,] We have believed in our Lord, so He may forgive us our sins and the magic you forced on us. Allah is better and more lasting.

إِنَّهُۥ مَن يَأْتِ رَبَّهُۥ مُجْرِمًا فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

20:74 Whoever comes to his Lord as a criminal will have Hell, where he will neither die nor live.

وَمَن يَأْتِهِۦ مُؤْمِنًا قَدْ عَمِلَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ ٱلدَّرَجَـٰتُ ٱلْعُلَىٰ

20:75 But whoever comes to Him as a believer, having done righteous deeds, they will have the highest ranks:

جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

20:76 Gardens of Eden, with rivers flowing beneath them, staying there forever. That is the reward of whoever purifies himself.

وَلَقَدْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى فَٱضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِيقًا فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ يَبَسًا لَّا تَخَـٰفُ دَرَكًا وَلَا تَخْشَىٰ

20:77 We revealed to Moses: Travel by night with My servants, and strike out for them a dry path through the sea, not fearing being overtaken and not being afraid.

فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ بِجُنُودِهِۦ فَغَشِيَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْيَمِّ مَا غَشِيَهُمْ

20:78 Then Pharaoh followed them with his troops, and the sea covered them with what it covered them with.

وَأَضَلَّ فِرْعَوْنُ قَوْمَهُۥ وَمَا هَدَىٰ

20:79 Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide them.

يَـٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ قَدْ أَنجَيْنَـٰكُم مِّنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَوَٰعَدْنَـٰكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلْأَيْمَنَ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ

20:80 Children of Israel, We saved you from your enemy, made an appointment with you on the right side of the Mount, and sent down to you manna and quail [food provided in the wilderness].

كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبِى ۖ وَمَن يَحْلِلْ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبِى فَقَدْ هَوَىٰ

20:81 Eat from the good things We have provided you, and do not overstep regarding it, or My anger will come down upon you. Whoever My anger comes down upon has fallen to ruin.

وَإِنِّى لَغَفَّارٌ لِّمَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا ثُمَّ ٱهْتَدَىٰ

20:82 And I am indeed most forgiving to whoever repents, believes, does right, then stays guided.

۞ وَمَآ أَعْجَلَكَ عَن قَوْمِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ

20:83 [Allah said,] What made you hurry away from your people, Moses?

قَالَ هُمْ أُو۟لَآءِ عَلَىٰٓ أَثَرِى وَعَجِلْتُ إِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضَىٰ

20:84 He said, They are right behind me, and I hurried to You, my Lord, so You would be pleased.

قَالَ فَإِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِكَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ ٱلسَّامِرِىُّ

20:85 He said, “We tested your people in your absence, and the Samiri led them off course.”

فَرَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَـٰنَ أَسِفًا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا ۚ أَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْعَهْدُ أَمْ أَرَدتُّمْ أَن يَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُم مَّوْعِدِى

20:86 So Moses returned to his people angry and deeply grieved. He said, “My people, did your Lord not make you a good promise? Did the time seem too long to you, or did you want anger from your Lord to fall on you, so you broke your appointment with me?”

قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَكَ بِمَلْكِنَا وَلَـٰكِنَّا حُمِّلْنَآ أَوْزَارًا مِّن زِينَةِ ٱلْقَوْمِ فَقَذَفْنَـٰهَا فَكَذَٰلِكَ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّامِرِىُّ

20:87 They said, “We did not break our appointment with you by our own choice. But we were made to carry loads of jewelry from the people [the Egyptians], so we threw them, and the Samiri threw as well.”

فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ وَإِلَـٰهُ مُوسَىٰ فَنَسِىَ

20:88 Then he brought out for them a calf, a body with a lowing sound. They said, “This is your god and Moses’s god, but he forgot.”

أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَلَّا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا

20:89 Could they not see that it gave them no answer, and had no power to harm them or benefit them?

وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَـٰرُونُ مِن قَبْلُ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُم بِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى وَأَطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرِى

20:90 Aaron had already told them, “My people, you are only being tested by it. Your Lord is ar-Rahman, so follow me and obey my command.”

قَالُوا۟ لَن نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَـٰكِفِينَ حَتَّىٰ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ

20:91 They said, “We will not stop devoting ourselves to it until Moses returns to us.”

قَالَ يَـٰهَـٰرُونُ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ ضَلُّوٓا۟

20:92 He said, “Aaron, when you saw they had lost their way, what stopped you

أَلَّا تَتَّبِعَنِ ۖ أَفَعَصَيْتَ أَمْرِى

20:93 from following me? Did you disobey my command?”

قَالَ يَبْنَؤُمَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِى وَلَا بِرَأْسِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى خَشِيتُ أَن تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِى

20:94 He said, “Son of my mother, do not grab me by my beard or by my head. I was afraid you would say, ‘You caused division among the Children of Israel and did not respect my word.’”

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكَ يَـٰسَـٰمِرِىُّ

20:95 He said, “Then what is your story, Samiri?”

قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِّنْ أَثَرِ ٱلرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ لِى نَفْسِى

20:96 He said, “I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful from the messenger’s track, then threw it [onto the calf]. That is how my own soul made it seem right to me.”

قَالَ فَٱذْهَبْ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ أَن تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّن تُخْلَفَهُۥ ۖ وَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَـٰهِكَ ٱلَّذِى ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفًا ۖ لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ نَسْفًا

20:97 He [Moses, to the Samiri] said, “Then go. In this life, your lot is to say, ‘No touching.’ And you have an appointment you will not miss. Look at your god, the one you stayed devoted to: we will burn it, then scatter it into the sea as dust.”

إِنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا

20:98 Your only god is Allah; there is no god but Him. He encompasses everything in knowledge.

كَذَٰلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ مَا قَدْ سَبَقَ ۚ وَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكَ مِن لَّدُنَّا ذِكْرًا

20:99 In this way We relate to you [Prophet] some of the news of what came before. And We have given you, from Us, a Reminder.

مَّنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَحْمِلُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وِزْرًا

20:100 Whoever turns away from this Reminder will carry a burden on the Day of Resurrection,

خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهِ ۖ وَسَآءَ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ حِمْلًا

20:101 remaining under it forever. What an evil load it will be for them on the Day of Resurrection.

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ وَنَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ زُرْقًا

20:102 The Day the Trumpet is blown, We will gather the criminals that Day, blue-eyed.

يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا عَشْرًا

20:103 They will whisper among themselves, “You stayed only ten.”

نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذْ يَقُولُ أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا يَوْمًا

20:104 We know best what they will say, when the most level-headed of them says, “You stayed only a day.”

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنسِفُهَا رَبِّى نَسْفًا

20:105 They ask you about the mountains. Say, “My Lord will blast them away completely,

فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعًا صَفْصَفًا

20:106 leaving the land a level plain.

لَّا تَرَىٰ فِيهَا عِوَجًا وَلَآ أَمْتًا

20:107 You will see in it no dip and no rise.”

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلدَّاعِىَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُۥ ۖ وَخَشَعَتِ ٱلْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا

20:108 On that Day they will follow the Caller with no turning aside. Voices will be humbled before the Most Compassionate; you will hear only a faint sound.

يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَرَضِىَ لَهُۥ قَوْلًا

20:109 On that Day, no intercession will help except from someone ar-Rahman has permitted and whose words He accepts.

يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِۦ عِلْمًا

20:110 He knows what is before them and what is behind them, while they cannot encompass Him in knowledge.

۞ وَعَنَتِ ٱلْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَىِّ ٱلْقَيُّومِ ۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا

20:111 Faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Sustainer, and whoever carries wrongdoing will have failed.

وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَا يَخَافُ ظُلْمًا وَلَا هَضْمًا

20:112 But whoever does righteous deeds while he is a believer will fear no injustice and no loss.

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا وَصَرَّفْنَا فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلْوَعِيدِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ أَوْ يُحْدِثُ لَهُمْ ذِكْرًا

20:113 And so We sent it down as an Arabic Quran, and We have varied the warnings within it, so that they may take heed, or it may stir a reminder in them.

فَتَعَـٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۗ وَلَا تَعْجَلْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُقْضَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهُۥ ۖ وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِى عِلْمًا

20:114 So high above all is Allah, the true King. Do not rush with the Quran before its revelation to you is completed, but say, “My Lord, increase me in knowledge.”

وَلَقَدْ عَهِدْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ ءَادَمَ مِن قَبْلُ فَنَسِىَ وَلَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُۥ عَزْمًا

20:115 We had made a covenant with Adam before, but he forgot, and We found in him no firm resolve.

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ

20:116 And when We said to the angels, “Prostrate to Adam,” they prostrated, except Iblis [Satan]. He refused.

فَقُلْنَا يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا عَدُوٌّ لَّكَ وَلِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقَىٰٓ

20:117 So We said, “Adam, this is an enemy to you and your wife. Do not let him drive you both out of the Garden, or you, Adam, will suffer.

إِنَّ لَكَ أَلَّا تَجُوعَ فِيهَا وَلَا تَعْرَىٰ

20:118 There, you will not go hungry, nor be unclothed.

وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَظْمَؤُا۟ فِيهَا وَلَا تَضْحَىٰ

20:119 And you will not suffer thirst there, nor be exposed to the sun.

فَوَسْوَسَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ قَالَ يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَىٰ شَجَرَةِ ٱلْخُلْدِ وَمُلْكٍ لَّا يَبْلَىٰ

20:120 Then Satan whispered to him. He said, “Adam, shall I show you the tree of everlasting life and a kingdom that never wears out?”

فَأَكَلَا مِنْهَا فَبَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۚ وَعَصَىٰٓ ءَادَمُ رَبَّهُۥ فَغَوَىٰ

20:121 Then they both ate from it, and their shame became visible to them. They began fastening leaves of Paradise over themselves. Adam disobeyed his Lord and fell into error.

ثُمَّ ٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ وَهَدَىٰ

20:122 Then his Lord chose him, accepted his repentance, and guided him.

قَالَ ٱهْبِطَا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًۢا ۖ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّى هُدًى فَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هُدَاىَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَىٰ

20:123 He said, “Go down from it, both of you, all together. Some of you will be enemies to others. Then when guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance will not lose his way and will not suffer.”

وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِى فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ أَعْمَىٰ

20:124 But whoever turns away from My reminder will have a constricted life, and We will gather him blind on Resurrection Day.

قَالَ رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِىٓ أَعْمَىٰ وَقَدْ كُنتُ بَصِيرًا

20:125 He will say, “My Lord, why have You gathered me blind, when I used to see?”

قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ أَتَتْكَ ءَايَـٰتُنَا فَنَسِيتَهَا ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ تُنسَىٰ

20:126 He will say, “That is how it is. Our signs came to you, but you ignored them; and today, in the same way, you are ignored.”

وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَنْ أَسْرَفَ وَلَمْ يُؤْمِنۢ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ ۚ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَشَدُّ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

20:127 That is how We repay whoever goes beyond bounds and does not believe in the signs of his Lord. The punishment of the Hereafter is harsher and more lasting.

أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

20:128 Has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them, whose homes they walk through? In that are signs for people of understanding.

وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى

20:129 Were it not for a word already passed from your Lord, and for a fixed term, it [their destruction] would have been unavoidable.

فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا ۖ وَمِنْ ءَانَآئِ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْ وَأَطْرَافَ ٱلنَّهَارِ لَعَلَّكَ تَرْضَىٰ

20:130 So be patient with what they say, and glorify your Lord with praise before the sun rises and before it sets. During portions of the night, glorify Him, and at the ends of the day, so that you may be content.

وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَرِزْقُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ

20:131 Do not gaze longingly at what We have given some groups of them to enjoy, the bloom of the life of this world, so that We may test them through it. Your Lord’s provision is better and more lasting.

وَأْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَا ۖ لَا نَسْـَٔلُكَ رِزْقًا ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُكَ ۗ وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ

20:132 Command your family to pray, and be steadfast in it. We do not ask you for provision; We provide for you. The final outcome belongs to the reverent.

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا يَأْتِينَا بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦٓ ۚ أَوَلَمْ تَأْتِهِم بَيِّنَةُ مَا فِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

20:133 They say, “Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?” Has clear evidence not already come to them of what was in the earlier Scriptures?

وَلَوْ أَنَّآ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُم بِعَذَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـٰتِكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخْزَىٰ

20:134 If We had destroyed them with a punishment before he came [the Messenger], they would have said, “Our Lord, why did You not send us a messenger so we could follow Your signs before we were humiliated and disgraced?”

قُلْ كُلٌّ مُّتَرَبِّصٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ ٱلسَّوِىِّ وَمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ

20:135 Say, “Everyone is waiting, so wait. Soon you will know who belongs to the straight path and who was guided.”