بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

In the name of The God, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

Ta-Ha 20:1

طه

Ta, Ha.

Ta-Ha 20:2

ما أَنزَلنا عَلَيكَ القُرءانَ لِتَشقىٰ

We did not send down the Qur’an upon you to make you suffer,

Ta-Ha 20:3

إِلّا تَذكِرَةً لِمَن يَخشىٰ

but as a reminder for one who fears,

Ta-Ha 20:4

تَنزيلًا مِمَّن خَلَقَ الأَرضَ وَالسَّمٰوٰتِ العُلَى

a revelation from the One who created the earth and the lofty heavens.

Ta-Ha 20:5

الرَّحمٰنُ عَلَى العَرشِ استَوىٰ

The Entirely Merciful established Himself upon the Throne.

Ta-Ha 20:6

لَهُ ما فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَما فِى الأَرضِ وَما بَينَهُما وَما تَحتَ الثَّرىٰ

To Him belongs what is in the heavens, what is on the earth, what is between them, and what is beneath the soil.

Ta-Ha 20:7

وَإِن تَجهَر بِالقَولِ فَإِنَّهُ يَعلَمُ السِّرَّ وَأَخفَى

If you speak aloud, He knows the secret and what is more hidden.

Ta-Ha 20:8

اللَّهُ لا إِلٰهَ إِلّا هُوَ ۖ لَهُ الأَسماءُ الحُسنىٰ

The God—there is no god but Him. To Him belong the most beautiful names.

Ta-Ha 20:9

وَهَل أَتىٰكَ حَديثُ موسىٰ

Has the account of Moses reached you?

Ta-Ha 20:10

إِذ رَءا نارًا فَقالَ لِأَهلِهِ امكُثوا إِنّى ءانَستُ نارًا لَعَلّى ءاتيكُم مِنها بِقَبَسٍ أَو أَجِدُ عَلَى النّارِ هُدًى

When he saw a fire, he said to his family, “Stay here. I have seen a fire. Perhaps I can bring you a burning brand from it or find guidance at the fire.”

Ta-Ha 20:11

فَلَمّا أَتىٰها نودِىَ يٰموسىٰ

When he came to it, he was called, “Moses,

Ta-Ha 20:12

إِنّى أَنا۠ رَبُّكَ فَاخلَع نَعلَيكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ بِالوادِ المُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

I am your Lord. Remove your sandals; you are in the sacred valley of Tuwa.

Ta-Ha 20:13

وَأَنَا اختَرتُكَ فَاستَمِع لِما يوحىٰ

I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed.

Ta-Ha 20:14

إِنَّنى أَنَا اللَّهُ لا إِلٰهَ إِلّا أَنا۠ فَاعبُدنى وَأَقِمِ الصَّلوٰةَ لِذِكرى

I am The God. There is no god but Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.

Ta-Ha 20:15

إِنَّ السّاعَةَ ءاتِيَةٌ أَكادُ أُخفيها لِتُجزىٰ كُلُّ نَفسٍ بِما تَسعىٰ

The Hour is coming—I almost conceal it—so that every soul may be recompensed for what it strives for.

Ta-Ha 20:16

فَلا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنها مَن لا يُؤمِنُ بِها وَاتَّبَعَ هَوىٰهُ فَتَردىٰ

Do not let one who does not believe in it and follows his desire turn you away from it, lest you perish.

Ta-Ha 20:17

وَما تِلكَ بِيَمينِكَ يٰموسىٰ

What is that in your right hand, Moses?”

Ta-Ha 20:18

قالَ هِىَ عَصاىَ أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ عَلَيها وَأَهُشُّ بِها عَلىٰ غَنَمى وَلِىَ فيها مَـٔارِبُ أُخرىٰ

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

Ta-Ha 20:19

قالَ أَلقِها يٰموسىٰ

He said, “Throw it down, Moses.”

Ta-Ha 20:20

فَأَلقىٰها فَإِذا هِىَ حَيَّةٌ تَسعىٰ

He threw it down, and suddenly it was a snake moving swiftly.

Ta-Ha 20:21

قالَ خُذها وَلا تَخَف ۖ سَنُعيدُها سيرَتَهَا الأولىٰ

He said, “Take it and do not fear. We will restore it to its former state.

Ta-Ha 20:22

وَاضمُم يَدَكَ إِلىٰ جَناحِكَ تَخرُج بَيضاءَ مِن غَيرِ سوءٍ ءايَةً أُخرىٰ

Draw your hand to your side; it will come out white, without harm, as another sign,

Ta-Ha 20:23

لِنُرِيَكَ مِن ءايٰتِنَا الكُبرَى

so that We may show you some of Our greatest signs.

Ta-Ha 20:24

اذهَب إِلىٰ فِرعَونَ إِنَّهُ طَغىٰ

Go to Pharaoh. He has transgressed.”

Ta-Ha 20:25

قالَ رَبِّ اشرَح لى صَدرى

He said, “My Lord, expand my breast for me,

Ta-Ha 20:26

وَيَسِّر لى أَمرى

and ease my task for me,

Ta-Ha 20:27

وَاحلُل عُقدَةً مِن لِسانى

and loosen a knot from my tongue,

Ta-Ha 20:28

يَفقَهوا قَولى

so that they may understand my speech.

Ta-Ha 20:29

وَاجعَل لى وَزيرًا مِن أَهلى

Appoint a helper for me from my family,

Ta-Ha 20:30

هٰرونَ أَخِى

Aaron, my brother.

Ta-Ha 20:31

اشدُد بِهِ أَزرى

Strengthen my back through him,

Ta-Ha 20:32

وَأَشرِكهُ فى أَمرى

and let him share in my task,

Ta-Ha 20:33

كَى نُسَبِّحَكَ كَثيرًا

so that we may glorify You much,

Ta-Ha 20:34

وَنَذكُرَكَ كَثيرًا

and remember You much.

Ta-Ha 20:35

إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنا بَصيرًا

You have always seen us.”

Ta-Ha 20:36

قالَ قَد أوتيتَ سُؤلَكَ يٰموسىٰ

He said, “You have been granted your request, Moses.

Ta-Ha 20:37

وَلَقَد مَنَنّا عَلَيكَ مَرَّةً أُخرىٰ

We had already bestowed favor upon you another time,

Ta-Ha 20:38

إِذ أَوحَينا إِلىٰ أُمِّكَ ما يوحىٰ

when We revealed to your mother what was revealed:

Ta-Ha 20:39

أَنِ اقذِفيهِ فِى التّابوتِ فَاقذِفيهِ فِى اليَمِّ فَليُلقِهِ اليَمُّ بِالسّاحِلِ يَأخُذهُ عَدُوٌّ لى وَعَدُوٌّ لَهُ ۚ وَأَلقَيتُ عَلَيكَ مَحَبَّةً مِنّى وَلِتُصنَعَ عَلىٰ عَينى

‘Put him in the chest and cast it into the river. Let the river cast him onto the shore, where an enemy of Mine and his will take him.’ I cast love from Me upon you, so that you would be brought up under My eye.

Ta-Ha 20:40

إِذ تَمشى أُختُكَ فَتَقولُ هَل أَدُلُّكُم عَلىٰ مَن يَكفُلُهُ ۖ فَرَجَعنٰكَ إِلىٰ أُمِّكَ كَى تَقَرَّ عَينُها وَلا تَحزَنَ ۚ وَقَتَلتَ نَفسًا فَنَجَّينٰكَ مِنَ الغَمِّ وَفَتَنّٰكَ فُتونًا ۚ فَلَبِثتَ سِنينَ فى أَهلِ مَديَنَ ثُمَّ جِئتَ عَلىٰ قَدَرٍ يٰموسىٰ

When your sister walked along and said, ‘Shall I direct you to someone who will care for him?’ We returned you to your mother so that she would be comforted and not grieve. You killed a person, and We delivered you from distress and tested you with trials. You remained for years among the people of Midian, then came at the appointed time, Moses.

Ta-Ha 20:41

وَاصطَنَعتُكَ لِنَفسِى

I have fashioned you for Myself.

Ta-Ha 20:42

اذهَب أَنتَ وَأَخوكَ بِـٔايٰتى وَلا تَنِيا فى ذِكرِى

Go, you and your brother, with My signs, and do not slacken in remembering Me.

Ta-Ha 20:43

اذهَبا إِلىٰ فِرعَونَ إِنَّهُ طَغىٰ

Go to Pharaoh. He has transgressed.

Ta-Ha 20:44

فَقولا لَهُ قَولًا لَيِّنًا لَعَلَّهُ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَو يَخشىٰ

Speak gently to him, so that he may take heed or fear.”

Ta-Ha 20:45

قالا رَبَّنا إِنَّنا نَخافُ أَن يَفرُطَ عَلَينا أَو أَن يَطغىٰ

They said, “Our Lord, we fear that he will act hastily against us or transgress.”

Ta-Ha 20:46

قالَ لا تَخافا ۖ إِنَّنى مَعَكُما أَسمَعُ وَأَرىٰ

He said, “Do not fear. I am with you both; I hear and see.

Ta-Ha 20:47

فَأتِياهُ فَقولا إِنّا رَسولا رَبِّكَ فَأَرسِل مَعَنا بَنى إِسرٰءيلَ وَلا تُعَذِّبهُم ۖ قَد جِئنٰكَ بِـٔايَةٍ مِن رَبِّكَ ۖ وَالسَّلٰمُ عَلىٰ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الهُدىٰ

Go to him and say, ‘We are two messengers of your Lord. Send the children of Israel with us and do not torment them. We have brought you a sign from your Lord. Peace be upon whoever follows the guidance.

Ta-Ha 20:48

إِنّا قَد أوحِىَ إِلَينا أَنَّ العَذابَ عَلىٰ مَن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلّىٰ

It has been revealed to us that punishment is upon whoever denies and turns away.’”

Ta-Ha 20:49

قالَ فَمَن رَبُّكُما يٰموسىٰ

He said, “Who, then, is the Lord of you two, Moses?”

Ta-Ha 20:50

قالَ رَبُّنَا الَّذى أَعطىٰ كُلَّ شَىءٍ خَلقَهُ ثُمَّ هَدىٰ

He said, “Our Lord is the One who gave everything its creation, then guided it.”

Ta-Ha 20:51

قالَ فَما بالُ القُرونِ الأولىٰ

He said, “What, then, of the former generations?”

Ta-Ha 20:52

قالَ عِلمُها عِندَ رَبّى فى كِتٰبٍ ۖ لا يَضِلُّ رَبّى وَلا يَنسَى

He said, “Knowledge of them is with my Lord in a book. My Lord neither errs nor forgets.”

Ta-Ha 20:53

الَّذى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الأَرضَ مَهدًا وَسَلَكَ لَكُم فيها سُبُلًا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّماءِ ماءً فَأَخرَجنا بِهِ أَزوٰجًا مِن نَباتٍ شَتّىٰ

The One who made the earth a bed for you, laid out paths for you in it, and sent down water from the sky. With it We brought forth diverse kinds of plants.

Ta-Ha 20:54

كُلوا وَارعَوا أَنعٰمَكُم ۗ إِنَّ فى ذٰلِكَ لَـٔايٰتٍ لِأُولِى النُّهىٰ

Eat and pasture your livestock. In this are signs for those of understanding.

Ta-Ha 20:55

مِنها خَلَقنٰكُم وَفيها نُعيدُكُم وَمِنها نُخرِجُكُم تارَةً أُخرىٰ

From it We created you, into it We return you, and from it We will bring you forth another time.

Ta-Ha 20:56

وَلَقَد أَرَينٰهُ ءايٰتِنا كُلَّها فَكَذَّبَ وَأَبىٰ

We showed him all Our signs, but he denied and refused.

Ta-Ha 20:57

قالَ أَجِئتَنا لِتُخرِجَنا مِن أَرضِنا بِسِحرِكَ يٰموسىٰ

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

Ta-Ha 20:58

فَلَنَأتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحرٍ مِثلِهِ فَاجعَل بَينَنا وَبَينَكَ مَوعِدًا لا نُخلِفُهُ نَحنُ وَلا أَنتَ مَكانًا سُوًى

We will bring you magic like it. Appoint a meeting between us and you that neither we nor you will fail to keep, in an equal place.”

Ta-Ha 20:59

قالَ مَوعِدُكُم يَومُ الزّينَةِ وَأَن يُحشَرَ النّاسُ ضُحًى

He said, “Your appointment is on the day of adornment, and let the people be gathered in the morning light.”

Ta-Ha 20:60

فَتَوَلّىٰ فِرعَونُ فَجَمَعَ كَيدَهُ ثُمَّ أَتىٰ

Pharaoh withdrew, assembled his scheme, then came.

Ta-Ha 20:61

قالَ لَهُم موسىٰ وَيلَكُم لا تَفتَروا عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا فَيُسحِتَكُم بِعَذابٍ ۖ وَقَد خابَ مَنِ افتَرىٰ

Moses said to them, “Woe to you! Do not invent a lie against The God, lest He destroy you with punishment. Whoever invents a lie has failed.”

Ta-Ha 20:62

فَتَنٰزَعوا أَمرَهُم بَينَهُم وَأَسَرُّوا النَّجوىٰ

They disputed their affair among themselves and kept their private conversation secret.

Ta-Ha 20:63

قالوا إِن هٰذٰنِ لَسٰحِرٰنِ يُريدانِ أَن يُخرِجاكُم مِن أَرضِكُم بِسِحرِهِما وَيَذهَبا بِطَريقَتِكُمُ المُثلىٰ

They said, “These two are magicians who want to drive you from your land with their magic and take away your finest way.

Ta-Ha 20:64

فَأَجمِعوا كَيدَكُم ثُمَّ ائتوا صَفًّا ۚ وَقَد أَفلَحَ اليَومَ مَنِ استَعلىٰ

Unite your scheme, then come in ranks. Whoever gains the upper hand today will succeed.”

Ta-Ha 20:65

قالوا يٰموسىٰ إِمّا أَن تُلقِىَ وَإِمّا أَن نَكونَ أَوَّلَ مَن أَلقىٰ

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

Ta-Ha 20:66

قالَ بَل أَلقوا ۖ فَإِذا حِبالُهُم وَعِصِيُّهُم يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيهِ مِن سِحرِهِم أَنَّها تَسعىٰ

He said, “Rather, you throw.” Suddenly their ropes and staffs appeared to him, through their magic, to be moving swiftly.

Ta-Ha 20:67

فَأَوجَسَ فى نَفسِهِ خيفَةً موسىٰ

Moses felt fear within himself.

Ta-Ha 20:68

قُلنا لا تَخَف إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الأَعلىٰ

We said, “Do not fear. You have the upper hand.

Ta-Ha 20:69

وَأَلقِ ما فى يَمينِكَ تَلقَف ما صَنَعوا ۖ إِنَّما صَنَعوا كَيدُ سٰحِرٍ ۖ وَلا يُفلِحُ السّاحِرُ حَيثُ أَتىٰ

Throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow what they have made. What they have made is only a magician’s trick. A magician does not succeed wherever he comes.”

Ta-Ha 20:70

فَأُلقِىَ السَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًا قالوا ءامَنّا بِرَبِّ هٰرونَ وَموسىٰ

The magicians fell down in prostration. They said, “We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.”

Ta-Ha 20:71

قالَ ءامَنتُم لَهُ قَبلَ أَن ءاذَنَ لَكُم ۖ إِنَّهُ لَكَبيرُكُمُ الَّذى عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحرَ ۖ فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيدِيَكُم وَأَرجُلَكُم مِن خِلٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُم فى جُذوعِ النَّخلِ وَلَتَعلَمُنَّ أَيُّنا أَشَدُّ عَذابًا وَأَبقىٰ

He said, “You believed him before I gave you permission? He must be your chief who taught you magic. I will cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides and crucify you on palm trunks. You will know which of us is more severe and lasting in punishment.”

Ta-Ha 20:72

قالوا لَن نُؤثِرَكَ عَلىٰ ما جاءَنا مِنَ البَيِّنٰتِ وَالَّذى فَطَرَنا ۖ فَاقضِ ما أَنتَ قاضٍ ۖ إِنَّما تَقضى هٰذِهِ الحَيوٰةَ الدُّنيا

They said, “We will never prefer you over the clear signs that have come to us and the One who originated us. Decree whatever you decree; you decree only in this worldly life.

Ta-Ha 20:73

إِنّا ءامَنّا بِرَبِّنا لِيَغفِرَ لَنا خَطٰيٰنا وَما أَكرَهتَنا عَلَيهِ مِنَ السِّحرِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ خَيرٌ وَأَبقىٰ

We have believed in our Lord so that He may forgive our sins and the magic you forced us to perform. The God is better and more lasting.”

Ta-Ha 20:74

إِنَّهُ مَن يَأتِ رَبَّهُ مُجرِمًا فَإِنَّ لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ لا يَموتُ فيها وَلا يَحيىٰ

Whoever comes to his Lord guilty will have Hell, where he neither dies nor lives.

Ta-Ha 20:75

وَمَن يَأتِهِ مُؤمِنًا قَد عَمِلَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ فَأُولٰئِكَ لَهُمُ الدَّرَجٰتُ العُلىٰ

Whoever comes to Him believing, having done righteous deeds, will have the highest degrees:

Ta-Ha 20:76

جَنّٰتُ عَدنٍ تَجرى مِن تَحتِهَا الأَنهٰرُ خٰلِدينَ فيها ۚ وَذٰلِكَ جَزاءُ مَن تَزَكّىٰ

gardens of lasting abode with rivers flowing beneath them, remaining there forever. That is the reward of one who purifies himself.

Ta-Ha 20:77

وَلَقَد أَوحَينا إِلىٰ موسىٰ أَن أَسرِ بِعِبادى فَاضرِب لَهُم طَريقًا فِى البَحرِ يَبَسًا لا تَخٰفُ دَرَكًا وَلا تَخشىٰ

We revealed to Moses, “Travel by night with My servants and strike a dry path for them through the sea. You will not fear being overtaken, nor be afraid.”

Ta-Ha 20:78

فَأَتبَعَهُم فِرعَونُ بِجُنودِهِ فَغَشِيَهُم مِنَ اليَمِّ ما غَشِيَهُم

Pharaoh pursued them with his troops, and the sea overwhelmed them with what overwhelmed them.

Ta-Ha 20:79

وَأَضَلَّ فِرعَونُ قَومَهُ وَما هَدىٰ

Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide them.

Ta-Ha 20:80

يٰبَنى إِسرٰءيلَ قَد أَنجَينٰكُم مِن عَدُوِّكُم وَوٰعَدنٰكُم جانِبَ الطّورِ الأَيمَنَ وَنَزَّلنا عَلَيكُمُ المَنَّ وَالسَّلوىٰ

Children of Israel, We delivered you from your enemy, made an appointment with you on the right side of the Mount, and sent down manna and quails upon you.

Ta-Ha 20:81

كُلوا مِن طَيِّبٰتِ ما رَزَقنٰكُم وَلا تَطغَوا فيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيكُم غَضَبى ۖ وَمَن يَحلِل عَلَيهِ غَضَبى فَقَد هَوىٰ

Eat of the good things We have provided you, and do not transgress in them, lest My anger descend upon you. Whoever My anger descends upon has fallen.

Ta-Ha 20:82

وَإِنّى لَغَفّارٌ لِمَن تابَ وَءامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صٰلِحًا ثُمَّ اهتَدىٰ

I am greatly forgiving toward whoever repents, believes, and acts righteously, then follows guidance.

Ta-Ha 20:83

وَما أَعجَلَكَ عَن قَومِكَ يٰموسىٰ

“What made you hasten ahead of your people, Moses?”

Ta-Ha 20:84

قالَ هُم أُولاءِ عَلىٰ أَثَرى وَعَجِلتُ إِلَيكَ رَبِّ لِتَرضىٰ

He said, “They are following my footsteps. I hastened to You, my Lord, so that You might be pleased.”

Ta-Ha 20:85

قالَ فَإِنّا قَد فَتَنّا قَومَكَ مِن بَعدِكَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ السّامِرِىُّ

He said, “We have tested your people after you, and the Samiri has led them astray.”

Ta-Ha 20:86

فَرَجَعَ موسىٰ إِلىٰ قَومِهِ غَضبٰنَ أَسِفًا ۚ قالَ يٰقَومِ أَلَم يَعِدكُم رَبُّكُم وَعدًا حَسَنًا ۚ أَفَطالَ عَلَيكُمُ العَهدُ أَم أَرَدتُم أَن يَحِلَّ عَلَيكُم غَضَبٌ مِن رَبِّكُم فَأَخلَفتُم مَوعِدى

Moses returned to his people angry and sorrowful. He said, “My people, did your Lord not make you a good promise? Did the time seem long to you, or did you want anger from your Lord to descend upon you, so that you broke your promise to me?”

Ta-Ha 20:87

قالوا ما أَخلَفنا مَوعِدَكَ بِمَلكِنا وَلٰكِنّا حُمِّلنا أَوزارًا مِن زينَةِ القَومِ فَقَذَفنٰها فَكَذٰلِكَ أَلقَى السّامِرِىُّ

They said, “We did not break our promise to you by our own choice. We were made to carry burdens of the people’s ornaments, and we threw them down. The Samiri threw likewise.”

Ta-Ha 20:88

فَأَخرَجَ لَهُم عِجلًا جَسَدًا لَهُ خُوارٌ فَقالوا هٰذا إِلٰهُكُم وَإِلٰهُ موسىٰ فَنَسِىَ

He brought out for them a calf, a body with a lowing sound. They said, “This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot.”

Ta-Ha 20:89

أَفَلا يَرَونَ أَلّا يَرجِعُ إِلَيهِم قَولًا وَلا يَملِكُ لَهُم ضَرًّا وَلا نَفعًا

Do they not see that it returns no word to them and has no power to harm or benefit them?

Ta-Ha 20:90

وَلَقَد قالَ لَهُم هٰرونُ مِن قَبلُ يٰقَومِ إِنَّما فُتِنتُم بِهِ ۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ الرَّحمٰنُ فَاتَّبِعونى وَأَطيعوا أَمرى

Aaron had already told them, “My people, you are only being tested by it. Your Lord is the Entirely Merciful. Follow me and obey my command.”

Ta-Ha 20:91

قالوا لَن نَبرَحَ عَلَيهِ عٰكِفينَ حَتّىٰ يَرجِعَ إِلَينا موسىٰ

They said, “We will not cease our devotion to it until Moses returns to us.”

Ta-Ha 20:92

قالَ يٰهٰرونُ ما مَنَعَكَ إِذ رَأَيتَهُم ضَلّوا

He said, “Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them go astray,

Ta-Ha 20:93

أَلّا تَتَّبِعَنِ ۖ أَفَعَصَيتَ أَمرى

from following me? Did you disobey my command?”

Ta-Ha 20:94

قالَ يَبنَؤُمَّ لا تَأخُذ بِلِحيَتى وَلا بِرَأسى ۖ إِنّى خَشيتُ أَن تَقولَ فَرَّقتَ بَينَ بَنى إِسرٰءيلَ وَلَم تَرقُب قَولى

He said, “Son of my mother, do not seize my beard or my head. I feared you would say, ‘You divided the children of Israel and did not heed my word.’”

Ta-Ha 20:95

قالَ فَما خَطبُكَ يٰسٰمِرِىُّ

He said, “What is your affair, Samiri?”

Ta-Ha 20:96

قالَ بَصُرتُ بِما لَم يَبصُروا بِهِ فَقَبَضتُ قَبضَةً مِن أَثَرِ الرَّسولِ فَنَبَذتُها وَكَذٰلِكَ سَوَّلَت لى نَفسى

He said, “I saw what they did not see. I took a handful from the messenger’s trace and cast it away. Thus my soul enticed me.”

Ta-Ha 20:97

قالَ فَاذهَب فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِى الحَيوٰةِ أَن تَقولَ لا مِساسَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوعِدًا لَن تُخلَفَهُ ۖ وَانظُر إِلىٰ إِلٰهِكَ الَّذى ظَلتَ عَلَيهِ عاكِفًا ۖ لَنُحَرِّقَنَّهُ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُ فِى اليَمِّ نَسفًا

He said, “Go! In this life you will say, ‘No touching.’ You have an appointment that will not be broken. Look at your god to which you remained devoted: we will burn it, then scatter it into the sea.

Ta-Ha 20:98

إِنَّما إِلٰهُكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذى لا إِلٰهَ إِلّا هُوَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَىءٍ عِلمًا

Your god is only The God, besides whom there is no god. He encompasses everything in knowledge.”

Ta-Ha 20:99

كَذٰلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَيكَ مِن أَنباءِ ما قَد سَبَقَ ۚ وَقَد ءاتَينٰكَ مِن لَدُنّا ذِكرًا

In this way We relate to you some accounts of what has passed. We have given you a reminder from Us.

Ta-Ha 20:100

مَن أَعرَضَ عَنهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَحمِلُ يَومَ القِيٰمَةِ وِزرًا

Whoever turns away from it will bear a burden on the Day of Resurrection,

Ta-Ha 20:101

خٰلِدينَ فيهِ ۖ وَساءَ لَهُم يَومَ القِيٰمَةِ حِملًا

remaining in it forever. What an evil load for them on the Day of Resurrection!

Ta-Ha 20:102

يَومَ يُنفَخُ فِى الصّورِ ۚ وَنَحشُرُ المُجرِمينَ يَومَئِذٍ زُرقًا

On the day the trumpet is blown, We will gather the guilty that day, blue-eyed.

Ta-Ha 20:103

يَتَخٰفَتونَ بَينَهُم إِن لَبِثتُم إِلّا عَشرًا

They will whisper among themselves, “You remained only ten.”

Ta-Ha 20:104

نَحنُ أَعلَمُ بِما يَقولونَ إِذ يَقولُ أَمثَلُهُم طَريقَةً إِن لَبِثتُم إِلّا يَومًا

We know best what they say, when the best of them in judgment says, “You remained only a day.”

Ta-Ha 20:105

وَيَسـَٔلونَكَ عَنِ الجِبالِ فَقُل يَنسِفُها رَبّى نَسفًا

They ask you about the mountains. Say, “My Lord will scatter them utterly,

Ta-Ha 20:106

فَيَذَرُها قاعًا صَفصَفًا

and leave it a level plain,

Ta-Ha 20:107

لا تَرىٰ فيها عِوَجًا وَلا أَمتًا

in which you will see neither crookedness nor elevation.”

Ta-Ha 20:108

يَومَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعونَ الدّاعِىَ لا عِوَجَ لَهُ ۖ وَخَشَعَتِ الأَصواتُ لِلرَّحمٰنِ فَلا تَسمَعُ إِلّا هَمسًا

That day they will follow the caller, with no deviation from him. Voices will be humbled before the Entirely Merciful, and you will hear only a faint sound.

Ta-Ha 20:109

يَومَئِذٍ لا تَنفَعُ الشَّفٰعَةُ إِلّا مَن أَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحمٰنُ وَرَضِىَ لَهُ قَولًا

That day intercession will not benefit, except for one whom the Entirely Merciful permits and whose word He approves.

Ta-Ha 20:110

يَعلَمُ ما بَينَ أَيديهِم وَما خَلفَهُم وَلا يُحيطونَ بِهِ عِلمًا

He knows what is before them and what is behind them, but they do not encompass Him in knowledge.

Ta-Ha 20:111

وَعَنَتِ الوُجوهُ لِلحَىِّ القَيّومِ ۖ وَقَد خابَ مَن حَمَلَ ظُلمًا

Faces will be humbled before the Living, the Self-Sustaining. Whoever bears wrongdoing has failed.

Ta-Ha 20:112

وَمَن يَعمَل مِنَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤمِنٌ فَلا يَخافُ ظُلمًا وَلا هَضمًا

Whoever does righteous deeds while a believer will fear neither injustice nor deprivation.

Ta-Ha 20:113

وَكَذٰلِكَ أَنزَلنٰهُ قُرءانًا عَرَبِيًّا وَصَرَّفنا فيهِ مِنَ الوَعيدِ لَعَلَّهُم يَتَّقونَ أَو يُحدِثُ لَهُم ذِكرًا

In this way We sent it down as an Arabic Qur’an and varied the warnings in it, so that they may be mindful or it may bring them remembrance.

Ta-Ha 20:114

فَتَعٰلَى اللَّهُ المَلِكُ الحَقُّ ۗ وَلا تَعجَل بِالقُرءانِ مِن قَبلِ أَن يُقضىٰ إِلَيكَ وَحيُهُ ۖ وَقُل رَبِّ زِدنى عِلمًا

Exalted is The God, the True Sovereign. Do not hasten with the Qur’an before its revelation to you is completed, and say, “My Lord, increase me in knowledge.”

Ta-Ha 20:115

وَلَقَد عَهِدنا إِلىٰ ءادَمَ مِن قَبلُ فَنَسِىَ وَلَم نَجِد لَهُ عَزمًا

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

Ta-Ha 20:116

وَإِذ قُلنا لِلمَلٰئِكَةِ اسجُدوا لِـٔادَمَ فَسَجَدوا إِلّا إِبليسَ أَبىٰ

When We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam,” they prostrated, except Iblis, who refused.

Ta-Ha 20:117

فَقُلنا يٰـٔادَمُ إِنَّ هٰذا عَدُوٌّ لَكَ وَلِزَوجِكَ فَلا يُخرِجَنَّكُما مِنَ الجَنَّةِ فَتَشقىٰ

We said, “Adam, this is an enemy to you and your spouse. Do not let him drive you both out of the Garden, so that you suffer.

Ta-Ha 20:118

إِنَّ لَكَ أَلّا تَجوعَ فيها وَلا تَعرىٰ

There you will neither hunger nor be naked,

Ta-Ha 20:119

وَأَنَّكَ لا تَظمَؤُا۟ فيها وَلا تَضحىٰ

nor be thirsty there or suffer the sun’s heat.”

Ta-Ha 20:120

فَوَسوَسَ إِلَيهِ الشَّيطٰنُ قالَ يٰـٔادَمُ هَل أَدُلُّكَ عَلىٰ شَجَرَةِ الخُلدِ وَمُلكٍ لا يَبلىٰ

Satan whispered to him, saying, “Adam, shall I guide you to the tree of eternity and a kingdom that never decays?”

Ta-Ha 20:121

فَأَكَلا مِنها فَبَدَت لَهُما سَوءٰتُهُما وَطَفِقا يَخصِفانِ عَلَيهِما مِن وَرَقِ الجَنَّةِ ۚ وَعَصىٰ ءادَمُ رَبَّهُ فَغَوىٰ

They both ate from it, and their nakedness became apparent to them. They began covering themselves with leaves from the Garden. Adam disobeyed his Lord and went astray.

Ta-Ha 20:122

ثُمَّ اجتَبٰهُ رَبُّهُ فَتابَ عَلَيهِ وَهَدىٰ

Then his Lord chose him, turned toward him, and guided him.

Ta-Ha 20:123

قالَ اهبِطا مِنها جَميعًا ۖ بَعضُكُم لِبَعضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ فَإِمّا يَأتِيَنَّكُم مِنّى هُدًى فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ هُداىَ فَلا يَضِلُّ وَلا يَشقىٰ

He said, “Go down from it, both of you, all together, some of you enemies to others. When guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray nor suffer.

Ta-Ha 20:124

وَمَن أَعرَضَ عَن ذِكرى فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعيشَةً ضَنكًا وَنَحشُرُهُ يَومَ القِيٰمَةِ أَعمىٰ

Whoever turns away from My remembrance will have a constricted life, and We will gather him blind on the Day of Resurrection.”

Ta-Ha 20:125

قالَ رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرتَنى أَعمىٰ وَقَد كُنتُ بَصيرًا

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

Ta-Ha 20:126

قالَ كَذٰلِكَ أَتَتكَ ءايٰتُنا فَنَسيتَها ۖ وَكَذٰلِكَ اليَومَ تُنسىٰ

He will say, “So it is. Our signs came to you, but you forgot them. In the same way, today you are forgotten.”

Ta-Ha 20:127

وَكَذٰلِكَ نَجزى مَن أَسرَفَ وَلَم يُؤمِن بِـٔايٰتِ رَبِّهِ ۚ وَلَعَذابُ الـٔاخِرَةِ أَشَدُّ وَأَبقىٰ

In this way We recompense whoever exceeds bounds and does not believe in his Lord’s signs. The punishment of the Hereafter is more severe and more lasting.

Ta-Ha 20:128

أَفَلَم يَهدِ لَهُم كَم أَهلَكنا قَبلَهُم مِنَ القُرونِ يَمشونَ فى مَسٰكِنِهِم ۗ إِنَّ فى ذٰلِكَ لَـٔايٰتٍ لِأُولِى النُّهىٰ

Has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them, whose dwellings they walk through? In this are signs for those of understanding.

Ta-Ha 20:129

وَلَولا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَت مِن رَبِّكَ لَكانَ لِزامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُسَمًّى

Were it not for a word that had already gone forth from your Lord and an appointed term, it would have been inevitable.

Ta-Ha 20:130

فَاصبِر عَلىٰ ما يَقولونَ وَسَبِّح بِحَمدِ رَبِّكَ قَبلَ طُلوعِ الشَّمسِ وَقَبلَ غُروبِها ۖ وَمِن ءانائِ الَّيلِ فَسَبِّح وَأَطرافَ النَّهارِ لَعَلَّكَ تَرضىٰ

Be patient with what they say, and glorify your Lord with praise before sunrise and before sunset. Glorify during hours of the night and at the edges of the day, so that you may be pleased.

Ta-Ha 20:131

وَلا تَمُدَّنَّ عَينَيكَ إِلىٰ ما مَتَّعنا بِهِ أَزوٰجًا مِنهُم زَهرَةَ الحَيوٰةِ الدُّنيا لِنَفتِنَهُم فيهِ ۚ وَرِزقُ رَبِّكَ خَيرٌ وَأَبقىٰ

Do not stretch your eyes toward what We have given some groups of them to enjoy—the bloom of worldly life—so that We may test them through it. Your Lord’s provision is better and more lasting.

Ta-Ha 20:132

وَأمُر أَهلَكَ بِالصَّلوٰةِ وَاصطَبِر عَلَيها ۖ لا نَسـَٔلُكَ رِزقًا ۖ نَحنُ نَرزُقُكَ ۗ وَالعٰقِبَةُ لِلتَّقوىٰ

Command your family to prayer and persevere in it. We do not ask you for provision; We provide for you. The final outcome belongs to mindfulness.

Ta-Ha 20:133

وَقالوا لَولا يَأتينا بِـٔايَةٍ مِن رَبِّهِ ۚ أَوَلَم تَأتِهِم بَيِّنَةُ ما فِى الصُّحُفِ الأولىٰ

They say, “Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?” Has clear evidence of what is in the former scriptures not come to them?

Ta-Ha 20:134

وَلَو أَنّا أَهلَكنٰهُم بِعَذابٍ مِن قَبلِهِ لَقالوا رَبَّنا لَولا أَرسَلتَ إِلَينا رَسولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءايٰتِكَ مِن قَبلِ أَن نَذِلَّ وَنَخزىٰ

Had We destroyed them with punishment before it, they would have said, “Our Lord, why did You not send a messenger to us so that we could follow Your signs before being humbled and disgraced?”

Ta-Ha 20:135

قُل كُلٌّ مُتَرَبِّصٌ فَتَرَبَّصوا ۖ فَسَتَعلَمونَ مَن أَصحٰبُ الصِّرٰطِ السَّوِىِّ وَمَنِ اهتَدىٰ

Say, “Everyone is waiting, so wait. You will know who are the companions of the sound path and who is guided.”