Taa-Haa · Surah 20

(Saying): Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you, and transgress not in respect thereof lest My wrath come upon you: and he on whom My wrath cometh, he is lost indeed

And lo! verily I am Forgiving toward him who repenteth and believeth and doeth good, and afterward walketh aright

And (it was said): What hath made thee hasten from thy folk, O Moses

He said: They are close upon my track. I hastened unto Thee, my Lord, that Thou mightest be well pleased

He said: Lo! We have tried thy folk in thine absence, and As-Samiri hath misled them

Then Moses went back unto his folk, angry and sad. He said: O my people! Hath not your Lord promised you a fair promise? Did the time appointed then appear too long for you, or did ye wish that wrath from your Lord should come upon you, that ye broke tryst with me

They said: We broke not tryst with thee of our own will, but we were laden with burdens of ornaments of the folk, then cast them (in the fire), for thus As-Samiri proposed

Then he produced for them a calf, of saffron hue, which gave forth a lowing sound. And they cried: This is your god and the god of Moses, but he hath forgotten

See they not, then, that it returneth no saying unto them and possesseth for them neither hurt nor use

And Aaron indeed had told them beforehand: O my people! Ye are but being seduced therewith, for lo! your Lord is the Beneficent, so follow me and obey my order

They said: We shall by no means cease to be its votaries till Moses return unto us

He (Moses) said: O Aaron! What held thee back when thou didst see them gone astray

That thou followedst me not? Hast thou then disobeyed my order

He said: O son of my mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I feared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division among the Children of Israel, and hast not waited for my word

(Moses) said: And what hast thou to say, O Samiri

He said: I perceived what they perceive not, so I seized a handful from the footsteps of the messenger, and then threw it in. Thus my soul commended to me

(Moses) said: Then go! and lo! in this life it is for thee to say: Touch me not! and lo! there is for thee a tryst thou canst not break. Now look upon thy god of which thou hast remained a votary. Verily we will burn it and will scatter its dust over the sea

Your Allah is only Allah, than Whom there is no other Allah. He embraceth all things in His knowledge

Thus relate We unto thee (Muhammad) some tidings of that which happened of old, and We have given thee from Our presence a reminder

Whoso turneth away from it, he verily will bear a burden on the Day of Resurrection

Abiding under it - an evil burden for them on the Day of Resurrection

The day when the Trumpet is blown. On that day we assemble the guilty white-eyed (with terror)

Murmuring among themselves: Ye have tarried but ten (days)

We are Best Aware of what they utter when their best in conduct say: Ye have tarried but a day

They will ask thee of the mountains (on that day). Say: My Lord will break them into scattered dust

And leave it as an empty plain

Wherein thou seest neither curve nor ruggedness

On that day they follow the summoner who deceiveth not, and voices are hushed for the Beneficent, and thou hearest but a faint murmur

On that day no intercession availeth save (that of) him unto whom the Beneficent hath given leave and whose word He accepteth

He knoweth (all) that is before them and (all) that is behind them, while they cannot compass it in knowledge

And faces humble themselves before the Living, the Eternal. And he who beareth (a burden of) wrongdoing is indeed a failure (on that day)

And he who hath done some good works, being a believer, he feareth not injustice nor begrudging (of his wage)

Thus we have revealed it as a Lecture in Arabic, and have displayed therein certain threats, that peradventure they may keep from evil or that it may cause them to take heed

Then exalted be Allah, the True King! And hasten not (O Muhammad) with the Qur'an ere its revelation hath been perfected unto thee, and say: My Lord! Increase me in knowledge

And verily We made a covenant of old with Adam, but he forgot, and We found no constancy in him

And when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, they fell prostrate (all) save Iblis; he refused

Therefor we said: O Adam! This is an enemy unto thee and unto thy wife, so let him not drive you both out of the Garden so that thou come to toil

It is (vouchsafed) unto thee that thou hungerest not therein nor art naked

And that thou thirstest not therein nor art exposed to the sun's heat

But the devil whispered to him, saying: O Adam! Shall I show thee the tree of immortality and power that wasteth not away