The Poets · Surah 26

Ta. Sin. Mim

These are revelations of the Scripture that maketh plain

It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O Muhammad) because they believe not

If We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so that their necks would remain bowed before it

Never cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from the Beneficent One, but they turn away from it

Now they have denied (the Truth); but there will come unto them tidings of that whereat they used to scoff

Have they not seen the earth, how much of every fruitful kind We make to grow therein

Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers

And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful

And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk

The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil)

He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me

And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me)

And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me

He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We shall be with you, Hearing

And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the Lord of the Worlds

(Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us

(Pharaoh) said (unto Moses): Did we not rear thee among us as a child? And thou didst dwell many years of thy life among us

And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast one of the ingrates

He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray

Then I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord vouchsafed me a command and appointed me (of the number) of those sent (by Him)

And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel

Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds

(Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye had but sure belief

(Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not

He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers

(Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you is indeed a madman

He said: Lord of the East and the West and all that is between them, if ye did but understand

(Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners

He said: Even though I show thee something plain

(Pharaoh) said: Produce it then, if thou art of the truthful

Then he flung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest

And he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white to the beholders

(Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo! this is verily a knowing wizard

Who would drive you out of your land by his magic. Now what counsel ye

They said: Put him off, (him) and his brother, and send into the cities summoners

Who shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard

So the wizards were gathered together at a set time on a day appointed

And it was said unto the people: Are ye (also) gathering

(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners