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Surah 26
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Two hundred and twenty-seven verses, seven messengers in sequence — Moses, Abraham, Noah, Hud, Salih, Lot, Shu'ayb — each account closing on the same two-verse refrain, so the pattern is itself the argument. It takes its name from its final verses, which distinguish the poets who wander in every valley from what the Prophet brings. It opens with disconnected letters.
طسٓمٓ
Easy-read (simplified)taa seen meem
DIN 31635ṭā sīn mīm
The translators spell these letters differently
Ta, Seen, Meem.
Ta. Sin. Mim
T. S. M.
Ta. Sin. Mim
T. S. M.
تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Easy-read (simplified)tilka aayaatu l-kitaabi l-mubeen
DIN 31635tilka ʾāyātu l-kitābi l-mubīni
These are the Verses of the Clarifying Book.
These are revelations of the Scripture that maketh plain
Those are the signs of the perspicuous Book
These are the signs of the lucid Book
These are the signs of the perspicuous book
لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)la'allaka baakhi'un nafsaka allaa yakoonoo mu'mineen
DIN 31635laʿallaka bāḫiʿun nafsaka ʾallā yakūnū muʾminīna
The translators word this verse differently
Perhaps you will destroy yourself with grief, because they do not become believers.
It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O Muhammad) because they believe not
haply thou art vexing thyself to death that they will not be believers
Haply thou wearest thyself away with grief because they will not believe
Peradventure thou afflictest thy self unto death, lest the Meccans become not true believers
إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)in nasha' nunazzil 'alayhim mina s-samaa'i aayatan fazallat a'naaquhum lahaa khaadi'een
DIN 31635ʾin našaʾ nunazzil ʿalayhim mina s-samāʾi ʾāyatan faẓallat ʾaʿnāquhum lahā ḫāḍiʿīna
If We will, We can send down upon them a sign from heaven, at which their necks will stay bent in humility.
If We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so that their necks would remain bowed before it
If we please we will send down upon them from the heaven a sign, and their necks shall be humbled thereto
Were it our will we could send down to them a sign from Heaven, before which they would humbly bow
If We pleased, We could send down unto them a convincing sign from heaven, unto which their necks would humbly submit
وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa ya'teehim min dhikrin mina r-rahmaani muhdathin illaa kaanoo 'anhu mu'rideen
DIN 31635wamā yaʾtīhim min ḏikrin mina r-raḥmāni muḥdaṯin ʾillā kānū ʿanhu muʿriḍīna
The translators word this verse differently
No fresh reminder comes to them from the Most Merciful, but they turn their backs at it.
Never cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from the Beneficent One, but they turn away from it
But there comes not to them any recent Reminder from the Merciful One that they do not turn away from
But from each fresh warning that cometh to them from the God of Mercy they have only turned aside
But where cometh unto them no admonition from the Merciful, being newly revealed as occasions require, but they turn aside from the same
فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)faqad kadhdhaboo fasaya'teehim anbaa'u maa kaanoo bihi yastahzi'oon
DIN 31635faqad kaḏḏabū fasayaʾtīhim ʾanbāʾu mā kānū bihi yastahziʾūna
The translators word this verse differently
They have denied the truth, but soon will come to them the news of what they ridiculed.
Now they have denied (the Truth); but there will come unto them tidings of that whereat they used to scoff
They have called (thee) liar! but there shall come to them a message of that at which they mocked
And treated it as a lie: But tidings shall reach them which they shall not laugh to scorn
and they have charged it with falsehood: But a message shall come unto them, which they shall not laugh to scorn
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ
Easy-read (simplified)awalam yaraw ilaa l-'ardi kam anbatnaa feehaa min kulli zawjin kareem
DIN 31635ʾawalam yaraw ʾilā l-ʾarḍi kam ʾanbatnā fīhā min kulli zawǧin karīmin
Have they not seen the earth, and how many beautiful pairs We produced therein?
Have they not seen the earth, how much of every fruitful kind We make to grow therein
Have they not looked to the earth, how we caused to grow therein of every noble kind
Have they not beheld the earth - how we have caused every kind of noble plant to spring up therein
Do they not behold the earth, how many vegetables We cause to spring up therein, of every noble species
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)inna fee dhaalika la'aayatan wamaa kaana aktharuhum mu'mineen
DIN 31635ʾinna fī ḏālika laʾāyatan wamā kāna ʾakṯaruhum muʾminīna
Surely in this is a sign, but most of them are not believers.
Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers
verily, in that is a sign; but most of them will never be believers
Verily, in this is a sign: but most of them believe not
Verily herein is a sign: But the greater part of them do not believe
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'inna rabbaka lahuwa l-'azeezu r-raheem
DIN 31635waʾinna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu r-raḥīmu
Most surely, your Lord is the Almighty, the Merciful.
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful
but, verily, thy Lord He is mighty and merciful
And assuredly, thy Lord! - He is the Mighty, the Merciful
Verily thy Lord is the mighty, the merciful God
وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'idh naadaa rabbuka moosaa ani ti l-qawma z-zaalimeen
DIN 31635waʾiḏ nādā rabbuka mūsā ʾani ʾti l-qawma ẓ-ẓālimīna
Your Lord called to Moses, "Go to the tyrannical people.
And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk
And when thy Lord called Moses (saying), 'Come to the unjust people
And remember when thy Lord called to Moses, "Go to the wicked people
Remember when thy Lord called Moses, saying, go to the unjust people
قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)qawma fir'awna alaa yattaqoon
DIN 31635qawma firʿawna ʾalā yattaqūna
The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear?"
The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil)
to the people of Pharaoh, will they not fear
The people of Pharaoh. What! will they not fear me
the people of Pharaoh; will they not dread Me
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ
Easy-read (simplified)qaala rabbi innee akhaafu an yukadhdhiboon
DIN 31635qāla rabbi ʾinnī ʾaḫāfu ʾan yukaḏḏibūni
He said, "My Lord, I fear they will reject me.
He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me
Said he, 'My Lord! verily, I fear that they will call me liar
He said, "My Lord, in sooth I fear lest they treat me as a liar
Moses answered, O Lord, verily I fear lest they accuse me of falsehood
وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wayadeequ sadree walaa yantaliqu lisaanee fa'arsil ilaa haaroon
DIN 31635wayaḍīqu ṣadrī walā yanṭaliqu lisānī faʾarsil ʾilā hārūna
The translators word this verse differently
And I become stressed, and my tongue is not fluent, so send Aaron too.
And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me)
and my breast is straitened, and my tongue is not fluent; send then unto Aaron
And my breast is straitened, and I am slow of speech: send therefore to Aaron to be my helpmate
and lest my breast become straitened, and my tongue be not ready in speaking: Send therefore unto Aaron, to be my assistant
وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ
Easy-read (simplified)walahum 'alayya dhanbun fa'akhaafu an yaqtuloon
DIN 31635walahum ʿalayya ḏanbun faʾaḫāfu ʾan yaqtulūni
And they have a charge against me, so I fear they will kill me."
And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me
for they have a crime against me, and I fear that they may kill me
For they have a charge against me, and I fear lest they put me to death
Also they have a crime to object against me; and I fear they will put me to death
قَالَ كَلَّا فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)qaala kallaa fadhhabaa bi'aayaatinaa innaa ma'akum mustami'oon
DIN 31635qāla kallā faḏhabā biʾāyātinā ʾinnā maʿakum mustamiʿūna
The translators word this verse differently
He said, "No. Go, both of you, with Our proofs. We will be with you, listening.
He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We shall be with you, Hearing
Said He, 'Not so; but go with our signs, verily, we are with you listening
He said, "Surely not. Go ye therefore with our signs: we will be with you and will hearken
God said, they shall by no means put thee to death: Wherefore go ye with our signs; for We will be with you, and will hear what passes between you and them
فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)fa'tiyaa fir'awna faqoolaa innaa rasoolu rabbi l-'aalameen
DIN 31635faʾtiyā firʿawna faqūlā ʾinnā rasūlu rabbi l-ʿālamīna
Go to Pharaoh, and say, 'We are the Messengers of the Lord of the Worlds.
And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the Lord of the Worlds
And go to Pharaoh and say, "Verily, we are the apostles of the Lord of the worlds
And go to Pharaoh and say: 'Verily we are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds
Go ye therefore unto Pharaoh, and say, verily we are the apostle of the Lord of all creatures
أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
Easy-read (simplified)an arsil ma'anaa banee israa'eel
DIN 31635ʾan ʾarsil maʿanā banī ʾisrāʾīla
Let the Children of Israel go with us.'"
(Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us
(to tell thee to) send with us the children of Israel
Send forth with us the children of Israel
Send away with us the children of Israel
قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)qaala alam nurabbika feenaa waleedan walabithta feenaa min 'umurika sineen
DIN 31635qāla ʾalam nurabbika fīnā walīdan walabiṯta fīnā min ʿumurika sinīna
He said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you stayed among us for many of your years?
(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 he said, 'Did we not bring thee up amongst us as a child? and thou didst dwell amongst us for years of thy life
He said, "Did we not rear thee among us when a child? And hast thou not passed years of thy life among us
And when they had delivered their message, Pharaoh answered, have we not brought thee up among us, when a child; and hast thou not dwelt among us for several years of thy life
وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)wafa'alta fa'lataka llatee fa'alta wa'anta mina l-kaafireen
DIN 31635wafaʿalta faʿlataka llatī faʿalta waʾanta mina l-kāfirīna
The translators word this verse differently
And you committed that deed you committed, and you were ungrateful."
And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast one of the ingrates
and thou didst do thy deed which thou hast done, and thou art of the ungrateful
And yet what a deed is that which thou hast done! Thou art one of the ungrateful
Yet hast thou done thy deed which thou hast done: And thou art an ungrateful person
قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
Easy-read (simplified)qaala fa'altuhaa idhan wa'anaa mina d-daalleen
DIN 31635qāla faʿaltuhā ʾiḏan waʾanā mina ḍ-ḍāllīna
He said, "I did it then, when I was of those astray.
He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray
Said he, 'I did commit this, and I was of those who erred
He said, "I did it indeed, and I was one of those who erred
Moses replied, I did it indeed, and I was one of those who erred
فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)fafarartu minkum lammaa khiftukum fawahaba lee rabbee hukman waja'alanee mina l-mursaleen
DIN 31635fafarartu minkum lammā ḫiftukum fawahaba lī rabbī ḥukman waǧaʿalanī mina l-mursalīna
And I fled from you when I feared you; but my Lord gave me wisdom, and made me one of the messengers.
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 I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord granted me judgment, and made me one of His messengers
And I fled from you because I feared you; but my Lord hath given me wisdom and hath made me one of his Apostles
wherefore I fled from you, because I feared you: But my Lord hath bestowed on me wisdom, and hath appointed me one of his apostles
وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
Easy-read (simplified)watilka ni'matun tamunnuhaa 'alayya an 'abbadtta banee israa'eel
DIN 31635watilka niʿmatun tamunnuhā ʿalayya ʾan ʿabbadtta banī ʾisrāʾīla
Is that the favor you taunt me with, although you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"
And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel
and this is the favour thou hast obliged me with, that thou hast enslaved the children of Israel
And is this the favour thou hast conferred on me, that thou hast enslaved the children of Israel
And this is the favour which thou hast bestowed on me, that thou hast enslaved the children of Israel
قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)qaala fir'awnu wamaa rabbu l-'aalameen
DIN 31635qāla firʿawnu wamā rabbu l-ʿālamīna
Pharaoh said, "And what is the Lord of the Worlds?"
Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds
Said Pharaoh, 'Who is the Lord of the worlds
Said Pharaoh, "Who then is the Lord of the Worlds
Pharaoh said, and who is the Lord of all creatures
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)qaala rabbu s-samaawaati wal-'ardi wamaa baynahumaa in kuntum mooqineen
DIN 31635qāla rabbu s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍi wamā baynahumā ʾin kuntum mūqinīna
He said, "The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, if you are aware."
(Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye had but sure belief
Said he, 'The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between the two, if ye are but sure
He said, "The Lord of the Heavens and of the Earth and of all that is between them, if only ye believe it
Moses answered, the Lord of heaven and earth, and of whatever is between them: If ye are men of sagacity
قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)qaala liman hawlahu alaa tastami'oon
DIN 31635qāla liman ḥawlahu ʾalā tastamiʿūna
He said to those around him, "Do you not hear?"
(Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not
Said he to those about him, 'Do ye not listen
Said Pharaoh to those around him, "Hear ye this
Pharaoh said unto those who were about him, do ye not hear
قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)qaala rabbukum warabbu aabaa'ikumu l-'awwaleen
DIN 31635qāla rabbukum warabbu ʾābāʾikumu l-ʾawwalīna
He said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your ancestors of old."
He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers
Said he, 'Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore
Your Lord," said Moses, "and the Lord of your sires of old
Moses said, your Lord, and the Lord of your forefathers
قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ
Easy-read (simplified)qaala inna rasoolakumu lladhee ursila ilaykum lamajnoon
DIN 31635qāla ʾinna rasūlakumu llaḏī ʾursila ʾilaykum lamaǧnūnun
The translators word this verse differently
He said, "This messenger of yours, who is sent to you, is crazy."
(Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you is indeed a madman
Said he, 'Verily, your apostle who is sent to you is surely mad
In sooth, your Apostle whom He hath sent to you," said Pharaoh, "is certainly possessed
Pharaoh said unto those who were present, your apostle, who is sent unto you, is certainly distracted
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)qaala rabbu l-mashriqi wal-maghribi wamaa baynahumaa in kuntum ta'qiloon
DIN 31635qāla rabbu l-mašriqi wal-maġribi wamā baynahumā ʾin kuntum taʿqilūna
He said, "Lord of the East and the West, and everything between them, if you understand."
He said: Lord of the East and the West and all that is between them, if ye did but understand
Said he, 'The Lord of the east and of the west, and of what is between the two, if ye had but sense
He said, "Lord is He of the East and of the West, and of all that is between them, if ye can understand
Moses said, the Lord of the east, and of the west, and of whatever is between them; if ye are men of understanding
قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)qaala la'ini takhadhta ilaahan ghayree la'aj'alannaka mina l-masjooneen
DIN 31635qāla laʾini taḫaḏta ʾilāhan ġayrī laʾaǧʿalannaka mina l-masǧūnīna
The translators word this verse differently
He said, "If you accept any god other than me, I will make you a prisoner."
(Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners
Said he, 'If thou dost take a god besides Me I will surely make thee one of the imprisoned
He said, "If ye take any God beside me, I will surely put thee in ward
Pharaoh said unto him, verily if thou take any god besides me, I will make thee one of those who are imprisoned
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