In the name of God, the Almighty,¹ the Merciful.

¹ ṭā sīn mīm¹

² Those¹ are the proofs² of the Clear Writ.³

³ Thou mightest destroy thy soul from grief¹ that they are not believers.²

⁴ If We will, We can send down upon them from the sky a proof¹ to which their necks will remain humbled.²

⁵ And there comes not to them any new remembrance¹ from the Almighty,² save they turn away therefrom.

⁶ Then have they denied; and there will come to them the report of that whereat they mocked.

⁷ Have they not seen¹ the earth: how much We have caused to grow therein of every² noble kind?

⁸ In that is a proof,¹ but most of them are not believers.²

⁹ And thy Lord: He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

¹⁰ And when thy Lord called Moses: “Go thou to the wrongdoing¹ people,

¹¹ “The people of Pharaoh:¹ — will they not be in prudent fear?”²

¹² He said: “My Lord: I fear that they will deny me,

¹³ “And my breast will be straitened, and my tongue not proceed; so send Thou for Aaron.

¹⁴ “And they have a transgression¹ against me, so I fear that they will kill me.”

¹⁵ He said: “By no means!¹ Go² with Our proofs;³ We are with you,⁴ listening.”

¹⁶ “And go¹ to Pharaoh,² and say:³ ‘We are a messenger⁴ of the Lord of All Creation.

¹⁷ “‘Send thou¹ with us the children of Israel.’”

¹⁸ Said he: “Did we not bring thee up among us as a child? And thou tarriedst among us years of thy life;

¹⁹ “And thou didst thy deed which thou didst, and wast of the false claimers of guidance.”¹

²⁰ He said: “I did it when I was of those who stray.¹

²¹ “And I fled from you¹ when I feared you. Then my Lord gave me judgment and made me among the emissaries.

²² “And that favour wherewith thou reproachest me is that thou hast enslaved the children of Israel.”

²³ Said Pharaoh:¹ “And what is the Lord of All Creation?”

²⁴ He said: “The Lord of the Heavens and the Earth and what is between them;¹ if you² are certain––”³

²⁵ Said he¹ to those round about him: “Do you not hear!”²

²⁶ He said: “Your Lord, and the Lord of your fathers of old––”¹

²⁷ Said he: “Your messenger who has been sent to you is possessed!”

²⁸ He said: “The Lord of the East and the West, and what is between them;¹ if you use reason––”²

²⁹ Said he: “If thou takest a god other than me, I will place thee among those imprisoned.”

³⁰ He said: “Even though I brought thee something clear?”

³¹ Said he: “Then bring thou it, if thou be of the truthful.”

³² And he cast his staff, and then it was a clear serpent;

³³ And he drew forth his hand, and then it was white for all to see.¹

³⁴ Said he to the eminent ones round about him: “This is a learned sorcerer.¹

³⁵ “He wants to turn you out of your land by his sorcery;¹ then what do you command?”

³⁶ They said: “Delay thou him and his brother, and raise thou up in the cities gatherers

³⁷ “Who will bring thee every learned sorcerer.”¹

³⁸ And the sorcerers¹ were assembled at the appointed time of a known day.

³⁹ And it was said to the people: “Will you assemble

⁴⁰ So we might follow the sorcerers,¹ if they are the victors?”

⁴¹ And when the sorcerers¹ came they said to Pharaoh:² “Will there be a reward for us, if we are the victors?”

⁴² He said: “Yea; and you will then be of those brought near.”¹

⁴³ Moses said to them: “Cast what you will cast.”

⁴⁴ And they cast their ropes and their staffs, and said: “By the power and glory¹ of Pharaoh² are we the victors!”

⁴⁵ Then Moses cast his staff; and then it swallowed up what they falsified;

⁴⁶ Then were the sorcerers¹ cast down² in submission,³

⁴⁷ They said: “We believe in¹ the Lord of All Creation,

⁴⁸ “The Lord of Moses and Aaron.”

⁴⁹ Said he: “You have believed him¹ before I gave you leave. He is your chief who taught you sorcery.² And you will come to know! I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and crucify³ you all together.”

⁵⁰ They said: “No harm! To our Lord are we returning.

⁵¹ “We hope that our Lord will forgive us our offences¹ because we were the first of the believers.”²

⁵² And We instructed¹ Moses: “Travel thou by night with My servants; you will be followed.”

⁵³ And Pharaoh¹ sent into the cities gatherers:

⁵⁴ “These are but a little band¹

⁵⁵ “But they do enrage us

⁵⁶ “And we are a cautious assembly.”¹

⁵⁷ And We turned them out of gardens and springs,

⁵⁸ And treasures and a noble station.¹

⁵⁹ Thus!¹ And We caused the children of Israel to inherit them.

⁶⁰ And they followed¹ them at sunrise;

⁶¹ And when the two hosts saw each other, the companions of Moses said: “We are overtaken!”

⁶² He said: “By no means!¹ My Lord is with me; He will guide me.”

⁶³ Then We instructed¹ Moses: “Strike thou the sea with thy staff”; and it parted, and each part was like a great towering mountain.

⁶⁴ And We brought nigh thereto the others,

⁶⁵ And We delivered Moses and those with him all together.

⁶⁶ Then drowned We the others.

⁶⁷ In that is a proof,¹ but most of them are not believers.²

⁶⁸ And thy Lord: He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

⁶⁹ And recite thou to them the report of Abraham¹

⁷⁰ When he said to his father and his people: “What do you serve?”

⁷¹ They said: “We serve idols,¹ and remain to them devoted.”²

⁷² He said: “Do they hear you when you call,

⁷³ “Or benefit you, or do harm?”

⁷⁴ They said: “Nay¹ — we found our fathers doing thus.”

⁷⁵ He said: “Have you considered what you have been serving,

⁷⁶ “You, and your fathers the ancients?

⁷⁷ “And they are an enemy to me save the Lord of All Creation

⁷⁸ “Who created me; and He guides me,

⁷⁹ “And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink,

⁸⁰ “And when I am sick, He heals me,

⁸¹ “And who will give me death, then give me life,

⁸² “And who I hope will forgive me my offences¹ on the Day of Judgment.”²

⁸³ “My Lord: give Thou me judgment,¹ and join Thou me with the righteous,

⁸⁴ “And appoint Thou for me a tongue of truth among those who come later.¹

⁸⁵ “And make Thou me among the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss.

⁸⁶ “And forgive Thou my father; he is of those who go astray.¹

⁸⁷ “And disgrace Thou me not the day they are raised:

⁸⁸ “The day wealth and sons benefit not

⁸⁹ “Save him who comes to God with a pure heart.”

⁹⁰ And the Garden will be brought nigh to those of prudent fear,¹

⁹¹ And Hell will be made manifest¹ to those who err,

⁹² And it will be said to them: “Where is what you served,

⁹³ “Besides¹ God? Do they help you, or help themselves?”

⁹⁴ And they will be hurled therein, they and those who err,

⁹⁵ And the forces of Iblīs all together.

⁹⁶ They will say while they dispute therein:

⁹⁷ “By God, we were in manifest error

⁹⁸ “When we made you¹ equal with the Lord of All Creation!

⁹⁹ “And none but the lawbreakers led us astray,

¹⁰⁰ “So now we have no intercessors,

¹⁰¹ “Nor sincere loyal friend.

¹⁰² “Would that we might return and be among the believers!”¹

¹⁰³ In that is a proof,¹ but most of them are not believers.²

¹⁰⁴ And thy Lord: He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

¹⁰⁵ The people of Noah denied the emissaries

¹⁰⁶ When their brother Noah said to them: “Will you not be in prudent fear?¹

¹⁰⁷ “I am to you a trustworthy messenger,

¹⁰⁸ “So be in prudent fear¹ of God, and obey me.²

¹⁰⁹ “And I ask of you for it no reward; my reward is only upon¹ the Lord of All Creation;

¹¹⁰ “So be in prudent fear¹ of God, and obey me.”²

¹¹¹ They said: “Are we to believe thee when the abject follow thee?”

¹¹² He said: “And what knowledge have I of what they did?

¹¹³ “Their reckoning is only upon¹ my Lord, were you to perceive.

¹¹⁴ “And I am not one to drive away the believers.¹

¹¹⁵ “I am only a clear warner.”

¹¹⁶ They said: “If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt be of those stoned.”

¹¹⁷ He said: “My Lord: my people have denied me,

¹¹⁸ “So decide Thou between me and them,¹ and deliver Thou me and those with me among the believers.”²

¹¹⁹ So We delivered him and those with him in the laden ship.

¹²⁰ Then We drowned thereafter those remaining.

¹²¹ In that is a proof,¹ but most of them are not believers.²

¹²² And thy Lord: He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

¹²³ ʿĀd denied the emissaries

¹²⁴ When their brother Hūd said to them: “Will you not be in prudent fear?¹

¹²⁵ “I am to you a trustworthy messenger,

¹²⁶ “So be in prudent fear¹ of God, and obey me.²

¹²⁷ “And I ask of you for it no reward; my reward is only upon¹ the Lord of All Creation.

¹²⁸ “Build you a proof¹ on every prominence, amusing yourselves²

¹²⁹ “And take you constructions, that you might abide eternally,

¹³⁰ “And when you lay hold, lay you hold as tyrants?¹

¹³¹ “So be in prudent fear¹ of God, and obey me.²

¹³² “And be in prudent fear¹ of Him who has supplied you with what you know:

¹³³ “Supplied you with cattle and sons,

¹³⁴ “And gardens and springs.

¹³⁵ “I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day.”

¹³⁶ They said: “It is the same to us whether thou admonishest, or be not of the admonishers.

¹³⁷ “This is only the tradition¹ of the former peoples,

¹³⁸ “And we are not to be punished.”

¹³⁹ And they denied him,¹ then We destroyed them. In that is a proof,² but most of them are not believers.³

¹⁴⁰ And thy Lord: He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

¹⁴¹ Thamūd denied the emissaries

¹⁴² When their brother Ṣāliḥ said to them: “Will you not be in prudent fear?¹

¹⁴³ “I am to you a trustworthy messenger,

¹⁴⁴ “So be in prudent fear¹ of God, and obey me.²

¹⁴⁵ “And I ask of you for it no reward; my reward is only upon¹ the Lord of All Creation.

¹⁴⁶ “Are you to be left secure in what is here,

¹⁴⁷ “Among gardens and springs,

¹⁴⁸ “And tilled fields, and date-palms with slender spathes,

¹⁴⁹ “And to hew out houses from the mountains skilfully?¹

¹⁵⁰ “So be in prudent fear¹ of God, and obey me.²

¹⁵¹ “And obey not the command of the committers of excess:

¹⁵² “Those who work corruption in the land, and do not right.”

¹⁵³ They said: “Thou art but one taken by sorcery.¹

¹⁵⁴ “Thou art only a mortal like us; then bring thou a proof,¹ if thou be of the truthful.”

¹⁵⁵ He said: “This is a she-camel; to her a drink and to you a drink on a day appointed.¹

¹⁵⁶ “And touch her not with evil¹ lest there take you the punishment of a tremendous day.”

¹⁵⁷ But they hamstrung¹ her,² then they became remorseful,

¹⁵⁸ And the punishment seized them. In that is a proof,¹ but most of them are not believers.²

¹⁵⁹ And thy Lord: He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

¹⁶⁰ The people of Lot denied the emissaries

¹⁶¹ When their brother Lot said to them: “Will you not be in prudent fear?¹

¹⁶² “I am to you a trustworthy messenger,

¹⁶³ “So be in prudent fear¹ of God, and obey me.²

¹⁶⁴ “And I ask of you for it no reward; my reward is only upon¹ the Lord of All Creation.

¹⁶⁵ “Do you approach the males among all mankind,

¹⁶⁶ “And leave what your Lord created for you among your wives? The truth is,¹ you are a transgressing people.”²

¹⁶⁷ They said: “If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt be of those turned out.”

¹⁶⁸ He said: “I am of those who abhor your deed.”¹

¹⁶⁹ “My Lord: deliver Thou me and my household from what they do.”¹

¹⁷⁰ And We delivered him and his household all together,

¹⁷¹ Save an old woman¹ among those who stayed behind;

¹⁷² Then We annihilated the others,

¹⁷³ And We rained upon them a rain; and evil is the rain of those who were warned.

¹⁷⁴ In that is a proof,¹ but most of them are not believers.²

¹⁷⁵ And thy Lord: He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

¹⁷⁶ And the companions of the woods¹ denied the emissaries

¹⁷⁷ When Shuʿayb said to them: “Will you not be in prudent fear?¹

¹⁷⁸ “I am to you a trustworthy messenger,

¹⁷⁹ “So be in prudent fear¹ of God, and obey me.²

¹⁸⁰ “And I ask of you for it no reward; my reward is only upon¹ the Lord of All Creation.

¹⁸¹ “Fulfil the measure, and be not of those who cause loss.

¹⁸² “And weigh with the straight balance.

¹⁸³ “And deprive not men of their possessions,¹ and commit not evil in the earth, working corruption.

¹⁸⁴ “And be in prudent fear¹ of Him who created you and the generations² of the former peoples.”

¹⁸⁵ They said: “Thou art but one taken by sorcery;

¹⁸⁶ “And thou art only a mortal like us; and we consider thee a liar.¹

¹⁸⁷ “Then cause thou pieces of the sky to fall upon us, if thou be of the truthful.”

¹⁸⁸ He said: “My Lord best knows what you do.”

¹⁸⁹ Then they denied him;¹ then there seized them the punishment of the Day of Shadow; it was the punishment of a tremendous day.

¹⁹⁰ In that is a proof,¹ but most of them are not believers.²

¹⁹¹ And thy Lord: He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

¹⁹² And it¹ is a revelation² of the Lord of All Creation,

¹⁹³ Brought down by the Faithful Spirit¹

¹⁹⁴ Upon thy heart — that thou be of the warners —

¹⁹⁵ In a clear Arabic tongue.

¹⁹⁶ And it is in the writings¹ of the former peoples.

¹⁹⁷ Is it not a proof¹ to them that the learned of the children of Israel know it?

¹⁹⁸ And had We sent it down upon any of the non-Arabs,

¹⁹⁹ And he had recited it to them, they would not have been believers in¹ it.

²⁰⁰ Thus have We put¹ it in the hearts of the lawbreakers:

²⁰¹ “They will not believe in¹ it until they see the painful punishment,

²⁰² “And it will come upon them unexpectedly, when they perceive not,”

²⁰³ Then will they say: “Can we be granted respite?”

²⁰⁴ Is it then Our punishment they seek to hasten?¹

²⁰⁵ Hast thou then considered: if We give them enjoyment for years,

²⁰⁶ Then there comes to them what they were promised,

²⁰⁷ What will it avail them, what they enjoyed?

²⁰⁸ And We destroyed no city save it had warners

²⁰⁹ As a reminder; and We were not wrongdoers.¹

²¹⁰ And the satans¹ did not bring it² down;

²¹¹ And it does not behove them, nor are they able.

²¹² They are excluded from hearing.

²¹³ And call thou not, with God, to another god lest thou be of those punished.

²¹⁴ And warn thou thy relatives.

²¹⁵ And lower thou thy wing¹ to those who follow thee among the believers.²

²¹⁶ And if they oppose thee, say thou: “I am quit of what you do.”

²¹⁷ And place thou thy trust in the Exalted in Might, the Merciful:

²¹⁸ Who sees thee when thou arisest,

²¹⁹ And thy going to and fro among those who submit;¹

²²⁰ He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

²²¹ Shall I inform you upon whom the satans¹ descend?

²²² They descend upon every sinful deceiver:¹

²²³ They give ear,¹ and most of them are liars.

²²⁴ And the poets:¹ those who err follow them.

²²⁵ Dost thou not see¹ that they wander in every valley,²

²²⁶ And that they say what they do not?

²²⁷ Save those who heed warning¹ and do righteous deeds, and remember God much, and help themselves after they have been wronged;² and those who do wrong will come to know to what final destination they will be returned.