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26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara

The Poets · Makki · 227 Ayahs

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

طسٓمٓ Ta Seem Meem ١

Ṭā, Seen, Meem.

— Come To Light

تِلْكَ These ءَايَـٰتُ (are the) Verses ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ (of) the Book ٱلْمُبِينِ clear ٢

These are the verses of the clear Book.

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لَعَلَّكَ Perhaps you بَـٰخِعٌۭ (would) kill نَّفْسَكَ yourself أَلَّا that not يَكُونُوا۟ they become مُؤْمِنِينَ believers ٣

Perhaps, [O Muḥammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers.

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إِن If نَّشَأْ We will نُنَزِّلْ We can send down عَلَيْهِم to them مِّنَ from ٱلسَّمَآءِ the sky ءَايَةًۭ a Sign فَظَلَّتْ so would bend أَعْنَـٰقُهُمْ their necks لَهَا to it خَـٰضِعِينَ (in) humility ٤

If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled.

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وَمَا And (does) not يَأْتِيهِم come to them مِّن any ذِكْرٍۢ reminder مِّنَ from ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ the Most Gracious مُحْدَثٍ new إِلَّا but كَانُوا۟ they عَنْهُ from it مُعْرِضِينَ turn away ٥

And no mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it.

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فَقَدْ So verily كَذَّبُوا۟ they have denied فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ then will come to them أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُا۟ the news مَا (of) what كَانُوا۟ they used بِهِۦ at it يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ (to) mock ٦

For they have already denied, but there will come to them the news of that which they used to ridicule.

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أَوَلَمْ Do not يَرَوْا۟ they see إِلَى at ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth كَمْ how many أَنۢبَتْنَا We produced فِيهَا in it مِن of كُلِّ every زَوْجٍۢ kind كَرِيمٍ noble ٧

Did they not look at the earth - how much We have produced therein from every noble kind?

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إِنَّ Indeed فِى in ذَٰلِكَ that لَـَٔايَةًۭ ۖ surely (is) a sign وَمَا but not كَانَ are أَكْثَرُهُم most of them مُّؤْمِنِينَ believers ٨

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

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وَإِنَّ And indeed رَبَّكَ your Lord لَهُوَ surely, He ٱلْعَزِيزُ (is) the All-Mighty ٱلرَّحِيمُ the Most Merciful ٩

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

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وَإِذْ And when نَادَىٰ your Lord called رَبُّكَ your Lord called مُوسَىٰٓ Musa أَنِ [that] ٱئْتِ Go ٱلْقَوْمَ (to) the people ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ (who are) wrongdoers ١٠

And [mention] when your Lord called Moses, [saying], "Go to the wrongdoing people -

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قَوْمَ (The) people فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ (of) Firaun أَلَا Will not يَتَّقُونَ they fear ١١

The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Allāh?"

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قَالَ He said رَبِّ My Lord إِنِّىٓ Indeed, I أَخَافُ [I] fear أَن that يُكَذِّبُونِ they will deny me ١٢

He said, "My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me

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وَيَضِيقُ And straitens صَدْرِى my breast وَلَا and not يَنطَلِقُ expresses well لِسَانِى my tongue فَأَرْسِلْ so send إِلَىٰ for هَـٰرُونَ Harun ١٣

And that my breast will tighten and my tongue will not be fluent, so send for Aaron.

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وَلَهُمْ And they have عَلَىَّ against me ذَنۢبٌۭ a crime فَأَخَافُ so I fear أَن that يَقْتُلُونِ they will kill me ١٤

And they have upon me a [claim due to] sin, so I fear that they will kill me."

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قَالَ He said كَلَّا ۖ Nay فَٱذْهَبَا go both of you بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۖ with Our Signs إِنَّا Indeed, We مَعَكُم (are) with you مُّسْتَمِعُونَ listening ١٥

[Allāh] said, "No. Go both of you with Our signs; indeed, We are with you, listening.

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فَأْتِيَا So go both of you فِرْعَوْنَ (to) Firaun فَقُولَآ and say إِنَّا 'Indeed, we رَسُولُ (are the) Messenger رَبِّ (of the) Lord ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ (of) the worlds ١٦

Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds,

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أَنْ [That] أَرْسِلْ send مَعَنَا with us بَنِىٓ (the) Children of Israel.' إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ (the) Children of Israel.' ١٧

[Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel."'"

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قَالَ He said أَلَمْ Did not نُرَبِّكَ we bring you up فِينَا among us وَلِيدًۭا (as) a child وَلَبِثْتَ and you remained فِينَا among us مِنْ of عُمُرِكَ your life سِنِينَ years ١٨

[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?

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وَفَعَلْتَ And you did فَعْلَتَكَ your deed ٱلَّتِى which فَعَلْتَ you did وَأَنتَ and you مِنَ (were) of ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ the ungrateful ١٩

And [then] you did your deed which you did, and you were of the ungrateful."

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قَالَ He said فَعَلْتُهَآ I did it إِذًۭا when وَأَنَا۠ I مِنَ (was) of ٱلضَّآلِّينَ those who are astray ٢٠

[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray [i.e., ignorant].

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فَفَرَرْتُ So I fled مِنكُمْ from you لَمَّا when خِفْتُكُمْ I feared you فَوَهَبَ But granted لِى to me رَبِّى my Lord حُكْمًۭا judgment وَجَعَلَنِى and made me مِنَ of ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ the Messengers ٢١

So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me judgement [i.e., wisdom and prophet hood] and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.

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وَتِلْكَ And this نِعْمَةٌۭ (is the) favor تَمُنُّهَا with which you reproach عَلَىَّ [on] me أَنْ that عَبَّدتَّ you have enslaved بَنِىٓ (the) Children of Israel إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ (the) Children of Israel ٢٢

And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"

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قَالَ Firaun said فِرْعَوْنُ Firaun said وَمَا And what رَبُّ (is the) Lord ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ (of) the worlds ٢٣

Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"

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قَالَ He said رَبُّ Lord ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ (of) the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضِ and the earth وَمَا and whatever بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ (is) between them إِن if كُنتُم you (should) be مُّوقِنِينَ convinced ٢٤

[Moses] said, "The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced."

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قَالَ He said لِمَنْ to those حَوْلَهُۥٓ around him أَلَا Do not تَسْتَمِعُونَ you hear ٢٥

[Pharaoh] said to those around him, "Do you not hear?"

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قَالَ He said رَبُّكُمْ Your Lord وَرَبُّ and (the) Lord ءَابَآئِكُمُ (of) your forefathers ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ (of) your forefathers ٢٦

[Moses] said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers."

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قَالَ He said إِنَّ Indeed رَسُولَكُمُ your Messenger ٱلَّذِىٓ who أُرْسِلَ has been sent إِلَيْكُمْ to you لَمَجْنُونٌۭ (is) surely mad ٢٧

[Pharaoh] said, "Indeed, your 'messenger' who has been sent to you is mad."

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قَالَ He said رَبُّ Lord ٱلْمَشْرِقِ (of) the east وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ and the west وَمَا and whatever بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ (is) between them إِن if كُنتُمْ you were تَعْقِلُونَ (to) reason ٢٨

[Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason."

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قَالَ He said لَئِنِ If ٱتَّخَذْتَ you take إِلَـٰهًا a god غَيْرِى other than me لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ I will surely make you مِنَ among ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ those imprisoned ٢٩

[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."

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قَالَ He said أَوَلَوْ Even if جِئْتُكَ I bring you بِشَىْءٍۢ something مُّبِينٍۢ manifest ٣٠

[Moses] said, "Even if I brought you something [i.e., proof] manifest?"

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قَالَ He said فَأْتِ Then bring بِهِۦٓ it إِن if كُنتَ you are مِنَ of ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ the truthful ٣١

[Pharaoh] said, "Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful."

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فَأَلْقَىٰ So he threw عَصَاهُ his staff فَإِذَا and behold هِىَ It ثُعْبَانٌۭ (was) a serpent مُّبِينٌۭ manifest ٣٢

So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent manifest.

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وَنَزَعَ And he drew out يَدَهُۥ his hand فَإِذَا and behold هِىَ It بَيْضَآءُ (was) white لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ for the observers ٣٣

And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers.

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قَالَ He said لِلْمَلَإِ to the chiefs حَوْلَهُۥٓ around him إِنَّ Indeed هَـٰذَا this لَسَـٰحِرٌ (is) surely a magician عَلِيمٌۭ learned ٣٤

[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, "Indeed, this is a learned magician.

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يُرِيدُ He wants أَن to يُخْرِجَكُم drive you out مِّنْ from أَرْضِكُم your land بِسِحْرِهِۦ by his magic فَمَاذَا so what تَأْمُرُونَ (do) you advise ٣٥

He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?"

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قَالُوٓا۟ They said أَرْجِهْ Postpone him وَأَخَاهُ and his brother وَٱبْعَثْ and send فِى in ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ the cities حَـٰشِرِينَ gatherers ٣٦

They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

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يَأْتُوكَ They (will) bring to you بِكُلِّ every سَحَّارٍ magician عَلِيمٍۢ learned ٣٧

Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician."

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فَجُمِعَ So were assembled ٱلسَّحَرَةُ the magicians لِمِيقَـٰتِ for (the) appointment يَوْمٍۢ (on) a day مَّعْلُومٍۢ well-known ٣٨

So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day.

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وَقِيلَ And it was said لِلنَّاسِ to the people هَلْ Will أَنتُم you مُّجْتَمِعُونَ assemble ٣٩

And it was said to the people, "Will you congregate.

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لَعَلَّنَا That we may نَتَّبِعُ follow ٱلسَّحَرَةَ the magicians إِن if كَانُوا۟ they are هُمُ they are ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ the victorious ٤٠

That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?"

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