26:2تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِThese are the verses of the Scripture that makes things clear:
26:3لَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ[Prophet], are you going to worry yourself to death because they will not believe?
26:4إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَـٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَـٰضِعِينَIf We had wished, We could have sent them down a sign from heaven, at which their necks would stay bowed in utter humility.
26:5وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَWhenever they are brought a new revelation from the Lord of Mercy, they turn away:
26:6فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَthey deny it, but the truth of what they scorned will soon hit them.
26:7أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍDo they not see the earth, and what noble kinds of thing We grow in it?
26:8إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَThere truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:
26:9وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُyour Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.
26:10وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَYour Lord called to Moses: ‘Go to those wrongdoers,
26:11قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَthe people of Pharaoh. Will they not take heed?’
26:12قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِMoses said, ‘My Lord, I fear they will call me a liar,
26:13وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَـٰرُونَand I will feel stressed and tongue-tied, so send Aaron too;
26:14وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِbesides, they have a chargeagainst me, and I fear they may kill me.’
26:15قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَGod said, ‘No [they will not]. Go, both of you, with Our signs––We shall be with you, listen-ing.
26:16فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَGo, both of you, to Pharaoh and say, “We bring a message from the Lord of the Worlds:
26:17أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَlet the Children of Israel leave with us.” ’
26:18قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَPharaoh said, ‘Did we not bring you up as a child among us? Did you not stay with us for many years?
26:19وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَAnd then you committed that crime of yours: you were so ungrateful.’
26:20قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَMoses replied, ‘I was misguided when I did it
26:21فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَand I fled from you in fear; later my Lord gave me wisdom and made me one of His messengers.
26:22وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَAnd is this- that you have enslaved the Children of Israel- the favour with which you reproach me?’
26:23قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَPharaoh asked, ‘What is this “Lord of the Worlds”?’
26:24قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَMoses replied, ‘He is the Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between them. If you would only have faith!’
26:25قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَPharaoh said to those present, ‘Do you hear what he says?’
26:26قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَMoses said, ‘He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.’
26:27قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌPharaoh said, ‘This messenger who has been sent to you is truly possessed.’
26:28قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَMoses continued, ‘Lord of the East and West and everything between them. If you would only use your reason!’
26:29قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَBut Pharaoh said [to him], ‘If you take any god other than me, I will throw you into prison,’
26:30قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍ مُّبِينٍand Moses asked, ‘Even if I show you something convincing?’
26:31قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ‘Show it then,’ said Pharaoh, ‘if you are telling the truth.’
26:32فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌSo Moses threw down his staff and- lo and behold!- it became a snake for everyone to see.
26:33وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَThen he drew out his hand and- lo and behold!- it was white for the onlookers to see.
26:34قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌPharaoh said to the counsellors around him, ‘This man is a learned sorcerer!
26:35يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَHe means to use his sorcery to drive you out of your land! What do you suggest?’
26:36قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَThey answered, ‘Delay him and his brother for a while, and send messengers to all the cities
26:37يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍto bring every accomplished sorcerer to you.’
26:38فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍThe sorcerers were [to be] assembled at the appointed time on a certain day
26:39وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَand the people were asked, "Are you all coming?
26:40لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَWe may follow the sorcerers if they win!"
26:41فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا۟ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَWhen the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, ‘Shall we be rewarded if we win?’
26:42قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَand he said, ‘Yes, and you will join my inner court.’
26:43قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَMoses said to them, ‘Throw down whatever you will.’
26:44فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَThey threw their ropes and staffs, saying, ‘By Pharaoh’s might, we shall be victorious.’
26:45فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَBut Moses threw his staff and- lo and behold!- it swallowed up their trickery
26:46فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِينَand the sorcerers fell down on their knees,
26:47قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَexclaiming, ‘We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
26:48رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَthe Lord of Moses and Aaron.’
26:49قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَPharaoh said, ‘How dare you believe in him before I have given you permission? He must be the master who taught you sorcery! Soon you will see: I will cut off your alternate hands and feet and then crucify the lot of you!’
26:50قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ‘That will do us no harm,’ they said, ‘for we are sure to return to our Lord.
26:51إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَـٰيَـٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَWe hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins, as we were the first to believe.’
26:52۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَThen We revealed Our will to Moses, ‘Leave with My servants by night, for you will be pursued!’
26:53فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَPharaoh sent messengers into the cities, proclaiming,
26:54إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ‘These people are a puny band––
26:55وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَthey have enraged us-
26:56وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَـٰذِرُونَand we are a large army, on the alert.’
26:57فَأَخْرَجْنَـٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍSo it was that We made them leave their gardens and their springs,
26:58وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍtheir treasures and their noble dwellings-
26:59كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَWe gave [such] things [later]to the Children of Israel.
26:60فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَPharaoh and his people pursued them at sunrise,
26:61فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَand as soon as the two sides came within sight of one another, Moses’ followers said, ‘We shall definitely be caught.’
26:62قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِMoses said, ‘No, my Lord is with me: He will guide me,’
26:63فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِand We revealed to Moses: ‘Strike the sea with your staff.’ It parted- each side like a mighty mountain-
26:64وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَand We brought the others to that place:
26:65وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَWe saved Moses and all his companions,
26:66ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَand drowned the rest.
26:67إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَThere truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:
26:68وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُyour Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.
26:69وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَTell them the story of Abraham,
26:70إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَwhen he asked his father and his people, ‘What do you worship?’
26:71قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَـٰكِفِينَThey said, ‘We worship idols, and are constantly in attendance on them.’
26:72قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَHe asked, ‘Do they hear you when you call?
26:73أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَDo they help or harm you?’
26:74قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَThey replied, ‘No, but this is what we saw our fathers doing.’
26:75قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَAbraham said, ‘Those idols you have worshipped,
26:76أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَyou and your forefathers,
26:77فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّىٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَare my enemies; not so the Lord of the Worlds,
26:78ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِwho created me. It is He who guides me;
26:79وَٱلَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِHe who gives me food and drink;
26:80وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِHe who cures me when I am ill;
26:81وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِHe who will make me die and then give me life again;
26:82وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِand He who will, I hope, forgive my faults on the Day of Judgement.
26:83رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَMy Lord, grant me wisdom; join me with the righteous;
26:84وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَgive me a good name among later generations;
26:85وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِmake me one of those given the Garden of Bliss-
26:86وَٱغْفِرْ لِأَبِىٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَforgive my father, for he is one of those who have gone astray-
26:87وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَand do not disgrace me on the Day when all people are resurrected:
26:88يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَthe Day when neither wealth nor children can help,
26:89إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍwhen the only one who will be saved is the one who comes before God with a heart devoted to Him.’
26:90وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَWhen the Garden is brought near to the righteous
26:91وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَand the Fire is placed in full view of the misguided,
26:92وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَit will be said to them, ‘Where are those you worshipped
26:93مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَbeside God? Can they help you now, or even help themselves?’
26:94فَكُبْكِبُوا۟ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُۥنَand then they will all be hurled into Hell, together with those that misled them,
26:95وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَand all Iblis’s supporters.
26:96قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَThere they will say to their gods, as they bicker among themselves,
26:97تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ‘We were clearly misguided
26:98إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَwhen we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.
26:99وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَIt was the evildoers who led us astray,
26:100فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَـٰفِعِينَand now we have no intercessor
26:102فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَIf only we could live our lives again, we would be true believers!’
26:103إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَThere truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:
26:104وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُyour Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.
26:105كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَThe people of Noah, too, called the messengers liars.
26:106إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَTheir brother Noah said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?
26:107إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌI am a faithful messenger sent to you:
26:108فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِbe mindful of God and obey me.
26:109وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَI ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds:
26:110فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِbe mindful of God and obey me.’
26:111۞ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلْأَرْذَلُونَThey answered, ‘Why should we believe you when the worst sort of people follow you?’
26:112قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَHe said, ‘What knowledge do I have of what they used to do?
26:113إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَIt is for my Lord alone to bring them to account- if only you could see-
26:114وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَI will not drive believers away.
26:115إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌI am here only to give people a clear warning.’
26:116قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَSo they said, ‘Noah, if you do not stop this, you will be stoned.’
26:117قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِHe said, ‘My Lord, my people have rejected me,
26:118فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَso make a firm judgement between me and them, and save me and my believing followers.’
26:119فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِSo We saved him and his followers in the fully laden ship,
26:120ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَand drowned the rest.
26:121إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَThere truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:
26:122وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُyour Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.
26:123كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَThe people of Ad, too, called the messengers liars.
26:124إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَTheir brother Hud said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?
26:125إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌI am a faithful messenger sent to you:
26:126فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِbe mindful of God and obey me.
26:127وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَI ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.
26:128أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَHow can you be so vain that you set up monuments on every high place?
26:129وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَDo you build fortresses because you hope to be immortal?
26:130وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَWhy do you act like tyrants whenever you attack someone?
26:131فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِBe mindful of God and obey me;
26:132وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَbe mindful of Him who has provided you with everything you know-
26:133أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَـٰمٍ وَبَنِينَHe has given you livestock, sons,
26:135إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍfor I truly fear that the torment of a grievous day will overtake you.’
26:136قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَThey replied, ‘It makes no difference to us whether you warn us or not,
26:137إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَfor we only do what our forefathers used to do:
26:138وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَwe shall not be punished.’
26:139فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَThey denounced him as a liar, and so We destroyed them. There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:
26:140وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُyour Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.
26:141كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَThe people of Thamud, too, called the messengers liars.
26:142إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَـٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَTheir brother Salih said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?
26:143إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌI am a faithful messenger to you:
26:144فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِbe mindful of God and obey me.
26:145وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَI ask no reward from you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.
26:146أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَـٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ[Do you think] you will be left secure for ever in what you have here-
26:148وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌfields, palm trees laden with fruit-
26:149وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَـٰرِهِينَcarving your fine houses from the mountains?
26:150فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِBe mindful of God and obey me:
26:151وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَdo not obey those who are given to excess
26:152ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَand who spread corruption in the land instead of doing what is right.’
26:153قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَThey said, ‘You are bewitched!
26:154مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَYou are nothing but a man like us. Show us a sign, if you are telling the truth.’
26:155قَالَ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍHe said, ‘Here is a camel. She should have her turn to drink and so should you, each on a specified day,
26:156وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍso do not harm her, or the punishment of a terrible day will befall you.’
26:157فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ نَـٰدِمِينَBut they hamstrung her. In the morning they had cause to regret it:
26:158فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَthe punishment fell upon them. There truly is a sign in this, though most of them will not believe:
26:159وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُyour Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.
26:160كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَThe people of Lot, too, called the messengers liars.
26:161إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَTheir brother Lot said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?
26:162إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌI am a faithful messenger to you:
26:163فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِbe mindful of God and obey me.
26:164وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَI ask no reward from you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.
26:166وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَand abandon the wives that God has created for you? You are exceeding all bounds,’
26:167قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَbut they replied, ‘Lot! If you do not stop this, you will be driven away.’
26:168قَالَ إِنِّى لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَSo he said, ‘I loathe what you do:
26:169رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَLord, save me and my family from what they are doing.’
26:170فَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ أَجْمَعِينَWe saved him and all his family,
26:171إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَexcept for an old woman who stayed behind,
26:172ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَthen We destroyed the others,
26:173وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَand poured a rain of destruction down upon them. How dreadful that rain was for those who had been forewarned!
26:174إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَThere truly is a sign in this, though most of them will not believe:
26:175وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُyour Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.
26:176كَذَّبَ أَصْحَـٰبُ لْـَٔيْكَةِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَThe forest-dwellers, too, called the messengers liars.
26:177إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَShuayb said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?
26:178إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌI am a faithful messenger to you:
26:179فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِbe mindful of God and obey me.
26:180وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَI ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.
26:181۞ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَGive full measure: do not sell others short.
26:182وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِWeigh with correct scales:
26:183وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَdo not deprive people of what is theirs. Do not spread corruption on earth.
26:184وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَBe mindful of God who created you and former generations,’
26:185قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَbut they replied, ‘You are bewitched!
26:186وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَYou are nothing but a man like us. In fact we think you are a liar.
26:187فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَMake bits of the heavens fall down on us, if you are telling the truth.’
26:188قَالَ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَHe said, ‘My Lord knows best what you do.’
26:189فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍThey called him a liar, and so the torment of the Day of Shadow came upon them- it was the torment of a terrible day.
26:190إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَThere truly is a sign in this, though most of them will not believe:
26:191وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُyour Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.
26:192وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَTruly, this Quran has been sent down by the Lord of the Worlds:
26:193نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُthe Trustworthy Spirit brought it down
26:194عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَto your heart [Prophet], so that you could bring warning
26:195بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِىٍّ مُّبِينٍin a clear Arabic tongue.
26:196وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِى زُبُرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَThis was foretold in the scriptures of earlier religions.
26:197أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَـٰٓؤُا۟ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَIs it not proof enough for them that the learned men of the Children of Israel have recognized it?
26:198وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَIf We had sent it down to someone who was not an Arab,
26:199فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَand he had recited it to them, they still would not have believed in it.
26:200كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَـٰهُ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَSo We make it pass straight through the hearts of the guilty:
26:201لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَthey will not believe in it until they see the grievous torment,
26:202فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَwhich will suddenly hit them when they are not expecting it,
26:203فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَand then they will say, ‘Can we have more time?’
26:204أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَHow can they ask that Our punishment be brought to them sooner?
26:205أَفَرَءَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ سِنِينَThink, if we let them enjoy this life for some years
26:206ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَand then the promised torment came upon them,
26:207مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُمَتَّعُونَwhat good would their past enjoyment be to them?
26:208وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَNever have We destroyed a town without sending down messengers to warn it,
26:209ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَas a reminder from Us: We are never unjust.
26:210وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُIt was not the jinn who brought down this Quran:
26:211وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَit is neither in their interests nor in their power,
26:212إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَindeed they are prevented from overhearing it.
26:213فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَSo [Prophet] do not invoke any gods beside God, or you will incur punishment.
26:214وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَWarn your nearest kinsfolk
26:215وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَand lower your wing tenderly over the believers who follow you.
26:216فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَIf they disobey you, say, ‘I bear no responsibility for your actions.’
26:217وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِPut your trust in the Almighty, the Merciful,
26:218ٱلَّذِى يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُwho sees you when you stand up [for prayer]
26:219وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِى ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَand sees your movements among the worshippers:
26:220إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُHe is the All Hearing, the All Knowing.
26:221هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُShall I tell you who the jinn come down to?
26:222تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍThey come down to every lying sinner
26:223يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَـٰذِبُونَwho readily lends an ear to them, and most of them are liars:
26:224وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُۥنَonly those who are lost in error follow the poets.
26:225أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَDo you not see how they rove aimlessly in every valley;
26:226وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَhow they say what they do not do?
26:227إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَNot so those [poets] who believe, do good deeds, remember God often, and defend themselves after they have been wronged. The evildoers will find out what they will return to.