20:2مَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِتَشْقَىٰٓWe did not send down the Qur'an to you to cause you distress,
20:3إِلَّا تَذْكِرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰonly as a reminder for those who stand in awe,
20:4تَنزِيلًا مِّمَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ ٱلْعُلَىa revelation from the one who created the earth and the high heavens,
20:5ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱسْتَوَىٰthe Most Merciful, established upon the throne.
20:6لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَمَا تَحْتَ ٱلثَّرَىٰTo him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth, all that is between them, and all that lies beneath the soil.
20:7وَإِن تَجْهَرْ بِٱلْقَوْلِ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ وَأَخْفَىAnd if you speak aloud — indeed, he knows the secret and what is more hidden still.
20:8ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰGod — there is no god but he — to him belong the most beautiful names.
20:9وَهَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓAnd has the story of Musa come to you?
20:10إِذْ رَءَا نَارًا فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِقَبَسٍ أَوْ أَجِدُ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ هُدًىWhen he saw a fire and said to his family, "Stay here — I have glimpsed a fire. Perhaps I can bring you a burning brand from it, or find some guidance there."
20:11فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِىَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓAnd when he reached it, a voice called out: "Musa!
20:12إِنِّىٓ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكَ فَٱخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًىIndeed, I am your Lord, so take off your sandals — you are in the sacred valley of Tuwa.
20:13وَأَنَا ٱخْتَرْتُكَ فَٱسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوحَىٰٓAnd I have chosen you, so listen to what is being revealed.
20:14إِنَّنِىٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعْبُدْنِى وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِذِكْرِىٓI am God — there is no god but me — so worship me and establish the prayer to remember me.
20:15إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا تَسْعَىٰThe hour is surely coming — I keep it hidden — so that every soul may be repaid for what it strives toward.
20:16فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَن لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ فَتَرْدَىٰSo do not let anyone turn you away from it — anyone who does not believe in it and follows his own desire — or you will perish.
20:17وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰAnd what is that in your right hand, Musa?
20:18قَالَ هِىَ عَصَاىَ أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِى وَلِىَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخْرَىٰHe said, "It is my staff. I lean on it, and I beat down leaves with it for my sheep, and I have other uses for it."
20:19قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَـٰمُوسَىٰGod said, "Throw it down, Musa."
20:20فَأَلْقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِىَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰSo he threw it down, and at once it was a snake, moving swiftly.
20:21قَالَ خُذْهَا وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ سَنُعِيدُهَا سِيرَتَهَا ٱلْأُولَىٰGod said, "Take hold of it and do not fear. We will return it to its former state.
20:22وَٱضْمُمْ يَدَكَ إِلَىٰ جَنَاحِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍ ءَايَةً أُخْرَىٰAnd draw your hand close to your side — it will come out white, unblemished — another sign,
20:23لِنُرِيَكَ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا ٱلْكُبْرَىso that we may show you some of our greatest signs.
20:24ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰGo to Pharaoh — he has transgressed all bounds.
20:25قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِىHe said, "My Lord, open up my heart for me,
20:26وَيَسِّرْ لِىٓ أَمْرِىand make my task easy for me,
20:27وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِىand loosen the knot from my tongue,
20:28يَفْقَهُوا۟ قَوْلِىso they may understand my speech,
20:29وَٱجْعَل لِّى وَزِيرًا مِّنْ أَهْلِىand appoint for me a helper from my family,
20:37وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَيْكَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَىٰٓAnd indeed, we had already shown you favor another time,
20:38إِذْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓwhen we inspired your mother with what was inspired:
20:39أَنِ ٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلتَّابُوتِ فَٱقْذِفِيهِ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ ٱلْيَمُّ بِٱلسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ لِّى وَعَدُوٌّ لَّهُۥ ۚ وَأَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِّنِّى وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلَىٰ عَيْنِىٓ'Place him in the chest, and cast the chest into the river, and the river will deliver him to the shore, where an enemy of mine and his will take him up.' And I cast over you a love from me, so that you would be raised under my eye.
20:40إِذْ تَمْشِىٓ أُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن يَكْفُلُهُۥ ۖ فَرَجَعْنَـٰكَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّكَ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ ۚ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا فَنَجَّيْنَـٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّـٰكَ فُتُونًا ۚ فَلَبِثْتَ سِنِينَ فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلَىٰ قَدَرٍ يَـٰمُوسَىٰYour sister went and said, 'Shall I point you to someone who will care for him?' So we returned you to your mother, that her eyes might find comfort and she would not grieve. And you killed a soul, and we delivered you from anguish, and we tested you with trial after trial. Then you stayed for years among the people of Madyan, and now you have come, Musa, at the appointed time.
20:41وَٱصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِىAnd I have chosen you for myself.
20:42ٱذْهَبْ أَنتَ وَأَخُوكَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِى وَلَا تَنِيَا فِى ذِكْرِىGo, you and your brother, with my signs, and do not falter in remembering me.
20:43ٱذْهَبَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰGo, both of you, to Pharaoh — he has overstepped all bounds.
20:44فَقُولَا لَهُۥ قَوْلًا لَّيِّنًا لَّعَلَّهُۥ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوْ يَخْشَىٰSpeak to him gently, so that he may take heed or come to fear.
20:45قَالَا رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَا نَخَافُ أَن يَفْرُطَ عَلَيْنَآ أَوْ أَن يَطْغَىٰThey said, "Our Lord, we fear he will lash out against us or overstep all bounds."
20:46قَالَ لَا تَخَافَآ ۖ إِنَّنِى مَعَكُمَآ أَسْمَعُ وَأَرَىٰGod said, "Do not be afraid. I am with you both — I hear and I see."
20:47فَأْتِيَاهُ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولَا رَبِّكَ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَا تُعَذِّبْهُمْ ۖ قَدْ جِئْنَـٰكَ بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۖ وَٱلسَّلَـٰمُ عَلَىٰ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓSo go to him and say: 'We are two messengers of your Lord. Send the Children of Israel with us, and do not torment them. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord. And peace be upon whoever follows the guidance.'
20:48إِنَّا قَدْ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْنَآ أَنَّ ٱلْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰIt has been revealed to us that the punishment falls upon whoever denies and turns away.'
20:49قَالَ فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا يَـٰمُوسَىٰHe said, "And who is the Lord of you two, O Musa?"
20:50قَالَ رَبُّنَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَعْطَىٰ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلْقَهُۥ ثُمَّ هَدَىٰHe said, "Our Lord is the one who gave each thing its form, then guided it."
20:51قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰPharaoh said, "Then what of the generations of old?"
20:52قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى فِى كِتَـٰبٍ ۖ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّى وَلَا يَنسَىHe said, "Knowledge of them is with my Lord, in a record. My Lord neither errs nor forgets."
20:53ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّن نَّبَاتٍ شَتَّىٰThe one who made the earth a cradle for you, traced pathways for you through it, and sent down water from the sky — and with it we brought forth pairs of diverse plants.
20:54كُلُوا۟ وَٱرْعَوْا۟ أَنْعَـٰمَكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰEat, and pasture your livestock. In this are signs for those endowed with reason.
20:55۞ مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰFrom the earth we created you, and into it we will return you, and from it we will bring you forth once again.
20:56وَلَقَدْ أَرَيْنَـٰهُ ءَايَـٰتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّبَ وَأَبَىٰAnd we showed him all our signs, but he denied them and refused.
20:57قَالَ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتُخْرِجَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِنَا بِسِحْرِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰHe said, "Have you come to drive us out of our land with your sorcery, Musa?
20:58فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍ مِّثْلِهِۦ فَٱجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّا نُخْلِفُهُۥ نَحْنُ وَلَآ أَنتَ مَكَانًا سُوًىThen we will surely bring you magic to match it. So set a meeting between us and you that neither we nor you will break — at a fair and open place.
20:59قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ ٱلزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَرَ ٱلنَّاسُ ضُحًىMusa said, "Your appointed time is the day of the festival, and let the people be gathered in the late morning."
20:60فَتَوَلَّىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فَجَمَعَ كَيْدَهُۥ ثُمَّ أَتَىٰSo Pharaoh withdrew, gathered his scheme, and then came back.
20:61قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا فَيُسْحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٍ ۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰMusa said to them, "Woe to you! Do not invent lies against God, or he will wipe you out with a punishment. Whoever invents lies has failed."
20:62فَتَنَـٰزَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَىٰSo they disputed their affair among themselves and kept their counsel secret.
20:63قَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَٰنِ لَسَـٰحِرَٰنِ يُرِيدَانِ أَن يُخْرِجَاكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِمَا وَيَذْهَبَا بِطَرِيقَتِكُمُ ٱلْمُثْلَىٰThey said, "These two are surely sorcerers who mean to drive you out of your land by their sorcery and do away with your exemplary way of life.
20:64فَأَجْمِعُوا۟ كَيْدَكُمْ ثُمَّ ٱئْتُوا۟ صَفًّا ۚ وَقَدْ أَفْلَحَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مَنِ ٱسْتَعْلَىٰSo unite your scheme, then come forward in ranks. Whoever prevails today has truly succeeded.
20:65قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰThey said, "Musa, either you throw, or we will be the first to throw."
20:66قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰHe said, "No, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs, through their sorcery, seemed to him to be moving.
20:67فَأَوْجَسَ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ خِيفَةً مُّوسَىٰAnd Musa felt a fear stir within himself.
20:68قُلْنَا لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰWe said, "Do not be afraid. You will prevail.
20:69وَأَلْقِ مَا فِى يَمِينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا۟ كَيْدُ سَـٰحِرٍ ۖ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلسَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ أَتَىٰThrow down what is in your right hand — it will swallow up what they have made. What they have made is only a sorcerer's trick, and the sorcerer does not succeed, wherever he turns.
20:70فَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سُجَّدًا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ هَـٰرُونَ وَمُوسَىٰThen the magicians fell down in prostration, saying, "We believe in the Lord of Harun and Musa."
20:71قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ ۖ فَلَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ فِى جُذُوعِ ٱلنَّخْلِ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ أَيُّنَآ أَشَدُّ عَذَابًا وَأَبْقَىٰPharaoh said, "You believed in him before I gave you permission? He must be your chief, the one who taught you magic. I will cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and you will know which of us inflicts the harsher and more lasting punishment."
20:72قَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنَا ۖ فَٱقْضِ مَآ أَنتَ قَاضٍ ۖ إِنَّمَا تَقْضِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَآThey said, "We will never prefer you over the clear proofs that have come to us, nor over the one who created us. So decree whatever you will decree — you can only decree in this worldly life.
20:73إِنَّآ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّنَا لِيَغْفِرَ لَنَا خَطَـٰيَـٰنَا وَمَآ أَكْرَهْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلسِّحْرِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓIndeed, we have believed in our Lord, that he may forgive us our sins and the sorcery you compelled us to perform. God is better and more lasting.
20:74إِنَّهُۥ مَن يَأْتِ رَبَّهُۥ مُجْرِمًا فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰWhoever comes to his Lord as a guilty offender, for him is jahannam — where he neither dies nor lives.
20:75وَمَن يَأْتِهِۦ مُؤْمِنًا قَدْ عَمِلَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ ٱلدَّرَجَـٰتُ ٱلْعُلَىٰBut whoever comes to him as a believer, having done righteous deeds — for them are the highest ranks:
20:76جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ مَن تَزَكَّىٰGardens of lasting bliss, with rivers flowing beneath, where they will remain forever. That is the reward of those who purify themselves.
20:77وَلَقَدْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى فَٱضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِيقًا فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ يَبَسًا لَّا تَخَـٰفُ دَرَكًا وَلَا تَخْشَىٰAnd we revealed to Musa: "Set out by night with my servants, and strike for them a dry path through the sea — fearing no pursuit, and unafraid."
20:78فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ بِجُنُودِهِۦ فَغَشِيَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْيَمِّ مَا غَشِيَهُمْThen Pharaoh pursued them with his armies, and the sea engulfed them — utterly engulfed them.
20:79وَأَضَلَّ فِرْعَوْنُ قَوْمَهُۥ وَمَا هَدَىٰPharaoh led his people astray and did not guide them.
20:80يَـٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ قَدْ أَنجَيْنَـٰكُم مِّنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَوَٰعَدْنَـٰكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلْأَيْمَنَ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰChildren of Israel, we delivered you from your enemy, and we made an appointment with you on the right side of the mount, and we sent down to you manna and quails,
20:81كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبِى ۖ وَمَن يَحْلِلْ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبِى فَقَدْ هَوَىٰEat from the good things we have provided for you, and do not transgress in this, or my anger will fall upon you — and whoever my anger falls upon has truly perished.
20:82وَإِنِّى لَغَفَّارٌ لِّمَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا ثُمَّ ٱهْتَدَىٰAnd indeed, I am ever-forgiving to whoever repents, believes, does righteous deeds, and then stays on the path of guidance.
20:83۞ وَمَآ أَعْجَلَكَ عَن قَوْمِكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰAnd what made you hasten ahead of your people, Musa?
20:84قَالَ هُمْ أُو۟لَآءِ عَلَىٰٓ أَثَرِى وَعَجِلْتُ إِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضَىٰHe said, "They are right behind me on my trail, and I hurried to you, my Lord, so that you would be pleased."
20:85قَالَ فَإِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِكَ وَأَضَلَّهُمُ ٱلسَّامِرِىُّGod said, "We have tested your people in your absence, and the Samiri has led them astray."
20:86فَرَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَـٰنَ أَسِفًا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَمْ يَعِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا ۚ أَفَطَالَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْعَهْدُ أَمْ أَرَدتُّمْ أَن يَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُم مَّوْعِدِىSo Musa returned to his people, angry and grieved. He said, 'My people, did your Lord not make you a beautiful promise? Did the covenant feel too long to you, or did you want wrath from your Lord to fall upon you, so you broke your appointment with me?'
20:87قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَكَ بِمَلْكِنَا وَلَـٰكِنَّا حُمِّلْنَآ أَوْزَارًا مِّن زِينَةِ ٱلْقَوْمِ فَقَذَفْنَـٰهَا فَكَذَٰلِكَ أَلْقَى ٱلسَّامِرِىُّThey said, "We did not break our promise to you by our own choice, but we were made to carry the weight of the people's ornaments, so we cast them off — and that is what the Samiri threw in too."
20:88فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ وَإِلَـٰهُ مُوسَىٰ فَنَسِىَThen he brought out for them a calf — a body that lowed — and they said, "This is your god and the god of Musa, but he has forgotten."
20:89أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَلَّا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًاDid they not see that it returned them no word, and held no power to harm them or benefit them?
20:90وَلَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُمْ هَـٰرُونُ مِن قَبْلُ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا فُتِنتُم بِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى وَأَطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرِىHarun had already told them, before all this, "My people, you are only being tested by it. Your Lord is truly the Most Merciful, so follow me and obey my command."
20:91قَالُوا۟ لَن نَّبْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ عَـٰكِفِينَ حَتَّىٰ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْنَا مُوسَىٰThey said, "We will not cease our devotion to it until Musa returns to us."
20:92قَالَ يَـٰهَـٰرُونُ مَا مَنَعَكَ إِذْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ ضَلُّوٓا۟Musa said, "Harun, what held you back when you saw them going astray —
20:93أَلَّا تَتَّبِعَنِ ۖ أَفَعَصَيْتَ أَمْرِىfrom following me? Did you then disobey my command?
20:94قَالَ يَبْنَؤُمَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِى وَلَا بِرَأْسِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى خَشِيتُ أَن تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِىHarun said, "Son of my mother, do not seize me by my beard or my head. I feared you would say: you have caused division among the Children of Israel and did not heed my word."
20:95قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكَ يَـٰسَـٰمِرِىُّMusa said, "And what is your case, Samiri?"
20:96قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِّنْ أَثَرِ ٱلرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ لِى نَفْسِىHe said, "I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful from the track of the messenger and cast it in. That is how my lower self made it seem fair to me."
20:97قَالَ فَٱذْهَبْ فَإِنَّ لَكَ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ أَن تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَ ۖ وَإِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِدًا لَّن تُخْلَفَهُۥ ۖ وَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَـٰهِكَ ٱلَّذِى ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفًا ۖ لَّنُحَرِّقَنَّهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَنسِفَنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ نَسْفًاMusa said, "Then go. In this life your lot is to say, 'Do not touch me,' and there is an appointment for you that you cannot escape. Now look at your god, the one you stayed devoted to — we will burn it and scatter its dust into the sea."
20:98إِنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًاYour god is only God — there is no god but he; his knowledge encompasses all things.
20:99كَذَٰلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ مَا قَدْ سَبَقَ ۚ وَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكَ مِن لَّدُنَّا ذِكْرًاIn this way we relate to you accounts of what has gone before, and we have given you, from our presence, a reminder.
20:100مَّنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَحْمِلُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وِزْرًاWhoever turns away from it will carry a burden on the day of resurrection,
20:101خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهِ ۖ وَسَآءَ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ حِمْلًاremaining under it forever — an evil burden for them on the day of resurrection,
20:102يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ ۚ وَنَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ زُرْقًاOn the day the trumpet is blown, we will gather the guilty, their eyes glazed blue with terror,
20:103يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا عَشْرًاwhispering among themselves, "You stayed only ten days."
20:104نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذْ يَقُولُ أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا يَوْمًاWe know best what they say, when the most discerning among them will say, "You stayed only a day."
20:105وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنسِفُهَا رَبِّى نَسْفًاAnd they ask you about the mountains. Say: my Lord will scatter them as dust.
20:106فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعًا صَفْصَفًاleaving them a level plain,
20:107لَّا تَرَىٰ فِيهَا عِوَجًا وَلَآ أَمْتًاyou will see in it no curve or rise.
20:108يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلدَّاعِىَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُۥ ۖ وَخَشَعَتِ ٱلْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًاOn that day they will follow the caller, from whom there is no turning aside, and voices will be hushed before the Most Merciful, so you will hear nothing but a faint whisper.
20:109يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَرَضِىَ لَهُۥ قَوْلًاOn that day, no intercession will help except from one to whom the Most Merciful has given permission and whose word he has accepted.
20:110يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِۦ عِلْمًاHe knows what lies before them and what lies behind them, while they cannot encompass him in knowledge.
20:111۞ وَعَنَتِ ٱلْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَىِّ ٱلْقَيُّومِ ۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًاAnd faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. Whoever carries the weight of wrongdoing will have failed.
20:112وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَا يَخَافُ ظُلْمًا وَلَا هَضْمًاBut whoever does righteous deeds as a believer will fear neither injustice nor any loss of their due.
20:113وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا وَصَرَّفْنَا فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلْوَعِيدِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ أَوْ يُحْدِثُ لَهُمْ ذِكْرًاAnd so we have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an, and laid out within it warnings of every kind, so that they may be mindful, or that it may stir in them remembrance.
20:114فَتَعَـٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۗ وَلَا تَعْجَلْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُقْضَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهُۥ ۖ وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِى عِلْمًاExalted is God, the True Sovereign. Do not rush ahead with the Qur'an before its revelation to you is complete, and say, 'My Lord, increase me in knowledge.'
20:115وَلَقَدْ عَهِدْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ ءَادَمَ مِن قَبْلُ فَنَسِىَ وَلَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُۥ عَزْمًاAnd we had made a covenant with Adam before, but he forgot, and we found in him no firm resolve.
20:116وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰAnd when we said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," they prostrated — all except Iblis; he refused.
20:117فَقُلْنَا يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا عَدُوٌّ لَّكَ وَلِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقَىٰٓSo we said, "Adam, this one is an enemy to you and to your wife. Do not let him drive you both out of the garden, or you will suffer.
20:118إِنَّ لَكَ أَلَّا تَجُوعَ فِيهَا وَلَا تَعْرَىٰIndeed, it is yours here never to hunger nor to be naked,
20:119وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَظْمَؤُا۟ فِيهَا وَلَا تَضْحَىٰand there you will not thirst, nor suffer the sun's heat.
20:120فَوَسْوَسَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ قَالَ يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَىٰ شَجَرَةِ ٱلْخُلْدِ وَمُلْكٍ لَّا يَبْلَىٰBut Satan whispered to him, saying, "Adam, shall I lead you to the tree of immortality and to a kingdom that never fades?"
20:121فَأَكَلَا مِنْهَا فَبَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۚ وَعَصَىٰٓ ءَادَمُ رَبَّهُۥ فَغَوَىٰSo they both ate from it, and their private parts became exposed to them, and they began to cover themselves with leaves from the garden. Adam disobeyed his Lord and went astray.
20:122ثُمَّ ٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ وَهَدَىٰThen his Lord chose him, turned to him in mercy, and guided him.
20:123قَالَ ٱهْبِطَا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًۢا ۖ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّى هُدًى فَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هُدَاىَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَىٰGod said, "Go down from it, both of you together, some of you enemies to others. When guidance comes to you from me, whoever follows my guidance will not stray, nor will they fall into misery.
20:124وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِى فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ أَعْمَىٰBut whoever turns away from my remembrance will have a constricted life, and we will gather him blind on the day of resurrection.
20:125قَالَ رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِىٓ أَعْمَىٰ وَقَدْ كُنتُ بَصِيرًاHe will say, "My Lord, why have you raised me blind, when I once could see?"
20:126قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ أَتَتْكَ ءَايَـٰتُنَا فَنَسِيتَهَا ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ تُنسَىٰGod will say, "Just so — our signs came to you, and you forgot them; and just so, today you are forgotten."
20:127وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَنْ أَسْرَفَ وَلَمْ يُؤْمِنۢ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ ۚ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَشَدُّ وَأَبْقَىٰٓAnd so we recompense whoever goes to excess and does not believe in the signs of his Lord. And the punishment of the hereafter is harsher and more lasting.
20:128أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰIs it not a guide for them — how many generations we destroyed before them, through whose dwellings they now walk? In that are signs for those who possess understanding.
20:129وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّىWere it not for a word that had already gone forth from your Lord, and a term appointed, the judgment would have been inescapable.
20:130فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا ۖ وَمِنْ ءَانَآئِ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْ وَأَطْرَافَ ٱلنَّهَارِ لَعَلَّكَ تَرْضَىٰSo be patient with what they say, and glorify your Lord with praise before the rising of the sun and before its setting; and glorify him through the hours of the night and at the ends of the day, that you may find contentment.
20:131وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَرِزْقُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰAnd do not strain your eyes toward what we have given certain groups among them to enjoy — the bloom of this worldly life — by which we test them. The provision of your Lord is better and more lasting.
20:132وَأْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَا ۖ لَا نَسْـَٔلُكَ رِزْقًا ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُكَ ۗ وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰAnd command your family to pray, and be steadfast in it. We ask no provision of you; we provide for you. And the best outcome belongs to mindfulness of God.
20:133وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا يَأْتِينَا بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦٓ ۚ أَوَلَمْ تَأْتِهِم بَيِّنَةُ مَا فِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰAnd they say, "Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?" Has there not come to them clear proof of what is in the earlier scriptures?
20:134وَلَوْ أَنَّآ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُم بِعَذَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـٰتِكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخْزَىٰHad we destroyed them with a punishment before this, they would have said, 'Our Lord, if only you had sent us a messenger, we would have followed your signs before we were humbled and disgraced.'
20:135قُلْ كُلٌّ مُّتَرَبِّصٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ ٱلسَّوِىِّ وَمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰSay, "Each one is waiting, so wait. You will come to know who walks the even path and who is guided."