[ { "surah": "18", "ayah": 75, "translation": "(75) [Al-Khi\u1e0dr] said, \"Did I not tell you that with me you would never be able to have patience?\"" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 76, "translation": "(76) [Moses] said, \"If I should ask you about anything after this, then do not keep me as a companion. You have obtained from me an excuse.\"" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 77, "translation": "(77) So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. And they found therein a wall about to collapse, so he [i.e., al-Khi\u1e0dr] restored it. [Moses] said, \"If you wished, you could have taken for it a payment.\"" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 78, "translation": "(78) [Al-Khi\u1e0dr] said, \"This is parting between me and you. I will inform you of the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience." }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 79, "translation": "(79) As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force." }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 80, "translation": "(80) And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief." }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 81, "translation": "(81) So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy." }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 82, "translation": "(82) And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them, and their father had been righteous. So your Lord intended that they reach maturity and extract their treasure, as a mercy from your Lord. And I did it not of my own accord. That is the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience.\"" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 83, "translation": "(83) And they ask you, [O Mu\u1e25ammad], about Dhul-Qarnayn. Say, \"I will recite to you about him a report.\"" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 84, "translation": "(84) Indeed, We established him upon the earth, and We gave him from everything a way [i.e., means]." }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 85, "translation": "(85) So he followed a way" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 86, "translation": "(86) Until, when he reached the setting of the sun [i.e., the west], he found it [as if] setting in a body of dark water,[795] and he found near it a people. We [i.e., All\u0101h] said, \"O Dhul-Qarnayn, either you punish [them] or else adopt among them [a way of] goodness.\"" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 87, "translation": "(87) He said, \"As for one who wrongs,[796] we will punish him. Then he will be returned to his Lord, and He will punish him with a terrible punishment [i.e., Hellfire]." }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 88, "translation": "(88) But as for one who believes and does righteousness, he will have a reward of the best [i.e., Paradise], and we [i.e., Dhul-Qarnayn] will speak to him from our command with ease.\"" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 89, "translation": "(89) Then he followed a way" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 90, "translation": "(90) Until, when he came to the rising of the sun [i.e., the east], he found it rising on a people for whom We had not made against it any shield." }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 91, "translation": "(91) Thus.[797] And We had encompassed [all] that he had in knowledge." }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 92, "translation": "(92) Then he followed a way" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 93, "translation": "(93) Until, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech." }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 94, "translation": "(94) They said, \"O Dhul-Qarnayn, indeed Gog and Magog[798] are [great] corrupters in the land. So may we assign for you an expenditure that you might make between us and them a barrier?\"" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 95, "translation": "(95) He said, \"That in which my Lord has established me is better [than what you offer], but assist me with strength [i.e., manpower]; I will make between you and them a dam." }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 96, "translation": "(96) Bring me bars of iron\" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, \"Blow [with bellows],\" until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, \"Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper.\"" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 97, "translation": "(97) So they [i.e., Gog and Magog] were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration." }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 98, "translation": "(98) [Dhul-Qarnayn] said, \"This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord[799] comes [i.e., approaches], He will make it level, and ever is the promise of my Lord true.\"" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 99, "translation": "(99) And We will leave them that day[800] surging over each other, and [then] the Horn will be blown, and We will assemble them in [one] assembly." }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 100, "translation": "(100) And We will present Hell that Day to the disbelievers, on display -" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 101, "translation": "(101) Those whose eyes had been within a cover [removed] from My remembrance,[801] and they were not able to hear.[802]" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 102, "translation": "(102) Then do those who disbelieve think that they can take My servants instead of Me as allies? Indeed, We have prepared Hell for the disbelievers as a lodging." }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 103, "translation": "(103) Say, [O Mu\u1e25ammad], \"Shall we [believers] inform you of the greatest losers as to [their] deeds?" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 104, "translation": "(104) [They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work.\"" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 105, "translation": "(105) Those are the ones who disbelieve in the verses of their Lord and in [their] meeting Him, so their deeds have become worthless; and We will not assign to them on the Day of Resurrection any weight [i.e., importance]." }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 106, "translation": "(106) That is their recompense - Hell - for what they denied and [because] they took My signs and My messengers in ridicule." }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 107, "translation": "(107) Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - they will have the Gardens of Paradise[803] as a lodging," }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 108, "translation": "(108) Wherein they abide eternally. They will not desire from it any transfer." }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 109, "translation": "(109) Say, \"If the sea were ink for [writing] the words[804] of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even if We brought the like of it in [continual] supplement.\"" }, { "surah": "18", "ayah": 110, "translation": "(110) Say, \"I am only a man like you, to whom has been revealed that your god is one God. So whoever would hope for the meeting with his Lord - let him do righteous work and not associate in the worship of his Lord anyone.\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 1, "translation": "(1) K\u0101f, H\u0101, Y\u0101, \u02bfAyn, \u1e62\u0101d.[806]" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 2, "translation": "(2) [This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 3, "translation": "(3) When he called to his Lord a private call [i.e., supplication]." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 4, "translation": "(4) He said, \"My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled[807] with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy [i.e., disappointed]." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 5, "translation": "(5) And indeed, I fear the successors[808] after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 6, "translation": "(6) Who will inherit me[809] and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You].\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 7, "translation": "(7) [He was told],[810] \"O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name.\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 8, "translation": "(8) He said, \"My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 9, "translation": "(9) [An angel] said, \"Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.'\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 10, "translation": "(10) [Zechariah] said, \"My Lord, make for me a sign.\" He said, \"Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three nights, [being] sound.\"[811]" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 11, "translation": "(11) So he came out to his people from the prayer chamber and signaled to them to exalt [All\u0101h] in the morning and afternoon." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 12, "translation": "(12) [All\u0101h said], \"O John, take the Scripture [i.e., adhere to it] with determination.\" And We gave him judgement [while yet] a boy" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 13, "translation": "(13) And affection from Us and purity, and he was fearing of All\u0101h" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 14, "translation": "(14) And dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 15, "translation": "(15) And peace be upon him the day he was born and the day he dies and the day he is raised alive." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 16, "translation": "(16) And mention, [O Mu\u1e25ammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 17, "translation": "(17) And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel [i.e., Gabriel], and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 18, "translation": "(18) She said, \"Indeed, I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you, [so leave me], if you should be fearing of All\u0101h.\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 19, "translation": "(19) He said, \"I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy [i.e., son].\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 20, "translation": "(20) She said, \"How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 21, "translation": "(21) He said, \"Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.'\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 22, "translation": "(22) So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 23, "translation": "(23) And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, \"Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten.\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 24, "translation": "(24) But he[812] called her from below her, \"Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 25, "translation": "(25) And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 26, "translation": "(26) So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.'\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 27, "translation": "(27) Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, \"O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 28, "translation": "(28) O sister [i.e., descendant] of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste.\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 29, "translation": "(29) So she pointed to him. They said, \"How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 30, "translation": "(30) [Jesus] said, \"Indeed, I am the servant of All\u0101h. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 31, "translation": "(31) And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zak\u0101h as long as I remain alive" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 32, "translation": "(32) And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 33, "translation": "(33) And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive.\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 34, "translation": "(34) That is Jesus, the son of Mary - the word of truth about which they are in dispute." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 35, "translation": "(35) It is not [befitting] for All\u0101h to take a son; exalted is He![813] When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, \"Be,\" and it is." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 36, "translation": "(36) [Jesus said], \"And indeed, All\u0101h is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path.\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 37, "translation": "(37) Then the factions differed [concerning Jesus] from among them, so woe to those who disbelieved - from the scene of a tremendous Day." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 38, "translation": "(38) How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 39, "translation": "(39) And warn them, [O Mu\u1e25ammad], of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded;[814] and [yet], they are in [a state of] heedlessness, and they do not believe." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 40, "translation": "(40) Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 41, "translation": "(41) And mention in the Book [the story of] Abraham. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 42, "translation": "(42) [Mention] when he said to his father, \"O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 43, "translation": "(43) O my father, indeed there has come to me of knowledge that which has not come to you, so follow me; I will guide you to an even path." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 44, "translation": "(44) O my father, do not worship [i.e., obey] Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 45, "translation": "(45) O my father, indeed I fear that there will touch you a punishment from the Most Merciful so you would be to Satan a companion [in Hellfire].\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 46, "translation": "(46) [His father] said, \"Have you no desire for my gods, O Abraham? If you do not desist, I will surely stone you, so avoid me a prolonged time.\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 47, "translation": "(47) [Abraham] said, \"Peace [i.e., safety] will be upon you.[815] I will ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. Indeed, He is ever gracious to me." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 48, "translation": "(48) And I will leave you and those you invoke other than All\u0101h and will invoke[816] my Lord. I expect that I will not be in invocation to my Lord unhappy [i.e., disappointed].\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 49, "translation": "(49) So when he had left them and those they worshipped other than All\u0101h, We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and each [of them] We made a prophet." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 50, "translation": "(50) And We gave them of Our mercy, and We made for them a mention [i.e., reputation] of high honor." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 51, "translation": "(51) And mention in the Book, Moses. Indeed, he was chosen, and he was a messenger and a prophet.[817]" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 52, "translation": "(52) And We called him from the side of the mount[818] at [his] right and brought him near, confiding [to him]." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 53, "translation": "(53) And We gave him out of Our mercy his brother Aaron as a prophet." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 54, "translation": "(54) And mention in the Book, Ishmael. Indeed, he was true to his promise, and he was a messenger and a prophet." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 55, "translation": "(55) And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and zak\u0101h and was to his Lord pleasing [i.e., accepted by Him]." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 56, "translation": "(56) And mention in the Book, Idrees. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 57, "translation": "(57) And We raised him to a high station." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 58, "translation": "(58) Those were the ones upon whom All\u0101h bestowed favor from among the prophets of the descendants of Adam and of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah, and of the descendants of Abraham and Israel [i.e., Jacob], and of those whom We guided and chose. When the verses of the Most Merciful were recited to them, they fell in prostration and weeping." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 59, "translation": "(59) But there came after them successors [i.e., later generations] who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil[819] -" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 60, "translation": "(60) Except those who repent, believe and do righteousness; for those will enter Paradise and will not be wronged at all." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 61, "translation": "(61) [Therein are] gardens of perpetual residence which the Most Merciful has promised His servants in the unseen. Indeed, His promise has ever been eminent.[820]" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 62, "translation": "(62) They will not hear therein any ill speech - only [greetings of] peace - and they will have their provision therein, morning and afternoon." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 63, "translation": "(63) That is Paradise, which We give as inheritance to those of Our servants who were fearing of All\u0101h." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 64, "translation": "(64) [Gabriel said],[821] \"And we [angels] descend not except by the order of your Lord. To Him belongs that before us and that behind us and what is in between. And never is your Lord forgetful -" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 65, "translation": "(65) Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them - so worship Him and have patience for His worship. Do you know of any similarity to Him?\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 66, "translation": "(66) And man [i.e., the disbeliever] says, \"When I have died, am I going to be brought forth alive?\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 67, "translation": "(67) Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 68, "translation": "(68) So by your Lord, We will surely gather them and the devils; then We will bring them to be present around Hell upon their knees.[822]" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 69, "translation": "(69) Then We will surely extract from every sect those of them who were worst against the Most Merciful in insolence." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 70, "translation": "(70) Then, surely it is We who are most knowing of those most worthy of burning therein." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 71, "translation": "(71) And there is none of you except he will come to it.[823] This is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 72, "translation": "(72) Then We will save those who feared All\u0101h and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 73, "translation": "(73) And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say to those who believe, \"Which of [our] two parties is best in position and best in association?\"[824]" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 74, "translation": "(74) And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and [outward] appearance?" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 75, "translation": "(75) Say, \"Whoever is in error - let the Most Merciful extend for him an extension [in wealth and time] until, when they see that which they were promised - either punishment [in this world] or the Hour [of resurrection] - they will come to know who is worst in position and weaker in soldiers.\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 76, "translation": "(76) And All\u0101h increases those who were guided, in guidance, and the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord[825] for reward and better for recourse." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 77, "translation": "(77) Then, have you seen he who disbelieved in Our verses and said, \"I will surely be given wealth and children [in the next life]\"?" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 78, "translation": "(78) Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken from the Most Merciful a promise?" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 79, "translation": "(79) No! We will record what he says and extend [i.e., increase] for him from the punishment extensively." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 80, "translation": "(80) And We will inherit him [in] what he mentions,[826] and he will come to Us alone." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 81, "translation": "(81) And they have taken besides All\u0101h [false] deities that they would be for them [a source of] honor." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 82, "translation": "(82) No! They [i.e., those \"gods\"] will deny their worship of them and will be against them opponents [on the Day of Judgement]." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 83, "translation": "(83) Do you not see that We have sent the devils upon the disbelievers, inciting them [to evil] with [constant] incitement?" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 84, "translation": "(84) So be not impatient over them. We only count out [i.e., allow] to them a [limited] number.[827]" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 85, "translation": "(85) On the Day We will gather the righteous to the Most Merciful as a delegation" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 86, "translation": "(86) And will drive the criminals to Hell in thirst" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 87, "translation": "(87) None will have [power of] intercession except he who had taken from the Most Merciful a covenant.[828]" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 88, "translation": "(88) And they say, \"The Most Merciful has taken [for Himself] a son.\"" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 89, "translation": "(89) You have done an atrocious thing." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 90, "translation": "(90) The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 91, "translation": "(91) That they attribute to the Most Merciful a son." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 92, "translation": "(92) And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 93, "translation": "(93) There is no one in the heavens and earth but that he comes to the Most Merciful as a servant." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 94, "translation": "(94) He has enumerated them and counted them a [full] counting." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 95, "translation": "(95) And all of them are coming to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 96, "translation": "(96) Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - the Most Merciful will appoint for them affection.[829]" }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 97, "translation": "(97) So, [O Mu\u1e25ammad], We have only made it [i.e., the Qur\u2019\u0101n] easy in your tongue [i.e., the Arabic language] that you may give good tidings thereby to the righteous and warn thereby a hostile people." }, { "surah": "19", "ayah": 98, "translation": "(98) And how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound?" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 1, "translation": "(1) \u1e6c\u0101, H\u0101.[831]" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 2, "translation": "(2) We have not sent down to you the Qur\u2019\u0101n that you be distressed" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 3, "translation": "(3) But only as a reminder for those who fear [All\u0101h] -" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 4, "translation": "(4) A revelation from He who created the earth and highest heavens," }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 5, "translation": "(5) The Most Merciful [who is] above the Throne established.[832]" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 6, "translation": "(6) To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth and what is between them and what is under the soil." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 7, "translation": "(7) And if you speak aloud - then indeed, He knows the secret and what is [even] more hidden." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 8, "translation": "(8) All\u0101h - there is no deity except Him. To Him belong the best names." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 9, "translation": "(9) And has the story of Moses reached you? -" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 10, "translation": "(10) When he saw a fire and said to his family, \"Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire; perhaps I can bring you a torch or find at the fire some guidance.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 11, "translation": "(11) And when he came to it, he was called, \"O Moses," }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 12, "translation": "(12) Indeed, I am your Lord, so remove your sandals. Indeed, you are in the blessed valley of \u1e6cuw\u0101." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 13, "translation": "(13) And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed [to you]." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 14, "translation": "(14) Indeed, I am All\u0101h. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 15, "translation": "(15) Indeed, the Hour is coming - I almost conceal it[833] - so that every soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 16, "translation": "(16) So do not let one avert you from it[834] who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 17, "translation": "(17) And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 18, "translation": "(18) He said, \"It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 19, "translation": "(19) [All\u0101h] said, \"Throw it down, O Moses.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 20, "translation": "(20) So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 21, "translation": "(21) [All\u0101h] said, \"Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 22, "translation": "(22) And draw in your hand to your side; it will come out white without disease - another sign," }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 23, "translation": "(23) That We may show you [some] of Our greater signs." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 24, "translation": "(24) Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed [i.e., tyrannized].\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 25, "translation": "(25) [Moses] said, \"My Lord, expand [i.e., relax] for me my breast [with assurance]" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 26, "translation": "(26) And ease for me my task" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 27, "translation": "(27) And untie the knot from my tongue" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 28, "translation": "(28) That they may understand my speech." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 29, "translation": "(29) And appoint for me a minister [i.e., assistant] from my family -" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 30, "translation": "(30) Aaron, my brother." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 31, "translation": "(31) Increase through him my strength" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 32, "translation": "(32) And let him share my task" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 33, "translation": "(33) That we may exalt You much" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 34, "translation": "(34) And remember You much." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 35, "translation": "(35) Indeed, You are of us ever Seeing.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 36, "translation": "(36) [All\u0101h] said, \"You have been granted your request, O Moses." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 37, "translation": "(37) And We had already conferred favor upon you another time," }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 38, "translation": "(38) When We inspired to your mother what We inspired," }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 39, "translation": "(39) [Saying], 'Cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, and the river will throw it onto the bank; there will take him an enemy to Me and an enemy to him.' And I bestowed upon you love from Me[835] that you would be brought up under My eye [i.e., observation and care]." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 40, "translation": "(40) [And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content and not grieve. And you killed someone,[836] but We saved you from retaliation and tried you with a [severe] trial. And you remained [some] years among the people of Madyan. Then you came [here] at the decreed time, O Moses." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 41, "translation": "(41) And I produced you for Myself.[837]" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 42, "translation": "(42) Go, you and your brother, with My signs and do not slacken in My remembrance." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 43, "translation": "(43) Go, both of you, to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 44, "translation": "(44) And speak to him with gentle speech that perhaps he may be reminded or fear [All\u0101h].\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 45, "translation": "(45) They said, \"Our Lord, indeed we are afraid that he will hasten [punishment] against us or that he will transgress.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 46, "translation": "(46) [All\u0101h] said, \"Fear not. Indeed, I am with you both; I hear and I see." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 47, "translation": "(47) So go to him and say, 'Indeed, we are messengers of your Lord, so send with us the Children of Israel and do not torment them. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord. And peace[838] will be upon he who follows the guidance." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 48, "translation": "(48) Indeed, it has been revealed to us that the punishment will be upon whoever denies and turns away.'\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 49, "translation": "(49) [Pharaoh] said, \"So who is the Lord of you two, O Moses?\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 50, "translation": "(50) He said, \"Our Lord is He who gave each thing its form and then guided [it].\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 51, "translation": "(51) [Pharaoh] said, \"Then what is the case of the former generations?\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 52, "translation": "(52) [Moses] said, \"The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a record. My Lord neither errs nor forgets.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 53, "translation": "(53) [It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 54, "translation": "(54) Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 55, "translation": "(55) From it [i.e., the earth] We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 56, "translation": "(56) And We certainly showed him [i.e., Pharaoh] Our signs - all of them - but he denied and refused." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 57, "translation": "(57) He said, \"Have you come to us to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Moses?" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 58, "translation": "(58) Then we will surely bring you magic like it, so make between us and you an appointment, which we will not fail to keep and neither will you, in a place assigned.\"[839]" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 59, "translation": "(59) [Moses] said, \"Your appointment is on the day of the festival when the people assemble at mid-morning.\"[840]" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 60, "translation": "(60) So Pharaoh went away, put together his plan, and then came [to Moses]." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 61, "translation": "(61) Moses said to them [i.e., the magicians summoned by Pharaoh], \"Woe to you! Do not invent a lie against All\u0101h or He will exterminate you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents [such falsehood].\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 62, "translation": "(62) So they disputed over their affair among themselves and concealed their private conversation." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 63, "translation": "(63) They said, \"Indeed, these are two magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic and do away with your most exemplary way [i.e., religion or tradition]." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 64, "translation": "(64) So resolve upon your plan and then come [forward] in line. And he has succeeded today who overcomes.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 65, "translation": "(65) They said, \"O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 66, "translation": "(66) He said, \"Rather, you throw.\" And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes]." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 67, "translation": "(67) And he sensed within himself apprehension, did Moses." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 68, "translation": "(68) We [i.e., All\u0101h] said, \"Fear not. Indeed, it is you who are superior." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 69, "translation": "(69) And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 70, "translation": "(70) So the magicians fell down in prostration.[841] They said, \"We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 71, "translation": "(71) [Pharaoh] said, \"You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic. So I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and you will surely know which of us is more severe in [giving] punishment and more enduring.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 72, "translation": "(72) They said, \"Never will we prefer you over what has come to us of clear proofs and [over] He who created us.[842] So decree whatever you are to decree. You can only decree for this worldly life." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 73, "translation": "(73) Indeed, we have believed in our Lord that He may forgive us our sins and what you compelled us [to do] of magic. And All\u0101h is better and more enduring.\"[843]" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 74, "translation": "(74) Indeed, whoever comes to his Lord as a criminal - indeed, for him is Hell; he will neither die therein nor live." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 75, "translation": "(75) But whoever comes to Him as a believer having done righteous deeds - for those will be the highest degrees [in position]:" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 76, "translation": "(76) Gardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. And that is the reward of one who purifies himself.[844]" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 77, "translation": "(77) And We had inspired to Moses, \"Travel by night with My servants and strike for them a dry path through the sea; you will not fear being overtaken [by Pharaoh] nor be afraid [of drowning].\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 78, "translation": "(78) So Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the sea that which covered them,[845]" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 79, "translation": "(79) And Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide [them]." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 80, "translation": "(80) O Children of Israel, We delivered you from your enemy, and We made an appointment with you[846] at the right side of the mount, and We sent down to you manna and quails," }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 81, "translation": "(81) [Saying], \"Eat from the good things with which We have provided you and do not transgress [or oppress others] therein, lest My anger should descend upon you. And he upon whom My anger descends has certainly fallen [i.e., perished].\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 82, "translation": "(82) But indeed, I am the Perpetual Forgiver of whoever repents and believes and does righteousness and then continues in guidance." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 83, "translation": "(83) [All\u0101h said], \"And what made you hasten from your people, O Moses?\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 84, "translation": "(84) He said, \"They are close upon my tracks, and I hastened to You, my Lord, that You be pleased.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 85, "translation": "(85) [All\u0101h] said, \"But indeed, We have tried your people after you [departed], and the S\u0101mir\u012b[847] has led them astray.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 86, "translation": "(86) So Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved.[848] He said, \"O my people, did your Lord not make you a good promise?[849] Then, was the time [of its fulfillment] too long for you, or did you wish that wrath from your Lord descend upon you, so you broke your promise [of obedience] to me?\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 87, "translation": "(87) They said, \"We did not break our promise to you by our will, but we were made to carry burdens from the ornaments of the people [of Pharaoh], so we threw them [into the fire], and thus did the S\u0101mir\u012b throw.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 88, "translation": "(88) And he extracted for them [the statue of] a calf which had a lowing sound, and they said, \"This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 89, "translation": "(89) Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech [i.e., response] and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit?" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 90, "translation": "(90) And Aaron had already told them before [the return of Moses], \"O my people, you are only being tested by it, and indeed, your Lord is the Most Merciful, so follow me and obey my order.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 91, "translation": "(91) They said, \"We will never cease being devoted to it [i.e., the calf] until Moses returns to us.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 92, "translation": "(92) [Moses] said, \"O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray," }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 93, "translation": "(93) From following me? Then have you disobeyed my order?\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 94, "translation": "(94) [Aaron] said, \"O son of my mother, do not seize [me] by my beard or by my head. Indeed, I feared that you would say, 'You caused division among the Children of Israel, and you did not observe [or await] my word.'\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 95, "translation": "(95) [Moses] said, \"And what is your case, O S\u0101mir\u012b?\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 96, "translation": "(96) He said, \"I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful [of dust] from the track of the messenger[850] and threw it,[851] and thus did my soul entice me.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 97, "translation": "(97) [Moses] said, \"Then go. And indeed, it is [decreed] for you in [this] life to say, 'No contact.'[852] And indeed, you have an appointment [in the Hereafter] you will not fail to keep. And look at your 'god' to which you remained devoted. We will surely burn it and blow it [i.e., its ashes] into the sea with a blast." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 98, "translation": "(98) Your god is only All\u0101h, except for whom there is no deity. He has encompassed all things in knowledge.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 99, "translation": "(99) Thus, [O Mu\u1e25ammad], We relate to you from the news of what has preceded. And We have certainly given you from Us a message [i.e., the Qur\u2019\u0101n]." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 100, "translation": "(100) Whoever turns away from it - then indeed, he will bear on the Day of Resurrection a burden [i.e., great sin]," }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 101, "translation": "(101) [Abiding] eternally therein,[853] and evil it is for them on the Day of Resurrection as a load -" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 102, "translation": "(102) The Day the Horn will be blown. And We will gather the criminals, that Day, blue-eyed.[854]" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 103, "translation": "(103) They will murmur among themselves, \"You remained not but ten [days in the world].\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 104, "translation": "(104) We are most knowing of what they say when the best of them in manner [i.e., wisdom or speech] will say, \"You remained not but one day.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 105, "translation": "(105) And they ask you about the mountains, so say, \"My Lord will blow them away with a blast.[855]" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 106, "translation": "(106) And He will leave it [i.e., the earth] a level plain;" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 107, "translation": "(107) You will not see therein a depression or an elevation.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 108, "translation": "(108) That Day, they [i.e., everyone] will follow [the call of] the Caller[856] [with] no deviation therefrom, and [all] voices will be stilled before the Most Merciful, so you will not hear except a whisper [of footsteps]." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 109, "translation": "(109) That Day, no intercession will benefit except [that of] one to whom the Most Merciful has given permission and has accepted his word." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 110, "translation": "(110) He [i.e., All\u0101h] knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them,[857] but they do not encompass it [i.e., what He knows] in knowledge." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 111, "translation": "(111) And [all] faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining.[858] And he will have failed who carries injustice.[859]" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 112, "translation": "(112) But he who does of righteous deeds while he is a believer - he will neither fear injustice nor deprivation." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 113, "translation": "(113) And thus We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur\u2019\u0101n[860] and have diversified therein the warnings that perhaps they will avoid [sin] or it would cause them remembrance." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 114, "translation": "(114) So high [above all] is All\u0101h, the Sovereign,[861] the Truth.[862] And, [O Mu\u1e25ammad], do not hasten with [recitation of] the Qur\u2019\u0101n before its revelation is completed to you, and say, \"My Lord, increase me in knowledge.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 115, "translation": "(115) And We had already taken a promise from Adam before, but he forgot; and We found not in him determination.[863]" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 116, "translation": "(116) And [mention] when We said to the angels, \"Prostrate to Adam,\" and they prostrated, except Iblees;[864] he refused." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 117, "translation": "(117) So We said, \"O Adam, indeed this is an enemy to you and to your wife. Then let him not remove you from Paradise so you would suffer." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 118, "translation": "(118) Indeed, it is [promised] for you not to be hungry therein or be unclothed." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 119, "translation": "(119) And indeed, you will not be thirsty therein or be hot from the sun.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 120, "translation": "(120) Then Satan whispered to him; he said, \"O Adam, shall I direct you to the tree of eternity and possession that will not deteriorate?\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 121, "translation": "(121) And they [i.e., Adam and his wife] ate of it, and their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And Adam disobeyed his Lord and erred." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 122, "translation": "(122) Then his Lord chose him and turned to him in forgiveness and guided [him]." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 123, "translation": "(123) [All\u0101h] said, \"Descend from it [i.e., Paradise] - all, [your descendants] being enemies to one another. And if there should come to you guidance from Me - then whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray [in the world] nor suffer [in the Hereafter]." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 124, "translation": "(124) And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed [i.e., difficult] life, and We will gather [i.e., raise] him on the Day of Resurrection blind.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 125, "translation": "(125) He will say, \"My Lord, why have you raised me blind while I was [once] seeing?\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 126, "translation": "(126) [All\u0101h] will say, \"Thus did Our signs come to you, and you forgot [i.e., disregarded] them; and thus will you this Day be forgotten.\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 127, "translation": "(127) And thus do We recompense he who transgressed and did not believe in the signs of his Lord. And the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe and more enduring.[865]" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 128, "translation": "(128) Then, has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them as they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 129, "translation": "(129) And if not for a word[866] that preceded from your Lord, it [i.e., punishment] would have been an obligation [due immediately],[867] and [if not for] a specified term [decreed]." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 130, "translation": "(130) So be patient over what they say and exalt [All\u0101h] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting; and during periods of the night [exalt Him] and at the ends of the day, that you may be satisfied." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 131, "translation": "(131) And do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [some] categories of them, [its being but] the splendor of worldly life by which We test them. And the provision of your Lord is better and more enduring." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 132, "translation": "(132) And enjoin prayer upon your family [and people] and be steadfast therein. We ask you not for provision; We provide for you, and the [best] outcome is for [those of] righteousness." }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 133, "translation": "(133) And they say, \"Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?\" Has there not come to them evidence of what was in the former scriptures?[868]" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 134, "translation": "(134) And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him,[869] they would have said, \"Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses [i.e., teachings] before we were humiliated and disgraced?\"" }, { "surah": "20", "ayah": 135, "translation": "(135) Say, \"Each [of us] is waiting;[870] so wait. For you will know who are the companions of the sound path and who is guided.\"" } ]