Surah 26 - Ash-Shu'arâ'

Ash-Shu’arâ' (Surah 26)

Ash-Shu'arâ' (The Poets)

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Introduction

This Meccan sûrah takes its name from the reference to poets in verses 224-226. Since the previous sûrah ends with a warning to the deniers of the truth, this sûrah recounts several cautionary tales of destroyed deniers such as Pharaoh and the peoples of Noah, Shu’aib, Lot, and Ṣâliḥ. The divine origin of the Quran is emphasized at both ends of the sûrah. The qualities of the believers mentioned in the last verse (227) are elaborated upon at the beginning of the next sûrah. In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.

Warning to the Disbelievers

1. Ṭâ-Sĩn-Mĩm. 2. These are the verses of the clear Book. 3. Perhaps you (O Prophet) will grieve yourself to death over their disbelief. 4. If We willed, We could send down upon them a (compelling) sign from the heavens, leaving their necks bent in (utter) submission to it. 5. Whatever new reminder comes to them from the Most Compassionate, they always turn away from it. 6. They have certainly denied (the truth), so they will soon face the consequences of their ridicule 7. Have they failed to look at the earth, (to see) how many types of fine plants We have caused to grow in it? 8. Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe. 9. And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.
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تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
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لَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ
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إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَـٰقُهُمْ لَهَا خَـٰضِعِينَ
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وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ
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فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُا مَا كَانُوا بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
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أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
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Surah 26 - Ash-Shu'arâ' (The Poets) - Verses 1-9

Prophet Moses

10. (Remember) when your Lord called out to Moses, “Go to the wrongdoing people— 11. the people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear (Allah)?” 12. He replied, “My Lord! I fear that they will reject me. 13. And (so) my heart will be broken and my tongue will be tied. So send Aaron along (as a messenger). 14. Also, they have a charge against me, so I fear they may kill me. 15. Allah responded, “Certainly not! So go, both of you, with Our signs. We will be with you, listening. 16. Go to Pharaoh and say, ‘We are messengers from the Lord of all worlds, 17. (commanded to say:) ‘Let the Children of Israel go with us.’’”
وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
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قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ
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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ
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وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِى وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِى فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَـٰرُونَ
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وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ
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قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَٱذْهَبَا بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسْتَمِعُونَ
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فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
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أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
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Surah 26 - Ash-Shu'arâ' (The Poets) - Verses 10-17

Moses vs. Pharaoh

18. Pharaoh protested, “Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you stayed several years of your life in our care? 19. Then you did what you did, being (utterly) ungrateful!” 20. Moses replied, “I did it then, lacking guidance. 21. So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me wisdom and made me one of the messengers. 22. How can that be a ‘favor,’ of which you remind me, when (it was only because) you (have) enslaved the Children of Israel?” 23. Pharaoh asked, “And what is ‘the Lord of all worlds’?” 24. Moses replied, “(He is) the Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything in between, if only you had sure faith.” 25. Pharaoh said to those around him, “Did you hear (what he said)?” 26. Moses added, “(He is) your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.” 27. Pharaoh said (mockingly), “Your messenger, who has been sent to you, must be insane.” 28. Moses responded: “(He is) the Lord of the east and west, and everything in between, if only you had any sense.”
قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ
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وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
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قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
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فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِى رَبِّى حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
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وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
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قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
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قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
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قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ
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قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
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قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ
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قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
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Surah 26 - Ash-Shu'arâ' (The Poets) - Verses 18-28

The Challenge

29. Pharaoh threatened, “If you take any other god besides me, I will certainly have you imprisoned.” 30. Moses responded, “Even if I bring you a clear proof?” 31. Pharaoh demanded, “Bring it then, if what you say is true.” 32. So he threw down his staff and—behold!—it became a real snake. 33. Then he drew his hand (out of his collar) and it was (shining) white for all to see. 34. Pharaoh said to the chiefs around him, “He is indeed a skilled magician, 35. who seeks to drive you from your land by his magic. So what do you propose?” 36. . They replied, “Let him and his brother wait and dispatch mobilizers to all cities 37. to bring you every skilled magician.” 38. So the magicians were assembled at the set time on the appointed day. 39. And the people were asked, “Will you join the gathering, 40. so that we may follow the magicians if they prevail?”
قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ
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قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَىْءٍ مُّبِينٍ
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قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
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فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ
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وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ
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قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ
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يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ
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قَالُوٓا أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ
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يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ
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فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
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وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ
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لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ
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Surah 26 - Ash-Shu'arâ' (The Poets) - Verses 29-40

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