بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ ﴿۱﴾
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.Surah 20 · Meccan
Ta Ha
Ta Ha
طه
136 verses · Maulawi Sher Ali translation
20:2
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طٰہٰ ۚ﴿۲﴾
Ta Ha.[✛]مَاۤ اَنۡزَلۡنَا عَلَیۡکَ الۡقُرۡاٰنَ لِتَشۡقٰۤی ۙ﴿۳﴾
We have not sent down the Qur’an to thee that thou shouldst be distressed,اِلَّا تَذۡکِرَۃً لِّمَنۡ یَّخۡشٰی ۙ﴿۴﴾
But as an exhortation for him who fears God,تَنۡزِیۡلًا مِّمَّنۡ خَلَقَ الۡاَرۡضَ وَالسَّمٰوٰتِ الۡعُلٰی ؕ﴿۵﴾
And a revelation from Him Who created the earth and the high heavens.اَلرَّحۡمٰنُ عَلَی الۡعَرۡشِ اسۡتَوٰی ﴿۶﴾
He is the Gracious God Who has settled Himself on the Throne.لَہٗ مَا فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِی الۡاَرۡضِ وَمَا بَیۡنَہُمَا وَمَا تَحۡتَ الثَّرٰی ﴿۷﴾
To Him belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and whatsoever is between them, and whatsoever is beneath the moist subsoil.وَاِنۡ تَجۡہَرۡ بِالۡقَوۡلِ فَاِنَّہٗ یَعۡلَمُ السِّرَّ وَاَخۡفٰی ﴿۸﴾
And if thou speakest aloud, it makes no difference, for He knows the secret thought and what is yet more hidden.اَللّٰہُ لَاۤ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا ہُوَ ؕ لَہُ الۡاَسۡمَآءُ الۡحُسۡنٰی ﴿۹﴾
Allah — there is no God but He. His are the most beautiful names.وَہَلۡ اَتٰٮکَ حَدِیۡثُ مُوۡسٰی ۘ﴿۱۰﴾
And has the story of Moses come to thee?اِذۡ رَاٰ نَارًا فَقَالَ لِاَہۡلِہِ امۡکُثُوۡۤا اِنِّیۡۤ اٰنَسۡتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّیۡۤ اٰتِیۡکُمۡ مِّنۡہَا بِقَبَسٍ اَوۡ اَجِدُ عَلَی النَّارِ ہُدًی ﴿۱۱﴾
When he saw a fire, he said to his family, ‘Tarry ye, I perceive a fire; perhaps I may bring you a brand therefrom or find guidance at the fire.’20:12
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فَلَمَّاۤ اَتٰٮہَا نُوۡدِیَ یٰمُوۡسٰی ﴿ؕ۱۲﴾
[✲]And when he came to it, he was called by a voice, ‘O Moses,اِنِّیۡۤ اَنَا رَبُّکَ فَاخۡلَعۡ نَعۡلَیۡکَ ۚ اِنَّکَ بِالۡوَادِ الۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًی ﴿ؕ۱۳﴾
‘Verily, I am thy Lord. So take off thy shoes; for thou art in the sacred Valley of Tuwa.وَاَنَا اخۡتَرۡتُکَ فَاسۡتَمِعۡ لِمَا یُوۡحٰی ﴿۱۴﴾
‘And I have chosen thee; so hearken to what is revealed.اِنَّنِیۡۤ اَنَا اللّٰہُ لَاۤ اِلٰہَ اِلَّاۤ اَنَا فَاعۡبُدۡنِیۡ ۙ وَاَقِمِ الصَّلٰوۃَ لِذِکۡرِیۡ ﴿۱۵﴾
‘Verily, I am Allah; there is no God beside Me. So serve Me, and observe Prayer for My remembrance.20:16
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اِنَّ السَّاعَۃَ اٰتِیَۃٌ اَکَادُ اُخۡفِیۡہَا لِتُجۡزٰی کُلُّ نَفۡسٍۭ بِمَا تَسۡعٰی ﴿۱۶﴾
[✲]‘Surely, the Hour is coming; I am going to manifest it, that every soul may be recompensed for its endeavour.فَلَا یَصُدَّنَّکَ عَنۡہَا مَنۡ لَّا یُؤۡمِنُ بِہَا وَاتَّبَعَ ہَوٰٮہُ فَتَرۡدٰی ﴿۱۷﴾
‘So let not him who believes not therein and follows his own evil inclinations, turn thee away therefrom, lest thou perish.وَمَا تِلۡکَ بِیَمِیۡنِکَ یٰمُوۡسٰی ﴿۱۸﴾
‘And what is that in thy right hand, O Moses?’قَالَ ہِیَ عَصَایَ ۚ اَتَوَکَّوٴُا عَلَیۡہَا وَاَہُشُّ بِہَا عَلٰی غَنَمِیۡ وَلِیَ فِیۡہَا مَاٰرِبُ اُخۡرٰی ﴿۱۹﴾
He replied, ‘This is my rod, I lean on it, and beat down therewith leaves for my sheep, and I have also other uses for it.’قَالَ اَلۡقِہَا یٰمُوۡسٰی ﴿۲۰﴾
He said, ‘Cast it down, O Moses.’فَاَلۡقٰہَا فَاِذَا ہِیَ حَیَّۃٌ تَسۡعٰی ﴿۲۱﴾
So he cast it down, and behold! it was a serpent running.قَالَ خُذۡہَا وَلَا تَخَفۡ ٝ سَنُعِیۡدُہَا سِیۡرَتَہَا الۡاُوۡلٰی ﴿۲۲﴾
God said, ‘Catch hold of it, and fear not. We shall restore it to its former condition.20:23
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وَاضۡمُمۡ یَدَکَ اِلٰی جَنَاحِکَ تَخۡرُجۡ بَیۡضَآءَ مِنۡ غَیۡرِ سُوۡٓءٍ اٰیَۃً اُخۡرٰی ﴿ۙ۲۳﴾
[✲]‘And draw thy hand close under thy armpit. It shall come forth white, without any disease — another Sign,لِنُرِیَکَ مِنۡ اٰیٰتِنَا الۡکُبۡرٰی ﴿ۚ۲۴﴾
‘That We may show thee some of Our greater Signs.اِذۡہَبۡ اِلٰی فِرۡعَوۡنَ اِنَّہٗ طَغٰی ﴿٪۲۵﴾
‘Go thou to Pharaoh; he has indeed exceeded all bounds.’20:26
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قَالَ رَبِّ اشۡرَحۡ لِیۡ صَدۡرِیۡ ﴿ۙ۲۶﴾
[✲]Moses said, ‘My Lord, open out for me my breast,وَیَسِّرۡ لِیۡۤ اَمۡرِیۡ ﴿ۙ۲۷﴾
‘And ease for me my task,20:28
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وَاحۡلُلۡ عُقۡدَۃً مِّنۡ لِّسَانِیۡ ﴿ۙ۲۸﴾
[✲]‘And loose the knot of my tongue,یَفۡقَہُوۡا قَوۡلِیۡ ﴿۪۲۹﴾
‘That they may understand my speech,وَاجۡعَلۡ لِّیۡ وَزِیۡرًا مِّنۡ اَہۡلِیۡ ﴿ۙ۳۰﴾
‘And grant me a helper from my family —ہٰرُوۡنَ اَخِی ﴿ۙ۳۱﴾
‘Aaron, my brother;اشۡدُدۡ بِہٖۤ اَزۡرِیۡ ﴿ۙ۳۲﴾
‘Increase my strength with him,وَاَشۡرِکۡہُ فِیۡۤ اَمۡرِیۡ ﴿ۙ۳۳﴾
‘And make him share my task,کَیۡ نُسَبِّحَکَ کَثِیۡرًا ﴿ۙ۳۴﴾
‘That we may glorify Thee much,وَّنَذۡکُرَکَ کَثِیۡرًا ﴿ؕ۳۵﴾
‘And remember Thee much.اِنَّکَ کُنۡتَ بِنَا بَصِیۡرًا ﴿۳۶﴾
‘Thou possessest full knowledge of us.’قَالَ قَدۡ اُوۡتِیۡتَ سُؤۡلَکَ یٰمُوۡسٰی ﴿۳۷﴾
God said, “Granted is thy prayer, O Moses!وَلَقَدۡ مَنَنَّا عَلَیۡکَ مَرَّۃً اُخۡرٰۤی ﴿ۙ۳۸﴾
“And We did indeed confer a favour upon thee at another time also,اِذۡ اَوۡحَیۡنَاۤ اِلٰۤی اُمِّکَ مَا یُوۡحٰۤی ﴿ۙ۳۹﴾
“When We revealed to thy mother what was an important revelation, saying,اَنِ اقۡذِفِیۡہِ فِی التَّابُوۡتِ فَاقۡذِفِیۡہِ فِی الۡیَمِّ فَلۡیُلۡقِہِ الۡیَمُّ بِالسَّاحِلِ یَاۡخُذۡہُ عَدُوٌّ لِّیۡ وَعَدُوٌّ لَّہٗ ؕ وَاَلۡقَیۡتُ عَلَیۡکَ مَحَبَّۃً مِّنِّیۡ ۬ۚ وَلِتُصۡنَعَ عَلٰی عَیۡنِیۡ ﴿ۘ۴۰﴾
“‘Put him in the ark, and throw it into the river, then the river will cast it on to the bank, and one who is an enemy to Me and also an enemy to him will take him up.’ And I wrapped thee with love from Me; and this I did that thou mightest be reared before My eye.اِذۡ تَمۡشِیۡۤ اُخۡتُکَ فَتَقُوۡلُ ہَلۡ اَدُلُّکُمۡ عَلٰی مَنۡ یَّکۡفُلُہٗ ؕ فَرَجَعۡنٰکَ اِلٰۤی اُمِّکَ کَیۡ تَقَرَّ عَیۡنُہَا وَلَا تَحۡزَنَ ۬ؕ وَقَتَلۡتَ نَفۡسًا فَنَجَّیۡنٰکَ مِنَ الۡغَمِّ وَفَتَنّٰکَ فُتُوۡنًا ۬۟ فَلَبِثۡتَ سِنِیۡنَ فِیۡۤ اَہۡلِ مَدۡیَنَ ۬ۙ ثُمَّ جِئۡتَ عَلٰی قَدَرٍ یّٰمُوۡسٰی ﴿۴۱﴾
“When thy sister walked along and said, ‘Shall I guide you to one who will take charge of him?’ So We restored thee to thy mother that her eye might be cooled and she might not grieve. And thou didst kill a man, but We delivered thee from sorrow. Then We proved thee in various ways. And thou didst tarry several years among the people of Midian. Then thou camest up to the standard, O Moses.وَاصۡطَنَعۡتُکَ لِنَفۡسِیۡ ﴿ۚ۴۲﴾
“And I have chosen thee for Myself.اِذۡہَبۡ اَنۡتَ وَاَخُوۡکَ بِاٰیٰتِیۡ وَلَا تَنِیَا فِیۡ ذِکۡرِیۡ ﴿ۚ۴۳﴾
“Go, thou and thy brother, with My Signs, and slacken not in remembering Me.اِذۡہَبَاۤ اِلٰی فِرۡعَوۡنَ اِنَّہٗ طَغٰی ﴿ۚۖ۴۴﴾
“Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed all bounds.20:45
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فَقُوۡلَا لَہٗ قَوۡلًا لَّیِّنًا لَّعَلَّہٗ یَتَذَکَّرُ اَوۡ یَخۡشٰی ﴿۴۵﴾
[✲]“But speak to him a gentle speech that he might possibly heed or fear.”قَالَا رَبَّنَاۤ اِنَّنَا نَخَافُ اَنۡ یَّفۡرُطَ عَلَیۡنَاۤ اَوۡ اَنۡ یَّطۡغٰی ﴿۴۶﴾
They replied, ‘Our Lord, we fear lest he commit some excess against us, or exceed all bounds in transgression.’قَالَ لَا تَخَافَاۤ اِنَّنِیۡ مَعَکُمَاۤ اَسۡمَعُ وَاَرٰی ﴿۴۷﴾
God said, “Fear not; for I am with you both. I hear and I see.فَاۡتِیٰہُ فَقُوۡلَاۤ اِنَّا رَسُوۡلَا رَبِّکَ فَاَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَا بَنِیۡۤ اِسۡرَآءِیۡلَ ۬ۙ وَلَا تُعَذِّبۡہُمۡ ؕ قَدۡ جِئۡنٰکَ بِاٰیَۃٍ مِّنۡ رَّبِّکَ ؕ وَالسَّلٰمُ عَلٰی مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الۡہُدٰی ﴿۴۸﴾
“So go ye both to him and say, ‘We are the Messengers of thy Lord; so let the children of Israel go with us; and afflict them not. We have indeed brought thee a Sign from thy Lord; and peace shall be on him who follows the guidance;اِنَّا قَدۡ اُوۡحِیَ اِلَیۡنَاۤ اَنَّ الۡعَذَابَ عَلٰی مَنۡ کَذَّبَ وَتَوَلّٰی ﴿۴۹﴾
‘It has indeed been revealed to us that punishment shall come on him who rejects and turns away.’”قَالَ فَمَنۡ رَّبُّکُمَا یٰمُوۡسٰی ﴿۵۰﴾
Pharaoh said, ‘Who then is the Lord of you two, O Moses?’قَالَ رَبُّنَا الَّذِیۡۤ اَعۡطٰی کُلَّ شَیۡءٍ خَلۡقَہٗ ثُمَّ ہَدٰی ﴿۵۱﴾
He said, ‘Our Lord is He Who gave unto everything its proper form and then guided it to its proper function.’قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ الۡقُرُوۡنِ الۡاُوۡلٰی ﴿۵۲﴾
Pharaoh said, ‘What then will be the fate of the former generations?’قَالَ عِلۡمُہَا عِنۡدَ رَبِّیۡ فِیۡ کِتٰبٍ ۚ لَا یَضِلُّ رَبِّیۡ وَلَا یَنۡسَی ﴿۫۵۳﴾
He said, ‘The knowledge thereof is with my Lord recorded in a Book. My Lord neither errs nor forgets.’الَّذِیۡ جَعَلَ لَکُمُ الۡاَرۡضَ مَہۡدًا وَّسَلَکَ لَکُمۡ فِیۡہَا سُبُلًا وَّاَنۡزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً ؕ فَاَخۡرَجۡنَا بِہٖۤ اَزۡوَاجًا مِّنۡ نَّبَاتٍ شَتّٰی ﴿۵۴﴾
It is He Who has made the earth for you a cradle, and has caused pathways for you to run through it; and Who sends down rain from the sky, and thereby We bring forth various kinds of vegetation.کُلُوۡا وَارۡعَوۡا اَنۡعَامَکُمۡ ؕ اِنَّ فِیۡ ذٰلِکَ لَاٰیٰتٍ لِّاُولِی النُّہٰی ﴿٪۵۵﴾
Eat ye and pasture your cattle. Verily, in this are Signs for those who are endued with reason.مِنۡہَا خَلَقۡنٰکُمۡ وَفِیۡہَا نُعِیۡدُکُمۡ وَمِنۡہَا نُخۡرِجُکُمۡ تَارَۃً اُخۡرٰی ﴿۵۶﴾
From it have We created you, and into it shall We cause you to return, and from it shall We bring you forth once more.وَلَقَدۡ اَرَیۡنٰہُ اٰیٰتِنَا کُلَّہَا فَکَذَّبَ وَاَبٰی ﴿۵۷﴾
And We did show him (Pharaoh) Our Signs, all of them; but he rejected them and refused to believe.قَالَ اَجِئۡتَنَا لِتُخۡرِجَنَا مِنۡ اَرۡضِنَا بِسِحۡرِکَ یٰمُوۡسٰی ﴿۵۸﴾
He said, ‘Hast thou come to us, O Moses, to drive us out of our land by thy magic?فَلَنَاۡتِیَنَّکَ بِسِحۡرٍ مِّثۡلِہٖ فَاجۡعَلۡ بَیۡنَنَا وَبَیۡنَکَ مَوۡعِدًا لَّا نُخۡلِفُہٗ نَحۡنُ وَلَاۤ اَنۡتَ مَکَانًا سُوًی ﴿۵۹﴾
‘But we shall assuredly bring thee magic the like thereof; so make an appointment between us and thyself which we shall not fail to keep — neither we nor thou — at a place alike for us both.’قَالَ مَوۡعِدُکُمۡ یَوۡمُ الزِّیۡنَۃِ وَاَنۡ یُّحۡشَرَ النَّاسُ ضُحًی ﴿۶۰﴾
Moses said, ‘Your appointment shall be for the day of the Festival, and let the people be assembled when the sun is risen high.’20:61
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فَتَوَلّٰی فِرۡعَوۡنُ فَجَمَعَ کَیۡدَہٗ ثُمَّ اَتٰی ﴿۶۱﴾
[✲]Then Pharaoh withdrew and concerted his plan and then came to the place of appointment.قَالَ لَہُمۡ مُّوۡسٰی وَیۡلَکُمۡ لَا تَفۡتَرُوۡا عَلَی اللّٰہِ کَذِبًا فَیُسۡحِتَکُمۡ بِعَذَابٍ ۚ وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَنِ افۡتَرٰی ﴿۶۲﴾
Moses said to them, ‘Woe to you; forge not a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you by some punishment; and surely, he who forges a lie shall perish.’فَتَنَازَعُوۡۤا اَمۡرَہُمۡ بَیۡنَہُمۡ وَاَسَرُّوا النَّجۡوٰی ﴿۶۳﴾
Then they argued their affair among themselves and conferred in secret.قَالُوۡۤا اِنۡ ہٰذٰٮنِ لَسٰحِرٰنِ یُرِیۡدٰنِ اَنۡ یُّخۡرِجٰکُمۡ مِّنۡ اَرۡضِکُمۡ بِسِحۡرِہِمَا وَیَذۡہَبَا بِطَرِیۡقَتِکُمُ الۡمُثۡلٰی ﴿۶۴﴾
They said, ‘Certainly these two are magicians, who desire to drive you out from your land by their magic and to destroy your best traditions.فَاَجۡمِعُوۡا کَیۡدَکُمۡ ثُمَّ ائۡتُوۡا صَفًّا ۚ وَقَدۡ اَفۡلَحَ الۡیَوۡمَ مَنِ اسۡتَعۡلٰی ﴿۶۵﴾
‘Concert, therefore, your plan and then come forward arrayed. And, surely, he who gains ascendancy this day shall prosper.’قَالُوۡا یٰمُوۡسٰۤی اِمَّاۤ اَنۡ تُلۡقِیَ وَاِمَّاۤ اَنۡ نَّکُوۡنَ اَوَّلَ مَنۡ اَلۡقٰی ﴿۶۶﴾
They said, ‘O Moses, either do thou throw first, or we shall be the first to throw.’قَالَ بَلۡ اَلۡقُوۡا ۚ فَاِذَا حِبَالُہُمۡ وَعِصِیُّہُمۡ یُخَیَّلُ اِلَیۡہِ مِنۡ سِحۡرِہِمۡ اَنَّہَا تَسۡعٰی ﴿۶۷﴾
He said, ‘Nay, throw ye.’ Then lo! their cords and their staves appeared to him, by their magic, as though they ran about.فَاَوۡجَسَ فِیۡ نَفۡسِہٖ خِیۡفَۃً مُّوۡسٰی ﴿۶۸﴾
And Moses conceived a fear in his mind.قُلۡنَا لَا تَخَفۡ اِنَّکَ اَنۡتَ الۡاَعۡلٰی ﴿۶۹﴾
We said, ‘Fear not, for thou wilt have the upper hand.وَاَلۡقِ مَا فِیۡ یَمِیۡنِکَ تَلۡقَفۡ مَا صَنَعُوۡا ؕ اِنَّمَا صَنَعُوۡا کَیۡدُ سٰحِرٍ ؕ وَلَا یُفۡلِحُ السَّاحِرُ حَیۡثُ اَتٰی ﴿۷۰﴾
‘And throw that which is in thy right hand; it will swallow that which they have wrought, for that which they have wrought is only a magician’s trick. And a magician shall not thrive, come where he may.’فَاُلۡقِیَ السَّحَرَۃُ سُجَّدًا قَالُوۡۤا اٰمَنَّا بِرَبِّ ہٰرُوۡنَ وَمُوۡسٰی ﴿۷۱﴾
Then the magicians were made to fall down prostrate. They said, ‘We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.’قَالَ اٰمَنۡتُمۡ لَہٗ قَبۡلَ اَنۡ اٰذَنَ لَکُمۡ ؕ اِنَّہٗ لَکَبِیۡرُکُمُ الَّذِیۡ عَلَّمَکُمُ السِّحۡرَ ۚ فَلَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَیۡدِیَکُمۡ وَاَرۡجُلَکُمۡ مِّنۡ خِلَافٍ وَّلَاُصَلِّبَنَّکُمۡ فِیۡ جُذُوۡعِ النَّخۡلِ ۫ وَلَتَعۡلَمُنَّ اَیُّنَاۤ اَشَدُّ عَذَابًا وَّاَبۡقٰی ﴿۷۲﴾
Pharaoh said, ‘Do you believe in him before I give you leave? He must be your chief who has taught you magic. I will therefore surely cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and I will surely crucify you on the trunks of palm-trees; and you shall know which of us is severer and more abiding in punishment.’قَالُوۡا لَنۡ نُّؤۡثِرَکَ عَلٰی مَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ الۡبَیِّنٰتِ وَالَّذِیۡ فَطَرَنَا فَاقۡضِ مَاۤ اَنۡتَ قَاضٍ ؕ اِنَّمَا تَقۡضِیۡ ہٰذِہِ الۡحَیٰوۃَ الدُّنۡیَا ﴿ؕ۷۳﴾
They said, ‘We shall not prefer thee to the manifest Signs that have come to us, nor shall we prefer thee to Him Who has created us. So decree what thou wilt decree; thou canst only decree concerning this present life.اِنَّـاۤ اٰمَنَّا بِرَبِّنَا لِیَغۡفِرَ لَنَا خَطٰیٰنَا وَمَاۤ اَکۡرَہۡتَنَا عَلَیۡہِ مِنَ السِّحۡرِ ؕ وَاللّٰہُ خَیۡرٌ وَّاَبۡقٰی ﴿۷۴﴾
‘Surely we have believed in our Lord that He may forgive us our sins and forgive us the magic which thou didst force us to use. And Allah is the Best and the Most Abiding.’اِنَّہٗ مَنۡ یَّاۡتِ رَبَّہٗ مُجۡرِمًا فَاِنَّ لَہٗ جَہَنَّمَ ؕ لَا یَمُوۡتُ فِیۡہَا وَلَا یَحۡیٰی ﴿۷۵﴾
Verily, he who comes to his Lord a sinner — for him is Hell; he shall neither die therein nor live.وَمَنۡ یَّاۡتِہٖ مُؤۡمِنًا قَدۡ عَمِلَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ فَاُولٰٓئِکَ لَہُمُ الدَّرَجٰتُ الۡعُلٰی ﴿ۙ۷۶﴾
But he who comes to Him as a believer having done good deeds, for such are the highest ranks —جَنّٰتُ عَدۡنٍ تَجۡرِیۡ مِنۡ تَحۡتِہَا الۡاَنۡہٰرُ خٰلِدِیۡنَ فِیۡہَا ؕ وَذٰلِکَ جَزٰٓؤُا مَنۡ تَزَکّٰی ﴿٪۷۷﴾
Gardens of Eternity, beneath which rivers flow; they will abide therein for ever. And that is the recompense of those who keep themselves pure.وَلَقَدۡ اَوۡحَیۡنَاۤ اِلٰی مُوۡسٰۤی ۬ۙ اَنۡ اَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِیۡ فَاضۡرِبۡ لَہُمۡ طَرِیۡقًا فِی الۡبَحۡرِ یَبَسًا ۙ لَّا تَخٰفُ دَرَکًا وَّلَا تَخۡشٰی ﴿۷۸﴾
And We sent a revelation to Moses, saying, ‘Take away My servants by night, and strike for them a dry path through the sea. Thou wilt not be afraid of being overtaken, nor wilt thou have any other fear.’فَاَتۡبَعَہُمۡ فِرۡعَوۡنُ بِجُنُوۡدِہٖ فَغَشِیَہُمۡ مِّنَ الۡیَمِّ مَا غَشِیَہُمۡ ﴿ؕ۷۹﴾
Then Pharaoh pursued them with his hosts, and there overwhelmed them of the waters of the sea that which overwhelmed them.وَاَضَلَّ فِرۡعَوۡنُ قَوۡمَہٗ وَمَا ہَدٰی ﴿۸۰﴾
And Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide them aright.یٰبَنِیۡۤ اِسۡرَآءِیۡلَ قَدۡ اَنۡجَیۡنٰکُمۡ مِّنۡ عَدُوِّکُمۡ وَوٰعَدۡنٰکُمۡ جَانِبَ الطُّوۡرِ الۡاَیۡمَنَ وَنَزَّلۡنَا عَلَیۡکُمُ الۡمَنَّ وَالسَّلۡوٰی ﴿۸۱﴾
‘O children of Israel, We delivered you from your enemy, and We made a covenant with you on the right side of the Mount, and We sent down on you Manna and Salwa.کُلُوۡا مِنۡ طَیِّبٰتِ مَا رَزَقۡنٰکُمۡ وَلَا تَطۡغَوۡا فِیۡہِ فَیَحِلَّ عَلَیۡکُمۡ غَضَبِیۡ ۚ وَمَنۡ یَّحۡلِلۡ عَلَیۡہِ غَضَبِیۡ فَقَدۡ ہَوٰی ﴿۸۲﴾
‘Eat of the good things that We have provided for you, and transgress not therein, lest My wrath descend upon you; and he on whom My wrath descends shall perish;وَاِنِّیۡ لَغَفَّارٌ لِّمَنۡ تَابَ وَاٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا ثُمَّ اہۡتَدٰی ﴿۸۳﴾
‘But surely I am forgiving to those who repent and believe and do good deeds, and then stick to guidance.وَمَاۤ اَعۡجَلَکَ عَنۡ قَوۡمِکَ یٰمُوۡسٰی ﴿۸۴﴾
‘And what has hastened thee away from thy people, O Moses?’20:85
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قَالَ ہُمۡ اُولَآءِ عَلٰۤی اَثَرِیۡ وَعَجِلۡتُ اِلَیۡکَ رَبِّ لِتَرۡضٰی ﴿۸۵﴾
[✲]He said, ‘They are closely following in my footsteps and I have hastened to Thee, my Lord, that Thou mightest be pleased.’قَالَ فَاِنَّا قَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَوۡمَکَ مِنۡۢ بَعۡدِکَ وَاَضَلَّہُمُ السَّامِرِیُّ ﴿۸۶﴾
God said, ‘We have tried thy people in thy absence, and the Samiri has led them astray.’فَرَجَعَ مُوۡسٰۤی اِلٰی قَوۡمِہٖ غَضۡبَانَ اَسِفًا ۬ۚ قَالَ یٰقَوۡمِ اَلَمۡ یَعِدۡکُمۡ رَبُّکُمۡ وَعۡدًا حَسَنًا ۬ؕ اَفَطَالَ عَلَیۡکُمُ الۡعَہۡدُ اَمۡ اَرَدۡتُّمۡ اَنۡ یَّحِلَّ عَلَیۡکُمۡ غَضَبٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّکُمۡ فَاَخۡلَفۡتُمۡ مَّوۡعِدِیۡ ﴿۸۷﴾
So Moses returned to his people indignant and sad. He said, ‘O my people, did not your Lord promise you a gracious promise? Did, then, the appointed time appear too long to you, or did you desire that wrath should descend upon you from your Lord, that you broke your promise to me?’قَالُوۡا مَاۤ اَخۡلَفۡنَا مَوۡعِدَکَ بِمَلۡکِنَا وَلٰکِنَّا حُمِّلۡنَاۤ اَوۡزَارًا مِّنۡ زِیۡنَۃِ الۡقَوۡمِ فَقَذَفۡنٰہَا فَکَذٰلِکَ اَلۡقَی السَّامِرِیُّ ﴿ۙ۸۸﴾
They said, ‘We have not broken our promise to thee of our own accord; but we were laden with loads of people’s ornaments and we threw them away, and likewise did the Samiri cast.’20:89
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فَاَخۡرَجَ لَہُمۡ عِجۡلًا جَسَدًا لَّہٗ خُوَارٌ فَقَالُوۡا ہٰذَاۤ اِلٰـہُکُمۡ وَاِلٰہُ مُوۡسٰی ۬ فَنَسِیَ ﴿ؕ۸۹﴾
[✲]Then he produced for them a calf — an image producing a lowing sound. And they said, ‘This is your God, and the God of Moses.’ So he gave up the religion of Moses.اَفَلَا یَرَوۡنَ اَلَّا یَرۡجِعُ اِلَیۡہِمۡ قَوۡلًا ۬ۙ وَّلَا یَمۡلِکُ لَہُمۡ ضَرًّا وَّلَا نَفۡعًا ﴿٪۹۰﴾
Could they not see that it returned to them no answer, and had no power to do them either harm or good?وَلَقَدۡ قَالَ لَہُمۡ ہٰرُوۡنُ مِنۡ قَبۡلُ یٰقَوۡمِ اِنَّمَا فُتِنۡتُمۡ بِہٖ ۚ وَاِنَّ رَبَّکُمُ الرَّحۡمٰنُ فَاتَّبِعُوۡنِیۡ وَاَطِیۡعُوۡۤا اَمۡرِیۡ ﴿۹۱﴾
And Aaron had said to them before this, ‘O my people, you have only been tried by means of it (the calf). And surely, the Gracious God is your Lord; so follow me and obey my command.’قَالُوۡا لَنۡ نَّبۡرَحَ عَلَیۡہِ عٰکِفِیۡنَ حَتّٰی یَرۡجِعَ اِلَیۡنَا مُوۡسٰی ﴿۹۲﴾
They replied, ‘We shall not cease to worship it until Moses return to us.’قَالَ یٰہٰرُوۡنُ مَا مَنَعَکَ اِذۡ رَاَیۡتَہُمۡ ضَلُّوۡۤا ﴿ۙ۹۳﴾
Moses said, “O Aaron, what hindered thee, when thou didst see them gone astray,اَلَّا تَتَّبِعَنِ ؕ اَفَعَصَیۡتَ اَمۡرِیۡ ﴿۹۴﴾
‘From following me? Hast thou then disobeyed my command?’20:95
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قَالَ یَبۡنَؤُمَّ لَا تَاۡخُذۡ بِلِحۡیَتِیۡ وَلَا بِرَاۡسِیۡ ۚ اِنِّیۡ خَشِیۡتُ اَنۡ تَقُوۡلَ فَرَّقۡتَ بَیۡنَ بَنِیۡۤ اِسۡرَآءِیۡلَ وَلَمۡ تَرۡقُبۡ قَوۡلِیۡ ﴿۹۵﴾
[✲]He answered, “O son of my mother seize me not by my beard, nor by the hair of my head. I feared lest thou shouldst say, ‘Thou hast caused a division among the children of Israel, and didst not wait for my word.’”قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُکَ یٰسَامِرِیُّ ﴿۹۶﴾
Moses said, ‘And what hast thou to say, O Samiri?’قَالَ بَصُرۡتُ بِمَا لَمۡ یَبۡصُرُوۡا بِہٖ فَقَبَضۡتُ قَبۡضَۃً مِّنۡ اَثَرِ الرَّسُوۡلِ فَنَبَذۡتُہَا وَکَذٰلِکَ سَوَّلَتۡ لِیۡ نَفۡسِیۡ ﴿۹۷﴾
He said, ‘I perceived what they perceived not. I only partly received the impress of the Messenger, but that too I cast away. Thus it is that my mind commended to me.’قَالَ فَاذۡہَبۡ فَاِنَّ لَکَ فِی الۡحَیٰوۃِ اَنۡ تَقُوۡلَ لَا مِسَاسَ ۪ وَاِنَّ لَکَ مَوۡعِدًا لَّنۡ تُخۡلَفَہٗ ۚ وَانۡظُرۡ اِلٰۤی اِلٰـہِکَ الَّذِیۡ ظَلۡتَ عَلَیۡہِ عَاکِفًا ؕ لَنُحَرِّقَنَّہٗ ثُمَّ لَنَنۡسِفَنَّہٗ فِی الۡیَمِّ نَسۡفًا ﴿۹۸﴾
Moses said, “Go away. It shall be thine to say throughout thy life, ‘Touch me not;’ and there is a promise of punishment for thee which shall not fail to be fulfilled about thee. Now look at thy god of which thou hast become a devoted worshipper. We will certainly burn it and then scatter it away into the sea.”اِنَّمَاۤ اِلٰـہُکُمُ اللّٰہُ الَّذِیۡ لَاۤ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا ہُوَ ؕ وَسِعَ کُلَّ شَیۡءٍ عِلۡمًا ﴿۹۹﴾
Your God is only Allah, beside Whom there is no God. He embraces all things in his knowledge.کَذٰلِکَ نَقُصُّ عَلَیۡکَ مِنۡ اَنۡۢبَآءِ مَا قَدۡ سَبَقَ ۚ وَقَدۡ اٰتَیۡنٰکَ مِنۡ لَّدُنَّا ذِکۡرًا ﴿ۖۚ۱۰۰﴾
Thus do We relate to thee the tidings of what has happened before. And We have given thee from Us a Reminder.مَنۡ اَعۡرَضَ عَنۡہُ فَاِنَّہٗ یَحۡمِلُ یَوۡمَ الۡقِیٰمَۃِ وِزۡرًا ﴿۱۰۱﴾ۙ
Whoso turns away from it will surely bear a heavy burden on the Day of Resurrection,خٰلِدِیۡنَ فِیۡہِ ؕ وَسَآءَ لَہُمۡ یَوۡمَ الۡقِیٰمَۃِ حِمۡلًا ﴿۱۰۲﴾ۙ
Abiding thereunder; and evil will the burden be to them on the Day of Resurrection,یَّوۡمَ یُنۡفَخُ فِی الصُّوۡرِ وَنَحۡشُرُ الۡمُجۡرِمِیۡنَ یَوۡمَئِذٍ زُرۡقًا ﴿۱۰۳﴾ۚۖ
The day when the trumpet will be blown. And on that day We shall gather the sinful together, blue-eyed.یَّتَخَافَتُوۡنَ بَیۡنَہُمۡ اِنۡ لَّبِثۡتُمۡ اِلَّا عَشۡرًا ﴿۱۰۴﴾
They will talk to one another in a low tone saying: ‘You tarried only ten days’ —نَحۡنُ اَعۡلَمُ بِمَا یَقُوۡلُوۡنَ اِذۡ یَقُوۡلُ اَمۡثَلُہُمۡ طَرِیۡقَۃً اِنۡ لَّبِثۡتُمۡ اِلَّا یَوۡمًا ﴿۱۰۵﴾٪
We know best what they will say — when the one possessing the best way of life among them will say, ‘You have tarried only a day.’وَیَسۡـَٔلُوۡنَکَ عَنِ الۡجِبَالِ فَقُلۡ یَنۡسِفُہَا رَبِّیۡ نَسۡفًا ﴿۱۰۶﴾ۙ
And they ask thee concerning the mountains. Say, ‘My lord will break them into pieces and scatter them as dust.فَیَذَرُہَا قَاعًا صَفۡصَفًا ﴿۱۰۷﴾ۙ
‘And He will leave them as a barren, level plain,لَّا تَرٰی فِیۡہَا عِوَجًا وَّلَاۤ اَمۡتًا ﴿۱۰۸﴾ؕ
‘Wherein thou wilt see no depression, or elevation.’20:109
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یَوۡمَئِذٍ یَّتَّبِعُوۡنَ الدَّاعِیَ لَا عِوَجَ لَہٗ ۚ وَخَشَعَتِ الۡاَصۡوَاتُ لِلرَّحۡمٰنِ فَلَا تَسۡمَعُ اِلَّا ہَمۡسًا ﴿۱۰۹﴾
[✲]On that day they will follow the Caller straight, there being no deviation therefrom; and all voices shall be hushed before the Gracious God and thou shalt not hear but a subdued sound of footsteps.یَوۡمَئِذٍ لَّا تَنۡفَعُ الشَّفَاعَۃُ اِلَّا مَنۡ اَذِنَ لَہُ الرَّحۡمٰنُ وَرَضِیَ لَہٗ قَوۡلًا ﴿۱۱۰﴾
On that day intercession shall not avail any person save him in whose case the Gracious God grants permission and with whose word of faith He is pleased.یَعۡلَمُ مَا بَیۡنَ اَیۡدِیۡہِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَہُمۡ وَلَا یُحِیۡطُوۡنَ بِہٖ عِلۡمًا ﴿۱۱۱﴾
He knows all that is before them and all that is behind them, but they cannot compass it with their knowledge.وَعَنَتِ الۡوُجُوۡہُ لِلۡحَیِّ الۡقَیُّوۡمِ ؕ وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَنۡ حَمَلَ ظُلۡمًا ﴿۱۱۲﴾
And all faces shall humble themselves before the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining God. And he shall indeed perish who bears the burden of iniquity.وَمَنۡ یَّعۡمَلۡ مِنَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَہُوَ مُؤۡمِنٌ فَلَا یَخٰفُ ظُلۡمًا وَّلَا ہَضۡمًا ﴿۱۱۳﴾
But he who does good works, being a believer, will have no fear of injustice or loss.20:114
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وَکَذٰلِکَ اَنۡزَلۡنٰہُ قُرۡاٰنًا عَرَبِیًّا وَّصَرَّفۡنَا فِیۡہِ مِنَ الۡوَعِیۡدِ لَعَلَّہُمۡ یَتَّقُوۡنَ اَوۡ یُحۡدِثُ لَہُمۡ ذِکۡرًا ﴿۱۱۴﴾
[✲]And thus have We sent it down — the Qur’an in Arabic — and We have explained therein certain warnings, that they may fear God or that it may give birth to divine remembrance in them.فَتَعٰلَی اللّٰہُ الۡمَلِکُ الۡحَقُّ ۚ وَلَا تَعۡجَلۡ بِالۡقُرۡاٰنِ مِنۡ قَبۡلِ اَنۡ یُّقۡضٰۤی اِلَیۡکَ وَحۡیُہٗ ۫ وَقُلۡ رَّبِّ زِدۡنِیۡ عِلۡمًا ﴿۱۱۵﴾
Exalted then is Allah, the True King! And be not impatient for the Qur’an ere its revelation is completed unto thee, but only say, ‘O my Lord, increase me in knowledge.’وَلَقَدۡ عَہِدۡنَاۤ اِلٰۤی اٰدَمَ مِنۡ قَبۡلُ فَنَسِیَ وَلَمۡ نَجِدۡ لَہٗ عَزۡمًا ﴿۱۱۶﴾٪
And verily, We had made a covenant with Adam beforehand, but he forgot, and We found in him no determination to disobey.وَاِذۡ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلٰٓئِکَۃِ اسۡجُدُوۡا لِاٰدَمَ فَسَجَدُوۡۤا اِلَّاۤ اِبۡلِیۡسَ ؕ اَبٰی ﴿۱۱۷﴾
And when We said to the angels, ‘Submit to Adam,’ and they all submitted. But Iblis did not. He refused.فَقُلۡنَا یٰۤـاٰدَمُ اِنَّ ہٰذَا عَدُوٌّ لَّکَ وَلِزَوۡجِکَ فَلَا یُخۡرِجَنَّکُمَا مِنَ الۡجَنَّۃِ فَتَشۡقٰی ﴿۱۱۸﴾
Then We said, ‘O Adam, this is an enemy to thee, and to thy wife; so let him not drive you both out of the garden, lest thou come to grief.اِنَّ لَکَ اَلَّا تَجُوۡعَ فِیۡہَا وَلَا تَعۡرٰی ﴿۱۱۹﴾ۙ
‘It is provided for thee that thou wilt not hunger therein, nor wilt thou be naked.وَاَنَّکَ لَا تَظۡمَؤُا فِیۡہَا وَلَا تَضۡحٰی ﴿۱۲۰﴾
‘And that thou wilt not thirst therein, nor wilt thou be exposed to the sun.’فَوَسۡوَسَ اِلَیۡہِ الشَّیۡطٰنُ قَالَ یٰۤـاٰدَمُ ہَلۡ اَدُلُّکَ عَلٰی شَجَرَۃِ الۡخُلۡدِ وَمُلۡکٍ لَّا یَبۡلٰی ﴿۱۲۱﴾
But Satan whispered evil suggestions to him; he said, ‘O Adam, shall I lead thee to the tree of eternity and to a kingdom that never decays?’20:122
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فَاَکَلَا مِنۡہَا فَبَدَتۡ لَہُمَا سَوۡاٰتُہُمَا وَطَفِقَا یَخۡصِفٰنِ عَلَیۡہِمَا مِنۡ وَّرَقِ الۡجَنَّۃِ ۫ وَعَصٰۤی اٰدَمُ رَبَّہٗ فَغَوٰی ﴿۱۲۲﴾۪ۖ
[✲]Then they both ate thereof, so that their shame became manifest to them, and they began to stick the leaves of the garden together over themselves. And Adam observed not the commandment of his Lord, so his life became miserable.ثُمَّ اجۡتَبٰہُ رَبُّہٗ فَتَابَ عَلَیۡہِ وَہَدٰی ﴿۱۲۳﴾
Then his Lord chose him for His grace, and turned to him with mercy and guided him.قَالَ اہۡبِطَا مِنۡہَا جَمِیۡعًۢا بَعۡضُکُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۚ فَاِمَّا یَاۡتِیَنَّکُمۡ مِّنِّیۡ ہُدًی ۬ۙ فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ ہُدَایَ فَلَا یَضِلُّ وَلَا یَشۡقٰی ﴿۱۲۴﴾
He said, ‘Go forth, both of you, from here, some of you being enemies of others. And if there comes to you guidance from Me, then whoso will follow My guidance, he will not go astray, nor will he come to grief.وَمَنۡ اَعۡرَضَ عَنۡ ذِکۡرِیۡ فَاِنَّ لَہٗ مَعِیۡشَۃً ضَنۡکًا وَّنَحۡشُرُہٗ یَوۡمَ الۡقِیٰمَۃِ اَعۡمٰی ﴿۱۲۵﴾
‘But whosoever will turn away from My Reminder, his will be a strait life, and on the Day of Resurrection We shall raise him up blind.’قَالَ رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرۡتَنِیۡۤ اَعۡمٰی وَقَدۡ کُنۡتُ بَصِیۡرًا ﴿۱۲۶﴾
He will say, ‘My Lord, why hast Thou raised me up blind, while I possessed sight before?’قَالَ کَذٰلِکَ اَتَتۡکَ اٰیٰتُنَا فَنَسِیۡتَہَا ۚ وَکَذٰلِکَ الۡیَوۡمَ تُنۡسٰی ﴿۱۲۷﴾
God will say, ‘Thus it was to be; Our Signs came to thee and thou didst disregard them; and in like manner wilt thou be disregarded this day.’وَکَذٰلِکَ نَجۡزِیۡ مَنۡ اَسۡرَفَ وَلَمۡ یُؤۡمِنۡۢ بِاٰیٰتِ رَبِّہٖ ؕ وَلَعَذَابُ الۡاٰخِرَۃِ اَشَدُّ وَاَبۡقٰی ﴿۱۲۸﴾
And thus do We recompense him who is extravagant and believes not in the Signs of his Lord; and the punishment of the Hereafter is surely severer and more lasting.اَفَلَمۡ یَہۡدِ لَہُمۡ کَمۡ اَہۡلَکۡنَا قَبۡلَہُمۡ مِّنَ الۡقُرُوۡنِ یَمۡشُوۡنَ فِیۡ مَسٰکِنِہِمۡ ؕ اِنَّ فِیۡ ذٰلِکَ لَاٰیٰتٍ لِّاُولِی النُّہٰی ﴿۱۲۹﴾٪
Does it not afford guidance to them how many generations We destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they now walk? Therein verily are Signs for those who are endued with reason.20:130
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وَلَوۡلَا کَلِمَۃٌ سَبَقَتۡ مِنۡ رَّبِّکَ لَکَانَ لِزَامًا وَّاَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّی ﴿۱۳۰﴾ؕ
[✲]And had it not been for a word already gone forth from thy Lord, and a term already fixed, immediate punishment would have been inevitable.فَاصۡبِرۡ عَلٰی مَا یَقُوۡلُوۡنَ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّکَ قَبۡلَ طُلُوۡعِ الشَّمۡسِ وَقَبۡلَ غُرُوۡبِہَا ۚ وَمِنۡ اٰنَآیِٔ الَّیۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡ وَاَطۡرَافَ النَّہَارِ لَعَلَّکَ تَرۡضٰی ﴿۱۳۱﴾
Bear patiently then what they say, and glorify thy Lord with His praise before the rising of the sun and before its setting; and glorify Him in the hours of the night and at the sides of the day, that thou mayest find true happiness.وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَیۡنَیۡکَ اِلٰی مَا مَتَّعۡنَا بِہٖۤ اَزۡوَاجًا مِّنۡہُمۡ زَہۡرَۃَ الۡحَیٰوۃِ الدُّنۡیَا ۬ۙ لِنَفۡتِنَہُمۡ فِیۡہِ ؕ وَرِزۡقُ رَبِّکَ خَیۡرٌ وَّاَبۡقٰی ﴿۱۳۲﴾
And strain not thy eyes after what We have bestowed on some classes of them to enjoy for a short time — the splendour of the present world — that We may try them thereby. And the provision of thy Lord is better and more lasting.وَاۡمُرۡ اَہۡلَکَ بِالصَّلٰوۃِ وَاصۡطَبِرۡ عَلَیۡہَا ؕ لَا نَسۡـَٔلُکَ رِزۡقًا ؕ نَحۡنُ نَرۡزُقُکَ ؕ وَالۡعَاقِبَۃُ لِلتَّقۡوٰی ﴿۱۳۳﴾
And enjoin Prayer on thy people, and be constant therein. We ask thee not for provision; it is We that provide for thee. And the end is for righteousness.20:134
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وَقَالُوۡا لَوۡلَا یَاۡتِیۡنَا بِاٰیَۃٍ مِّنۡ رَّبِّہٖ ؕ اَوَلَمۡ تَاۡتِہِمۡ بَیِّنَۃُ مَا فِی الصُّحُفِ الۡاُوۡلٰی ﴿۱۳۴﴾
[✲]And they say, ‘Why does he not bring us a Sign from his Lord?’ Has there not come to them the clear evidence in what is contained in the former Books?وَلَوۡ اَنَّـاۤ اَہۡلَکۡنٰہُمۡ بِعَذَابٍ مِّنۡ قَبۡلِہٖ لَقَالُوۡا رَبَّنَا لَوۡلَاۤ اَرۡسَلۡتَ اِلَیۡنَا رَسُوۡلًا فَنَتَّبِعَ اٰیٰتِکَ مِنۡ قَبۡلِ اَنۡ نَّذِلَّ وَنَخۡزٰی ﴿۱۳۵﴾
And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before it they would have surely said, ‘Our Lord, wherefore didst Thou not send to us a Messenger that we might have followed Thy commandments before we were humbled and disgraced?’قُلۡ کُلٌّ مُّتَرَبِّصٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوۡا ۚ فَسَتَعۡلَمُوۡنَ مَنۡ اَصۡحٰبُ الصِّرَاطِ السَّوِیِّ وَمَنِ اہۡتَدٰی ﴿۱۳۶﴾٪
Say, ‘Each one is waiting; wait ye, therefore, and you will know who are the people of the right path and who follow true guidance.’Ta Ha — Ta Ha
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