1. Ta-Ha.
2. We have not sent down the Qur'an
to thee to be (an occasion) for thy distress,
3. But only as an admonition to
those who fear (Allah),-
4. A revelation from Him Who created
the earth and the heavens on high.
5. (Allah) Most Gracious is firmly
established on the throne (of authority).
6. To Him belongs what is in the
heavens and on earth, and all between them, and all beneath
the soil.
7. If thou pronounce the word aloud,
(it is no matter): for verily He knoweth what is secret
and what is yet more hidden.
8. Allah. there is no god but He!
To Him belong the most Beautiful Names.
9. Has the story of Moses reached
thee?
10. Behold, he saw a fire: So
he said to his family, "Tarry ye; I perceive a fire; perhaps
I can bring you some burning brand therefrom, or find some
guidance at the fire."
11. But when he came to the fire,
a voice was heard: "O Moses!
12. "Verily I am thy Lord! therefore
(in My presence) put off thy shoes: thou art in the sacred
valley Tuwa.
13. "I have chosen thee: listen,
then, to the inspiration (sent to thee).
14. "Verily, I am Allah. There
is no god but I: So serve thou Me (only), and establish
regular prayer for celebrating My praise.
15. "Verily the Hour is coming
- My design is to keep it hidden - for every soul to receive
its reward by the measure of its Endeavour.
16. "Therefore let not such as
believe not therein but follow their own lusts, divert thee
therefrom, lest thou perish!"..
17. "And what is that in the right
hand, O Moses?"
18. He said, "It is my rod: on
it I lean; with it I beat down fodder for my flocks; and
in it I find other uses."
19. (Allah) said, "Throw it,
O Moses!"
20. He threw it, and behold! It
was a snake, active in motion.
21. (Allah) said, "Seize it,
and fear not: We shall return it at once to its former condition"..
22. "Now draw thy hand close to
thy side: It shall come forth white (and shining), without
harm (or stain),- as another Sign,-
23. "In order that We may show
thee (two) of our Greater Signs.
24. "Go thou to Pharaoh, for he
has indeed transgressed all bounds."
25. (Moses) said: "O my Lord!
expand me my breast;
26. "Ease my task for me;
27. "And remove the impediment
from my speech,
28. "So they may understand what
I say:
29. "And give me a Minister from
my family,
30. "Aaron, my brother;
31. "Add to my strength through
him,
32. "And make him share my task:
33. "That we may celebrate Thy
praise without stint,
34. "And remember Thee without
stint:
35. "For Thou art He that (ever)
regardeth us."
36. (Allah) said: "Granted is
thy prayer, O Moses!"
37. "And indeed We conferred a
favour on thee another time (before).
38. "Behold! We sent to thy mother,
by inspiration, the message:
39. "'Throw (the child) into the
chest, and throw (the chest) into the river: the river will
cast him up on the bank, and he will be taken up by one
who is an enemy to Me and an enemy to him': But I cast (the
garment of) love over thee from Me: and (this) in order
that thou mayest be reared under Mine eye.
40. "Behold! thy sister goeth
forth and saith, 'shall I show you one who will nurse and
rear the (child)?' So We brought thee back to thy mother,
that her eye might be cooled and she should not grieve.
Then thou didst slay a man, but We saved thee from trouble,
and We tried thee in various ways. Then didst thou tarry
a number of years with the people of Midian. Then didst
thou come hither as ordained, O Moses!
41. "And I have prepared thee
for Myself (for service)"..
42. "Go, thou and thy brother,
with My Signs, and slacken not, either of you, in keeping
Me in remembrance.
43. "Go, both of you, to Pharaoh,
for he has indeed transgressed all bounds;
44. "But speak to him mildly;
perchance he may take warning or fear (Allah)."
45. They (Moses and Aaron) said:
"Our Lord! We fear lest he hasten with insolence against
us, or lest he transgress all bounds."
46. He said: "Fear not: for I
am with you: I hear and see (everything).
47. "So go ye both to him, and
say, 'Verily we are apostles sent by thy Lord: Send forth,
therefore, the Children of Israel with us, and afflict them
not: with a Sign, indeed, have we come from thy Lord! and
peace to all who follow guidance!
48. "'Verily it has been revealed
to us that the Penalty (awaits) those who reject and turn
away.'"
49. (When this message was delivered),
(Pharaoh) said: "Who, then, O Moses, is the Lord of you
two?"
50. He said: "Our Lord is He Who
gave to each (created) thing its form and nature, and further,
gave (it) guidance."
51. (Pharaoh) said: "What then
is the condition of previous generations?"
52. He replied: "The knowledge
of that is with my Lord, duly recorded: my Lord never errs,
nor forgets,-
53. "He Who has, made for you
the earth like a carpet spread out; has enabled you to go
about therein by roads (and channels); and has sent down
water from the sky." With it have We produced diverse pairs
of plants each separate from the others.
54. Eat (for yourselves) and pasture
your cattle: verily, in this are Signs for men endued with
understanding.
55. From the (earth) did We create
you, and into it shall We return you, and from it shall
We bring you out once again.
56. And We showed Pharaoh all
Our Signs, but he did reject and refuse.
57. He said: "Hast thou come to
drive us out of our land with thy magic, O Moses?
58. "But we can surely produce
magic to match thine! So make a tryst between us and thee,
which we shall not fail to keep - neither we nor thou -
in a place where both shall have even chances."
59. Moses said: "Your tryst is
the Day of the Festival, and let the people be assembled
when the sun is well up."
60. So Pharaoh withdrew: He concerted
his plan, and then came (back).
61. Moses said to him: Woe to
you! Forge not ye a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you
(at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger must suffer
frustration!"
62. So they disputed, one with
another, over their affair, but they kept their talk secret.
63. They said: "These two are
certainly (expert) magicians: their object is to drive you
out from your land with their magic, and to do away with
your most cherished institutions.
64. "Therefore concert your plan,
and then assemble in (serried) ranks: He wins (all along)
today who gains the upper hand."
65. They said: "O Moses! whether
wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be the first
to throw?"
66. He said, "Nay, throw ye first!"
Then behold their ropes and their rods-so it seemed to him
on account of their magic - began to be in lively motion!
67. So Moses conceived in his
mind a (sort of) fear.
68. We said: "Fear not! for thou
hast indeed the upper hand:
69. "Throw that which is in thy
right hand: Quickly will it swallow up that which they have
faked what they have faked is but a magician's trick: and
the magician thrives not, (no matter) where he goes."
70. So the magicians were thrown
down to prostration: they said, "We believe in the Lord
of Aaron and Moses".
71. (Pharaoh) said: "Believe ye
in Him before I give you permission? Surely this must be
your leader, who has taught you magic! be sure I will cut
off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and I will have
you crucified on trunks of palm-trees: so shall ye know
for certain, which of us can give the more severe and the
more lasting punishment!"
72. They said: "Never shall we
regard thee as more than the Clear Sings that have come
to us, or than Him Who created us! so decree whatever thou
desirest to decree: for thou canst only decree (touching)
the life of this world.
73. "For us, we have believed
in our Lord: may He forgive us our faults, and the magic
to which thou didst compel us: for Allah is Best and Most
Abiding."
74. Verily he who comes to his
Lord as a sinner (at Judgment),- for him is Hell: therein
shall he neither die nor live.
75. But such as come to Him as
Believers who have worked righteous deeds,- for them are
ranks exalted,-
76. Gardens of Eternity, beneath
which flow rivers: they will dwell therein for aye: such
is the reward of those who purify themselves (from evil).
77. We sent an inspiration to
Moses: "Travel by night with My servants, and strike a dry
path for them through the sea, without fear of being overtaken
(by Pharaoh) and without (any other) fear."
78. Then Pharaoh pursued them
with his forces, but the waters completely overwhelmed them
and covered them up.
79. Pharaoh led his people astray
instead of leading them aright.
80. O ye Children of Israel! We
delivered you from your enemy, and We made a Covenant with
you on the right side of Mount (Sinai), and We sent down
to you Manna and quails:
81. (Saying): "Eat of the good
things We have provided for your sustenance, but commit
no excess therein, lest My Wrath should justly descend on
you: and those on whom descends My Wrath do perish indeed!
82. "But, without doubt, I am
(also) He that forgives again and again, to those who repent,
believe, and do right, who,- in fine, are ready to receive
true guidance."
83. (When Moses was up on the
Mount, Allah said:) "What made thee hasten in advance of
thy people, O Moses?"
84. He replied: "Behold, they
are close on my footsteps: I hastened to thee, O my Lord,
to please thee."
85. (Allah) said: "We have tested
thy people in thy absence: the Samiri has led them astray."
86. So Moses returned to his people
in a state of indignation and sorrow. He said: "O my people!
did not your Lord make a handsome promise to you? Did then
the promise seem to you long (in coming)? Or did ye desire
that Wrath should descend from your Lord on you, and so
ye broke your promise to me?"
87. They said: "We broke not the
promise to thee, as far as lay in our power: but we were
made to carry the weight of the ornaments of the (whole)
people, and we threw them (into the fire), and that was
what the Samiri suggested.
88. "Then he brought out (of the
fire) before the (people) the image of a calf: It seemed
to low: so they said: This is your god, and the god of Moses,
but (Moses) has forgotten!"
89. Could they not see that it
could not return them a word (for answer), and that it had
no power either to harm them or to do them good?
90. Aaron had already, before
this said to them: "O my people! ye are being tested in
this: for verily your Lord is (Allah) Most Gracious; so
follow me and obey my command."
91. They had said: "We will not
abandon this cult, but we will devote ourselves to it until
Moses returns to us."
92. (Moses) said: "O Aaron! what
kept thee back, when thou sawest them going wrong,
93. "From following me? Didst
thou then disobey my order?"
94. (Aaron) replied: "O son of
my mother! Seize (me) not by my beard nor by (the hair of)
my head! Truly I feared lest thou shouldst say, 'Thou has
caused a division among the children of Israel, and thou
didst not respect my word!'"
95. (Moses) said: "What then is
thy case, O Samiri?"
96. He replied: "I saw what they
saw not: so I took a handful (of dust) from the footprint
of the Messenger, and threw it (into the calf): thus did
my soul suggest to me."
97. (Moses) said: "Get thee gone!
but thy (punishment) in this life will be that thou wilt
say, 'touch me not'; and moreover (for a future penalty)
thou hast a promise that will not fail: Now look at thy
god, of whom thou hast become a devoted worshipper: We will
certainly (melt) it in a blazing fire and scatter it broadcast
in the sea!"
98. But the god of you all is
the One Allah. there is no god but He: all things He comprehends
in His knowledge.
99. Thus do We relate to thee
some stories of what happened before: for We have sent thee
a Message from Our own Presence.
100. If any do turn away therefrom,
verily they will bear a burden on the Day of judgment;
101. They will abide in this
(state): and grievous will the burden be to them on that
Day,-
102. The Day when the Trumpet
will be sounded: that Day, We shall gather the sinful, blear-eyed
(with terror).
103. In whispers will they consult
each other: "Yet tarried not longer than ten (Days);
104. We know best what they will
say, when their leader most eminent in conduct will say:
"Ye tarried not longer than a day!"
105. They ask thee concerning
the Mountains: say, "My Lord will uproot them and scatter
them as dust;
106. "He will leave them as plains
smooth and level;
107. "Nothing crooked or curved
wilt thou see in their place."
108. On that Day will they follow
the Caller (straight): no crookedness (can they show) him:
all sounds shall humble themselves in the Presence of (Allah)
Most Gracious: nothing shalt thou hear but the tramp of
their feet (as they march).
109. On that Day shall no intercession
avail except for those for whom permission has been granted
by (Allah) Most Gracious and whose word is acceptable
to Him.
110. He knows what (appears to
His creatures as) before or after or behind them: but they
shall not compass it with their knowledge.
111. (All) faces shall be humbled
before (Him) - the Living, the Self-Subsisting, Eternal:
hopeless indeed will be the man that carries iniquity (on
his back).
112. But he who works deeds of
righteousness, and has faith, will have no fear of harm
nor of any curtailment (of what is his due).
113. Thus have We sent this down
- an arabic Qur'an - and explained therein in detail some
of the warnings, in order that they may fear Allah, or that
it may cause their remembrance (of Him).
114. High above all is Allah,
the King, the Truth! Be not in haste with the Qur'an before
its revelation to thee is completed, but say, "O my Lord!
advance me in knowledge."
115. We had already, beforehand,
taken the covenant of Adam, but he forgot: and We found
on his part no firm resolve.
116. When We said to the angels,
"Prostrate yourselves to Adam", they prostrated themselves,
but not Iblis: he refused.
117. Then We said: "O Adam! verily,
this is an enemy to thee and thy wife: so let him not get
you both out of the Garden, so that thou art landed in misery.
118. "There is therein (enough
provision) for thee not to go hungry nor to go naked,
119. "Nor to suffer from thirst,
nor from the sun's heat."
120. But Satan whispered evil
to him: he said, "O Adam! shall I lead thee to the Tree
of Eternity and to a kingdom that never decays?"
121. In the result, they both
ate of the tree, and so their nakedness appeared to them:
they began to sew together, for their covering, leaves from
the Garden: thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself
to be seduced.
122. But his Lord chose him (for
His Grace): He turned to him, and gave him Guidance.
123. He said: "Get ye down, both
of you,- all together, from the Garden, with enmity one
to another: but if, as is sure, there comes to you Guidance
from Me, whosoever follows My Guidance, will not lose his
way, nor fall into misery.
124. "But whosoever turns away
from My Message, verily for him is a life narrowed down,
and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Judgment."
125. He will say: "O my Lord!
why hast Thou raised me up blind, while I had sight (before)?"
126. (Allah) will say: "Thus
didst Thou, when Our Signs came unto thee, disregard them:
so wilt thou, this day, be disregarded."
127. And thus do We recompense
him who transgresses beyond bounds and believes not in the
Sings of his Lord: and the Penalty of the Hereafter is far
more grievous and more enduring.
128. Is it not a warning to such
men (to call to mind) how many generations before them We
destroyed, in whose haunts they (now) move? Verily, in this
are Signs for men endued with understanding.
129. Had it not been for a Word
that went forth before from thy Lord, (their punishment)
must necessarily have come; but there is a Term appointed
(for respite).
130. Therefore be patient with
what they say, and celebrate (constantly) the praises of
thy Lord, before the rising of the sun, and before its setting;
yea, celebrate them for part of the hours of the night,
and at the sides of the day: that thou mayest have (spiritual)
joy.
131. Nor strain thine eyes in
longing for the things We have given for enjoyment to parties
of them, the splendour of the life of this world, through
which We test them: but the provision of thy Lord is better
and more enduring.
132. Enjoin prayer on thy people,
and be constant therein. We ask thee not to provide sustenance:
We provide it for thee. But the (fruit of) the Hereafter
is for righteousness.
133. They say: "Why does he not
bring us a sign from his Lord?" Has not a Clear Sign come
to them of all that was in the former Books of revelation?
134. And if We had inflicted
on them a penalty before this, they would have said: "Our
Lord! If only Thou hadst sent us an apostle, we should certainly
have followed Thy Signs before we were humbled and put to
shame."
135. Say: "Each one (of us) is
waiting: wait ye, therefore, and soon shall ye know who
it is that is on the straight and even way, and who it is
that has received Guidance."
Yusuf
Ali 
