Ta-Ha
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Ta - Ha [These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur'ân, and
none but Allâh (Alone) knows their meanings.] (1) We have not sent down
the Qur'ân unto you (O Muhammad SAW) to cause you
distress, (2) But only as a Reminder to those who fear (Allâh). (3) A revelation from Him
(Allâh) Who has created the earth and high heavens. (4) The Most Gracious
(Allâh) rrose over (Istawâ) the (Mighty) Throne (in a manner that suits His
Majesty). (5) To Him belongs all that is in the
heavens and all that is on the earth, and all that is between them, and all
that is under the soil. (6) And if you (O Muhammad SAW) speak (the
invocation) aloud, then verily, He knows the secret and that which is yet more
hidden. (7) Allâh! Lâ ilâhla illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped
but He)! To Him belong the Best Names[]
(8) And has there come to
you the story of Mûsa (Moses)? (9) When he saw a fire, he said to his family:
"Wait! Verily, I have seen a fire, perhaps I can
bring you some burning brand therefrom, or find some guidance at the
fire." (10) And when he came to it (the fire), he was called by name:
"O Mûsa (Moses)! (11) "Verily! I am your Lord! So take off your shoes, you
are in the sacred valley, Tuwa. (12)"And I have chosen you. So listen to that
which will be revealed (to you). (13) "Verily! I am Allâh! Lâ ilâha illa Ana
(none has the right to be worshipped but I), so worship Me,
and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât) for My Remembrance. (14) "Verily, the
Hour is coming and I am almost hiding it from myself - that
every person may be rewarded for that which he strives. (15) "Therefore, let
not the one who believes not therein (i.e. in the Day of Resurrection,
Reckoning, Paradise and Hell), but follows his
own lusts,[] divert you therefrom, lest you perish. (16) "And what is
that in your right hand, O Mûsa (Moses)?" (17) He said: "This
is my stick, whereon I lean, and wherewith I beat down branches for my sheep,
and wherein I find other uses." (18) (Allâh) said: "Cast it down, O
Mûsa (Moses)!" (19) He cast it down, and behold! It was a snake, moving
quickly. (20) Allâh said:"Grasp it, and fear not, We shall return it to
its former state, (21) "And press your (right) hand to your (left) side, it
will come forth white (and shining), without any disease as another sign,— (22) "That We may
show you (some) of Our Greater Signs, (23) "Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh)! Verily,
he has transgressed (all bounds in disbelief and disobedience, and has behaved
as an arrogant, and as a tyrant)." (24) [Mûsa (Moses)] said: "O my Lord!
Open for me my chest (grant me self-confidence, contentment, and boldness) (25) "And ease my
task for me; (26) "And loose the knot (the defect) from my tongue, (i.e.
remove the incorrectness from my speech) [That occurred as a result of a brand
of fire which Mûsa (Moses) put in his mouth when he was an infant]. [Tafsir
At-Tabarî] (27) "That they understand my speech, (28) "And appoint for
me a helper from my family, (29) "Hârûn (Aaron), my brother; (30) "Increase my strength
with him, (31) "And let him share my task (of conveying Allâh's Message
and Prophethood), (32) "That we may glorify You much, (33) "And remember
You much, (34) "Verily! You are Ever a Well-Seer of us." (35) (Allâh) said:
"You are granted your request, O Mûsa (Moses)! (36) "And indeed We
conferred a favour on you another time (before). (37)"When We inspired your mother with that which We inspired. (38) "Saying: 'Put
him (the child) into the Tabût (a box or a case or a chest) and put it into the
river (Nile), then the river shall cast it up on the bank, and there, an enemy
of Mine and an enemy of his shall take him.' And I endued you with love from
Me, in order that you may be brought up under My Eye, (39) "When your
sister went and said: 'Shall I show you one who will nurse him?' So We restored
you to your mother, that she might cool her eyes and she should not grieve.
Then you did kill a man, but We saved you from great distress and tried you
with a heavy trial. Then you stayed a number of years with the people of Madyan
(Midian). Then you came here according to the fixed term which I ordained (for
you), O Mûsa (Moses)! (40) "And I have chosen you[] for Myself. (41) "Go you and your
brother with My Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations,
etc.), and do not, you both, slacken and become weak in My Remembrance. (42) "Go, both of
you, to Fir'aun (Pharaoh), verily, he has transgressed (all bounds in disbelief
and disobedience and behaved as an arrogant and as a tyrant) (43) "And speak to
him mildly, perhaps he may accept admonition or fear (Allâh)." (44) They said: "Our
Lord! Verily! We fear lest he should hasten to punish us or lest he should
transgress (all bounds against us)." (45) He (Allâh) said:
"Fear not, verily! I am with you both, hearing and seeing. (46) "So go you both
to him, and say: 'Verily, we are Messengers of your Lord, so let the Children
of Israel go with us, and torment them not; indeed, we have come with a sign
from your Lord! And peace will be upon him who follows the guidance! (47) 'Truly, it has been
revealed to us that the torment will be for him who denies [believes not in the
Oneness of Allâh, and in His Messengers], and turns away.'(from the truth and
obedience of Allâh)" (48) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) said: "Who then, O
Mûsa (Moses), is the Lord of you two?" (49) [Mûsa (Moses)] said:
"Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it
aright." (50) [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] said: "What about the generations of
old?" (51)[Mûsa (Moses)] said: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord,
in a Record. My Lord is neither unaware nor He forgets, " (52) Who has made earth
for you like a bed (spread out); and has opened roads (ways and paths etc.) for
you therein; and has sent down water (rain) from the sky. And We have brought
forth with it various kinds of vegetation. (53) Eat and pasture your
cattle, (therein); verily, in this are Ayat (proofs and signs) for men of
understanding (54) Thereof (the earth) We created you, and into it We shall return
you, and from it We shall bring you out once again. (55) And indeed We showed
him [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] all Our Ayat (Signs and Evidences), but he denied and
refused. (56) He [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] said: "Have you come to drive us out
of our land with your magic, O Mûsa (Moses)? (57) "Then verily, we
can produce magic the like thereof; so appoint a meeting between us and you,
which neither we, nor you shall fail to keep, in an open wide place where both
shall have a just and equal chance (and beholders could witness the competition)."
(58) [Mûsa (Moses)] said:
"Your appointed meeting is the day of the festival, and let the people
assemble when the sun has risen (forenoon)." (59) So Fir'aun (Pharaoh)
withdrew, devised his plot and then came back. (60) Mûsa (Moses) said to
them: "Woe unto you! Invent not a lie against Allâh, lest He should
destroy you completely by a torment. And surely, he who invents a lie (against
Allâh) will fail miserably." (61) Then they debated one with another what they
must do, and they kept their talk secret. (62) They said:
"Verily! these are two magicians. Their object is to drive you out from
your land with magic, and overcome your chiefs and nobles. (63) "So devise your
plot, and then assemble in line. And whoever overcomes this day will be indeed
successful." (64)They said:"O Mûsa (Moses)! Either you throw first or
we be the first to throw?" (65) [Mûsa (Moses)] said: "Nay, throw you
(first)!" Then behold, their ropes and their sticks, by their magic,
appeared to him as though they moved fast. (66) So Mûsa (Moses)
conceived fear in himself. (67) We (Allâh) said: "Fear not! Surely, you
will have the upper hand. (68) "And throw that which is in your right
hand! It will swallow up that which they have made. That which they have made is
only a magician's trick, and the magician will never be successful, to whatever
amount (of skill) he may attain." (69) So the magicians fell down prostrate.
They said: "We believe in the Lord of Hârûn (Aaron) and Mûsa
(Moses)." (70) [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] said: "Believe you in him [Mûsa
(Moses)] before I give you permission? Verily! he is your chief who has taught
you magic. So I will surely cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and
I will surely crucify you on the trunks of date-palms, and you shall surely
know which of us [I (Fir'aun Pharaoh) or the Lord of Mûsa (Moses) (Allâh)] can
give the severe and more lasting torment." (71) They said: "We
prefer you not over what have come to us, of the clear signs And to Him (Allâh)
Who created us. So decree whatever you desire to decree, for you can only
decree (regarding) this life of the world. (72) "Verily! We have
believed in our Lord, that He may forgive us our faults, and the magic to which
you did compel us. And Allâh is better as regards reward in comparison to your
[Fir'aun's (Pharaoh)] reward, and more lasting (as regards punishment in
comparison to your punishment)." (73) Verily! whoever comes to his Lord as a
Mujrim (criminal, polytheist, disbeliever in the Oneness of Allâh and His
Messengers), then surely, for him is Hell, wherein he will neither die nor live
(74) But whoever comes to
Him (Allâh) as a believer (in the Oneness of Allâh), and has done righteous
good deeds, for such are the high ranks (in the Hereafter),— (75) 'Adn (Eden) Paradise
(everlasting Gardens), under which rivers flow, wherein they will abide
forever: such is the reward of those who purify themselves (by abstaining from
all kinds of sins and evil deeds which Allâh has forbidden and by doing all
that which Allâh has ordained). (76)And indeed We
revealed to Mûsa (Moses) (saying): "Travel by night with Ibâdi (My slaves)
and strike a dry path for them in the sea, fearing neither to be overtaken [by
Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] nor being afraid (of drowning in the sea)." (77) Then Fir'aun
(Pharaoh) pursued them with his hosts, but the sea-water completely overwhelmed
them and covered them up (78) And Fir'aun (Pharaoh) led his people astray,
and he did not guide them (79) 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 to you Al-Manna[] and quails, (80) (Saying) eat of the Taiyyibât (good
lawful things) wherewith We have provided you, and commit no oppression
therein, lest My Anger should justly descend on you. And he on whom My Anger
descends, he is indeed perished. (Tafsir At-Tabari) (81) And verily, I am
indeed forgiving to him who repents, believes (in My Oneness, and associates
none in worship with Me) and does righteous good deeds, and then remains constant
in doing them, (till his death). (82) "And what made you hasten from your
people, O Mûsa (Moses)?" (83) He said: "They are close on my
footsteps, and I hastened to You, O my Lord, that You might be pleased." (84) (Allâh) said:
"Verily! we have tried your people in your absence, and As-Samiri has led
them astray." (85) Then Mûsa (Moses) returned to his people in a state of
anger and sorrow. He said: "O my people! Did not your Lord promise you a
fair promise? Did then the promise seem to you long in coming? Or did you
desire that wrath should descend from your Lord on you, that you broke your
promise to me (i.e disbelieving in Allâh and worshipping the calf)?" (86) They said: "We
broke not the promise to you, of our own will, but we were made to carry the
weight of the ornaments of the [Fir'aun's (Pharaoh)] people, then we cast them
(into the fire), and that was what As-Samiri suggested." (87)Then he took out (of
the fire) for them (a statue of) a calf which seemed to low. They said:
"This is your ilâh (god), and the ilâh (god) of Mûsa (Moses), but [Mûsa
(Moses)] has forgotten (his god).'" (88) Did 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? (89) And Hârûn (Aaron) indeed had said to them beforehand:
"O my people! You are being tried in this, and verily, your Lord is
(Allâh) the Most Gracious, so follow me and obey my order." (90) They said: "We
will not stop worshipping it (i.e. the calf), until Mûsa (Moses) returns to
us." (91) [Mûsa (Moses)] said: "O Hârûn (Aaron)! What prevented you
when you saw them going astray; (92) "That you followed me not (according to
my advice to you)? Have you then disobeyed my order?" (93) He [Hârûn (Aaron)]
said: "O son of my mother! Seize (me) not by my beard, nor by my head!
Verily, I feared lest you should say: 'You have caused a division among the
Children of Israel,
and you have not respected my word!' " (94) [Mûsa (Moses)] said:
"And what is the matter with you. O Samiri? (i.e. why did you do
so?)" (95) (Samiri) said: "I saw what they saw not, so I took a
handful (of dust) from the (hoof) print of the messenger [Jibril's (Gabriel)
horse] and threw it [into the fire in which were put the ornaments of the
Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) people, or into the calf]. Thus my inner-self suggested to
me." (96) Mûsa (Moses) said: "Then go away! And verily, your
(punishment) in this life will be that you will say: "Touch me not
(i.e.you will live alone exiled away from mankind); and verily (for a future
torment), you have a promise that will not fail. And look at your ilâh (god),
to which you have been devoted. We will certainly burn it, and scatter its
particles in the sea." (97) Your Ilâh (God) is only Allâh, (the One) Lâ
ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). He has full
knowledge of all things. (98)Thus We relate to you
(O Muhammad SAW) some information of what happened before. And indeed We have
given you from Us a Reminder (this Qur'ân). (99) Whoever turns away
from it (this Qur'ân i.e. does not believe in it, nor acts on its orders),
verily, they will bear a heavy burden (of sins) on the Day of Resurrection,[] (100) They will abide in
that (state in the Fire of Hell),— and evil indeed will it be that load for
them on the Day of Resurrection; (101) The Day when the Trumpet will be blown (the
second blowing): that Day, We shall gather the Mujrimûn (criminals,
polytheists, sinners, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh) blue or blind eyed
with thirst.[] (102) In whispers will they speak in a very low voice to each other
(saying): "You stayed not longer than ten (days)." (103) We know very well
what they will say, when the best among them in knowledge and wisdom will say:
"You stayed no longer than a day!" (104) And they ask you
concerning the mountains, say;"My Lord will blast them and scatter them as
particles of dust. (105) "Then He shall leave them as a level smooth plain. (106) "You will see
therein nothing crooked or curved." (107) On that Day mankind
will follow strictly (the voice of) Allâh's caller, no crookedness (that is
without going to the right or left of that voice) will they show him (Allâh's
caller). And all voices will be humbled for the Most Gracious (Allâh), and
nothing shall you hear but the low voice of their footsteps (108) On that day no
intercession shall avail, except the one for whom the Most Gracious (Allâh) has
given permission and whose word is acceptable to Him. (109) He (Allâh) knows what
happens to them (His creatures) in this world, and what will happen to them (in
the Hereafter), but they will never compass anything of His Knowledge. (110) And (all) faces shall
be humbled before (Allâh), the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects
all that exists. And he who carried (a burden of) wrongdoing (i.e. he who
disbelieved in Allâh, ascribed partners to Him, and did deeds of His
disobedience), will be indeed a complete failure (on that Day). (111) And he who works
deeds of righteousness, while he is a believer (in Islâmic Monotheism) then he
will have no fear of injustice, nor of any curtailment (of his reward). (112) And thus We have sent
it down as a Qur'ân in Arabic, and have explained therein in detail the
warnings, in order that they may fear Allâh, or that it may cause them to have
a lesson from it (or to have the honour for believing and acting on its
teachings). (113)Then High above all be Allâh, the True
King. And be not in haste (O Muhammad SAW) with the Qur'ân before its
revelation is completed to you, and say: "My Lord! Increase me in
knowledge." (114) And indeed We made a covenant with Adam before, but he forgot,
and We found on his part no firm will-power. (115) And (remember) when
We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourselves to Adam." They
prostrated themselves (all) except Iblîs (Satan), who refused. (116) Then We said: "O
Adam! Verily, this is an enemy to you and to your wife. So let him not get you
both out of Paradise, so that you will be
distressed. (117) Verily, you have (a promise from Us) that you will never be
hungry therein nor naked. (118) And you (will) suffer not from thirst therein
nor from the sun's heat. (119) Then Shaitân (Satan) whispered to him, saying
: "O Adam! Shall I lead you to the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that
will never waste away?" (120) Then they both ate of the tree, and so their
private parts became manifest to them, and they began to cover themselves with
the leaves of Paradise for their covering.
Thus did Adam disobey his Lord, so he went astray (121) Then his Lord chose
him, and turned to him with forgiveness, and gave him guidance (122) He (Allâh)
said:"Get you down (from the Paradise to the earth), both of you,
together, some of you are an enemy to some others. Then if there comes to you
guidance from Me, then whoever follows My Guidance he shall neither go astray,
nor shall be distressed. (123) "But whosoever turns away from My
Reminder (i.e. neither believes in this Qur'ân nor acts on its teachings)
verily, for him is a life of hardship, and We shall raise him up blind on the
Day of Resurrection." (124) He will say:"O my Lord! Why have you
raised me up blind, while I had sight (before)."
(125)(Allâh) will say:
"Like this, Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations, etc.) came unto you, but you disregarded them (i.e. you left them,
did not think deeply in them, and you turned away from them), and so this Day,
you will be neglected (in the Hell-fire, away from Allâh's Mercy)." (126) And thus do We
requite him who transgresses beyond bounds [i.e. commits the great sins and
disobeys his Lord (Allâh) and believes not in His Messengers, and His revealed
Books, like this Qur'ân, etc.], and believes not in the Ayât (proofs,
evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations) of his Lord, and the torment of
the Hereafter is far more severe and more lasting. (127) Is it not a guidance
for them (to know) how many generations We have destroyed before them, in whose
dwellings they walk? Verily, in this are signs indeed for men of understanding.
(128) And had it not been
for a Word that went forth before from your Lord, and a term determined, (their
punishment) must necessarily have come (in this world). (129) So bear patiently (O
Muhammad SAW) what they say, and glorify the praises of your Lord before the
rising of the sun, and before its setting, and during some hours of the night,
and at the ends of the day (an indication for the five compulsory
congregational prayers), that you may become pleased with the reward which
Allâh shall give you. (130) And strain not your eyes in longing for the things We
have given for enjoyment to various groups of them (polytheists and
disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh), the splendour of the life of this world
that We may test them thereby. But the provision (good reward in the Hereafter)
of your Lord is better and more lasting. (131) And enjoin As-Salât
(the prayer) on your family, and be patient in offering them [i.e. the Salât
(prayers)]. We ask not of you a provision (i.e. to give Us something: money);
We provide for you. And the good end (i.e. Paradise)
is for the Muttaqûn (pious and righteous persons - see V.2:2). (132) They say: "Why
does he not bring us a sign (proof) from his Lord?" Has there not come to
them the proof of that which is (written) in the former papers [Scriptures,
i.e. the Taurât (Torah), and the Injeel (Gospel), etc. about the coming of the
Prophet Muhammad SAW]. (133) And if We had destroyed them with a torment before this
(i.e. Messenger Muhammad SAW and the Qur'ân), they would surely have said:
"Our Lord! If only You had sent us a Messenger, we should certainly have
followed Your Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations,
etc.), before we were humiliated and disgraced."[]. (134) Say (O Muhammad SAW):
"Each one (believer and disbeliever) is waiting, so wait you too, and you
shall know who are they that are on the Straight and Even Path (i.e. Allâh's
religion of Islâmic Monotheism), and who are they that have let themselves be
guided (on the Right Path). (135)