The
Poets
In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
[26:1]
Ta. Sin. Mim.
[26:2]
These are revelations of the Scripture that
maketh plain.
[26:3]
It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O
Muhammad) because they believe not.
[26:4]
If We will, We can send down on them from the
sky a portent so that their necks would remain bowed before it.
[26:5]
Never cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from
the Beneficent One, but they turn away from it.
[26:6]
Now they have denied (the Truth); but there will
come unto them tidings of that whereat they used to scoff.
[26:7]
Have they not seen the earth, how much of every
fruitful kind We make to grow therein ?
[26:8]
Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them
are not believers.
[26:9]
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the
Merciful.
[26:10]
And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto
the wrongdoing folk,
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The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off
(evil) ?
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He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny
me,
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And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will
not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me).
[26:14]
And they have a crime against me, so I fear that
they will kill me.
[26:15]
He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our
tokens. Lo! We shall be with you, Hearing.
[26:16]
And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we
bear a message of the Lord of the Worlds,
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(Saying): Let the Children of
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(Pharaoh) said (unto Moses): Did we not rear
thee among us as a child ? And thou didst dwell many years of thy life among
us,
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And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst,
and thou wast one of the ingrates.
[26:20]
He said: I did it then, when I was of those who
are astray.
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Then I fled from you when I feared you, and my
Lord vouchsafed me a command and appointed me (of the number) of those sent (by
Him).
[26:22]
And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest
me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of
[26:23]
Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds
?
[26:24]
(Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth
and all that is between them, if ye had but sure belief.
[26:25]
(Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye
not ?
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He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers.
[26:27]
(Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been
sent unto you is indeed a madman!
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He said: Lord of the East and the West and all
that is between them, if ye did but understand.
[26:29]
(Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other
than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners.
[26:30]
He said: Even though I show thee something plain
?
[26:31]
(Pharaoh) said: Produce it then, if thou art of
the truthful!
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Then he flung down his staff and it became a
serpent manifest,
[26:33]
And he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white
to the beholders.
[26:34]
(Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo!
this is verily a knowing wizard,
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Who would drive you out of your land by his
magic. Now what counsel ye ?
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They said: Put him off, (him) and his brother,
and send into the cities summoners
[26:37]
Who shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard.
[26:38]
So the wizards were gathered together at a set
time on a day appointed.
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And it was said unto the people: Are ye (also)
gathering ?
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(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the
wizards if they are the winners.
[26:41]
And when the wizards came they said unto
Pharaoh: Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners ?
[26:42]
He said: Aye, and ye will then surely be of
those brought near (to me).
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Moses said unto them: Throw what ye are going to
throw!
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Then they threw down their cords and their
staves and said: By Pharaoh’s might, lo! we verily are the winners.
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Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed
that which they did falsely show.
[26:46]
And the wizards were flung prostrate,
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Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
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The Lord of Moses and Aaron.
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(Pharaoh) said: Ye put your faith in him before
I give you leave. Lo! he doubtless is your chief who taught you magic! But verily
ye shall come to know. Verily I will cut off your hands and your feet
alternately, and verily I will crucify you every one.
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They said: It is no hurt, for lo! unto our Lord
we shall return.
[26:51]
Lo! we ardently hope that our Lord will forgive
us our sins because we are the first of the believers.
[26:52]
And We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My
slaves by night, for ye will be pursued.
[26:53]
Then Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners,
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(Who said): Lo! these indeed are but a little
troop,
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And lo! they are offenders against us.
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And lo! we are a ready host.
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Thus did We take them away from gardens and
watersprings,
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And treasures and a fair estate.
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Thus (were those things taken from them) and We
caused the Children of
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And they overtook them at sunrise.
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And when the two hosts saw each other, those
with Moses said: Lo! we are indeed caught.
[26:62]
He said: Nay, verily! for lo! my Lord is with
me. He will guide me.
[26:63]
Then We inspired Moses, saying: Smite the sea
with thy staff. And it parted, and each part was as a mountain vast.
[26:64]
Then brought We near the others to that place.
[26:65]
And We saved Moses and those with him, every
one;
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And We drowned the others.
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Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them
are not believers.
[26:68]
And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the
Merciful.
[26:69]
Recite unto them the story of Abraham:
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When he said unto his father and his folk: What
worship ye ?
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They said: We worship idols, and are ever
devoted unto them.
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He said: Do they hear you when ye cry ?
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Or do they benefit or harm you ?
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They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting
on this wise.
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He said: See now that which ye worship,
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Ye and your forefathers!
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Lo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the
Lord of the Worlds,
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Who created me, and He doth guide me,
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And Who feedeth me and watereth me.
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And when I sicken, then He healeth me,
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And Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life
(again),
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And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin
on the Day of Judgment.
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My Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the
righteous.
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And give unto me a good report in later
generations.
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And place me among the inheritors of the
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And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who
err.
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And abase me not on the day when they are
raised,
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The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)
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Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart.
[26:90]
And the Garden will be brought nigh for those
who ward off (evil).
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And hell will appear plainly to the erring.
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And it will be said unto them: Where is (all)
that ye used to worship
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Instead of Allah ? Can they help you or help
themselves ?
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Then will they be hurled therein, they and the
seducers
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And the hosts of Iblis, together.
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And they will say, when they are quarrelling
therein:
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By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest
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When we made you equal with the Lord of the
Worlds.
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It was but the guilty who misled us.
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Now we have no intercessors
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Nor any loving friend.
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Oh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we
might be of the believers!
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Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them
are not believers!
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And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the
Merciful.
[26:105]
Noah’s folk denied the messengers (of Allah),
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When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye
not ward off (evil) ?
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Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
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So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
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And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is
the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
[26:110]
So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
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They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the
lowest (of the people) follow thee ?
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He said: And what knowledge have I of what they
may have been doing (in the past) ?
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Lo! their reckoning is my Lord’s concern, if ye
but knew;
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And I am not (here) to repulse believers.
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I am only a plain warner.
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They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt
surely be among those stoned (to death).
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He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me.
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Therefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive)
judgment, and save me and those believers who are with me.
[26:119]
And We saved him and those with him in the laden
ship.
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Then afterward We drowned the others.
[26:121]
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them
are not believers.
[26:122]
And lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the
Merciful.
[26:123]
(The tribe of) A’ad denied the messengers (of
Allah).
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When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye
not ward off (evil) ?
[26:125]
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
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So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
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And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is
the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
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Build ye on every high place a monument for vain
delight ?
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And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may
last for ever ?
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And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants ?
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Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
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Keep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you
with (the good things) that ye know,
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Hath aided you with cattle and sons.
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And gardens and watersprings.
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Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful
day.
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They said: It is all one to us whether thou
preachest or art not of those who preach;
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This is but a fable of the men of old,
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And we shall not be doomed.
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And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them.
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
[26:140]
And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the
Merciful.
[26:141]
(The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of
Allah)
[26:142]
When their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye
not ward off (evil) ?
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Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
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So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
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And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is
the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
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Will ye be left secure in that which is here
before us,
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In gardens and watersprings.
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And tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees,
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Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain,
being skilful ?
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Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,
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And obey not the command of the prodigal,
[26:152]
Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform
not.
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They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
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Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some
token if thou art of the truthful.
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He said: (Behold) this she-camel. She hath the
right to drink (at the well), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an
appointed day.
[26:156]
And touch her not with ill lest there come on
you the retribution of an awful day.
[26:157]
But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.
[26:158]
So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is
indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
[26:159]
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
[26:160]
The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of
Allah),
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When their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye
not ward off (evil) ?
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Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
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So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
[26:164]
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is
the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
[26:165]
What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the
males,
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And leave the wives your Lord created for you ?
Nay, but ye are froward folk.
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They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt
soon be of the outcast.
[26:168]
He said: I am in truth of those who hate your
conduct.
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My Lord! Save me and my household from what they
do.
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So We saved him and his household, every one,
[26:171]
Save an old woman among those who stayed behind.
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Then afterward We destroyed the others.
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And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is
the rain of those who have been warned.
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Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them
are not believers.
[26:175]
And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the
Merciful.
[26:176]
The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the
messengers (of Allah),
[26:177]
When Shu’eyb said unto them: Will ye not ward
off (evil) ?
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Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
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So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
[26:180]
And I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the
concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
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Give full measure, and be not of those who give
less (than the due).
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And weigh with the true balance.
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Wrong not mankind in their goods, and do not
evil, making mischief, in the earth.
[26:184]
And keep your duty unto Him Who created you and
the generations of the men of old.
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They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
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Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem
thee of the liars.
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Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us,
if thou art of the truthful.
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He said: My Lord is Best Aware of what ye do.
[26:189]
But they denied him, so there came on them the
retribution of the day of gloom. Lo! it was the retribution of an awful day.
[26:190]
Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them
are not believers.
[26:191]
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the
Merciful.
[26:192]
And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the
Worlds,
[26:193]
Which the True Spirit hath brought down
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Upon thy heart, that thou mayst be (one) of the
warners,
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In plain Arabic speech.
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And lo! it is in the Scriptures of the men of
old.
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Is it not a token for them that the doctors of
the Children of Israel know it ?
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And if We had revealed it unto one of any other
nation than the Arabs,
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And he had read it unto them, they would not
have believed in it.
[26:200]
Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the
guilty.
[26:201]
They will not believe in it till they behold the
painful doom,
[26:202]
So that it will come upon them suddenly, when
they perceive not.
[26:203]
Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved ?
[26:204]
Would they (now) hasten on Our doom ?
[26:205]
Hast thou then seen, if We content them for
(long) years,
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And then cometh that which they were promised,
[26:207]
(How) that wherewith they were contented naught
availeth them ?
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And We destroyed no township but it had its
warners
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For reminder, for We never were oppressors.
[26:210]
The devils did not bring it down.
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It is not meet for them, nor is it in their
power,
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Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing.
[26:213]
Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest
thou be one of the doomed.
[26:214]
And warn thy tribe of near kindred,
[26:215]
And lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those
believers who follow thee.
[26:216]
And if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say:
Lo! I am innocent of what they do.
[26:217]
And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.
[26:218]
Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)
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And (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall
prostrate (in worship).
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Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower.
[26:221]
Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend
?
[26:222]
They descend on every sinful, false one.
[26:223]
They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.
[26:224]
As for poets, the erring follow them.
[26:225]
Hast thou not seen how they stray in every
valley,
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And how they say that which they do not ?
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Save those who believe and do good works, and
remember Allah much, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged.
Those who do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be
overturned!