Ta-Ha
Not for You to Toil
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. Ṭa. Ha.
بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم طهWe did not send down upon you the Recitation for you to toil,
مآ أنزلنا عليك ٱلقرءان لتشقىbut as a reminder for whoever is in awe,
إلا تذكرة لمن يخشىa descent from the One who created the earth and the lofty heavens,
تنزيلا ممن خلق ٱلأرض وٱلسموت ٱلعلىthe All-Benevolent, who established Himself upon the Edifice.
ٱلرحمن على ٱلعرش ٱستوىTo Him belongs whatever is in the heavens, whatever is on the earth, whatever is between them, and whatever is beneath the moist soil.
له ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض وما بينهما وما تحت ٱلثرىWhether you speak aloud or not, He knows the secret, and what is even more hidden.
وإن تجهر بٱلقول فإنه يعلم ٱلسر وأخفىGod — no deity but Him.
ٱلله لآ إله إلا هوTo Him belong the most beautiful attributes.
له ٱلأسمآء ٱلحسنىHas the account of Moussa reached you?
وهل أتىك حديث موسىWhen he saw a fire, he said to his household: "Stay here, I have perceived a fire; perhaps I will bring you a torch from it, or find at the fire some guidance."
إذ رءا نارا فقال لأهله ٱمكثوا إني ءانست نارا لعلي ءاتيكم منها بقبس أو أجد على ٱلنار هدىWhen he reached it, he was called: "Moussa! In truth, it is I, your Guardian. Take off your sandals, for you are in the sanctified valley of Touwa."
فلمآ أتىها نودي يموسى إني أنا ربك فٱخلع نعليك إنك بٱلواد ٱلمقدس طوىAnd I have chosen you: so listen to what is revealed. Indeed it is I, God — no deity but Me. Obey Me, then, and maintain the Contact for My remembrance.
وأنا ٱخترتك فٱستمع لما يوحى إنني أنا ٱلله لآ إله إلآ أنا فٱعبدني وأقم ٱلصلوة لذكريThe Hour is coming — I keep it almost hidden — so that every Self may be recompensed for what it has striven toward.
إن ٱلساعة ءاتية أكاد أخفيها لتجزى كل نفس بما تسعىLet not him who does not believe in it and follows his emotion turn you away from it, lest you perish.
فلا يصدنك عنها من لا يؤمن بها وٱتبع هوىه فتردىAnd what is that in your right hand, Moussa?
وما تلك بيمينك يموسىHe said: "It is my staff; I lean on it, I beat down leaves with it for my flock, and I have other uses for it."
قال هي عصاي أتوكؤا عليها وأهش بها على غنمي ولي فيها مارب أخرىHe said: "Throw it down, Moussa."
قال ألقها يموسىHe threw it down, and behold, it became a serpent, moving swiftly.
فألقىها فإذا هي حية تسعىHe said: "Take it, and do not fear: We shall restore it to its former state."
قال خذها ولا تخف سنعيدها سيرتها ٱلأولىAnd press your hand to your side: it will come out white, without harm — another sign, that We may show you some of Our greatest signs.
وٱضمم يدك إلى جناحك تخرج بيضآء من غير سوء ءاية أخرى لنريك من ءايتنا ٱلكبرىGo to Fir'awn: he has exceeded all measure.
ٱذهب إلى فرعون إنه طغىHe said: "My Guardian, open up my chest for me, ease my task for me, undo a knot from my tongue so that they may understand my speech, and appoint for me an assistant from my own, Harun, my brother.
قال رب ٱشرح لي صدري ويسر لي أمري وٱحلل عقدة من لساني يفقهوا قولي وٱجعل لي وزيرا من أهلي هرون أخيStrengthen through him my resolve, and associate him with my task, so that we may glorify You abundantly and remember You abundantly; You are, over us, All-Seeing."
ٱشدد به أزري وأشركه في أمري كى نسبحك كثيرا ونذكرك كثيرا إنك كنت بنا بصيراHe said: "Your request is granted, Moussa.
قال قد أوتيت سؤلك يموسىWe had already favoured you once before, when We inspired your mother with what was inspired: "Place him in the chest, then cast him into the river;
ولقد مننا عليك مرة أخرى إذ أوحينآ إلى أمك ما يوحى أن ٱقذفيه في ٱلتابوت فٱقذفيه في ٱليمlet the river cast him onto the shore; an enemy to Me and an enemy to him will take him up."
فليلقه ٱليم بٱلساحل يأخذه عدو لي وعدو لهI cast upon you a love from Me, so that you might be formed under My watch — when your sister walked along and said: "Shall I point you to one who can take charge of him?"
وألقيت عليك محبة مني ولتصنع على عيني إذ تمشي أختك فتقول هل أدلكم على من يكفلهSo We returned you to your mother, that her gaze might find repose and she not grieve.
فرجعنك إلى أمك كى تقر عينها ولا تحزنAnd you killed a Self, and We delivered you from distress; and We tried you with a hard trial.
وقتلت نفسا فنجينك من ٱلغم وفتنك فتوناYou stayed years among the people of Madyan, then you came at the appointed measure, Moussa.
فلبثت سنين في أهل مدين ثم جئت على قدر يموسىAnd I formed you for Myself.
وٱصطنعتك لنفسيGo, you and your brother, with My signs, and do not weaken in My remembrance.
ٱذهب أنت وأخوك بايتي ولا تنيا في ذكريGo, both of you, to Fir'awn: he has exceeded all measure. Speak to him gently; perhaps he will be reminded, or feel awe.
ٱذهبآ إلى فرعون إنه طغى فقولا له قولا لينا لعله يتذكر أو يخشىThey said: "Our Guardian, we fear that he will rush against us or that he will exceed all measure toward us."
قالا ربنآ إننا نخاف أن يفرط علينآ أو أن يطغىHe said: "Do not fear: I am with you both, I hear and I see."
قال لا تخافآ إنني معكمآ أسمع وأرىSo go to him and say: "We are two messengers of your Guardian; send with us the Sons of Israel, and do not punish them; we have brought you a sign from your Guardian."
فأتياه فقولآ إنا رسولا ربك فأرسل معنا بني إسرءيل ولا تعذبهم قد جئنك باية من ربكPeace be upon whoever follows the guidance.
وٱلسلم على من ٱتبع ٱلهدىIt has been revealed to us that the punishment falls upon whoever denies and turns away.
إنا قد أوحي إلينآ أن ٱلعذاب على من كذب وتولىHe said: "And who is your Guardian, Moussa?"
قال فمن ربكما يموسىHe said: "Our Guardian is the One who gave to each thing its own form, then guided it."
قال ربنا ٱلذي أعطى كل شىء خلقه ثم هدىHe said: "And what of the former generations?"
قال فما بال ٱلقرون ٱلأولىHe said: "Knowledge of them rests with my Guardian, in a record.
قال علمها عند ربي في كتبMy Guardian neither strays nor forgets."
لا يضل ربي ولا ينسىHe who made the earth for you a spread, and traced for you paths within it, and sent down water from the sky,
ٱلذي جعل لكم ٱلأرض مهدا وسلك لكم فيها سبلا وأنزل من ٱلسمآء مآءby which We brought forth pairs of plants of every kind.
فأخرجنا به أزوجا من نبات شتىEat, and graze your cattle.
كلوا وٱرعوا أنعمكمThere are surely in that signs for those endowed with reason.
إن في ذلك لءايت لأولي ٱلنهىFrom it We created you, into it We shall return you, and from it We shall bring you out yet another time.
منها خلقنكم وفيها نعيدكم ومنها نخرجكم تارة أخرىWe showed him all Our signs, but he denied and refused.
ولقد أرينه ءايتنا كلها فكذب وأبىHe said: "Have you come to us to drive us out of our land with your illusion, Moussa? We shall surely bring you illusion to match it.
قال أجئتنا لتخرجنا من أرضنا بسحرك يموسى فلنأتينك بسحر مثلهSo set between us and you an appointment, which neither we nor you shall fail, at a fair place."
فٱجعل بيننا وبينك موعدا لا نخلفه نحن ولآ أنت مكانا سوىHe said: "Your appointment shall be the day of adornment, and that the people be gathered in broad morning."
قال موعدكم يوم ٱلزينة وأن يحشر ٱلناس ضحىFir'awn turned away, gathered his scheme, then came.
فتولى فرعون فجمع كيده ثم أتىMoussa said to them: "Woe to you! Do not fabricate a lie against God, lest He extirpate you with a punishment."
قال لهم موسى ويلكم لا تفتروا على ٱلله كذبا فيسحتكم بعذابAnd whoever fabricates has already failed.
وقد خاب من ٱفترىSo they disagreed among themselves about their matter and kept their counsel secret.
فتنزعوا أمرهم بينهم وأسروا ٱلنجوىThey said: "These two are indeed two workers of illusion who wish to drive you out of your land with their illusion and to carry off your exemplary way.
قالوا إن هذن لسحرن يريدان أن يخرجاكم من أرضكم بسحرهما ويذهبا بطريقتكم ٱلمثلىSo gather your scheme, then come in a single rank.
فأجمعوا كيدكم ثم ٱئتوا صفاAnd whoever rises above shall prosper today."
وقد أفلح ٱليوم من ٱستعلىThey said: "Moussa, either you throw, or we shall be the first to throw."
قالوا يموسى إمآ أن تلقي وإمآ أن نكون أول من ألقىHe said: "Rather, you throw."
قال بل ألقواAnd behold, their ropes and their staffs, through their illusion, appeared to him to be moving swiftly.
فإذا حبالهم وعصيهم يخيل إليه من سحرهم أنها تسعىMoussa felt within himself a certain apprehension.
فأوجس في نفسه خيفة موسىWe said: "Do not fear, it is you who are the uppermost.
قلنا لا تخف إنك أنت ٱلأعلىThrow what is in your right hand: it will swallow up what they have contrived.
وألق ما في يمينك تلقف ما صنعواWhat they have contrived is but a worker of illusion's scheme,
إنما صنعوا كيد سحرand the worker of illusion does not prosper, wherever he goes."
ولا يفلح ٱلساحر حيث أتىSo the workers of illusion were cast down, prostrate.
فألقي ٱلسحرة سجداThey said: "We believe in the Guardian of Harun and Moussa."
قالوا ءامنا برب هرون وموسىHe said: "You gave him credit before I gave you permission! He is surely your chief, who taught you illusion.
قال ءامنتم له قبل أن ءاذن لكم إنه لكبيركم ٱلذي علمكم ٱلسحرI shall surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I shall surely crucify you on trunks of palm trees; and you shall know which of us is harsher in punishment and more lasting."
فلأقطعن أيديكم وأرجلكم من خلف ولأصلبنكم في جذوع ٱلنخل ولتعلمن أينآ أشد عذابا وأبقىThey said: "We shall never prefer you over the clear proofs that have come to us, nor over the One who originated us.
قالوا لن نؤثرك على ما جآءنا من ٱلبينت وٱلذي فطرناSo decide whatever you are to decide:
فٱقض مآ أنت قاضyou decide only over the present life.
إنما تقضي هذه ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيآWe believe in our Guardian, that He may forgive us our faults and the illusion to which you compelled us.
إنآ ءامنا بربنا ليغفر لنا خطينا ومآ أكرهتنا عليه من ٱلسحرAnd God is better, and more lasting."
وٱلله خير وأبقىWhoever comes to his Guardian in a state of severance, for him is Jahannam, wherein he neither dies nor lives.
إنه من يأت ربه مجرما فإن له جهنم لا يموت فيها ولا يحيىAnd whoever comes to Him believing, having done righteous deeds — for those, the highest ranks:
ومن يأته مؤمنا قد عمل ٱلصلحت فأولئك لهم ٱلدرجت ٱلعلىgardens of permanent abode, beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally.
جنت عدن تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر خلدين فيهاSuch is the recompense of whoever purifies himself.
وذلك جزآء من تزكىAnd We had revealed to Moussa: "Travel by night with My obedient ones, and strike out for them a dry path through the sea; do not fear being overtaken, and do not dread."
ولقد أوحينآ إلى موسى أن أسر بعبادي فٱضرب لهم طريقا في ٱلبحر يبسا لا تخف دركا ولا تخشىSo Fir'awn pursued them with his forces, and there covered them, from the flood, that which covered them.
فأتبعهم فرعون بجنوده فغشيهم من ٱليم ما غشيهمAnd Fir'awn led his people astray; he did not guide them.
وأضل فرعون قومه وما هدىSons of Israel, We delivered you from your enemy, and We made an appointment with you on the right side of the Mount, and We sent down upon you the manna and the quail.
يبني إسرءيل قد أنجينكم من عدوكم ووعدنكم جانب ٱلطور ٱلأيمن ونزلنا عليكم ٱلمن وٱلسلوىEat of the good things We have provided you, and do not exceed the measure therein, lest My anger fall upon you;
كلوا من طيبت ما رزقنكم ولا تطغوا فيه فيحل عليكم غضبيand whoever is struck by My anger has indeed fallen.
ومن يحلل عليه غضبي فقد هوىAnd I am surely a Great Forgiver toward whoever repents, believes, does righteousness, then lets himself be led.
وإني لغفار لمن تاب وءامن وعمل صلحا ثم ٱهتدىAnd what made you hasten away from your people, Moussa?
ومآ أعجلك عن قومك يموسىHe said: "There they are, close upon my tracks; and I hastened to You, Guardian, that You might be pleased."
قال هم أولآء على أثري وعجلت إليك رب لترضىHe said: "We have indeed tried your people after you, and as-Samiri has led them astray."
قال فإنا قد فتنا قومك من بعدك وأضلهم ٱلسامريSo Moussa returned to his people, angry and bitter.
فرجع موسى إلى قومه غضبن أسفاHe said: "O my people, did your Guardian not make you a fair promise?
قال يقوم ألم يعدكم ربكم وعدا حسناDid the time appointed seem too long to you, or did you wish that a wrath from your Guardian should fall upon you, that you thus broke your appointment with me?"
أفطال عليكم ٱلعهد أم أردتم أن يحل عليكم غضب من ربكم فأخلفتم موعديThey said: "We did not break your appointment of our own will; but we were burdened with loads of the people's ornaments, and we cast them away, and thus did as-Samiri also throw."
قالوا مآ أخلفنا موعدك بملكنا ولكنا حملنآ أوزارا من زينة ٱلقوم فقذفنها فكذلك ألقى ٱلسامريSo he brought forth for them a calf, a lowing body, and they said: "This is your deity, and the deity of Moussa" — but he had forgotten.
فأخرج لهم عجلا جسدا له خوار فقالوا هذآ إلهكم وإله موسى فنسيDo they not see that it returns them no word, and holds for them neither harm nor benefit?
أفلا يرون ألا يرجع إليهم قولا ولا يملك لهم ضرا ولا نفعاAnd Harun had indeed told them before: "O my people, you are only being tried by it;
ولقد قال لهم هرون من قبل يقوم إنما فتنتم بهand indeed your Guardian is the All-Benevolent: so follow me, and obey my command."
وإن ربكم ٱلرحمن فٱتبعوني وأطيعوا أمريThey said: "We shall not cease to remain posted by it until Moussa returns to us."
قالوا لن نبرح عليه عكفين حتى يرجع إلينا موسىHe said: "Harun, what kept you, when you saw them straying, from following me? Did you then disobey my order?"
قال يهرون ما منعك إذ رأيتهم ضلوا ألا تتبعن أفعصيت أمريHe said: "Son of my mother, do not seize me by the beard nor by the head; I feared you would say: 'You have divided the Sons of Israel', and that you did not heed my word."
قال يبنؤم لا تأخذ بلحيتي ولا برأسي إني خشيت أن تقول فرقت بين بني إسرءيل ولم ترقب قوليHe said: "And what is your affair, Samiri?"
قال فما خطبك يسمريHe said: "I perceived what they did not perceive; so I seized a handful from the track of the messenger, then I cast it away — thus did my Self prompt me."
قال بصرت بما لم يبصروا به فقبضت قبضة من أثر ٱلرسول فنبذتها وكذلك سولت لي نفسيHe said: "Go away then: your lot in this life shall be to say 'Touch me not',
قال فٱذهب فإن لك في ٱلحيوة أن تقول لا مساسand there is set for you an appointment you shall not fail.
وإن لك موعدا لن تخلفهAnd look at your deity, by which you remained posted: we shall surely burn it, then we shall surely scatter it into the flood, utterly scattered."
وٱنظر إلى إلهك ٱلذي ظلت عليه عاكفا لنحرقنه ثم لننسفنه في ٱليم نسفاYour only deity is God, besides whom there is no deity,
إنمآ إلهكم ٱلله ٱلذي لآ إله إلا هوwhose knowledge embraces all things.
وسع كل شىء علماThus do We relate to you certain pieces of information about what has already passed,
كذلك نقص عليك من أنبآء ما قد سبقand We have given you, from Our own presence, a reminder.
وقد ءاتينك من لدنا ذكراWhoever turns away from it shall bear, on the Day of Appearance, a burden, abiding therein eternally,
من أعرض عنه فإنه يحمل يوم ٱلقيمة وزرا خلدين فيهand evil will be that burden for them on the Day of Appearance!
وسآء لهم يوم ٱلقيمة حملاThe day the Horn is blown, We shall gather the severed, that day, livid, whispering among themselves: "You stayed no more than ten."
يوم ينفخ في ٱلصور ونحشر ٱلمجرمين يومئذ زرقا يتخفتون بينهم إن لبثتم إلا عشراWe know best what they will say, when the most discerning of them in conduct will say: "You stayed no more than a day."
نحن أعلم بما يقولون إذ يقول أمثلهم طريقة إن لبثتم إلا يوماAnd they ask you about the mountains; say: "My Guardian will scatter them utterly, leaving them a level plain, wherein you will see neither hollow nor rise."
ويسلونك عن ٱلجبال فقل ينسفها ربي نسفا فيذرها قاعا صفصفا لا ترى فيها عوجا ولآ أمتاThat day, they will follow the caller, with no deviation possible,
يومئذ يتبعون ٱلداعي لا عوج لهand all voices will hush before the All-Benevolent; you will hear nothing but a murmur.
وخشعت ٱلأصوات للرحمن فلا تسمع إلا همساThat day, intercession will not avail, except for him whom the All-Benevolent permits, and whose word He is pleased to accept.
يومئذ لا تنفع ٱلشفعة إلا من أذن له ٱلرحمن ورضي له قولاHe knows what is before them and what is behind them, while they do not encompass Him in their knowledge.
يعلم ما بين أيديهم وما خلفهم ولا يحيطون به علماAnd all faces will humble themselves before the Living, the Sustainer,
وعنت ٱلوجوه للحى ٱلقيومand whoever bears an injustice will indeed have failed.
وقد خاب من حمل ظلماAnd whoever does righteous deeds, being a believer, shall fear neither injustice nor deprivation.
ومن يعمل من ٱلصلحت وهو مؤمن فلا يخاف ظلما ولا هضماThus have We sent it down, a flawless Recitation, and We have varied therein the threat, that they may guard themselves, or that it may awaken in them a remembrance.
وكذلك أنزلنه قرءانا عربيا وصرفنا فيه من ٱلوعيد لعلهم يتقون أو يحدث لهم ذكراSo exalted be God, the Sovereign, the Truth!
فتعلى ٱلله ٱلملك ٱلحقAnd do not hasten with the Recitation before its revelation is completed for you,
ولا تعجل بٱلقرءان من قبل أن يقضى إليك وحيهand say: "My Guardian, increase me in knowledge."
وقل رب زدني علماAnd We had already made a covenant with Adam before, but he forgot, and We found in him no firm resolve.
ولقد عهدنآ إلى ءادم من قبل فنسي ولم نجد له عزماAnd when We said to the Agents: "Prostrate before Adam", they prostrated,
وإذ قلنا للملئكة ٱسجدوا لءادم فسجدواsave the Despairing One [Iblis], who refused.
إلآ إبليس أبىSo We said: "Adam, this is indeed an enemy to you and to your spouse; let him not drive you both out of the Garden, or you would toil.
فقلنا يادم إن هذا عدو لك ولزوجك فلا يخرجنكما من ٱلجنة فتشقىYou have therein the assurance that you will not go hungry nor be unclothed,
إن لك ألا تجوع فيها ولا تعرىnor that you will thirst therein, nor be exposed to the sun."
وأنك لا تظمؤا فيها ولا تضحىThen the Diverter whispered to him,
فوسوس إليه ٱلشيطنhe said: "Adam, shall I point you to the tree of everlastingness and a dominion that does not decay?"
قال يادم هل أدلك على شجرة ٱلخلد وملك لا يبلىSo they both ate from it, and their nakedness became apparent to them, and they both set about covering themselves with leaves from the Garden.
فأكلا منها فبدت لهما سوءتهما وطفقا يخصفان عليهما من ورق ٱلجنةAnd Adam disobeyed his Guardian, and was misled.
وعصى ءادم ربه فغوىThen his Guardian chose him, turned toward him, and guided him.
ثم ٱجتبه ربه فتاب عليه وهدىHe said: "Go down from it, both of you, together,
قال ٱهبطا منها جميعاyou will be enemies to one another.
بعضكم لبعض عدوAnd should guidance come to you from Me, then whoever follows My guidance shall neither stray nor toil;
فإما يأتينكم مني هدى فمن ٱتبع هداي فلا يضل ولا يشقىand whoever turns away from My remembrance shall have a straitened existence, and We shall gather him blind on the Day of Appearance."
ومن أعرض عن ذكري فإن له معيشة ضنكا ونحشره يوم ٱلقيمة أعمىHe will say: "My Guardian, why have You gathered me blind, when I used to see?"
قال رب لم حشرتني أعمى وقد كنت بصيراHe will say: "Thus it is: Our signs came to you, and you forgot them;
قال كذلك أتتك ءايتنا فنسيتهاand thus, today, you are forgotten."
وكذلك ٱليوم تنسىThus do We recompense whoever has committed excess and has not believed in the signs of his Guardian;
وكذلك نجزي من أسرف ولم يؤمن بايت ربهand the punishment of the last life is harsher and more lasting.
ولعذاب ٱلءاخرة أشد وأبقىHas it not become clear to them how many generations We annihilated before them, in whose dwellings they now walk?
أفلم يهد لهم كم أهلكنا قبلهم من ٱلقرون يمشون في مسكنهمThere are surely in that signs for those endowed with reason.
إن في ذلك لءايت لأولي ٱلنهىAnd had it not been for a word that preceded from your Guardian, it would have been inevitable, and a term already set.
ولولا كلمة سبقت من ربك لكان لزاما وأجل مسمىSo be patient over what they say,
فٱصبر على ما يقولونand glorify, with praise, your Guardian, before the rising of the sun and before its setting;
وسبح بحمد ربك قبل طلوع ٱلشمس وقبل غروبهاand glorify Him during some hours of the night, and at the edges of the day, that you may be well-pleased.
ومن ءانآئ ٱليل فسبح وأطراف ٱلنهار لعلك ترضىAnd do not stretch your eyes toward what We have granted some of them to enjoy — the flower of the present life — that We may try them therein;
ولا تمدن عينيك إلى ما متعنا به أزوجا منهم زهرة ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا لنفتنهم فيهand the provision of your Guardian is better, and more lasting.
ورزق ربك خير وأبقىOrder your household to the Contact, and be steadfast in it:
وأمر أهلك بٱلصلوة وٱصطبر عليهاWe ask no provision of you,
لا نسلك رزقاit is We who provide for you;
نحن نرزقكand the outcome belongs to guardedness.
وٱلعقبة للتقوىAnd they said: "Why does he not bring us a sign from his Guardian?"
وقالوا لولا يأتينا باية من ربهHas there not come to them the clear proof of what is in the former pages?
أولم تأتهم بينة ما في ٱلصحف ٱلأولىAnd had We annihilated them with a punishment before this, they would have said: "Our Guardian, why did You not send to us a messenger, that we might have followed Your signs before we were humbled and disgraced?"
ولو أنآ أهلكنهم بعذاب من قبله لقالوا ربنا لولآ أرسلت إلينا رسولا فنتبع ءايتك من قبل أن نذل ونخزىSay: "Each one waits in expectation; so wait, then:
قل كل متربص فتربصواyou shall soon know who are the companions of the even path, and who has let himself be guided."
فستعلمون من أصحب ٱلصرط ٱلسوي ومن ٱهتدى