سورة الشعراء
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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طسم
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تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ
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لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ
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إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ
أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ
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وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا
كَانُوا عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ
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فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنبَاءُ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ
يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
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أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ
زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ
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إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
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وَإِذْ نَادَى رَبُّكَ مُوسَى أَنِ ائْتِ الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ
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قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ
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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ
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وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِي وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَى
هَارُونَ
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وَلَهُمْ عَلَيَّ ذَنبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ
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قَالَ كَلَّا فَاذْهَبَا بِآيَاتِنَا إِنَّا مَعَكُم
مُّسْتَمِعُونَ
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فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَا إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ
الْعَالَمِينَ
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أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
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قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ
عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ
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وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِي فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ
الْكَافِرِينَ
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قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذًا وَأَنَا مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ
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فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكْمًا
وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
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وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِي
إِسْرَائِيلَ
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قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
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قَالَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِن كُنتُم
مُّوقِنِينَ
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قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ
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قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
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قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ الَّذِي أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ
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قَالَ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِن كُنتُمْ
تَعْقِلُونَ
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قَالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذْتَ إِلَهًا غَيْرِي لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ
الْمَسْجُونِينَ
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قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَيْءٍ مُّبِينٍ
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قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
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فَأَلْقَى عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ
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وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاءُ لِلنَّاظِرِينَ
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قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ
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يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِ فَمَاذَا
تَأْمُرُونَ
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قَالُوا أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَابْعَثْ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ
حَاشِرِينَ
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يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ
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فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
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وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُم مُّجْتَمِعُونَ
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لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ
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فَلَمَّا جَاءَ السَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا
لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ
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قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ
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قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَى أَلْقُوا مَا أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ
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فَأَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا بِعِزَّةِ
فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَالِبُونَ
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فَأَلْقَى مُوسَى عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
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فَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ
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قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
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رَبِّ مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ
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قَالَ آمَنتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ
الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ
وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
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قَالُوا لَا ضَيْرَ إِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ
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إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَايَانَا أَن كُنَّا
أَوَّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
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وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي إِنَّكُم
مُّتَّبَعُونَ
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فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ
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إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ
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وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَائِظُونَ
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وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَاذِرُونَ
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فَأَخْرَجْنَاهُم مِّن جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
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وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
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كَذَلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
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فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ
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فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَى إِنَّا
لَمُدْرَكُونَ
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قَالَ كَلَّا إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ
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فَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى أَنِ اضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَ
فَانفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظِيمِ
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وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ الْآخَرِينَ
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وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَى وَمَن مَّعَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ
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ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا الْآخَرِينَ
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إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
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وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ
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إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
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قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَاكِفِينَ
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قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ
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أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ
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قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
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قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ
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أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمُ الْأَقْدَمُونَ
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فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّي إِلَّا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ
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الَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ
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وَالَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ
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وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ
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وَالَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ
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وَالَّذِي أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ
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رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ
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وَاجْعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ
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وَاجْعَلْنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ
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وَاغْفِرْ لِأَبِي إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ
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وَلَا تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ
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يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ
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إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ
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وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
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وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ
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وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ
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مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ
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فَكُبْكِبُوا فِيهَا هُمْ وَالْغَاوُونَ
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وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ
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قَالُوا وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ
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تَاللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ
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إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
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وَمَا أَضَلَّنَا إِلَّا الْمُجْرِمُونَ
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فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَافِعِينَ
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وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ
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فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
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إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
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كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
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إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
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فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
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وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى
رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
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فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
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قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ
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قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
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إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّي لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ
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وَمَا أَنَا بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
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إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
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قَالُوا لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ
الْمَرْجُومِينَ
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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي كَذَّبُونِ
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فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِيَ
مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
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فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ
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ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَاقِينَ
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إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
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كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
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إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
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إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
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فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
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وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى
رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
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أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ
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وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ
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وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ
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فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
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وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ
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أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ
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وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
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إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
136
قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ
الْوَاعِظِينَ
137
إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
138
وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
139
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا
كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
140
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
141
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
142
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَالِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
143
إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
144
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
145
وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى
رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
146
أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَاهُنَا آمِنِينَ
147
فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
148
وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ
149
وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَارِهِينَ
150
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
151
وَلَا تُطِيعُوا أَمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ
152
الَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ
153
قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ
154
مَا أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِآيَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ
الصَّادِقِينَ
155
قَالَ هَذِهِ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ
مَّعْلُومٍ
156
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ
عَظِيمٍ
157
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا نَادِمِينَ
158
فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ
أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
159
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
160
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
161
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
162
إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
163
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
164
وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى
رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
165
أَتَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ
166
وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَاجِكُم بَلْ
أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ
167
قَالُوا لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَا لُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ
الْمُخْرَجِينَ
168
قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ الْقَالِينَ
169
رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ
170
فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ
171
إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ
172
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْآخَرِينَ
173
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنذَرِينَ
174
إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
175
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
176
كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
177
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
178
إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
179
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
180
وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى
رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
181
أَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِينَ
182
وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ
183
وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي
الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
184
وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الْأَوَّلِينَ
185
قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ
186
وَمَا أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ
الْكَاذِبِينَ
187
فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ
الصَّادِقِينَ
188
قَالَ رَبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
189
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ
عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
190
إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
191
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
192
وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
193
نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ
194
عَلَى قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنذِرِينَ
195
بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِينٍ
196
وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ
197
أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ آيَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي
إِسْرَائِيلَ
198
وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَى بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ
199
فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ
200
كَذَلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
201
لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ حَتَّى يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ
202
فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
203
فَيَقُولُوا هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ
204
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
205
أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ
206
ثُمَّ جَاءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ
207
مَا أَغْنَى عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يُمَتَّعُونَ
208
وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ
209
ذِكْرَى وَمَا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
210
وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيَاطِينُ
211
وَمَا يَنبَغِي لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
212
إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ
213
فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ
الْمُعَذَّبِينَ
214
وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ
215
وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
216
فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
217
وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ
218
الَّذِي يَرَاكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
219
وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السَّاجِدِينَ
220
إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
221
هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَى مَن تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيَاطِينُ
222
تَنَزَّلُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ
223
يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ
224
وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ
225
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ
226
وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ
227
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَذَكَرُوا
اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَانتَصَرُوا مِن بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا
أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ
Les poètes (As-Shuaraa)
1
T’â, Sîn, Mim.
2
Voici les versets du Livre explicite.
3
Il se peut que tu te consumes de chagrin parce qu’ils ne sont pas
croyants !
4
Si Nous voulions, Nous ferions descendre du ciel sur eux un
prodige devant lequel leurs nuques resteront courbées.
5
Aucun nouveau rappel ne leur vient du Tout Miséricordieux sans
qu’ils ne l’esquivent.
6
Et ils ont traité de mensonge [tout ce qui leur vient du
Seigneur]. Il leur viendra bientôt des nouvelles de ce dont ils se raillent.
7
N’ont-ils pas observé la terre, combien Nous y avons fait pousser
de couples généreux de toutes sortes ?
8
Voilà bien là une preuve ! Et la plupart d’entre eux ne croient
pas.
9
Et ton Seigneur est en vérité Lui le Tout Puissant, le Très
Miséricordieux.
10
Et lorsque ton Seigneur appela Moïse : « Rends-toi auprès du
peuple injuste,
11
[auprès du] peuple de Pharaon » ne craindront-ils pas
(Allah) ?
12
Il dit : « Seigneur, je crains qu’ils ne me traitent de
menteur ;
13
que ma poitrine ne se serre, et que ma langue ne soit
embarrassée : Mande donc Aaron.
14
Ils ont un crime à me reprocher ; je crains donc qu’ils ne me
tuent ».
15
Mais [Allah lui] dit : « Jamais ! Allez tous deux avec Nos
prodiges, Nous resterons avec vous et Nous écouterons.
16
Rendez-vous donc tous deux auprès de Pharaon, puis dites : « Nous
sommes les messagers du Seigneur de l’univers,
17
pour que tu renvoies les Enfants d’Israël avec nous ».
18
« Ne t’avons-nous pas, dit Pharaon, élevé chez nous tout enfant ?
Et n’as-tu pas demeuré parmi nous des années de ta vie ?
19
Puis tu as commis le méfait que tu as fait, en dépit de toute
reconnaissance ».
20
« Je l’ai fait, dit Moïse, alors que j’étais encore du nombre des
égarés.
21
Je me suis donc enfui de vous quand j’ai eu peur de vous : puis,
mon Seigneur m’a donné la sagesse et m’a désigné parmi Ses messagers.
22
Est-ce là un bienfait de ta part [que tu me rappelles] avec
reproche, alors que tu as asservi les Enfants d’Israël ? »
23
« Et qu’est-ce que le Seigneur de l’univers ? » dit Pharaon.
24
« Le Seigneur des cieux et de la terre et de ce qui existe entre
eux, dit [Moïse], si seulement vous pouviez en être convaincus ! »
25
[Pharaon] dit à ceux qui l’entouraient : « N’entendez-vous
pas ?
26
[Moïse] continue : « ... Votre Seigneur, et le Seigneur de vos
plus anciens ancêtres ».
27
« Vraiment, dit [Pharaon], votre messager qui vous a été envoyé,
est un fou ».
28
[Moïse] ajouta : « ... Le Seigneur du Levant et du Couchant et de
ce qui est entre les deux ; si seulement vous compreniez ! »
29
« Si tu adoptes, dit [Pharaon], une autre divinité que moi, je te
mettrai parmi les prisonniers ».
30
« Et même si je t’apportais, dit [Moïse], une chose (une preuve)
évidente ?
31
« Apporte-la, dit [Pharaon], si tu es du nombre des
véridiques ».
32
[Moïse] jeta donc son bâton et le voilà devenu un serpent
manifeste.
33
Et il tira sa main et voilà qu’elle était blanche (étincelante)
à ceux qui regardaient.
34
[Pharaon] dit aux notables autour de lui : « Voilà en vérité un
magicien savant.
35
Il veut par sa magie vous expulser de votre terre. Que
commandez-vous ? »
36
Ils dirent : « Remets-les à plus tard, [lui] et son frère, et
envoie des gens dans les villes, pour rassembler,
37
et t’amener tout grand magicien savant ».
38
Les magiciens furent donc réunis en rendez-vous au jour
convenu.
39
Et il fut dit aux gens : « Est-ce que vous allez vous réunir,
40
afin que nous suivions les magiciens, si ce sont eux les
vainqueurs ? »
41
Puis, lorsque les magiciens arrivèrent, ils dirent à Pharaon : « Y
aura-t-il vraiment une récompense pour nous, si nous sommes les vainqueurs ? »
42
Il dit : « Oui, bien sûr, vous serez alors parmi mes proches ! »
43
Moïse leur dit : « Jetez ce que vous avez à jeter ».
44
Ils jetèrent donc leurs cordes et leurs bâtons et dirent : « Par
la puissance de Pharaon !... C’est nous qui serons les vainqueurs ».
45
Puis Moïse jeta son bâton, et voilà qu’il happait ce qu’ils
avaient fabriqué.
46
Alors les magiciens tombèrent prosternés,
47
disant : « Nous croyons au Seigneur de l’univers,
48
Le Seigneur de Moïse et d’Aaron ».
49
[Pharaon] dit : « Avez-vous cru en lui avant que je ne vous le
permette ? En vérité, c’est lui votre chef, qui vous a enseigné la magie ! Eh
bien, vous saurez bientôt ! Je vous couperai, sûrement, mains et jambes opposées,
et vous crucifierai tous ».
50
Ils disent : « Il n’y a pas de mal ! Car c’est vers notre Seigneur
que nous retournerons.
51
Nous convoitons que notre Seigneur nous pardonne nos fautes pour
avoir été les premiers à croire ».
52
Et Nous révélâmes à Moïse [ceci]: « Pars de nuit avec Mes
serviteurs, car vous serez poursuivis ».
53
Puis, Pharaon envoya des rassembleurs [dire] dans les
villes :
54
« Ce sont, en fait, une bande peu nombreuse,
55
mais ils nous irritent,
56
tandis que nous sommes tous vigilants ».
57
Ainsi, Nous les fîmes donc sortir des jardins, des sources,
58
des trésors et d’un lieu de séjour agréable.
59
Il en fut ainsi ! Et Nous les donnâmes en héritage aux enfants
d’Israël.
60
Au lever du soleil, ils les poursuivirent.
61
Puis, quand les deux partis se virent, les compagnons de Moïse
dirent : « Nous allons être rejoints ».
62
Il dit : « Jamais, car j’ai avec moi mon Seigneur qui va me
guider ».
63
Alors Nous révélâmes à Moïse : « Frappe la mer de ton bâton ». Elle
se fendit alors, et chaque versant fut comme une énorme montagne.
64
Nous fîmes approcher les autres [Pharaon et son peuple].
65
Et Nous sauvâmes Moïse et tous ceux qui étaient avec lui ;
66
ensuite Nous noyâmes les autres.
67
Voilà bien là un prodige, mais la plupart d’entre eux ne croient
pas.
68
Et ton Seigneur, c’est en vérité Lui le Tout Puissant, le Très
Miséricordieux.
69
Et récite-leur la nouvelle d’Abraham :
70
Quand il dit à son père et à son peuple : « Qu’adorez-vous ? »
71
Ils dirent : « Nous adorons des idoles et nous leurs restons
attachés ».
72
Il dit : « Vous entendent-elles lorsque vous [les] appelez ?
73
ou vous profitent-elles ? ou vous nuisent-elles ? »
74
Ils dirent : « Non ! mais nous avons trouvé nos ancêtres agissant
ainsi ».
75
Il dit : « Que dites-vous de ce que vous adoriez... ?
76
Vous et vos vieux ancêtres ?
77
Ils sont tous pour moi des ennemis sauf le Seigneur de
l’univers,
78
qui m’a créé, et c’est Lui qui me guide ;
79
et c’est Lui qui me nourrit et me donne à boire ;
80
et quand je suis malade, c’est Lui qui me guérit,
81
et qui me fera mourir, puis me redonnera la vie,
82
et c’est de Lui que je convoite le pardon de mes fautes le Jour
de la Rétribution.
83
Seigneur, accorde-moi sagesse (et savoir) et fais-moi rejoindre
les gens de bien ;
84
fais que j’aie une mention honorable sur les langues de la
postérité ;
85
et fais de moi l’un des héritiers du Jardin des délices.
86
et pardonne à mon père : car il a été du nombre des égarés ;
87
et ne me couvre pas d’ignominie, le jour où l’on sera
ressuscité,
88
le jour où ni les biens, ni les enfants ne seront d’aucune
utilité,
89
sauf celui qui vient à Allah avec un cœur sain ».
90
On rapprochera alors le Paradis pour les pieux,
91
et l’on exposera aux errants la Fournaise,
92
et on leur dira : « Où sont ceux que vous adoriez,
93
en dehors d’Allah ? vous secourent-ils ? ou se secourent-ils
eux-mêmes ? »
94
Ils y seront donc jetés pêle-mêle, et les errants aussi,
95
ainsi que toutes les légions de Iblis.
96
Ils diront, tout en s’y querellant :
97
« Par Allah ! Nous étions certes dans un égarement évident,
98
quand nous faisions de vous les égaux du Seigneur de
l’univers.
99
Ce ne sont que les criminels qui nous ont égarés.
100
Et nous n’avons pas d’intercesseurs,
101
ni d’ami chaleureux.
102
Si un retour nous était possible, alors nous serions parmi les
croyants ! »
103
Voilà bien là un signe ; cependant, la plupart d’entre eux ne
croient pas.
104
Et ton Seigneur, c’est Lui vraiment le Puissant, le Très
Miséricordieux.
105
Le peuple de Noé traita de menteurs les Messagers,
106
lorsque Noé, leur frère, (contribule) leur dit : « Ne
craindrez-vous pas [Allah] ?
107
Je suis pour vous un messager digne de confiance.
108
Craignez Allah donc et obéissez-moi.
109
Et je ne vous demande pas de salaire pour cela ; mon salaire
n’incombe qu’au Seigneur de l’univers.
110
Craignez Allah donc, et obéissez-moi ».
111
Ils dirent : « Croirons-nous en toi, alors que ce sont les plus
vils qui te suivent.
112
Il dit : « Je ne sais pas ce que ceux-là faisaient.
113
Leur compte n’incombe qu’à mon Seigneur. Si seulement vous êtes
conscients.
114
Je ne suis pas celui qui repousse les croyants.
115
Je ne suis qu’un avertisseur explicite ».
116
Ils dirent : « Si tu ne cesses pas, Noé, tu seras certainement du
nombre des lapidés ! »
117
Il dit : « O mon Seigneur, mon peuple me traite de menteur.
118
Tranche donc clairement entre eux et moi ; et sauve-moi ainsi
que ceux des croyants qui sont avec moi ».
119
Nous le sauvâmes donc, de même que ceux qui étaient avec lui
dans l’arche, pleinement chargée.
120
Et ensuite nous noyâmes le reste (les infidèles).
121
Voilà bien là un signe. Cependant, la plupart d’entre eux ne
croient pas.
122
Et Ton Seigneur, c’est lui vraiment le Puissant, le Très
Miséricordieux.
123
Les ’Aad traitèrent de menteurs les Envoyés.
124
Et quand Hûd, leur frère (contribule), leur dit : « Ne
craindrez-vous pas [Allah] ? »
125
Je suis pour vous un messager digne de confiance,
126
Craignez Allah donc et obéissez-moi.
127
Et je ne vous demande pas de salaire pour cela ; mon salaire
n’incombe qu’au Seigneur de l’univers.
128
Bâtissez-vous par frivolité sur chaque colline un monument ?
129
Et édifiez-vous des châteaux comme si vous deviez demeurer
éternellement ?
130
Et quand vous sévissez contre quelqu’un, vous le faites
impitoyablement.
131
Craignez Allah donc et obéissez-moi.
132
Craignez Celui qui vous a pourvus de [toutes les bonnes choses]
que vous connaissez,
133
qui vous a pourvus de bestiaux et d’enfants,
134
de jardins et de sources.
135
Je crains pour vous le châtiment d’un Jour terrible ».
136
Ils dirent : « Que tu nous exhortes ou pas, cela nous est
parfaitement égal !
137
Ce ne sont là que des mœurs des anciens :
138
Nous ne serons nullement châtiés ».
139
Ils le traitèrent donc de menteur. Et nous les fîmes périr.
Voilà bien là un signe ! Cependant, la plupart d’entre eux ne croient pas.
140
Et Ton Seigneur, c’est Lui vraiment le Puissant, le Très
Miséricordieux.
141
Les Thamûd traitèrent de menteurs les Messagers.
142
Quand Sâlih, leur frère (contribule) leur dit : « Ne
craindrez-vous pas [Allah] ? »
143
Je suis pour vous un messager digne de confiance.
144
Craignez Allah donc et obéissez-moi.
145
Je ne vous demande pas de salaire pour cela, mon salaire
n’incombe qu’au Seigneur de l’univers.
146
Vous laissera-t-on en sécurité dans votre présente
condition ?
147
Au milieu de jardins, de sources,
148
de cultures et de palmiers aux fruits digestes ?
149
Creusez-vous habilement des maisons dans les montagnes ?
150
Craignez Allah donc et obéissez-moi.
151
N’obéissez pas à l’ordre des outranciers,
152
qui sèment le désordre sur la terre et n’améliorent rien ».
153
Ils dirent : « Tu n’es qu’un ensorcelé.
154
Tu n’es qu’un homme comme nous. Apporte donc un prodige, si tu
es du nombre des véridiques ».
155
Il dit : « Voici une chamelle : à elle de boire un jour convenu,
et à vous de boire un jour.
156
Et ne lui infligez aucun mal, sinon le châtiment d’un jour
terrible vous saisira ».
157
Mais ils la tuèrent. Eh bien, ils eurent à regretter !
158
Le châtiment, en effet, les saisit. Voilà bien là un prodige.
Cependant, la plupart d’entre eux ne croient pas.
159
Et ton Seigneur, c’est en vérité Lui le Tout Puissant, le Très
Miséricordieux.
160
Le peuple de Lot traita de menteurs les Messagers,
161
quand leur frère Lot leur dit : « Ne craindrez-vous pas
[Allah] ?
162
Je suis pour vous un messager digne de confiance.
163
Craignez Allah donc et obéissez-moi.
164
Je ne vous demande pas de salaire pour cela ; mon salaire
n’incombe qu’au Seigneur de l’univers.
165
Accomplissez-vous l’acte charnel avec les mâles de ce
monde ?
166
Et délaissez-vous les épouses que votre Seigneur a créées pour
vous ? Mais vous n’êtes que des gens transgresseurs ».
167
Ils dirent : « Si tu ne cesses pas, Lot, tu seras certainement du
nombre des expulsés ».
168
Il dit : « Je déteste vraiment ce que vous faites.
169
Seigneur, sauve-moi ainsi que ma famille de ce qu’ils
font ».
170
Nous le sauvâmes alors, lui et toute sa famille,
171
sauf une vieille qui fut parmi les exterminés.
172
Puis Nous détruisîmes les autres ;
173
et Nous fîmes pleuvoir sur eux une pluie (de pierres). Et
quelle pluie fatale pour ceux qui sont avertis !
174
Voilà bien là un prodige. Cependant, la plupart d’entre eux ne
croient pas.
175
Et ton Seigneur, c’est en vérité Lui le Tout Puissant, le Très
Miséricordieux.
176
Les gens d’Al-Ayka traitèrent de menteurs les Messagers.
177
Lorsque Chuayb leur dit : « Ne craindrez-vous pas [Allah] ».
178
Je suis pour vous un messager digne de confiance.
179
Craignez Allah donc et obéissez-moi,
180
et je ne vous demande pas de salaire pour cela ; mon salaire
n’incombe qu’au Seigneur de l’univers.
181
Donnez la pleine mesure et n’en faites rien perdre [aux
gens].
182
et pesez avec une balance exacte.
183
Ne donnez pas aux gens moins que leur dû ; et ne commettez pas
de désordre et de corruption sur terre.
184
Et craignez Celui qui vous a créés, vous et les anciennes
générations ».
185
Ils dirent : « Tu es certes du nombre des ensorcelés ;
186
Tu n’es qu’un homme comme nous ; et vraiment nous pensons que tu
es du nombre des menteurs.
187
Fais donc tomber sur nous des morceaux du ciel si tu es du
nombre des véridiques ! »
188
Il dit : « Mon Seigneur sait mieux ce que vous faites ».
189
Mais ils le traitèrent de menteur. Alors, le châtiment du jour
de l’Ombre les saisit. Ce fut le châtiment d’un jour terrible.
190
Voilà bien là un prodige. Cependant, la plupart d’entre eux ne
croient pas.
191
Et ton Seigneur, c’est en vérité Lui le Tout Puissant, le Très
Miséricordieux.
192
Ce (Coran) ci, c’est le Seigneur de l’univers qui l’a fait
descendre,
193
et l’Esprit fidèle est descendu avec cela
194
sur ton cœur, pour que tu sois du nombre des avertisseurs,
195
en une langue arabe très claire.
196
Et ceci était déjà mentionné dans les Ecrits des anciens
(envoyés).
197
N’est-ce pas pour eux un signe, que les savants des Enfants
d’Israël le sachent ?
198
Si Nous l’avions fait descendre sur quelqu’un des
non-Arabes,
199
et que celui-ci le leur eut récité, ils n’y auraient pas
cru.
200
Ainsi l’avons Nous fait pénétrer [le doute] dans les cœurs des
criminels ;
201
mais ils n’y [le Coran] croiront pas avant de voir le châtiment
douloureux,
202
qui viendra sur eux soudain, sans qu’ils s’en rendent
compte ;
203
alors ils diront : « Est-ce qu’on va nous donner du répit ? »
204
Est-ce qu’ils cherchent à hâter Notre châtiment ?
205
Vois-tu si Nous leur permettions de jouir, des années
durant,
206
et qu’ensuite leur arrive ce dont on les menaçait,
207
les jouissances qu’on leur a permises ne leur serviraient à
rien.
208
Et Nous ne faisons pas périr de cité avant qu’elle n’ait eu des
avertisseurs,
209
[à titre de] rappel, et Nous ne sommes pas injuste.
210
Et ce ne sont point les diables qui sont descendus avec ceci
(le Coran):
211
cela ne leur convient pas ; et ils n’auraient pu le faire.
212
Car ils sont écartés de toute écoute (du message divin).
213
N’invoque donc pas une autre divinité avec Allah, sinon tu
seras du nombre des châtiés.
214
Et avertis les gens qui te sont les plus proches.
215
Et abaisse ton aile [sois bienveillant] pour les croyants qui
te suivent.
216
Mais s’ils te désobéissent, dis-leur : « Moi, je désavoue ce que
vous faites ».
217
Et place ta confiance dans le Tout Puissant, le Très
Miséricordieux,
218
qui te voit quand tu te lèves,
219
et (voit) tes gestes parmi ceux qui se prosternent.
220
C’est Lui vraiment, l’Audient, l’Omniscient.
221
Vous apprendrai-Je sur qui les diables descendent ?
222
Ils descendent sur tout calomniateur, pécheur.
223
Ils tendent l’oreille... Cependant, la plupart d’entre eux sont
menteurs.
224
Et quant aux poètes, ce sont les égarés qui les suivent.
225
Ne vois-tu pas qu’ils divaguent dans chaque vallée,
226
et qu’ils disent ce qu’ils ne font pas ?
227
à part ceux qui croient et font de bonnes œuvres, qui invoquent
souvent le nom d’Allah et se défendent contre les torts qu’on leur fait. Les
injustes verront bientôt le revirement qu’ils [éprouveront] !
Sourate XXVI.
Les Poètes.
(Aš-Šu‛arâ’.)
Translator's introductory remarks
Titre tiré du vt. 224.
Cette sourate est formée d’un préambule et de deux parties.
Le texte qui constitue la première partie de la sourate est formé d’un
préambule et de sept récits sur les missions des Prophètes : Moïse,
Abraham, Noé, Houd, Sâlih, Loth et Cho‛aïb. Ces récits sont parallèles à
ceux qui se retrouvent dans des textes de la deuxième période
mekkoise.
Au nom d’Allah, le Bienfaiteur miséricordieux.
[Préambule.]
1
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Note [original edition] : Sur ces sigles, v. Introd., 144.
2
3
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Note [original edition] : Ils ne
croient etc. Ce pl., ici et dans les vt. suiv., représente les
Mekkois.
4
5
6
5
8
9
▶
Note [original edition] : L’appellatif le Puissant, le Miséricordieux ne
se maintient pas dans les révélations postérieures, mais sera remplacé en
général par le Bienfaiteur miséricordieux.
[Histoire de Moïse.]
10
▶
Note [original edition] : wa-’iḏ « et lorsque » ne
se relie grammaticalement à rien. Les commt. sont ici réduits à supposer que
ce membre de phrase dépend d’un impératif sous-entendu : wa-ḏkur « rappelle-toi quand… », comme cela se retrouve ailleurs. Il
faut toutefois remarquer que cette ellipse ne se rencontre que dans une
série de récits qui s’enchaînent et que cet impératif est alors exprimé une
première fois en tête de l’ensemble. Peut-être doit-on penser que le début
de ce récit manque.
11
12
13
14
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Note [original edition] : la-hum ‛alayya
ḏanbun « ils ont à se venger etc. ». Text. : ils ont sur moi un péché.
Cf. sourate XX, 41 et Exode, II, 12 sqq.
15
16
16
18
19
▶
Note [original edition] : L’acte
que tu as commis. V. vt. 13.
20
21
22
23
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Note [original edition] : Cf. Exode, V, 2 : Qui est l’Éternel pour que j’obéisse à
sa voix ?
24
25
26
27
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Note [original edition] : Cet apôtre etc. Text. : votre apôtre.
28
29
30
31
32
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Note [original edition] : Dans la sourate XX,
20, ce double prodige se produit avant le départ de Moïse pour l’Égypte, ce
qui correspond à Exode, IV, 2-7. Ici au contraire le
passage est parallèle à Exode, VII, 10.
33
34
35
36
▶
Note [original edition] : Des
sergents. Text. : des recruteurs.
37
38
▶
Note [original edition] : Dans la sourate XX, 61, le
rendez-vous est fixé par Moïse.
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
49
50
51
[Suite de l’histoire de Moïse. Passage de la Mer Rouge.]
52
▶
Note [original edition] : La narration
qui suit est parallèle à celle de la sourate XX, 62, mais plus
détaillée.
53
54
55
56
57
▶
Note [original edition] :
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
[Histoire d’Abraham.]
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70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
[Histoire de Noé.]
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
[Histoire de Houd.]
123
124
125
126
127
128
▶
Note [original edition] :
’âyatan « un édifice ». Text. : un signe, un prodige.
Ce vt. fait allusion à l’usage des riches Mekkois de se faire construire des
habitations de plaisance et d’estivage dans la région montagneuse de
Taïf.
129
▶
Note [original edition] : Peut-être etc., est ironique.
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
[Histoire de Salih.]
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
▶
Note [original edition] : Allusion aux tombeaux creusés dans le roc,
par les Ṯamûd, et considérés par les Arabes, à toutes les époques, comme les
demeures de cette tribu disparue.
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
[Histoire de Loth.]
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
▶
Note [original edition] : Empli de haine. Text. : parmi ceux
qui haïssent.
169
170
171
172
173
▶
Note [original edition] : V. Genèse, XIX, 24 sqq.
174
175
[Histoire des Hommes du Fourré.]
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
▶
Note [original edition] : wa’inna-hu
la-tanzîlun « Et il est etc. » Pour les commt., le pronom hu « il » remplace le nom qur’ânun
« prédication ». C’est possible. Mais ce peut être aussi bien une sorte de
neutre : « ce » « cela ». De toute manière ni par le sens, ni même
grammaticalement, ce qui suit n’est relié au texte qui précède.
193
▶
Note [original edition] : ar-rûḥu l-’amînu
« l’Esprit fidèle » désigne ici l’Archange chargé de transmettre la
Révélation à Mahomet.
194
195
196
▶
Note [original edition] : Il se
trouve est ambigu. Tab. précise qu’il s’agit de la nouvelle
prédication, mais l’exégèse ultérieure, tout en admettant cette
interprétation traditionnelle, pense qu’il est question de textes bibliques
prédisant la venue de Mahomet.
197
▶
Note [original edition] :
Ce vt. est peut-être une addition un peu postérieure, mais antérieure à
l’installation de Mahomet à Médine, contrairement à ce que croit Nöldeke qui
tient ce vt. pour médinois. Si en effet, ce passage implique des rapports
avec la science talmudique, dès la deuxième phase de la prédication à la
Mekke, il prouve aussi la possession de notions vagues dont l’origine est
autre que l’information de la communauté juive de Médine.
198
199
200
201
202
203
▶
Note [original edition] : Text. : sommes-nous ceux
qu’on fait attendre.
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
▶
Note [original edition] : La suite des idées
est celle-ci : Cette Révélation est d’essence divine, mais les Polythéistes
le nieront jusqu’au Jour du Jugement. Cette Révélation n’est pas transmise
par les Démons, mais par l’Esprit fidèle. Accomplis donc ta mission
d’Avertisseur !
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
▶
Note [original edition] : Ce vt. répond à une autre objection des Polythéistes qui
accusaient Mahomet d’être un poète inspiré par un djinn.
225
226
227
▶
Note [original edition] : Cette addition a dû intervenir à Médine, au moment où des
poètes comme Ḥassân ibn Ṯâbit ou ‛Abd-Allah ibn Rawâḥa, se sont ralliés à
l’Islam et répondent trait pour trait aux attaques des poètes demeurés
attachés au Polythéisme. Le style de ce vt. confirme la date de ce
texte.
227
The Poets
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
1
Ta Sin Mim
2
Those are the signs of the Manifest Book.
3
Perchance thou consumest thyself that they are not believers.
4
If We will, We shall send down on them out of heaven a sign, so their necks will stay humbled to it.
5
But never fresh remembrance comes to them from the All-merciful, except they turn away from it.
6
So they have cried lies; therefore assuredly tidings will come to them of that they mocked at.
7
What, have they not regarded the earth, how many therein We have caused to grow of every generous kind?
8
Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.
9
Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.
10
And when thy Lord called to Moses, ‘Go to the people of the evildoers,
11
the people of Pharaoh; will they not be godfearing?’
12
He said, ‘My Lord, I fear they will cry me lies,
13
and my breast will be straitened, and my tongue will not be loosed; so send to Aaron.
14
They also have a sin against me, and I fear they will slay me.’
15
Said He, ‘No indeed; but go, both of you, with Our signs, and We assuredly shall be with you, listening.
16
So go you to Pharaoh, and say, "Verily, I am the Messenger of the Lord of all Being;
17
so send forth with us the Children of Israel."
18
He said, ‘Did we not raise thee amongst us as a child? Didst thou not tarry among us years of thy life?
19
And thou didst the deed thou didst, being one of the ungrateful!’
20
Said he, ‘Indeed I did it then, being one of those that stray;
21
so I fled from you, fearing you. But my Lord gave me Judgment and made me one of the Envoys.
22
That is a blessing thou reproachest me with, having enslaved the Children of Israel.’
23
Pharaoh said, ‘And what is the Lord of all Being?’
24
He said, ‘The Lord of the heavens and earth, and what between them is, if you have faith.’
25
Said he to those about him, ‘Do you not hear?’
26
He said, ‘Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients.’
27
Said he, ‘Surely your Messenger who was sent to you is possessed!’
28
He said, ‘The Lord of the East and West, and what between them is, if you have understanding,’
29
Said he, ‘If thou takest a god other than me, I shall surely make thee one of the imprisoned.’
30
He said, ‘What, even though I brought thee something so manifest?’
31
Said he, ‘Bring it then, if thou art of the truthful.’
32
So he cast his staff, and behold, it was a serpent manifest.
33
And he drew forth his hand, and lo, it was white to the beholders.
34
Said he to the Council about him, ‘Surely this man is a cunning sorcerer
35
who desires to expel you from your land by his sorcery; what do you command?’
36
They said, ‘Put him and his brother off a while, and send among the cities musterers,
37
to bring thee every cunning sorcerer.
38
So the sorcerers were assembled for the appointed time of a fixed day.
39
The people were asked, ‘Will you assemble?
40
Haply we shall follow the sorcerers if it should be they are the victors.’
41
Then, when the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, ‘Shall we indeed have a wage, if we should be the victors?’
42
He said, ‘Yes indeed; and you shall then be among the near-stationed.’
43
Moses said to them, ‘Cast you down what you will cast.’
44
So they cast their ropes and their staffs, and said, ‘By the might of Pharaoh we shall be the victors.’
45
Then Moses cast his staff and lo, it forthwith swallowed up their lying invention;
46
so the sorcerers were cast down, bowing themselves.
47
They said, ‘We believe in the Lord of all Being,
48
the Lord of Moses and Aaron.’
49
Said Pharaoh, ‘You have believed him before I gave you leave. Why, he is the chief of you, the same that taught you sorcery; now you shall know! I shall assuredly cut off alternately your hands and feet, then I shall crucify you all together.’
50
They said, ‘There is no harm; surely unto our Lord we are turning.
51
We are eager that our Lord should forgive us our offences, for that we are the first of the believers.’
52
Also We revealed unto Moses, ‘Go with My servants by night; surely you will be followed.’
53
Then Pharaoh sent among the cities musterers:
54
‘Behold, these are a small troop,
55
and indeed they are enraging us;
56
and we are a host on our guard.’
57
So We expelled them from gardens and fountains,
58
and treasures and a noble station;
59
even so, and We bequeathed them upon the Children of Israel.
60
Then they followed them at the sunrise;
61
and, when the two hosts sighted each other, the companions of Moses said, ‘We are overtaken!’
62
Said he, ‘No indeed; surely my Lord is with me; He will guide me.’
63
Then We revealed to Moses, ‘Strike with thy staff the sea’ and it clave, and each part was as a mighty mount.
64
And there We brought the others on,
65
and We delivered Moses and those with him all together;
66
then We drowned the others.
67
Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.
68
Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.
69
And recite to them the tiding of Abraham
70
when he said to his father and his people, ‘What do you serve?’
71
They said, ‘We serve idols, and continue cleaving to them.
72
He said, ‘Do they hear you when you call,
73
or do they profit you, or harm?’
74
They said, ‘Nay, but we found our fathers so doing.’
75
He said, ‘And have you considered what you have been serving,
76
you and your fathers, the elders?
77
They are an enemy to me, except the Lord of all Being
78
who created me, and Himself guides me,
79
and Himself gives me to eat and drink,
80
and, whenever I am sick, heals me,
81
who makes me to die, then gives me life,
82
and who I am eager shall forgive me my offence on the Day of Doom.
83
My Lord, give me Judgment, and join me with the righteous,
84
and appoint me a tongue of truthfulness among the others.
85
Make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss
86
and forgive my father, for he is one of those astray.
87
Degrade me not upon the day when they are raised up,
88
the day when neither wealth nor sons shall profit
89
except for him who comes to God with a pure heart.
90
And Paradise shall be brought forward for the godfearing,
91
and Hell advanced for the perverse.
92
It shall be said to them, ‘Where is that you were serving
93
apart from God? Do they help you or help themselves?’
94
Then they shall be pitched into it, they and the perverse
95
and the hosts of Iblis, all together.
96
They shall say, as they dispute there one with another,
97
‘By God, we were certainly in manifest error
98
when we made you equal with the Lord of all Being.
99
It was naught but the sinners that led us astray;
100
so now we have no intercessors,
101
no loyal friend.
102
O that we might return again, and be among the believers!’
103
Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.
104
Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.
105
The people of Noah cried lies to the Envoys
106
when their brother Noah said to them, ‘Will you not be godfearing?
107
I am for you a faithful Messenger,
108
so serve you God, and obey you me.
109
I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being;
110
so fear you God, and obey you me.’
111
They said, ‘Shall we believe thee, whom the vilest follow?’
112
He said, ‘What knowledge have I of that they have been doing?
113
Their account falls only upon my Lord, were you but aware.
114
I would not drive away the believers;
115
‘I am naught but a plain warner.’
116
They said, ‘If thou givest not over, Noah, thou shalt assuredly be one of the stoned.’
117
He said, ‘My Lord, my people have cried me lies,
118
so give true deliverance between me and them, and deliver me and the believers that are with me.
119
So We delivered him, and those with him, in the laden ship,
120
then afterwards We drowned the rest.
121
Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.
122
Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.
123
Ad cried lies to the Envoys
124
when their brother Hood said to them, ‘Will you not be godfearing?
125
I am for you a faithful Messenger,
126
so fear you God, and obey you me.
127
I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being.
128
What, do you build on every prominence a sign, sporting,
129
and do you take to you castles, haply to dwell forever?
130
When you assault, you assault like tyrants!
131
So fear you God, and obey you me;
132
and fear Him who has succoured you with what you know,
133
succoured you with flocks and sons,
134
gardens and fountains.
135
‘Indeed, I fear for you the chastisement of a dreadful day.’
136
They said, ‘Alike it is to us, whether thou admonishest, or art not one of the admonishers;
137
this is nothing but the habit of the ancients,
138
and we shall not be chastised.’
139
So they cried him lies; then We destroyed them. Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.
140
Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.
141
Thamood cried lies to the Envoys
142
when their brother Salih said to them, ‘Will you not be godfearing?
143
I am for you a faithful Messenger,
144
so fear you God, and obey you me.’
145
‘I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being.
146
Will you be left secure in this here,
147
among gardens and fountains,
148
sown fields, and palms with slender spathes?
149
Will you still skilfully hew houses out of the mountains?
150
So fear you God, and obey you me;
151
and obey not the commandment of the prodigal
152
who do corruption in the earth, and set not things aright.’
153
They said, ‘Thou art merely one of those that are bewitched;
154
thou art naught but a mortal, like us; then produce a sign, if thou art one of the truthful.’
155
He said, ‘This is a she-camel; to her a draught and to you a draught, on a day appointed,
156
and do not touch her with malice so that there seize you the chastisement of a dreadful day.’
157
But they hamstrung her, and in the morning they were remorseful,
158
and the chastisement seized them. Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.
159
Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.
160
The people of Lot cried lies to the Envoys
161
when their brother Lot said to them, ‘Will you not be godfearing?
162
I am for you a faithful Messenger,
163
so fear you God, and obey you me.
164
I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being.
165
What, do you come to male beings,
166
leaving your wives that your Lord created for you? Nay, but you are a people of transgressors.
167
They said, ‘If thou givest not over, Lot, thou shalt assuredly be one of the expelled.’
168
He said, ‘Truly I am a detester of what you do.
169
My Lord, deliver me and my people from that they do.’
170
So We delivered him and his people all together,
171
save an old woman among those that tarried;
172
then We destroyed the others,
173
and We rained on them a rain; and evil is the rain of them that are warned.
174
Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.
175
Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.
176
The men of the Thicket cried lies to the Envoys
177
when Shuaib said to them, ‘Will you not be godfearing?
178
I am for you a faithful Messenger, so fear you God, and obey you me.
179
I ask of you no wage for this;
180
my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being.
181
Fill up the measure, and be not cheaters,
182
and weigh with the straight balance,
183
and diminish not the goods of the people, and do not mischief in the earth, working corruption.
184
Fear Him who created you, and the generations of the ancients.’
185
They said, ‘Thou art merely one of those that are bewitched;
186
thou art naught but a mortal, like us; indeed, we think that thou art one of the liars.
187
Then drop down on us lumps from heaven, if thou art one of the truthful.’
188
He said, ‘My Lord knows very well what you are doing.’
189
But they cried him lies; then there seized them the chastisement of the Day of Shadow; assuredly it was the chastisement of a dreadful day.
190
Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.
191
Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.
192
Truly it is the revelation of the Lord of all Being,
193
brought down by the Faithful Spirit
194
upon thy heart, that thou mayest be one of the warners,
195
in a clear, Arabic tongue.
196
Truly it is in the Scriptures of the ancients.
197
Was it not a sign for them, that it is known to the learned of the Children of Israel?
198
If We had sent it down on a barbarian
199
and he had recited it to them, they would not have believed in it.
200
Even so We have caused it to enter into the hearts of the sinners,
201
who will not believe in it, until they see the painful chastisement
202
so that it will come upon them suddenly, while they are not aware,
203
and they will say, ‘Shall we be respited?’
204
What, do they seek to hasten Our chastisement?
205
What thinkest thou? If We give them enjoyment of days for many years,
206
then there comes on them that they were promised,
207
what will it then avail them, the enjoyment of days they were given?
208
Never a city We destroyed, but it had warners
209
for a reminder; and never did We wrong.
210
Not by the Satans has it been brought down;
211
it behoves them not, neither are they able.
212
Truly, they are expelled from hearing.
213
So call thou not upon another god with God, lest thou shouldst be one of those that are chastised.
214
And warn thy clan, thy nearest kin.
215
Lower thy wing to those who follow thee, being believers;
216
then, if they disobey thee, say, ‘I am quit of that you do.’
217
Put thy trust in the All-mighty, the All-compassionate
218
who sees thee when thou standest
219
and when thou turnest about among those who bow.
220
Surely He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.
221
Shall I tell you on whom the Satans come down?
222
They come down on every guilty impostor.
223
They give ear, but most of them are liars.
224
And the poets -- the perverse follow them;
225
hast thou not seen how they wander in every valley
226
and how they say that which they do not?
227
Save those that believe, and do righteous deeds, and remember God oft, and help themselves after being wronged; and those who do wrong shall surely know by what overturning they will he overturned."
The Poets
Revealed at Mecca
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1
Ṭâ. Sîn. Mîm.
2
These are revelations of the Scripture that maketh plain.
3
It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O Muḥammad) because they believe not.
4
If We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so that their necks would remain bowed before it.
5
Never cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from the Beneficent One, but they turn away from it.
6
Now they have denied (the Truth); but there will come unto them tidings of that whereat they used to scoff.
7
Have they not seen the earth, how much of every fruitful kind We make to grow therein?
8
Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.
9
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
10
And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk,
11
The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil)?
12
He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me,
13
And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me).
14
And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me.
15
He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We shall be with you, Hearing.
16
And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the Lord of the Worlds,
17
(Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us.
18
(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,
19
And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast one of the ingrates.
20
He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray.
21
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).
22
And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel.
23
Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds?
24
(Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye had but sure belief.
25
(Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not?
26
He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers.
27
(Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you is indeed a madman!
28
He said: Lord of the East and the West and all that is between them, if ye did but understand.
29
(Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners.
30
He said: Even though I show thee something plain?
31
(Pharaoh) said: Produce it then, if thou art of the truthful!
32
Then he flung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest,
33
And he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white to the beholders.
34
(Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo! this is verily a knowing wizard,
35
Who would drive you out of your land by his magic. Now what counsel ye?
36
They said: Put him off, (him) and his brother, and send into the cities summoners"
37
Who shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard.
38
So the wizards were gathered together at a set time on a day appointed.
39
And it was said unto the people: Are ye (also) gathering?
40
(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners.
41
And when the wizards came they said unto Pharaoh: Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners?
42
He said: Aye, and ye will then surely be of those brought near (to me).
43
Moses said unto them: Throw what ye are going to throw!
44
Then they threw down their cords and their staves and said: By Pharaoh’s might, lo! we verily are the winners.
45
Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which they did falsely show.
46
And the wizards were flung prostrate,
47
Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
48
The Lord of Moses and Aaron.
49
(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.
50
They said: It is no hurt, for lo! unto our Lord we shall return.
51
Lo! we ardently hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we are the first of the believers.
52
And We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night, for ye will be pursued.
53
Then Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners,
54
(Who said): Lo! these indeed are but a little troop,
55
And lo! they are offenders against us.
56
And lo! we are a ready host.
57
Thus did We take them away from gardens and watersprings,
58
And treasures and a fair estate.
59
Thus (were those things taken from them) and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit them.
60
And they overtook them at sunrise.
61
And when the two hosts saw each other, those with Moses said: Lo! we are indeed caught.
62
He said: Nay, verily! for lo! my Lord is with me. He will guide me.
63
Then We inspired Moses, saying: Smite the sea with thy staff. And it parted, and each part was as a mountain vast.
64
Then brought We near the others to that place.
65
And We saved Moses and those with him, every one;
66
And We drowned the others.
67
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
68
And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
69
Recite unto them the story of Abraham:
70
When he said unto his father and his folk: What worship ye?
71
They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them.
72
He said: Do they hear you when ye cry?
73
Or do they benefit or harm you?
74
They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise.
75
He said: See now that which ye worship,
76
Ye and your forefathers!
77
Lo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the Worlds,
78
Who created me, and He doth guide me,
79
And Who feedeth me and watereth me.
80
And when I sicken, then He healeth me,
81
And Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life (again),
82
And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment.
83
My Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous.
84
And give unto me a good report in later generations.
85
And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight,
86
And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err.
87
And abase me not on the day when they are raised,
88
The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)
89
Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart.
90
And the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off (evil).
91
And hell will appear plainly to the erring.
92
And it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to worship"
93
Instead of Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?
94
Then will they be hurled therein, they and the seducers"
95
And the hosts of Iblis, together.
96
And they will say, when they are quarrelling therein:
97
By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest"
98
When we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.
99
It was but the guilty who misled us.
100
Now we have no intercessors"
101
Nor any loving friend.
102
Oh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of the believers!
103
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers!
104
And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
105
Noah’s folk denied the messengers (of Allah),
106
When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
107
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
108
So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
109
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
110
So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
111
They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee?
112
He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past)?
113
Lo! their reckoning is my Lord’s concern, if ye but knew;
114
And I am not (here) to repulse believers.
115
I am only a plain warner.
116
They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death).
117
He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me.
118
Therefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and save me and those believers who are with me.
119
And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.
120
Then afterward We drowned the others.
121
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
122
And lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
123
(The tribe of) A’ad denied the messengers (of Allah).
124
When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
125
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
126
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
127
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
128
Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight?
129
And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever?
130
And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants?
131
Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
132
Keep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know,
133
Hath aided you with cattle and sons.
134
And gardens and watersprings.
135
Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day.
136
They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach;
137
This is but a fable of the men of old,
138
And we shall not be doomed.
139
And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
140
And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
141
(The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)
142
When their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
143
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
144
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
145
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
146
Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us,
147
In gardens and watersprings.
148
And tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees,
149
Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful?
150
Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,
151
And obey not the command of the prodigal,
152
Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.
153
They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
154
Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful.
155
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.
156
And touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day.
157
But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.
158
So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
159
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
160
The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),
161
When their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
162
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
163
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
164
And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
165
What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males,
166
And leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are froward folk.
167
They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the outcast.
168
He said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct.
169
My Lord! Save me and my household from what they do.
170
So We saved him and his household, every one,
171
Save an old woman among those who stayed behind.
172
Then afterward We destroyed the others.
173
And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.
174
Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
175
And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
176
The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah),
177
When Shu’eyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
178
Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
179
So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
180
And I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
181
Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due).
182
And weigh with the true balance.
183
Wrong not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth.
184
And keep your duty unto Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old.
185
They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
186
Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.
187
Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of the truthful.
188
He said: My Lord is Best Aware of what ye do.
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.
190
Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.
191
And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
192
And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds,
193
Which the True Spirit hath brought down"
194
Upon thy heart, that thou mayst be (one) of the warners,
195
In plain Arabic speech.
196
And lo! it is in the Scriptures of the men of old.
197
Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel know it?
198
And if We had revealed it unto one of any other nation than the Arabs,
199
And he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in it.
200
Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty.
201
They will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom,
202
So that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not.
203
Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved?
204
Would they (now) hasten on Our doom?
205
Hast thou then seen, if We content them for (long) years,
206
And then cometh that which they were promised,
207
(How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them?
208
And We destroyed no township but it had its warners"
209
For reminder, for We never were oppressors.
210
The devils did not bring it down.
211
It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power,
212
Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing.
213
Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the doomed.
214
And warn thy tribe of near kindred,
215
And lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who follow thee.
216
And if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say: Lo! I am innocent of what they do.
217
And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.
218
Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)
219
And (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in worship).
220
Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower.
221
Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
222
They descend on every sinful, false one.
223
They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.
224
As for poets, the erring follow them.
225
Hast thou not seen how they stray in every valley,
226
And how they say that which they do not?
227
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!
CHAP. XXVI.
Intitled, The Poets
In the name of the most merciful God.
a
; revealed at Mecca
Note [original edition] : The chapter bears this inscription because at the conclusion of it
the Arabian poets are severely censured.
b
.
Note [original edition] : The five last verses, beginning at these words, And those who err
follow the poets, &c., some take to have been revealed at Medina.
1
c
.
Note [original edition] : See the Prelim. Disc. §. III. p. 59, &c.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
d
: send therefore unto Aaron,
to be my assistant.
Note [original edition] : See chap. 20. p. 257.
14
e
: and I fear they will put me
to death.
Note [original edition] : A crime;] viz. The having killed an Egyptian
1.
- 1 See chap. 28.
15
16
f
of the
Lord of all creatures:
Note [original edition] : The apostle;] The word is in the singular number in the original; for which the
commentators give several reasons.
17
18
19
g
?
Yet hast thou done thy deed which thou hast done, and thou
Note [original edition] : For several years;] It is said that Moses dwelt among the Egyptians thirty years, and
then went to Midian, where he stayed ten years; after which he returned to
Egypt, and spent thirty years in endeavouring to convert them; and that he
lived after the drowning of Pharaoh fifty years2.
- 2 Al Beidawi.
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a
;
Note [original edition] : I was one of those who erred;] Having killed the Egyptian undesignedly.
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b
.
Note [original edition] : Your apostle is distracted;] Pharaoh, it seems, thought Moses had given but wild answers to his
question; for he wanted to know the person and true nature of the God whose
messenger Moses pretended to be; whereas he spoke of his works only. And
because this answer gave so little satisfaction to the king, he is therefore
supposed by some to have been a Dahrite, or one who believed the eternity of
the world1.
- 1 Idem.
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29
c
, I will
make thee one of those who are imprisoned
Note [original edition] : If thou take any god besides me;] From this and a parallel expression in the 28th chapter, it
is inferred that Pharaoh claimed the worship of his subjects, as due to his
supreme power.
d
.
Note [original edition] : I will
make thee one of those who are imprisoned;] These words, says al Beidâwi, were a more terrible menace than if he
had said I will imprison thee; and gave Moses to understand that he must
expect to keep company with those wretches whom the tyrant had thrown, as was
his custom, into a deep dungeon, where they remained till they died.
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a
: but hereafter
ye shall surely know my power. I will cut off your hands and your feet, on the opposite sides, and I
will crucify you all.
Note [original edition] : Who hath taught you magic;] But has reserved the most efficacious secrets to himself1.
- 1 Idem.
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51
b
.
Note [original edition] : See chap. 7. p. 128, &c.
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c
.
Note [original edition] : We made the children of Israel to inherit the same;] Hence some suppose the Israelites, after the destruction of Pharaoh
and his host, returned to Egypt, and possessed themselves of the riches of
that country2.
But others are of opinion that the meaning is no more than
that God gave them the like possessions and dwellings in another country3.
- 2 Jallalo’ddin, Yahya.
- 3 Al Zamakh. See chap. 7. p. 131.
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d
among the latest
posterity;
Note [original edition] : Grant that I may be spoken of with honour;] Literally, Grant me a tongue of truth, that is, a high encomium. The
same expression is used in chap. 19. p. 252.
85
86
e
.
Note [original edition] : And forgive my father, &c.] By disposing him to repentance, and the receiving of the true faith.
Some suppose Abraham pronounced this prayer after his father’s death, thinking
that possibly he might have been inwardly a true believer, but have concealed
his conversion for fear of Nimrod, and before he was forbidden to pray for
him4.
- 4 See chap. 9. p. 164. and chap. 14. p. 209.
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a
, and those who have been
seduced to their worship;
Note [original edition] : See chap. 21. p. 273.
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b
;
Note [original edition] : I have no knowledge of that which they did;] i.e. Whether they have embraced the faith which I have preached, out
of the sincerity of their hearts, or in prospect of some worldly advantage.
113
114
c
:
Note [original edition] : See chap. 11. p. 177.
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128
d
?
Note [original edition] : Do ye build a landmark on every high place, to divert your selves?] Or to mock the passengers; who direct themselves in their journeys by
the stars, and have no need of such buildings1?
- 1 Al Beidawi.
129
130
e
?
Note [original edition] : Do ye exercise it with cruelty and
rigour? ] Putting to death, and inflicting other corporal punishments without
mercy, and rather for the satisfaction of your passion than the amendment of
the sufferer2.
- 2 Idem.
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a
?
Note [original edition] : Behaving with insolence;] Or, as the original word may also be rendered, showing art and
ingenuity in your work.
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151
152
153
154
155
b
;
Note [original edition] : She shall have her
portion of water, and ye shall have your portion of water alternately, on a
several day appointed for you;] That is, they were to have the use of the water by turns, the camel
drinking one day, and the Thamudites drawing the other day; for when this
camel drank, she emptied the wells or brooks for that day. See chap. 7. p.
124.
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a
also accused God’s messengers of imposture.
Note [original edition] : See chap. 15. p. 213. Shoaib being not called the brother of these
people, which would have preserved the conformity between this passage and the
preceding, it has been thought they were not Midianites, but of another race;
however, we find the prophet taxes them with the same crimes as he did those
of Midian
1.
- 1 See chap. 7. p. 211.
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189
b
overtook them; and this was the punishment of a
grievous day.
Note [original edition] : The shadowing cloud;] God first plagued them with such intolerable heat for seven days that
all their waters were dried up, and then brought a cloud over them, under
whose shade they ran, and were all destroyed by a hot wind and fire which
proceeded from it2.
- 2 Al Beidawi.
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191
192
193
c
hath caused to descend
Note [original edition] : The faithful spirit;] i.e. Gabriel; who is instrusted
with the divine secrets and revelations.
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d
?
Note [original edition] : Do they therefore desire our punishment to be hastened?] The infidels were continually defying Mohammed to bring some signal
and miraculous destruction on them, as a shower of stones, &c.
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212
e
.
Note [original edition] : See chap. 15. p. 211.
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214
a
.
Note [original edition] : Preach to thy near relations;] The commentators suppose the same command to have been virtually
contained in the seventy fourth chapter, which is prior to this in point of time1.
It
is said that Mohammed, on receiving the passage before us, went up immediately
to mount Safâ, and having called the several families to him, one by one, when
they were all assembled, asked them whether, if he should tell them that
mountain would bring forth a smaller mountain, they would believe him; to
which they answering in the affirmative, Verily, says he, I am a warner sent
unto you, before a severe chastisement
2.
- 1 See the notes thereon, and the Prelim. Disc. §. II. p. 43.
- 2 Al Beidawi.
215
b
towards the true believers who follow
thee:
Note [original edition] :
Behave thy self with meekness;] Literally, Lower thy wing.
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217
218
219
c
;
Note [original edition] : Who seeth thee when thou risest up, and thy behaviour among those who worship;] i.e. Who seeth thee when thou risest up to watch and spend the night
in religious exercises, and observeth thy anxious care for the Moslems’ exact
performance of their duty. It is said that the night on which the precept of
watching was abrogated. Mohammed went privately from one house to another, to
see how his companions spent the time; and that he found them so intent in
reading the Korân, and repeating their prayers, that their houses, by reason
of the humming noise they made, seemed to be so many nests of hornets3.
Some
commentators, however, suppose that by the prophet’s behaviour, in this place,
are meant the various postures he used in praying at the head of his
companions; as standing, bowing, prostration, and sitting4.
- 3 Idem.
- 4 Idem, Jallalo’ddin.
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221
222
d
:
Note [original edition] : The devils descend upon every lying and wicked person;] The prophet, having vindicated himself from the charge of having
communication with the devils, by the opposition between his doctrine and
their designs, and their inability to compose so consistent a book as the
Korân, proceeds to shew that the persons most likely to a correspondence with
those evil spirits were liars and slanderers, that is, his enemies and
opposers.
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e