26:1

ﱁTa Seem Meemﱂ(1)

Ṭâ-Sĩn-Mĩm.

26:2

ﱃTheseﱄ(are the) Versesﱅ(of) the Bookﱆclearﱇ(2)

These are the verses of the clear Book.

26:3

ﱈPerhaps youﱉ(would) killﱊyourselfﱋthat notﱌthey becomeﱍbelieversﱎ(3)

Perhaps you ˹O Prophet˺ will grieve yourself to death over their disbelief.

26:4

ﱏIfﱐWe willﱑWe can send downﱒto themﱓfromﱔthe skyﱕa Signﱖso would bendﱗtheir necksﱘto itﱙ(in) humilityﱚ(4)

If We willed, We could send down upon them a ˹compelling˺ sign from the heavens, leaving their necks bent in ˹utter˺ submission to it.

26:5

ﱛAnd (does) notﱜcome to themﱝanyﱞreminderﱟfromﱠthe Most Graciousﱡnewﱢbutﱣtheyﱤfrom itﱥturn awayﱦ(5)

Whatever new reminder comes to them from the Most Compassionate, they always turn away from it.

26:6

ﱧSo verilyﱨthey have deniedﱩthen will come to themﱪthe newsﱫ(of) whatﱬthey usedﱭat itﱮ(to) mockﱯ(6)

They have certainly denied ˹the truth˺, so they will soon face the consequences of their ridicule.

26:7

ﱰDo notﱱthey seeﱲatﱳthe earth ﱴhow manyﱵWe producedﱶin itﱷofﱸeveryﱹkindﱺnobleﱻ(7)

Have they failed to look at the earth, ˹to see˺ how many types of fine plants We have caused to grow in it?

26:8

ﱼIndeedﱽinﱾthatﱿﲀsurely (is) a signﲁbut notﲂareﲃmost of themﲄbelieversﲅ(8)

Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.

26:9

ﲆAnd indeedﲇyour Lordﲈsurely, Heﲉ(is) the All-Mightyﲊthe Most Mercifulﲋ(9)

And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.

26:10

ﲌAnd whenﲍyour Lord calledﲎyour Lord calledﲏMusaﲐ[that]ﲑGoﲒ(to) the peopleﲓ(who are) wrongdoersﲔ(10)

˹Remember˺ when your Lord called out to Moses, “Go to the wrongdoing people—

26:11

ﲕ(The) peopleﲖﲗ(of) FiraunﲘWill notﲙthey fearﲚ(11)

the people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear ˹Allah˺?”

26:12

ﲛHe saidﲜMy LordﲝIndeed, Iﲞ[I] fearﲟthatﲠthey will deny meﲡ(12)

He replied, “My Lord! I fear that they will reject me.

26:13

ﲢAnd straitensﲣmy breastﲤand notﲥexpresses wellﲦmy tongueﲧso sendﲨforﲩHarunﲪ(13)

And ˹so˺ my heart will be broken and my tongue will be tied. So send Aaron along ˹as a messenger˺.

26:14

ﲫAnd they haveﲬagainst meﲭa crimeﲮso I fearﲯthatﲰthey will kill meﲱ(14)

Also, they have a charge against me,1 so I fear they may kill me.”

26:15

ﲲHe saidﲳﲴNayﲵgo both of youﲶﲷwith Our SignsﲸIndeed, Weﲹ(are) with youﲺlisteningﲻ(15)

Allah responded, “Certainly not! So go, both of you, with Our signs. We will be with you, listening.

26:16

ﲼSo go both of youﲽ(to) Firaunﲾand sayﲿ'Indeed, weﳀ(are the) Messengerﳁ(of the) Lordﳂ(of) the worldsﳃ(16)

Go to Pharaoh and say, ‘We are messengers from the Lord of all worlds,

26:17

ﳄ[That]ﳅsendﳆwith usﳇ(the) Children of Israel.'ﳈ(the) Children of Israel.'ﳉ(17)

˹commanded to say:˺ ‘Let the Children of Israel go with us.’’”

26:18

ﳊHe saidﳋDid notﳌwe bring you upﳍamong usﳎ(as) a childﳏand you remainedﳐamong usﳑofﳒyour lifeﳓyearsﳔ(18)

Pharaoh protested, “Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you stayed several years of your life in our care?

26:19

ﳕAnd you didﳖyour deedﳗwhichﳘyou didﳙand youﳚ(were) ofﳛthe ungratefulﳜ(19)

Then you did what you did,1 being ˹utterly˺ ungrateful!”