Ta Ha

1 Ta Ha.

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Ta. Ha.

2 We have not revealed the Quran to you that you may be unsuccessful.

2 We have not revealed unto thee (Muhammad) this Qur'an that thou shouldst be distressed,

3 Nay, it is a reminder to him who fears:

3 But as a reminder unto him who feareth,

4 A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the high heavens.

4 A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the high heavens,

5 The Beneficent Allah is firm in power.

5 The Beneficent One, Who is established on the Throne.

6 His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and what is between them two and what is beneath the ground.

6 Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and whatsoever is between them, and whatsoever is beneath the sod.

7 And if you utter the saying aloud, then surely He knows the secret, and what is yet more hidden.

7 And if thou speakest aloud, then lo! He knoweth the secret (thought) and (that which is yet) more hidden.

8 Allah - - there is no god but He; His are the very best names.

8 Allah! There is no God save Him. His are the most beautiful names.

9 And has the story of Musa come to you?

9 Hath there come unto thee the story of Moses ?

10 When he saw fire, he said to his family: Stop, for surely I see a fire, haply I may bring to you therefrom a live coal or find a guidance at the fire.

10 When he saw a fire and said unto his folk: Lo! Wait! I see a fire afar off. Peradventure I may bring you a brand therefrom or may find guidance at the fire.

11 So when he came to it, a voice was uttered: O Musa:

11 And when he reached it, he was called by name: O Moses!

12 Surely I am your Lord, therefore put off your shoes; surely you are in the sacred valley, Tuwa,

12 Lo! I, even I, am thy Lord, So take off thy shoes, for lo! thou art in the holy valley of Tuwa.

13 And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed:

13 And I have chosen thee, so hearken unto that which is inspired.

14 Surely I am Allah, there is no god but I, therefore serve Me and keep up prayer for My remembrance:

14 Lo! I, even I, am Allah, There is no God save Me. So serve Me and establish worship for My remembrance.

15 Surely the hour is coming - - I am about to make it manifest - - so that every soul may be rewarded as it strives:

15 Lo! the Hour is surely coming. But I will to keep it hidden, that every soul may be rewarded for that which it striveth (to achieve).

16 Therefore let not him who believes not in it and follows his low desires turn you away from it so that you should perish;

16 Therefor, let not him turn thee aside from (the thought of) it who believeth not therein but followeth his own desire, lest thou perish.

17 And what is this in your right hand, O Musa!

17 And what is that in thy right hand, O Moses ?

18 He said: This is my staff: I recline on it and I beat the leaves with it to make them fall upon my sheep, and I have other uses for it.

18 He said: This is my staff whereon I lean, and wherewith I bear down branches for my sheep, and wherein I find other uses.

19 He said: Cast it down, O Musa!

19 He said: Cast it down, O Moses!

20 So he cast it down; and lo! it was a serpent running.

20 So he cast it down, and lo! it was a serpent, gliding.

21 He said: Take hold of it and fear not; We will restore it to its former state:

21 He said: Grasp it and fear not. We shall return it to its former state.

22 And press your hand to your side, it shall come out white without evil: another sign:

22 And thrust thy hand within thine armpit, it will come forth white without hurt. (That will be) another token.

23 That We may show you of Our greater signs:

23 That We may show thee (some) of Our greater portents,

24 Go to Firon, surely he has exceeded all limits.

24 Go thou unto Pharaoh! Lo! he hath transgressed (the bounds).

25 He said: O my Lord! Expand my breast for me,

25 (Moses) said: My Lord! relieve my mind

26 And make my affair easy to me,

26 And ease my task for me;

27 And loose the knot from my tongue,

27 And loose a knot from my tongue,

28 (That) they may understand my word;

28 That they may understand my saying.

29 And give to me an aider from my family:

29 Appoint for me a henchman from my folk,

30 Haroun, my brother,

30 Aaron, my brother.

31 Strengthen my back by him,

31 Confirm my strength with him

32 And associate him (with me) in my affair,

32 And let him share my task,

33 So that we should glorify Thee much,

33 That we may glorify Thee much

34 And remember Thee oft.

34 And much remember Thee.

35 Surely, Thou art seeing us.

35 Lo! Thou art ever Seeing us.

36 He said: You are indeed granted your petition, O Musa

36 He said: Thou art granted thy request, O Moses.

37 And certainly We bestowed on you a favor at another time;

37 And indeed, another time, already We have shown thee favour,

38 When We revealed to your mother what was revealed;

38 When we inspired in thy mother that which is inspired,

39 Saying: Put him into a chest, then cast it down into the river, then the river shall throw him on the shore; there shall take him up one who is an enemy to Me and enemy to him, and I cast down upon you love from Me, and that you might be brought up before My eyes;

39 Saying: Throw him into the ark, and throw it into the river, then the river shall throw it on to the bank, and there an enemy to Me and an enemy to him shall take him. And I endued thee with love from Me that thou mightest be trained according to My will,

40 When your sister went and said: Shall I direct you to one who will take charge of him? So We brought you back to your mother, that her eye might be cooled and she should not grieve and you killed a man, then We delivered you from the grief, and We tried you with (a severe) trying. Then you stayed for years among the people of Madyan; then you came hither as ordained, O Musa.

40 When thy sister went and said: Shall I show you one who will nurse him ? and we restored thee to thy mother that her eyes might be refreshed and might not sorrow. And thou didst kill a man and We delivered thee from great distress, and tried thee with a heavy trial. And thou didst tarry years among the folk of Midian. Then camest thou (hither) by (My) providence, O Moses,

41 And I have chosen you for Myself:

41 And I have attached thee to Myself.

42 Go you and your brother with My communications and be not remiss in remembering Me;

42 Go, thou and thy brother, with My tokens, and be not faint in remembrance of Me.

43 Go both to Firon, surely he has become inordinate;

43 Go, both of you, unto Pharaoh. Lo! he hath transgressed (the bounds).

44 Then speak to him a gentle word haply he may mind or fear.

44 And speak unto him a gentle word, that peradventure he may heed or fear.

45 Both said: O our Lord! Surely we fear that he may hasten to do evil to us or that he may become inordinate.

45 They said: Our Lord! Lo! we fear that he may be beforehand with us or that he may play the tyrant.

46 He said: Fear not, surely I am with you both: I do hear and see.

46 He said: Fear not. Lo! I am with you twain, Hearing and Seeing.

47 So go you both to him and say: Surely we are two apostles of your Lord; therefore send the children of Israel with us and do not torment them! Indeed we have brought to you a communication from your Lord, and peace is on him who follows the guidance;

47 So go ye unto him and say: Lo! we are two messengers of thy Lord. So let the children of Israel go with us, and torment them not. We bring thee a token from thy Lord. And peace will be for him who followeth right guidance.

48 Surely it has been revealed to us that the chastisement will surely come upon him who rejects and turns back.

48 Lo! it hath been revealed unto us that the doom will be for him who denieth and turneth away.

49 (Firon) said: And who is your Lord, O Musa?

49 (Pharaoh) said: Who then is the Lord of you twain, O Moses ?

50 He said: Our Lord is He Who gave to everything its creation, then guided it (to its goal).

50 He said: Our Lord is He Who gave unto everything its nature, then guided it aright.

51 He said: Then what is the state of the former generations?

51 He said: What then is the state of the generations of old ?

52 He said: The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a book, my Lord errs not, nor does He forget;

52 He said: The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a Record. My Lord neither erreth nor forgetteth,

53 Who made the earth for you an expanse and made for you therein paths and sent down water from the cloud; then thereby We have brought forth many species of various herbs.

53 Who hath appointed the earth as a bed and hath threaded roads for you therein and hath sent down water from the sky and thereby We have brought forth divers kinds of vegetation,

54 Eat and pasture your cattle; most surely there are signs in this for those endowed with understanding.

54 (Saying): Eat ye and feed your cattle. Lo! herein verily are portents for men of thought.

55 From it We created you and into it We shall send you back and from it will We raise you a second time.

55 Thereof We created you, and thereunto We return you, and thence We bring you forth a second time.

56 And truly We showed him Our signs, all of them, but he rejected and refused.

56 And We verily did show him all Our tokens, but he denied them and refused.

57 Said he: Have you come to us that you should turn us out of our land by your magic, O Musa?

57 He said: Hast come to drive us out from our land by thy magic, O Moses ?

58 So we too will produce before you magic like it, therefore make between us and you an appointment, which we should not break, (neither) we nor you, (in) a central place.

58 But we surely can produce for thee magic the like thereof; so appoint a tryst between us and you, which neither we nor thou shall fail to keep, at a place convenient (to us both).

59 (Musa) said: Your appointment is the day of the Festival and let the people be gathered together in the early forenoon.

59 (Moses) said: Your tryst shall be the day of the feast, and let the people assemble when the sun hath risen high.

60 So Firon turned his back and settled his plan, then came.

60 Then Pharaoh went and gathered his strength, then came (to the appointed tryst).

61 Musa said to them: Woe to you! do not forge a lie against Allah, lest He destroy you by a punishment, and he who forges (a lie) indeed fails to attain (his desire).

61 Moses said unto them: Woe unto you! Invent not a lie against Allah, lest He extirpate you by some punishment. He who lieth faileth miserably.

62 So they disputed with one another about their affair and kept the discourse secret.

62 Then they debated one with another what they must do, and they kept their counsel secret.

63 They said: These are most surely two magicians who wish to turn you out from your land by their magic and to take away your best traditions.

63 They said: Lo! these are two wizards who would drive you out from your country by their magic, and destroy your best traditions;

64 Therefore settle your plan, then come standing in ranks and he will prosper indeed this day who overcomes.

64 So arrange your plan, and come in battle line. Whoso is uppermost this day will be indeed successful.

65 They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be the first who cast down?

65 They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to throw ?

66 He said: Nay! cast down. then lo! their cords and their rods - - it was imaged to him on account of their magic as if they were running.

66 He said: Nay, do ye throw! Then lo! their cords and their staves, by their magic, appeared to him as though they ran.

67 So Musa conceived in his mind a fear.

67 And Moses conceived a fear in his mind.

68 We said: Fear not, surely you shall be the uppermost,

68 We said: Fear not! Lo! thou art the higher.

69 And cast down what is in your right hand; it shall devour what they have wrought; they have wrought only the plan of a magician, and the magician shall not be successful wheresoever he may come from.

69 Throw that which is in thy right hand! It will eat up that which they have made. Lo! that which they have made is but a wizard's artifice, and a wizard shall not be successful to whatever point (of skill) he may attain.

70 And the magicians were cast down making obeisance; they said: We believe in the Lord of Haroun and Musa.

70 Then the wizards were (all) flung down prostrate, crying: We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.

71 (Firon) said: You believe in him before I give you leave; most surely he is the chief of you who taught you enchantment, therefore I will certainly cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will certainly crucify you on the trunks of the palm trees, and certainly you will come to know which of us is the more severe and the more abiding in chastising.

71 (Pharaoh) said: Ye put faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he is your chief who taught you magic. Now surely I shall cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and I shall crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and ye shall know for certain which of us hath sterner and more lasting punishment.

72 They said: We do not prefer you to what has come to us of clear arguments and to He Who made us, therefore decide what you are going to decide; you can only decide about this world's life.

72 They said: We choose thee not above the clear proofs that have come unto us, and above Him Who created us. So decree what thou wilt decree. Thou wilt end for us only this life of the world.

73 Surely we believe in our Lord that He may forgive us our sins and the magic to which you compelled us; and Allah is better and more abiding.

73 Lo! we believe in our Lord, that He may forgive us our sins and the magic unto which thou didst force us. Allah is better and more lasting.

74 Whoever comes to his Lord (being) guilty, for him is surely hell; he shall not die therein, nor shall he live.

74 Lo! whoso cometh guilty unto his Lord, verily for him is hell. There he will neither die nor live.

75 And whoever comes to Him a believer (and) he has done good deeds indeed, these it is who shall have the high ranks,

75 But whoso cometh unto Him a believer, having done good works, for such are the high stations;

76 The gardens of perpetuity, beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein; and this is the reward of him who has purified himself.

76 Gardens of Eden underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever. That is the reward of him who groweth.

77 And certainly We revealed to Musa, saying: Travel by night with My servants, then make for them a dry path in the sea, not fearing to be overtaken, nor being afraid.

77 And verily We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night and strike for them a dry path in the sea, fearing not to be overtaken, neither being afraid (of the sea).

78 And Firon followed them with his armies, so there came upon them of the sea that which came upon them.

78 Then Pharaoh followed them with his hosts and there covered them that which did cover them of the sea.

79 And Firon led astray his people and he did not guide (them) aright.

79 And Pharaoh led his folk astray, he did not guide them.

80 O children of Israel! indeed We delivered you from your enemy, and We made a covenant with you on the blessed side of the mountain, and We sent to you the manna and the quails.

80 O Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and we made a covenant with you on the holy mountain's side, and sent down on you the manna and the quails,

81 Eat of the good things We have given you for sustenance, and be not inordinate with respect to them, lest My wrath should be due to you, and to whomsoever My wrath is due be shall perish indeed.

81 (Saying): Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you, and transgress not in respect thereof lest My wrath come upon you: and he on whom My wrath cometh, he is lost indeed.

82 And most surely I am most Forgiving to him who repents and believes and does good, then continues to follow the right direction.

82 And lo! verily I am Forgiving toward him who repenteth and believeth and doeth good, and afterward walketh aright.

83 And what caused you to hasten from your people, O Musa?

83 And (it was said): What hath made thee hasten from thy folk, O Moses ?

84 He said: They are here on my track and I hastened on to Thee, my Lord, that Thou mightest be pleased.

84 He said: They are close upon my track. I hastened unto Thee, my Lord, that Thou mightest be well pleased.

85 He said: So surely We have tried your people after you, and the Samiri has led them astray.

85 He said: Lo! We have tried thy folk in thine absence, and As - Samiri hath misled them.

86 So Musa returned to his people wrathful, sorrowing. Said he: O my people! did not your Lord promise you a goodly promise: did then the time seem long to you, or did you wish that displeasure from your Lord should be due to you, so that you broke (your) promise to me?

86 Then Moses went back unto his folk, angry and sad. He said: O my people! Hath not your Lord promised you a fair promise ? Did the time appointed then appear too long for you, or did ye wish that wrath from your Lord should come upon you, that ye broke tryst with me ?

87 They said: We did not break (our) promise to you of our own accord, but we were made to bear the burdens of the ornaments of the people, then we made a casting of them, and thus did the Samiri suggest.

87 They said: We broke not tryst with thee of our own will, but we were laden with burdens of ornaments of the folk, then cast them (in the fire), for thus As - Samiri proposed.

88 So he brought forth for them a calf, a (mere) body, which had a mooing sound, so they said: This is your god and the god of Musa, but he forgot.

88 Then he produced for them a calf, of saffron hue, which gave forth a lowing sound. And they cried: This is your god and the god of Moses, but he hath forgotten.

89 What! could they not see that it did not return to them a reply, and (that) it did not control any harm or benefit for them?

89 See they not, then, that it returneth no saying unto them and possesseth for them neither hurt nor use ?

90 And certainly Haroun had said to them before: O my people! you are only tried by it, and surely your Lord is the Beneficent Allah, therefore follow me and obey my order.

90 And Aaron indeed had told them beforehand: O my people! Ye are but being seduced therewith, for lo! your Lord is the Beneficent, so follow me and obey my order.

91 They said: We will by no means cease to keep to its worship until Musa returns to us.

91 They said: We shall by no means cease to be its votaries till Moses return unto us.

92 (Musa) said: O Haroun! what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,

92 He (Moses) said: O Aaron! What held thee back when thou didst see them gone astray,

93 So that you did not follow me? Did you then disobey my order?

93 That thou followedst me not ? Hast thou then disobeyed my order ?

94 He said: O son of my mother! seize me not by my beard nor by my head; surely I was afraid lest you should say: You have caused a division among the children of Israel and not waited for my word.

94 He said: O son of my mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I feared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division among the Children of Israel, and hast not waited for my word.

95 He said: What was then your object, O Samiri?

95 (Moses) said: And what hast thou to say, O Samiri ?

96 He said: I saw (Jibreel) what they did not see, so I took a handful (of the dust) from the footsteps of the messenger, then I threw it in the casting; thus did my soul commend to me

96 He said: I perceived what they perceive not, so I seized a handful from the footsteps of the messenger, and then threw it in. Thus my soul commended to me.

97 He said: Begone then, surely for you it will be in this life to say, Touch (me) not; and surely there is a threat for you, which shall not be made to fail to you, and look at your god to whose worship you kept (so long); we will certainly burn it, then we will certainly scatter it a (wide) scattering in the sea.

97 (Moses) said: Then go! and lo! in this life it is for thee to say: Touch me not! and lo! there is for thee a tryst thou canst not break. Now look upon thy god of which thou hast remained a votary. Verily we will burn it and will scatter its dust over the sea.

98 Your Allah is only Allah, there is no god but He; He comprehends all things in (His) knowledge.

98 Your God is only Allah, than Whom there is no other God. He embraceth all things in His knowledge.

99 Thus do We relate to you (some) of the news of what has gone before; and indeed We have given to you a Reminder from Ourselves.

99 Thus relate We unto thee (Muhammad) some tidings of that which happened of old, and We have given thee from Our presence a reminder.

100 Whoever turns aside from it, he shall surely bear a burden on the day of resurrection

100 Whoso turneth away from it, he verily will bear a burden on the Day of Resurrection,

101 Abiding in this (state), and evil will it be for them to bear on the day of resurrection;

101 Abiding under it - an evil burden for them on the Day of Resurrection,

102 On the day when the trumpet shall be blown, and We will gather the guilty, blue - eyed, on that day

102 The day when the Trumpet is blown. On that day we assemble the guilty white - eyed (with terror),

103 They shall consult together secretly: You did tarry but ten (centuries).

103 Murmuring among themselves: Ye have tarried but ten (days).

104 We know best what they say, when the fairest of them in course would say: You tarried but a day.

104 We are Best Aware of what they utter when their best in conduct say: Ye have tarried but a day.

105 And they ask you about the mountains. Say: My Lord will carry them away from the roots.

105 They will ask thee of the mountains (on that day). Say: My Lord will break them into scattered dust.

106 Then leave it a plain, smooth level

106 And leave it as an empty plain,

107 You shall not see therein any crookedness or unevenness.

107 Wherein thou seest neither curve nor ruggedness.

108 On that day they shall follow the inviter, there is no crookedness in him, and the voices shall be low before the Beneficent Allah so that you shall not hear aught but a soft sound.

108 On that day they follow the summoner who deceiveth not, and voices are hushed for the Beneficent, and thou hearest but a faint murmur.

109 On that day shall no intercession avail except of him whom the Beneficent Allah allows and whose word He is pleased with.

109 On that day no intercession availeth save (that of) him unto whom the Beneficent hath given leave and whose word He accepteth.

110 He knows what is before them and what is behind them, while they do not comprehend it in knowledge.

110 He knoweth (all) that is before them and (all) that is behind them, while they cannot compass it in knowledge.

111 And the faces shall be humbled before the Living, the Self - subsistent Allah, and he who bears iniquity is indeed a failure.

111 And faces humble themselves before the Living, the Eternal. And he who beareth (a burden of) wrongdoing is indeed a failure (on that day).

112 And whoever does good works and he is a believer, he shall have no fear of injustice nor of the withholding of his due.

112 And he who hath done some good works, being a believer, he feareth not injustice nor begrudging (of his wage).

113 And thus have We sent it down an Arabic Quran, and have distinctly set forth therein of threats that they may guard (against evil) or that it may produce a reminder for them.

113 Thus we have revealed it as a Lecture in Arabic, and have displayed therein certain threats, that peradventure they may keep from evil or that it may cause them to take heed.

114 Supremely exalted is therefore Allah, the King, the Truth, and do not make haste with the Quran before its revelation is made complete to you and say: O my Lord! increase me in knowledge.

114 Then exalted be Allah, the True King! And hasten not (O Muhammad) with the Qur'an ere its revelation hath been perfected unto thee, and say: My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.

115 And certainly We gave a commandment to Adam before, but he forgot; and We did not find in him any determination.

115 And verily We made a covenant of old with Adam, but he forgot, and We found no constancy in him.

116 And when We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam, they made obeisance, but Iblis (did it not); he refused.

116 And when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, they fell prostrate (all) save Iblis; he refused.

117 So We said: O Adam! This is an enemy to you and to your wife; therefore let him not drive you both forth from the garden so that you should be unhappy;

117 Therefor we said: O Adam! This is an enemy unto thee and unto thy wife, so let him not drive you both out of the Garden so that thou come to toil.

118 Surely it is (ordained) for you that you shall not be hungry therein nor bare of clothing;

118 It is (vouchsafed) unto thee that thou hungerest not therein nor art naked,

119 And that you shall not be thirsty therein nor shall you feel the heat of the sun.

119 And that thou thirstest not therein nor art exposed to the sun's heat.

120 But the Shaitan made an evil suggestion to him; he said: O Adam! Shall I guide you to the tree of immortality and a kingdom which decays not?

120 But the devil whispered to him, saying: O Adam! Shall I show thee the tree of immortality and power that wasteth not away ?

121 Then they both ate of it, so their evil inclinations became manifest to them, and they both began to cover themselves with leaves of the garden, and Adam disobeyed his Lord, so his life became evil (to him).

121 Then they twain ate thereof, so that their shame became apparent unto them, and they began to hide by heaping on themselves some of the leaves of the Garden. And Adam disobeyed his Lord, so went astray.

122 Then his Lord chose him, so He turned to him and guided (him).

122 Then his Lord chose him, and relented toward him, and guided him.

123 He said: Get forth you two therefrom, all (of you), one of you (is) enemy to another. So there will surely come to you guidance from Me, then whoever follows My guidance, he shall not go astray nor be unhappy;

123 He said: Go down hence, both of you, one of you a foe unto the other. But when there come unto you from Me a guidance, then whoso followeth My guidance, he will not go astray nor come to grief.

124 And whoever turns away from My reminder, his shall be a straitened life, and We will raise him on the day of resurrection, blind.

124 But he who turneth away from remembrance of Me, his will be a narrow life, and I shall bring him blind to the assembly on the Day of Resurrection.

125 He shall say: My Lord! why hast Thou raised me blind and I was a seeing one indeed?

125 He will say: My Lord! Wherefor hast Thou gathered me (hither) blind, when I was wont to see ?

126 He will say: Even so, Our communications came to you but you neglected them; even thus shall you be forsaken this day.

126 He will say: So (it must be). Our revelations came unto thee but thou didst forget them. In like manner thou art forgotten this Day.

127 And thus do We recompense him who is extravagant and does not believe in the communications of his Lord, and certainly the chastisement of the hereafter is severer and more

127 Thus do We reward him who is prodigal and believeth not the revelations of his Lord; and verily the doom of the Hereafter will be sterner and more lasting.

128 Does it not then direct them aright how many of the generations In whose dwelling - places they go about We destroyed before them? Most surely there are signs in this for those endowed with understanding.

128 Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many a generation We destroyed before them, amid whose dwellings they walk ? Lo! therein verily are signs for men of thought.

129 And had there not been a word (that had) already gone forth from your Lord and an appointed term, it would surely have been made to cleave (to them).

129 And but for a decree that had already gone forth from thy Lord, and a term already fixed, the judgment would have been inevitable (in this world).

130 Bear then patiently what they say, and glorify your Lord by the praising of Him before the rising of the sun and before its setting, and during hours of the night do also glorify (Him) and during parts of the day, that you may be well pleased

130 Therefor (O Muhammad), bear with what they say, and celebrate the praise of thy Lord ere the rising of the sun and ere the going down thereof. And glorify Him some hours of the night and at the two ends of the day, that thou mayst find acceptance.

131 And do not stretch your eyes after that with which We have provided different classes of them, (of) the splendor of this world's life, that We may thereby try them; and the sustenance (given) by your Lord is better and more abiding.

131 And strain not thine eyes toward that which We cause some wedded pairs among them to enjoy, the flower of the life of the world, that We may try them thereby. The provision of thy Lord is better and more lasting.

132 And enjoin prayer on your followers, and steadily adhere to it; We do not ask you for subsistence; We do give you subsistence, and the (good) end is for guarding (against evil).

132 And enjoin upon thy people worship, and be constant therein. We ask not of thee a provision: We provided for thee. And the sequel is for righteousness.

133 And they say: Why does he not bring to us a sign from his Lord? Has not there come to them a clear evidence of what is in the previous books?

133 And they say: If only he would bring us a miracle from his Lord! Hath there not come unto them the proof of what is in the former scriptures ?

134 And had We destroyed them with chastisement before this, they would certainly have said: O our Lord! why didst Thou not send to us an apostle, for then we should have followed Thy communications before that we met disgrace and shame.

134 And if we had destroyed them with some punishment before it, they would assuredly have said: Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent unto us a messenger, so that we might have followed Thy revelations before we were (thus) humbled and disgraced!

135 Say: Every one (of us) is awaiting, therefore do await: So you will come to know who is the follower of the even path and who goes aright.

135 Say: Each is awaiting; so await ye! Ye will come to know who are the owners of the path of equity, and who is right.