Sura 26 The Poets (Al-Shu'ara)

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

[26:1] T. S. M.

[26:2] These are the signs of the clear Book.

[26:3] Perhaps you are tormenting yourself with grief because they will not become believers.

[26:4] If We wished, We could bring down upon them a sign from the sky to which their necks would remain bowed in subjection.

[26:5] Never does a new Reminder come to them from the Almighty without them turning away from it.

[26:6] They have denied, and so the news of that which they used to ridicule will certainly come to them.

[26:7] Have they not looked at the earth, how many noble pairs We have grown in it?

[26:8] Indeed, in that is a sign, but most of them are not believers.

[26:9] And indeed, your Lord is the Dignified, the Merciful.

[26:10] When your Lord called out to Moses: "Go to the transgressing people,

[26:11] Pharaoh's people; will they not be reverent?"

[26:12] He said, "My Lord, I fear they will deny me.

[26:13] My chest may become constricted, and my tongue would not be fluent, so send for Aaron.

[26:14] They also hold a charge against me, so I fear they will kill me."

[26:15] He said, "Not so! Go, the two of you, with Our signs. We are with you, listening.

[26:16] Go to Pharaoh and say, 'We are the messengers of the Lord of the Worlds,

[26:17] so send with us the Children of Israel.' "

[26:18] He said, "Did we not raise you among us from when you were a newborn, and you remained among us several years of your life?