Ta Sin Meem
These are the verses of the Book that clarifies realities.
Perhaps you are over-worried your people won’t believe.
Had We wished, We could have sent down to them from the sky a sign to which their necks will bow humbly;
and yet no fresh revelation has ever come to them from the Most Kind without them objecting to it.
They are in denial, but soon news will come to them about their earlier mockery.
Haven’t they considered the Earth, and how We have grown abundantly every kind of living thing?
In that is a sign; yet most will not believe,
though Your Lord is the Almighty, the Caring
Remember when your Lord called Musa: “Go to the unjust people,
the people of Pharaoh. Will they not be mindful of Me?”
Musa said, “My Lord, I fear they will deny me,
and my chest feels tight, and my tongue is unable to speak without stammering; so, send Harun with me;
furthermore they have a charge against me, so I fear they will kill me.”
Allah said, “Not at all! Go, both of you, with Our signs. We will be with you, listening in.”
So the two of them came to Pharaoh and said, “We are bearers of the message of the Lord of the worlds,
so send the Israelites with us.”
Pharaoh said, “When you were a child didn’t we bring you up? And didn’t you live with us for many years?
Only you could do what you did, and be ungrateful?”
Musa said, “I did that by mistake,
and I fled from you because I feared you. Then my Lord granted me wisdom and made me a messenger.
What sort of favour do you remind me of? That you have enslaved my people, the Israelites?
Pharaoh said, “Who is this ‘Lord of the Worlds’?”
Musa said, “The Lord of the Heavens and the Earth, and of whatever is between them, if you believe.”
Pharaoh said to those around him, “Are you listening?
Musa said, “Your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.”
Pharaoh said, “This messenger of yours, who has been sent to you, is clearly mad!”
Musa said, “The Lord of the East and the West and whatever is in between, if only you would reflect.”
Pharaoh said, “If you take any god beside me, I will imprison you.”
Musa said, “Even if I bring you clear proof?”
He said, “Then fetch it, if you are telling the truth.”
So Musa threw down his stick, and straightaway it turned into a wriggling snake;
then he drew out his hand from his cloak, and it appeared to the onlookers brilliant white
Pharaoh said to the nobles around him, “This man is an expert magician,
who wants to expel you from your land with his magic. So, what do you suggest?”
They said, “Put him and his brother off for a while, and send marshals to the cities
to bring you every expert magician of ours.”
So the magicians gathered for a tournament on an appointed day;
and people were asked: “Will you be gathering for the tournament?”
They replied, “We’ll follow the magicians, if they win.”
When the magicians arrived, they asked Pharaoh: “Will we be rewarded, if we win?”
”Yes,” he said, “Then you’ll be among my close ones.
Musa said to the magicians, “Cast whatever spells you have.”
So they threw down their ropes and sticks, saying, “By Pharaoh’s might, we are surely the winners.”
Then Musa threw down his staff, and at once it swallowed up their trickery.
The magicians fell in prostration,
saying, “We believe in the Lord of the worlds,
the Lord of Musa and Harun.”
Pharaoh said, “You’ve believed him before I granted you permission? He must be your tutor, who taught you magic, but you will learn your lesson. I will cut off your hands and your feet from the opposite sides and crucify the lot of you.”
They said, “it doesn’t matter! We shall be returning to our Lord.
We hope Our Lord will forgive our mistakes, since we were the first believers.
We revealed to Musa: “Set off with My servants at night, no doubt you will be chased.”
Pharaoh sent word to the cities for his soldiers to muster,
saying, “These Israelites are a tiny ragbag bunch
who have enraged us,
while we are a united force, well trained and equipped.”
So it was We brought them out of gardens and springs,
and treasures and comfortable homes.
That is how it was, and later We caused the Israelites to inherit it
At sunrise, the Egyptians set off in pursuit of the Israelites.
When eventually the two groups spotted each other, Musa’s companions said, “We’ve been caught.”
But Musa said, “No way! My Lord is with me, and He will guide me.”
We revealed to Musa: “Strike the sea with your staff.” The sea parted, each side like a mighty mountain.
We lured Pharaoh to approach that place.
We saved Musa and anyone was with him
and drowned the others.
There was a lesson in that, but most of them didn’t believe.
Your Lord is the Almighty, the Caring
Tell them the story of Ibrahim,
when he asked his father and community: “What do you worship?”
They said, “We worship idols and remain devoted to them.”
He said, “Do they hear you when you pray,
or benefit or harm you in any way?”
They said, “We found our forefathers doing so.”
Ibrahim said, “Have you thought about what you worship,
you and your ancestors?
These gods are my enemies, all apart from the Lord of the worlds
Who has created and now guides me,
and Who feeds me and gives me to drink.
And when I am ill He heals me,
and will make me die and bring me back to life;
and I sincerely wish that He will forgive my sins on Judgement Day.
“My Lord, grant me wisdom and unite me with the righteous,
and grant me a reputation for truthfulness among the later generations.
Make me one of the heirs of the Garden of Bliss;
and forgive my father – he’s gone astray.
Do not disgrace me on the Day when humanity will be resurrected,
the Day when neither wealth nor children will benefit.
Success is for the one who comes to Allah with a pure heart.
Paradise will be brought close to the righteous;
and Hell will be shown to the misguided,
who will be asked: “Where is what you used to worship
beside Allah? Are they helping you or even defending themselves?”
Then they will be hurled into Hell, they and the misguided
and the soldiers of Satan, all of them together.
They will say, as they argue among themselves in Hell,
“By Allah, we were mistaken
when we made you equal to the Lord of the worlds.
It was the brazen sinners who misguided us.
Now we have no one to plead for us,
nor even a close friend.
If we could have a second chance we will be believers.”
There is a sign in that, but most of them will not believe.
Your Lord is the Almighty, the Caring
The people of Nuh denied Allah’s messengers
when their brother Nuh said to them, “Will you not be mindful of Allah?
You have in me a messenger to be trusted,
so be mindful of Allah and follow me.
I don’t ask you for a reward for this. The Lord of the worlds will give me reward.
So again, be mindful of Allah and follow me.”
They said, “Shall we believe in you, when only the poorest follow you?”
He said, “What knowledge have I of what they did.
Their account rests with My Lord – if only you could sense that.
I will not drive the believers away.
I am a clear warner.”
They said, “Nuh, if you don’t stop preaching, you will be tortured.
Nuh said, “My Lord, my people have denied me,
so judge between me and them, and save me and those who believe me.”
So We saved him and those with him in the fully-laden ship,
and We drowned anyone who remained behind.
There is a lesson in that, but many will not believe.
Your Lord is the Almighty, the Caring
The people of Ad denied the messengers
when their brother Hud said to them, “Won’t you believe in Allah?
I am a trustworthy messenger to you,
so believe in Allah and follow me;
I won’t ask you for a fee; the Lord of the worlds will reward me.
You build monuments on every hilltop to please yourselves,
and take castles as homes so you might live forever?
And, when you seize others’ wealth and land, you are utterly ruthless in doing so.
So be mindful of Allah and follow me.
Be mindful of Him Who has given you abundantly: what you know,
cattle and children,
gardens and freshwater springs.
I fear for you the torment of a dreadful Day.”
They said, “It is all the same to us, whether you preach or not;
these are the customs of the past generations.
We will not be punished.”
They refused to believe him, so We destroyed them. There is a sign in that, but most won’t believe.
Your Lord is the Almighty, the Caring
The people of Thamud also denied Allah’s messengers.
When their brother, Salih, said to them, “Will you not be mindful of Allah?
You have in me a trustworthy messenger,
so be mindful of Allah and follow me.
I don’t ask you for a reward for this. The Lord of the worlds will reward me.
Will you really be left safe and secure with all this,
in gardens and springs,
and fields and date palms with their ripe fruits,
while you skilfully carve houses out of the mountains?
So be mindful of Allah and follow me,
don’t follow the way of the wasteful
who spread corruption in the land rather than acting righteously.”
They said, “You’ve been bewitched.
You are a mortal like us; so bring a miracle, if you’re telling the truth.
Salih said, “Here is a she-camel. She may drink and you may drink, each on fixed days.
Don’t harm her in case the punishment of a terrible Day befalls you.”
They hamstrung her, only to wake up the next day regretting it,
when the torment overtook them. There is a lesson in this, though most of them will not believe.
Your Lord is the Almighty, the Caring
The people of Lut denied their messengers.
When their brother, Lut, said to them, “Won’t you believe?
I am a trustworthy messenger,
so believe in Allah and follow me;
I won’t ask you for a fee, the Lord of the worlds will reward me.
Why, of all the people of the world do you approach males lustfully,
leaving your wives whom your Lord has created for you? You are people who have crossed the bounds of decency.”
They said, “If you don’t stop preaching Lut, you will be exiled.”
He said, “I am disgusted by your actions.
“My Lord, save me and my family from what they do.”
So We saved him and all his family,
except an old woman, who stayed behind.
Then We destroyed the others,
pelting them with a rain of brimstone. How dreadful was the rain on those who had been forewarned!
There is a sign in that, but most will not believe.
Your Lord is the Almighty, the Caring
The companions of the forest also denied Allah’s messengers.
When their brother, Shu‘ayb, said to them, “Will you not fear Allah?
I am a trustworthy messenger to you,
so be mindful of Allah and follow me.
I won’t ask you for a fee for this. The Lord of the worlds will reward me.
Be honest in your measures, and don’t be cheats.
Weigh with accurate scales;
don’t serve people short, and don’t spread corruption in the land.
Be mindful of Him Who created you and many previous generations.”
They said, “You are bewitched.
You are a mortal like us; and we think you’re a liar.
Cause a chunk of sky to fall on us, if you are telling the truth.”
He said, “My Lord knows well what you do.”
They refused to believe him, so the torment of a Day of impenetrable shade overtook them. What a dreadful Day of torment that was!
There is a sign in that, but most will not believe.
Your Lord is the Almighty, the Caring
And this is the Revelation of the Lord of the worlds,
which that trustworthy spirit, the Angel Jibreel, brought down
straight into your heart so you become a warner
in a clear Arabic language;
and it is found in the scriptures of earlier nations.
Have they not received a sign that the scholars of the Israelites will recognise?
If We had revealed it to someone who wasn’t an Arab,
and he had recited it to them, they still wouldn’t have believed it
That’s how We allow rejection of the Quran to find its way into the hearts of the sinful.
They will never believe in it until they see the painful punishment,
which will come upon them all of a sudden, when they are unaware.
They will say: “Can we be given some more time?”
But are they not currently trying to hasten Our punishment?
Suppose We granted them years of enjoyment,
then when what they had been promised befell them,
would what they had enjoyed benefit them?
We never destroyed a city which hadn’t received warners
as a reminder. We are never unjust
It is not demons who brought down this Quran;
nor would it be fitting for them, nor are they capable of doing so.
They are barred from even hearing it.
Therefore, don’t call upon any other god alongside Allah so you end up among the tormented.
Warn your nearest relatives,
and take whoever follows you from among the believers under your wing.
Then, if they disobey you, say: “I am innocent of what you do,”
and put your trust in the Almighty, the Caring,
Who sees you while you stand in prayer
and when you change position to be amongst those prostrating.
He is the Hearer, the Knower
Shall I tell you who will be visited by demons?
They visit every sinful slanderer,
who listens readily, and who is a liar.
Likewise the poets, who are deceived, follow them too.
Do you not see them wandering about in every valley,
boastfully saying things they don’t do?
Except the believing poets who are righteous, constantly remember Allah, and defend themselves against oppression. The oppressors will soon know the fate they will be returned to