Ta-Ha

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

1. Ta, Ha.
2. We did not reveal the Quran to you to
make you suffer.
3. But only as a reminder for him who
fears.
4. A revelation from He who created the
earth and the high heavens.
5. The Most Merciful; on the Throne He
settled.
6. To Him belongs everything in the heavens

and the earth, and everything between
them, and everything beneath the soil.
7. If you speak aloud—He knows the secret,
and the most hidden.
8. God, there is no god but He, His are the
Most Beautiful Names.
9. Has the story of Moses reached you?
10. When he saw a fire, he said to his family,
“Stay; I have noticed a fire; Perhaps I
can bring you a torch therefrom, or find
some guidance by the fire.”
11. Then, when he reached it, he was
called, “O Moses.
12. I—I am your Lord. Take off your shoes.
You are in the sacred valley of Tuwa.
13. I have chosen you, so listen to what is
revealed.
14. I—I am God. There is no God but I. So
serve Me, and practice the prayer for My
remembrance.
15. The Hour is coming—but I keep it almost
hidden—so that each soul will be
paid for what it endeavors.
16. And do not let him who denies it and
follows his desire turn you away from it,
lest you fall.
17. And what is that in your right-hand, O
Moses?”
18. He said, “This is my staff. I lean on it,
and herd my sheep with it, and I have other
uses for it.”
19. He said, “Throw it, O Moses.”
20. So he threw it—thereupon it became a
moving serpent.
21. He said, “Take hold of it, and do not
fear. We will restore it to its original condition.
22. And press your hand to your side; it
will come out white, without a blemish—
another sign.
23. That We may show you some of Our
greatest signs.
24. Go to Pharaoh; He has transgressed.”
25. He said, “My Lord, put my heart at
peace for me.
26. And ease my task for me.
27. And untie the knot from my tongue.
28. So they can understand my speech.
29. And appoint an assistant for me, from
my family.
30. Aaron, my brother.
31. Strengthen me with him.
32. And have him share in my mission.
33. That we may glorify You much.
34. And remember You much.
35. You are always watching over us.”
36. He said, “You are granted your request,
O Moses.
37. We had favored you another time.
38. When We inspired your mother with
the inspiration.
39. `Put him in the chest; then cast him
into the river. The river will wash him to
shore, where an enemy of Mine and an
enemy of his will pick him up. And I have
bestowed upon you love from Me, so that
you may be reared before My eye.
40. When your sister walked along, and
said, ‘Shall I tell you about someone who
will take care of him?' So We returned you
to your mother, that she may be comforted,
and not sorrow. And you killed a person,
but We saved you from stress; and
We tested you thoroughly. And you stayed
years among the people of Median. Then
you came back, as ordained, O Moses.
41. And I made you for Myself.
42. Go, you and your brother, with My
signs, and do not neglect My remembrance.
43. Go to Pharaoh. He has tyrannized.
44. But speak to him nicely. Perhaps he will
remember, or have some fear.”
45. They said, “Lord, we fear he may persecute
us, or become violent.”
46. He said, “Do not fear, I am with you, I
hear and I see.
47. Approach him and say, `We are the
messengers of your Lord; so let the Children
of Israel go with us, and do not torment
them. We bring you a sign from
your Lord, and peace be upon him who
follows guidance.
48. It was revealed to us that the punishment
falls upon him who disbelieves and
turns away.'“
49. He said, “Who is your Lord, O Moses.”
50. He said, “Our Lord is He who gave everything
its existence, then guided it.”
51. He said, “What about the first generations?”
52. He said, “Knowledge thereof is with my
Lord, in a Book. My Lord never errs, nor
does He forget.”
53. He who made the earth a habitat for
you; and traced in it routes for you; and
sent down water from the sky, with which
We produce pairs of diverse plants.
54. Eat and pasture your livestock. In that
are signs for those with understanding.
55. From it We created you, and into it We
will return you, and from it We will bring
you out another time.
56. We showed him Our signs, all of them,
but he denied and refused.
57. He said, “Did you come to us to drive
us out of our land with your magic, O Moses?
58. We will produce for you magic like it;
so make an appointment between us and
you, which we will not miss—neither us,
nor you—in a central place.”
59. He said, “Your appointment is the day
of the festival, so let the people be gathered
together at mid-morning.”
60. Pharaoh turned away, put together his
plan, and then came back.
61. Moses said to them, “Woe to you. Do
not fabricate lies against God, or He will
destroy you with a punishment. He who
invents lies will fail.”
62. They disagreed among themselves over
their affair, and conferred secretly.
63. They said, “These two are magicians
who want to drive you out of your land
with their magic, and to abolish your exemplary
way of life.
64. So settle your plan, and come as one
front. Today, whoever gains the upper
hand will succeed.”
65. They said, “O Moses, either you throw,
or we will be the first to throw.”
66. He said, “You throw.” And suddenly,
their ropes and sticks appeared to him,
because of their magic, to be crawling
swiftly.
67. So Moses felt apprehensive within himself.
68. We said, “Do not be afraid, you are the
uppermost.
69. Now throw down what is in your right
hand—it will swallow what they have
crafted. What they have crafted is only a
magician’s trickery. But the magician will
not succeed, no matter what he does.”
70. And the magicians fell down prostrate.
They said, “We have believed in the Lord
of Aaron and Moses.”
71. He said, “Did you believe in him before
I have given you permission? He must be
your chief, who has taught you magic. I
will cut off your hands and your feet on
alternate sides, and I will crucify you on
the trunks of the palm-trees. Then you will
know which of us is more severe in punishment,
and more lasting.”
72. They said, “We will not prefer you to
the proofs that have come to us, and Him
who created us. So issue whatever judgment
you wish to issue. You can only rule
in this lowly life.
73. We have believed in our Lord, so that
He may forgive us our sins, and the magic
you have compelled us to practice. God is
Better, and more Lasting.”
74. Whoever comes to his Lord guilty, for
him is Hell, where he neither dies nor
lives.
75. But whoever comes to Him a believer,
having worked righteousness—these will
have the highest ranks.
76. The Gardens of Perpetuity, beneath
which rivers flow, dwelling therein forever.
That is the reward for him who purifies
himself.
77. And We inspired Moses: “Travel by
night with My servants, and strike for
them a dry path across the sea, not fearing
being overtaken, nor worrying.”
78. Pharaoh pursued them with his troops,
but the sea overwhelmed them, and completely
engulfed them.
79. Pharaoh misled his people, and did not
guide them.
80. O Children of Israel! We have delivered
you from your enemy, and promised you
by the right side of the Mount, and sent
down to you manna and quails.
81. Eat of the good things We have provided
for you, but do not be excessive therein,
lest My wrath descends upon you. He,
upon whom My wrath descends, has fallen.
82. And I am Forgiving towards him who
repents, believes, acts righteously, and
then remains guided.
83. “And what made you rush ahead of
your people, O Moses?”
84. He said, “They are following in my
footsteps; and I hurried on to You, my
Lord, that you may be pleased.”
85. He said, “We have tested your people in
your absence, and the Samarian misled
them.”
86. So Moses returned to his people, angry
and disappointed. He said, “O my people,
did your Lord not promise you a good
promise? Was the time too long for you?
Or did you want wrath from your Lord to
descend upon you, so you broke your
promise to me?”
87. They said, “We did not break our
promise to you by our choice, but we were
made to carry loads of the people’s ornaments,
and we cast them in. That was what
the Samarian suggested.”
88. So he produced for them a calf—a mere
body which lowed. And they said, “This is
your god, and the god of Moses, but he
has forgotten.”
89. Did they not see that it cannot return a
word to them, and has no power to harm
them or benefit them?
90. Aaron had said to them before, “O my
people, you are being tested by this. And
your Lord is the Merciful, so follow me,
and obey my command.”
91. They said, “We will not give up our
devotion to it, until Moses returns to us.”
92. He said, “O Aaron, what prevented
you, when you saw them going astray.
93. From following me? Did you disobey
my command?”
94. He said, “Son of my mother, do not
seize me by my beard or my head. I feared
you would say, `You have caused division
among the Children of Israel, and did not
regard my word.'“
95. He said, “What do you have to say, O
Samarian?”
96. He said, “I saw what they did not see, so
I grasped a handful from the Messenger’s
traces, and I flung it away. Thus my soul
prompted me.”
97. He said, “Begone! Your lot in this life is
to say, ‘No contact.’ And you have an appointment
that you will not miss. Now
look at your god that you remained devoted
to—we will burn it up, and then blow it
away into the sea, as powder.”
98. Surely your god is God, the One besides
whom there is no other god. He comprehends
everything in knowledge.
99. Thus We narrate to you reports of
times gone by; and We have given you a
message from Our Presence.
100. Whoever turns away from it will carry
on the Day of Resurrection a burden.
101. Abiding therein forever. And wretched
is their burden on the Day of Resurrection.
102. On the Day when the Trumpet is
blown—We will gather the sinners on that
Day, blue.
103. Murmuring among themselves: “You
have lingered only for ten.”
104. We are fully aware of what they say,
when the most exemplary of them in conduct
will say, “You have lingered only a
day.”
105. And they ask you about the mountains.
Say, “My Lord will crumble them
utterly.”
106. And leave them desolate waste.
107. You will see in them neither crookedness,
nor deviation.”
108. On that Day, they will follow the caller,
without any deviation. Voices will be
hushed before the Merciful, and you will
hear nothing but murmur.
109. On that Day, intercession will not
avail, except for him permitted by the
Merciful, and whose words He has approved.
110. He knows what is before them and
what is behind them, and they cannot
comprehend Him in their knowledge.
111. Faces will be humbled before the Living,
the Eternal. Whoever carries injustice
will despair.
112. But whoever has done righteous deeds,
while being a believer—will fear neither
injustice, nor grievance.
113. Thus We have revealed it an Arabic
Quran, and We have diversified the warnings
in it, that perhaps they would become
righteous, or it may produce a lesson for
them.
114. Exalted is God, the True King. Do not
be hasty with the Quran before its inspiration
to you is concluded, and say, “My
Lord, increase me in knowledge.”
115. And We covenanted with Adam before,
but he forgot, and We found in him
no resolve.
116. And when We said to the angels, “Bow
down to Adam.” They bowed down, except
for Satan. He refused.
117. We said, “O Adam, this is an enemy to
you and to your wife. So do not let him
make you leave the Garden, for then you
will suffer.
118. In it you will never go hungry, nor be
naked.
119. Nor will you be thirsty in it, nor will
you swelter.”
120. But Satan whispered to him. He said,
“O Adam, shall I show you the Tree of
Immortality, and a kingdom that never
decays?”
121. And so they ate from it; whereupon
their bodies became visible to them, and
they started covering themselves with the
leaves of the Garden. Thus Adam disobeyed
his Lord, and fell.
122. But then his Lord recalled him, and
pardoned him, and guided him.
123. He said, “Go down from it, altogether;
some of you enemies of some others. But
whenever guidance comes to you from
Me, whoever follows My guidance, will
not go astray, nor suffer.
124. But whoever turns away from My Reminder,
for him is a confined life. And We
will raise him on the Day of Resurrection
blind.”
125. He will say, “My Lord, why did You
raise me blind, though I was seeing?”
126. He will say, “Just as Our revelations
came to you, and you forgot them, today
you will be forgotten.”
127. Thus We recompense him who transgresses
and does not believe in the revelations
of his Lord. The punishment of the
Hereafter is more severe, and more lasting.
128. Is it not instructive to them, how many
generations before them We destroyed, in
whose settlements they walk? Surely in
that are signs for people of understanding.
129. Were it not for a word that issued from
your Lord, the inevitable would have happened,
but there is an appointed term.
130. So bear patiently what they say, and
celebrate the praises of your Lord before
the rising of the sun, and before its setting.
And during the hours of the night glorify
Him, and at the borders of the day, that
you may be satisfied.
131. And do not extend your glance towards
what We have given some classes of
them to enjoy—the splendor of the life of
this world—that We may test them thereby.
Your Lord’s provision is better and
more lasting.
132. And exhort your people to pray, and
patiently adhere to it. We ask of you no
sustenance, but it is We who sustain you.
The good ending is that for righteousness.
133. And they say, “Why does he not bring
us a miracle from his Lord?” Were they
not given enough miracles in the former
scriptures?
134. Had We destroyed them with a punishment
before him, they would have said,
“Our Lord, if only You had sent us a messenger,
we would have followed Your
revelations before we were humiliated and
disgraced.”
135. Say, “Everybody is waiting, so wait.
You will know who the people of the
straight path are, and who is rightly guided.