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20. Ta-Ha (Ta Ha, 135 verses)
20.51. (The Pharaoh) said: "Then, what is the case with the earlier generations (all of whom have passed away— how are they recompensed for their beliefs and deeds)?"
20.52. (Moses) answered: "My Lord holds the knowledge of them in a Record. My Lord never errs, nor forgets. "
20.53. He Who has made the earth a cradle for you and traced out roads on it for you, and sends down water from the sky, and produces with it pairs of various plants.
20.54. Eat thereof, and feed your cattle. Surely, in all this are signs (manifesting the truth) for people of sound, unbiased thinking.
20.55. From it (earth), We create you, and into it, are We returning you; and out of it, will We bring you forth a second time.
20.56. We certainly showed the Pharaoh Our signs, all of them (including those We granted particularly to Moses), but he contradicted them and refused (to believe).
20.57. He said: "Moses, have you come to drive us from our land with your sorcery?
20.58. "Then, We will most certainly produce before you sorcery like it. So appoint a meeting between us and you, which neither we nor you will fail to keep, in an open, level place convenient (to both of us). "
20.59. (Moses) said: "The meeting will be on the Day of the Festival, and let the people assemble in the forenoon. "
20.60. The Pharaoh then left, and he (set out to) mobilize all his devices, then presented himself (at the appointed meeting).
20.61. Moses said to them (warning them before it was too late for them to be warned): "Woe to you! Do not fabricate lies against God (such as falsely describing His clear proofs as sorcery, falsely pretending that His Message to you aims at driving you out of your land, or by adopting other deities than Him), lest He ruin you with a severe scourge. Whoever fabricates a lie is doomed. "
20.62. (Moses' warning having influenced some among the sorcerers)) they began to debate their affair among themselves. (Whereupon, the Pharaoh's men intervened, and)  spoke to them secretly.
20.63. (, They said: "These two men are surely sorcerers intent on driving you out of your land with their sorcery and doing away with your exemplary way of life.
20.64. "So gather your devices, and then come in ordered ranks (as an organized, unified force), for the one who gains the upper hand today has surely triumphed. "
20.65. They (the sorcerers) said: "Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw!"
20.66. He said: "No, you throw first!" And there and then, by their sorcery, their ropes and their staffs seemed to him to be slithering.
20.67. Then Moses felt in his soul a bit apprehensive (that people may have been influenced by their sorcery).
20.68. We said: "Do not fear! You surely, you are the uppermost.
20.69. "Throw that which is in your right hand: it will swallow up all that they have contrived. What they have contrived is only a sorcerer's artifice. And a sorcerer can never prosper, whatever he may aim at. "
20.70. And so (it happened, and) the sorcerers were thrown down, prostrate. They proclaimed: "We have come to believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses!"
20.71. (The Pharaoh) said: "Do you believe in Him before I give you permission? I see that he (Moses) is your master who taught you sorcery! I will surely have your hands and feet cut off alternately, and have you crucified on the trunks of palm-trees, and you will certainly come to know which of us (– the Lord of Aaron and Moses or I –) is more severe in punishment and (whose punishment is) more lasting!"
20.72. They said: "We will never prefer you above the clear evidence (manifesting the truth) that has come before us, and above Him Who originated us. So decree whatever you decree: you can decree only for the life of this world.
20.73. "We have surely come to believe in our Lord, and (we hope) that He may forgive us our faults and that sorcery to which you compelled us. God is the best (in giving reward), and the most permanent. "
20.74. Whoever comes before his Lord as a disbelieving criminal, for him surely there will be Hell: he will neither die therein nor live.
20.75. Whereas he who comes before Him as a believer who did good, righteous deeds, for such are high ranks and lofty stations –
20.76. Gardens of perpetual bliss through which rivers flow, therein to abide. Such is the recompense of whoever attains purity.
20.77. We revealed to Moses: "Set forth with My servants by night, and (when you reach the sea's edge with the Pharaoh and his army in pursuit) strike for them a dry path with your staff through the sea, and you need have no fear of being overtaken (by Pharaoh) or of drowning in the sea. "
20.78. Then the Pharaoh pursued them with his armed hosts, and they were overwhelmed by the sea to their complete destruction.
20.79. The Pharaoh had led his people astray (and finally he led them to destruction); he did not guide them (either to the truth or to prosperity).
20.80. O Children of Israel! We saved you from your enemy; and We made a covenant with you through Moses on the right side of Mount Sinai (and granted you the Torah); and We sent down on you manna and quails (to sustain you in the desert).
20.81. (We said:) Eat of the pure, wholesome things that We have provided for you, but do not exceed the bounds therein (by wastefulness, ingratitude, unlawful earnings, and the like). Otherwise, My condemnation will justly fall upon you, and upon whoever My wrath falls, he has indeed thrown himself into ruin.
20.82. Yet I am surely All-Forgiving to whoever repents and believes and does good, righteous deeds, and thereafter, keeps himself on the right path.
20.83. (When Moses came to Our appointment with him in Mount Sinai to receive the Torah, We asked him:) "Moses, what has caused you to leave your people behind in such haste?"
20.84. He replied: "They are following in my footsteps; and I have shown haste to come to You so that You may be well-pleased with me. "
20.85. (God) said: "Then (know that) We have put your people to a test in your absence, and the Sāmirī has led them astray. "
20.86. So Moses returned to his people in anger and sorrow. He said: "My people! Did your Lord not make you a fair promise (that He would grant you the Torah for your happiness in both worlds, and settle you in the land the environs of which He has blessed)? Did, then, the time appointed (for my absence) seem too long to you, or did you desire that a condemnation from your Lord should fall upon you, that you broke your promise to me?"
20.87. They said: "We did not break our promise to you of our own accord (with intent), but we were loaded with (sinful) loads of ornaments of the people (of Egypt), and we threw them (to get rid of them), in the same way as the Sāmirī threw (them, into a fire). "
20.88. And then he brought out for them a calf, shaping to it (from the molten ornaments) a body (which made a sound like) mooing. Then they said (some of them to others): "This is your deity and the deity of Moses, but he has forgotten. "
20.89. Did they not see at all that (even) it could not return to them a word (for answer), and had no power to harm or benefit them?
20.90. And Aaron had certainly said to them, before Moses' return (warning them:) "O my people! You are only being tested through this (idol, to prove the quality of your understanding and faith). Truly Your Lord is the All-Merciful (Who is most forgiving), so follow me and obey my order!"
20.91. But they said: "We will by no means cease to worship it until Moses comes back to us. "
20.92. (Having returned, and unaware of Aaron's warning, Moses) said: "O Aaron! What prevented you, when you saw them gone astray,
20.93. "From following me? Have you, then, disobeyed my order?"
20.94. Aaron said: "O son of my mother! Do not seize me by my beard, nor by my head! I was afraid lest you should say: ‘You have caused division among the Children of Israel, and paid no heed to my orders!' "
20.95. (Moses turned to the Sāmirī and) said: "What is the matter with you, O Sāmirī (that you did such a monstrous thing)?"
20.96. He answered: "I have seen something which they were unable to see, and so I took a handful (of dust) from the trail of the messenger (the archangel Gabriel) and cast it into the molten ornaments: thus did my soul prompt me to act. "
20.97. (Moses) said: "Be gone, then! (The sentence) upon you is that in this present life, you say ‘Touch me not!' (to warn people against proximity to you); and surely there is for you a promise (of punishment) that you cannot evade. Now look to this deity of yours to whose worship you have become devoted: we will most certainly burn it, and scatter whatever remains of it over the sea!
20.98. "(O my people!) Your only deity is God, other than Whom there is no deity. He encompasses all things in His Knowledge. "
20.99. Thus do We relate to you (O Messenger) some of the exemplary events which happened in the past. Indeed, We have granted you a Reminder (a Book of knowledge and instructions) from Our Presence.
20.100. Whoever turns away from it certainly bears a burden on the Day of Resurrection,
 
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