طه

Taha

Tā Ha[1]

Ma anzalna AAalayka alqurana litashqa

We have not sent down the Qur’an to you [O Prophet] to cause you distress,

Illa tathkiratan liman yakhsha

but as a reminder for those who fear Allah.

Tanzeelan mimman khalaqa alarda waalssamawati alAAula

A revelation from the One Who created the earth and the high heavens.

Alrrahmanu AAala alAAarshi istawa

The Most Compassionate rose over the Throne[2].

Lahu ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi wama baynahuma wama tahta alththara

To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth, and all that is between them, and all that is beneath the soil.

Wain tajhar bialqawli fainnahu yaAAlamu alssirra waakhfa

Whether you speak loudly [or not], He surely knows what is secret and what is even more hidden.

Allahu la ilaha illa huwa lahu alasmao alhusna

Allah – none has the right to be worshiped except Him. He has the Most Beautiful Names.

Wahal ataka hadeethu moosa

Has there come to you the story of Moses?

Ith raa naran faqala liahlihi omkuthoo innee anastu naran laAAallee ateekum minha biqabasin aw ajidu AAala alnnari hudan

When he saw a fire, he said to his family, “Stay here. I have spotted a fire; I may bring you a flaming brand from it, or find some guidance at the fire[3].”

Falamma ataha noodiya ya moosa

When he came to it, he was called, “O Moses,

Innee ana rabbuka faikhlaAA naAAlayka innaka bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan

Indeed, I am your Lord, so take off your shoes; you are in the sacred valley of Tuwā.

Waana ikhtartuka faistamiAA lima yooha

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

Innanee ana Allahu la ilaha illa ana faoAAbudnee waaqimi alssalata lithikree

‘Indeed, I am Allah; none has the right to be worshiped except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer to remember Me.

Inna alssaAAata atiyatun akadu okhfeeha litujza kullu nafsin bima tasAAa

The Hour is certainly coming, but I almost keep it hidden[4], so that every soul will be recompensed for what it strives.

Fala yasuddannaka AAanha man la yuminu biha waittabaAAa hawahu fatarda

So do not let those who disbelieve in it and follow their desires distract you from it[5], or you will perish.’”

Wama tilka biyameenika ya moosa

What is that in your right hand, O Moses?”

Qala hiya AAasaya atawakkao AAalayha waahushshu biha AAala ghanamee waliya feeha maaribu okhra

He said, “It is my staff. I lean on it and beat down leaves with it for my sheep, and I have other uses for it.”[6]

Qala alqiha ya moosa

Allah said, “Throw it down, O Moses!”

Faalqaha faitha hiya hayyatun tasAAa

He threw it down, and it suddenly became a slithering snake.

Qala khuthha wala takhaf sanuAAeeduha seerataha aloola

Allah said, “Pick it up and have no fear. We will restore it to its former state.

Waodmum yadaka ila janahika takhruj baydaa min ghayri sooin ayatan okhra

Put your hand under your armpit; it will come out shining white without blemish, as another sign[7],

Linuriyaka min ayatina alkubra

so that We may show you some of Our greatest signs.

Ithhab ila firAAawna innahu tagha

Go to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed all bounds.”

Qala rabbi ishrah lee sadree

He said, “My Lord, reassure my heart for me,

Wayassir lee amree

and ease my task for me,

Waohlul AAuqdatan min lisanee

and loosen the knot from my tongue[8],

Yafqahoo qawlee

so that they may understand my speech.

WaijAAal lee wazeeran min ahlee

And appoint for me a helper from my family,

Haroona akhee

Aaron, my brother.

Oshdud bihi azree

Increase my strength through him,

Waashrikhu fee amree

and let him share my task,

Kay nusabbihaka katheeran

so that we may glorify You much,

Wanathkuraka katheeran

and remember You much.

Innaka kunta bina baseeran

For indeed You are All-Watchful over us.”

Qala qad ooteeta sulaka ya moosa

Allah said, “You are granted your request, O Moses.

Walaqad mananna AAalayka marratan okhra

And We had already conferred favor upon you before,

Ith awhayna ila ommika ma yooha

when We inspired your mother, saying,

Ani iqthifeehi fee alttabooti faiqthifeehi fee alyammi falyulqihi alyammu bialssahili yakhuthhu AAaduwwun lee waAAaduwwun lahu waalqaytu AAalayka mahabbatan minnee walitusnaAAa AAala AAaynee

‘Put him into the casket, then cast it into the river. The river will carry it to the shore, and he will be picked up by one who is an enemy to Me and enemy to him.’ I bestowed upon you love from Myself[9] so that you would be brought up under My [watchful] Eye.

Ith tamshee okhtuka fataqoolu hal adullukum AAala man yakfuluhu farajaAAnaka ila ommika kay taqarra AAaynuha wala tahzana waqatalta nafsan fanajjaynaka mina alghammi wafatannaka futoonan falabithta sineena fee ahli madyana thumma jita AAala qadarin ya moosa

When your sister was going along and said, ‘Shall I show you someone who will nurse him?’ Thus We brought you back to your mother, so that she may rejoice and not grieve[10]. Then you killed a man [by mistake][11], but We saved you from distress, and We put you through several trials. You stayed among the people of Midian for several years, then you came [here] at a destined time, O Moses.

WaistanaAAtuka linafsee

I have chosen you for Myself.

Ithhab anta waakhooka biayatee wala taniya fee thikree

Go forth, you and your brother, with My signs, and do not slacken in remembering Me.

Ithhaba ila firAAawna innahu tagha

Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has certainly transgressed all bounds.

Faqoola lahu qawlan layyinan laAAallahu yatathakkaru aw yakhsha

But speak to him gently, so that he may take heed or fear Allah.”

Qala rabbana innana nakhafu an yafruta AAalayna aw an yatgha

They said, “Our Lord, we fear that he may hasten to punish us or transgress all bounds.”

Qala la takhafa innanee maAAakuma asmaAAu waara

He said, “Do not be afraid; I am with you both, hearing and seeing.

Fatiyahu faqoola inna rasoola rabbika faarsil maAAana banee israeela wala tuAAaththibhum qad jinaka biayatin min rabbika waalssalamu AAala mani ittabaAAa alhuda

So go to him and say, ‘We are both messengers from your Lord, so let the Children of Israel go with us and do not oppress them. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord, and peace[12] be upon he who follows the true guidance.

Inna qad oohiya ilayna anna alAAathaba AAala man kaththaba watawalla

It has been revealed to us that the punishment awaits those who reject [the truth] and turn away.’”

Qala faman rabbukuma ya moosa

Pharaoh said, “So who is the Lord of you two, O Moses?”

Qala rabbuna allathee aAAta kulla shayin khalqahu thumma hada

He said, “Our Lord is the One Who gave everything its form and then guided it.”

Qala fama balu alqurooni aloola

Pharaoh said, “Then what about the former [disbelieving] nations?”

Qala AAilmuha AAinda rabbee fee kitabin la yadillu rabbee wala yansa

He said, “Its knowledge is with my Lord in a Record. My Lord never errs, nor does He forget.”

Allathee jaAAala lakumu alarda mahdan wasalaka lakum feeha subulan waanzala mina alssamai maan faakhrajna bihi azwajan min nabatin shatta

It is He Who spread out the earth for you and made therein pathways for you, and sent down rain from the sky; and We brought forth thereby various types of plants.

Kuloo wairAAaw anAAamakum inna fee thalika laayatin liolee alnnuha

Eat and graze your livestock. Indeed, there are signs in this for people of sound intellect.

Minha khalaqnakum wafeeha nuAAeedukum waminha nukhrijukum taratan okhra

From this [earth] We created you, and to it We will return you, and from it We will raise you once again.

Walaqad araynahu ayatina kullaha fakaththaba waaba

We showed Pharaoh all Our signs, but he rejected them and refused to believe.

Qala ajitana litukhrijana min ardina bisihrika ya moosa

He said, “Have you come to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Moses?

Falanatiyannaka bisihrin mithlihi faijAAal baynana wabaynaka mawAAidan la nukhlifuhu nahnu wala anta makanan suwan

We will surely bring you similar magic. So appoint a day between us that neither you nor we will fail to keep, in a convenient place[13].”

Qala mawAAidukum yawmu alzzeenati waan yuhshara alnnasu duhan

Moses said, “Your appointment is the festival day[14]; let the people be gathered at forenoon[15].”

Fatawalla firAAawnu fajamaAAa kaydahu thumma ata

So Pharaoh went away and put together his scheme, then came forth.

Qala lahum moosa waylakum la taftaroo AAala Allahi kathiban fayushitakum biAAathabin waqad khaba mani iftara

Moses said to them, “Woe to you, do not fabricate lies against Allah[16], lest He exterminate you with a punishment. Those who fabricate lies are bound to fail.”

FatanazaAAoo amrahum baynahum waasarroo alnnajwa

Then they disputed the matter among themselves and kept their talk private.

Qaloo in hathani lasahirani yureedani an yukhrijakum min ardikum bisihrihima wayathhaba bitareeqatikumu almuthla

They said, “These two are merely magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic and destroy your exemplary way of life.

FaajmiAAoo kaydakum thumma itoo saffan waqad aflaha alyawma mani istaAAla

So gather your scheme, then line up in a row. Whoever prevails today is indeed the victor.”

Qaloo ya moosa imma an tulqiya waimma an nakoona awwala man alqa

They said, “O Moses, either you throw or shall we be the first to throw!”

Qala bal alqoo faitha hibaluhum waAAisiyyuhum yukhayyalu ilayhi min sihrihim annaha tasAAa

He said, “No; you throw first.” Suddenly their ropes and staffs appeared to him, owing to their magic, as if they were slithering.

Faawjasa fee nafsihi kheefatan moosa

Then Moses sensed fear within himself.

Qulna la takhaf innaka anta alaAAla

We said, “Do not be afraid; it is you who will prevail.

Waalqi ma fee yameenika talqaf ma sanaAAoo innama sanaAAoo kaydu sahirin wala yuflihu alssahiru haythu ata

Throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have contrived. They have only contrived a magic trick, and the magician will never prosper, wherever he goes.”

Faolqiya alssaharatu sujjadan qaloo amanna birabbi haroona wamoosa

So the magicians fell down in prostration[17], saying, “We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.”

Qala amantum lahu qabla an athana lakum innahu lakabeerukumu allathee AAallamakumu alssihra falaoqattiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakum min khilafin walaosallibannakum fee juthooAAi alnnakhli walataAAlamunna ayyuna ashaddu AAathaban waabqa

Pharaoh said, “How dare you believe in him before I give you permission! He must be your master who taught you magic! I will surely cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of palm trees; you will surely know whose punishment is more severe and more lasting!”

Qaloo lan nuthiraka AAala ma jaana mina albayyinati waallathee fatarana faiqdi ma anta qadin innama taqdee hathihi alhayata alddunya

They said, “We will never prefer you over the clear signs that have come to us, or over the One Who created us[18]. So decide whatever you will. You can only make a decision about the life of this world.

Inna amanna birabbina liyaghfira lana khatayana wama akrahtana AAalayhi mina alssihri waAllahu khayrun waabqa

We surely believe in our Lord so that He may forgive us our sins and the magic that you have compelled us to practice, for Allah is best [in reward] and more lasting [in punishment].”

Innahu man yati rabbahu mujriman fainna lahu jahannama la yamootu feeha wala yahya

Whoever comes to his Lord as an evildoer, for him is Hell; he will neither die therein nor live[19].

Waman yatihi muminan qad AAamila alssalihati faolaika lahumu alddarajatu alAAula

But whoever comes to Him as a believer, having done righteous deeds, it is they who will have the highest ranks:

Jannatu AAadnin tajree min tahtiha alanharu khalideena feeha wathalika jazao man tazakka

Gardens of Eternity, under which rivers flow, abiding therein forever. Such is the reward of those who purify themselves[20].

Walaqad awhayna ila moosa an asri biAAibadee faidrib lahum tareeqan fee albahri yabasan la takhafu darakan wala takhsha

We inspired Moses, “Travel by night with My slaves, and strike for them a dry path across the sea. Have no fear of being overtaken, nor be afraid [of drowning].”

FaatbaAAahum firAAawnu bijunoodihi faghashiyahum mina alyammi ma ghashiyahum

Then Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, but they were completely overwhelmed by the sea[21].

Waadalla firAAawnu qawmahu wama hada

Thus Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide them.

Ya banee israeela qad anjaynakum min AAaduwwikum wawaAAadnakum janiba alttoori alaymana wanazzalna AAalaykumu almanna waalssalwa

O Children of Israel, We rescued you from your enemy, and made an appointment with you[22] on the right side of Mount Tūr [in Sinai], and sent down for you manna and quails[23],

Kuloo min tayyibati ma razaqnakum wala tatghaw feehi fayahilla AAalaykum ghadabee waman yahlil AAalayhi ghadabee faqad hawa

[saying], “Eat from the good things We have provided for you, but do not exceed the limits therein, or My wrath will befall you, for anyone upon whom My wrath befalls is perished.

Wainnee laghaffarun liman taba waamana waAAamila salihan thumma ihtada

I am indeed Most Forgiving to those who repent and believe, and do righteous deeds, then stay on the right path.”

Wama aAAjalaka AAan qawmika ya moosa

[Allah asked], “What made you hasten from your people, O Moses?”[24]

Qala hum olai AAala atharee waAAajiltu ilayka rabbi litarda

He said, “They are following my footsteps; I hastened to You, my Lord, to please You.”

Qala fainna qad fatanna qawmaka min baAAdika waadallahumu alssamiriyyu

Allah said, “We have certainly tested your people in your absence, and Sāmiri[25] has led them astray.”

FarajaAAa moosa ila qawmihi ghadbana asifan qala ya qawmi alam yaAAidkum rabbukum waAAdan hasanan afatala AAalaykumu alAAahdu am aradtum an yahilla AAalaykum ghadabun min rabbikum faakhlaftum mawAAidee

So Moses returned to his people, angry and sorrowful. He said, “O my people, did your Lord not promise you a good promise[26]? Was my absence too long for you, or did you want the wrath from your Lord to befall you, so you broke your promise to me[27]?”

Qaloo ma akhlafna mawAAidaka bimalkina walakinna hummilna awzaran min zeenati alqawmi faqathafnaha fakathalika alqa alssamiriyyu

They said, “We did not break our promise to you out of our own free will, but we were made to carry loads of the people’s jewelry, so we threw them [into the fire], and so did the Sāmiri throw.”[28]

Faakhraja lahum AAijlan jasadan lahu khuwarun faqaloo hatha ilahukum wailahu moosa fanasiya

Then he molded for them an image of a calf that made a mooing sound. They said, “This is your god and Moses’ god, but he has forgotten.”

Afala yarawna alla yarjiAAu ilayhim qawlan wala yamliku lahum darran wala nafAAan

Do they not see that it does not respond a word to them, nor does it have the power to harm or benefit them?

Walaqad qala lahum haroonu min qablu ya qawmi innama futintum bihi wainna rabbakumu alrrahmanu faittabiAAoonee waateeAAoo amree

Aaron told them beforehand, “O my people, you are being tested with it. Your Lord is the Most Compassionate, so follow me and obey my command.”

Qaloo lan nabraha AAalayhi AAakifeena hatta yarjiAAa ilayna moosa

They said, “We will never cease to worship it until Moses comes back to us.”

Qala ya haroonu ma manaAAaka ith raaytahum dalloo

Moses said, “O Aaron, what prevented you when you saw them going astray,

Alla tattabiAAani afaAAasayta amree

from following me? Did you disobey my command?”[29]

Qala ya bna omma la takhuth bilihyatee wala birasee innee khasheetu an taqoola farraqta bayna banee israeela walam tarqub qawlee

Aaron said, “O son of my mother, do not seize me by my beard or by my head! I feared that you would say, ‘You have caused division among the Children of Israel, and did not heed my words.’”

Qala fama khatbuka ya samiriyyu

Moses said, “What is the matter with you, O Sāmiri?”

Qala basurtu bima lam yabsuroo bihi faqabadtu qabdatan min athari alrrasooli fanabathtuha wakathalika sawwalat lee nafsee

He said, “I saw something they did not see, so I took a handful [of dust] from the hoof-print of the horse of the messenger [Gabriel] and cast it [into the fire][30]. This is what my mind prompted me.”

Qala faithhab fainna laka fee alhayati an taqoola la misasa wainna laka mawAAidan lan tukhlafahu waonthur ila ilahika allathee thalta AAalayhi AAakifan lanuharriqannahu thumma lanansifannahu fee alyammi nasfan

Moses said, “Begone then! Your [punishment] in this life will be to say, ‘Do not touch me,’[31] but there awaits you an appointed time for your reckoning that you cannot escape[32]. Now look at your so-called god which you kept worshiping; We will surely burn it and then scatter it in the sea.

Innama ilahukumu Allahu allathee la ilaha illa huwa wasiAAa kulla shayin AAilman

[O people], your god is only Allah; none has the right to be worshiped except Him. He encompasses everything in knowledge.”

Kathalika naqussu AAalayka min anbai ma qad sabaqa waqad ataynaka min ladunna thikran

This is how We relate to you [O Prophet] from the stories of the past, and We have given you a Reminder[33] from Us.

Man aAArada AAanhu fainnahu yahmilu yawma alqiyamati wizran

Whoever turns away from it will bear a heavy burden on the Day of Resurrection,

Khalideena feehi wasaa lahum yawma alqiyamati himlan

abiding therein forever[34]. What a terrible burden they will carry on the Day of Resurrection!

Yawma yunfakhu fee alssoori wanahshuru almujrimeena yawmaithin zurqan

the Day when the Trumpet will be blown; on that Day We will gather together the wicked sightless[35] [from horror].

Yatakhafatoona baynahum in labithtum illa AAashran

They will whisper to one another, “You stayed no more than ten days [on earth].”

Nahnu aAAlamu bima yaqooloona ith yaqoolu amthaluhum tareeqatan in labithtum illa yawman

We know best what they will say – the most discerning among them will say, “You stayed no more than a day.”

Wayasaloonaka AAani aljibali faqul yansifuha rabbee nasfan

They ask you about the mountains, say, “My Lord will scatter them into dust,

Fayatharuha qaAAan safsafan

and He will leave the earth level and plain,

La tara feeha AAiwajan wala amtan

you will not see therein any troughs or peaks.”

Yawmaithin yattabiAAoona alddaAAiya la AAiwaja lahu wakhashaAAati alaswatu lilrrahmani fala tasmaAAu illa hamsan

On that day, they will follow the summoner[36]; none will dare to deviate. All voices will be hushed in awe before the Most Compassionate; you will hear nothing except a whisper[37].

Yawmaithin la tanfaAAu alshshafaAAatu illa man athina lahu alrrahmanu waradiya lahu qawlan

On that day, no intercession will be of any use except to whom the Most Compassionate gave permission and approved his word.

YaAAlamu ma bayna aydeehim wama khalfahum wala yuheetoona bihi AAilman

He knows all that is ahead of them and all that is behind them[38], but they do not encompass it[39] with their knowledge.

WaAAanati alwujoohu lilhayyi alqayyoomi waqad khaba man hamala thulman

All faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, Self-Sustaining. Those burdened with wrongdoing[40] will be in a total loss.

Waman yaAAmal mina alssalihati wahuwa muminun fala yakhafu thulman wala hadman

But whoever does righteous deeds, being a believer, will have no fear of being wronged or deprived.

Wakathalika anzalnahu quranan AAarabiyyan wasarrafna feehi mina alwaAAeedi laAAallahum yattaqoona aw yuhdithu lahum thikran

We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’an and diversified its warnings, so that they may fear Allah or it may cause them to take heed.

FataAAala Allahu almaliku alhaqqu wala taAAjal bialqurani min qabli an yuqda ilayka wahyuhu waqul rabbi zidnee AAilman

So Exalted is Allah, the True Sovereign[41]. Do not hasten to [recite] the Qur’an before its revelation to you is concluded[42], and say, “My Lord, increase me in knowledge.”

Walaqad AAahidna ila adama min qablu fanasiya walam najid lahu AAazman

We had already given a command to Adam before, but he forgot, and We found him lacking a firm resolve[43].

Waith qulna lilmalaikati osjudoo liadama fasajadoo illa ibleesa aba

When We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam,” they all prostrated, except Iblīs[44], who refused.

Faqulna ya adamu inna hatha AAaduwwun laka walizawjika fala yukhrijannakuma mina aljannati fatashqa

We said “O Adam, this is an enemy to you and to your wife, so do not let him drive you both out of Paradise, for then you will fall into misery.

Inna laka alla tajooAAa feeha wala taAAra

Here you will neither go hungry nor naked,

Waannaka la tathmao feeha wala tadha

nor will you suffer from thirst or from scorching heat.”

Fawaswasa ilayhi alshshaytanu qala ya adamu hal adulluka AAala shajarati alkhuldi wamulkin la yabla

Then Satan whispered to him, and said, “O Adam, shall I show you the tree of immortality and a kingdom that will never decay?”

Faakala minha fabadat lahuma sawatuhuma watafiqa yakhsifani AAalayhima min waraqi aljannati waAAasa adamu rabbahu faghawa

So they both ate from the tree, then their nakedness was revealed to each other, and they began to put together leaves from Paradise to cover themselves. Thus Adam disobeyed his Lord and fell into error[45].

Thumma ijtabahu rabbuhu fataba AAalayhi wahada

Thereafter his Lord chose him, accepted his repentance, and guided him.

Qala ihbita minha jameeAAan baAAdukum libaAAdin AAaduwwun faimma yatiyannakum minnee hudan famani ittabaAAa hudaya fala yadillu wala yashqa

Allah said, “Get down, both of you, from here altogether [with Satan] as enemies to one another. Then when there comes to you guidance from Me, whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray nor fall into misery[46].

Waman aAArada AAan thikree fainna lahu maAAeeshatan dankan wanahshuruhu yawma alqiyamati aAAman

But whoever turns away from My Reminder[47] will have a miserable life, and on the Day of Resurrection We will raise him blind.”

Qala rabbi lima hashartanee aAAma waqad kuntu baseeran

He will say, “My Lord, why have you raised me blind when I was able to see before?”

Qala kathalika atatka ayatuna fanaseetaha wakathalika alyawma tunsa

Allah will say, “Similarly Our verses came to you, but you ignored them, so you will be ignored Today.”

Wakathalika najzee man asrafa walam yumin biayati rabbihi walaAAathabu alakhirati ashaddu waabqa

This is how We recompense those who transgress the limits and do not believe in the verses of his Lord; and the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe and more lasting[48].

Afalam yahdi lahum kam ahlakna qablahum mina alqurooni yamshoona fee masakinihim inna fee thalika laayatin liolee alnnuha

Is it not yet clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they still walk about? There are signs in this for people of sound intellect.

Walawla kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika lakana lizaman waajalun musamman

Were it not for a prior decree from your Lord[49] [O Prophet] and a time already set, they would have already been punished[50].

Faisbir AAala ma yaqooloona wasabbih bihamdi rabbika qabla tulooAAi alshshamsi waqabla ghuroobiha wamin anai allayli fasabbih waatrafa alnnahari laAAallaka tarda

So be patient with what they say, and glorify your Lord with praise before sunrise and before sunset, and glorify Him during the night and at both ends of the day, so that you may be pleased [with the reward].

Wala tamuddanna AAaynayka ila ma mattaAAna bihi azwajan minhum zahrata alhayati alddunya linaftinahum feehi warizqu rabbika khayrun waabqa

Do not turn your eyes covetously towards the various forms of splendor of this life that We have given some of the [disbelievers] to enjoy, as a trial for them. But the provision of your Lord is far better and more lasting.

Wamur ahlaka bialssalati waistabir AAalayha la nasaluka rizqan nahnu narzuquka waalAAaqibatu lilttaqwa

Enjoin your household to perform prayer and adhere to it firmly. We ask no provision from you; rather, it is We Who give you provision. And the best outcome is for those who fear Allah.

Waqaloo lawla yateena biayatin min rabbihi awalam tatihim bayyinatu ma fee alssuhufi aloola

They say, “Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?” Has there not come to them [the Qur’an as] a confirmation of what is in the earlier Scriptures[51]?

Walaw anna ahlaknahum biAAathabin min qablihi laqaloo rabbana lawla arsalta ilayna rasoolan fanattabiAAa ayatika min qabli an nathilla wanakhza

If We had destroyed them with a punishment before this[52], they would have said, “Our Lord, if only You had sent us a messenger so that we would have followed Your verses before being humiliated and disgraced.”

Qul kullun mutarabbisun fatarabbasoo fasataAAlamoona man ashabu alssirati alssawiyyi wamani ihtada

Say, “Each of us is waiting[53], so wait! You will come to know who are the people of the straight path and who are rightly guided.”