١Ta. Sin, Mim.
٢THESE ARE MESSAGES of the divine writ, clear in itself and clearly showing the truth!
٣Wouldst thou, perhaps, torment thyself to death [with grief] because they [who live around thee] refuse to believe [in it]?
٤Had We so willed, We could have sent down unto them a message from the skies, so that their necks would [be forced to] bow down before it in humility.
٥[But We have not willed it:] and so, whenever there comes unto them any fresh reminder from the Most Gracious, they [who are blind of heart] always - turn their backs upon it:
٦thus, indeed, have they given the lie (to this message as well). But [in time] they will come to understand what it was that they were wont to deride!
٧Have they, then, never considered the earth - how much of every noble kind [of life] We have caused to grow thereon?
٨In this, behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it].
٩But, verily, thy Sustainer - He alone - is almighty, a dispenser of grace!
١٠HENCE, [remember how it was] when thy Sustainer summoned Moses: “Go unto those evil doing people.
١١the people of Pharaoh, who refuse to be conscious of Me!”
١٢He answered: “O my Sustainer! Behold, I fear that they will give me the lie,
١٣and then my breast will be straitened and my tongue will not be free: send, then, [this Thy command] to Aaron.
١٤Moreover, they keep a grave charge [pending] against me, and I fear that they will slay me.”
١٥Said He: “Not so, indeed! Go forth, then, both of you, with Our messages: verify, We shall be with you, listening [to your call]!
١٦And go, both of you, unto Pharaoh and say, ‘Behold, we bear a message from the Sustainer of all the worlds:
١٧Let the children of Israel go with us!’”
١٨[But when Moses had delivered his message, Pharaoh] said: “Did we not bring thee up among us when thou wert a child? And didst thou not spend among us years of thy [later] life?
١٩And yet thou didst commit that [heinous] deed of thine, and [hast thus shown that] thou art one of the ingrate!”