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The Purpose of the Quran's Revelation 1–3

Ayah 1

Ṭā, Hā.

Ayah 2

We have not sent down to you the Qur’ān that you be distressed

Ayah 3

But only as a reminder for those who fear [Allāh] -

The Majesty of the Revealer 4–8

Ayah 4

A revelation from He who created the earth and highest heavens,

Ayah 5

The Most Merciful [who is] above the Throne established.

Ayah 6

To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth and what is between them and what is under the soil.

Ayah 7

And if you speak aloud - then indeed, He knows the secret and what is [even] more hidden.

Ayah 8

Allāh - there is no deity except Him. To Him belong the best names.

Moses in the Sacred Valley 9–12

Ayah 9

And has the story of Moses reached you? -

Ayah 10

When he saw a fire and said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire; perhaps I can bring you a torch or find at the fire some guidance."

Ayah 11

And when he came to it, he was called, "O Moses,

Ayah 12

Indeed, I am your Lord, so remove your sandals. Indeed, you are in the blessed valley of Ṭuwā.

The First Revelation to Moses 13–16

Ayah 13

And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed [to you].

Ayah 14

Indeed, I am Allāh. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.

Ayah 15

Indeed, the Hour is coming - I almost conceal it - so that every soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives.

Ayah 16

So do not let one avert you from it who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish.

The Staff and the Shining Hand 17–23

Ayah 17

And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?"

Ayah 18

He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."

Ayah 19

[Allāh] said, "Throw it down, O Moses."

Ayah 20

So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly.

Ayah 21

[Allāh] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to its former condition.

Ayah 22

And draw in your hand to your side; it will come out white without disease - another sign,

Ayah 23

That We may show you [some] of Our greater signs.

Moses' Commission and His Prayer for Help 24–36

Ayah 24

Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed [i.e., tyrannized]."

Ayah 25

[Moses] said, "My Lord, expand [i.e., relax] for me my breast [with assurance]

Ayah 26

And ease for me my task

Ayah 27

And untie the knot from my tongue

Ayah 28

That they may understand my speech.

Ayah 29

And appoint for me a minister [i.e., assistant] from my family -

Ayah 30

Aaron, my brother.

Ayah 31

Increase through him my strength

Ayah 32

And let him share my task

Ayah 33

That we may exalt You much

Ayah 34

And remember You much.

Ayah 35

Indeed, You are of us ever Seeing."

Ayah 36

[Allāh] said, "You have been granted your request, O Moses.

Baby Moses in the River 37–41

Ayah 37

And We had already conferred favor upon you another time,

Ayah 38

When We inspired to your mother what We inspired,

Ayah 39

[Saying], 'Cast him into the chest and cast it into the river, and the river will throw it onto the bank; there will take him an enemy to Me and an enemy to him.' And I bestowed upon you love from Me that you would be brought up under My eye [i.e., observation and care].

Ayah 40

[And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content and not grieve. And you killed someone, but We saved you from retaliation and tried you with a [severe] trial. And you remained [some] years among the people of Madyan. Then you came [here] at the decreed time, O Moses.

Ayah 41

And I produced you for Myself.

Moses and Aaron Sent to Pharaoh 42–48

Ayah 42

Go, you and your brother, with My signs and do not slacken in My remembrance.

Ayah 43

Go, both of you, to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

Ayah 44

And speak to him with gentle speech that perhaps he may be reminded or fear [Allāh]."

Ayah 45

They said, "Our Lord, indeed we are afraid that he will hasten [punishment] against us or that he will transgress."

Ayah 46

[Allāh] said, "Fear not. Indeed, I am with you both; I hear and I see.

Ayah 47

So go to him and say, 'Indeed, we are messengers of your Lord, so send with us the Children of Israel and do not torment them. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord. And peace will be upon he who follows the guidance.

Ayah 48

Indeed, it has been revealed to us that the punishment will be upon whoever denies and turns away.'"

Moses Debates Pharaoh About Allah 49–55

Ayah 49

[Pharaoh] said, "So who is the Lord of you two, O Moses?"

Ayah 50

He said, "Our Lord is He who gave each thing its form and then guided [it]."

Ayah 51

[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"

Ayah 52

[Moses] said, "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a record. My Lord neither errs nor forgets."

Ayah 53

[It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.

Ayah 54

Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.

Ayah 55

From it [i.e., the earth] We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.

Pharaoh Challenges Moses 56–59

Ayah 56

And We certainly showed him [i.e., Pharaoh] Our signs - all of them - but he denied and refused.

Ayah 57

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

Ayah 58

Then we will surely bring you magic like it, so make between us and you an appointment, which we will not fail to keep and neither will you, in a place assigned."

Ayah 59

[Moses] said, "Your appointment is on the day of the festival when the people assemble at mid-morning."

The Magicians Gather 60–64

Ayah 60

So Pharaoh went away, put together his plan, and then came [to Moses].

Ayah 61

Moses said to them [i.e., the magicians summoned by Pharaoh], "Woe to you! Do not invent a lie against Allāh or He will exterminate you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents [such falsehood]."

Ayah 62

So they disputed over their affair among themselves and concealed their private conversation.

Ayah 63

They said, "Indeed, these are two magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic and do away with your most exemplary way [i.e., religion or tradition].

Ayah 64

So resolve upon your plan and then come [forward] in line. And he has succeeded today who overcomes."

The Staff Defeats the Magicians 65–69

Ayah 65

They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."

Ayah 66

He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].

Ayah 67

And he sensed within himself apprehension, did Moses.

Ayah 68

We [i.e., Allāh] said, "Fear not. Indeed, it is you who are superior.

Ayah 69

And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is."

The Magicians Believe 70–73

Ayah 70

So the magicians fell down in prostration. They said, "We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses."

Ayah 71

[Pharaoh] said, "You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic. So I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and you will surely know which of us is more severe in [giving] punishment and more enduring."

Ayah 72

They said, "Never will we prefer you over what has come to us of clear proofs and [over] He who created us. So decree whatever you are to decree. You can only decree for this worldly life.

Ayah 73

Indeed, we have believed in our Lord that He may forgive us our sins and what you compelled us [to do] of magic. And Allāh is better and more enduring."

Fates of the Guilty and the Faithful 74–76

Ayah 74

Indeed, whoever comes to his Lord as a criminal - indeed, for him is Hell; he will neither die therein nor live.

Ayah 75

But whoever comes to Him as a believer having done righteous deeds - for those will be the highest degrees [in position]:

Ayah 76

Gardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. And that is the reward of one who purifies himself.

Pharaoh Drowns in the Sea 77–79

Ayah 77

And We had inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants and strike for them a dry path through the sea; you will not fear being overtaken [by Pharaoh] nor be afraid [of drowning]."

Ayah 78

So Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the sea that which covered them,

Ayah 79

And Pharaoh led his people astray and did not guide [them].

Allah's Favors on the Children of Israel 80–82

Ayah 80

O Children of Israel, We delivered you from your enemy, and We made an appointment with you at the right side of the mount, and We sent down to you manna and quails,

Ayah 81

[Saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you and do not transgress [or oppress others] therein, lest My anger should descend upon you. And he upon whom My anger descends has certainly fallen [i.e., perished]."

Ayah 82

But indeed, I am the Perpetual Forgiver of whoever repents and believes and does righteousness and then continues in guidance.

The Samiri Misleads the People 83–89

Ayah 83

[Allāh said], "And what made you hasten from your people, O Moses?"

Ayah 84

He said, "They are close upon my tracks, and I hastened to You, my Lord, that You be pleased."

Ayah 85

[Allāh] said, "But indeed, We have tried your people after you [departed], and the Sāmirī has led them astray."

Ayah 86

So Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved. He said, "O my people, did your Lord not make you a good promise? Then, was the time [of its fulfillment] too long for you, or did you wish that wrath from your Lord descend upon you, so you broke your promise [of obedience] to me?"

Ayah 87

They said, "We did not break our promise to you by our will, but we were made to carry burdens from the ornaments of the people [of Pharaoh], so we threw them [into the fire], and thus did the Sāmirī throw."

Ayah 88

And he extracted for them [the statue of] a calf which had a lowing sound, and they said, "This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot."

Ayah 89

Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech [i.e., response] and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit?

Moses Confronts Aaron 90–94

Ayah 90

And Aaron had already told them before [the return of Moses], "O my people, you are only being tested by it, and indeed, your Lord is the Most Merciful, so follow me and obey my order."

Ayah 91

They said, "We will never cease being devoted to it [i.e., the calf] until Moses returns to us."

Ayah 92

[Moses] said, "O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,

Ayah 93

From following me? Then have you disobeyed my order?"

Ayah 94

[Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, do not seize [me] by my beard or by my head. Indeed, I feared that you would say, 'You caused division among the Children of Israel, and you did not observe [or await] my word.'"

Fate of the Samiri and the Calf 95–98

Ayah 95

[Moses] said, "And what is your case, O Sāmirī?"

Ayah 96

He said, "I saw what they did not see, so I took a handful [of dust] from the track of the messenger and threw it, and thus did my soul entice me."

Ayah 97

[Moses] said, "Then go. And indeed, it is [decreed] for you in [this] life to say, 'No contact.' And indeed, you have an appointment [in the Hereafter] you will not fail to keep. And look at your 'god' to which you remained devoted. We will surely burn it and blow it [i.e., its ashes] into the sea with a blast.

Ayah 98

Your god is only Allāh, except for whom there is no deity. He has encompassed all things in knowledge."

Those Who Turn From the Quran 99–104

Ayah 99

Thus, [O Muḥammad], We relate to you from the news of what has preceded. And We have certainly given you from Us a message [i.e., the Qur’ān].

Ayah 100

Whoever turns away from it - then indeed, he will bear on the Day of Resurrection a burden [i.e., great sin],

Ayah 101

[Abiding] eternally therein, and evil it is for them on the Day of Resurrection as a load -

Ayah 102

The Day the Horn will be blown. And We will gather the criminals, that Day, blue-eyed.

Ayah 103

They will murmur among themselves, "You remained not but ten [days in the world]."

Ayah 104

We are most knowing of what they say when the best of them in manner [i.e., wisdom or speech] will say, "You remained not but one day."

The Mountains on the Last Day 105–108

Ayah 105

And they ask you about the mountains, so say, "My Lord will blow them away with a blast.

Ayah 106

And He will leave it [i.e., the earth] a level plain;

Ayah 107

You will not see therein a depression or an elevation."

Ayah 108

That Day, they [i.e., everyone] will follow [the call of] the Caller [with] no deviation therefrom, and [all] voices will be stilled before the Most Merciful, so you will not hear except a whisper [of footsteps].

Intercession on Judgment Day 109–112

Ayah 109

That Day, no intercession will benefit except [that of] one to whom the Most Merciful has given permission and has accepted his word.

Ayah 110

He [i.e., Allāh] knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, but they do not encompass it [i.e., what He knows] in knowledge.

Ayah 111

And [all] faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. And he will have failed who carries injustice.

Ayah 112

But he who does of righteous deeds while he is a believer - he will neither fear injustice nor deprivation.

The Prophet's Prayer for Knowledge 113–114

Ayah 113

And thus We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’ān and have diversified therein the warnings that perhaps they will avoid [sin] or it would cause them remembrance.

Ayah 114