Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd Moses conceived a fear in his mind.
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Juz 16
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe said: Fear not! Lo! thou art the higher.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThrow that which is in thy right hand! It will eat up that which they have made. Lo! that which they have made is but a wizard's artifice, and a wizard shall not be successful to whatever point (of skill) he may attain.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen the wizards were (all) flung down prostrate, crying: We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Pharaoh) said: Ye put faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he is your chief who taught you magic. Now surely I shall cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and I shall crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and ye shall know for certain which of us hath sterner and more lasting punishment.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: We choose thee not above the clear proofs that have come unto us, and above Him Who created us. So decree what thou wilt decree. Thou wilt end for us only this life of the world.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! we believe in our Lord, that He may forgive us our sins and the magic unto which thou didst force us. Allah is better and more lasting.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! whoso cometh guilty unto his Lord, verily for him is hell. There he will neither die nor live.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut whoso cometh unto Him a believer, having done good works, for such are the high stations;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallGardens of Eden underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever. That is the reward of him who groweth.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd verily We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night and strike for them a dry path in the sea, fearing not to be overtaken, neither being afraid (of the sea).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen Pharaoh followed them with his hosts and there covered them that which did cover them of the sea.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd Pharaoh led his folk astray, he did not guide them.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallO Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and we made a covenant with you on the holy mountain's side, and sent down on you the manna and the quails,
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Saying): Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you, and transgress not in respect thereof lest My wrath come upon you: and he on whom My wrath cometh, he is lost indeed.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! verily I am Forgiving toward him who repenteth and believeth and doeth good, and afterward walketh aright.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd (it was said): What hath made thee hasten from thy folk, O Moses?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: They are close upon my track. I hastened unto Thee, my Lord, that Thou mightest be well pleased.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Lo! We have tried thy folk in thine absence, and As-Samiri hath misled them.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen Moses went back unto his folk, angry and sad. He said: O my people! Hath not your Lord promised you a fair promise? Did the time appointed then appear too long for you, or did ye wish that wrath from your Lord should come upon you, that ye broke tryst with me?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: We broke not tryst with thee of our own will, but we were laden with burdens of ornaments of the folk, then cast them (in the fire), for thus As-Samiri proposed.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen he produced for them a calf, of saffron hue, which gave forth a lowing sound. And they cried: This is your god and the god of Moses, but he hath forgotten.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSee they not, then, that it returneth no saying unto them and possesseth for them neither hurt nor use?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd Aaron indeed had told them beforehand: O my people! Ye are but being seduced therewith, for lo! your Lord is the Beneficent, so follow me and obey my order.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: We shall by no means cease to be its votaries till Moses return unto us.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe (Moses) said: O Aaron! What held thee back when thou didst see them gone astray,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat thou followedst me not? Hast thou then disobeyed my order?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: O son of my mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I feared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division among the Children of Israel, and hast not waited for my word.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Moses) said: And what hast thou to say, O Samiri?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: I perceived what they perceive not, so I seized a handful from the footsteps of the messenger, and then threw it in. Thus my soul commended to me.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Moses) said: Then go! and lo! in this life it is for thee to say: Touch me not! and lo! there is for thee a tryst thou canst not break. Now look upon thy god of which thou hast remained a votary. Verily we will burn it and will scatter its dust over the sea.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallYour God is only Allah, than Whom there is no other God. He embraceth all things in His knowledge.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThus relate We unto thee (Muhammad) some tidings of that which happened of old, and We have given thee from Our presence a reminder.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhoso turneth away from it, he verily will bear a burden on the Day of Resurrection,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAbiding under it - an evil burden for them on the Day of Resurrection,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe day when the Trumpet is blown. On that day we assemble the guilty white-eyed (with terror),
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallMurmuring among themselves: Ye have tarried but ten (days).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe are Best Aware of what they utter when their best in conduct say: Ye have tarried but a day.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey will ask thee of the mountains (on that day). Say: My Lord will break them into scattered dust.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd leave it as an empty plain,
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).