Surah Al-Qasas

Story, events, narration, about where it came from

1-Tâ, Sîn, Mîm

2-It is a clear book with all its signs.

3-We inform you of the news of Moses and Pharaoh, that people may seek the truth and becomebelievers.

4-Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself on earth and divided his people into sects. He made their sectsweak, and he slaughtered their sons and kept their women alive. Surely, he was one of those who werein wickedness.

5-We wanted those who were ruined on earth to understand that they were adorned with Ourblessings. We made them leaders and arranged them to carry all Our manifestations.

6-We made the earth their abode. We showed Our light to Pharaoh and Haman and those with them,but they did not pay attention to the truths presented.

7-We inspired to Moses’ mother: “Nursing him, if you fear him, then cast him into the sea and do notfear or grieve. We will surely bring him back to you and We have made him a manifester.”

8-So, the people of Pharaoh took him, who would be their enemies and cause grief to Pharaoh andHaman. This was a mistake for those who thought they were strong.

9-The one who was under the rule of Pharaoh said: Let us not kill him, perhaps he will be close to youand me, the comfort of our eyes, perhaps he will be of benefit to us, or we will adopt him. They werenot the ones who understood the truth.

10-The mother of Moses felt the light in her heart. If he had not been devoted to Us with her heart sothat he would be one of the believers, she would have been in vain and would have explained it.

11-She said to her sister: Follow him. So, she observed him from a distance and without themnoticing.

12-We kept him away from the women who were nursing their children before. His sister said: Shall Ishow you a family who will take good care of him and raise him well?

13-So, We returned him to his mother so that he might know his origin, be saved from troubles, andknow that the truth is the manifestation of Allah. But most of them do not know.

14-When he reached maturity and attained perfection, he understood the rules and wisdom We hadgiven him. This is the reward for those who are completely attached.

15-He entered that city. The people were heedless at that time. Then, he met two people fighting there,one from his side and one from his enemies. The one from his side asked him for help against hisenemy. Then, Moses struck him. Then he said, “This is from the devil’s state.” Indeed, those states aremanifest misguidance.

16-He said, “O my Lord! I have ruined myself. So, grant me forgiveness. Thus, he attainedforgiveness. Indeed, Allah is the Forgiver, the Creator of all creation.

17-He said, “O my Lord! You have qualified me with Your attributes.” Hereafter I will not remain inappearances or in evil.

18-So, he waited in the city until daylight and observed. Then, the same person who had asked forhelp yesterday asked for help from him again. Moses said to him: You are clearly an unjust person.

19-And when Moses wanted to seize the enemy against them, he said, “O Moses! Do you want to killme as you killed him yesterday? Do you want to be a tyrant on earth? Do you not want to be sincerewith all your heart?

20-And a man came running from afar in the city and said, “O Moses! The chiefs are conspiring to killyou. Get out of here, for I am one of those who advise you.”

21-So, he went out from there, fearful and observant. He said, “O my Lord! Save me from this peoplewho are oppressors.”

22-And he turned towards Madyan. I hope that I would follow the right path that my Lord has shownme.”

23-And when he came to the water in Madyan, he found there a group of people taking water, and twowomen were waiting with them. He said, “What is the matter with you?” They said, “We will not getwater until the shepherds go out. Our father is the chief of a great tribe.”

24-So, he watered their animals. Then, he went into the shade and said: O my Lord! I am in need ofevery beneficence that You have given me.

25-Then, one of them came to him, walking humbly, and said: My father invites you to repay you forhelping us with water. Then, when he arrived there, he told him where he had come from. He said: Donot fear, you have been saved from an unjust people.

26-One of the daughters said: O my father! Take her for a reward. Of those whom you take for areward, that is better.

27-He said: I want to marry one of these two daughters of mine to you. In return, you will serve me foreight years. If you complete it, then she is yours. I do not want to put any hardship on you.Hopefully,you will find me from those who are upright.

28-Moses said: This is between you and me. When I complete these appointed terms, there is nodifficulty for me, and Allah is the One who has authority over all the words we say.

29-So, when Moses completed the appointed term, he set off with his family. He noticed his qualifiedbody and the light that surrounded all around. He said to his family: Wait, I hope that I would bringyou some information from that light that I have noticed, or that I would reach the truth of that light inall beings. It is hoped that you would benefit from that information.

30-So, he heard the call that comes from an essence, that encompasses all places with its holiness, thatis alive in all places, that is manifested in all things. O Moses! Indeed, I am Allah, the Creator of allcreation.

31-Leave aside what you carry and what you know. Thus, he understood that his knowledge andbearing, which were his basis, did not mean anything and he turned away from his own understandingand did not look back. O Moses! Accept the truths and do not fear, indeed you are on a safe path.

32-Understand the power that created you within you. Reveal that power by giving up evils, and returnto your origin, where the attributes are attached to you. Thus, go to Pharaoh and his leaders with theseproofs from your Lord. Indeed, they were of those who went astray in their ignorance.

33- He said: O my Lord! I killed one of them, so I fear that they will kill me.

34- And send my brother Aaron with me. His remembrance is more explanatory than mine, heconfirms me and helps me. I fear that they will deny me.

35- We have supported you with your brother and made you stronger, you are on Our proofs. So, aslong as you are on Our proofs, they will not be able to overcome you there, and whoever follows thetruth with you, he will be successful.

36-So, when Moses came to them with Our clear proofs, they said: This is nothing but deception, it isa fabrication. We have never heard such a thing from our forefathers before.

37-Moses said: The Owner of wisdom is my Lord. Whoever follows the path of His truths andwhoever understands Him will have a beautiful home. Indeed, the wrongdoers will not succeed.

38-Pharaoh said: O chiefs! I do not know any other deity for you. O Haman! Light a fire to dry thedamp earth, and then build me a high tower, so that I may meet Moses’ Allah, and I think he is a liar.

39-He and his followers became arrogant on earth, and they remained in their assumptions, and did notunderstand Us, who is their origin.

40-So, he and his followers did not understand Us and clung to their own ignorance. So, they weredrowned in their own arrogance because of their denial of Us. So, realize what was the end of thewrongdoers.

41-We presented them with the truths, but they followed their sect leaders who invited them to thefire. Those who are in that state will have no helpers until they die.

42-We informed them that they should follow Us, but they did not understand Us during their livesand were deprived of mercy, and they were in bad states until they die.

43-Moses was among those who understood the book We presented. The consciousness given topeople is that they may find the way to the truths from the book of all existence and may find mercy,and may not turn away from understanding Us like the previous generations, and may not ruinthemselves. It is hoped that they would think to understand the truths and look at this world with thetruths they have reached.

44-When Moses understood that the functioning belongs to Us and that all existence is revealed byOur decree, you were not a witness and you were not with him.

45-But,We have created generations, so their stories have been read for years. And you were notamong the people of Midian, reciting to them Our verses, but you were among the people of Madyan,reciting to them Our truths.

46-When Moses heard our call, you were not a body equipped with attributes. But, these are so thatyou may warn those who have not been called to the truths before you, through the mercy of yourLord. It is hoped that they would think to understand the truths and look at this world with the truthsthey have reached.

47-Those who are troubled with calamity because of what they have done will say: O our Lord! If onlywe had listened to the Messenger whom You have sent to us, and followed Your proofs, and wereamong the believers.

48-So, when the truths belonging to Us were conveyed to them, they said: If only he had been giventhe like of what was given to Moses. Did they not first deny the truths that Moses presented? Thenthey said, “He is a deceiver with what he said,” and we do not accept any of what he was told.

49-Say: “Then bring us a book from Allah that will guide us like them, so that we may follow it, if yousay that you are truthful.”

50-If they do not respond to the truths you have conveyed, then know that they are only followingtheir own desires. Whoever abandons the truths and follows their own understandings, he is one ofthose who follow their own desires and strays from the path shown by Allah. Indeed, the wrongdoerscannot find a way to Allah.

51-Indeed, We have conveyed to them the words of the truths one after another. It is hoped that theywould think to understand them and look at this world with the truths they have reached.

52-Those who know that We have presented the whole of existence as a book; they believe as thosebefore them believed.

53-When the truths are conveyed to them, they say, We believe in it, it is indeed the truths of our Lord,and we are indeed among those before them in peace.

54-They repel evil with good deeds, and they recognize the Owner of the blessings they have beengiven and return them to their Owner. They will be given their reward manifold because of theirpatience.

55-When they hear vain talk, they turn away from it. They say: Our deeds are for us and your deedsare for you, may ignorance end, and peace be with you.

56-Indeed, you cannot guide the one you love. But Allah is the One Who guides whom He wills, andHe guides him by knowing The Owner of Wisdom.

57-They say: If we were to be with you and follow the path you have shown, we would all be deprivedof our homeland. Did We not arrange them in a state that bears all values and is protected? We havequalified them with the attributes that belong to Us, and they benefit from it in all their aspects. Butmost of them do not know the truth.

58-Many of them spent their lives arrogantly in their places, and they could not perceive Us, and theyperished. So, they did not perceive Us in their dwellings except a few of those who came after them.We are the Everlasting.

59-Your Lord does not destroy. The Messenger explains to them with Our proofs where they are, sothat they may understand their origin and existence. We are not the destroyers. But, those who remainin their ignorance ruin themselves and the wrongdoers remain in that state.

60-What you have been given is for your enjoyment in the life of this world and is an adornment. Thebest and the lasting is that you may reach the realities of Allah. So do you not understand?

61-Is the one who seeks to understand Our creation, who is in good states and then is on Tawhid, likethe one who thinks that the life of this world is only a commodity and a benefit? Then, the one who ison the realities is the one who is in understanding until death.

62-It is always made clear to those who seek their own interests: What are the partners that youassociate with Allah in your assumptions?

63-When they understood the truth, they said: Then, we believed in the words of those who were.O our Lord! With these vain things we have strayed from the truth. We have followed them and goneastray from the truth. Thus, we were of those who transgressed, and we were not worshippers of them.

64-You have followed those who have set up partners instead of the truths of Allah. They were invitedto the truths, but they did not respond and remained in distress. If they had wished, they would havebeen among those who were guided.

65-It is always called to them: Why did you not seek an answer from those who informed you of thetruth?66-Those who do not seek to understand the truths can never attain wisdom.

67-So, whoever understands their evils and abandons them and whoever believes and works rightly inthe way of truth, they will be successful.

68-He Who created you creates whatever He wills. He does not will for them anything but good.Glory be to Allah, and exalted is He above what they associate.

69-He Who created you has wisdom of the unseen and the seen.

70-There is no power except Allah. He is the Owner of all attributes, the first and the last, and to Himis the judgment and the destination.

71-Say: Do you not see how Allah has qualified you? Do you not remember the night that continuesuntil you die? Who is the power that can give you light, other than Allah? Do you not hear?

72-Say: Do you not see how Allah has qualified you? Do you not remember the night that continuesuntil you die? Who is the power that can give you rest, other than Allah? Do you not see?

73-In the arrangement of the nights and the days, there is mercy for you so that you may rest thereinand seek the subtleties of creation. It is hoped that you would be of those who acknowledge the Ownerof your existence and submit.

74-It is always made clear to those who seek their own interests: What are the partners that youassociate with Allah?

75-We have brought forth all nations to know the truth. We have made it known to you: Realize thetruth through the proofs We have presented to you, so that you may be of those who know that Allahis the truth. But those who remain in fabrications go astray in their own ignorance.

76-Qarun was from the people of Moses, but he transgressed against them. We also presented himwith the values. Indeed, he did not attain them.What was conveyed to him was hard for him. He was apowerful man in his community. His people said to him: Do not be arrogant. Indeed, the arrogant haveno love for Allah.

77-Seek the truths of Allah in what you have been given. Act with them until the last moment whereyou are. Do not forget the portions given to you in this world, and give without expecting anything inreturn, as Allah has given you without expecting anything in return, and do not seek to create mischiefon earth. Indeed, there is no love for Allah in those who create mischief.

78-Qarun said: The wisdom with Him was given to me only. Can one who is in such a state knowAllah? Many generations before them who remained in such states were destroyed and did not knowthe truth. He was a person who attributed the power of Allah within himself to himself. Most of thepeople remained in such states, and those who remained in evil did not question themselves tounderstand their evil.

79-So, He appeared before his people in adornment. Those who desired the adornment of the worldlylife said: If only we were given what was given to Qarun, indeed he is a great fortune.

80-And those who understood the wisdom presented said: Woe to you! The realities of Allah are betterfor those who believe and work on the right path. None can reach them except the patient.

81-So, he was caught in the ignorance of not understanding Us. No one helped him and no one wasable to achieve success because, he was after worldly interests and forsaking the realities belonging to Allah.

82-And those who had previously desired his place and then understood the realities said: Woe tothose like him. He is Allah who has spread out the entire universe with His attributes. It is for those ofHis servants who ask to reach the realities and understand that He is the Owner of creation. If we werenot able to understand the blessings of Allah in us, we would surely be caught in the arrogance ofignorance like those in those states. Those who ignore and conceal the realities would not besuccessful.

83-Those who realize Us and be successful in their places are: Those who do not behave arrogantly onearth, nor do they cause discord, and who keep away from evil until their last moments, and who donot associate others with Allah.

84-Whoever is in good deeds, so he is among the righteous. And whoever is in bad deeds, so they willnot find any reward for their evil deeds, nor will they attain any reward for their efforts.

85-Surely, We have made it obligatory for you to read the truths in the book of the universe. They willsurely return you to the place of return. Say: My Lord is The Owner of wisdom, and He guides thosewho seek the truths and those who are in manifest error.

86-Do not despair. It is only by the mercy of your Lord that the truths have reached you from thebook. Then beware of those who remain in the outer aspect of existence, like those who ignore thetruths.

87-And do not let them turn you away from the verses of Allah after they have been presented to you.Invite only to Him who created you and all creation, and do not be among those who associate otherswith Him.

88-Know that you are one with Allah, and do not make idols. There is no power other than Him.Everything is destroyed, only His face remains. The rule in all existence belongs to Him, and you arewith Him, your origin, at every moment.

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