Ṭâ-Sĩn-Mĩm.
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These are the verses of the clear Book.
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Perhaps you ˹O Prophet˺ will grieve yourself to death over their disbelief.
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If We willed, We could send down upon them a ˹compelling˺ sign from the heavens, leaving their necks bent in ˹utter˺ submission to it.
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Whatever new reminder comes to them from the Most Compassionate, they always turn away from it.
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They have certainly denied ˹the truth˺, so they will soon face the consequences of their ridicule.
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Have they failed to look at the earth, ˹to see˺ how many types of fine plants We have caused to grow in it?
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Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.
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And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.
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˹Remember˺ when your Lord called out to Moses, “Go to the wrongdoing people—
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the people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear ˹Allah˺?”
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He replied, “My Lord! I fear that they will reject me.
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And ˹so˺ my heart will be broken and my tongue will be tied. So send Aaron along ˹as a messenger˺.
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Also, they have a charge against me,1 so I fear they may kill me.”
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Allah responded, “Certainly not! So go, both of you, with Our signs. We will be with you, listening.
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Go to Pharaoh and say, ‘We are messengers from the Lord of all worlds,
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˹commanded to say:˺ ‘Let the Children of Israel go with us.’’”
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Pharaoh protested, “Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you stayed several years of your life in our care?
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Then you did what you did,1 being ˹utterly˺ ungrateful!”
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