20:2We did not reveal the Quran to you to make you suffer.

20:7If you speak aloud—He knows the secret, and the most hidden.

20:9Has the story of Moses reached you?

20:10When he saw a fire, he said to his family, “Stay; I have noticed a fire; Perhaps I can bring you a torch therefrom, or find some guidance by the fire.”

20:12I—I am your Lord. Take off your shoes. You are in the sacred valley of Tuwa.

20:13I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed.

20:16And do not let him who denies it and follows his desire turn you away from it, lest you fall.

20:17And what is that in your right-hand, O Moses?”

20:22And press your hand to your side; it will come out white, without a blemish—another sign.

20:23That We may show you some of Our greatest signs.

20:33That we may glorify You much.

20:34And remember You much.

20:35You are always watching over us.”

20:36He said, “You are granted your request, O Moses.

20:37We had favored you another time.

20:38When We inspired your mother with the inspiration.

20:39`Put him in the chest; then cast him into the river. The river will wash him to shore, where an enemy of Mine and an enemy of his will pick him up. And I have bestowed upon you love from Me, so that you may be reared before My eye.

20:40When your sister walked along, and said, ‘Shall I tell you about someone who will take care of him?' So We returned you to your mother, that she may be comforted, and not sorrow. And you killed a person, but We saved you from stress; and We tested you thoroughly. And you stayed years among the people of Median. Then you came back, as ordained, O Moses.

20:41And I made you for Myself.

20:42Go, you and your brother, with My signs, and do not neglect My remembrance.

20:46He said, “Do not fear, I am with you, I hear and I see.

20:47Approach him and say, `We are the messengers of your Lord; so let the Children of Israel go with us, and do not torment them. We bring you a sign from your Lord, and peace be upon him who follows guidance.

20:49He said, “Who is your Lord, O Moses.”

20:53He who made the earth a habitat for you; and traced in it routes for you; and sent down water from the sky, with which We produce pairs of diverse plants.

20:54Eat and pasture your livestock. In that are signs for those with understanding.

20:55From it We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will bring you out another time.

20:57He said, “Did you come to us to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Moses?

20:58We will produce for you magic like it; so make an appointment between us and you, which we will not miss—neither us, nor you—in a central place.”

20:59He said, “Your appointment is the day of the festival, so let the people be gathered together at mid-morning.”

20:61Moses said to them, “Woe to you. Do not fabricate lies against God, or He will destroy you with a punishment. He who invents lies will fail.”

20:63They said, “These two are magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic, and to abolish your exemplary way of life.

20:64So settle your plan, and come as one front. Today, whoever gains the upper hand will succeed.”

20:65They said, “O Moses, either you throw, or we will be the first to throw.”

20:66He said, “You throw.” And suddenly, their ropes and sticks appeared to him, because of their magic, to be crawling swiftly.

20:68We said, “Do not be afraid, you are the uppermost.

20:69Now throw down what is in your right hand—it will swallow what they have crafted. What they have crafted is only a magician’s trickery. But the magician will not succeed, no matter what he does.”

20:71He said, “Did you believe in him before I have given you permission? He must be your chief, who has taught you magic. I will cut off your hands and your feet on alternate sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of the palm-trees. Then you will know which of us is more severe in punishment, and more lasting.”

20:72They said, “We will not prefer you to the proofs that have come to us, and Him who created us. So issue whatever judgment you wish to issue. You can only rule in this lowly life.

20:73We have believed in our Lord, so that He may forgive us our sins, and the magic you have compelled us to practice. God is Better, and more Lasting.”

20:80O Children of Israel! We have delivered you from your enemy, and promised you by the right side of the Mount, and sent down to you manna and quails.

20:81Eat of the good things We have provided for you, but do not be excessive therein, lest My wrath descends upon you. He upon whom My wrath descends has fallen.

20:83“And what made you rush ahead of your people, O Moses?”

20:84He said, “They are following in my footsteps; and I hurried on to You, my Lord, that you may be pleased.”

20:85He said, “We have tested your people in your absence, and the Samarian misled them.”

20:86So Moses returned to his people, angry and disappointed. He said, “O my people, did your Lord not promise you a good promise? Was the time too long for you? Or did you want wrath from your Lord to descend upon you, so you broke your promise to me?”

20:87They said, “We did not break our promise to you by our choice, but we were made to carry loads of the people’s ornaments, and we cast them in. That was what the Samarian suggested.”

20:88So he produced for them a calf—a mere body which lowed. And they said, “This is your god, and the god of Moses, but he has forgotten.”

20:90Aaron had said to them before, “O my people, you are being tested by this. And your Lord is the Merciful, so follow me, and obey my command.”

20:92He said, “O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray.

20:93From following me? Did you disobey my command?”

20:94He said, “Son of my mother, do not seize me by my beard or my head. I feared you would say, `You have caused division among the Children of Israel, and did not regard my word.'“

20:95He said, “What do you have to say, O Samarian?”

20:97He said, “Begone! Your lot in this life is to say, ‘No contact.’ And you have an appointment that you will not miss. Now look at your god that you remained devoted to—we will burn it up, and then blow it away into the sea, as powder.”

20:98Surely your god is God, the One besides whom there is no other god. He comprehends everything in knowledge.

20:99Thus We narrate to you reports of times gone by; and We have given you a message from Our Presence.

20:103Murmuring among themselves: “You have lingered only for ten.”

20:104We are fully aware of what they say, when the most exemplary of them in conduct will say, “You have lingered only a day.”

20:105And they ask you about the mountains. Say, “My Lord will crumble them utterly.”

20:107You will see in them neither crookedness, nor deviation.”

20:108On that Day, they will follow the caller, without any deviation. Voices will be hushed before the Merciful, and you will hear nothing but murmur.

20:114Exalted is God, the True King. Do not be hasty with the Quran before its inspiration to you is concluded, and say, “My Lord, increase me in knowledge.”

20:117We said, “O Adam, this is an enemy to you and to your wife. So do not let him make you leave the Garden, for then you will suffer.

20:118In it you will never go hungry, nor be naked.

20:119Nor will you be thirsty in it, nor will you swelter.”

20:120But Satan whispered to him. He said, “O Adam, shall I show you the Tree of Immortality, and a kingdom that never decays?”

20:123He said, “Go down from it, altogether; some of you enemies of some others. But whenever guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance, will not go astray, nor suffer.

20:125He will say, “My Lord, why did You raise me blind, though I was seeing?”

20:126He will say, “Just as Our revelations came to you, and you forgot them, today you will be forgotten.”

20:129Were it not for a word that issued from your Lord, the inevitable would have happened, but there is an appointed term.

20:130So bear patiently what they say, and celebrate the praises of your Lord before the rising of the sun, and before its setting. And during the hours of the night glorify Him, and at the borders of the day, that you may be satisfied.

20:131And do not extend your glance towards what We have given some classes of them to enjoy—the splendor of the life of this world—that We may test them thereby. Your Lord’s provision is better, and more lasting.

20:132And exhort your people to pray, and patiently adhere to it. We ask of you no sustenance, but it is We who sustain you. The good ending is that for righteousness.

20:134Had We destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, “Our Lord, if only You had sent us a messenger, we would have followed Your revelations before we were humiliated and disgraced.”

20:135Say, “Everybody is waiting, so wait. You will know who the people of the straight path are, and who is rightly-guided.