الأعراف Al-A'raf

7:1

الٓمٓصٓ ۝١

Alif-lam-meem-sad

Alif Lam Mim Sad.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Alif, Lam, Mim, Suad.Ali Quli Qarai

Alif, Lām, Meem, Ṣād.Saheeh International

7:2

كِتَٰبٌ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ فَلَا يَكُن فِى صَدْرِكَ حَرَجٌۭ مِّنْهُ لِتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٢

Kitabun onzila ilayka falayakun fee sadrika harajun minhu litunthirabihi wathikra lilmu/mineen

This is a Book which has been revealed to you, O Muḥammad —let there be no distress in your heart because of it— so that you may warn all humanity thereby, and it is a reminder for the believers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

[This is] a Book that has been sent down to you—so let there be no disquiet in your heart on its account that you may warn thereby—and as an admonition for the faithful.Ali Quli Qarai

[This is] a Book revealed to you, [O Muḥammad] - so let there not be in your breast distress therefrom - that you may warn thereby and as a reminder to the believers.Saheeh International

7:3

ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۗ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٣

IttabiAAoo ma onzila ilaykum minrabbikum wala tattabiAAoo min doonihi awliyaaqaleelan ma tathakkaroon

O people, follow what has been reveal­ed to you from your Lord and do not follow any masters other than Him—how little do you remember!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Follow what has been sent down to you from your Lord, and do not follow any masters besides Him. Little is the admonition that you take!Ali Quli Qarai

Follow, [O mankind], what has been revealed to you from your Lord and do not follow other than Him any allies. Little do you remember.Saheeh International

7:4

وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا فَجَآءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًا أَوْ هُمْ قَآئِلُونَ ۝٤

Wakam min qaryatin ahlaknahafajaaha ba/suna bayatan aw hum qa-iloon

How many a city and its inhabitants We have destroyed! Our punish­ment came to it at night (e.g., the people to Lūṭ) or when they were in siesta (e.g., the people of Shu‘ayb).S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

How many a town We have destroyed! Our punishment came to it at night, or while they were taking a midday nap.Ali Quli Qarai

And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon.Saheeh International

7:5

فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ۝٥

Fama kana daAAwahum ithjaahum ba/suna illa an qaloo innakunna thalimeen

When Our punishment came upon them, their cry was only that they said, “Surely we were unjust.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then their cry, when Our punishment overtook them, was only that they said, ‘We have indeed been wrongdoers!’Ali Quli Qarai

And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"Saheeh International

7:6

فَلَنَسَْٔلَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَنَسَْٔلَنَّ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝٦

Falanas-alanna allatheena orsilailayhim walanas-alanna almursaleen

On the day of judgement, We shall certainly question those unto whom the messengers were sent, and We shall also question the messengers themselves. (The latter will be questioned about conveying the message of Allāh, and the former will be questioned about accepting and following it.)S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We will surely question those to whom the apostles were sent, and We will surely question the apostles.Ali Quli Qarai

Then We will surely question those to whom [a message] was sent, and We will surely question the messengers.Saheeh International

7:7

فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيْهِم بِعِلْمٍۢ ۖ وَمَا كُنَّا غَآئِبِينَ ۝٧

Falanaqussanna AAalayhim biAAilmin wamakunna gha-ibeen

Then most certainly We shall relate to them their deeds with knowledge; and during all this time, We were not absent.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then We will surely recount to them with knowledge, for We had not been absent.Ali Quli Qarai

Then We will surely relate [their deeds] to them with knowledge, and We were not [at all] absent.Saheeh International

7:8

وَٱلْوَزْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ ۚ فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ ۝٨

Walwaznu yawma-ithini alhaqqufaman thaqulat mawazeenuhu faola-ika humu almuflihoon

The weighing of the deeds on that day of judgement will be just—those whose scales are heavy with good deeds, they are the successful ones;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The weighing [of deeds] on that Day is a truth. As for those whose deeds weigh heavy in the scales—it is they who are the felicitous.Ali Quli Qarai

And the weighing [of deeds] that Day will be the truth. So those whose scales are heavy - it is they who will be the successful.Saheeh International

7:9

وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا يَظْلِمُونَ ۝٩

Waman khaffat mawazeenuhu faola-ikaallatheena khasiroo anfusahum bima kanoo bi-ayatinayathlimoon

and those whose scales are light, then they are the ones who caused loss to themselves because they rejected Our revelations.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

As for those whose deeds weigh light in the scales—it is they who have ruined their souls, because they used to wrong Our signs.Ali Quli Qarai

And those whose scales are light - they are the ones who will lose themselves for what injustice they were doing toward Our verses.Saheeh International

7:10

وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ ۗ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ ۝١٠

Walaqad makkannakum fee al-ardiwajaAAalna lakum feeha maAAayisha qaleelan matashkuroon

We have certainly established you in the earth with the power to exploit its resources wisely, and therein We have appointed livelihood for you— but little do you thank!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly We have established you on the earth, and made in it [various] means of livelihood for you. Little do you thank.Ali Quli Qarai

And We have certainly established you upon the earth and made for you therein ways of livelihood. Little are you grateful.Saheeh International

7:11

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لَِٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ۝١١

Walaqad khalaqnakum thumma sawwarnakumthumma qulna lilmala-ikati osjudoo li-adamafasajadoo illa ibleesa lam yakun mina assajideen

We created you from the clay, then We shaped you, and then We said to the angels, “Bow down before Adam!” So they bowed down except Iblīs, the Satan—he was not one of those who bowed down.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly We created you, then We formed you, then We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate before Adam.’ So they [all] prostrated, but not Iblis: he was not among those who prostrated.Ali Quli Qarai

And We have certainly created you, [O mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was not of those who prostrated.Saheeh International

7:12

قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍۢ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍۢ ۝١٢

Qala ma manaAAaka allatasjuda ith amartuka qala ana khayrun minhukhalaqtanee min narin wakhalaqtahu min teen

Allāh said, “What prevented you from bowing down to Adam when I commanded you?” Iblīs haughtily said, “I am better than he; You have created me of fire, while you have created him from clay.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Said He, ‘What prevented you from prostrating, when I commanded you? ’‘I am better than him,’ he said. ‘You created me from fire and You created him from clay.’Ali Quli Qarai

[Allāh] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay [i.e., earth]."Saheeh International

7:13

قَالَ فَٱهْبِطْ مِنْهَا فَمَا يَكُونُ لَكَ أَن تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيهَا فَٱخْرُجْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰغِرِينَ ۝١٣

Qala fahbit minhafama yakoonu laka an tatakabbara feeha fakhrujinnaka mina assaghireen

Allāh said, “Then you get down from this heavenly station; it is not for you to be proud and arrogant here. Get out! You are among the humiliated ones.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

‘Get down from it!’ He said. ‘It is not for you to be arrogant therein. Begone! You are indeed among the degraded ones.’Ali Quli Qarai

[Allāh] said, "Descend from it [i.e., Paradise], for it is not for you to be arrogant therein. So get out; indeed, you are of the debased."Saheeh International

7:14

قَالَ أَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ۝١٤

Qala anthirnee ilayawmi yubAAathoon

Iblīs said, “O Merciful Lord! I have served you for so long, so please respite me till the day when they are all raised up after their death for judgement.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘Respite me till the day they will be resurrected.’Ali Quli Qarai

[Satan] said, "Reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."Saheeh International

7:15

قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ ۝١٥

Qala innaka mina almunthareen

Allāh said, “You are among the respited ones.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Said He, ‘You are indeed among the reprieved.’Ali Quli Qarai

[Allāh] said, "Indeed, you are of those reprieved."Saheeh International

7:16

قَالَ فَبِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَٰطَكَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ ۝١٦

Qala fabima aghwaytaneelaaqAAudanna lahum sirataka almustaqeem

lblīs said, “As you have perverted me, I shall cer­tainly sit in ambush for humans in Your straight path.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

‘As You have consigned me to perversity,’ he said, ‘I will surely lie in wait for them on Your straight path.Ali Quli Qarai

[Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them [i.e., mankind] on Your straight path.Saheeh International

7:17

ثُمَّ لََٔاتِيَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَآئِلِهِمْ ۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَٰكِرِينَ ۝١٧

Thumma laatiyannahum min bayniaydeehim wamin khalfihim waAAan aymanihim waAAan shama-ilihimwala tajidu aktharahum shakireen

Then I shall certainly come to them from before them, from behind them, from their right and from their left and mislead them from the straight path. And You will not find most of them thankful to You.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then I will come at them from their front and from their rear, and from their right and their left, and You will not find most of them to be grateful.’Ali Quli Qarai

Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You]."Saheeh International

7:18

قَالَ ٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا مَذْءُومًۭا مَّدْحُورًۭا ۖ لَّمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝١٨

Qala okhruj minha mathoomanmadhooran laman tabiAAaka minhum laamlaanna jahannamaminkum ajmaAAeen

Allāh said, “Get out of this heavenly station; you are despised and banished! And whoever of them follows you, I shall certainly fill the Hell with you all!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Said He, ‘Begone hence, blameful and banished! Whoever of them follows you, I will surely fill hell with you all.’Ali Quli Qarai

[Allāh] said, "Depart from it [i.e., Paradise], reproached and expelled. Whoever follows you among them - I will surely fill Hell with you, all together."Saheeh International

7:19

وَيََٰٓٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ۝١٩

Waya adamu oskun antawazawjuka aljannata fakula min haythu shi/tumawala taqraba hathihi ashshajaratafatakoona mina aththalimeen

Then Allāh said to Adam, “O Ādam! Dwell you and your wife in the Garden and eat from whatever you wish; the only prohibition is that you both should not approach this tree, otherwise, you both will become among those who run into harm.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

[Then He said to Adam,] ‘O Adam, dwell with your mate in paradise, and eat thereof whence you wish; but do not approach this tree, lest you should be among the wrongdoers.’Ali Quli Qarai

And "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat from wherever you will but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."Saheeh International

7:20

فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لِيُبْدِىَ لَهُمَا مَا وُۥرِىَ عَنْهُمَا مِن سَوْءَٰتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهَىٰكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَا مَلَكَيْنِ أَوْ تَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلْخَٰلِدِينَ ۝٢٠

Fawaswasa lahuma ashshaytanuliyubdiya lahuma ma wooriya AAanhuma minsaw-atihima waqala ma nahakumarabbukuma AAan hathihi ashshajarati illaan takoona malakayni aw takoona mina alkhalideen

Then Iblīs, the Shayṭān, suggested evil thought into them both to reveal to them their private parts that were hidden from them. He said, “Your Lord has only prohibited you from this tree lest you both become angels or lest you become immortals.” To ensure that his temptation will work,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then Satan tempted them, to expose to them what was hidden from them of their nakedness, and he said, ‘Your Lord has only forbidden you from this tree lest you should become angels, or lest you become immortal.’Ali Quli Qarai

But Satan whispered to them to make apparent to them that which was concealed from them of their private parts. He said, "Your Lord did not forbid you this tree except that you become angels or become of the immortal."Saheeh International

7:21

وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ إِنِّى لَكُمَا لَمِنَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ ۝٢١

Waqasamahuma innee lakumalamina annasiheen

Iblīs swore to them: “Truly, I am a sincere adviser for you.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And he swore to them, ‘I am indeed your well-wisher.’Ali Quli Qarai

And he swore [by Allāh] to them, "Indeed, I am to you from among the sincere advisors."Saheeh International

7:22

فَدَلَّىٰهُمَا بِغُرُورٍۢ ۚ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا ٱلشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ وَنَادَىٰهُمَا رَبُّهُمَآ أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمَا عَن تِلْكُمَا ٱلشَّجَرَةِ وَأَقُل لَّكُمَآ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ لَكُمَا عَدُوٌّۭ مُّبِينٌۭ ۝٢٢

Fadallahuma bighuroorin falammathaqa ashshajarata badat lahuma saw-atuhumawatafiqa yakhsifani AAalayhimamin waraqi aljannati wanadahuma rabbuhumaalam anhakuma AAan tilkuma ashshajaratiwaaqul lakuma inna ashshaytana lakumaAAaduwwun mubeen

Thus he misled them by deceit. So when they tasted the fruit of the tree, their private parts became manifest to them, and both of them started to cover themselves with the leaves of the Garden. Their Lord called out to them, “Did I not prohibit both of you from this tree and didn’t I say to you that ‘the Shaytan is your open enemy?’”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Thus he brought about their fall by deception. So when they tasted of the tree, their nakedness became exposed to them, and they began to stitch over themselves with the leaves of paradise. Their Lord called out to them, ‘Did I not forbid you from that tree, and tell you, ‘‘Satan is indeed your manifest enemy?’’ ’Ali Quli Qarai

So he made them fall, through deception. And when they tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten together over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And their Lord called to them, "Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you that Satan is to you a clear enemy?"Saheeh International

7:23

قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَآ أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ۝٢٣

Qala rabbana thalamnaanfusana wa-in lam taghfir lana watarhamnalanakoonanna mina alkhasireen

They humbly responded, “Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we shall surely be among the losers.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They said, ‘Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves! If You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers.’Ali Quli Qarai

They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers."Saheeh International

7:24

قَالَ ٱهْبِطُوا۟ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّۭ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّۭ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍۢ ۝٢٤

Qala ihbitoo baAAdukumlibaAAdin AAaduwwun walakum fee al-ardi mustaqarrunwamataAAun ila heen

Allāh said, “Get down from the Garden to the earth, some of you being the enemies of the others; and there is on the earth your abode and the necessities of life—for a fixed period of time.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘Get down, being enemies of one another! On the earth shall be your abode and sustenance for a time.’Ali Quli Qarai

[Allāh] said, "Descend, being to one another enemies. And for you on the earth is a place of settlement and enjoyment [i.e., provision] for a time."Saheeh International

7:25

قَالَ فِيهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنْهَا تُخْرَجُونَ ۝٢٥

Qala feeha tahyawnawafeeha tamootoona waminha tukhrajoon

He also said, “Therein you shall live, therein you shall die and from it you shall be raised again for the day of judgement.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘In it you will live, and in it you will die; and from it you will be raised [from the dead].’Ali Quli Qarai

He said, "Therein you will live, and therein you will die, and from it you will be brought forth."Saheeh International

7:26

يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ قَدْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًۭا يُوَٰرِى سَوْءَٰتِكُمْ وَرِيشًۭا ۖ وَلِبَاسُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ ۝٢٦

Ya banee adama qad anzalnaAAalaykum libasan yuwaree saw-atikumwareeshan walibasu attaqwa thalikakhayrun thalika min ayati AllahilaAAallahum yaththakkaroon

O Children of Adam! We have indeed sent down to you a garment to cover your private parts and also for adornment. These only adorn you physically, but your spiritual apparel is known as ‘the garment of Godfearing (taqwa)’— that is the best of all garments. That is one of Allāh's signs; hopefully, you may be mindful.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

‘O Children of Adam! We have certainly sent down to you garments to cover your nakedness, and for adornment. Yet the garment of Godwariness—that is the best.’ That is [one] of Allah’s signs, so that they may take admonition.Ali Quli Qarai

O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness - that is best. That is from the signs of Allāh that perhaps they will remember.Saheeh International

7:27

يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ لَا يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ كَمَآ أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ يَنزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتِهِمَآ ۗ إِنَّهُۥ يَرَىٰكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُۥ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ۝٢٧

Ya banee adama layaftinannakumu ashshaytanu kama akhrajaabawaykum mina aljannati yanziAAu AAanhuma libasahumaliyuriyahuma saw-atihima innahu yarakumhuwa waqabeeluhu min haythu la tarawnahum innajaAAalna ashshayateena awliyaa lillatheenala yu/minoon

O Children of Adam! Do not let the Shaytan tempt you as he tempted and brought your parents (Adam and Hawwa) out of the Garden, stripping them of their garments so that he may reveal to them their private parts. Surely, he and his ‘tribe’ see you in a way that you cannot see them. We have made the Satans the friends of those who do not believe.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

‘O Children of Adam! Do not let Satan tempt you, like he expelled your parents from paradise, stripping them of their garments to expose to them their nakedness. Indeed he sees you—he and his hosts—whence you do not see them. We have indeed made the devils friends of those who have no faith.’Ali Quli Qarai

O children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from Paradise, stripping them of their clothing to show them their private parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe.Saheeh International

7:28

وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَٰحِشَةًۭ قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَآ ءَابَآءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٢٨

Wa-itha faAAaloo fahishatan qaloowajadna AAalayha abaana wallahuamarana biha qul inna Allaha laya/muru bilfahsha-i ataqooloona AAalaAllahi ma la taAAlamoon

Whenever they commit indecency, they say, “We found our fathers doing this, and Allāh has ordered us to do it.” O Muḥammad, say, “Allāh does not command indecency. What! Do you say against Allāh such things which you do not know?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

When they commit an indecency, they say, ‘We found our fathers practising it, and Allah has enjoined it upon us.’ Say, ‘Indeed Allah does not enjoin indecencies. Do you attribute to Allah what you do not know?’Ali Quli Qarai

And when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allāh has ordered us to do it." Say, "Indeed, Allāh does not order immorality. Do you say about Allāh that which you do not know?"Saheeh International

7:29

قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّى بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍۢ وَٱدْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ ۝٢٩

Qul amara rabbee bilqistiwaaqeemoo wujoohakum AAinda kulli masjidin wadAAoohumukhliseena lahu addeena kama badaakumtaAAoodoon

Say, “My Lord has commanded justice and path of decency. And so, set your full attention at every time and place of prayer and call on Him in the state of sincerity to Him in religion. As He originated you the first time, in the same way, you shall return to Him on the day of judgement.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Say, ‘My Lord has enjoined justice,’ and [He has enjoined,] ‘Set your heart [on Him] at every occasion of prayer, and invoke Him, putting your exclusive faith in Him. Even as He brought you forth in the beginning, so will you return.’Ali Quli Qarai

Say, [O Muḥammad], "My Lord has ordered justice and that you direct yourselves [to the Qiblah] at every place [or time] of prostration, and invoke Him, sincere to Him in religion." Just as He originated you, you will return [to life] -Saheeh International

7:30

فَرِيقًا هَدَىٰ وَفَرِيقًا حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةُ ۗ إِنَّهُمُ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ ۝٣٠

Fareeqan hada wafareeqan haqqaAAalayhimu addalalatu innahumu ittakhathooashshayateena awliyaa min dooni Allahiwayahsaboona annahum muhtadoon

He has guided a part of humankind, and as for the other part who did not heed His guidance, they deserve to be left in error—they have taken the Satans as their guardians instead of Allāh, and they think that they are rightly guided.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

A part [of mankind] He has guided and a part has deserved [to be consigned to] error, for they took devils for guardians instead of Allah, and supposed they were guided.Ali Quli Qarai

A group [of you] He guided, and a group deserved [to be in] error. Indeed, they [i.e., the latter] had taken the devils as allies instead of Allāh while they thought that they were guided.Saheeh International

7:31

۞ يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ خُذُوا۟ زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍۢ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ۝٣١

Ya banee adama khuthoozeenatakum AAinda kulli masjidin wakuloo washraboo walatusrifoo innahu la yuhibbu almusrifeen

O Children of Adam! Use your adornment at every mosque and for every prayer, whether done daily, weekly or annually. And eat and drink, but do not be extravagant; He does not love the extravagant ones.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

O Children of Adam! Put on your adornment on every occasion of prayer, and eat and drink, but do not waste; indeed, He does not like the wasteful.Ali Quli Qarai

O children of Adam, take your adornment [i.e., wear your clothing] at every masjid, and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not those who commit excess.Saheeh International

7:32

قُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَخْرَجَ لِعِبَادِهِۦ وَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلرِّزْقِ ۚ قُلْ هِىَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا خَالِصَةًۭ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلَْٔايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍۢ يَعْلَمُونَ ۝٣٢

Qul man harrama zeenata Allahiallatee akhraja liAAibadihi wattayyibatimina arrizqi qul hiya lillatheena amanoofee alhayati addunya khalisatanyawma alqiyamati kathalika nufassilu al-ayatiliqawmin yaAAlamoon

Say, “Who has prohibited the adornment of Allāh which He has brought forth for His servants, and who has prohibited the good things from the blessings of Allāh?!” Say, “These adornments and blessings are for all people now, but on the day of resurrection, they shall be only for those who believed during their worldly life.” Thus, We made the verses clear for the people who know.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Say, ‘Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah which He has brought forth for His servants, and the good things of [His] provision?’ Say, ‘These are for the faithful in the life of this world, and exclusively for them on the Day of Resurrection.’ Thus do We elaborate the signs for a people who have knowledge.Ali Quli Qarai

Say, "Who has forbidden the adornment of [i.e., from] Allāh which He has produced for His servants and the good [lawful] things of provision?" Say, "They are for those who believed during the life of this world, exclusively [for them] on the Day of Resurrection." Thus do We detail the verses for a people who know.Saheeh International

7:33

قُلْ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّىَ ٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَٱلْإِثْمَ وَٱلْبَغْىَ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَأَن تُشْرِكُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِۦ سُلْطَٰنًۭا وَأَن تَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٣٣

Qul innama harrama rabbiyaalfawahisha ma thahara minhawama batana wal-ithma walbaghyabighayri alhaqqi waan tushrikoo billahi malam yunazzil bihi sultanan waan taqooloo AAala Allahima la taAAlamoon

In answer to the question raised in the previous verse, Allāh orders Muḥammad to say, “My Lord has only prohibited: (1) indecencies (those done openly as well as those done secretly), (2) sins, (3) unjustified intrusive attitude, (3) associating with Allāh false gods for whom He never sent down any authority, (5) and saying against Allāh the things which you do not know.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Say, ‘My Lord has only forbidden indecencies, the outward among them and the inward ones, and sin and undue aggression, and that you should ascribe to Allah partners for which He has not sent down any authority, and that you should attribute to Allah what you do not know.’Ali Quli Qarai

Say, "My Lord has only forbidden immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed - and sin, and oppression without right, and that you associate with Allāh that for which He has not sent down authority, and that you say about Allāh that which you do not know."Saheeh International

7:34

وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌۭ ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةًۭ ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ ۝٣٤

Walikulli ommatin ajalun fa-itha jaaajaluhum la yasta/khiroona saAAatan walayastaqdimoon

For every nation, there is a decreed term of doom; when their term comes, they shall not delay it by a single hour, nor shall they put it forward.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

There is a [preordained] time for every nation: when their time comes, they shall not defer it by a single hour nor shall they advance it.Ali Quli Qarai

And for every nation is a [specified] term. So when their time has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it].Saheeh International

7:35

يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ إِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ رُسُلٌۭ مِّنكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَٰتِى ۙ فَمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَأَصْلَحَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ۝٣٥

Ya banee adama immaya/tiyannakum rusulun minkum yaqussoona AAalaykum ayateefamani ittaqa waaslaha fala khawfunAAalayhim wala hum yahzanoon

O Children of Adam! If there should come to you My messengers from among you, relating to you My revelations, then whosoever shall fear displeasing Allāh and did what was good—they shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

O Children of Adam! If there come to you apostles from among yourselves, recounting to you My signs, then those who are Godwary and righteous will have no fear, nor will they grieve.Ali Quli Qarai

O children of Adam, if there come to you messengers from among you relating to you My verses [i.e., scriptures and laws], then whoever fears Allāh and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.Saheeh International

7:36

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ۝٣٦

Wallatheena kaththaboobi-ayatina wastakbaroo AAanhaola-ika as-habu annari humfeeha khalidoon

But those who reject Our revelations and turn away from them with disdain—they are the inhabitants of the Fire, in it they shall abide.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

But those who deny Our signs and are disdainful of them, they shall be the inmates of the Fire and they shall remain in it [forever].Ali Quli Qarai

But the ones who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.Saheeh International

7:37

فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بَِٔايَٰتِهِۦٓ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَنَالُهُمْ نَصِيبُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا وَشَهِدُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ كَٰفِرِينَ ۝٣٧

Faman athlamu mimmani iftaraAAala Allahi kathiban aw kaththababi-ayatihi ola-ika yanaluhum naseebuhummina alkitabi hatta itha jaat-humrusuluna yatawaffawnahum qaloo ayna makuntum tadAAoona min dooni Allahi qaloo dallooAAanna washahidoo AAala anfusihim annahum kanookafireen

Who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allāh or rejects His revelations? The portion of the provision decreed by Allāh in the Book will reach these types of people until Our messengers (i.e., the angels of death) visit them to take them away. At that time, Our messengers will say to them, “Where are the false gods whom you used to call upon besides Allāh?” They will answer, “They have ‘gone away’ from us in the sense that they no power,” and thus they will bear witness against themselves that they were unbelievers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So who is a greater wrongdoer than him who fabricates a lie against Allah, or denies His signs? Their share, as decreed in the Book, shall reach them. When Our messengers come to take them away, they will say, ‘Where is that which you used to invoke besides Allah?’ They will say, ‘They have forsaken us,’ and they will testify against themselves that they were faithless.Ali Quli Qarai

And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh a lie or denies His verses? Those will attain their portion of the decree until, when Our messengers [i.e., angels] come to them to take them in death, they will say, "Where are those you used to invoke besides Allāh?" They will say, "They have departed from us," and will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.Saheeh International

7:38

قَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ فِىٓ أُمَمٍۢ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ فِى ٱلنَّارِ ۖ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌۭ لَّعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱدَّارَكُوا۟ فِيهَا جَمِيعًۭا قَالَتْ أُخْرَىٰهُمْ لِأُولَىٰهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَضَلُّونَا فََٔاتِهِمْ عَذَابًۭا ضِعْفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ قَالَ لِكُلٍّۢ ضِعْفٌۭ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٣٨

Qala odkhuloo fee omamin qad khalatmin qablikum mina aljinni wal-insi fee annarikullama dakhalat ommatun laAAanat okhtaha hattaitha iddarakoo feeha jameeAAan qalatokhrahum li-oolahum rabbana haola-iadalloona faatihim AAathaban diAAfanmina annari qala likullin diAAfunwalakin la taAAlamoon

When such people will be brought before Allāh, He will declare, “Enter into the Fire among the evil nations that passed away before you from among the jinn and mankind.” Whenever a nation shall enter the Fire, it shall curse its sister nation. This will go on until, when they have all successive­ly come there, the last of them shall say concerning the first of them, “Our Lord! These people led us astray, therefore give them a double chastisement of the Fire.” Allāh will say, “Everyone shall have double chastisement, but you do not know.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He will say, ‘Enter the Fire, along with the nations of jinn and humans who passed before you!’ Every time that a nation enters [hell], it will curse its sister [nation]. When they all rejoin in it, the last of them will say about the first of them, ‘Our Lord, it was they who led us astray; so give them a double punishment of the Fire.’ He will say, ‘It is double for each [of you], but you do not know.’Ali Quli Qarai

[Allāh] will say, "Enter among nations which had passed on before you of jinn and mankind into the Fire." Every time a nation enters, it will curse its sister until, when they have all overtaken one another therein, the last of them will say about the first of them, "Our Lord, these had misled us, so give them a double punishment of the Fire." He will say, "For each is double, but you do not know."Saheeh International

7:39

وَقَالَتْ أُولَىٰهُمْ لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍۢ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ ۝٣٩

Waqalat oolahum li-okhrahumfama kana lakum AAalayna min fadlinfathooqoo alAAathaba bima kuntum taksiboon

When they hear this from Allāh, the first group among them will say to the last of them, “So now you have no advantage over us, therefore you also taste the chastisement for the evil which you have earned.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And the first of them will say to the last of them, ‘You have no merit over us! So taste the punishment because of what you used to earn.’Ali Quli Qarai

And the first of them will say to the last of them, "Then you had not any favor over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn."Saheeh International

7:40

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَٰبُ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ ٱلْجَمَلُ فِى سَمِّ ٱلْخِيَاطِ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۝٤٠

Inna allatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatinawastakbaroo AAanha la tufattahulahum abwabu assama-i walayadkhuloona aljannata hatta yalija aljamalu feesammi alkhiyati wakathalika najzee almujrimeen

Surely those who reject Our revelations and turn away from them with disdain, the doors of heaven shall not be opened for them, nor shall they enter the Paradise until the camel passes through the eye of the needle. Thus, do We recompense the guilty. As it is impossible for the camel to pass through the eye of the needle, likewise, it is impossible for the unbelievers to enter the Paradise.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed, those who deny Our signs and are disdainful of them—the gates of the heaven will not be opened for them, nor shall they enter paradise until the camel passes through the needle’s eye, and thus do We requite the guilty.Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle [i.e., never]. And thus do We recompense the criminals.Saheeh International

7:41

لَهُم مِّن جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٌۭ وَمِن فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٍۢ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ۝٤١

Lahum min jahannama mihadun waminfawqihim ghawashin wakathalika najzee aththalimeen

Their bed underneath them and the coverings above them shall be from the Hellfire. Thus, do We recompense the unjust.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They shall have hell for their resting place, and over them shall be sheets [of fire], and thus do We requite the wrongdoers.Ali Quli Qarai

They will have from Hell a bed and over them coverings [of fire]. And thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.Saheeh International

7:42

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ۝٤٢

Wallatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati la nukallifunafsan illa wusAAaha ola-ika as-habualjannati hum feeha khalidoon

But as for those who believe and do good deeds —and We do not impose on any soul a duty except to its capacity— they are the inhabitants of the Garden, in it, they shall abide.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

As for those who have faith and do righteous deeds—We task no soul except according to its capacity—they shall be the inhabitants of paradise, and they shall remain in it [forever].Ali Quli Qarai

But those who believed and did righteous deeds - We charge no soul except [within] its capacity. Those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally.Saheeh International

7:43

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمُ ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۖ وَقَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى هَدَىٰنَا لِهَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِىَ لَوْلَآ أَنْ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ ۖ لَقَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ وَنُودُوٓا۟ أَن تِلْكُمُ ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ۝٤٣

WanazaAAna ma fee sudoorihimmin ghillin tajree min tahtihimu al-anharu waqalooalhamdu lillahi allathee hadanalihatha wama kunna linahtadiya lawlaan hadana Allahu laqad jaat rusulurabbina bilhaqqi wanoodoo an tilkumualjannatu oorithtumooha bima kuntum taAAmaloon

And We shall remove all rancour that is in their chests; rivers shall flow underneath them, and they shall say: Praise be to Allāh, who guided us to this; had Allāh not guided us, we would never have been guided. Surely the messengers of our Lord came with the truth. Then it shall be proclaimed: “This is your Paradise; you have inherited it for what you were doing.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We will remove whatever rancour there is in their breasts, and streams will run for them. They will say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, who guided us to this. We would have never been guided had not Allah guided us. Our Lord’s apostles had certainly brought the truth.’ And the call would be made to them: ‘This is paradise, which you have been given to inherit because of what you used to do!’Ali Quli Qarai

And We will have removed whatever is within their breasts of resentment, [while] flowing beneath them are rivers. And they will say, "Praise to Allāh, who has guided us to this; and we would never have been guided if Allāh had not guided us. Certainly the messengers of our Lord had come with the truth." And they will be called, "This is Paradise, which you have been made to inherit for what you used to do."Saheeh International

7:44

وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ أَن قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَا وَعَدَنَا رَبُّنَا حَقًّۭا فَهَلْ وَجَدتُّم مَّا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقًّۭا ۖ قَالُوا۟ نَعَمْ ۚ فَأَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن لَّعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ۝٤٤

Wanada as-habualjannati as-haba annari an qadwajadna ma waAAadana rabbuna haqqanfahal wajadtum ma waAAada rabbukum haqqan qaloonaAAam faaththana mu-aththinun baynahum an laAAnatuAllahi AAala aththalimeen

The inhabitants of Paradise will call to the in­habitants of the Fire, “We have indeed found what our Lord had promised us as our reward to be true; have you found that what your Lord had promised as your chastisement to be true?” They will say, “Yes!” Then a herald shall proclaim among them: “The curse of Allāh is on the unjust onesS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The inhabitants of paradise will call out to the inmates of the Fire, ‘We found what our Lord promised us to be true; did you find what your Lord promised you to be true?’ ‘Yes,’ they will say. Then a caller will announce in their midst, ‘May Allah’s curse be on the wrongdoers!’Ali Quli Qarai

And the companions of Paradise will call out to the companions of the Fire, "We have already found what our Lord promised us to be true. Have you found what your Lord promised to be true?" They will say, "Yes." Then an announcer will announce among them, "The curse of Allāh shall be upon the wrongdoersSaheeh International

7:45

ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًۭا وَهُم بِٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ كَٰفِرُونَ ۝٤٥

Allatheena yasuddoona AAansabeeli Allahi wayabghoonaha AAiwajan wahum bil-akhiratikafiroon

who prevent the people from Allāh's upright way, seeking to make it crooked, and they disbelieve in the hereafter.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

—Those who bar [others] from the way of Allah, and seek to make it crooked, and disbelieve in the Hereafter.Ali Quli Qarai

Who averted [people] from the way of Allāh and sought to make it [seem] deviant while they were, concerning the Hereafter, disbelievers."Saheeh International

7:46

وَبَيْنَهُمَا حِجَابٌۭ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالٌۭ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلًّۢا بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ ۚ وَنَادَوْا۟ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَن سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ ۝٤٦

Wabaynahuma hijabunwaAAala al-aAArafi rijalun yaAArifoonakullan biseemahum wanadaw as-habaaljannati an salamun AAalaykum lam yadkhuloohawahum yatmaAAoon

And between the two parties, there shall be a ‘veil’ (i.e., a partition). On that day, there shall be a group of men on the elevated station who know each and every person by their mark; they shall call to the inhabitants of Paradise: “Salāmun ‘alaykum—peace be upon you,” this will happen while the inhabitants of Paradise have not yet entered it, though they are eager for it.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

There will be a veil between them. And on the Elevations will be certain men who recognize each of them by their mark. They will call out to the inhabitants of paradise, ‘Peace be to you!’ (They will not have entered it, though they would be eager to do so.Ali Quli Qarai

And between them will be a partition [i.e., wall], and on [its] elevations are men who recognize all by their mark. And they call out to the companions of Paradise, "Peace be upon you." They have not [yet] entered it, but they long intensely.Saheeh International

7:47

۞ وَإِذَا صُرِفَتْ أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تِلْقَآءَ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلنَّارِ قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ۝٤٧

Wa-itha surifat absaruhumtilqaa as-habi annari qaloorabbana la tajAAalna maAAa alqawmi aththalimeen

And when the eyes of those on the elevated station shall be turned towards the inhabitants of the Fire, they shall say, “Our Lord! Do not place us with the unjust people.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when their look is turned toward the inmates of the Fire, they will say, ‘Our Lord, do not put us among the wrongdoing lot!’)Ali Quli Qarai

And when their eyes are turned toward the companions of the Fire, they say, "Our Lord, do not place us with the wrongdoing people."Saheeh International

7:48

وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالًۭا يَعْرِفُونَهُم بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنكُمْ جَمْعُكُمْ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ۝٤٨

Wanada as-habual-aAArafi rijalan yaAArifoonahum biseemahumqaloo ma aghna AAankum jamAAukum wamakuntum tastakbiroon

Then the inhabitants of the elevated station shall call out to certain men among the inhabitants of the Fire (whom they know by their marks) and say, “O leaders of the unbelievers, your amassing of riches has not availed you, neither your display of arrogance.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The occupants of the Elevations will call out to certain men whom they recognize by their marks, ‘Your rallying did not avail you, nor what you used to disdain.Ali Quli Qarai

And the companions of the Elevations will call to men [within Hell] whom they recognize by their mark, saying, "Of no avail to you was your gathering and [the fact] that you were arrogant."Saheeh International

7:49

أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَقْسَمْتُمْ لَا يَنَالُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ ۚ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَآ أَنتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ ۝٤٩

Ahaola-i allatheenaaqsamtum la yanaluhumu Allahu birahmatinodkhuloo aljannata la khawfun AAalaykum wala antumtahzanoon

Then, pointing toward the inhabitants of Paradise, they will say, “Are they the ones about whom you swore that Allāh would not bestow on them any mercy?” Then they will say to the inhabitants of Paradise, “Enter the Paradise; there shall be no fear upon you, nor shall you grieve.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Are these the ones concerning whom you swore that Allah will not extend them any mercy?’ ‘Enter paradise! You shall have no fear, nor shall you grieve.’Ali Quli Qarai

[Allāh will say], "Are these the ones whom you [inhabitants of Hell] swore that Allāh would never offer them mercy? Enter Paradise, [O people of the Elevations]. No fear will there be concerning you, nor will you grieve."Saheeh International

7:50

وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَنْ أَفِيضُوا۟ عَلَيْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ أَوْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَرَّمَهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ۝٥٠

Wanada as-habu anarias-haba aljannati an afeedoo AAalaynamina alma-i aw mimma razaqakumu Allahu qalooinna Allaha harramahuma AAala alkafireen

The inhabitants of the Fire shall call out to the inhabitants of Paradise, “Pour on us some water or some other drinks which Allāh has provided you.” They shall say, “Allāh has prohibited them to the unbelieversS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The inmates of the Fire will call out to the inhabitants of paradise, ‘Pour on us some water, or something of what Allah has provided you.’ They will say, ‘Allah has indeed forbidden these two to the faithless!’Ali Quli Qarai

And the companions of the Fire will call to the companions of Paradise, "Pour upon us some water or from whatever Allāh has provided you." They will say, "Indeed, Allāh has forbidden them both to the disbelieversSaheeh International

7:51

ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ لَهْوًۭا وَلَعِبًۭا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ فَٱلْيَوْمَ نَنسَىٰهُمْ كَمَا نَسُوا۟ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِهِمْ هَٰذَا وَمَا كَانُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ ۝٥١

Allatheena ittakhathoodeenahum lahwan walaAAiban wagharrat-humu alhayatuaddunya falyawma nansahum kamanasoo liqaa yawmihim hatha wama kanoobi-ayatina yajhadoon

who had taken their religion as a sport and a diver­sion from their duties, and whom the present life had deceived.” Allāh will say, “Today we will forget the inhabitants of the Fire as they forgot their meeting of today, and as they denied Our revelationsS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Those who took their religion for diversion and play and whom the life of the world had deceived. So today, We will forget them as they forgot the encounter of this day of theirs, and as they used to impugn Our signs.Ali Quli Qarai

Who took their religion as distraction and amusement and whom the worldly life deluded." So today We will forget them just as they forgot the meeting of this Day of theirs and for having rejected Our verses.Saheeh International

7:52

وَلَقَدْ جِئْنَٰهُم بِكِتَٰبٍۢ فَصَّلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ هُدًۭى وَرَحْمَةًۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يُؤْمِنُونَ ۝٥٢

Walaqad ji/nahum bikitabin fassalnahuAAala AAilmin hudan warahmatan liqawmin yu/minoon

while We had cer­tainly brought to them a Book which We had clarified with knowledge and which was a guidance and a mercy for the people who believe.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly We have brought them a Book, which We have elaborated with knowledge, as a guidance and mercy for a people who have faith.Ali Quli Qarai

And We had certainly brought them a Book which We detailed by knowledge - as guidance and mercy to a people who believe.Saheeh International

7:53

هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأْوِيلَهُۥ ۚ يَوْمَ يَأْتِى تَأْوِيلُهُۥ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ فَهَل لَّنَا مِن شُفَعَآءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا۟ لَنَآ أَوْ نُرَدُّ فَنَعْمَلَ غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ ۚ قَدْ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ ۝٥٣

Hal yanthuroona illata/weelahu yawma ya/tee ta/weeluhu yaqoolu allatheenanasoohu min qablu qad jaat rusulu rabbina bilhaqqifahal lana min shufaAAaa fayashfaAAoo lanaaw nuraddu fanaAAmala ghayra allathee kunnanaAAmalu qad khasiroo anfusahum wadalla AAanhum makanoo yaftaroon

Then Allāh describes their attitude in the present life: “Are they only waiting for the realization of the threats mentioned in it (i.e., Our Book)? But on the day its realization takes place, those who forgot it before, shall say, “Indeed, the messengers of Our Lord came with the truth. Are there any intercessors for us so that they may in­tercede on our behalf? Or is there any possibility that we could be returned back to the previous life to get a second chance to do other than that which we have done?” No! There is no second chance. They have indeed incurred loss to themselves and what they were forging against Allāh has gone away from them.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Do they not consider [the consequences of] its fulfillment? The day when its fulfillment comes, those who had forgotten it before will say, ‘Our Lord’s apostles had certainly brought the truth. If only we had some intercessors to intercede for us, or we would be returned, so that we may do differently from what we did!’ They have certainly ruined their souls, and what they used to fabricate has forsaken them.Ali Quli Qarai

Do they await except its result? The Day its result comes, those who had ignored it before will say, "The messengers of our Lord had come with the truth, so are there [now] any intercessors to intercede for us or could we be sent back to do other than what we used to do?" They will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.Saheeh International

7:54

إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ يُغْشِى ٱلَّيْلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُۥ حَثِيثًۭا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ وَٱلنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَٰتٍۭ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗ أَلَا لَهُ ٱلْخَلْقُ وَٱلْأَمْرُ ۗ تَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٥٤

Inna rabbakumu Allahu allatheekhalaqa assamawati wal-ardafee sittati ayyamin thumma istawa AAalaalAAarshi yughshee allayla annahara yatlubuhuhatheethan washshamsa walqamara wannujoomamusakhkharatin bi-amrihi ala lahu alkhalqu wal-amrutabaraka Allahu rabbu alAAalameen

Your Lord is Allāh, the one who created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time; then He sat down upon the ‘throne.' He envelops the day with the night—the night pursues the day rapidly. He created the sun, the moon and the stars; all have been made subservient by His com­mand. Indeed, His is the prerogative of the creation and the command; blessed is Allāh, the Lord of the universe.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and then settled on the Throne. He draws the night’s cover over the day, which pursues it swiftly, and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, [all of them] disposed by His command. Look! All creation and command belong to Him. Blessed is Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, your Lord is Allāh, who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He covers the night with the day, [another night] chasing it rapidly; and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, subjected by His command. Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allāh, Lord of the worlds.Saheeh International

7:55

ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًۭا وَخُفْيَةً ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ ۝٥٥

OdAAoo rabbakum tadarruAAanwakhufyatan innahu la yuhibbu almuAAtadeen

Call on your Lord, humbly and secretly; surely, He does not love those who transgress the rights of others.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Supplicate your Lord, beseechingly and secretly. Indeed, He does not like the transgressors.Ali Quli Qarai

Call upon your Lord in humility and privately; indeed, He does not like transgressors.Saheeh International

7:56

وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَٰحِهَا وَٱدْعُوهُ خَوْفًۭا وَطَمَعًا ۚ إِنَّ رَحْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ۝٥٦

Wala tufsidoo fee al-ardibaAAda islahiha wadAAoohu khawfan watamaAAaninna rahmata Allahi qareebun mina almuhsineen

And so do not act wickedly on the earth after it has been rectified by God's message and call on Him fearfully and eagerly; surely the mercy of Allāh is near the good doers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And do not cause corruption on the earth after its restoration, and supplicate Him with fear and hope: indeed Allah’s mercy is close to the virtuous.Ali Quli Qarai

And cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. And invoke Him in fear and aspiration. Indeed, the mercy of Allāh is near to the doers of good.Saheeh International

7:57

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُرْسِلُ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَقَلَّتْ سَحَابًۭا ثِقَالًۭا سُقْنَٰهُ لِبَلَدٍۢ مَّيِّتٍۢ فَأَنزَلْنَا بِهِ ٱلْمَآءَ فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦ مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٥٧

Wahuwa allathee yursilu arriyahabushran bayna yaday rahmatihi hatta ithaaqallat sahaban thiqalan suqnahu libaladinmayyitin faanzalna bihi almaa faakhrajnabihi min kulli aththamarati kathalikanukhriju almawta laAAallakum tathakkaroon

He is the one who sends forth the winds bearing good tidings before His mercy; until, when they bring up heavy clouds, We drive it to a dead land, then with it We send down water and then We bring forth with it all kinds of fruits. In this way shall We bring forth the dead; this is a sign for you, hopefully you may remember.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

It is He who sends forth the winds as harbingers of His mercy. When they bear [rain-] laden clouds, We drive them toward a dead land and send down water on it, and with it We bring forth all kinds of crops. Thus shall We raise the dead; maybe you will take admonition.Ali Quli Qarai

And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy [i.e., rainfall] until, when they have carried heavy rainclouds, We drive them to a dead land and We send down rain therein and bring forth thereby [some] of all the fruits. Thus will We bring forth the dead; perhaps you may be reminded.Saheeh International

7:58

وَٱلْبَلَدُ ٱلطَّيِّبُ يَخْرُجُ نَبَاتُهُۥ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِۦ ۖ وَٱلَّذِى خَبُثَ لَا يَخْرُجُ إِلَّا نَكِدًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلَْٔايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍۢ يَشْكُرُونَ ۝٥٨

Walbaladu attayyibuyakhruju nabatuhu bi-ithni rabbihi wallatheekhabutha la yakhruju illa nakidan kathalikanusarrifu al-ayati liqawmin yashkuroon

As for the good land, its vegetation comes forth by the permission of its Lord; and as for the corrupt land, its vegetation comes forth only scantily. Thus, We repeat the revelations for the people who express gratitude.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The good land—its vegetation comes out by the permission of its Lord, and as for that which is bad, it does not come out except sparsely. Thus do We paraphrase the signs variously for a people who give thanks.Ali Quli Qarai

And the good land - its vegetation emerges by permission of its Lord; but that which is bad - nothing emerges except sparsely, with difficulty. Thus do We diversify the signs for a people who are grateful.Saheeh International

7:59

لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَقَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ۝٥٩

Laqad arsalna noohan ilaqawmihi faqala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha malakum min ilahin ghayruhu innee akhafu AAalaykumAAathaba yawmin AAatheem

Certainly when We sent Nūḥ to his people, he said to them, “O my people! Worship Allāh; you have no god other than Him. If you do not follow me, I fear for you the chastisement of a grievous day.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly We sent Noah to his people. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. Indeed I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day.’Ali Quli Qarai

We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day."Saheeh International

7:60

قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ ۝٦٠

Qala almalao min qawmihi innalanaraka fee dalalin mubeen

The aristocrats of his people said, “We see you in manifest error.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The elite of his people said, ‘Indeed we see you in manifest error.’Ali Quli Qarai

Said the eminent among his people, "Indeed, we see you in clear error."Saheeh International

7:61

قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى ضَلَٰلَةٌۭ وَلَٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٦١

Qala ya qawmi laysa bee dalalatunwalakinnee rasoolun min rabbi alAAalameen

Nūḥ said: “O my people! I am not in error, rather I am a messenger from the Lord of the universe.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘O my people, I am not in error. Rather, I am an apostle from the Lord of all the worlds.Ali Quli Qarai

[Noah] said, "O my people, there is not error in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.Saheeh International

7:62

أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّى وَأَنصَحُ لَكُمْ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٦٢

Oballighukum risalati rabbeewaansahu lakum waaAAlamu mina Allahi mala taAAlamoon

I deliver to you the message of My Lord, I advise you sincerely, and I know many things from Allāh which you do not know.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

I communicate to you the messages of my Lord, and I am your well-wisher, and I know from Allah what you do not know.Ali Quli Qarai

I convey to you the messages of my Lord and advise you; and I know from Allāh what you do not know.Saheeh International

7:63

أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ أَن جَآءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍۢ مِّنكُمْ لِيُنذِرَكُمْ وَلِتَتَّقُوا۟ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ ۝٦٣

Awa AAajibtum an jaakum thikrunmin rabbikum AAala rajulin minkum liyunthirakumwalitattaqoo walaAAallakum turhamoon

What! do you wonder that a reminder from your Lord should come to you through a man from among you? The reminder came so that he may warn you and so that you may be Godfearing; haply mercy may be shown to you.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Do you consider it odd that a reminder from your Lord should come to you through a man from among yourselves, to warn you so that you may be Godwary and so that you may receive His mercy?’Ali Quli Qarai

Then do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you and that you may fear Allāh so you might receive mercy?"Saheeh International

7:64

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ وَأَغْرَقْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا عَمِينَ ۝٦٤

Fakaththaboohu faanjaynahu wallatheenamaAAahu fee alfulki waaghraqna allatheena kaththaboobi-ayatina innahum kanoo qawmanAAameen

But his people rejected him. So, We delivered him and those who were with him in the Ark, and We drowned those who rejected Our revelations. Surely, they were blind people!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

But they denied him. So We delivered him and those who were with him in the ark, and We drowned those who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a blind lot.Ali Quli Qarai

But they denied him, so We saved him and those who were with him in the ship. And We drowned those who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a blind people.Saheeh International

7:65

۞ وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًۭا ۗ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝٦٥

Wa-ila AAadin akhahumhoodan qala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha malakum min ilahin ghayruhu afala tattaqoon

When We sent to the people of ‘Ād their brother Hūd, he said, “O my people! Worship Allāh, you have no god other than Him. Will you then not fear displeasing God?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And to [the people of] ‘Ad [We sent] Hud, their brother. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. Will you not then be wary [of Him]?’Ali Quli Qarai

And to the ʿAad [We sent] their brother Hūd. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. Then will you not fear Him?"Saheeh International

7:66

قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى سَفَاهَةٍۢ وَإِنَّا لَنَظُنُّكَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ ۝٦٦

Qala almalao allatheenakafaroo min qawmihi inna lanaraka fee safahatinwa-inna lanathunnuka mina alkathibeen

The aristocrats who disbelieved from among his peo­ple said, “We see you in folly, and we indeed think that you are one of the liars.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The elite of his people who were faithless said, ‘Indeed we see you to be in folly, and indeed we consider you to be a liar.’Ali Quli Qarai

Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "Indeed, we see you in foolishness, and indeed, we think you are of the liars."Saheeh International

7:67

قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى سَفَاهَةٌۭ وَلَٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٦٧

Qala ya qawmi laysa bee safahatunwalakinnee rasoolun min rabbi alAAalameen

Hūd said: O my people! There is no folly in me, rather I am a messenger from the Lord of the universe,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘O my people, I am not in folly. Rather, I am an apostle from the Lord of all the worlds.Ali Quli Qarai

[Hūd] said, "O my people, there is not foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.Saheeh International

7:68

أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّى وَأَنَا۠ لَكُمْ نَاصِحٌ أَمِينٌ ۝٦٨

Oballighukum risalati rabbeewaana lakum nasihun ameen

I deliver to you the messages of My Lord, and I am a faithful adviser to you.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

I communicate to you the messages of my Lord and I am a trustworthy well-wisher for you.Ali Quli Qarai

I convey to you the messages of my Lord, and I am to you a trustworthy adviser.Saheeh International

7:69

أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ أَن جَآءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍۢ مِّنكُمْ لِيُنذِرَكُمْ ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ قَوْمِ نُوحٍۢ وَزَادَكُمْ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ بَصْۜطَةًۭ ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ ۝٦٩

Awa AAajibtum an jaakum thikrunmin rabbikum AAala rajulin minkum liyunthirakum wathkurooith jaAAalakum khulafaa min baAAdi qawmi noohinwazadakum fee alkhalqi bastatan fathkurooalaa Allahi laAAallakum tuflihoon

What! do you wonder that a reminder from your Lord should come to you through a man from among you, so that he may warn you? O my people! Remember when Allāh appointed you as successors after the people of Nūḥ and increas­ed you in stature broadly; O my people! Remember Allāh’s bounties, hopefully, you may be successful.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Do you consider it odd that there should come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among yourselves, so that he may warn you? Remember when He made you successors after the people of Noah, and increased you vastly in creation. So remember Allah’s bounties so that you may be felicitous.’Ali Quli Qarai

Then do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you? And remember when He made you successors after the people of Noah and increased you in stature extensively. So remember the favors of Allāh that you might succeed."Saheeh International

7:70

قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِنَعْبُدَ ٱللَّهَ وَحْدَهُۥ وَنَذَرَ مَا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا ۖ فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ۝٧٠

Qaloo aji/tana linaAAbuda Allahawahdahu wanathara ma kana yaAAbudu abaonafa/tina bima taAAiduna in kunta mina assadiqeen

They said, “Have you come to us so that we may worship Allāh alone and keep away what our fathers used to worship? Then bring to us the chastisement that you threaten us with, if you are of the truthful ones.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They said, ‘Have you come to [tell] us that we should worship Allah alone and abandon what our fathers have been worshiping? Then bring us what you threaten us with, should you be truthful.’Ali Quli Qarai

They said, "Have you come to us that we should worship Allāh alone and leave what our fathers have worshipped? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."Saheeh International

7:71

قَالَ قَدْ وَقَعَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ رِجْسٌۭ وَغَضَبٌ ۖ أَتُجَٰدِلُونَنِى فِىٓ أَسْمَآءٍۢ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍۢ ۚ فَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَ ۝٧١

Qala qad waqaAAa AAalaykum minrabbikum rijsun waghadabun atujadiloonanee fee asma-insammaytumooha antum waabaokum manazzala Allahu biha min sultanin fantathirooinnee maAAakum mina almuntathireen

Hūd said, “You surely are liable for punishment and anger from your Lord. Are you disputing with me about the idols that are nothing but just names that you and your fathers have given to them? Allāh has not sent down any authorization for them. So wait for the chastisement, I too am waiting with you.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘Punishment and wrath from your Lord has become due against you. Do you dispute with me regarding names, which you have named—you and your fathers—for which Allah has not sent down any authority? So wait! I too am waiting along with you.’Ali Quli Qarai

[Hūd] said, "Already have defilement and anger fallen upon you from your Lord. Do you dispute with me concerning [mere] names you have named them, you and your fathers, for which Allāh has not sent down any authority? Then wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait."Saheeh International

7:72

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍۢ مِّنَّا وَقَطَعْنَا دَابِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا ۖ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٧٢

Faanjaynahu wallatheenamaAAahu birahmatin minna waqataAAna dabiraallatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatinawama kanoo mu/mineen

So We delivered Hūd and those who were with him by mercy from Us, and We rooted out those who rejected Our revelations and were not believers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then We delivered him and those who were with him by a mercy from Us, and We rooted out those who denied Our signs and were not faithful.Ali Quli Qarai

So We saved him and those with him by mercy from Us. And We eliminated those who denied Our signs, and they were not [at all] believers.Saheeh International

7:73

وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَٰلِحًۭا ۗ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةًۭ ۖ فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍۢ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ ۝٧٣

Wa-ila thamooda akhahum salihanqala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha malakum min ilahin ghayruhu qad jaatkum bayyinatunmin rabbikum hathihi naqatu Allahi lakum ayatanfatharooha ta/kul fee ardi Allahi walatamassooha bisoo-in faya/khuthakum AAathabunaleem

When We sent to the people of Thamūd, their brother Ṣāliḥ, he said: O my people! Worship Allāh, you have no god other than Him. A clear proof has come to you from your Lord—this she-camel of Allāh is a sign for you. Therefore, leave her alone so that she may pasture on Allāh’s earth, and do not harm her, otherwise a painful chastisement will seize you.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And to [the people of] Thamud [We sent] Salih, their brother. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. There has certainly come to you a manifest proof from your Lord. This she-camel of Allah is a sign for you. Let her alone to graze [freely] in Allah’s land, and do not cause her any harm, for then you shall be seized by a painful punishment.Ali Quli Qarai

And to the Thamūd [We sent] their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of Allāh [sent] to you as a sign. So leave her to eat within Allāh's land and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.Saheeh International

7:74

وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عَادٍۢ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورًۭا وَتَنْحِتُونَ ٱلْجِبَالَ بُيُوتًۭا ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ۝٧٤

Wathkuroo ithjaAAalakum khulafaa min baAAdi AAadin wabawwaakumfee al-ardi tattakhithoona min suhooliha qusooranwatanhitoona aljibala buyootan fathkurooalaa Allahi wala taAAthaw fee al-ardimufsideen

And remember when He appointed you suc­cessors of the earth after the people of ‘Ād; and He settled you in the land: you make castles on its plains and hew out houses in the mountains. So remember Allāh’s bounties and do not act wicked­ly on the earth as mischief-mongers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Remember when He made you successors after [the people of] ‘Ad, and settled you in the land: you build palaces in its plains, and hew houses out of the mountains. So remember Allah’s bounties, and do not act wickedly on the earth, causing corruption.’Ali Quli Qarai

And remember when He made you successors after the ʿAad and settled you in the land, [and] you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of Allāh and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."Saheeh International

7:75

قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِمَنْ ءَامَنَ مِنْهُمْ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ صَٰلِحًۭا مُّرْسَلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلَ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنُونَ ۝٧٥

Qala almalao allatheenaistakbaroo min qawmihi lillatheena istudAAifooliman amana minhum ataAAlamoona anna salihanmursalun min rabbihi qaloo inna bima orsilabihi mu/minoon

The aristocrats who displayed arrogance from among his peo­ple said to those who were oppressed (i.e., those of them who believed), “Do you really know that Ṣāliḥ has been sent from his Lord?” They, the oppressed believers, said, “Surely we believe in the message he has been sent with.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The elite of his people who were arrogant said to those who were oppressed—to those among them who had faith—‘Do you know that Salih has been sent by his Lord?’ They said, ‘We indeed believe in what he has been sent with.’Ali Quli Qarai

Said the eminent ones who were arrogant among his people to those who were oppressed - to those who believed among them, "Do you [actually] know that Ṣāliḥ is sent from his Lord?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which he was sent, are believers."Saheeh International

7:76

قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ ۝٧٦

Qala allatheena istakbaroo innabillathee amantum bihi kafiroon

Those who were displaying arrogance said, “Then be witness that we are unbelievers in the message in which you believe.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Those who were arrogant said, ‘We indeed disbelieve in what you have believed.’Ali Quli Qarai

Said those who were arrogant, "Indeed we, in that which you have believed, are disbelievers."Saheeh International

7:77

فَعَقَرُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰصَٰلِحُ ٱئْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝٧٧

FaAAaqaroo annaqata waAAatawAAan amri rabbihim waqaloo ya salihui/tina bima taAAiduna in kunta minaalmursaleen

Then they slew the she-camel and rebelled against the command of their Lord, and said, “O Ṣāliḥ, bring us the painful chastisement which you threatened us with, if you really are one of the messengers.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So they hamstrung the She-camel and defied the command of their Lord, and they said, ‘O Salih, bring us what you threaten us with, if you are one of the apostles.’Ali Quli Qarai

So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Ṣāliḥ, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers."Saheeh International

7:78

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ ۝٧٨

Faakhathat-humu arrajfatu faasbahoofee darihim jathimeen

Then the earthquake seized them, and thus they became lifeless bodies in their houses.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Thereupon the earthquake seized them, and they lay lifeless prostrate in their homes.Ali Quli Qarai

So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.Saheeh International

7:79

فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُحِبُّونَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ ۝٧٩

Fatawalla AAanhum waqala yaqawmi laqad ablaghtukum risalata rabbee wanasahtulakum walakin la tuhibboona annasiheen

Then Ṣāliḥ turned away from them and regretfully said, “O my people, I had delivered to you the message of my Lord and had advised you against disobeying His commands. But you do not love the advisers.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So he abandoned them [to their fate], and said, ‘O my people! Certainly I communicated to you the message of my Lord, and I was your well-wisher, but you did not like well-wishers.’Ali Quli Qarai

And he [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the message of my Lord and advised you, but you do not like advisors."Saheeh International

7:80

وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٨٠

Walootan ith qalaliqawmihi ata/toona alfahishata ma sabaqakum bihamin ahadin mina alAAalameen

When We sent Lūṭ, he said to his people, “What! Do you commit the indecency that none of the na­tions had committed before you?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And Lot, when he said to his people, ‘What! Do you commit an outrage none in the world ever committed before you?!Ali Quli Qarai

And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, "Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds [i.e., peoples]?Saheeh International

7:81

إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةًۭ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌۭ مُّسْرِفُونَ ۝٨١

Innakum lata/toona arrijalashahwatan min dooni annisa-i bal antum qawmunmusrifoon

Look at you! You ap­proach men lustfully instead of approaching your women! No, you are a people who have exceeded the limits of Divine laws.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed you come to men with desire instead of women! Indeed, you are a profligate lot.’Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."Saheeh International

7:82

وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌۭ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ ۝٨٢

Wama kana jawabaqawmihi illa an qaloo akhrijoohum min qaryatikuminnahum onasun yatatahharoon

The only answer of his people was that they said, “Expel them from your city, surely they are a people who keep themselves clean from sins!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

But the only answer of his people was that they said, ‘Expel them from your town! They are indeed a puritanical lot.’Ali Quli Qarai

But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."Saheeh International

7:83

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ ۝٨٣

Faanjaynahu waahlahu illaimraatahu kanat mina alghabireen

So We delivered him and his followers, except his wife; she was one of those who tarried behind.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Thereupon We delivered him and his family, except his wife; she was one of those who remained behind.Ali Quli Qarai

So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; she was of those who remained [with the evildoers].Saheeh International

7:84

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًۭا ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۝٨٤

Waamtarna AAalayhim mataranfanthur kayfa kana AAaqibatualmujrimeen

We sent upon them a rain. So, behold, how was the end of the guilty and sinners.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then We poured down upon them a rain [of stones]. So observe how was the fate of the guilty!Ali Quli Qarai

And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.Saheeh International

7:85

وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًۭا ۗ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَٰحِهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۝٨٥

Wa-ila madyana akhahumshuAAayban qala ya qawmi oAAbudoo Allaha malakum min ilahin ghayruhu qad jaatkum bayyinatunmin rabbikum faawfoo alkayla walmeezana walatabkhasoo annasa ashyaahum walatufsidoo fee al-ardi baAAda islahiha thalikumkhayrun lakum in kuntum mu/mineen

When We sent to the people of Madyan their brother Shu‘ayb, he said: O my people! Worship Allāh. You do not have any god other than Him. A clear proof has now come to you from your Lord. So fill up the measure and the balance honestly and do not diminish the goods of the people; do not act wickedly in the earth after its reformation. This is better for you if you are believers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And to [the people of] Midian [We sent] Shu‘ayb, their brother. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. There has certainly come to you a manifest proof from your Lord. Observe fully the measure and the balance, and do not cheat the people of their goods, and do not cause corruption on the earth after its restoration. That is better for you, if you are faithful.Ali Quli Qarai

And to [the people of] Madyan [We sent] their brother Shuʿayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. So fulfill the measure and weight and do not deprive people of their due and cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. That is better for you, if you should be believers.Saheeh International

7:86

وَلَا تَقْعُدُوا۟ بِكُلِّ صِرَٰطٍۢ تُوعِدُونَ وَتَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِهِۦ وَتَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًۭا ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ كُنتُمْ قَلِيلًۭا فَكَثَّرَكُمْ ۖ وَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ ۝٨٦

Wala taqAAudoo bikulli siratintooAAidoona watasuddoona AAan sabeeli Allahi man amanabihi watabghoonaha AAiwajan wathkuroo ithkuntum qaleelan fakaththarakum wanthurookayfa kana AAaqibatu almufsideen

Do not sit in every path, threatening and preventing from Allāh’s way those who believe in Him and seeking to make the straight path crooked; and remember when you were few, He multiplied you; and behold what the end of the mischief- makers was.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And do not lie in wait on every road to threaten and bar those who have faith in Him from the way of Allah, seeking to make it crooked. Remember when you were few, and He multiplied you, and observe how was the fate of the agents of corruption.Ali Quli Qarai

And do not sit on every path, threatening and averting from the way of Allāh those who believe in Him, seeking to make it [seem] deviant. And remember when you were few and He increased you. And see how was the end of the corrupters.Saheeh International

7:87

وَإِن كَانَ طَآئِفَةٌۭ مِّنكُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَطَآئِفَةٌۭ لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ فَٱصْبِرُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَحْكُمَ ٱللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا ۚ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ ۝٨٧

Wa-in kana ta-ifatun minkum amanoobillathee orsiltu bihi wata-ifatun lamyu/minoo fasbiroo hatta yahkumaAllahu baynana wahuwa khayru alhakimeen

If a party from you believes in the message with which I have been sent and another party does not believe, then wait patiently till Allāh judges between us—He is the best of judges.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

If a group of you have believed in what I have been sent with, and a group have not believed, be patient until Allah judges between us, and He is the best of judges.’Ali Quli Qarai

And if there should be a group among you who has believed in that with which I have been sent and a group that has not believed, then be patient until Allāh judges between us. And He is the best of judges."Saheeh International

7:88

۞ قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ يَٰشُعَيْبُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَكَ مِن قَرْيَتِنَآ أَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِى مِلَّتِنَا ۚ قَالَ أَوَلَوْ كُنَّا كَٰرِهِينَ ۝٨٨

Qala almalao allatheenaistakbaroo min qawmihi lanukhrijannaka ya shuAAaybu wallatheenaamanoo maAAaka min qaryatina aw lataAAoodunna feemillatina qala awa law kunna kariheen

The aristocrats who displayed arrogance from his people said, “We will surely expel you, O Shu‘ayb, and also those who have believed with you from our city, unless you return to our faith.” Shu‘ayb said, “What! Even though we dislike it.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The elite of his people who were arrogant said, ‘O Shu'ayb, we will surely expel you and the faithful who are with you from our town, or else you shall revert to our creed.’ He said, ‘What! Even if we should be unwilling?!Ali Quli Qarai

Said the eminent ones who were arrogant among his people, "We will surely evict you, O Shuʿayb, and those who have believed with you from our city, or you must return to our religion." He said, "Even if we were unwilling?Saheeh International

7:89

قَدِ ٱفْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا إِنْ عُدْنَا فِى مِلَّتِكُم بَعْدَ إِذْ نَجَّىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنْهَا ۚ وَمَا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّعُودَ فِيهَآ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّنَا ۚ وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا ۚ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا ٱفْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْفَٰتِحِينَ ۝٨٩

Qadi iftarayna AAala Allahikathiban in AAudna fee millatikum baAAda ithnajjana Allahu minha wamayakoonu lana an naAAooda feeha illa an yashaaAllahu rabbuna wasiAAa rabbuna kulla shay-inAAilman AAala Allahi tawakkalna rabbanaiftah baynana wabayna qawmina bilhaqqiwaanta khayru alfatiheen

We would be forging a lie against Allāh if we returned to your faith after Allāh has delivered us from it. And it is not for us to return to it, unless Allāh our Lord so pleases. Our Lord comprehends all things in His knowledge, and so we put our trust in Allāh. O our Lord! Decide between us and our people on the basis of truth. You are the best of the judges.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We would be fabricating a lie against Allah should we revert to your creed after Allah had delivered us from it. It does not behoove us to return to it, unless Allah, our Lord, should wish so. Our Lord embraces all things in [His] knowledge. In Allah we have put our trust.’ ‘Our Lord! Judge justly between us and our people, and You are the best of judges!’Ali Quli Qarai

We would have invented against Allāh a lie if we returned to your religion after Allāh had saved us from it. And it is not for us to return to it except that Allāh, our Lord, should will. Our Lord has encompassed all things in knowledge. Upon Allāh we have relied. Our Lord, decide between us and our people in truth, and You are the best of those who give decision."Saheeh International

7:90

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتُمْ شُعَيْبًا إِنَّكُمْ إِذًۭا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ ۝٩٠

Waqala almalao allatheenakafaroo min qawmihi la-ini ittabaAAtum shuAAayban innakum ithanlakhasiroon

The aristocrats who disbelieved from his people said to the believers, “If you follow Shu‘ayb, you will surely be the losers.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The elite of his people who were faithless said, ‘If you follow Shu'ayb, you will indeed be losers.’Ali Quli Qarai

Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "If you should follow Shuʿayb, indeed, you would then be losers."Saheeh International

7:91

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ ۝٩١

Faakhathat-humu arrajfatu faasbahoofee darihim jathimeen

Then the earthquake seized them, and thus they became lifeless bodies in their houses.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So the earthquake seized them, and they lay lifeless prostrate in their homes.Ali Quli Qarai

So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.Saheeh International

7:92

ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ شُعَيْبًۭا كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَا ۚ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ شُعَيْبًۭا كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ۝٩٢

Allatheena kaththabooshuAAayban kaan lam yaghnaw feeha allatheena kaththabooshuAAayban kanoo humu alkhasireen

Those who had rejected Shu‘ayb were rooted out completely, so much that it seemed as if they had never dwelt therein. Those who rejected Shu‘ayb, they were the actual losers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Those who impugned Shu'ayb became as if they had never lived there. Those who impugned Shu‘ayb were themselves the losers.Ali Quli Qarai

Those who denied Shuʿayb - it was as though they had never resided there. Those who denied Shuʿayb - it was they who were the losers.Saheeh International

7:93

فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ ءَاسَىٰ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ كَٰفِرِينَ ۝٩٣

Fatawalla AAanhum waqala yaqawmi laqad ablaghtukum risalati rabbee wanasahtulakum fakayfa asa AAala qawmin kafireen

Then Shu‘ayb turned away from them and said, “O my people! I had delivered to you the message of my Lord and had advised you against disobeying Him. How then shall I be sorry for the unbelieving people?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So he abandoned them [to their fate] and said, ‘O my people! Certainly, I communicated to you the messages of my Lord, and I was your well-wisher. So how should I grieve for a faithless lot?’Ali Quli Qarai

And he [i.e., Shuʿayb] turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the messages of my Lord and advised you, so how could I grieve for a disbelieving people?"Saheeh International

7:94

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍۢ مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّآ أَخَذْنَآ أَهْلَهَا بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ ۝٩٤

Wama arsalna fee qaryatin minnabiyyin illa akhathna ahlaha bilba/sa-iwaddarra-i laAAallahum yaddarraAAoon

We did not send any prophet to any city, but many of its inhabitants opposed him; therefore, We seized its people with financial stress and physical distress so that they might be humble.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We did not send a prophet to any town without visiting its people with stress and distress so that they might entreat [for Allah’s forgiveness].Ali Quli Qarai

And We sent to no city a prophet [who was denied] except that We seized its people with poverty and hardship that they might humble themselves [to Allāh].Saheeh International

7:95

ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّىٰ عَفَوا۟ وَّقَالُوا۟ قَدْ مَسَّ ءَابَآءَنَا ٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَٱلسَّرَّآءُ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بَغْتَةًۭ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ۝٩٥

Thumma baddalna makana assayyi-atialhasanata hatta AAafaw waqaloo qadmassa abaana addarraowassarrao faakhathnahum baghtatanwahum la yashAAuroon

So when they repented and became humble, We replaced their evil situation with good until they multiplied. When they saw affluence in their number and wealth, they became ungrateful and said, “Distress and happiness also visited our fathers.” Therefore, We seized them with such a surprise that they were not aware untill the chastisement was upon them.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then We changed the ill [conditions] to good until they multiplied [in numbers] and said, ‘Adversity and ease befell our fathers [too].’ Then We seized them suddenly while they were unaware.Ali Quli Qarai

Then We exchanged in place of the bad [condition], good, until they increased [and prospered] and said, "Our fathers [also] were touched with hardship and ease." So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.Saheeh International

7:96

وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَرَكَٰتٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبُوا۟ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ۝٩٦

Walaw anna ahla alqura amanoowattaqaw lafatahna AAalayhim barakatinmina assama-i wal-ardi walakinkaththaboo faakhathnahum bima kanooyaksiboon

If the people of the cities had believed and feared displeasing Me, We would have opened up for them blessings from the heaven and the earth. But they rejected My messengers, and so We seized them with a painful chastisement because of the evil that they were earning.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

If the people of the towns had been faithful and Godwary, We would have opened to them blessings from the heaven and the earth. But they denied; so We seized them because of what they used to earn.Ali Quli Qarai

And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allāh, We would have opened [i.e., bestowed] upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning.Saheeh International

7:97

أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًۭا وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ ۝٩٧

Afaamina ahlu alqura an ya/tiyahumba/suna bayatan wahum na-imoon

Do the people of the cities feel secure from the coming of Our punishment to them at night while they are sleeping?!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Do the people of the towns feel secure from Our punishment overtaking them at night while they are asleep?Ali Quli Qarai

Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?Saheeh International

7:98

أَوَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحًۭى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ ۝٩٨

Awa amina ahlu alqura an ya/tiyahumba/suna duhan wahum yalAAaboon

Do the people of the cities feel secure from the coming of Our punishment to them at daylight while they are playing?!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Do the people of the towns feel secure from Our punishment overtaking them at midday while they are playing around?Ali Quli Qarai

Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?Saheeh International

7:99

أَفَأَمِنُوا۟ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَلَا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ ۝٩٩

Afaaminoo makra Allahi falaya/manu makra Allahi illa alqawmu alkhasiroon

Do they feel secure from Allāh’s plan? No one feels secure from Allāh’s plan except the people who are losers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Do they feel secure from Allah’s devising? No one feels secure from Allah’s devising except the people who are losers.Ali Quli Qarai

Then, did they feel secure from the plan of Allāh? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allāh except the losing people.Saheeh International

7:100

أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لِلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَهْلِهَآ أَن لَّوْ نَشَآءُ أَصَبْنَٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۚ وَنَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ ۝١٠٠

Awa lam yahdi lillatheena yarithoonaal-arda min baAAdi ahliha an law nashao asabnahumbithunoobihim wanatbaAAu AAala quloobihimfahum la yasmaAAoon

Is it not clear to those who inherit the earth after its previous inhabitants that, if We wish, We could smite them because of their sins and set a seal upon their hearts so they would not listen to the true message?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Does it not dawn upon those who inherited the earth after its [former] inhabitants that if We wish We will punish them for their sins, and set a seal on their hearts so they would not hear?Ali Quli Qarai

Has it not become clear to those who inherited the earth after its [previous] people that if We willed, We could afflict them for their sins? But We seal over their hearts so they do not hear.Saheeh International

7:101

تِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآئِهَا ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِمَا كَذَّبُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ۝١٠١

Tilka alqura naqussu AAalaykamin anba-iha walaqad jaat-hum rusuluhum bilbayyinatifama kanoo liyu/minoo bima kaththaboomin qablu kathalika yatbaAAu Allahu AAalaquloobi alkafireen

We relate to you the stories of the people of these cities so that you may learn lessons from them. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs, but they were not going to believe in what they had already rejected. Thus does Allāh seal the hearts of the unbelievers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

These are the towns some of whose accounts We recount to you. Their apostles certainly brought them manifest proofs, but they were not the ones to believe in what they had denied earlier. Thus does Allah put a seal on the hearts of the faithless.Ali Quli Qarai

Those cities - We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], some of their news. And certainly did their messengers come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe in that which they had denied before. Thus does Allāh seal over the hearts of the disbelievers.Saheeh International

7:102

وَمَا وَجَدْنَا لِأَكْثَرِهِم مِّنْ عَهْدٍۢ ۖ وَإِن وَجَدْنَآ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفَٰسِقِينَ ۝١٠٢

Wama wajadna li-aktharihimmin AAahdin wa-in wajadna aktharahum lafasiqeen

With most of them, We did not find any commitment to the covenant placed in their innate nature; rather We found most of them sinners and ungodly.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We did not find in most of them any [loyalty to] covenants. Indeed, We found most of them to be transgressors.Ali Quli Qarai

And We did not find for most of them any covenant; but indeed, We found most of them defiantly disobedient.Saheeh International

7:103

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِم مُّوسَىٰ بَِٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَظَلَمُوا۟ بِهَا ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ ۝١٠٣

Thumma baAAathna min baAAdihim moosabi-ayatina ila firAAawna wamala-ihifathalamoo biha fanuthurkayfa kana AAaqibatu almufsideen

Then We sent, after them, Mūsā with Our signs to Fir‘awn (Pharaoh) and his aristocrats. But they disbelieved in them. Read their story and behold how was the end of those who acted wickedly.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then after them We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his elite, but they wronged them. So observe how was the fate of the agents of corruption!Ali Quli Qarai

Then We sent after them Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were unjust toward them. So see how was the end of the corrupters.Saheeh International

7:104

وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ يَٰفِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّى رَسُولٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝١٠٤

Waqala moosa yafirAAawnu innee rasoolun min rabbi alAAalameen

When Mūsā went to Fir‘awn, he said, “O Fir‘awn! I am a messenger from the Lord of the universe.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And Moses said, ‘O Pharaoh, I am indeed an apostle from the Lord of all the worlds.Ali Quli Qarai

And Moses said, "O Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the worldsSaheeh International

7:105

حَقِيقٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن لَّآ أَقُولَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْحَقَّ ۚ قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِبَيِّنَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعِىَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ۝١٠٥

Haqeequn AAala an laaqoola AAala Allahi illa alhaqqa qadji/tukum bibayyinatin min rabbikum faarsil maAAiya banee isra-eel

I am disposed to say nothing about Allāh but the truth, I have come to you with a clear proof from your Lord, so release and send the Children of Israel whom you have enslaved with me back to their homeland.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

It behooves me to say nothing about Allah except the truth. I certainly bring you a manifest proof from your Lord. So let the Children of Israel go with me.’Ali Quli Qarai

[Who is] obligated not to say about Allāh except the truth. I have come to you with clear evidence from your Lord, so send with me the Children of Israel."Saheeh International

7:106

قَالَ إِن كُنتَ جِئْتَ بَِٔايَةٍۢ فَأْتِ بِهَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ۝١٠٦

Qala in kunta ji/ta bi-ayatinfa/ti biha in kunta mina assadiqeen

Fir‘awn said, “If you have come with a sign, then produce it if you are of the truthful ones.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘If you have brought a sign, produce it, should you be truthful.’Ali Quli Qarai

[Pharaoh] said, "If you have come with a sign, then bring it forth, if you should be of the truthful."Saheeh International

7:107

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ ۝١٠٧

Faalqa AAasahu fa-ithahiya thuAAbanun mubeen

So Mūsā cast his staff, and lo! it became a real serpent.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Thereat he threw down his staff, and behold, it became a manifest python.Ali Quli Qarai

So he [i.e., Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent, manifest.Saheeh International

7:108

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ ۝١٠٨

WanazaAAa yadahu fa-itha hiya baydaolinnathireen

Then he drew forth his hand from his armpit, and lo! it was white and glowing to the beholders.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to the onlookers.Ali Quli Qarai

And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white [with radiance] for the observers.Saheeh International

7:109

قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌۭ ۝١٠٩

Qala almalao min qawmi firAAawnainna hatha lasahirun AAaleem

The aristocrats of Fir‘awn’s people said to one another, “Surely this man must be a cunning sorcerer;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The elite of Pharaoh’s people said, ‘This is indeed an expert magician;Ali Quli Qarai

Said the eminent among the people of Pharaoh, "Indeed, this is a learned magicianSaheeh International

7:110

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُمْ ۖ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ ۝١١٠

Yureedu an yukhrijakum min ardikumfamatha ta/muroon

he intends to turn you out of your land. So what do you advise?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

he seeks to expel you from your land.’ ‘So what do you advise?’Ali Quli Qarai

Who wants to expel you from your land [through magic], so what do you instruct?"Saheeh International

7:111

قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ۝١١١

Qaloo arjih waakhahu waarsilfee almada-ini hashireen

The aristocrats discussed different options and then said, “Put him and his brother off for a while and send musterers to the different citiesS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They said, ‘Put him and his brother off for a while, and send heralds to the cities,Ali Quli Qarai

They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherersSaheeh International

7:112

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٍۢ ۝١١٢

Ya/tooka bikulli sahirin AAaleem

so that they may bring to you every cunning sorcerer.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

to bring you every expert magician.’Ali Quli Qarai

Who will bring you every learned magician."Saheeh International

7:113

وَجَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ ۝١١٣

Wajaa assaharatufirAAawna qaloo inna lana laajran in kunnanahnu alghalibeen

After some days, all the cunning sorcerers from all over Egypt came to Fir‘awn. But before they agreed to perform their art against Mūsā, they said, “You must promise that we shall surely have a reward if we become the vic­tors.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And the magicians came to Pharaoh. They said, ‘We shall indeed have a reward if we were to be the victors?’Ali Quli Qarai

And the magicians came to Pharaoh. They said, "Indeed for us is a reward if we are the predominant."Saheeh International

7:114

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ ۝١١٤

Qala naAAam wa-innakum laminaalmuqarrabeen

Fir‘awn said, “Yes, and you shall be among my close companions.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘Of course! And indeed you shall be among those near [to me].’Ali Quli Qarai

He said, "Yes, and, [moreover], you will be among those made near [to me]."Saheeh International

7:115

قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُلْقِينَ ۝١١٥

Qaloo ya moosa immaan tulqiya wa-imma an nakoona nahnu almulqeen

On the day of the meeting, the sorcerers said, “O Mūsā! will you cast your staff first, or shall we cast first?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They said, ‘O Moses, will you throw [first], or shall we throw?’Ali Quli Qarai

They said, "O Moses, either you throw [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]."Saheeh International

7:116

قَالَ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ سَحَرُوٓا۟ أَعْيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ۝١١٦

Qala alqoo falamma alqaw saharooaAAyuna annasi wastarhaboohum wajaoobisihrin AAatheem

Mūsā said, “You cast first.” So when the sorcerers cast their staffs, they put a spell upon the people’s eyes and thereby elicited fear among them; they indeed produced impressive sorcery.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘Throw [yours].’ So when they threw, they bewitched the people’s eyes and overawed them, producing a tremendous magic.Ali Quli Qarai

He said, "Throw," and when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them, and they presented a great [feat of] magic.Saheeh International

7:117

۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ ۝١١٧