Sura 7: Al-A'araf (The Purgatory) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

[7:1] A. L. M. S.*

الٓمٓصٓalif-lam-meem-sadA.L.M.S. ﴿١﴾

*7:1 See Appendix 1 for the role of these initials in the Quran's mathematical miracle.

[7:2] This scripture has been revealed to you - you shall not harbor doubt about it in your heart - that you may warn with it, and to provide a reminder for the believers.

كِتَـٰبٌkitābunA scriptureأُنزِلَunzilait was revealedإِلَيْكَilaykato youفَلَاfalāso (let) notيَكُنyakunit beفِىfīinصَدْرِكَṣadrikayour heartحَرَجٌḥarajunany difficultyمِّنْهُmin'hufrom itلِتُنذِرَlitundhirathat you may warnبِهِۦbihiwith it,وَذِكْرَىٰwadhik'rāand a reminderلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnafor the believers. ﴿٢﴾

[7:3] You shall all follow what is revealed to you from your Lord; do not follow any idols besides Him. Rarely do you take heed.

ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ittabiʿūFollow [you all]مَآmāwhatأُنزِلَunzilait was revealedإِلَيْكُمilaykumto you [all]مِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord,وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿūyou [all] followمِنminfromدُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Himأَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaany allies / idols.قَلِيلًاqalīlanLittle / Rarelyمَّاmā(is) whatتَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou [all] take heed. ﴿٣﴾

[7:4] Many a community we annihilated; they incurred our retribution while they were asleep, or wide awake.

وَكَمwakamAnd how manyمِّنminofقَرْيَةٍqaryatina city / communityأَهْلَكْنَـٰهَاahlaknāhāwe destroyed it / annihilated it,فَجَآءَهَاfajāahāso [it] came to itبَأْسُنَاbasunāour retribution / punishmentبَيَـٰتًاbayātan(at) nightأَوْaworهُمْhum(while) they (were)قَآئِلُونَqāilūna[ones] resting in the middle of the day. ﴿٤﴾

[7:5] Their utterance when our retribution came to them was: "Indeed, we have been transgressors."

فَمَاfamāThen notكَانَkānathere wasدَعْوَىٰهُمْdaʿwāhumtheir call / prayer / pleaإِذْidhwhenجَآءَهُمjāahum[it] came to themبَأْسُنَآbasunāour punishment / retributionإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatقَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said,إِنَّاinnā"Indeed, weكُنَّاkunnā[we] wereظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers / transgressors." ﴿٥﴾

[7:6] We will certainly question those who received the message, and we will question the messengers.

فَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّfalanasalannaThen surely we will questionٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose (to) whomأُرْسِلَur'silait was sentإِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them (messengers),وَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّwalanasalannaand surely we will questionٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe messengers. ﴿٦﴾

[7:7] We will inform them authoritatively, for we were never absent.

فَلَنَقُصَّنَّfalanaquṣṣannaThen surely we will narrateعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimto themبِعِلْمٍbiʿil'minwith knowledge,وَمَاwamāand notكُنَّاkunnāwe wereغَآئِبِينَghāibīnaones absent. ﴿٧﴾

[7:8] The scales will be set on that day, equitably. Those whose weights are heavy will be the winners.

وَٱلْوَزْنُwal-waznuAnd the weighingيَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinthat dayٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu(will be) the truth.فَمَنfamanSo whoseثَقُلَتْthaqulat[it] became heavyمَوَٰزِينُهُۥmawāzīnuhuhis scales,فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseهُمُhumu[they] (will be) ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَl-muf'liḥūnathe successful ones. ﴿٨﴾

[7:9] As for those whose weights are light, they will be the ones who lost their souls,* as a consequence of disregarding our revelations, unjustly.

وَمَنْwamanAnd (for he) whoخَفَّتْkhaffat[it] became lightمَوَٰزِينُهُۥmawāzīnuhuhis scales,فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaso those (will be)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whoخَسِرُوٓا۟khasirūthey lostأَنفُسَهُمanfusahumthemselves / their soulsبِمَاbimābecauseكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināto our verses / revelationsيَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna[they] do wrong. ﴿٩﴾

*7:9 Failing to heed our Creator leads to spiritual starvation and eventual "loss" of the soul.

[7:10] We have established you on earth, and we have provided for you the means of support therein. Rarely are you appreciative.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyمَكَّنَّـٰكُمْmakkannākumwe established you [all]فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthوَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand we madeلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]فِيهَاfīhāin itمَعَـٰيِشَmaʿāyishanecessities of life.قَلِيلًاqalīlanLittle / Rarelyمَّاmā(is) whatتَشْكُرُونَtashkurūnayou [all] are appreciative. ﴿١٠﴾

[7:11] We created you, then we shaped you, then we said to the angels, "Fall prostrate before Adam." They fell prostrate, except Iblees (Satan); he was not with the prostrators.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْkhalaqnākumwe created you [all]ثُمَّthummathenصَوَّرْنَـٰكُمْṣawwarnākumwe shaped you [all].ثُمَّthummaThenقُلْنَاqul'nāwe saidلِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the angels,ٱسْجُدُوا۟us'judū"Prostrate [you all]لِـَٔادَمَliādamato Adam."فَسَجَدُوٓا۟fasajadūThen they prostrated,إِلَّآillāexceptإِبْلِيسَib'līsaIblees (Satan).لَمْlamnotيَكُنyakunhe beمِّنَminaamongٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَl-sājidīnathe ones prostrating. ﴿١١﴾

[7:12] He said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I ordered you?" He said, "I am better than he; You created me from fire, and created him from mud."

قَالَqālaHe (God) said,مَاmā"Whatمَنَعَكَmanaʿaka[it] prevented youأَلَّاallāthat notتَسْجُدَtasjudayou prostrateإِذْidhwhenأَمَرْتُكَamartukaI commanded you?"قَالَqālaHe (Satan) said,أَنَا۠anā"I amخَيْرٌkhayrunbetterمِّنْهُmin'huthan him.خَلَقْتَنِىkhalaqtanīYou created meمِنminfromنَّارٍnārinfireوَخَلَقْتَهُۥwakhalaqtahuand You created himمِنminfromطِينٍṭīninclay." ﴿١٢﴾

[7:13] He said, "Therefore, you must go down, for you are not to be arrogant here. Get out; you are debased."

قَالَqālaHe (God) said,فَٱهْبِطْfa-ih'biṭ"Then go downمِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it,فَمَاfamāfor notيَكُونُyakūnuit isلَكَlakafor youأَنanthatتَتَكَبَّرَtatakabbarayou be arrogantفِيهَاfīhāin it.فَٱخْرُجْfa-ukh'rujSo get out;إِنَّكَinnakaindeed, you (are)مِنَminaofٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَl-ṣāghirīnathe debased ones." ﴿١٣﴾

[7:14] He said, "Grant me a respite, until the Day of Resurrection."

قَالَqālaHe (Satan) said,أَنظِرْنِىٓanẓir'nī"Respite meإِلَىٰilātillيَوْمِyawmi(the) Dayيُبْعَثُونَyub'ʿathūnathey are resurrected." ﴿١٤﴾

[7:15] He said, "You are granted a respite."

قَالَqālaHe (God) said,إِنَّكَinnaka"Indeed, you (are)مِنَminaofٱلْمُنظَرِينَl-munẓarīnathe ones given respite." ﴿١٥﴾

[7:16] He said, "Since You have willed that I go astray,* I will skulk for them on Your straight path.

قَالَqāla[He] (Satan) said,فَبِمَآfabimā"So becauseأَغْوَيْتَنِىaghwaytanīYou misled me / willed that I go astrayلَأَقْعُدَنَّla-aqʿudannasurely I will sit in wait / skulkلَهُمْlahumfor them (on)صِرَٰطَكَṣirāṭakaYour pathٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَl-mus'taqīma[the] straight. ﴿١٦﴾

*7:16 Satan is a proven liar, and so are his constituents (see 2:36, 6:22-23, & 7:20).

[7:17] "I will come to them from before them, and from behind them, and from their right, and from their left, and You will find that most of them are unappreciative."

ثُمَّthumma"Thenلَـَٔاتِيَنَّهُمlaātiyannahumsurely I will come to themمِّنۢminfromبَيْنِbayni between / before*أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands (*before them)وَمِنْwaminand fromخَلْفِهِمْkhalfihimafter themوَعَنْwaʿanand fromأَيْمَـٰنِهِمْaymānihimtheir rightوَعَنwaʿanand fromشَمَآئِلِهِمْshamāilihimtheir left,وَلَاwalāand notتَجِدُtajiduYou (will) findأَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of themشَـٰكِرِينَshākirīnaappreciative [ones]." ﴿١٧﴾

[7:18] He said, "Get out therefrom, despised and defeated. Those among them who follow you, I will fill Hell with you all.

قَالَqālaHe (God) said,ٱخْرُجْukh'ruj"Get outمِنْهَاmin'hāof itمَذْءُومًاmadhūmandespisedمَّدْحُورًاmadḥūrandefeated.لَّمَنlamanSurely whoeverتَبِعَكَtabiʿaka[he] followed youمِنْهُمْmin'humamong them,لَأَمْلَأَنَّla-amla-annasurely I will fillجَهَنَّمَjahannamaHellمِنكُمْminkumwith you [all]أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall together. ﴿١٨﴾

[7:19] "As for you, Adam, dwell with your wife in Paradise, and eat therefrom as you please, but do not approach this one tree, lest you fall in sin."

وَيَـٰٓـَٔادَمُwayāādamu"And O Adam!ٱسْكُنْus'kunDwell,أَنتَantayouوَزَوْجُكَwazawjukaand your wife,ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata(in) the Paradise,فَكُلَاfakulāand both eatمِنْminfromحَيْثُḥaythuwhereverشِئْتُمَاshi'tumāyou both wish,وَلَاwalābut (do) notتَقْرَبَاtaqrabā[you both] approachهَـٰذِهِhādhihithisٱلشَّجَرَةَl-shajarata[the] treeفَتَكُونَاfatakūnālest you both beمِنَminaamongٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers." ﴿١٩﴾

[7:20] The devil whispered to them, in order to reveal their bodies, which were invisible to them. He said, "Your Lord did not forbid you from this tree, except to prevent you from becoming angels, and from attaining eternal existence."

فَوَسْوَسَfawaswasaThen [he] whisperedلَهُمَاlahumāto both of themٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devilلِيُبْدِىَliyub'diyathat he may make apparentلَهُمَاlahumāto both of themمَاmāwhatوُۥرِىَwūriyait was concealedعَنْهُمَاʿanhumāfrom both of themمِنminofسَوْءَٰتِهِمَاsawātihimāboth their naked bodies.وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he (Satan) said,مَاmā"Notنَهَىٰكُمَاnahākumā[He] forbade you bothرَبُّكُمَاrabbukumā[both] your Lordعَنْʿanfromهَـٰذِهِhādhihithisٱلشَّجَرَةِl-shajarati[the] treeإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatتَكُونَاtakūnāyou both becomeمَلَكَيْنِmalakayni[both] angelsأَوْaworتَكُونَاtakūnāyou both becomeمِنَminaamongٱلْخَـٰلِدِينَl-khālidīnathe immortals." ﴿٢٠﴾

[7:21] He swore to them, "I am giving you good advice."

وَقَاسَمَهُمَآwaqāsamahumāAnd he swore to both of them,إِنِّىinnī"Indeed, I amلَكُمَاlakumāto both of youلَمِنَlamina[surely] amongٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَl-nāṣiḥīnathe sincere advisors." ﴿٢١﴾

[7:22] He thus duped them with lies. As soon as they tasted the tree, their bodies became visible to them, and they tried to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise. Their Lord called upon them: "Did I not enjoin you from that tree, and warn you that the devil is your most ardent enemy?"

فَدَلَّىٰهُمَاfadallāhumāSo he made both of them fallبِغُرُورٍbighurūrinby deception.فَلَمَّاfalammāThen whenذَاقَاdhāqāthey both tastedٱلشَّجَرَةَl-shajaratathe tree,بَدَتْbadatit became apparentلَهُمَاlahumāto both of themسَوْءَٰتُهُمَاsawātuhumāboth their naked bodiesوَطَفِقَاwaṭafiqāand they both set outيَخْصِفَانِyakhṣifānithey both to coverعَلَيْهِمَاʿalayhimāover both of themمِنminfromوَرَقِwaraqi(the) leaves (of)ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janatithe Paradise.وَنَادَىٰهُمَاwanādāhumāAnd [He] called them bothرَبُّهُمَآrabbuhumā[both] their Lord,أَلَمْalam"Did notأَنْهَكُمَاanhakumāI forbid you bothعَنʿanfromتِلْكُمَاtil'kumā[both] thisٱلشَّجَرَةِl-shajarati[the] treeوَأَقُلwa-aquland [I] sayلَّكُمَآlakumāto both of you,إِنَّinnasurelyٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe devil (is)لَكُمَاlakumāto both of youعَدُوٌّʿaduwwunenemyمُّبِينٌmubīnunmanifest / profound (ardent)?" ﴿٢٢﴾

[7:23] They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged our souls, and unless You forgive us and have mercy on us, we will be losers."

قَالَاqālāBoth of them saidرَبَّنَاrabbanā"Our Lordظَلَمْنَآẓalamnāwe wrongedأَنفُسَنَاanfusanāourselves / our souls,وَإِنwa-inand ifلَّمْlamnotتَغْفِرْtaghfirYou forgiveلَنَاlanā[for] usوَتَرْحَمْنَاwatarḥamnāand You have mercy on us,لَنَكُونَنَّlanakūnannasurely we will beمِنَminaamongٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe [two] losers." ﴿٢٣﴾

[7:24] He said, "Go down as enemies of one another. On earth shall be your habitation and provision for awhile."

قَالَqālaHe (God) said,ٱهْبِطُوا۟ih'biṭū"Get down [you all]بَعْضُكُمْbaʿḍukumsome of you [all]*لِبَعْضٍlibaʿḍinto some others (*one another)عَدُوٌّʿaduwwun(as) enemy.وَلَكُمْwalakumAnd for you [all]فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth (is)مُسْتَقَرٌّmus'taqarruna place to seek comfort / restوَمَتَـٰعٌwamatāʿunand a livelihood / provisionإِلَىٰilātillحِينٍḥīnina time." ﴿٢٤﴾

[7:25] He said, "On it you will live, on it you will die, and from it you will be brought out."

قَالَqālaHe (God) said,فِيهَاfīhā"In itتَحْيَوْنَtaḥyawnayou [all] will liveوَفِيهَاwafīhāand in itتَمُوتُونَtamūtūnayou [all] will dieوَمِنْهَاwamin'hāand from itتُخْرَجُونَtukh'rajūnayou [all] will be brought out (resurrected)." ﴿٢٥﴾

[7:26] O children of Adam, we have provided you with garments to cover your bodies, as well as for luxury. But the best garment is the garment of righteousness. These are some of GOD's signs, that they may take heed.

يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanīO Children (of)ءَادَمَādamaAdam!قَدْqadVerilyأَنزَلْنَاanzalnāwe sent downعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you [all]لِبَاسًاlibāsanclothing / garments,يُوَٰرِىyuwārīit coversسَوْءَٰتِكُمْsawātikumyour naked bodiesوَرِيشًاwarīshanand (as) a luxury.وَلِبَاسُwalibāsuBut (the) clothing (of)ٱلتَّقْوَىٰl-taqwā[the] righteousnessذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbest.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)مِنْminfromءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) signs (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَذَّكَّرُونَyadhakkarūna[they] remember / take heed. ﴿٢٦﴾

[7:27] O children of Adam, do not let the devil dupe you as he did when he caused the eviction of your parents from Paradise, and the removal of their garments to expose their bodies. He and his tribe see you, while you do not see them. We appoint the devils as companions of those who do not believe.

يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanīO Children (of)ءَادَمَādamaAdam!لَاlā(Let) notيَفْتِنَنَّكُمُyaftinannakumu[he] tempt / test / dupe you [all]ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devilكَمَآkamāasأَخْرَجَakhrajahe evictedأَبَوَيْكُمabawaykumboth your parentsمِّنَminafromٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati[the] Paradise,يَنزِعُyanziʿuhe stripping / removingعَنْهُمَاʿanhumāfrom both of themلِبَاسَهُمَاlibāsahumāboth their clothingلِيُرِيَهُمَاliyuriyahumāthat he may show both of themسَوْءَٰتِهِمَآsawātihimāboth their naked bodies.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, heيَرَىٰكُمْyarākum[he] sees you [all]هُوَhuwaheوَقَبِيلُهُۥwaqabīluhuand his tribeمِنْminfromحَيْثُḥaythuwhereلَاlānotتَرَوْنَهُمْtarawnahumyou [all] see them.إِنَّاinnāIndeed, [we]جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāwe madeٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَl-shayāṭīnathe devilsأَوْلِيَآءَawliyāafriends / companionsلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaof those whoلَاlā(do) notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe. ﴿٢٧﴾

[7:28] They commit a gross sin, then say, "We found our parents doing this, and GOD has commanded us to do it." Say, "GOD never advocates sin. Are you saying about GOD what you do not know?"

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenفَعَلُوا۟faʿalūthey didفَـٰحِشَةًfāḥishatanimmorality / vice / gross sinقَالُوا۟qālūthey said,وَجَدْنَاwajadnā"We foundعَلَيْهَآʿalayhāupon itءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers / parentsوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Godأَمَرَنَاamaranā[He] ordered usبِهَاbihāin it."قُلْqulSay,إِنَّinna"Indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيَأْمُرُyamuruHe orders / advocatesبِٱلْفَحْشَآءِbil-faḥshāi[in the] immoralities / sins / vices.أَتَقُولُونَataqūlūnaDo you [all] sayعَلَىʿalāaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمَاmāwhatلَاlānotتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou [all] know?" ﴿٢٨﴾

[7:29] Say, "My Lord advocates justice, and to stand devoted to Him alone at every place of worship. You shall devote your worship absolutely to Him alone. Just as He initiated you, you will ultimately go back to Him."

قُلْqulSay,أَمَرَamara"[He] ordered / commanded / advocatedرَبِّىrabbīmy Lordبِٱلْقِسْطِbil-qis'ṭi[in the] justiceوَأَقِيمُوا۟wa-aqīmūand maintain / stand [you all]وُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakumyour faces / aim / whole being / devotionعِندَʿindaatكُلِّkullieveryمَسْجِدٍmasjidinmasjid / place of prostrationوَٱدْعُوهُwa-id'ʿūhuand invoke Him [you all]مُخْلِصِينَmukh'liṣīna[ones who are] exclusively devotedلَهُlahuto Himٱلدِّينَl-dīna(in) the religion.كَمَاkamāJust asبَدَأَكُمْbada-akumHe initiated you [all],تَعُودُونَtaʿūdūnayou [all] will return (to Him)." ﴿٢٩﴾

[7:30] Some He guided, while others are committed to straying. They have taken the devils as their masters, instead of GOD, yet they believe that they are guided.

فَرِيقًاfarīqanA group / SomeهَدَىٰhadāHe guided,وَفَرِيقًاwafarīqanand a groupحَقَّḥaqqa[it] deserved / justly dueعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor themٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُl-ḍalālatuthe straying.إِنَّهُمُinnahumuIndeed, theyٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūthey tookٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَl-shayāṭīnathe devilsأَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) allies / mastersمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَيَحْسَبُونَwayaḥsabūnawhile they thinkأَنَّهُمannahumthat theyمُّهْتَدُونَmuh'tadūna[ones who] are guided. ﴿٣٠﴾

[7:31] O children of Adam, you shall be clean and dress nicely when you go to the masjid. And eat and drink moderately. Surely, He does not love the gluttons.

يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanīO Children (of)ءَادَمَādamaAdam!خُذُوا۟khudhūTake* [you all]زِينَتَكُمْzīnatakumyour adornments (*be clean and dress nicely)عِندَʿindaatكُلِّkullieveryمَسْجِدٍmasjidinmasjid,وَكُلُوا۟wakulūand eat [you all]وَٱشْرَبُوا۟wa-ish'rabūand drink [you all]وَلَاwalābut (do) notتُسْرِفُوٓا۟tus'rifūyou [all] be extravagant / gluttonous.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed [He]لَاlānotيُحِبُّyuḥibbuHe lovesٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīnathe extravagant ones / gluttons. ﴿٣١﴾

[7:32] Say, "Who prohibited the nice things GOD has created for His creatures, and the good provisions?" Say, "Such provisions are to be enjoyed in this life by those who believe. Moreover, the good provisions will be exclusively theirs on the Day of Resurrection." We thus explain the revelations for people who know.

قُلْqulSay,مَنْman"Whoحَرَّمَḥarrama[he] prohibitedزِينَةَzīnata(the) adornments / pleasing thingsٱللَّهِl-lahi(from) GodٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhichأَخْرَجَakhrajaHe producedلِعِبَادِهِۦliʿibādihifor His servants,وَٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِwal-ṭayibātiand the pure things / good provisionsمِنَminafromٱلرِّزْقِl-riz'qithe provision / sustenance?"قُلْqulSay,هِىَhiya"They (are)لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedفِىfīduringٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world,خَالِصَةًkhāliṣatanexclusively (for them)يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati[the] Resurrection.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusنُفَصِّلُnufaṣṣiluwe explainٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe revelationsلِقَوْمٍliqawminfor (the) peopleيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know." ﴿٣٢﴾

[7:33] Say, "My Lord prohibits only evil deeds, be they obvious or hidden, and sins, and unjustifiable aggression, and to set up beside GOD powerless idols, and to say about GOD what you do not know."

قُلْqulSay,إِنَّمَاinnamā"Onlyحَرَّمَḥarrama[He] prohibitedرَبِّىَrabbiyamy Lordٱلْفَوَٰحِشَl-fawāḥishathe immoralities / evil deedsمَاmāwhatظَهَرَẓaharait was apparent / obviousمِنْهَاmin'hāof itوَمَاwamāand whatبَطَنَbaṭanait was hidden,وَٱلْإِثْمَwal-ith'maand the sin,وَٱلْبَغْىَwal-baghyaand the oppression / aggressionبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi[the] right,وَأَنwa-anand thatتُشْرِكُوا۟tush'rikūyou [all] associate partnersبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith God,مَاmāwhatلَمْlamnotيُنَزِّلْyunazzilHe sends downبِهِۦbihiin itسُلْطَـٰنًاsul'ṭānanany authority / power,وَأَنwa-anand thatتَقُولُوا۟taqūlūyou [all] sayعَلَىʿalāaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمَاmāwhatلَاlānotتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou [all] know." ﴿٣٣﴾

[7:34] For each community, there is a predetermined life span. Once their interim comes to an end, they cannot delay it by one hour, nor advance it.

وَلِكُلِّwalikulliAnd for everyأُمَّةٍummatincommunityأَجَلٌajalunan appointed term.فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when [in the future]جَآءَjāa[it] cameأَجَلُهُمْajaluhumtheir term,لَاlānotيَسْتَأْخِرُونَyastakhirūnathey can delay (it)سَاعَةًsāʿatanan hour,وَلَاwalāand notيَسْتَقْدِمُونَyastaqdimūna[they] can advance (it). ﴿٣٤﴾

[7:35] O children of Adam, when messengers come to you from among you, and recite My revelations to you, those who take heed and lead a righteous life, will have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.

يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanīO Children (of)ءَادَمَādamaAdam!إِمَّاimmāIfيَأْتِيَنَّكُمْyatiyannakum[it] comes to you [all]رُسُلٌrusulunmessengersمِّنكُمْminkum(from) among you [all]يَقُصُّونَyaquṣṣūna[they] narrateعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you [all]ءَايَـٰتِىāyātīMy verses / revelationsفَمَنِfamanithen whoeverٱتَّقَىٰittaqā[he] led a righteous lifeوَأَصْلَحَwa-aṣlaḥaand [he] reformed,فَلَاfalāthen noخَوْفٌkhawfunfearعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon themوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيَحْزَنُونَyaḥzanūna[they] will grieve. ﴿٣٥﴾

[7:36] As for those who reject our revelations, and are too arrogant to uphold them, they have incurred Hell, wherein they abide forever.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those whoكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied / rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our verses / revelationsوَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟wa-is'takbarūand they turned arrogantعَنْهَآʿanhāabout itأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose (are)أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions (of)ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire,هُمْhumtheyفِيهَاfīhāin itخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna[ones] abiding forever. ﴿٣٦﴾

[7:37] Who is more evil than those who invent lies about GOD, or reject His revelations? These will get their share, in accordance with the scripture, then, when our messengers come to terminate their lives, they will say, "Where are the idols you used to implore beside GOD?" They will say, "They have abandoned us." They will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.

فَمَنْfamanThen who (is)أَظْلَمُaẓlamumore unjustمِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) whoٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāhe fabricated / inventedعَلَىʿalāagainstٱللَّهِl-lahiGodكَذِبًاkadhibana lieأَوْaworكَذَّبَkadhabahe denied / rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِهِۦٓbiāyātihiin His verses / revelations?أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseيَنَالُهُمْyanāluhum[it] will reach themنَصِيبُهُمnaṣībuhumtheir portion / share,مِّنَminafrom (in accordance with)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scripture,حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntilإِذَاidhāwhen [in the future]جَآءَتْهُمْjāathum[it] came to themرُسُلُنَاrusulunāour (angel) messengersيَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْyatawaffawnahumthey put them to deathقَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say,أَيْنَayna"Where (are)مَاmāwhatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou [all] ask for / imploreمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGod?"قَالُوا۟qālūThey say,ضَلُّوا۟ḍallū"They strayed / abandonedعَنَّاʿannāfrom us'وَشَهِدُوا۟washahidūand they testified / bore witnessعَلَىٰٓʿalāagainstأَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselvesأَنَّهُمْannahumthat theyكَانُوا۟kānū[they] wereكَـٰفِرِينَkāfirīnadisbelievers. ﴿٣٧﴾

[7:38] He will say, "Enter with the previous communities of jinns and humans into Hell." Every time a group enters, they will curse their ancestral group. Once they are all in it, the latest one will say of the previous one, "Our Lord, these are the ones who misled us. Give them double the retribution of Hell." He will say, "Each receives double, but you do not know."

قَالَqālaHe said,ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulū"Enter [you all]فِىٓfīamongأُمَمٍumamin(the) communitiesقَدْqad(that) alreadyخَلَتْkhalatit passed awayمِنminfromقَبْلِكُمqablikumbefore you [all]مِّنَminaofٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinnوَٱلْإِنسِwal-insiand the humansفِىfīinٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire."كُلَّمَاkullamāEvery timeدَخَلَتْdakhalat[it] enteredأُمَّةٌummatuna groupلَّعَنَتْlaʿanatit cursedأُخْتَهَاukh'tahāits sister (*ancestral group)حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntilإِذَاidhāwhenٱدَّارَكُوا۟iddārakūthey overtook (one another)فِيهَاfīhāin itجَمِيعًاjamīʿanall,قَالَتْqālat[it] saidأُخْرَىٰهُمْukh'rāhum(the) last of themلِأُولَىٰهُمْliūlāhumabout (the) first of them,رَبَّنَاrabbanā"Our Lord,هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāitheseأَضَلُّونَاaḍallūnā[they] misled usفَـَٔاتِهِمْfaātihimso give themعَذَابًاʿadhābanpunishment / retributionضِعْفًاḍiʿ'fandouble مِّنَminaofٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire."قَالَqālaHe said,لِكُلٍّlikullin"For each (is)ضِعْفٌḍiʿ'fundoubleوَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutلَّاlānotتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou [all] know." ﴿٣٨﴾

[7:39] The ancestral group will say to the later group, "Since you had an advantage over us, taste the retribution for your own sins."

وَقَالَتْwaqālatAnd [it] saidأُولَىٰهُمْūlāhum(the) first of themلِأُخْرَىٰهُمْli-ukh'rāhumto (the) last of them,فَمَاfamā"Then notكَانَkānathere wasلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon usمِنminanyفَضْلٍfaḍlinsuperiority / advantage,فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūso taste [you all]ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment / retributionبِمَاbimāfor whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَكْسِبُونَtaksibūnayou [all] earn." ﴿٣٩﴾

[7:40] Surely, those who reject our revelations and are too arrogant to uphold them, the gates of the sky will never open for them, nor will they enter Paradise until the camel passes through the needle's eye. We thus requite the guilty.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied / rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our verses / revelationsوَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟wa-is'takbarūand they became arrogantعَنْهَاʿanhāabout it,لَاlānotتُفَتَّحُtufattaḥu[it] will openلَهُمْlahumfor themأَبْوَٰبُabwābu(the) doors (of)ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi[the] heaven,وَلَاwalāand notيَدْخُلُونَyadkhulūnathey will enterٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata[the] Paradiseحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَلِجَyalija[it] merges / passesٱلْجَمَلُl-jamaluthe camelفِىfīthroughسَمِّsammi(the) eye (of)ٱلْخِيَاطِl-khiyāṭithe needle.وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusنَجْزِىnajzīwe requiteٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīnathe guilty ones. ﴿٤٠﴾

[7:41] They have incurred Hell as an abode; they will have barriers above them. We thus requite the transgressors.

لَهُمlahumFor themمِّنminatجَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell (is)مِهَادٌmihāduna resting place / abodeوَمِنwaminand fromفَوْقِهِمْfawqihimover themغَوَاشٍghawāshincoverings / barriers.وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusنَجْزِىnajzīwe requiteٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers / transgressors. ﴿٤١﴾

[7:42] As for those who believe and lead a righteous life - we never burden any soul beyond its means - these will be the dwellers of Paradise. They abide in it forever.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe righteous deedsلَاlānotنُكَلِّفُnukallifuwe burdenنَفْسًاnafsanany soulإِلَّاillāexceptوُسْعَهَآwus'ʿahā(to) its capacity.أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions (of)ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati[the] Paradise,هُمْhumtheyفِيهَاfīhāin itخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna[ones] abiding forever. ﴿٤٢﴾

[7:43] We will remove all jealousy from their hearts. Rivers will flow beneath them, and they will say, "GOD be praised for guiding us. We could not possibly be guided, if it were not that GOD has guided us. The messengers of our Lord did bring the truth." They will be called: "This is your Paradise. You have inherited it, in return for your works."

وَنَزَعْنَاwanazaʿnāAnd we (will) removeمَاmāwhatever (is)فِىfīinصُدُورِهِمṣudūrihimtheir heartsمِّنْminofغِلٍّghillinmalice / jealousy.تَجْرِىtajrī[It] flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهِمُtaḥtihimuunderneath themٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers / streams.وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamdu"All praise beلِلَّهِlillahito God,ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoهَدَىٰنَاhadānāHe guided usلِهَـٰذَاlihādhāto this,وَمَاwamāand notكُنَّاkunnāwe wereلِنَهْتَدِىَlinahtadiya[we] to receive guidanceلَوْلَآlawlāif notأَنْanthatهَدَىٰنَاhadānā[He] guided usٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.لَقَدْlaqadCertainly,جَآءَتْjāat[it] cameرُسُلُrusulumessengers (of)رَبِّنَاrabbināour Lordبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truth."وَنُودُوٓا۟wanūdūAnd they were called,أَنan[that]تِلْكُمُtil'kumu"This (is)ٱلْجَنَّةُl-janatuthe Paradise,أُورِثْتُمُوهَاūrith'tumūhāyou [all] inherited itبِمَاbimāfor whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna[you all] do." ﴿٤٣﴾

[7:44] The dwellers of Paradise will call the dwellers of Hell: "We have found our Lord's promise to be the truth, have you found your Lord's promise to be the truth?" They will say, "Yes." An announcer between them will announce: "GOD's condemnation has befallen the transgressors;

وَنَادَىٰٓwanādāAnd [he] called outأَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions (of)ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati[the] Paradiseأَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥāba(to the) companions (of)ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fireأَنanthat,قَدْqad"Indeed,وَجَدْنَاwajadnāwe foundمَاmāwhatوَعَدَنَاwaʿadanā[He] promised usرَبُّنَاrabbunāour Lord حَقًّاḥaqqantrue.فَهَلْfahalSo haveوَجَدتُّمwajadttumyou [all] foundمَّاmāwhatوَعَدَwaʿada[He] promisedرَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord حَقًّاḥaqqan(to be) true?"قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,نَعَمْnaʿam"Yes."فَأَذَّنَfa-adhanaThen [he] announcedمُؤَذِّنٌۢmu-adhinunan announcerبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumamong them,أَنanthatلَّعْنَةُlaʿnatu"(The) curse (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)عَلَىʿalāuponٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers / transgressors. ﴿٤٤﴾

[7:45] "who repel from the path of GOD, and strive to make it crooked, and, with regard to the Hereafter, they are disbelievers."

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna"Those whoيَصُدُّونَyaṣuddūna[they] hinder / repelعَنʿanfromسَبِيلِsabīli(the) pathٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَيَبْغُونَهَاwayabghūnahāand they seek in itعِوَجًاʿiwajancrookednessوَهُمwahumwhile they (are)بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter,كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūnadisbelievers." ﴿٤٥﴾

[7:46] A barrier separates them, while the Purgatory* is occupied by people who recognize each side by their looks. They will call the dwellers of Paradise: "Peace be upon you." They did not enter (Paradise) through wishful thinking.

وَبَيْنَهُمَاwabaynahumāAnd between both of themحِجَابٌḥijābun(will be) a barrier,وَعَلَىwaʿalāand onٱلْأَعْرَافِl-aʿrāfithe Purgatoryرِجَالٌrijālun(will be) menيَعْرِفُونَyaʿrifūnathey recognizeكُلًّۢاkullaneach (side)بِسِيمَىٰهُمْbisīmāhumby their marks / looks. وَنَادَوْا۟wanādawAnd they (will) call outأَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥāba(to the) companions (of)ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati[the] Paradiseأَنanthatسَلَـٰمٌsalāmun"Peaceعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum(be) upon you [all]."لَمْlamNotيَدْخُلُوهَاyadkhulūhāthey will enter itوَهُمْwahumwhile theyيَطْمَعُونَyaṭmaʿūna[they] hope / wishful thinking. ﴿٤٦﴾

*7:46-49 Initially, there will be 4 places: (1) the High Heaven, (2) the Lower Heaven, (3) the Purgatory, and (4) Hell. The Purgatory will be annexed into the Lower Heaven.

[7:47] When they turn their eyes towards the dwellers of Hell, they will say, "Our Lord, do not put us with these wicked people."

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when [in the future]صُرِفَتْṣurifat[it] was turned / directedأَبْصَـٰرُهُمْabṣāruhumtheir eyesتِلْقَآءَtil'qāatowardsأَصْحَـٰبِaṣḥābi(the) companions / dwellers (of)ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire,قَالُوا۟qālūthey said,رَبَّنَاrabbanā"Our Lord!لَاlā(Do) notتَجْعَلْنَاtajʿalnāYou place usمَعَmaʿawithٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe peopleٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers / wicked [ones]." ﴿٤٧﴾

[7:48] The dwellers of the Purgatory will call on people they recognize by their looks, saying, "Your great numbers did not avail you in any way, nor did your arrogance.

وَنَادَىٰٓwanādāAnd [he] called outأَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions / dwellers (of)ٱلْأَعْرَافِl-aʿrāfithe Purgatoryرِجَالًاrijālan(to) menيَعْرِفُونَهُمyaʿrifūnahumthey recognize themبِسِيمَىٰهُمْbisīmāhumby their marks / looks. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said,مَآmā"Notأَغْنَىٰaghnā[it] availedعَنكُمْʿankum[to] you [all]جَمْعُكُمْjamʿukumyour multitude / great numbersوَمَاwamāand thatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] becameتَسْتَكْبِرُونَtastakbirūna[you all] arrogant. ﴿٤٨﴾

[7:49] "Are those the people you swore that GOD will never touch them with mercy?" (The people in the Purgatory will then be told,) "Enter Paradise; you have nothing to fear, nor will you grieve."

أَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِahāulāi"Are theseٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whomأَقْسَمْتُمْaqsamtumyou [all] sworeلَاlā(that) notيَنَالُهُمُyanāluhumu[He] will reach / touch themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِرَحْمَةٍbiraḥmatinwith mercy?"ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulū"Enter [you all]ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata[the] Paradise.لَاlā(There will be) noخَوْفٌkhawfunfearعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]وَلَآwalāand notأَنتُمْantumyou [all]تَحْزَنُونَtaḥzanūna[you all] will grieve." ﴿٤٩﴾

[7:50] The dwellers of Hell will call on the dwellers of Paradise: "Let some of your water, or some of GOD's provisions to you flow towards us." They will say, "GOD has forbidden them for the disbelievers."

وَنَادَىٰٓwanādāAnd [he] called outأَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions / dwellersٱلنَّارِl-nāri(of) the Fireأَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥāba(to the) companions / dwellersٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati(of) [the] Paradiseأَنْan[that],أَفِيضُوا۟afīḍū"Pour [you all]عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon usمِنَminaofٱلْمَآءِl-māi[the] waterأَوْaworمِمَّاmimmāof whatرَزَقَكُمُrazaqakumu[He] provided you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod."قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,إِنَّinna"Indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodحَرَّمَهُمَاḥarramahumā[He] forbid them bothعَلَىʿalāforٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers." ﴿٥٠﴾

[7:51] Those who do not take their religion seriously, and are totally preoccupied with this worldly life, we forget them on that day, because they forgot that day, and because they spurned our revelations.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūthey tookدِينَهُمْdīnahumtheir religionلَهْوًاlahwan(as) an amusement (in vain)وَلَعِبًاwalaʿibanand playوَغَرَّتْهُمُwagharrathumuand [it] deluded themٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuthe lifeٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world.فَٱلْيَوْمَfal-yawmaSo todayنَنسَىٰهُمْnansāhumwe forget themكَمَاkamāasنَسُوا۟nasūthey forgotلِقَآءَliqāa(the) meeting (of)يَوْمِهِمْyawmihimtheir day هَـٰذَاhādhā(of) this,وَمَاwamāand thatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our verses / revelationsيَجْحَدُونَyajḥadūna[they] reject / spurn. ﴿٥١﴾

[7:52] We have given them a scripture that is fully detailed, with knowledge, guidance, and mercy for the people who believe.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyجِئْنَـٰهُمji'nāhumwe brought themبِكِتَـٰبٍbikitābinwith a scriptureفَصَّلْنَـٰهُfaṣṣalnāhu(which) we explained itعَلَىٰʿalāwithعِلْمٍʿil'minknowledgeهُدًىhudana guidanceوَرَحْمَةًwaraḥmatanand mercyلِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna(who) they believe. ﴿٥٢﴾

[7:53] Are they waiting until all (prophecies) are fulfilled? The day such fulfillment comes to pass, those who disregarded it in the past will say, "The messengers of our Lord have brought the truth. Are there any intercessors to intercede on our behalf? Would you send us back, so that we change our behavior, and do better works than what we did?" They have lost their souls, and their own innovations have caused their doom.

هَلْhalAreيَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey waitingإِلَّاillāexcept / untilتَأْوِيلَهُۥtawīlahu(for) its interpretation / determination.يَوْمَyawma(The) Dayيَأْتِىyatī[it] comesتَأْوِيلُهُۥtawīluhuits determination,يَقُولُyaqūlu[he] will say,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whomنَسُوهُnasūhuthey forgotten itمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore,قَدْqad"Verilyجَآءَتْjāat[it] cameرُسُلُrusulu(the) messengersرَبِّنَاrabbinā(from) our Lordبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truth,فَهَلfahalso are (there)لَّنَاlanāfor usمِنminanyشُفَعَآءَshufaʿāaintercessorsفَيَشْفَعُوا۟fayashfaʿūso that they intercedeلَنَآlanāfor usأَوْaworنُرَدُّnuradduwe are sent backفَنَعْمَلَfanaʿmalaso that we do worksغَيْرَghayraother thanٱلَّذِىalladhīthat whichكُنَّاkunnāwe used toنَعْمَلُnaʿmalu[we] do."قَدْqadVerily,خَسِرُوٓا۟khasirūthey lostأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their souls,وَضَلَّwaḍallaand [it] strayed / abandonedعَنْهُمʿanhumfrom themمَّاmāwhatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna[they] fabricate. ﴿٥٣﴾

[7:54] Your Lord is the one GOD; who created the heavens and the earth in six days,* then assumed all authority. The night overtakes the day, as it pursues it persistently, and the sun, the moon, and the stars are committed to serve by His command. Absolutely, He controls all creation and all commands. Most Exalted is GOD, Lord of the universe.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّكُمُrabbakumuyour Lord (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoخَلَقَkhalaqaHe createdٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earthفِىfīinسِتَّةِsittatisixأَيَّامٍayyāmindays,ثُمَّthummathenٱسْتَوَىٰis'tawāHe firmly settledعَلَىʿalāonٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshithe Throne.يُغْشِىyugh'shīHe coversٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe nightٱلنَّهَارَl-nahāra(with) the dayيَطْلُبُهُۥyaṭlubuhu[it] seeking / pursuing itحَثِيثًاḥathīthanpersistentlyوَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsaand the sunوَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moonوَٱلنُّجُومَwal-nujūmaand the starsمُسَخَّرَٰتٍۭmusakharātin[ones] subjected / committed to serveبِأَمْرِهِۦٓbi-amrihiby His command.أَلَاalāUnquestionablyلَهُlahufor Him (is)ٱلْخَلْقُl-khalquthe creationوَٱلْأَمْرُwal-amruand the command.تَبَارَكَtabāraka[He] is Blessed / Exalted (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,رَبُّrabbuLord (of)ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds / universe. ﴿٥٤﴾

*7:54 The six days of creation are allegorical; they serve as a yardstick to let us know the relative complexity of our infinitesimal planet Earth - it was created in "4 days" (see 41:10).

[7:55] You shall worship your Lord publicly and privately; He does not love the transgressors.

ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūCall upon [you all]رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lordتَضَرُّعًاtaḍarruʿanloudly / publiclyوَخُفْيَةًwakhuf'yatanand secretly / privately.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, HeلَاlānotيُحِبُّyuḥibbuHe lovesٱلْمُعْتَدِينَl-muʿ'tadīnathe transgressors. ﴿٥٥﴾

[7:56] Do not corrupt the earth after it has been set straight, and worship Him out of reverence, and out of hope. Surely, GOD's mercy is attainable by the righteous.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتُفْسِدُوا۟tuf'sidūyou [all] cause corruptionفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthبَعْدَbaʿdaafterإِصْلَـٰحِهَاiṣ'lāḥihāits reformation / (has been) set straight.وَٱدْعُوهُwa-id'ʿūhuAnd call Him [you all]خَوْفًاkhawfan(in) fearوَطَمَعًاwaṭamaʿanand hope.إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَحْمَتَraḥmata(the) mercy (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)قَرِيبٌqarībunnear / attainableمِّنَminaforٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿٥٦﴾

[7:57] He is the One who sends the wind with good omen, as a mercy from His hands. Once they gather heavy clouds, we drive them to dead lands, and send down water therefrom, to produce with it all kinds of fruits. We thus resurrect the dead, that you may take heed.

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoيُرْسِلُyur'siluHe sendsٱلرِّيَـٰحَl-riyāḥathe windsبُشْرًۢاbush'ran(as) good news / omensبَيْنَbaynabetween / before*يَدَىْyadayone's hands (*before / in advance of)رَحْمَتِهِۦraḥmatihiHis mercy,حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil,إِذَآidhāwhenأَقَلَّتْaqallat[it] carriedسَحَابًاsaḥābancloudsثِقَالًاthiqālanheavy,سُقْنَـٰهُsuq'nāhuwe drove themلِبَلَدٍlibaladinto a landمَّيِّتٍmayyitindeadفَأَنزَلْنَاfa-anzalnāthen we sent downبِهِbihifrom itٱلْمَآءَl-māathe waterفَأَخْرَجْنَاfa-akhrajnāthen we producedبِهِۦbihifrom itمِنminfromكُلِّkulliall (kinds of)ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarātithe fruits.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusنُخْرِجُnukh'rijuwe will bring out (resurrect) ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāthe deadلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūna[you all] take heed. ﴿٥٧﴾

[7:58] The good land readily produces its plants by the leave of its Lord, while the bad land barely produces anything useful. We thus explain the revelations for people who are appreciative.

وَٱلْبَلَدُwal-baladuAnd the landٱلطَّيِّبُl-ṭayibu[the] good,يَخْرُجُyakhrujuit producesنَبَاتُهُۥnabātuhuits vegetationبِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permissionرَبِّهِۦrabbihi(of) its Lord,وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhībut that whichخَبُثَkhabuthait is bad (land)لَاlānotيَخْرُجُyakhrujuit producesإِلَّاillāexceptنَكِدًاnakidanscantily / barely.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusنُصَرِّفُnuṣarrifuwe explainٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe signs / revelationsلِقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيَشْكُرُونَyashkurūnathey are appreciative. ﴿٥٨﴾

[7:59] We sent Noah to his people, saying, "O my people, worship GOD; you have no other god beside Him. I fear for you the retribution of an awesome day."

لَقَدْlaqadCertainly,أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāwe sentنُوحًاnūḥanNoahإِلَىٰilātoقَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis peopleفَقَالَfaqālaand he said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,مَاmānotلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنْminanyإِلَـٰهٍilāhingodغَيْرُهُۥٓghayruhuother than Him.إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, Iأَخَافُakhāfu[I] fearعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you [all]عَذَابَʿadhābapunishment / retribution (of)يَوْمٍyawmin(the) Dayعَظِيمٍʿaẓīmingreat." ﴿٥٩﴾

[7:60] The leaders among his people said, "We see that you are far astray."

قَالَqāla[He] saidٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefs / leadersمِنminofقَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihihis people,إِنَّاinnā"Indeed, weلَنَرَىٰكَlanarākasurely [we] see youفِىfīinضَلَـٰلٍḍalālinerrorمُّبِينٍmubīninclear." ﴿٦٠﴾

[7:61] He said, "O my people, I am not astray; I am a messenger from the Lord of the universe.

قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!لَيْسَlaysa(There) is notبِىbīin meضَلَـٰلَةٌḍalālatunerror.وَلَـٰكِنِّىwalākinnībut I (am)رَسُولٌrasūluna messengerمِّنminfromرَّبِّrabbi(the) Lord (of)ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds / universe. ﴿٦١﴾

[7:62] "I deliver to you the messages of my Lord, and I advise you, and I know from GOD what you do not know.

أُبَلِّغُكُمْuballighukum"I deliver to you [all]رِسَـٰلَـٰتِrisālāti(the) messagesرَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lordوَأَنصَحُwa-anṣaḥuand [I] adviseلَكُمْlakum[to] you [all],وَأَعْلَمُwa-aʿlamuand I knowمِنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمَاmāwhatلَاlā notتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou [all] know. ﴿٦٢﴾

[7:63] "Is it too much of a wonder that a reminder should come to you from your Lord, through a man like you, to warn you, and to lead you to righteousness, that you may attain mercy?"

أَوَعَجِبْتُمْawaʿajib'tum"And did you [all] wonder / find it strangeأَنanthatجَآءَكُمْjāakum[it] came to you [all]ذِكْرٌdhik'runa reminderمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lordعَلَىٰʿalāfromرَجُلٍrajulina manمِّنكُمْminkumamong you [all],لِيُنذِرَكُمْliyundhirakumthat he may warn you [all]وَلِتَتَّقُوا۟walitattaqūand to lead you [all] to righteousness,وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakumand so that you [all] mayتُرْحَمُونَtur'ḥamūna[you all] receive mercy." ﴿٦٣﴾

[7:64] They rejected him. Consequently, we saved him and those with him in the ark, and we drowned those who rejected our revelations; they were blind.

فَكَذَّبُوهُfakadhabūhuBut they denied him,فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُfa-anjaynāhuso we saved himوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoمَعَهُۥmaʿahu(were) with himفِىfīinٱلْفُلْكِl-ful'kithe ship.وَأَغْرَقْنَاwa-aghraqnāAnd we drownedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied / rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātināin our verses / revelations.إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, theyكَانُوا۟kānū[they] wereقَوْمًاqawmana peopleعَمِينَʿamīna[ones] willfully blind. ﴿٦٤﴾

[7:65] To 'Ãd we sent their brother Hûd. He said, "O my people, worship GOD; you have no other god beside Him. Would you then observe righteousness?"

وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd toعَادٍʿādinAdأَخَاهُمْakhāhum(we sent) their brotherهُودًاhūdanHud.قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,مَاmānotلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنْminanyإِلَـٰهٍilāhingodغَيْرُهُۥٓghayruhuother than Him.أَفَلَاafalāThen will notتَتَّقُونَtattaqūna[you all] observe righteousness?" ﴿٦٥﴾

[7:66] The leaders who disbelieved among his people said, "We see that you are behaving foolishly, and we think that you are a liar."

قَالَqāla[He] saidٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefs / leadersٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedمِنminfromقَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihihis people,إِنَّاinnā"Indeed, weلَنَرَىٰكَlanarākasurely [we] see youفِىfīinسَفَاهَةٍsafāhatinfoolishnessوَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, weلَنَظُنُّكَlanaẓunnukasurely [we] think you (are)مِنَminaofٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars." ﴿٦٦﴾

[7:67] He said, "O my people, there is no foolishness in me; I am a messenger from the Lord of the universe.

قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!لَيْسَlaysa(There) is notبِىbīin meسَفَاهَةٌsafāhatunfoolishness وَلَـٰكِنِّىwalākinnībut I (am)رَسُولٌrasūluna messengerمِّنminfromرَّبِّrabbi(the) Lord (of)ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds / universe. ﴿٦٧﴾

[7:68] "I deliver to you my Lord's messages, and I am honestly advising you.

أُبَلِّغُكُمْuballighukum"I deliver to you [all]رِسَـٰلَـٰتِrisālātimessagesرَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lordوَأَنَا۠wa-anāand I amلَكُمْlakumto you [all]نَاصِحٌnāṣiḥunan adviserأَمِينٌamīnuntrustworthy / honest. ﴿٦٨﴾

[7:69] "Is it too much of a wonder that a message should come to you from your Lord, through a man like you, to warn you? Recall that He made you inheritors after the people of Noah, and multiplied your number. Remember GOD's blessings, that you may succeed."

أَوَعَجِبْتُمْawaʿajib'tum"And do you [all] wonder / find it strangeأَنanthatجَآءَكُمْjāakum[it] came to you [all]ذِكْرٌdhik'runa reminderمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lordعَلَىٰʿalāfromرَجُلٍrajulina manمِّنكُمْminkumamong you [all]لِيُنذِرَكُمْliyundhirakumthat he may warn you [all]?وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟wa-udh'kurūAnd remember [you all]إِذْidhwhenجَعَلَكُمْjaʿalakumHe made you [all]خُلَفَآءَkhulafāasuccessors / inheritorsمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterقَوْمِqawmi(the) people (of)نُوحٍnūḥinNoah,وَزَادَكُمْwazādakumand He increased you [all]فِىfīinٱلْخَلْقِl-khalqithe creationبَسْطَةًbaṣ'ṭatanbreadth / magnitude / expanse / abundance.فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟fa-udh'kurūSo remember [you all]ءَالَآءَālāa(the) bounties / blessingsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتُفْلِحُونَtuf'liḥūna[you all] succeed." ﴿٦٩﴾

[7:70] They said, "Did you come to make us worship GOD alone, and abandon what our parents used to worship? We challenge you to bring the doom you threaten us with, if you are truthful."

قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,أَجِئْتَنَاaji'tanā"Did you come to usلِنَعْبُدَlinaʿbudaso that we may worshipٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَحْدَهُۥwaḥdahuAloneوَنَذَرَwanadharaand we forsakeمَاmāwhatكَانَkāna[he] used toيَعْبُدُyaʿbudu[he] worshipءَابَآؤُنَاābāunāour forefathers / parents?فَأْتِنَاfatināThen bring usبِمَاbimāof whatتَعِدُنَآtaʿidunāyou promise us,إِنinifكُنتَkuntayou wereمِنَminaofٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful [ones]." ﴿٧٠﴾

[7:71] He said, "You have incurred condemnation and wrath from your Lord. Do you argue with me in defense of innovations you have fabricated - you and your parents - which were never authorized by GOD? Therefore, wait and I will wait along with you."

قَالَqālaHe said,قَدْqad"Verilyوَقَعَwaqaʿait fellعَلَيْكُمʿalaykumupon you [all]مِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lordرِجْسٌrij'sunpunishment / condemnationوَغَضَبٌwaghaḍabunand wrath.أَتُجَـٰدِلُونَنِىatujādilūnanīDo you [all] argue with meفِىٓfīconcerningأَسْمَآءٍasmāinnamesسَمَّيْتُمُوهَآsammaytumūhāyou [all] designated / named them (*made them up) -أَنتُمْantumyou [all]وَءَابَآؤُكُمwaābāukumand your forefathers -مَّاmānotنَزَّلَnazzala[He] sent downٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِهَاbihāin itمِنminanyسُلْطَـٰنٍsul'ṭāninauthority?فَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟fa-intaẓirūThen wait [you all],إِنِّىinnīindeed, I amمَعَكُمmaʿakumwith you [all]مِّنَminaofٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَl-muntaẓirīnathe ones who wait. ﴿٧١﴾

[7:72] We then saved him and those with him, by mercy from us, and we annihilated those who rejected our revelations and refused to be believers.

فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُfa-anjaynāhuSo we saved himوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand thoseمَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith himبِرَحْمَةٍbiraḥmatinby mercyمِّنَّاminnāfrom us.وَقَطَعْنَاwaqaṭaʿnāAnd we cut off / severedدَابِرَdābira(the) last remnant rootٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied / rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our signs / revelations,وَمَاwamā and notكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereمُؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers. ﴿٧٢﴾

[7:73] To Thamûd we sent their brother Sãleh. He said, "O my people, worship GOD; you have no other god beside Him. Proof has been provided for you from your Lord: here is GOD's camel, to serve as a sign for you. Let her eat from GOD's land, and do not touch her with any harm, lest you incur a painful retribution.

وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd toثَمُودَthamūdaThamudأَخَاهُمْakhāhum(we sent) their brotherصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanSaleh.قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,مَاmānotلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنْminanyإِلَـٰهٍilāhingodغَيْرُهُۥghayruhuother than Him.قَدْqadVerilyجَآءَتْكُمjāatkum[it] came to you [all]بَيِّنَةٌbayyinatuna clear proofمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord,هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis (is)نَاقَةُnāqatua she-camelٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]ءَايَةًāyatana sign.فَذَرُوهَاfadharūhāSo leave her [you all]تَأْكُلْtakulshe eatsفِىٓfīinأَرْضِarḍi(the) earth / landٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَمَسُّوهَاtamassūhāyou [all] touch herبِسُوٓءٍbisūinwith harm,فَيَأْخُذَكُمْfayakhudhakumlest [it] afflicts you [all]عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainful. ﴿٧٣﴾

[7:74] "Recall that He made you inheritors after 'Ãd, and established you on earth, building mansions in its valleys, and carving homes from its mountains. You shall remember GOD's blessings, and do not roam the earth corruptingly."

وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟wa-udh'kurū"And remember [you all]إِذْidhwhenجَعَلَكُمْjaʿalakumHe made you [all]خُلَفَآءَkhulafāasuccessors / inheritorsمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterعَادٍʿādinAd,وَبَوَّأَكُمْwabawwa-akumand He settled you [all]فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.تَتَّخِذُونَtattakhidhūnaYou [all] takeمِنminfromسُهُولِهَاsuhūlihāits valleysقُصُورًاquṣūranpalaces / mansionsوَتَنْحِتُونَwatanḥitūnaand you [all] carve outٱلْجِبَالَl-jibālathe mountainsبُيُوتًاbuyūtan(as) homes.فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟fa-udh'kurūSo remember [you all]ءَالَآءَālāa(the) bounties / blessingsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَلَاwalāand (do) notتَعْثَوْا۟taʿthawyou [all] commit evil / act wickedlyفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthمُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīna[ones] spreading corruption." ﴿٧٤﴾

[7:75] The arrogant leaders among his people said to the common people who believed, "How do you know that Sãleh is sent by his Lord?" They said, "The message he brought has made us believers."

قَالَqāla[He] saidٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefs / leadersٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarū[they] were arrogantمِنminamongقَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis peopleلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those whoٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifū[they] were oppressedلِمَنْliman[to] those whoءَامَنَāmana[he] believedمِنْهُمْmin'humamong them,أَتَعْلَمُونَataʿlamūna"How do you [all] knowأَنَّannathatصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanSaleh (is)مُّرْسَلٌmur'salun(the) one sentمِّنminfromرَّبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord?"قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,إِنَّاinnā"Indeed, we (are)بِمَآbimāin whatأُرْسِلَur'silahe was sentبِهِۦbihiwith [it]مُؤْمِنُونَmu'minūnabelievers." ﴿٧٥﴾

[7:76] The arrogant ones said, "We disbelieve in what you believe in."

قَالَqāla[He] saidٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟is'takbarū[they] were arrogant,إِنَّاinnā"Indeed, we (are)بِٱلَّذِىٓbi-alladhīin that whichءَامَنتُمāmantumyou [all] believedبِهِۦbihiin itكَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūnadisbelievers." ﴿٧٦﴾

[7:77] Subsequently, they slaughtered the camel, rebelled against their Lord's command, and said, "O Sãleh, bring the doom you threaten us with, if you are really a messenger."

فَعَقَرُوا۟faʿaqarūThen they slaughteredٱلنَّاقَةَl-nāqatathe she-camelوَعَتَوْا۟waʿatawand [they] rebelledعَنْʿanagainstأَمْرِamri(the) commandرَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lordوَقَالُوا۟waqālūand they said,يَـٰصَـٰلِحُyāṣāliḥu"O Saleh!ٱئْتِنَاi'tināBring upon usبِمَاbimāin whatتَعِدُنَآtaʿidunāyou promise usإِنinifكُنتَkuntayou wereمِنَminaamongٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe messengers." ﴿٧٧﴾

[7:78] Consequently, the quake annihilated them, leaving them dead in their homes.

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuSo [it] struck themٱلرَّجْفَةُl-rajfatuthe earthquake,فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūthen they becameفِىfīinدَارِهِمْdārihimtheir home(s)جَـٰثِمِينَjāthimīna[ones] laying on their chest motionless / dead. ﴿٧٨﴾

[7:79] He turned away from them, saying, "O my people, I have delivered my Lord's message to you, and advised you, but you do not like any advisers."

فَتَوَلَّىٰfatawallāSo he turned awayعَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom themوَقَالَwaqālaand he said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!لَقَدْlaqadFor sureأَبْلَغْتُكُمْablaghtukumI delivered to you [all]رِسَالَةَrisālata(the) message (of)رَبِّىrabbīmy Lordوَنَصَحْتُwanaṣaḥtuand [I] advisedلَكُمْlakum[to] you [all]وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutلَّاlānotتُحِبُّونَtuḥibbūnayou [all] love / likeٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَl-nāṣiḥīnathe sincere advisors." ﴿٧٩﴾

[7:80] Lot said to his people, "You commit such an abomination; no one in the world has done it before!

وَلُوطًاwalūṭanAnd Lot,إِذْidhwhenقَالَqālahe saidلِقَوْمِهِۦٓliqawmihito his people,أَتَأْتُونَatatūna"Do you [all] commitٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَl-fāḥishatathe immorality / abominationمَاmānotسَبَقَكُمsabaqakumit preceded you [all]بِهَاbihāthereinمِنْminanyأَحَدٍaḥadinoneمِّنَminafromٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnaall people? ﴿٨٠﴾

[7:81] "You practice sex with the men, instead of the women. Indeed, you are a transgressing people."

إِنَّكُمْinnakum"Indeed, you [all]لَتَأْتُونَlatatūnasurely [you all] commit / approach (*have sex)ٱلرِّجَالَl-rijāla(with) the menشَهْوَةًshahwatanlustfullyمِّنminfromدُونِdūniinstead ofٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāithe women.بَلْbalNay,أَنتُمْantumyou [all] (are)قَوْمٌqawmuna peopleمُّسْرِفُونَmus'rifūnatransgressors." ﴿٨١﴾

[7:82] His people responded by saying, "Evict them from your town. They are people who wish to be pure."

وَمَاwamāAnd notكَانَkānawasجَوَابَjawāba(the) answerقَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihi(of) his peopleإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatقَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said,أَخْرِجُوهُمakhrijūhum"Evict them [you all]مِّنminfromقَرْيَتِكُمْqaryatikumyour town.إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they (are)أُنَاسٌunāsunpeopleيَتَطَهَّرُونَyataṭahharūna(who) they keep (themselves) pure." ﴿٨٢﴾

[7:83] Consequently, we saved him and his family, but not his wife; she was with the doomed.

فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُfa-anjaynāhuSo we saved himوَأَهْلَهُۥٓwa-ahlahuand his familyإِلَّاillāexceptٱمْرَأَتَهُۥim'ra-atahuhis wife,كَانَتْkānatshe wasمِنَminaofٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَl-ghābirīnathose who stayed behind. ﴿٨٣﴾

[7:84] We showered them with a certain shower; note the consequences for the guilty.

وَأَمْطَرْنَاwa-amṭarnāAnd we showeredعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimupon themمَّطَرًاmaṭarana rain.فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurSo seeكَيْفَkayfahowكَانَkānawasعَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) consequence / end (for)ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīnathe guilty ones. ﴿٨٤﴾

[7:85] To Midyan we sent their brother Shu'aib. He said, "O my people, worship GOD; you have no other god beside Him. Proof has come to you from your Lord. You shall give full weight and full measure when you trade. Do not cheat the people out of their rights. Do not corrupt the earth after it has been set straight. This is better for you, if you are believers.

وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd toمَدْيَنَmadyanaMidyan,أَخَاهُمْakhāhum(we sent) their brotherشُعَيْبًاshuʿaybanShu'aib.قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,مَاmānotلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنْminanyإِلَـٰهٍilāhingodغَيْرُهُۥghayruhuother than Him.قَدْqadVerily,جَآءَتْكُمjāatkum[it] came to you [all]بَيِّنَةٌbayyinatuna clear proofمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord.فَأَوْفُوا۟fa-awfūSo pay in full [you all]ٱلْكَيْلَl-kayla[the] measureوَٱلْمِيزَانَwal-mīzānaand the weight / scaleوَلَاwalāand (do) notتَبْخَسُوا۟tabkhasūyou [all] cheatٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa[the] people (of)أَشْيَآءَهُمْashyāahumtheir things / affairs in any way (rights)وَلَاwalāand (do) notتُفْسِدُوا۟tuf'sidūyou [all] cause corruptionفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthبَعْدَbaʿdaafterإِصْلَـٰحِهَاiṣ'lāḥihāits reformation / (had been) set straight.ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat [you all] (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbetterلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all]إِنinifكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] areمُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers. ﴿٨٥﴾

[7:86] "Refrain from blocking every path, seeking to repel those who believe from the path of GOD, and do not make it crooked. Remember that you used to be few and He multiplied your number. Recall the consequences for the wicked.

وَلَاwalā"And (do) notتَقْعُدُوا۟taqʿudū[you all] sit (*block)بِكُلِّbikullion everyصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭinpathتُوعِدُونَtūʿidūna[you all] threateningوَتَصُدُّونَwataṣuddūnaand [you all] hinderingعَنʿanfromسَبِيلِsabīli(the) pathٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godمَنْman(those) whoءَامَنَāmana[he] believedبِهِۦbihiin Him,وَتَبْغُونَهَاwatabghūnahāand you [all] seek in itعِوَجًاʿiwajancrookedness.وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟wa-udh'kurūAnd remember [you all]إِذْidhwhenكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] wereقَلِيلًاqalīlanfewفَكَثَّرَكُمْfakatharakumand He increased you [all].وَٱنظُرُوا۟wa-unẓurūAnd see [you all]كَيْفَkayfahowكَانَkānawasعَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) consequence / end (for)ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīnathe corrupters. ﴿٨٦﴾

[7:87] "Now that some of you have believed in what I was sent with, and some have disbelieved, wait until GOD issues His judgment between us; He is the best judge."

وَإِنwa-in"And ifكَانَkānathere wasطَآئِفَةٌṭāifatuna groupمِّنكُمْminkumamong you [all]ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedبِٱلَّذِىٓbi-alladhīin that whichأُرْسِلْتُur'sil'tuI was sentبِهِۦbihiwith [it],وَطَآئِفَةٌwaṭāifatunand a groupلَّمْlamnotيُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūthey believe,فَٱصْبِرُوا۟fa-iṣ'birūthen be patient [you all]حَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَحْكُمَyaḥkuma[He] judgesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبَيْنَنَاbaynanābetween us.وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)خَيْرُkhayru(the) Best (of)ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَl-ḥākimīna[the] judges." ﴿٨٧﴾

[7:88] The arrogant leaders among his people said, "We will evict you, O Shu'aib, together with those who believed with you, from our town, unless you revert to our religion." He said, "Are you going to force us?"

قَالَqāla[He] saidٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefs / leadersٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarū[they] were arrogantمِنminamongقَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people,لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَlanukh'rijannaka"We will surely evict youيَـٰشُعَيْبُyāshuʿaybuO Shu'aib!وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedمَعَكَmaʿakawith youمِنminfromقَرْيَتِنَآqaryatināour city / town,أَوْawor (unless)لَتَعُودُنَّlataʿūdunnasurely you [all] will returnفِىfītoمِلَّتِنَاmillatināour religion."قَالَqālaHe said,أَوَلَوْawalaw"Even ifكُنَّاkunnāwe wereكَـٰرِهِينَkārihīnaones unwilling? ﴿٨٨﴾

[7:89] "We would be blaspheming against GOD if we reverted to your religion after GOD has saved us from it. How could we revert back to it against the will of GOD our Lord? Our Lord's knowledge encompasses all things. We have put our trust in GOD. Our Lord, grant us a decisive victory over our people. You are the best supporter."

قَدِqadi"Verily,ٱفْتَرَيْنَاif'taraynāwe (would have) fabricatedعَلَىʿalāagainstٱللَّهِl-lahiGodكَذِبًاkadhibana lieإِنْinifعُدْنَاʿud'nāwe returnedفِىfītoمِلَّتِكُمmillatikumyour religionبَعْدَbaʿdaafterإِذْidhwhenنَجَّىٰنَاnajjānā[He] saved usٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it.وَمَاwamāAnd notيَكُونُyakūnuit isلَنَآlanāfor usأَنanthatنَّعُودَnaʿūdawe returnفِيهَآfīhāto itإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatيَشَآءَyashāa[He] willsٱللَّهُl-lahuGodرَبُّنَاrabbunāour Lord.وَسِعَwasiʿa[He] encompassedرَبُّنَاrabbunāour Lordكُلَّkullaeveryشَىْءٍshayinthingعِلْمًاʿil'man(in) knowledge.عَلَىʿalāUponٱللَّهِl-lahiGodتَوَكَّلْنَاtawakkalnāwe put (our) trust.رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord!ٱفْتَحْif'taḥDecide / Give victoryبَيْنَنَاbaynanābetween usوَبَيْنَwabaynaand betweenقَوْمِنَاqawmināour peopleبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin [the] truth (*truthfully)وَأَنتَwa-antaand You (are)خَيْرُkhayru(the) Best (of)ٱلْفَـٰتِحِينَl-fātiḥīnathose who decide / judge / give support / give victory." ﴿٨٩﴾

[7:90] The disbelieving leaders among his people said, "If you follow Shu'aib, you will be losers."

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd [he] saidٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefs / leadersٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedمِنminamongقَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people,لَئِنِla-ini"Surely ifٱتَّبَعْتُمْittabaʿtumyou [all] followedشُعَيْبًاshuʿaybanShu'aib,إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you [all]إِذًاidhanthen (will be) لَّخَـٰسِرُونَlakhāsirūnasurely losers." ﴿٩٠﴾

[7:91] The quake annihilated them, leaving them dead in their homes.

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuThen [it] struck themٱلرَّجْفَةُl-rajfatuthe earthquake,فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūthen they becameفِىfīinدَارِهِمْdārihimtheir home(s)جَـٰثِمِينَjāthimīna[ones] laying on their chest motionless / dead. ﴿٩١﴾

[7:92] Those who rejected Shu'aib vanished, as if they never existed. Those who rejected Shu'aib were the losers.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied / rejectedشُعَيْبًاshuʿaybanShu'aibكَأَنka-an(became) as ifلَّمْlamnotيَغْنَوْا۟yaghnawthey lived / prosperedفِيهَاfīhātherein.ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied / rejectedشُعَيْبًاshuʿaybanShu'aib,كَانُوا۟kānūthey wereهُمُhumu[they]ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers. ﴿٩٢﴾

[7:93] He turned away from them, saying, "O my people, I have delivered to you the messages of my Lord, and I have advised you. How can I grieve over disbelieving people."

فَتَوَلَّىٰfatawallāSo he turned awayعَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom themوَقَالَwaqālaand [he] said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!لَقَدْlaqadFor certain,أَبْلَغْتُكُمْablaghtukumI delivered to you [all]رِسَـٰلَـٰتِrisālāti(the) messagesرَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lordوَنَصَحْتُwanaṣaḥtuand I advisedلَكُمْlakum[to] you [all].فَكَيْفَfakayfaSo how (could)ءَاسَىٰāsāI lament / grieveعَلَىٰʿalāoverقَوْمٍqawmina peopleكَـٰفِرِينَkāfirīna(who are) disbelievers?" ﴿٩٣﴾

[7:94] Whenever we sent a prophet to any community, we afflicted its people with adversity and hardship, that they may implore.

وَمَآwamāAnd notأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāwe sentفِىfītoقَرْيَةٍqaryatina city / town / communityمِّنminanyنَّبِىٍّnabiyyinprophetإِلَّآillāexceptأَخَذْنَآakhadhnāwe seized / afflictedأَهْلَهَاahlahāits peopleبِٱلْبَأْسَآءِbil-basāiwith the persecution / adversityوَٱلضَّرَّآءِwal-ḍarāiand [the] hardship,لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَضَّرَّعُونَyaḍḍarraʿūna[they] implore. ﴿٩٤﴾

[7:95] Then we substituted peace and prosperity in place of that hardship. But alas, they turned heedless and said, "It was our parents who experienced that hardship before prosperity." Consequently, we punished them suddenly when they least expected.

ثُمَّthummaThenبَدَّلْنَاbaddalnāwe substitutedمَكَانَmakāna(in) place (of)ٱلسَّيِّئَةِl-sayi-ati(of) the badٱلْحَسَنَةَl-ḥasanatathe good,حَتَّىٰḥattāuntilعَفَوا۟ʿafawthey grew in affluenceوَّقَالُوا۟waqālūand [they] said,قَدْqad"Verily,مَسَّmassa[it] touched / afflictedءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers / parentsٱلضَّرَّآءُl-ḍarāuthe adversityوَٱلسَّرَّآءُwal-sarāuand (before) the happiness (*good times)."فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمfa-akhadhnāhumSo we punished themبَغْتَةًbaghtatansuddenly,وَهُمْwahumwhile theyلَاlā(did) notيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna[they] perceive. ﴿٩٥﴾

[7:96] Had the people of those communities believed and turned righteous, we would have showered them with blessings from the heaven and the earth. Since they decided to disbelieve, we punished them for what they earned.

وَلَوْwalawAnd ifأَنَّanna[that]أَهْلَahlapeople (of)ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurāthe cities / communitiesءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedوَٱتَّقَوْا۟wa-ittaqawand they became righteous,لَفَتَحْنَاlafataḥnāsurely we would have openedعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimupon themبَرَكَـٰتٍbarakātinblessingsمِّنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heavenوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earthوَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied.فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمfa-akhadhnāhumSo we punished themبِمَاbimāfor whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَكْسِبُونَyaksibūna[they] earn. ﴿٩٦﴾

[7:97] Did the people of the present communities guarantee that our retribution will not come to them in the night as they sleep?

أَفَأَمِنَafa-aminaThen has [he] felt secureأَهْلُahlu(the) people (of)ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurāthe cities / communitiesأَنanthatيَأْتِيَهُمyatiyahum[it] comes to themبَأْسُنَاbasunāour retributionبَيَـٰتًاbayātan(at) nightوَهُمْwahumwhile they (were)نَآئِمُونَnāimūna[ones] asleep? ﴿٩٧﴾

[7:98] Did the people of today's communities guarantee that our retribution will not come to them in the daytime while they play?

أَوَأَمِنَawa-aminaOr [he] felt secureأَهْلُahlu(the) people (of)ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurāthe citiesأَنanthatيَأْتِيَهُمyatiyahum[it] comes to themبَأْسُنَاbasunāour punishment / retributionضُحًىḍuḥan(in) forenoon / daylightوَهُمْwahumwhile theyيَلْعَبُونَyalʿabūna[they] are playing? ﴿٩٨﴾

[7:99] Have they taken GOD's plans for granted? None takes GOD's plans for granted except the losers.

أَفَأَمِنُوا۟afa-aminūThen have they felt secure (taken for granted)مَكْرَmakra(from the) planٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God?فَلَاfalāBut notيَأْمَنُyamanu[he] feels secure (takes for granted)مَكْرَmakra(from the) planٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godإِلَّاillāexceptٱلْقَوْمُl-qawmuthe peopleٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūna(who are) the losers. ﴿٩٩﴾

[7:100] Does it ever occur to those who inherit the earth after previous generations that, if we will, we can punish them for their sins, and seal their hearts, causing them to turn deaf?

أَوَلَمْawalamDid notيَهْدِyahdiit guide/ occurلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoيَرِثُونَyarithūna[they] inheritٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe landمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterأَهْلِهَآahlihāits peopleأَنanthatلَّوْlawifنَشَآءُnashāuwe willأَصَبْنَـٰهُمaṣabnāhumwe (could) afflicted themبِذُنُوبِهِمْbidhunūbihimfor their sinsوَنَطْبَعُwanaṭbaʿuand we place a sealعَلَىٰʿalāoverقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir heartsفَهُمْfahumso theyلَاlānotيَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūna[they] hear? ﴿١٠٠﴾

[7:101] We narrate to you the history of those communities: their messengers went to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe in what they had rejected before. GOD thus seals the hearts of the disbelievers.

تِلْكَtil'kaThese (were)ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe cities / communities.نَقُصُّnaquṣṣuWe narrateعَلَيْكَʿalaykato youمِنْminofأَنۢبَآئِهَاanbāihātheir news / history.وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyجَآءَتْهُمْjāathum[it] came to themرُسُلُهُمrusuluhumtheir messengersبِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith the clear proofs,فَمَاfamābut notكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereلِيُؤْمِنُوا۟liyu'minū[they] to believeبِمَاbimāin whatكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied / rejectedمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusيَطْبَعُyaṭbaʿu[He] places a sealٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَىٰʿalāoverقُلُوبِqulūbi(the) hearts (of)ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers. ﴿١٠١﴾

[7:102] We found that most of them disregard their covenant; we found most of them wicked.*

وَمَاwamāAnd notوَجَدْنَاwajadnāwe foundلِأَكْثَرِهِمli-aktharihimfor most of themمِّنْminanyعَهْدٍʿahdincovenant.وَإِنwa-inBut indeedوَجَدْنَآwajadnāwe foundأَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of themلَفَـٰسِقِينَlafāsiqīnacertainly, defiantly disobedient / wicked [ones]. ﴿١٠٢﴾

*7:102 This life is our last chance to redeem ourselves, but most people are proven to be stubbornly rebellious and evil (see the INTRODUCTION).

[7:103] After (those messengers,) we sent Moses with our signs to Pharaoh and his people, but they transgressed. Note the consequences for the wicked.

ثُمَّthummaThenبَعَثْنَاbaʿathnāwe sentمِنۢminfromبَعْدِهِمbaʿdihimafter themمُّوسَىٰmūsāMosesبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātināwith our signsإِلَىٰilātoفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaPharaohوَمَلَإِي۟هِۦwamala-ihiand his chiefs / leaders,فَظَلَمُوا۟faẓalamūBut they were unjustبِهَاbihāto them.فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurSo seeكَيْفَkayfahowكَانَkānawasعَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end / consequence (for)ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīnathe corrupters / wicked [ones]. ﴿١٠٣﴾

[7:104] Moses said, "O Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the universe.

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd [he] said,مُوسَىٰmūsāMosesيَـٰفِرْعَوْنُyāfir'ʿawnu"O Pharaoh!إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I amرَسُولٌrasūluna messengerمِّنminfromرَّبِّrabbi(the) Lord (of)ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds / universe. ﴿١٠٤﴾

[7:105] "It is incumbent upon me that I do not say about GOD except the truth. I come to you with a sign from your Lord; let the Children of Israel go."

حَقِيقٌḥaqīqun"ObligatedعَلَىٰٓʿalāuponأَنanthatلَّآlānotأَقُولَaqūlaI sayعَلَىʿalāaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodإِلَّاillāexceptٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth.قَدْqadVerily,جِئْتُكُمji'tukumI came to you [all]بِبَيِّنَةٍbibayyinatinwith a clear signمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord,فَأَرْسِلْfa-arsilso sendمَعِىَmaʿiyawith meبَنِىٓbanī(the) Childrenإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel." ﴿١٠٥﴾

[7:106] He said, "If you have a sign, then produce it, if you are truthful."

قَالَqālaHe said,إِنin"Ifكُنتَkuntayou hadجِئْتَji'ta[you] cameبِـَٔايَةٍbiāyatinwith a sign,فَأْتِfatithen bring / produceبِهَآbihā[with] itإِنinifكُنتَkuntayou wereمِنَminaofٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful [ones]." ﴿١٠٦﴾

[7:107] He threw down his staff, and it turned into a tremendous serpent.

فَأَلْقَىٰfa-alqāSo he threwعَصَاهُʿaṣāhuhis staff,فَإِذَاfa-idhāand behold!هِىَhiyait (was)ثُعْبَانٌthuʿ'bānuna serpent,مُّبِينٌmubīnunprofound. ﴿١٠٧﴾

[7:108] He took out his hand, and it was white to the beholders.

وَنَزَعَwanazaʿaAnd he drew outيَدَهُۥyadahuhis handفَإِذَاfa-idhāand behold!هِىَhiyait (was)بَيْضَآءُbayḍāuwhiteلِلنَّـٰظِرِينَlilnnāẓirīnafor the observers. ﴿١٠٨﴾

[7:109] The leaders among Pharaoh's people said, "This is no more than a clever magician.

قَالَqāla[He] saidٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefs / leadersمِنminofقَوْمِqawmi(the) people (of)فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaPharaoh,إِنَّinna"Indeed,هَـٰذَاhādhāthis (is)لَسَـٰحِرٌlasāḥirunsurely a magicianعَلِيمٌʿalīmunlearned / experienced. ﴿١٠٩﴾

[7:110] "He wants to take you out of your land; what do you recommend?"

يُرِيدُyurīdu"He wantsأَنanthatيُخْرِجَكُمyukh'rijakumhe drive you [all] outمِّنْminfromأَرْضِكُمْarḍikumyour land,فَمَاذَاfamādhāso what then (is it)تَأْمُرُونَtamurūnayou [all] command / instruct?" ﴿١١٠﴾

[7:111] They said, "Respite him and his brother, and send summoners to every city.

قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,أَرْجِهْarjih"Postpone / Respite himوَأَخَاهُwa-akhāhuand his brother,وَأَرْسِلْwa-arsiland sendفِىfīinٱلْمَدَآئِنِl-madāinithe citiesحَـٰشِرِينَḥāshirīnasummoners. ﴿١١١﴾

[7:112] "Let them summon every experienced magician."

يَأْتُوكَyatūka"They will bring to youبِكُلِّbikulli[of] everyسَـٰحِرٍsāḥirinmagicianعَلِيمٍʿalīminlearned / experienced." ﴿١١٢﴾

[7:113] The magicians came to Pharaoh and said, "Do we get paid if we are the winners?"

وَجَآءَwajāaSo [it] cameٱلسَّحَرَةُl-saḥaratuthe magiciansفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(to) Pharaoh.قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,إِنَّinna"Indeed,لَنَاlanāfor usلَأَجْرًاla-ajransurely a rewardإِنinifكُنَّاkunnāwe wereنَحْنُnaḥnu[we]ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَl-ghālibīnathe victors." ﴿١١٣﴾

[7:114] He said, "Yes indeed; you will even become close to me."

قَالَqālaHe (Pharaoh) said,نَعَمْnaʿam"Yes,وَإِنَّكُمْwa-innakumand indeed you [all]لَمِنَlaminasurely (will be) ofٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَl-muqarabīnathe ones who are brought close." ﴿١١٤﴾

[7:115] They said, "O Moses, either you throw, or we are throwing."

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsā"O Moses!إِمَّآimmāWhetherأَنanthatتُلْقِىَtul'qiyayou throwوَإِمَّآwa-immāorأَنanthatنَّكُونَnakūnawe will beنَحْنُnaḥnu[we]ٱلْمُلْقِينَl-mul'qīnathe ones to throw?" ﴿١١٥﴾

[7:116] He said, "You throw." When they threw, they tricked the people's eyes, intimidated them, and produced a great magic.

قَالَqālaHe said,أَلْقُوا۟alqū"Throw [you all]."فَلَمَّآfalammāThen whenأَلْقَوْا۟alqawthey threw,سَحَرُوٓا۟saḥarūthey bewitched / trickedأَعْيُنَaʿyuna(the) eyes (of)ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people,وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْwa-is'tarhabūhumand they sought to frighten / intimidate themوَجَآءُوwajāūand they brought / producedبِسِحْرٍbisiḥ'rinwith a magicعَظِيمٍʿaẓīmingreat. ﴿١١٦﴾

[7:117] We then inspired Moses: "Throw down your staff," whereupon it swallowed whatever they fabricated.

وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynāAnd we inspiredإِلَىٰilātoمُوسَىٰٓmūsāMosesأَنْanthat,أَلْقِalqi"Throwعَصَاكَʿaṣākayour staff,"فَإِذَاfa-idhāand behold!هِىَhiyaitتَلْقَفُtalqafu[it] will swallowمَاmāwhatيَأْفِكُونَyafikūnathey falsify / fabricate. ﴿١١٧﴾

[7:118] Thus, the truth prevailed, and what they did was nullified.

فَوَقَعَfawaqaʿaSo [it] prevailedٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth,وَبَطَلَwabaṭalaand it became futile / nullifiedمَاmāwhatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿١١٨﴾

[7:119] They were defeated then and there; they were humiliated.

فَغُلِبُوا۟faghulibūSo they were defeatedهُنَالِكَhunālikathere and thenوَٱنقَلَبُوا۟wa-inqalabūand [they] returnedصَـٰغِرِينَṣāghirīna[ones] humiliated. ﴿١١٩﴾

[7:120] The magicians fell prostrate.

وَأُلْقِىَwa-ul'qiyaAnd [it] were thrown downٱلسَّحَرَةُl-saḥaratuthe magiciansسَـٰجِدِينَsājidīna[ones] prostrating. ﴿١٢٠﴾

[7:121] They said, "We believe in the Lord of the universe.

قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,ءَامَنَّاāmannā"We believedبِرَبِّbirabbiin (the) Lord (of)ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds / universe. ﴿١٢١﴾

[7:122] "The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

رَبِّrabbi"Lord (of)مُوسَىٰmūsāMosesوَهَـٰرُونَwahārūnaand Aaron." ﴿١٢٢﴾

[7:123] Pharaoh said, "Did you believe in him without my permission? This must be a conspiracy you schemed in the city, in order to take its people away. You will surely find out.

قَالَqāla[He] saidفِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuPharaoh,ءَامَنتُمāmantum"You [all] believedبِهِۦbihiin himقَبْلَqablabeforeأَنْanthatءَاذَنَādhanaI give permissionلَكُمْlakumto you [all].إِنَّinnaIndeed,هَـٰذَاhādhāthis (is)لَمَكْرٌlamakrunsurely a plot / conspiracyمَّكَرْتُمُوهُmakartumūhuyou [all] schemed itفِىfīinٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe cityلِتُخْرِجُوا۟litukh'rijūso that you [all] may drive outمِنْهَآmin'hāfrom itأَهْلَهَاahlahāits people.فَسَوْفَfasawfaBut soonتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou [all] will know. ﴿١٢٣﴾

[7:124] "I will cut your hands and feet on alternate sides, then I will crucify you all."

لَأُقَطِّعَنَّla-uqaṭṭiʿanna"I will surely cut offأَيْدِيَكُمْaydiyakumyour handsوَأَرْجُلَكُمwa-arjulakumand your feetمِّنْminfromخِلَـٰفٍkhilāfinalternate sides.ثُمَّthummaThenلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْla-uṣallibannakumI will surely crucify you [all]أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall together." ﴿١٢٤﴾

[7:125] They said, "We will then return to our Lord.

قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,إِنَّآinnā"Indeed, weإِلَىٰilātoرَبِّنَاrabbināour Lordمُنقَلِبُونَmunqalibūna[those who] will be returning. ﴿١٢٥﴾

[7:126] "You persecute us simply because we believed in the proofs of our Lord when they came to us." "Our Lord, grant us steadfastness, and let us die as submitters."

وَمَاwamā"And notتَنقِمُtanqimuyou persecute / resentمِنَّآminnā[of] usإِلَّآillāexceptأَنْanthatءَامَنَّاāmannāwe believedبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) signs / proofsرَبِّنَاrabbinā(of) our Lordلَمَّاlammāwhenجَآءَتْنَاjāatnāit came to us.رَبَّنَآrabbanāOur Lord!أَفْرِغْafrighPourعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon usصَبْرًاṣabransteadfastnessوَتَوَفَّنَاwatawaffanāand You cause us to die (as)مُسْلِمِينَmus'limīnasubmitters." ﴿١٢٦﴾

[7:127] The leaders among Pharaoh's people said, "Will you allow Moses and his people to corrupt the earth, and forsake you and your gods?" He said, "We will kill their sons, and spare their daughters. We are much more powerful than they are."

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd [he] saidٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefs / leadersمِنminfromقَوْمِqawmi(the) people (of)فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaPharaoh,أَتَذَرُatadharu"Will you leaveمُوسَىٰmūsāMosesوَقَوْمَهُۥwaqawmahuand his peopleلِيُفْسِدُوا۟liyuf'sidūso that they may spread corruptionفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth / landوَيَذَرَكَwayadharakaand he forsakes youوَءَالِهَتَكَwaālihatakaand your gods?"قَالَqālaHe said,سَنُقَتِّلُsanuqattilu"We will killأَبْنَآءَهُمْabnāahumtheir sonsوَنَسْتَحْىِۦwanastaḥyīand we let liveنِسَآءَهُمْnisāahumtheir women,وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, weفَوْقَهُمْfawqahumover them (are)قَـٰهِرُونَqāhirūnadominant [ones] / superior [ones] / subjugators." ﴿١٢٧﴾

[7:128] Moses said to his people, "Seek GOD's help, and steadfastly persevere. The earth belongs to GOD, and He grants it to whomever He chooses from among His servants. The ultimate victory belongs to the righteous."

قَالَqāla[He] saidمُوسَىٰmūsāMosesلِقَوْمِهِliqawmihito his people,ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟is'taʿīnū"Seek help [you all]بِٱللَّهِbil-lahifrom Godوَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟wa-iṣ'birūand be steadfast [you all].إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earthلِلَّهِlillahi(belongs) to God.يُورِثُهَاyūrithuhāHe bequeaths / causes to inherit itمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsمِنْminofعِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis servants.وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُwal-ʿāqibatuAnd the good end / ultimate victory (is)لِلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnafor the righteous [ones]." ﴿١٢٨﴾

[7:129] They said, "We were persecuted before you came to us, and after you came to us." He said, "Your Lord will annihilate your enemy and establish you on earth, then He will see how you behave."

قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,أُوذِينَاūdhīnā"We were harmedمِنminfromقَبْلِqablibeforeأَنan[that]تَأْتِيَنَاtatiyanāyou came to usوَمِنۢwaminand fromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmā[that]جِئْتَنَاji'tanāyou came to us."قَالَqālaHe said,عَسَىٰʿasā"Perhapsرَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lordأَنan[that]يُهْلِكَyuh'likaHe destroysعَدُوَّكُمْʿaduwwakumyour enemyوَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْwayastakhlifakumand He will make you [all] successorsفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth,فَيَنظُرَfayanẓurathen He seesكَيْفَkayfahowتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do." ﴿١٢٩﴾

[7:130] We then afflicted Pharaoh's people with drought, and shortage of crops, that they may take heed.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly,أَخَذْنَآakhadhnāwe seized / afflictedءَالَāla(the) people (of)فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaPharaohبِٱلسِّنِينَbil-sinīnawith [the] years (of famine)وَنَقْصٍwanaqṣinand a deficit /shortageمِّنَminaofٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarāti[the] fruits / crops,لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَذَّكَّرُونَyadhakkarūna[they] take heed. ﴿١٣٠﴾

[7:131] When good omens came their way, they said, "We have deserved this," but when a hardship afflicted them, they blamed Moses and those with him. In fact, their omens are decided only by GOD, but most of them do not know.

فَإِذَاfa-idhāBut whenجَآءَتْهُمُjāathumu[it] came to themٱلْحَسَنَةُl-ḥasanatuthe goodقَالُوا۟qālūthey said,لَنَاlanā"For us*هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihithis. (*we deserve this)"وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'hum[it] befalls themسَيِّئَةٌsayyi-atunbad,يَطَّيَّرُوا۟yaṭṭayyarūthey ascribe bad omens (blame)بِمُوسَىٰbimūsāto Mosesوَمَنwamanand whoمَّعَهُۥٓmaʿahu(were) with him.أَلَآalāNo doubtإِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyطَـٰٓئِرُهُمْṭāiruhumtheir fate / omenعِندَʿinda(are) withٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutأَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of themلَاlā(do) notيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know. ﴿١٣١﴾

[7:132] They said, "No matter what kind of sign you show us, to dupe us with your magic, we will not believe."

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,مَهْمَاmahmā"Whateverتَأْتِنَاtatināyou bring usبِهِۦbihitherewithمِنْminofءَايَةٍāyatin(the) signلِّتَسْحَرَنَاlitasḥaranāso that you may bewitch / trick / dupe usبِهَاbihāwith it,فَمَاfamāthen notنَحْنُnaḥnuwe (are)لَكَlakafor youبِمُؤْمِنِينَbimu'minīnaever believers." ﴿١٣٢﴾

[7:133] Consequently, we sent upon them the flood, the locusts, the lice, the frogs, and the blood - profound signs. But they maintained their arrogance. They were evil people.

فَأَرْسَلْنَاfa-arsalnāSo we sentعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuupon themٱلطُّوفَانَl-ṭūfānathe floodوَٱلْجَرَادَwal-jarādaand the locustsوَٱلْقُمَّلَwal-qumalaand the liceوَٱلضَّفَادِعَwal-ḍafādiʿaand the frogsوَٱلدَّمَwal-damaand the bloodءَايَـٰتٍāyātin(as) signsمُّفَصَّلَـٰتٍmufaṣṣalātin[ones] manifest / profound,فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟fa-is'takbarūbut they were arrogantوَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they wereقَوْمًاqawmana peopleمُّجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminals / evil [ones]. ﴿١٣٣﴾

[7:134] Whenever a plague afflicted them, they said, "O Moses, implore your Lord - you are close to Him. If you relieve this plague, we will believe with you, and will send the Children of Israel with you."

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd whenوَقَعَwaqaʿa[it] fellعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuupon themٱلرِّجْزُl-rij'zuthe plague,قَالُوا۟qālūthey said,يَـٰمُوسَىyāmūsā"O Moses!ٱدْعُud'ʿuInvoke / Imploreلَنَاlanāfor usرَبَّكَrabbakayour Lordبِمَاbimāby whatعَهِدَʿahidaHe promised / covenantعِندَكَʿindakato you.لَئِنla-inSurely ifكَشَفْتَkashaftayou removedعَنَّاʿannāfrom usٱلرِّجْزَl-rij'zathe plagueلَنُؤْمِنَنَّlanu'minannasurely we will believeلَكَlaka[to] youوَلَنُرْسِلَنَّwalanur'silannaand surely we will sendمَعَكَmaʿakawith youبَنِىٓbanī(the) Childrenإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel." ﴿١٣٤﴾

[7:135] Yet, when we relieved the plague for any length of time, they violated their pledge.

فَلَمَّاfalammāBut whenكَشَفْنَاkashafnāwe removedعَنْهُمُʿanhumufrom themٱلرِّجْزَl-rij'zathe plagueإِلَىٰٓilātillأَجَلٍajalinan appointed term هُمhum(which) theyبَـٰلِغُوهُbālighūhu[they] reached [it],إِذَاidhābehold!هُمْhumtheyيَنكُثُونَyankuthūna[they] broke / violated (their word). ﴿١٣٥﴾

[7:136] Consequently, we avenged their actions, and drowned them in the sea. That is because they rejected our signs, and were totally heedless thereof.

فَٱنتَقَمْنَاfa-intaqamnāSo we avengedمِنْهُمْmin'humfrom themفَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْfa-aghraqnāhumand we drowned themفِىfīinٱلْيَمِّl-yamithe seaبِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause theyكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabū[they] denied / rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our signs,وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they wereعَنْهَاʿanhāconcerning itغَـٰفِلِينَghāfilīnaheedless [ones]. ﴿١٣٦﴾

[7:137] We let the oppressed people inherit the land, east and west, and we blessed it. The blessed commands of your Lord were thus fulfilled for the Children of Israel, to reward them for their steadfastness, and we annihilated the works of Pharaoh and his people and everything they harvested.

وَأَوْرَثْنَاwa-awrathnāAnd we bequeathed / caused to inheritٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe peopleٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَانُوا۟kānū[they] wereيُسْتَضْعَفُونَyus'taḍʿafūna[they were] weak / oppressedمَشَـٰرِقَmashāriqa(the) eastٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(of) the landوَمَغَـٰرِبَهَاwamaghāribahāand west of it,ٱلَّتِىallatīwhichبَـٰرَكْنَاbāraknāwe blessedفِيهَاfīhā[in it].وَتَمَّتْwatammatAnd [it] was fulfilledكَلِمَتُkalimatu(the) wordرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lordٱلْحُسْنَىٰl-ḥus'nāthe bestعَلَىٰʿalāforبَنِىٓbanī(the) Childrenإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israelبِمَاbimābecauseصَبَرُوا۟ṣabarūthey were steadfast.وَدَمَّرْنَاwadammarnāAnd we annihilatedمَاmāwhatكَانَkāna[he] used toيَصْنَعُyaṣnaʿu[he] make / build / doفِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuPharaohوَقَوْمُهُۥwaqawmuhuand his people,وَمَاwamāand whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْرِشُونَyaʿrishūna[they] construct. ﴿١٣٧﴾

[7:138] We delivered the Children of Israel across the sea. When they passed by people who were worshiping statues, they said, "O Moses, make a god for us, like the gods they have." He said, "Indeed, you are ignorant people.

وَجَـٰوَزْنَاwajāwaznāAnd we led acrossبِبَنِىٓbibanī[with] (the) Children of إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaIsraelٱلْبَحْرَl-baḥrathe sea.فَأَتَوْا۟fa-atawThen they cameعَلَىٰʿalāuponقَوْمٍqawmina peopleيَعْكُفُونَyaʿkufūna[they] clung / devotedعَلَىٰٓʿalātoأَصْنَامٍaṣnāminidols / statuesلَّهُمْlahumof theirs.قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,يَـٰمُوسَىyāmūsā"O Moses!ٱجْعَلij'ʿalMakeلَّنَآlanāfor usإِلَـٰهًاilāhana godكَمَاkamālike whatلَهُمْlahumfor themءَالِهَةٌālihatungods.قَالَqālaHe said,إِنَّكُمْinnakum"Indeed, you [all] (are)قَوْمٌqawmuna peopleتَجْهَلُونَtajhalūnayou [all] do not know / are ignorant. ﴿١٣٨﴾

[7:139] "These people are committing a blasphemy, for what they are doing is disastrous for them.

إِنَّinna"Indeedهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāitheseمُتَبَّرٌmutabbarunbrake / destroyمَّاmāwhatهُمْhumtheyفِيهِfīhiin company with it,وَبَـٰطِلٌwabāṭilunand vain / worthlessمَّاmā(is) whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do." ﴿١٣٩﴾

[7:140] "Shall I seek for you other than GOD to be your god, when He has blessed you more than anyone else in the world?"

قَالَqālaHe said,أَغَيْرَaghayra"Is it other thanٱللَّهِl-lahiGodأَبْغِيكُمْabghīkumI seek for you [all] (as)إِلَـٰهًاilāhana god,وَهُوَwahuwawhile Heفَضَّلَكُمْfaḍḍalakum[He] preferred / blessed you [all]عَلَىʿalāoverٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds / all (the) people?" ﴿١٤٠﴾

[7:141] Recall that we delivered you from Pharaoh's people, who inflicted the worst persecution upon you, killing your sons and sparing your daughters. That was an exacting trial for you from your Lord.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallأَنجَيْنَـٰكُمanjaynākumwe saved you [all]مِّنْminfromءَالِāli(the) people (of)فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaPharaohيَسُومُونَكُمْyasūmūnakumthey inflict you [all]سُوٓءَsūa(with) worst (of)ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi[the] torment,يُقَتِّلُونَyuqattilūna[they] killأَبْنَآءَكُمْabnāakumyour sonsوَيَسْتَحْيُونَwayastaḥyūnaand [they] let liveنِسَآءَكُمْnisāakumyour women / daughters.وَفِىwafīAnd inذَٰلِكُمdhālikumthat [you all] (was)بَلَآءٌbalāona test / trialمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lordعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat. ﴿١٤١﴾

[7:142] We summoned Moses for thirty* nights, and completed them by adding ten.* Thus, the audience with his Lord lasted forty* nights. Moses said to his brother Aaron, "Stay here with my people, maintain righteousness, and do not follow the ways of the corruptors."

وَوَٰعَدْنَاwawāʿadnāAnd we appointedمُوسَىٰmūsā(for) Mosesثَلَـٰثِينَthalāthīnathirtyلَيْلَةًlaylatannightsوَأَتْمَمْنَـٰهَاwa-atmamnāhāand we completed themبِعَشْرٍbiʿashrinwith ten (more),فَتَمَّfatammaso he completedمِيقَـٰتُmīqātu(the) set termرَبِّهِۦٓrabbihi(of) his Lordأَرْبَعِينَarbaʿīna(of) fortyلَيْلَةًlaylatannights.وَقَالَwaqālaAnd [he] saidمُوسَىٰmūsāMosesلِأَخِيهِli-akhīhito his brotherهَـٰرُونَhārūnaAaron,ٱخْلُفْنِىukh'luf'nī"Stay behind me / take my placeفِىfīwithقَوْمِىqawmīmy people,وَأَصْلِحْwa-aṣliḥand make reconciliation / set things right / maintain righteousness,وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَتَّبِعْtattabiʿyou followسَبِيلَsabīla(the) way (of)ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīnathe corrupters." ﴿١٤٢﴾

*7:142 The manner in which these numbers are mentioned is significant. As detailed in Appendix 1, all the numbers mentioned in the Quran add up to 162146, 19x8534.

[7:143] When Moses came at our appointed time, and his Lord spoke with him, he said, "My Lord, let me look and see You." He said, "You cannot see Me. Look at that mountain; if it stays in its place, then you can see Me." Then, his Lord manifested Himself to the mountain, and this caused it to crumble. Moses fell unconscious. When he came to, he said, "Be You glorified. I repent to You, and I am the most convinced believer."

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd whenجَآءَjāa[he] cameمُوسَىٰmūsāMosesلِمِيقَـٰتِنَاlimīqātināto our appointed placeوَكَلَّمَهُۥwakallamahuand [He] spoke to himرَبُّهُۥrabbuhuhis Lord,قَالَqālahe said,رَبِّrabbi"My Lord!أَرِنِىٓarinīShow meأَنظُرْanẓur(that) I may lookإِلَيْكَilaykaat You."قَالَqālaHe said,لَنlan"Notتَرَىٰنِىtarānīyou (can) see Me,وَلَـٰكِنِwalākinibutٱنظُرْunẓurlookإِلَىilātoٱلْجَبَلِl-jabalithe mountainفَإِنِfa-iniand ifٱسْتَقَرَّis'taqarrait seeks to remainمَكَانَهُۥmakānahu(in) its placeفَسَوْفَfasawfathen soonتَرَىٰنِىtarānīyou (can) see Me."فَلَمَّاfalammāBut whenتَجَلَّىٰtajallā[it] reveals / manifestsرَبُّهُۥrabbuhuhis Lordلِلْجَبَلِlil'jabalito the mountain,جَعَلَهُۥjaʿalahuHe made itدَكًّاdakkancrumbleوَخَرَّwakharraand [he] fell downمُوسَىٰmūsāMosesصَعِقًاṣaʿiqanunconscious.فَلَمَّآfalammāAnd whenأَفَاقَafāqahe got up / recoveredقَالَqālahe said,سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānaka"Glory be to You!تُبْتُtub'tuI repentedإِلَيْكَilaykato you,وَأَنَا۠wa-anāand I amأَوَّلُawwalu(the) first (of)ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers." ﴿١٤٣﴾

[7:144] He said, "O Moses, I have chosen you, out of all the people, with My messages and by speaking to you. Therefore, take what I have given you and be appreciative."

قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsā"O Moses!إِنِّىinnīIndeed, Iٱصْطَفَيْتُكَiṣ'ṭafaytuka[I] chose youعَلَىʿalāoverٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleبِرِسَـٰلَـٰتِىbirisālātīwith My messagesوَبِكَلَـٰمِىwabikalāmīand with My words.فَخُذْfakhudhSo takeمَآmāwhatءَاتَيْتُكَātaytukaI gave youوَكُنwakunand beمِّنَminaamongٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَl-shākirīnathe appreciative ones." ﴿١٤٤﴾

[7:145] We wrote for him on the tablets all kinds of enlightenments and details of everything: "You shall uphold these teachings strongly, and exhort your people to uphold them - these are the best teachings. I will point out for you the fate of the wicked."

وَكَتَبْنَاwakatabnāAnd we decreed (laws)لَهُۥlahufor himفِىfīinٱلْأَلْوَاحِl-alwāḥithe tabletsمِنminofكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthing,مَّوْعِظَةًmawʿiẓatanenlightenmentsوَتَفْصِيلًاwatafṣīlanand a detailed explanationلِّكُلِّlikullifor everyشَىْءٍshayinthing,فَخُذْهَاfakhudh'hā"So take (uphold) itبِقُوَّةٍbiquwwatinwith firmness / stronglyوَأْمُرْwamurand order / exhortقَوْمَكَqawmakayour peopleيَأْخُذُوا۟yakhudhū[they] (to) take (uphold)بِأَحْسَنِهَاbi-aḥsanihāfrom (the) best thereof.سَأُو۟رِيكُمْsa-urīkumI will show you [all]دَارَdāra(the) abode (fate)ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīna(of) the defiantly disobedient / wicked [ones]." ﴿١٤٥﴾

[7:146] I will divert from My revelations those who are arrogant on earth, without justification. Consequently, when they see every kind of proof they will not believe. And when they see the path of guidance they will not adopt it as their path, but when they see the path of straying they will adopt it as their path. This is the consequence of their rejecting our proofs, and being totally heedless thereof.

سَأَصْرِفُsa-aṣrifuI will turn away / divertعَنْʿanfromءَايَـٰتِىَāyātiyaMy signs / revelationsٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَتَكَبَّرُونَyatakabbarūnathey are arrogantفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi[the] right;وَإِنwa-inand ifيَرَوْا۟yarawthey seeكُلَّkullaeveryءَايَةٍāyatinsign / proof,لَّاlānotيُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūthey believeبِهَاbihāin it.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifيَرَوْا۟yarawthey seeسَبِيلَsabīla(the) path (of)ٱلرُّشْدِl-rush'dithe righteous,لَاlānotيَتَّخِذُوهُyattakhidhūhuthey take itسَبِيلًاsabīlan(as) a path,وَإِنwa-inbut ifيَرَوْا۟yarawthey seeسَبِيلَsabīla(the) path (of)ٱلْغَىِّl-ghayi[the] error / wrong / straying,يَتَّخِذُوهُyattakhidhūhuthey take itسَبِيلًاsabīlan(as) a path.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause theyكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabū[they] denied / rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our signs / proofsوَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they wereعَنْهَاʿanhāconcerning itغَـٰفِلِينَghāfilīnaheedless [ones]. ﴿١٤٦﴾

[7:147] Those who reject our revelations and the meeting of the Hereafter, their works are nullified. Are they requited only for what they committed?

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabū[they] denied / rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our signs / revelationsوَلِقَآءِwaliqāiand (the) meeting (of)ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafterحَبِطَتْḥabiṭat[it] became nullifiedأَعْمَـٰلُهُمْaʿmāluhumtheir deeds.هَلْhalWillيُجْزَوْنَyuj'zawnathey payإِلَّاillāexceptمَاmā(for) whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do? ﴿١٤٧﴾

[7:148] During his absence, Moses' people made from their jewelry the statue of a calf, complete with the sound of a calf.* Did they not see that it could not speak to them, or guide them in any path? They worshiped it, and thus turned wicked.

وَٱتَّخَذَwa-ittakhadhaAnd [he] tookقَوْمُqawmu(the) people (of)مُوسَىٰmūsāMoses,مِنۢminfromبَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter himمِنْminfromحُلِيِّهِمْḥuliyyihimtheir ornaments / jewelryعِجْلًاʿij'lana calfجَسَدًاjasadana statue لَّهُۥlahu[for] itخُوَارٌkhuwārun(had) a lowing sound.أَلَمْalamDid notيَرَوْا۟yarawthey seeأَنَّهُۥannahuthat itلَاlānotيُكَلِّمُهُمْyukallimuhumit speaks to themوَلَاwalāand notيَهْدِيهِمْyahdīhimit guides themسَبِيلًاsabīlan(in any) path?ٱتَّخَذُوهُittakhadhūhuThey took it (for worship)وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they wereظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers. ﴿١٤٨﴾

*7:148 How the golden calf acquired the sound of a calf is explained in Footnote 20:96.

[7:149] Finally, when they regretted their action, and realized that they had gone astray, they said, "Unless our Lord redeems us with His mercy, and forgives us, we will be losers."

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd whenسُقِطَsuqiṭa[it] was regretfulفِىٓfīconcerningأَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands (*actions)وَرَأَوْا۟wara-awand they sawأَنَّهُمْannahumthat theyقَدْqadindeedضَلُّوا۟ḍallū[they] strayed,قَالُوا۟qālūthey said,لَئِنla-in"Surely ifلَّمْlamnotيَرْحَمْنَاyarḥamnā[He] has mercy on usرَبُّنَاrabbunāour Lordوَيَغْفِرْwayaghfirand He forgivesلَنَاlanā[for] us,لَنَكُونَنَّlanakūnannasurely we will beمِنَminaamongٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers." ﴿١٤٩﴾

[7:150] When Moses returned to his people, angry and disappointed, he said, "What a terrible thing you have done in my absence! Could you not wait for the commandments of your Lord?" He threw down the tablets, and took hold of his brother's head, pulling him towards himself. (Aaron) said, "Son of my mother, the people took advantage of my weakness, and almost killed me. Let not my enemies rejoice, and do not count me with the transgressing people."

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd whenرَجَعَrajaʿa[he] returnedمُوسَىٰٓmūsāMosesإِلَىٰilātoقَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis peopleغَضْبَـٰنَghaḍbānaangry,أَسِفًاasifan(and) grieved / disappointed,قَالَqālahe said,بِئْسَمَاbi'samā"Evil is whatخَلَفْتُمُونِىkhalaftumūnīyou [all] did in my placeمِنۢminfromبَعْدِىٓbaʿdīafter me.أَعَجِلْتُمْaʿajil'tumWere you [all] impatientأَمْرَamra(over the) matterرَبِّكُمْrabbikum(of) your Lord?"وَأَلْقَىwa-alqāAnd he threw downٱلْأَلْوَاحَl-alwāḥathe tabletsوَأَخَذَwa-akhadhaand he took holdبِرَأْسِbirasiby head,أَخِيهِakhīhihis brotherيَجُرُّهُۥٓyajurruhuhe pulling himإِلَيْهِilayhito himself.قَالَqālaHe said,ٱبْنَib'na"Son (of)أُمَّumma(my) mother!إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe peopleٱسْتَضْعَفُونِىis'taḍʿafūnī[they] considered me weakوَكَادُوا۟wakādūand they almostيَقْتُلُونَنِىyaqtulūnanī[they] kill me.فَلَاfalāSo (let) notتُشْمِتْtush'mit[it] rejoiceبِىَbiyaon account of meٱلْأَعْدَآءَl-aʿdāathe enemies,وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَجْعَلْنِىtajʿalnīyou place meمَعَmaʿawithٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe peopleٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers / transgressors." ﴿١٥٠﴾

[7:151] (Moses) said, "My Lord, forgive me and my brother, and admit us into Your mercy. Of all the merciful ones, You are the Most Merciful."

قَالَqālaHe said,رَبِّrabbi"My Lord!ٱغْفِرْigh'firForgiveلِىlī[for] meوَلِأَخِىwali-akhīand for my brotherوَأَدْخِلْنَاwa-adkhil'nāand admit usفِىfīintoرَحْمَتِكَraḥmatikaYour mercy,وَأَنتَwa-antafor You (are)أَرْحَمُarḥamu(the) Most Merciful (of)ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَl-rāḥimīnathe merciful ones." ﴿١٥١﴾

[7:152] Surely, those who idolized the calf have incurred wrath from their Lord, and humiliation in this life. We thus requite the innovators.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūthey tookٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'lathe calf (as a god),سَيَنَالُهُمْsayanāluhum[it] will reach themغَضَبٌghaḍabunwrathمِّنminfromرَّبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord,وَذِلَّةٌwadhillatunand debasement / humiliationفِىfīinٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world.وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusنَجْزِىnajzīwe requiteٱلْمُفْتَرِينَl-muf'tarīnathe innovators. ﴿١٥٢﴾

[7:153] As for those who committed sins, then repented thereafter and believed, your Lord - after this - is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoعَمِلُوا۟ʿamilū[they] didٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātithe evil deedsثُمَّthummathenتَابُوا۟tābūthey repentedمِنۢminfromبَعْدِهَاbaʿdihāafter itوَءَامَنُوٓا۟waāmanūand they believed.إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lordمِنۢminfromبَعْدِهَاbaʿdihāafter it (is)لَغَفُورٌlaghafūrunsurely Forgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١٥٣﴾

[7:154] When Moses' anger subsided, he picked up the tablets, containing guidance and mercy for those who reverence their Lord.

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd whenسَكَتَsakata[it] calmed / abated / subsidedعَنʿanfromمُّوسَىmūsāMosesٱلْغَضَبُl-ghaḍabuthe anger,أَخَذَakhadhahe took ٱلْأَلْوَاحَl-alwāḥathe tabletsوَفِىwafīand inنُسْخَتِهَاnus'khatihāits inscriptionهُدًىhudan(was) guidanceوَرَحْمَةٌwaraḥmatunand mercyلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoهُمْhum[they]لِرَبِّهِمْlirabbihimof their Lordيَرْهَبُونَyarhabūnathey reverence. ﴿١٥٤﴾

[7:155] Moses then selected seventy men from among his people, to come to our appointed audience. When the quake shook them, he said, "My Lord, You could have annihilated them in the past, together with me, if You so willed. Would You annihilate us for the deeds of those among us who are foolish? This must be the test that You have instituted for us. With it, You condemn whomever You will, and guide whomever You will. You are our Lord and Master, so forgive us, shower us with Your mercy; You are the best Forgiver.

وَٱخْتَارَwa-ikh'tāraAnd [he] choseمُوسَىٰmūsāMosesقَوْمَهُۥqawmahu(from) his peopleسَبْعِينَsabʿīnaseventyرَجُلًاrajulanmenلِّمِيقَـٰتِنَاlimīqātināto our appointed place.فَلَمَّآfalammāThen whenأَخَذَتْهُمُakhadhathumu[it] seized themٱلرَّجْفَةُl-rajfatuthe earthquakeقَالَqālahe said,رَبِّrabbi"My Lord!لَوْlawIf شِئْتَshi'taYou willed,أَهْلَكْتَهُمahlaktahumYou (could have) annihilated themمِّنminfromقَبْلُqablubeforeوَإِيَّـٰىَwa-iyyāyaand me.أَتُهْلِكُنَاatuh'likunāWould You annihilate usبِمَاbimāfor whatفَعَلَfaʿala[he] didٱلسُّفَهَآءُl-sufahāuthe foolsمِنَّآminnāamong us?إِنْinNotهِىَhiyait (was)إِلَّاillābutفِتْنَتُكَfit'natukaYour trial,تُضِلُّtuḍilluYou let go astrayبِهَاbihāby itمَنmanwhomتَشَآءُtashāuYou willوَتَهْدِىwatahdīand You guideمَنmanwhomتَشَآءُtashāuYou will.أَنتَantaYou (are)وَلِيُّنَاwaliyyunāour Protector / Lord and Masterفَٱغْفِرْfa-igh'firso forgiveلَنَاlanā[for] usوَٱرْحَمْنَاwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us,وَأَنتَwa-antaand You (are)خَيْرُkhayru(the) Best (of)ٱلْغَـٰفِرِينَl-ghāfirīnathe forgivers. ﴿١٥٥﴾

[7:156] "And decree for us righteousness in this world, and in the Hereafter. We have repented to You. He said, "My retribution befalls whomever I will. But My mercy encompasses all things. However, I will specify it for those who (1) lead a righteous life, (2) give the obligatory charity (Zakat),* (3) believe in our revelations, and

وَٱكْتُبْwa-uk'tub"And ordain / decreeلَنَاlanāfor usفِىfīinهَـٰذِهِhādhihithisٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā[the] world,حَسَنَةًḥasanatangood / righteousnessوَفِىwafīand inٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter.إِنَّاinnāIndeed, weهُدْنَآhud'nā[we] turned in repentanceإِلَيْكَilaykato You."قَالَqālaHe said,عَذَابِىٓʿadhābī"My punishment / retributionأُصِيبُuṣībuI afflictبِهِۦbihiwith itمَنْmanwhomأَشَآءُashāuI will,وَرَحْمَتِىwaraḥmatībut My mercyوَسِعَتْwasiʿatit encompassedكُلَّkullaeveryشَىْءٍshayinthing.فَسَأَكْتُبُهَاfasa-aktubuhāBut I will decree it لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoيَتَّقُونَyattaqūna[they] are righteousوَيُؤْتُونَwayu'tūnaand [they] giveٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe obligatory charity (Zakat)وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoهُمhumtheyبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our verses / revelationsيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believe. ﴿١٥٦﴾

*7:156 The importance of the obligatory charity (Zakat) cannot be over emphasized. As instituted in 6:141, Zakat must be given away upon receiving any income - 2.5% of one's net income must be given to the parents, the relatives, the orphans, the poor, and the traveling alien, in this order (see 2:215).

[7:157] "(4) follow the messenger, the gentile prophet (Muhammad), whom they find written in their Torah and Gospel.* He exhorts them to be righteous, enjoins them from evil, allows for them all good food, and prohibits that which is bad, and unloads the burdens and the shackles imposed upon them. Those who believe in him, respect him, support him, and follow the light that came with him are the successful ones."

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna"Those whoيَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnathey followٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe messenger,ٱلنَّبِىَّl-nabiya[the] prophetٱلْأُمِّىَّl-umiyathe gentile ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoيَجِدُونَهُۥyajidūnahuthey find himمَكْتُوبًاmaktūbanwrittenعِندَهُمْʿindahumwith themفِىfīinٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِl-tawrātithe Torahوَٱلْإِنجِيلِwal-injīliand the Gospel.يَأْمُرُهُمyamuruhumHe advocates / commands themبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the kindness / morality / approved / righteousnessوَيَنْهَىٰهُمْwayanhāhumand he forbids themعَنِʿanifromٱلْمُنكَرِl-munkarithe wrong / immorality / disapproved / evil,وَيُحِلُّwayuḥilluand he makes lawfulلَهُمُlahumufor themٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِl-ṭayibātithe pure things / good things (foods)وَيُحَرِّمُwayuḥarrimuand he prohibitsعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor themٱلْخَبَـٰٓئِثَl-khabāithathe bad thingsوَيَضَعُwayaḍaʿuand he relievesعَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom themإِصْرَهُمْiṣ'rahumtheir burden / obligationوَٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَwal-aghlālaand the shacklesٱلَّتِىallatīwhichكَانَتْkānatit wasعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them.فَٱلَّذِينَfa-alladhīnaSo those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedبِهِۦbihiin himوَعَزَّرُوهُwaʿazzarūhuand they respected him,وَنَصَرُوهُwanaṣarūhuand they help / supported himوَٱتَّبَعُوا۟wa-ittabaʿūand they followedٱلنُّورَl-nūrathe lightٱلَّذِىٓalladhīwhichأُنزِلَunzilait was sent downمَعَهُۥٓmaʿahuwith him.أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)هُمُhumu[they]ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَl-muf'liḥūnathe successful ones." ﴿١٥٧﴾

*7:157 Muhammad is prophesied in Deuteronomy 18:15-19 and John 14:16-17 & 16:13.

[7:158] Say, "O people, I am GOD's messenger to all of you. To Him belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. There is no god except He. He controls life and death." Therefore, you shall believe in GOD and His messenger, the gentile prophet, who believes in GOD and His words. Follow him, that you may be guided.

قُلْqulSay,يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā"Oٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] people!إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I amرَسُولُrasūlua messengerٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godإِلَيْكُمْilaykumto you [all]جَمِيعًاjamīʿanall,ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoلَهُۥlahufor Him (is)مُلْكُmul'ku(the) dominion / sovereignty (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth.لَآlā(There is) noإِلَـٰهَilāhagodإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHim,يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīHe gives lifeوَيُمِيتُwayumītuand He causes death."فَـَٔامِنُوا۟faāminūSo believe [you all]بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَرَسُولِهِwarasūlihiand His messenger,ٱلنَّبِىِّl-nabiyithe prophetٱلْأُمِّىِّl-umiyithe gentile ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoيُؤْمِنُyu'minuhe believesبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦwakalimātihiand His words,وَٱتَّبِعُوهُwa-ittabiʿūhuand follow him [you all]لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَهْتَدُونَtahtadūna[you all] be guided. ﴿١٥٨﴾

[7:159] Among the followers of Moses there are those who guide in accordance with the truth, and the truth renders them righteous.

وَمِنwaminAnd amongقَوْمِqawmi(the) people ofمُوسَىٰٓmūsāMoses (is)أُمَّةٌummatuna communityيَهْدُونَyahdūnathey guideبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truthوَبِهِۦwabihiand by itيَعْدِلُونَyaʿdilūna[they] dispense justice. ﴿١٥٩﴾

[7:160] We divided them into twelve tribal communities, and we inspired Moses when his people asked him for water: "Strike the rock with your staff," whereupon twelve springs gushed out therefrom. Thus, each community knew its water. And we shaded them with clouds, and sent down to them manna and quails: "Eat from the good things we provided for you." It is not us that they wronged; it is they who wronged their own souls.

وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمُwaqaṭṭaʿnāhumuAnd we divided themٱثْنَتَىْith'natay (into) two*عَشْرَةَʿashrataten (*twelve)أَسْبَاطًاasbāṭantribesأُمَمًاumaman(as) communities.وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynāAnd we inspiredإِلَىٰilātoمُوسَىٰٓmūsāMoses,إِذِidhiwhenٱسْتَسْقَىٰهُis'tasqāhu[he] asked him for waterقَوْمُهُۥٓqawmuhuhis people,أَنِani[that]ٱضْرِبiḍ'rib"Strikeبِّعَصَاكَbiʿaṣākawith your staffٱلْحَجَرَl-ḥajarathe rock."فَٱنۢبَجَسَتْfa-inbajasatThen [it] gushed forthمِنْهُmin'hufrom itٱثْنَتَاith'natā two*عَشْرَةَʿashrataten (*twelve)عَيْنًاʿaynansprings.قَدْqadCertainly,عَلِمَʿalima[he] knewكُلُّkullueachأُنَاسٍunāsinpeopleمَّشْرَبَهُمْmashrabahumtheir drinking place.وَظَلَّلْنَاwaẓallalnāAnd we shadedعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuover themٱلْغَمَـٰمَl-ghamāmathe cloudsوَأَنزَلْنَاwa-anzalnāand we sent downعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuupon them,ٱلْمَنَّl-manathe mannaوَٱلسَّلْوَىٰwal-salwāand the quails.كُلُوا۟kulū"Eat [you all]مِنminfromطَيِّبَـٰتِṭayyibāti(the) good thingsمَاmāwhichرَزَقْنَـٰكُمْrazaqnākumwe provided you [all]."وَمَاwamāAnd notظَلَمُونَاẓalamūnāthey wronged usوَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutكَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were (to)أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their own soulsيَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna[they] do wrong. ﴿١٦٠﴾

[7:161] Recall that they were told, "Go into this town to live, and eat therefrom as you please, treat the people amicably, and enter the gate humbly. We will then forgive your transgressions. We will multiply the reward for the righteous."

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقِيلَqīlait was saidلَهُمُlahumuto them,ٱسْكُنُوا۟us'kunū"Live / Dwell [you all]هَـٰذِهِhādhihi(in) thisٱلْقَرْيَةَl-qaryata[the] city / townوَكُلُوا۟wakulūAnd eat [you all]مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom itحَيْثُḥaythuwhereverشِئْتُمْshi'tumyou [all] wishedوَقُولُوا۟waqūlūand speak [you all]حِطَّةٌḥiṭṭatunforgiveness / amicably,وَٱدْخُلُوا۟wa-ud'khulūand enter [you all]ٱلْبَابَl-bābathe gateسُجَّدًاsujjadanprostrating / humbly.نَّغْفِرْnaghfirWe will forgiveلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِكُمْkhaṭīātikumyour sins / transgressions.سَنَزِيدُsanazīduwe will increase (reward)ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe righteous [ones]." ﴿١٦١﴾

[7:162] But the evil ones among them substituted other commands for the commands given to them. Consequently, we sent upon them condemnation from the sky, because of their wickedness.

فَبَدَّلَfabaddalaBut [he] substitutedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] did wrong / transgressedمِنْهُمْmin'humamong themقَوْلًاqawlanwordsغَيْرَghayraother thanٱلَّذِىalladhīthat whichقِيلَqīlait was saidلَهُمْlahumto them.فَأَرْسَلْنَاfa-arsalnāSo we sentعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon themرِجْزًاrij'zana disaster / punishment / condemnationمِّنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyبِمَاbimābecauseكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna[they] do wrong. ﴿١٦٢﴾

[7:163] Remind them of the community by the sea, who desecrated the Sabbath. When they observed the Sabbath, the fish came to them abundantly. And when they violated the Sabbath, the fish did not come. We thus afflicted them, as a consequence of their transgression.

وَسْـَٔلْهُمْwasalhumAnd ask themعَنِʿaniaboutٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryatithe town / communityٱلَّتِىallatīwhichكَانَتْkānatit wasحَاضِرَةَḥāḍirataclose by ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥrithe sea.إِذْidhWhenيَعْدُونَyaʿdūnathey transgressedفِىfīconcerningٱلسَّبْتِl-sabtithe Sabbath;إِذْidhbehold!تَأْتِيهِمْtatīhim[it] comes to themحِيتَانُهُمْḥītānuhumtheir fishيَوْمَyawma(on the) day (of)سَبْتِهِمْsabtihimtheir Sabbathشُرَّعًاshurraʿanshoals upon shoals (abundantly).وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (on the) dayلَاlānotيَسْبِتُونَyasbitūnathey have Sabbath,لَاlānotتَأْتِيهِمْtatīhimit comes to them.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusنَبْلُوهُمnablūhumwe test themبِمَاbimābecauseكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereيَفْسُقُونَyafsuqūna[they] defiantly disobeying / wicked / transgressing. ﴿١٦٣﴾

[7:164] Recall that a group of them said, "Why should you preach to people whom GOD will surely annihilate or punish severely?" They answered, "Apologize to your Lord," that they might be saved.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقَالَتْqālat[it] saidأُمَّةٌummatuna communityمِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them,لِمَlima"Why (do)تَعِظُونَtaʿiẓūnayou [all] preachقَوْمًاqawmana people,ٱللَّهُl-lahu(whom) Godمُهْلِكُهُمْmuh'likuhumOne who annihilates themأَوْaworمُعَذِّبُهُمْmuʿadhibuhum[One who] punishes themعَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment / retributionشَدِيدًاshadīdansevere?"قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,مَعْذِرَةًmaʿdhiratan"Beg pardon / Apologizeإِلَىٰilātoرَبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord,"وَلَعَلَّهُمْwalaʿallahumand that they mayيَتَّقُونَyattaqūna[they] become righteous / be saved. ﴿١٦٤﴾

[7:165] When they disregarded what they were reminded of, we saved those who prohibited evil, and afflicted the wrongdoers with a terrible retribution for their wickedness.

فَلَمَّاfalammāSo whenنَسُوا۟nasūthey forgotمَاmāwhatذُكِّرُوا۟dhukkirūthey were remindedبِهِۦٓbihitherein,أَنجَيْنَاanjaynāwe savedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَنْهَوْنَyanhawna[they] forbidعَنِʿani[from]ٱلسُّوٓءِl-sūithe evil,وَأَخَذْنَاwa-akhadhnāand we took / afflictedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] did wrong / transgressedبِعَذَابٍۭbiʿadhābinwith a retributionبَـِٔيسٍۭbaīsinwretched / terribleبِمَاbimābecauseكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereيَفْسُقُونَyafsuqūna[they] defiantly disobeying / wicked. ﴿١٦٥﴾

[7:166] When they continued to defy the commandments, we said to them, "Be you despicable apes."

فَلَمَّاfalammāSo whenعَتَوْا۟ʿatawthey exceeded all bounds / rebelledعَنʿanaboutمَّاmāwhatنُهُوا۟nuhūthey were forbiddenعَنْهُʿanhufrom it,قُلْنَاqul'nāwe saidلَهُمْlahumto them,كُونُوا۟kūnū"Be [you all]قِرَدَةًqiradatanapes,خَـٰسِـِٔينَkhāsiīnadespised [ones]." ﴿١٦٦﴾

[7:167] Additionally, your Lord has decreed that He will raise up against them people who will inflict severe persecution upon them, until the Day of Resurrection. Your Lord is most efficient in enforcing retribution, and He is certainly the Forgiver, Most Merciful.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallتَأَذَّنَta-adhana[He] proclaimedرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lordلَيَبْعَثَنَّlayabʿathannasurely He will send / raiseعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst themإِلَىٰilātillيَوْمِyawmi(the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrectionمَنman(those) whoيَسُومُهُمْyasūmuhum[he] inflicts themسُوٓءَsūa(with) a grievous / severeٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi[the] punishment / persecution.إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord (is)لَسَرِيعُlasarīʿusurely swift / efficient (in)ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābithe retribution,وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahubut indeed, He (is)لَغَفُورٌlaghafūrunsurely Forgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١٦٧﴾

[7:168] We scattered them among many communities throughout the land. Some of them were righteous, and some were less than righteous. We tested them with prosperity and hardship, that they may return.

وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمْwaqaṭṭaʿnāhumAnd we split / divided themفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe landأُمَمًاumaman(as) communities.مِّنْهُمُmin'humuAmong them (are)ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَl-ṣāliḥūnathe righteous [ones]وَمِنْهُمْwamin'humand among them (are)دُونَdūnaother thanذَٰلِكَdhālikathat.وَبَلَوْنَـٰهُمwabalawnāhumAnd we tested themبِٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِbil-ḥasanātiwith the good works (prosperity)وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِwal-sayiātiand the bad works / adversity,لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna[they] return. ﴿١٦٨﴾

[7:169] Subsequent to them, He substituted new generations who inherited the scripture. But they opted for the worldly life instead, saying, "We will be forgiven." But then they continued to opt for the materials of this world. Did they not make a covenant to uphold the scripture, and not to say about GOD except the truth? Did they not study the scripture? Certainly, the abode of the Hereafter is far better for those who maintain righteousness. Do you not understand?

فَخَلَفَfakhalafaThen [it] succeededمِنۢminfromبَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter themخَلْفٌkhalfunsuccessors / inheritorsوَرِثُوا۟warithū[they] inheritedٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureيَأْخُذُونَyakhudhūna[they] taking / optingعَرَضَʿaraḍapaltry goods / temporary goodsهَـٰذَاhādhā(of) thisٱلْأَدْنَىٰl-adnāthe lower / wordly (life)وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say,سَيُغْفَرُsayugh'faru"It will be forgiven لَنَاlanāfor us."وَإِنwa-inAnd ifيَأْتِهِمْyatihim[it] comes to themعَرَضٌʿaraḍunpaltry goods / temporary goodsمِّثْلُهُۥmith'luhusimilar to itيَأْخُذُوهُyakhudhūhuthey take it.أَلَمْalamWas notيُؤْخَذْyu'khadhit takenعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimupon themمِّيثَـٰقُmīthāqua covenant (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scriptureأَنanthatلَّاlānotيَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey sayعَلَىʿalāaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodإِلَّاillāexceptٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truthوَدَرَسُوا۟wadarasūwhile they studiedمَاmāwhat (is)فِيهِfīhiin it?وَٱلدَّارُwal-dāruAnd the abode (of)ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُl-ākhiratuthe Hereafter (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbetterلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoيَتَّقُونَyattaqūna[they] maintain righteousness.أَفَلَاafalāSo will notتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou [all] understand? ﴿١٦٩﴾

[7:170] Those who uphold the scripture, and observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), we never fail to recompense the pious.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoيُمَسِّكُونَyumassikūnathey hold fastبِٱلْكِتَـٰبِbil-kitābito the scripture,وَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmūand they observedٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat),إِنَّاinnāindeed, weلَاlānotنُضِيعُnuḍīʿu[we] let go to wasteأَجْرَajra(the) reward (of)ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَl-muṣ'liḥīnathe reformers / pious [ones]. ﴿١٧٠﴾

[7:171] We raised the mountain above them like an umbrella, and they thought it was going to fall on them: "You shall uphold what we have given you, strongly, and remember the contents thereof, that you may be saved."

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallنَتَقْنَاnataqnāwe raisedٱلْجَبَلَl-jabalathe mountainفَوْقَهُمْfawqahumabove themكَأَنَّهُۥka-annahuas if it wasظُلَّةٌẓullatuna canopy / umbrellaوَظَنُّوٓا۟waẓannūand they thoughtأَنَّهُۥannahuthat itوَاقِعٌۢwāqiʿun(would) fallبِهِمْbihimon them.خُذُوا۟khudhū(We said), "Take [you all]مَآmāwhatءَاتَيْنَـٰكُمātaynākumwe gave you [all]بِقُوَّةٍbiquwwatinwith strength (*strongly)وَٱذْكُرُوا۟wa-udh'kurūand remember [you all]مَاmāwhat (is)فِيهِfīhiin itلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَتَّقُونَtattaqūna[you all] be saved." ﴿١٧١﴾

[7:172] Recall that your Lord summoned all the descendants of Adam, and had them bear witness for themselves: "Am I not your Lord?" They all said, "Yes. We bear witness." Thus, you cannot say on the Day of Resurrection, "We were not aware of this."

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallأَخَذَakhadha[He] tookرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lordمِنۢminfromبَنِىٓbanī(the) Children (of)ءَادَمَādamaAdamمِنminfromظُهُورِهِمْẓuhūrihimtheir loinsذُرِّيَّتَهُمْdhurriyyatahumtheir descendantsوَأَشْهَدَهُمْwa-ashhadahumand He had them bear witnessعَلَىٰٓʿalāoverأَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves,أَلَسْتُalastu"Am I notبِرَبِّكُمْbirabbikum[in] your Lord?"قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,بَلَىٰbalā"Yesشَهِدْنَآshahid'nāwe bore witness."أَنanLestتَقُولُوا۟taqūlūyou [all] sayيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrection,إِنَّاinnā"Indeed, [we]كُنَّاkunnāwe wereعَنْʿanaboutهَـٰذَاhādhāthisغَـٰفِلِينَghāfilīnaunaware [ones]." ﴿١٧٢﴾

*7:172 Thus, every human being is born with an instinctive knowledge about God.

[7:173] Nor can you say, "It was our parents who practiced idolatry, and we simply followed in their footsteps. Will You punish us because of what others have innovated?"

أَوْawOrتَقُولُوٓا۟taqūlūyou [all] say,إِنَّمَآinnamā"Onlyأَشْرَكَashraka[he] associated partners (with God)ءَابَآؤُنَاābāunāour forefathers / parentsمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore (us)وَكُنَّاwakunnāand we wereذُرِّيَّةًdhurriyyatandescendantsمِّنۢminfromبَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter them.أَفَتُهْلِكُنَاafatuh'likunāSo will You destroy usبِمَاbimāfor whatفَعَلَfaʿala[he] didٱلْمُبْطِلُونَl-mub'ṭilūnathe falsifiers?" ﴿١٧٣﴾

[7:174] We thus explain the revelations, to enable the people to redeem themselves.*

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusنُفَصِّلُnufaṣṣiluwe explainٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe verses / revelationsوَلَعَلَّهُمْwalaʿallahum[and] that they mayيَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna[they] return. ﴿١٧٤﴾

*7:174 This life is our last chance to return to God's Kingdom (See INTRODUCTION).

[7:175] Recite for them the news of one who was given our proofs, but chose to disregard them. Consequently, the devil pursued him, until he became a strayer.

وَٱتْلُwa-ut'luAnd reciteعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor themنَبَأَnaba-a(the) story / newsٱلَّذِىٓalladhī(of) the one whomءَاتَيْنَـٰهُātaynāhuwe gave himءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināour verses / proofs,فَٱنسَلَخَfa-insalakhabut he detached / withdrew (disregard)مِنْهَاmin'hā[from] them,فَأَتْبَعَهُfa-atbaʿahuso [he] followed / pursued himٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devilفَكَانَfakānaand he becameمِنَminaofٱلْغَاوِينَl-ghāwīnathe strayers. ﴿١٧٥﴾

[7:176] Had we willed, we could have elevated him therewith, but he insisted on sticking to the ground, and pursued his own opinions. Thus, he is like the dog; whether you pet him or scold him, he pants. Such is the example of people who reject our proofs. Narrate these narrations, that they may reflect.

وَلَوْwalawAnd ifشِئْنَاshi'nāwe willedلَرَفَعْنَـٰهُlarafaʿnāhusurely we would have raised himبِهَاbihātherein,وَلَـٰكِنَّهُۥٓwalākinnahubut heأَخْلَدَakhlada[he] remained inclined / clungإِلَىilātoٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthوَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿaand he followedهَوَىٰهُhawāhuhis (vain) desire / opinion.فَمَثَلُهُۥfamathaluhuSo his exampleكَمَثَلِkamathaliit is like the example ofٱلْكَلْبِl-kalbithe dog,إِنinifتَحْمِلْtaḥmilyou burdenعَلَيْهِʿalayhi[on] him,يَلْهَثْyalhathhe pantsأَوْawor (if)تَتْرُكْهُtatruk'huyou leave him,يَلْهَثyalhathhe pants.ذَّٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)مَثَلُmathalu(the) example (of)ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe peopleٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whoكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied / rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our signs / proofs.فَٱقْصُصِfa-uq'ṣuṣiSo narrateٱلْقَصَصَl-qaṣaṣathe narrationلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūna[they] reflect. ﴿١٧٦﴾

[7:177] Bad indeed is the example of people who reject our proofs; it is only their own souls that they wrong.

سَآءَsāaEvilمَثَلًاmathalanan example (are)ٱلْقَوْمُl-qawmuthe peopleٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied / rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our signs / proofsوَأَنفُسَهُمْwa-anfusahumand themselves / their own soulsكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna[they] do wrong. ﴿١٧٧﴾

[7:178] Whomever GOD guides is the truly guided one, and whomever He commits to straying, these are the losers.

مَنmanWhoeverيَهْدِyahdi[He] guidesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفَهُوَfahuwathen he (is)ٱلْمُهْتَدِىl-muh'tadīthe guided oneوَمَنwamanwhile whoeverيُضْلِلْyuḍ'lilHe lets go astrayفَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūnathe losers. ﴿١٧٨﴾

[7:179] We have committed to Hell multitudes of jinns and humans. They have minds with which they do not understand, eyes with which they do not see, and ears with which they do not hear. They are like animals; no, they are far worse - they are totally unaware.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyذَرَأْنَاdharanāwe created (committed)لِجَهَنَّمَlijahannamato Hellكَثِيرًاkathīranmanyمِّنَminafromٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinnوَٱلْإِنسِwal-insiand [the] men / humans.لَهُمْlahumFor them (are)قُلُوبٌqulūbunhearts / mindsلَّاlā(but) notيَفْقَهُونَyafqahūnathey understandبِهَاbihāwith them,وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them (are)أَعْيُنٌaʿyununeyesلَّاlā(but) notيُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūnathey seeبِهَاbihāwith them,وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them (are)ءَاذَانٌādhānunearsلَّاlā(but) notيَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnathey hearبِهَآbihāwith them.أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِkal-anʿāmilike [the] cattle / animals;بَلْbalno,هُمْhumthey (are)أَضَلُّaḍallumore astray.أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَl-ghāfilūnathe unaware / heedless [ones]. ﴿١٧٩﴾

[7:180] To GOD belongs the most beautiful names; call upon Him therewith, and disregard those who distort His names. They will be requited for their sins.

وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd for God (are)ٱلْأَسْمَآءُl-asmāuthe namesٱلْحُسْنَىٰl-ḥus'nāmost beautiful,فَٱدْعُوهُfa-id'ʿūhuso call Him [you all]بِهَاbihāby them.وَذَرُوا۟wadharūAnd leave alone (disregard) [you all]ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيُلْحِدُونَyul'ḥidūna[they] deviate / distortفِىٓfīconcerningأَسْمَـٰٓئِهِۦasmāihiHis names.سَيُجْزَوْنَsayuj'zawnaThey will payمَاmā(for) whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿١٨٠﴾

[7:181] Among our creations, there are those who guide with the truth, and the truth renders them righteous.

وَمِمَّنْwamimmanAnd of (those) whomخَلَقْنَآkhalaqnāwe createdأُمَّةٌummatuna community,يَهْدُونَyahdūnathey guideبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truthوَبِهِۦwabihiand with itيَعْدِلُونَyaʿdilūnathey dispense justice. ﴿١٨١﴾

[7:182] As for those who reject our revelations, we lead them on without them ever realizing it.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those whoكَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey denied / rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our signs / revelations,سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمsanastadrijuhumwe will gradually lead themمِّنْminfromحَيْثُḥaythuwhereلَاlānotيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know. ﴿١٨٢﴾

[7:183] I will even encourage them; My scheming is formidable.

وَأُمْلِىwa-um'līAnd I will make enjoy for a whileلَهُمْlahumfor them.إِنَّinnaIndeed,كَيْدِىkaydīMy plan / scheme (is)مَتِينٌmatīnunfirm / formidable. ﴿١٨٣﴾

[7:184] Why do they not reflect upon their friend (the messenger)? He is not crazy. He is simply a profound warner.

أَوَلَمْawalamDo notيَتَفَكَّرُوا۟yatafakkarūthey reflect?مَاmāNot (is)بِصَاحِبِهِمbiṣāḥibihim[in] their companion / friendمِّنminanyجِنَّةٍjinnatincraziness / insanity.إِنْinNotهُوَhuwahe (is)إِلَّاillābutنَذِيرٌnadhīruna warnerمُّبِينٌmubīnunclear / profound. ﴿١٨٤﴾

[7:185] Have they not looked at the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all the things GOD has created? Does it ever occur to them that the end of their life may be near? Which Hadith, beside this, do they believe in?

أَوَلَمْawalamDo notيَنظُرُوا۟yanẓurūthey lookفِىfīinمَلَكُوتِmalakūti(the) dominions (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earthوَمَاwamāand whatخَلَقَkhalaqa[He] createdٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِنminofشَىْءٍshayin(every) thingوَأَنْwa-anand thatعَسَىٰٓʿasāperhapsأَنanthatيَكُونَyakūnait beقَدِqadiverilyٱقْتَرَبَiq'tarabaclose / nearأَجَلُهُمْajaluhumtheir term?فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiSo whichحَدِيثٍۭḥadīthinHadithبَعْدَهُۥbaʿdahuafter thisيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe? ﴿١٨٥﴾

[7:186] Whomever GOD commits to straying, there is no way for anyone to guide him. He leaves them in their sins, blundering.

مَنmanWhoeverيُضْلِلِyuḍ'lili[He] lets go astrayٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفَلَاfalāthen (there is) noهَادِىَhādiyaguideلَهُۥlahufor him.وَيَذَرُهُمْwayadharuhumAnd He leaves themفِىfīinطُغْيَـٰنِهِمْṭugh'yānihimtheir transgressions / sinsيَعْمَهُونَyaʿmahūna[they] wander blindly / blunder. ﴿١٨٦﴾

[7:187] They ask you about the end of the world (the Hour),* and when it will come to pass. Say, "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord. Only He reveals its time.* Heavy it is, in the heavens and the earth. It will not come to you except suddenly."** They ask you as if you are in control thereof. Say, "The knowledge thereof is with GOD," but most people do not know.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask youعَنِʿaniaboutٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿatithe Hour,أَيَّانَayyānawhenمُرْسَىٰهَاmur'sāhāits arrival?قُلْqulSay,إِنَّمَاinnamā"Onlyعِلْمُهَاʿil'muhāits knowledgeعِندَʿinda(is) withرَبِّىrabbīmy Lord,لَاlānotيُجَلِّيهَاyujallīhāhe reveals itلِوَقْتِهَآliwaqtihāof its timeإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHe.ثَقُلَتْthaqulatIt laid heavyفِىfīonٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth.لَاlāNotتَأْتِيكُمْtatīkumit comes to you [all]إِلَّاillābutبَغْتَةًbaghtatansuddenly."يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask youكَأَنَّكَka-annakaas if you (were)حَفِىٌّḥafiyyunwell acquaintedعَنْهَاʿanhāabout it.قُلْqulSay,إِنَّمَاinnamā"Onlyعِلْمُهَاʿil'muhāits knowledgeعِندَʿinda(is) with ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutأَكْثَرَaktharamost (of)ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleلَاlā(do) notيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know." ﴿١٨٧﴾

*7:187 The right time to reveal this information was predestined to be 1980 A.D., through God's Messenger of the Covenant (See 15:87, 72:27, and Appendices 2 & 11). **7:187 The "Hour" comes "suddenly" only to the disbelievers (See Appendix 11).

[7:188] Say, "I have no power to benefit myself, or harm myself. Only what GOD wills happens to me. If I knew the future, I would have increased my wealth, and no harm would have afflicted me. I am no more than a warner, and a bearer of good news for those who believe."

قُلqulSay,لَّآlā"notأَمْلِكُamlikuI have powerلِنَفْسِىlinafsīfor myselfنَفْعًاnafʿan(to) benefitوَلَاwalāand notضَرًّاḍarran(to) harm,إِلَّاillāexceptمَاmāwhatشَآءَshāa[He] willedٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.وَلَوْwalawAnd ifكُنتُkuntuI wasأَعْلَمُaʿlamu[I] know (of)ٱلْغَيْبَl-ghaybathe unseen / futureلَٱسْتَكْثَرْتُla-is'takthartusurely I would have sought to increase / multipliedمِنَminaofٱلْخَيْرِl-khayrithe wealthوَمَاwamāand notمَسَّنِىَmassaniyait touched meٱلسُّوٓءُl-sūuthe evil / adversity.إِنْinNotأَنَا۠anāI amإِلَّاillāexceptنَذِيرٌnadhīruna warnerوَبَشِيرٌwabashīrunand a bearer of good newsلِّقَوْمٍliqawminto a peopleيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe." ﴿١٨٨﴾

[7:189] He created you from one person (Adam). Subsequently, He gives every man a mate to find tranquility with her. She then carries a light load that she can hardly notice. As the load gets heavier, they implore GOD their Lord: "If You give us a good baby, we will be appreciative."

هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoخَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumHe created you [all]مِّنminfromنَّفْسٍnafsina soul / personوَٰحِدَةٍwāḥidatinsingle / oneوَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand He madeمِنْهَاmin'hāfrom itزَوْجَهَاzawjahāits mateلِيَسْكُنَliyaskunathat he may have tranquilityإِلَيْهَاilayhāwith her.فَلَمَّاfalammāAnd whenتَغَشَّىٰهَاtaghashāhāit is concealed in her,حَمَلَتْḥamalatshe carriedحَمْلًاḥamlana burden / loadخَفِيفًاkhafīfanlightفَمَرَّتْfamarratand she passed byبِهِۦbihiwith it.فَلَمَّآfalammāBut whenأَثْقَلَتathqalatit became heavier,دَّعَوَاdaʿawāthey both implored,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,رَبَّهُمَاrabbahumā[both] their Lord,لَئِنْla-in"Surely ifءَاتَيْتَنَاātaytanāYou gave usصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥana righteous / good (baby),لَّنَكُونَنَّlanakūnannasurely we will beمِنَminaamongٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَl-shākirīnathe appreciative ones." ﴿١٨٩﴾

[7:190] But when He gives them a good baby, they turn His gift into an idol that rivals Him. GOD be exalted, far above any partnership.

فَلَمَّآfalammāBut whenءَاتَىٰهُمَاātāhumāHe gave them bothصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥana righteous / good (baby),جَعَلَاjaʿalāthey both ascribed / madeلَهُۥlahufor Himشُرَكَآءَshurakāapartnersفِيمَآfīmāin whatءَاتَىٰهُمَاātāhumāHe gave both them.فَتَعَـٰلَىfataʿālāBut exalted (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَمَّاʿammāabove whatيُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūnathey associate (with Him). ﴿١٩٠﴾

[7:191] Is it not a fact that they are idolizing idols who create nothing, and are themselves created?

أَيُشْرِكُونَayush'rikūnaDo they associate partners (with God) / idolizeمَاmāwhatلَاlānotيَخْلُقُyakhluquit createsشَيْـًٔاshayananythingوَهُمْwahumand theyيُخْلَقُونَyukh'laqūna[they] are created? ﴿١٩١﴾

[7:192] Idols that can neither help them, nor even help themselves?

وَلَاwalāAnd notيَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are ableلَهُمْlahumto (give) themنَصْرًاnaṣranany helpوَلَآwalāand notأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their own soulsيَنصُرُونَyanṣurūnathey help. ﴿١٩٢﴾

[7:193] When you invite them to the guidance, they do not follow you. Thus, it is the same for them whether you invite them, or remain silent.

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتَدْعُوهُمْtadʿūhumyou [all] call themإِلَىilātoٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance,لَاlānotيَتَّبِعُوكُمْyattabiʿūkumthey will follow you [all].سَوَآءٌsawāonIt is sameعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you [all]أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْadaʿawtumūhumwhether you [all] invited themأَمْamorأَنتُمْantumyou [all] areصَـٰمِتُونَṣāmitūnasilent [ones]. ﴿١٩٣﴾

[7:194] The idols you invoke besides GOD are creatures like you. Go ahead and call upon them; let them respond to you, if you are right.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomتَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou [all] call / invokeمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesides ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (are)عِبَادٌʿibādunservants (creatures)أَمْثَالُكُمْamthālukumlike you [all].فَٱدْعُوهُمْfa-id'ʿūhumSo call them [you all]فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟falyastajībūand let them respondلَكُمْlakumto you [all],إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful [ones]. ﴿١٩٤﴾

[7:195] Do they have legs on which they walk? Do they have hands with which they defend themselves? Do they have eyes with which they see? Do they have ears with which they hear? Say, "Call upon your idols, and ask them to smite me without delay.

أَلَهُمْalahumAre for themأَرْجُلٌarjulunfeetيَمْشُونَyamshūnathey walkبِهَآbihāwith [it],أَمْamor areلَهُمْlahumfor themأَيْدٍaydinhandsيَبْطِشُونَyabṭishūnathey strikeبِهَآbihāwith [it],أَمْamor areلَهُمْlahumfor themأَعْيُنٌaʿyununeyesيُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūnathey seeبِهَآbihāwith [it],أَمْamor areلَهُمْlahumfor themءَاذَانٌādhānunearsيَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnathey hearبِهَاbihāwith [it]?قُلِquliSay,ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿū"Call upon [you all]شُرَكَآءَكُمْshurakāakumyour partners / idols,ثُمَّthummathenكِيدُونِkīdūnischeme against (smite) me [you all]فَلَاfalāand (do) notتُنظِرُونِtunẓirūniyou [all] give me respite. ﴿١٩٥﴾

[7:196] "GOD is my only Lord and Master; the One who revealed this scripture. He protects the righteous.

إِنَّinna"Indeed,وَلِـِّۧىَwaliyyiyamy protector / Lord and Master (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoنَزَّلَnazzalaHe revealed / sent downٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scripture,وَهُوَwahuwaAnd Heيَتَوَلَّىyatawallā[He] protectsٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿١٩٦﴾

[7:197] "As for the idols you set up beside Him, they cannot help you, nor can they help themselves."

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna"And those whomتَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou [all] invokeمِنminfromدُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him,لَاlānotيَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are ableنَصْرَكُمْnaṣrakumto help you [all]وَلَآwalāand notأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their own soulsيَنصُرُونَyanṣurūnathey help." ﴿١٩٧﴾

[7:198] When you invite them to the guidance, they do not hear. And you see them looking at you, but they do not see.

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتَدْعُوهُمْtadʿūhumyou [all] invite themإِلَىilātoٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidanceلَاlānotيَسْمَعُوا۟yasmaʿūthey hear.وَتَرَىٰهُمْwatarāhumAnd you see themيَنظُرُونَyanẓurūna[they] lookإِلَيْكَilaykaat youوَهُمْwahumbut theyلَاlānotيُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūna[they] see. ﴿١٩٨﴾

[7:199] You shall resort to pardon, advocate tolerance, and disregard the ignorant.

خُذِkhudhiTake / Hold / Uphold (resort)ٱلْعَفْوَl-ʿafwa(to) [the] pardonوَأْمُرْwamurand enjoin / advocateبِٱلْعُرْفِbil-ʿur'fi[in] the goodness / morality / toleranceوَأَعْرِضْwa-aʿriḍand turn awayعَنِʿanifromٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīnathe ignorant [ones]. ﴿١٩٩﴾

[7:200] When the devil whispers to you any whisper, seek refuge in GOD; He is Hearer, Omniscient.

وَإِمَّاwa-immāAnd ifيَنزَغَنَّكَyanzaghannaka[he] stirs discord (a whisper) to youمِنَminafromٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭānithe devilنَزْغٌnazghunan evil suggestion,فَٱسْتَعِذْfa-is'taʿidhthen seek refugeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin God.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He (is)سَمِيعٌsamīʿunHearer,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient ﴿٢٠٠﴾

[7:201] Those who are righteous, whenever the devil approaches them with an idea, they remember, whereupon they become seers.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱتَّقَوْا۟ittaqawthey were righteous,إِذَاidhāwhenمَسَّهُمْmassahum[it] touched themطَـٰٓئِفٌṭāifuna visitation / an idea مِّنَminafromٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭānithe devil,تَذَكَّرُوا۟tadhakkarūthey remembered (God)فَإِذَاfa-idhāand behold!هُمhumthey (are)مُّبْصِرُونَmub'ṣirūnaones who see. ﴿٢٠١﴾

[7:202] Their brethren ceaselessly entice them to go astray.

وَإِخْوَٰنُهُمْwa-ikh'wānuhumBut their brothers / brethrenيَمُدُّونَهُمْyamuddūnahumthey prolonged themفِىfīinٱلْغَىِّl-ghayithe error / wrong / straying,ثُمَّthummathenلَاlānotيُقْصِرُونَyuq'ṣirūnathey cease / relax. ﴿٢٠٢﴾

[7:203] If you do not produce a miracle that they demand, they say, "Why not ask for it?" Say, "I simply follow what is revealed to me from my Lord." These are enlightenments from your Lord, and guidance, and mercy for people who believe.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenلَمْlamnotتَأْتِهِمtatihimyou bring themبِـَٔايَةٍbiāyatinwith a sign / miracleقَالُوا۟qālūthey said,لَوْلَاlawlā"Why (have) notٱجْتَبَيْتَهَاij'tabaytahāyou selected it?"قُلْqulSay,إِنَّمَآinnamā"OnlyأَتَّبِعُattabiʿuI followمَاmāwhatيُوحَىٰٓyūḥāit is revealedإِلَىَّilayyato meمِنminfromرَّبِّىrabbīmy Lord.هَـٰذَاhādhāThis (is)بَصَآئِرُbaṣāiruenlightenmentمِنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lordوَهُدًىwahudanand guidanceوَرَحْمَةٌwaraḥmatunand mercyلِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe." ﴿٢٠٣﴾

[7:204] When the Quran is recited, you shall listen to it and take heed, that you may attain mercy.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when [in the future]قُرِئَquri-a[it] was recitedٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānuthe Quran,فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟fa-is'tamiʿūthen listen [you all]لَهُۥlahuto itوَأَنصِتُوا۟wa-anṣitūand pay attention / listen [you all]لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتُرْحَمُونَtur'ḥamūna[you all] receive mercy. ﴿٢٠٤﴾

[7:205] You shall remember your Lord within yourself, publicly, privately, and quietly, day and night; do not be unaware.*

وَٱذْكُرwa-udh'kurAnd rememberرَّبَّكَrabbakayour Lordفِىfīinنَفْسِكَnafsikayourself,تَضَرُّعًاtaḍarruʿanloudly / publicly,وَخِيفَةًwakhīfatanand (in) fear,وَدُونَwadūnaand withoutٱلْجَهْرِl-jahrithe public utterance / loudnessمِنَminaofٱلْقَوْلِl-qawli[the] word(s),بِٱلْغُدُوِّbil-ghuduwiin the morningsوَٱلْـَٔاصَالِwal-āṣāliand (in) the evenings / nights.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَكُنtakunyou beمِّنَminaamongٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَl-ghāfilīnathe heedless / unaware ones. ﴿٢٠٥﴾

*7:205 Your god is whoever or whatever occupies your mind most of the day. This explains the fact that most of those who believe in God are destined for Hell (See 12:106, 23:84-90, and Appendix 27).

[7:206] Those at your Lord are never too proud to worship Him; they glorify Him and fall prostrate before Him.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who (are)عِندَʿindanearرَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord,لَاlānotيَسْتَكْبِرُونَyastakbirūnathey are arrogant / (too) proudعَنْʿanfromعِبَادَتِهِۦʿibādatihiHis worship.وَيُسَبِّحُونَهُۥwayusabbiḥūnahuAnd they glorify Himوَلَهُۥwalahuand to Himيَسْجُدُونَyasjudūnathey prostrate. ﴿٢٠٦﴾

Sura 7: Al-A'araf (The Purgatory) الأعراف

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