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7. Surah Al-A'raf

The Heights · Makki · 206 Ayahs

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

7:1

الٓمٓصٓ Alif Laam Meem Saad ١

Alif, Lām, Meem, Ṣād.

— Come To Light

7:2

كِتَـٰبٌ (This is) a Book أُنزِلَ revealed إِلَيْكَ to you فَلَا so (let) not يَكُن be فِى in صَدْرِكَ your breast حَرَجٌۭ any uneasiness مِّنْهُ from it لِتُنذِرَ that you warn بِهِۦ with it وَذِكْرَىٰ and a reminder لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ for the believers ٢

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

— Come To Light

7:3

ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ Follow مَآ what أُنزِلَ has been revealed إِلَيْكُم to you مِّن from رَّبِّكُمْ your Lord وَلَا and (do) not تَتَّبِعُوا۟ follow مِن from دُونِهِۦٓ beside Him أَوْلِيَآءَ ۗ any allies قَلِيلًۭا Little مَّا (is) what تَذَكَّرُونَ you remember ٣

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

— Come To Light

7:4

وَكَم And how many مِّن of قَرْيَةٍ a city أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَا We destroyed it فَجَآءَهَا and came to it بَأْسُنَا Our punishment بَيَـٰتًا (at) night أَوْ or هُمْ (while) they قَآئِلُونَ were sleeping at noon ٤

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

— Come To Light

7:5

فَمَا Then not كَانَ was دَعْوَىٰهُمْ their plea إِذْ when جَآءَهُم came to them بَأْسُنَآ Our punishment إِلَّآ except أَن that قَالُوٓا۟ they said إِنَّا Indeed, we كُنَّا were ظَـٰلِمِينَ wrongdoers ٥

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

— Come To Light

7:6

فَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ Then surely We will question ٱلَّذِينَ those (to) whom أُرْسِلَ were sent إِلَيْهِمْ to them (Messengers) وَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ and surely We will question ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ the Messengers ٦

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

— Come To Light

7:7

فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ Then surely We will narrate عَلَيْهِم to them بِعِلْمٍۢ ۖ with knowledge وَمَا and not كُنَّا were We غَآئِبِينَ absent ٧

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

— Come To Light

7:8

وَٱلْوَزْنُ And the weighing يَوْمَئِذٍ that day ٱلْحَقُّ ۚ (will be) the truth فَمَن So whose ثَقُلَتْ (will be) heavy مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ his scales فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ then those هُمُ [they] ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ (will be) the successful ones ٨

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

— Come To Light

7:9

وَمَنْ And (for) those خَفَّتْ (will be) light مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ his scales فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ so those ٱلَّذِينَ (will be) the ones who خَسِرُوٓا۟ lost أَنفُسَهُم themselves بِمَا because كَانُوا۟ they were بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا to Our Verses يَظْلِمُونَ (doing) injustice ٩

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

— Come To Light

وَلَقَدْ And certainly مَكَّنَّـٰكُمْ We established you فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth وَجَعَلْنَا and We made لَكُمْ for you فِيهَا in it مَعَـٰيِشَ ۗ livelihood قَلِيلًۭا Little مَّا (is) what تَشْكُرُونَ you (are) grateful ١٠

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

— Come To Light

وَلَقَدْ And certainly خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ We created you ثُمَّ then صَوَّرْنَـٰكُمْ We fashioned you ثُمَّ Then قُلْنَا We said لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ to the Angels ٱسْجُدُوا۟ Prostrate لِـَٔادَمَ to Adam فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ So they prostrated إِلَّآ except إِبْلِيسَ Iblis لَمْ Not يَكُن he was مِّنَ of ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ those who prostrated ١١

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

— Come To Light

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