| Surah 7 -
The Elevated Places |
In the name of
Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[7.1] Alif Lam
Mim Suad.
[7.2] A Book revealed to
you-- so let there be no
straightness in your breast on
account of it-- that you may warn
thereby, and a reminder close to the
believers.
[7.3] Follow what has been
revealed to you from your Lord and
do not follow guardians besides Him,
how little do you mind.
[7.4] And how many a town
that We destroyed, so Our punishment
came to it by night or while they
slept at midday.
[7.5] Yet their cry, when Our
punishment came to them, was nothing
but that they said: Surely we were
unjust.
[7.6] Most certainly then We
will question those to whom (the
apostles) were sent, and most
certainly We will also question the
apostles;
[7.7] Then most certainly We
will relate to them with knowledge,
and We were not absent.
[7.8] And the measuring out
on that day will be just; then as
for him whose measure (of good
deeds) is heavy, those are they who
shall be successful;
[7.9] And as for him whose
measure (of good deeds) is light
those are they who have made their
souls suffer loss because they
disbelieved in Our communications.
[7.10] And certainly We have
established you in the earth and
made in it means of livelihood for
you; little it is that you give
thanks.
[7.11] And certainly We
created you, then We fashioned you,
then We said to the angels: Make
obeisance to Adam. So they did
obeisance except Iblis; he was not
of those who did obeisance.
[7.12] He said: What hindered
you so that you did not make
obeisance when I commanded you? He
said: I am better than he: Thou hast
created me of fire, while him Thou
didst create of dust.
[7.13] He said: Then get
forth from this (state), for it does
not befit you to behave proudly
therein. Go forth, therefore, surely
you are of the abject ones.
[7.14] He said: Respite me
until the day when they are raised
up.
[7.15] He said: Surely you
are of the respited ones.
[7.16] He said: As Thou hast
caused me to remain disappointed I
will certainly lie in wait for them
in Thy straight path.
[7.17] Then I will certainly
come to them from before them and
from behind them, and from their
right-hand side and from their
left-hand side; and Thou shalt not
find most of them thankful.
[7.18] He said: Get out of
this (state), despised, driven away;
whoever of them will follow you, I
will certainly fill hell with you
all.
[7.19] And (We said): O Adam!
Dwell you and your wife in the
garden; so eat from where you
desire, but do not go near this
tree, for then you will be of the
unjust.
[7.20] But the Shaitan made
an evil suggestion to them that he
might make manifest to them what had
been hidden from them of their evil
inclinations, and he said: Your Lord
has not forbidden you this tree
except that you may not both become
two angels or that you may (not)
become of the immortals.
[7.21] And he swore to them
both: Most surely I am a sincere
adviser to you.
[7.22] Then he caused them to
fall by deceit; so when they tasted
of the tree, their evil inclinations
became manifest to them, and they
both began to cover themselves with
the leaves of the garden; and their
Lord called out to them: Did I not
forbid you both from that tree and
say to you that the Shaitan is your
open enemy?
[7.23] They said: Our Lord!
We have been unjust to ourselves,
and if Thou forgive us not, and have
(not) mercy on us, we shall
certainly be of the losers.
[7.24] He said: Get forth,
some of you, the enemies of others,
and there is for you in the earth an
abode and a provision for a time.
[7.25] He (also) said:
Therein shall you live, and therein
shall you die, and from it shall you
be raised.
[7.26] O children of Adam! We
have indeed sent down to you
clothing to cover your shame, and
(clothing) for beauty and clothing
that guards (against evil), that is
the best. This is of the
communications of Allah that they
may be mindful.
[7.27] O children of Adam!
let not the Shaitan cause you to
fall into affliction as he expelled
your parents from the garden,
pulling off from them both their
clothing that he might show them
their evil inclinations, he surely
sees you, he as well as his host,
from whence you cannot see them;
surely We have made the Shaitans to
be the guardians of those who do not
believe.
[7.28] And when they commit
an indecency they say: We found our
fathers doing this, and Allah has
enjoined it on us. Say: Surely Allah
does not enjoin indecency; do you
say against Allah what you do not
know?
[7.29] Say: My Lord has
enjoined justice, and set upright
your faces at every time of prayer
and call on Him, being sincere to
Him in obedience; as He brought you
forth in the beginning, so shall you
also return.
[7.30] A part has He guided
aright and (as for another) part,
error is justly their due, surely
they took the Shaitans for guardians
beside Allah, and they think that
they are followers of the right
[7.31] O children of Adam!
attend to your embellishments at
every time of prayer, and eat and
drink and be not extravagant; surely
He does not love the extravagant.
[7.32] Say: Who has
prohibited the embellishment of
Allah which He has brought forth for
His servants and the good
provisions? Say: These are for the
believers in the life of this world,
purely (theirs) on the resurrection
day; thus do We make the
communications clear for a people
who know.
[7.33] Say: My Lord has only
prohibited indecencies, those of
them that are apparent as well as
those that are concealed, and sin
and rebellion without justice, and
that you associate with Allah that
for which He has not sent down any
authority, and that you say against
Allah what you do not know.
[7.34] And for every nation
there is a doom, so when their doom
is come they shall not remain behind
the least while, nor shall they go
before.
[7.35] O children of Adam! if
there come to you apostles from
among you relating to you My
communications, then whoever shall
guard (against evil) and act
aright-- they shall have no fear nor
shall they grieve.
[7.36] And (as for) those who
reject Our communications and turn
away from them haughtily-- these are
the inmates of the fire they shall
abide in it.
[7.37] Who is then more
unjust than he who forges a lie
against Allah or rejects His
communications? (As for) those,
their portion of the Book shall
reach them, until when Our
messengers come to them causing them
to die, they shall say: Where is
that which you used to call upon
besides Allah? They would say: They
are gone away from us; and they
shall bear witness against
themselves that they were
unbelievers
[7.38] He will say: Enter
into fire among the nations that
have passed away before you from
among jinn and men; whenever a
nation shall enter, it shall curse
its sister, until when they have all
come up with one another into it;
the last of them shall say with
regard to the foremost of them: Our
Lord! these led us astray therefore
give them a double chastisement of
the fire. He will say: Every one
shall have double but you do not
know.
[7.39] And the foremost of
them will say to the last of them:
So you have no preference over us;
therefore taste the chastisement for
what you earned.
[7.40] Surely (as for) those
who reject Our communications and
turn away from them haughtily, the
doors of heaven shall not be opened
for them, nor shall they enter the
garden until the camel pass through
the eye of the needle; and thus do
We reward the guilty.
[7.41] They shall have a bed
of hell-fire and from above them
coverings (of it); and thus do We
reward the unjust.
[7.42] And (as for) those who
believe and do good We do not impose
on any soul a duty except to the
extent of its ability-- they are the
dwellers of the garden; in it they
shall abide.
[7.43] And We will remove
whatever of ill-feeling is in their
breasts; the rivers shall flow
beneath them and they shall say: All
praise is due to Allah Who guided us
to this, and we would not have found
the way had it not been that Allah
had guided us; certainly the
apostles of our Lord brought the
truth; and it shall be cried out to
them that this is the garden of
which you are made heirs for what
you did.
[7.44] And the dwellers of
the garden will call out to the
inmates of the fire: Surely we have
found what our Lord promised us to
be true; have you too found what
your Lord promised to be true? They
will say: Yes. Then a crier will cry
out among them that the curse of
Allah is on the unjust.
[7.45] Who hinder (people)
from Allah's way and seek to make it
crooked, and they are disbelievers
in the hereafter.
[7.46] And between the two
there shall be a veil, and on the
most elevated places there shall be
men who know all by their marks, and
they shall call out to the dwellers
of the garden: Peace be on you; they
shall not have yet entered it,
though they hope.
[7.47] And when their eyes
shall be turned towards the inmates
of the fire, they shall say: Our
Lord! place us not with the unjust
[7.48] And the dwellers of
the most elevated places shall call
out to men whom they will recognize
by their marks saying: Of no avail
were to you your amassing and your
behaving haughtily:
[7.49] Are these they about
whom you swore that Allah will not
bestow mercy on them? Enter the
garden; you shall have no fear, nor
shall you grieve.
[7.50] And the inmates of the
fire shall call out to the dwellers
of the garden, saying: Pour on us
some water or of that which Allah
has given you. They shall say:
Surely Allah has prohibited them
both to the unbelievers.
[7.51] Who take their
religion for an idle sport and a
play and this life's world deceives
them; so today We forsake them, as
they neglected the meeting of this
day of theirs and as they denied Our
communications.
[7.52] And certainly We have
brought them a Book which We have
made clear with knowledge, a
guidance and a mercy for a people
who believe.
[7.53] Do they wait for aught
but its final sequel? On the day
when its final sequel comes about,
those who neglected it before will
say: Indeed the apostles of our Lord
brought the truth; are there for us
then any intercessors so that they
should intercede on our behalf? Or
could we be sent back so that we
should do (deeds) other than those
which we did? Indeed they have lost
their souls and that which they
forged has gone away from them.
[7.54] Surely your Lord is
Allah, Who created the heavens and
the earth in six periods of time,
and He is firm in power; He throws
the veil of night over the day,
which it pursues incessantly; and
(He created) the sun and the moon
and the stars, made subservient by
His command; surely His is the
creation and the command; blessed is
Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
[7.55] Call on your Lord
humbly and secretly; surely He does
not love those who exceed the
limits.
[7.56] And do not make
mischief in the earth after its
reformation, and call on Him fearing
and hoping; surely the mercy of
Allah is nigh to those who do good
(to others).
[7.57] And He it is Who sends
forth the winds bearing good news
before His mercy, until, when they
bring up a laden cloud, We drive it
to a dead land, then We send down
water on it, then bring forth with
it of fruits of all kinds; thus
shall We bring forth the dead that
you may be mindful.
[7.58] And as for the good
land, its vegetation springs forth
(abundantly) by the permission of
its Lord, and (as for) that which is
inferior (its herbage) comes forth
but scantily; thus do We repeat the
communications for a people who give
thanks.
[7.59] Certainly We sent Nuh
to his people, so he said: O my
people! serve Allah, you have no god
other than Him; surely I fear for
you the chastisement of a grievous
day.
[7.60] The chiefs of his
people said: Most surely we see you
in clear error.
[7.61] He said: O my people!
there is no error in me, but I am an
apostle from the Lord of the worlds.
[7.62] I deliver to you the
messages of my Lord, and I offer you
good advice and I know from Allah
what you do not know.
[7.63] What! do you wonder
that a reminder has come to you from
your Lord through a man from among
you, that he might warn you and that
you might guard (against evil) and
so that mercy may be shown to you?
[7.64] But they called him a
liar, so We delivered him and those
with him in the ark, and We drowned
those who rejected Our
communications; surely they were a
blind people.
[7.65] And to Ad (We sent)
their brother Hud. He said: O my
people! serve Allah, you have no god
other than Him; will you not then
guard (against evil)?
[7.66] The chiefs of those
who disbelieved from among his
people said: Most surely we see you
in folly, and most surely we think
you to be of the liars.
[7.67] He said: O my people!
there is no folly in me, but I am an
apostle of the Lord of the worlds.
[7.68] I deliver to you the
messages of my Lord and I am a
faithful adviser to you:
[7.69] What! do you wonder
that a reminder has come to you from
your Lord through a man from among
you that he might warn you? And
remember when He made you successors
after Nuh's people and increased you
in excellence in respect of make;
therefore remember the benefits of
Allah, that you may be successful.
[7.70] They said: Have you
come to us that we may serve Allah
alone and give up what our fathers
used to serve? Then bring to us what
you threaten us with, if you are of
the truthful ones.
[7.71] He said: Indeed
uncleanness and wrath from your Lord
have lighted upon you; what! do you
dispute with me about names which
you and your fathers have given?
Allah has not sent any authority for
them; wait then, I too with you will
be of those who wait.
[7.72] So We delivered him
and those with him by mercy from Us,
and We cut off the last of those who
rejected Our communications and were
not believers.
[7.73] And to Samood (We
sent) their brother Salih. He said:
O my people! serve Allah, you have
no god other than Him; clear proof
indeed has come to you from your
Lord; this is (as) Allah's she-camel
for you-- a sign, therefore leave
her alone to pasture on Allah's
earth, and do not touch her with any
harm, otherwise painful chastisement
will overtake you.
[7.74] And remember when He
made you successors after Ad and
settled you in the land-- you make
mansions on its plains and hew out
houses in the mountains-- remember
therefore Allah's benefits and do
not act corruptly in the land,
making mischief.
[7.75] The chief of those who
behaved proudly among his people
said to those who were considered
weak, to those who believed from
among them: Do you know that Salih
is sent by his Lord? They said:
Surely we are believers in what he
has been sent with
[7.76] Those who were haughty
said: Surely we are deniers of what
you believe in.
[7.77] So they slew the
she-camel and revolted against their
Lord's commandment, and they said: O
Salih! bring us what you threatened
us with, if you are one of the
apostles.
[7.78] Then the earthquake
overtook them, so they became
motionless bodies in their abode.
[7.79] Then he turned away
from them and said: O my people I
did certainly deliver to you the
message of my Lord, and I gave you
good advice, but you do not love
those who give good advice.
[7.80] And (We sent) Lut when
he said to his people: What! do you
commit an indecency which any one in
the world has not done before you?
[7.81] Most surely you come
to males in lust besides females;
nay you are an extravagant people.
[7.82] And the answer of his
people was no other than that they
said: Turn them out of your town,
surely they are a people who seek to
purify (themselves).
[7.83] So We delivered him
and his followers, except his wife;
she was of those who remained
behind.
[7.84] And We rained upon
them a rain; consider then what was
the end of the guilty.
[7.85] And to Madyan (We
sent) their brother Shu'aib. He
said: 0 my people! serve Allah, you
have no god other than Him; clear
proof indeed has come to you from
your Lord, therefore give full
measure and weight and do not
diminish to men their things, and do
not make mischief in the land after
its reform; this is better for you
if you are believers:
[7.86] And do not lie in wait
in every path, threatening and
turning away from Allah's way him
who believes in Him and seeking to
make it crooked; and remember when
you were few then He multiplied you,
and consider what was the end of the
mischief-makers.
[7.87] And if there is a
party of you who believe in that
with which am sent, and another
party who do not believe, then wait
patiently until Allah judges between
us; and He is the best of the
Judges.
[7.88] The chiefs, those who
were proud from among his people
said: We will most certainly turn
you out, O Shu'aib, and (also; those
who believe with you, from our town,
or you shall come back to our faith.
He said: What! though we dislike
(it)?
[7.89] Indeed we shall have
forged a lie against Allah If we go
back to your religion after Allah
has delivered us from It, and it
befits us not that we should go back
to it, except if Allah our Lord
please: Our Lord comprehends all
things :n His knowledge; in Allah do
we trust: Our Lord! decide between
us and our people with truth; and
Thou art the best of deciders.
[7.90] And the chiefs of
those who disbelieved from among his
people said: If you follow Shu'aib,
you shall then most surely be losers
[7.91] Then the earthquake
overtook them, so they became
motionless bodies in their abode.
[7.92] Those who called
Shu'aib a liar were as though they
had never dwelt therein; those who
called Shu'aib a liar, they were the
losers.
[7.93] So he turned away from
them and said: O my people!
certainly I delivered to you the
messages of my Lord and I gave you
good advice; how shall I then be
sorry for an unbelieving people?
[7.94] And We did not send a
prophet in a town but We overtook
its people with distress and
affliction in order that they might
humble themselves.
[7.95] Then We gave them good
in the place of evil until they
became many and said: Distress and
happiness did indeed befall our
fathers. Then We took them by
surprise while they did not
perceive.
[7.96] And if the people of
the towns had believed and guarded
(against evil) We would certainly
have opened up for them blessings
from the heaven and the earth, but
they rejected, so We overtook them
for what they had earned.
[7.97] What! do the people of
the towns then feel secure from Our
punishment coming to them by night
while they sleep?
[7.98] What! do the people of
the towns feel secure from Our
punishment coming to them in the
morning while they play?
[7.99] What! do they then
feel secure from Allah's plan? But
none feels secure from Allah's plan
except the people who shall perish.
[7.100] Is it not clear to
those who inherit the earth after
its (former) residents that if We
please We would afflict them on
account of their faults and set a
seal on their hearts so they would
not hear.
[7.101] These towns-- We
relate to you some of their stories,
and certainly their apostles came to
them with clear arguments, but they
would not believe in what they
rejected at first; thus does Allah
set a seal over the hearts of the
unbelievers
[7.102] And We did not find
in most of them any (faithfulness
to) covenant, and We found most of
them to be certainly transgressors.
[7.103] Then we raised after
them Musa with Our communications to
Firon and his chiefs, but they
disbelieved in them; consider then
what was the end of the mischief
makers.
[7.104] And Musa said: O
Firon! surely I am an apostle from
the Lord of the worlds:
[7.105] (I am) worthy of not
saying anything about Allah except
the truth: I have come to you indeed
with clear proof from your Lord,
therefore send with me the children
of Israel
[7.106] He said: If you have
come with a sign, then bring it, if
you are of the truthful ones.
[7.107] So he threw his rod,
then lo! it was a clear serpent.
[7.108] And he drew forth his
hand, and lo! it was white to the
beholders.
[7.109] The chiefs of Firon's
people said: most surely this is an
enchanter possessed of knowledge:
[7.110] He intends to turn
you out of your land. What counsel
do you then give?
[7.111] They said: Put him
off and his brother, and send
collectors into the cities:
[7.112] That they may bring
to you every enchanter possessed of
knowledge.
[7.113] And the enchanters
came to Firon (and) said: We must
surely have a reward if we are the
prevailing ones.
[7.114] He said: Yes, and you
shall certainly be of those who are
near (to me).
[7.115] They said: O Musa!
will you cast, or shall we be the
first to cast?
[7.116] He said: Cast. So
when they cast, they deceived the
people's eyes and frightened them,
and they produced a mighty
enchantment.
[7.117] And We revealed to
Musa, saying: Cast your rod; then
lo! it devoured the lies they told.
[7.118] So the truth was
established, and what they did
became null.
[7.119] Thus they were
vanquished there, and they went back
abased.
[7.120] And the enchanters
were thrown down, prostrating
(themselves).
[7.121] They said: We believe
in the Lord of the worlds,
[7.122] The Lord of Musa and
Haroun.
[7.123] Firon said: Do you
believe in Him before I have given
you permission? Surely this is a
plot which you have secretly devised
in this city, that you may turn out
of it its people, but you shall
know:
[7.124] 1 will certainly cut
off your hands and your feet on
opposite sides, then will I crucify
you all together.
[7.125] They said: Surely to
our Lord shall we go back:
[7.126] And you do not take
revenge on us except because we have
believed in the communications of
our Lord when they came to us! Our
Lord: Pour out upon us patience and
cause us to die in submission.
[7.127] And the chiefs of
Firon's people said: Do you leave
Musa and his people to make mischief
in the land and to forsake you and
your gods? He said: We will slay
their sons and spare their women,
and surely we are masters over them.
[7.128] Musa said to his
people: Ask help from Allah and be
patient; surely the land is Allah's;
He causes such of His servants to
inherit it as He pleases, and the
end is for those who guard (against
evil).
[7.129] They said: We have
been persecuted before you came to
us and since you have come to us. He
said: It may be that your Lord will
destroy your enemy and make you
rulers in the land, then He will see
how you act.
[7.130] And certainly We
overtook Firon's people with
droughts and diminution of fruits
that they may be mindful.
[7.131] But when good befell
them they said: This is due to us;
and when evil afflicted them, they
attributed it to the ill-luck of
Musa and those with him; surely
their evil fortune is only from
Allah but most of them do not know.
[7.132] And they said:
Whatever sign you may bring to us to
charm us with it-- we will not
believe in you.
[7.133] Therefore We sent
upon them widespread death, and the
locusts and the lice and the frog
and the blood, clear signs; but they
behaved haughtily and they were a
guilty people.
[7.134] And when the plague
fell upon them, they said: O Musa!
pray for us to your Lord as He has
promised with you, if you remove the
plague from us, we will certainly
believe in you and we will certainly
send away with you the children of
Israel.
[7.135] But when We removed
the plague from them till a term
which they should attain lo! they
broke (the promise).
[7.136] Therefore We
inflicted retribution on them and
drowned them in the sea because they
rejected Our signs and were heedless
of them.
[7.137] And We made the
people who were deemed weak to
inherit the eastern lands and the
western ones which We had blessed;
and the good word of your Lord was
fulfilled in the children of Israel
because they bore up (sufferings)
patiently; and We utterly destroyed
what Firon and his people had
wrought and what they built.
[7.138] And We made the
children of Israel to pass the sea;
then they came upon a people who
kept to the worship of their idols
They said: O Musa! make for us a god
as they have (their) gods He said:
Surely you are a people acting
ignorantly:
[7.139] (As to) these, surely
that about which they are shall be
brought to naught and that which
they do is vain.
[7.140] He said: What! shall
I seek for you a god other than
Allah while He has made you excel
(all) created things?
[7.141] And when We delivered
you from Firon's people who
subjected you to severe torment,
killing your sons and sparing your
women, and in this there was a great
trial from your Lord.
[7.142] And We appointed with
Musa a time of thirty nights and
completed them with ten (more), so
the appointed time of his Lord was
complete forty nights, and Musa said
to his brother Haroun: Take my place
among my people, and act well and do
not follow the way of the
mischief-makers.
[7.143] And when Musa came at
Our appointed time and his Lord
spoke to him, he said: My Lord! show
me (Thyself), so that I may look
upon Thee. He said: You cannot (bear
to) see Me but look at the mountain,
if it remains firm in its place,
then will you see Me; but when his
Lord manifested His glory to the
mountain He made it crumble and Musa
fell down in a swoon; then when he
recovered, he said: Glory be to
Thee, I turn to Thee, and I am the
first of the believers.
[7.144] He said: O Musa!
surely I have chosen you above the
people with My messages and with My
words, therefore take hold of what I
give to you and be of the grateful
ones.
[7.145] And We ordained for
him in the tablets admonition of
every kind and clear explanation of
all things; so take hold of them
with firmness and enjoin your people
to take hold of what is best
thereof; I will show you the abode
of the transgressors.
[7.146] 1 will turn away from
My communications those who are
unjustly proud in the earth; and if
they see every sign they will not
believe m It; and if they see the
way of rectitude they do not take It
for a way, and if they see the way
of error. they take it for a way;
this is because they rejected Our
communications and were heedless of
them.
[7.147] And (as to) those who
reject Our communications and the
meeting of the hereafter, their
deeds are null. Shall they be
rewarded except for what they have
done?
[7.148] And Musa's people
made of their ornaments a calf after
him, a (mere) body, which gave a
mooing sound. What! could they not
see that it did not speak to them
nor guide them m the way? They took
it (for worship) and they were
unjust.
[7.149] And when they
repented and saw that they had gone
astray, they said: If our Lord show
not mercy to us and forgive us we
shall certainly be of the losers.
[7.150] And when Musa
returned to his people, wrathful
(and) in violent grief, he said:
Evil is it that you have done after
me; did you turn away from the
bidding of your Lord? And he threw
down the tablets and seized his
brother by the head, dragging him
towards him. He said: Son of my
mother! surely the people reckoned
me weak and had well-nigh slain me,
therefore make not the enemies to
rejoice over me and count me not
among the unjust people.
[7.151] He said: My Lord!
forgive me and my brother and cause
us to enter into Thy mercy, and Thou
art the most Merciful of the
merciful ones.
[7.152] (As for) those who
took the calf (for a god), surely
wrath from their Lord and disgrace
in this world's life shall overtake
them, and thus do We recompense the
devisers of lies.
[7.153] And (as to) those who
do evil deeds, then repent after
that and believe, your Lord after
that is most surely Forgiving,
Merciful.
[7.154] And when Musa's anger
calmed down he took up the tablets,
and in the writing thereof was
guidance and mercy for those who
fear for the sake of their Lord.
[7.155] And Musa chose out of
his people seventy men for Our
appointment; so when the earthquake
overtook them, he said: My Lord! if
Thou hadst pleased, Thou hadst
destroyed them before and myself
(too); wilt Thou destroy us for what
the fools among us have done? It is
naught but Thy trial, Thou makest
err with it whom Thou pleases and
guides whom Thou pleases: Thou art
our Guardian, therefore forgive us
and have mercy on us, and Thou art
the best of the forgivers.
[7.156] And ordain for us
good in this world's life and m the
hereafter, for surely we turn to
Thee. He said: (As for) My
chastisement, I will afflict with it
whom I please, and My mercy
encompasses all things; so I will
ordain it (specially) for those who
guard (against evil) and pay the
poor-rate, and those who believe in
Our communications.
[7.157] Those who follow the
Apostle-Prophet, the Ummi, whom they
find written down with them in the
Taurat and the Injeel (who) enjoins
them good and forbids them evil, and
makes lawful to them the good things
and makes unlawful to them impure
things, and removes from them their
burden and the shackles which were
upon them; so (as for) those who
believe in him and honor him and
help him, and follow the light which
has been sent down with him, these
it is that are the successful.
[7.158] Say: O people! surely
I am the Apostle of Allah to you
all, of Him Whose is the kingdom of
the heavens and the earth there is
no god but He; He brings to life and
causes to die therefore believe in
Allah and His apostle, the Ummi
Prophet who believes in Allah and
His words, and follow him so that
you may walk in the right way.
[7.159] And of Musa's people
was a party who guided (people) with
the truth, and thereby did they do
justice.
[7.160] And We divided them
into twelve tribes, as nations; and
We revealed to Musa when his people
asked him for water: Strike the rock
with your staff, so outknowed from
it twelve springs; each tribe knew
its drinking place; and We made the
clouds to give shade over them and
We sent to them manna and quails:
Eat of the good things We have given
you. And they did not do Us any
harm, but they did injustice to
their own souls.
[7.161] And when it was said
to them: Reside in this town and eat
from it wherever you wish, and say,
Put down from us our heavy burdens:
and enter the gate making obeisance,
We will forgive you your wrongs: We
will give more to those who do good
(to others).
[7.162] But those who were
unjust among them changed it for a
saying other than that which had
been spoken to them; so We sent upon
them a pestilence from heaven
because they were unjust.
[7.163] And ask them about
the town which stood by the sea;
when they exceeded the limits of the
Sabbath, when their fish came to
them on the day of their Sabbath,
appearing on the surface of the
water, and on the day on which they
did not keep the Sabbath they did
not come to them; thus did We try
them because they transgressed.
[7.164] And when a party of
them said: Why do you admonish a
with a severe chastisement? They
said: To be free from blame before
your Lord, and that haply they may
guard (against evil).
[7.165] So when they
neglected what they had been
reminded of, We delivered those who
forbade evil and We overtook those
who were unjust with an evil
chastisement because they
transgressed.
[7.166] Therefore when they
revoltingly persisted in what they
had been forbidden, We said to them:
Be (as) apes, despised and hated.
[7.167] And when your Lord
announced that He would certainly
send against them to the day of
resurrection those who would subject
them to severe torment; most surely
your Lord is quick to requite (evil)
and most surely He is Forgiving,
Merciful.
[7.168] And We cut them up on
the earth into parties, (some) of
them being righteous and (others) of
them falling short of that, and We
tried them with blessings and
misfortunes that they might turn.
[7.169] Then there came after
them an evil posterity who inherited
the Book, taking only the frail good
of this low life and saying: It will
be forgiven us. And if the like good
came to them, they would take it
(too). Was not a promise taken from
them in the Book that they would not
speak anything about Allah but the
truth, and they have read what is in
it; and the abode of the hereafter
is better for those who guard
(against evil). Do you not then
understand?
[7.170] And (as for) those
who hold fast by the Book and keep
up prayer, surely We do not waste
the reward of the right doers.
[7.171] And when We shook the
mountain over them as if it were a
covering overhead, and they thought
that it was going to fall down upon
them: Take hold of what We have
given you with firmness, and be
mindful of what is in it, so that
you may guard (against evil).
[7.172] And when your Lord
brought forth from the children of
Adam, from their backs, their
descendants, and made them bear
witness against their own souls: Am
I not your Lord? They said: Yes! we
bear witness. Lest you should say on
the day of resurrection: Surely we
were heedless of this.
[7.173] Or you should say:
Only our fathers associated others
(with Allah) before, and we were an
offspring after them: Wilt Thou then
destroy us for what the vain doers
did?
[7.174] And thus do We make
clear the communications, and that
haply they might return.
[7.175] And recite to them
the narrative of him to whom We give
Our communications, but he withdraws
himself from them, so the Shaitan
overtakes him, so he is of those who
go astray.
[7.176] And if We had
pleased, We would certainly have
exalted him thereby; but he clung to
the earth and followed his low
desire, so his parable is as the
parable of the dog; if you attack
him he lolls out his tongue; and if
you leave him alone he lolls out his
tongue; this is the parable of the
people who reject Our
communications; therefore relate the
narrative that they may reflect.
[7.177] Evil is the likeness
of the people who reject Our
communications and are unjust to
their own souls.
[7.178] Whomsoever Allah
guides, he is the one who follows
the right way; and whomsoever He
causes to err, these are the losers.
[7.179] And certainly We have
created for hell many of the jinn
and the men; they have hearts with
which they do not understand, and
they have eyes with which they do
not see, and they have ears with
which they do not hear; they are as
cattle, nay, they are in worse
errors; these are the heedless ones.
[7.180] And Allah's are the
best names, therefore call on Him
thereby, and leave alone those who
violate the sanctity of His names;
they shall be recompensed for what
they did.
[7.181] And of those whom We
have created are a people who guide
with the truth and thereby they do
justice.
[7.182] And (as to) those who
reject Our communications, We draw
them near (to destruction) by
degrees from whence they know not.
[7.183] And I grant them
respite; surely My scheme is
effective.
[7.184] Do they not reflect
that their companion has not
unsoundness in mind; he is only a
plain warner.
[7.185] Do they not consider
the kingdom of the heavens and the
earth and whatever things Allah has
created, and that may be their doom
shall have drawn nigh; what
announcement would they then believe
in after this?
[7.186] Whomsoever Allah
causes to err, there is no guide for
him; and He leaves them alone in
their inordinacy, blindly wandering
on.
[7.187] They ask you about
the hour, when will be its taking
place? Say: The knowledge of it is
only with my Lord; none but He shall
manifest it at its time; it will be
momentous in the heavens and the
earth; it will not come on you but
of a sudden. They ask you as if you
were solicitous about it. Say: Its
knowledge is only with Allah, but
most people do not know.
[7.188] Say: I do not control
any benefit or harm for my own soul
except as Allah please; and had I
known the unseen I would have had
much of good and no evil would have
touched me; I am nothing but a
warner and the giver of good news to
a people who believe.
[7.189] He it is Who created
you from a single being, and of the
same (kind) did He make his mate,
that he might incline to her; so
when he covers her she bears a light
burden, then moves about with it;
but when it grows heavy, they both
call upon Allah, their Lord: If Thou
givest us a good one, we shall
certainly be of the grateful ones.
[7.190] But when He gives
them a good one, they set up with
Him associates in what He has given
them; but high is Allah above what
they associate (with Him).
[7.191] What! they associate
(with Him) that which does not
create any thing, while they are
themselves created!
[7.192] And they have no
power to give them help, nor can
they help themselves.
[7.193] And if you invite
them to guidance, they will not
follow you; it is the same to you
whether you invite them or you are
silent.
[7.194] Surely those whom you
call on besides Allah are in a state
of subjugation like yourselves;
therefore call on them, then let
them answer you if you are truthful.
[7.195] Have they feet with
which they walk, or have they hands
with which they hold, or have they
eyes with which they see, or have
they ears with which they hear? Say:
Call your associates, then make a
struggle (to prevail) against me and
give me no respite.
[7.196] Surely my guardian is
Allah, Who revealed the Book, and He
befriends the good.
[7.197] And those whom you
call upon besides Him are not able
to help you, nor can they help
themselves.
[7.198] And if you invite
them to guidance, they do not hear;
and you see them looking towards
you, yet they do not see.
[7.199] Take to forgiveness
and enjoin good and turn aside from
the ignorant.
[7.200] And if a false
imputation from the Shaitan afflict
you, seek refuge in Allah; surely He
is Hearing, Knowing.
[7.201] Surely those who
guard (against evil), when a
visitation from the Shaitan afflicts
them they become mindful, then lo!
they see.
[7.202] And their brethren
increase them in error, then they
cease not.
[7.203] And when you bring
them not a revelation they say: Why
do you not forge it? Say: I only
follow what is revealed to me from
my Lord; these are clear proofs from
your Lord and a guidance and a mercy
for a people who believe.
[7.204] And when the Quran is
recited, then listen to it and
remain silent, that mercy may be
shown to you.
[7.205] And remember your
Lord within yourself humbly and
fearing and in a voice not loud in
the morning and the evening and be
not of the heedless ones.
[7.206] Surely those who are
with your Lord are not too proud to
serve Him, and they declare His
glory and throw themselves down in
humility before Him. |
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