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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 straitness 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 ca!l out to men whom they will recognize by their marks
saying: Of no avail were to you your amassings 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 G-d 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 G-d 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 G-d
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 G-d
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 G-d 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 G-d), 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 pleasest and guidest whom Thou pleasest: 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 G-d 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 outnowed 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, thcy 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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