سورة الأعراف - محمود شلبي
سورة الأعراف الكريمة : 1 - 206
[ Holy Quran - Chapter : 7 - Surat : Al-A’raf ( The Ramparts ) - Verses : 1 - 206 ]
اضغط على الصورة لتكبيرها ولكي تتمكن من القراءة بسهولة
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Translation (1) : [ Dr. Mohsin Khan ]
[ Holy Quran - Chapter : 7 - Surat : Al-A’raf ( The Ramparts ) - Verses : 1 - 206 ]
In the name of Allah the Almighty God , the Most Beneficent , the Most Merciful .
Alif-Lâm-Mîm-Sâd. [These letters are one of the miracles of
the Qur'ân and none but Allâh (Alone) knows their meanings]. (1)
(This is the) Book (the Qur'ân) sent down unto you (O Muhammad SAW), so let not
your breast be narrow therefrom, that you warn thereby, and a reminder unto the
believers. (2) [Say (O Muhammad SAW) to these idolaters (pagan Arabs) of your
folk:] Follow what has been sent down unto you from your Lord (the Qur'ân and
Prophet Muhammad's Sunnah), and follow not any Auliyâ' (protectors and helpers
who order you to associate partners in worship with Allâh), besides Him
(Allâh). Little do you remember! (3) And a great number of towns (their
population) We destroyed (for their crimes). Our torment came upon
them (suddenly) by night or while they were taking their midday nap. (4) No cry
did they utter when Our Torment came upon them but this: "Verily, we were
Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers)". (5) Then surely, We shall
question those (people) to whom it (the Book) was sent and verily, We shall
question the Messengers. (6) Then surely, We shall narrate unto them
(their whole story) with knowledge, and indeed We were not been absent. (7) And
the weighing on that day (Day of Resurrection) will be the true (weighing)[].
So as for those whose scale (of good deeds) will be heavy, they will be the
successful (by entering Paradise). (8) And as for those whose scale will be
light, they are those who will lose their ownselves (by entering Hell) because
they denied and rejected Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations, etc.). (9) And surely, We gave you authority on the earth and
appointed for you therein provisions (for your life). Little thanks do you
give. (10) And surely, We created you (your father Adam) and then gave you
shape (the noble shape of a human being); then We told the angels,
"Prostrate yourselves to Adam", and they prostrated themselves,
except Iblîs (Satan), he refused to be of those who prostrated themselves. (11)(Allâh)
said: "What prevented you (O Iblîs) that you did not prostrate yourself,
when I commanded you?" Iblîs said: "I am better than him (Adam), You
created me from fire, and him You created from clay." (12) (Allâh) said:
"(O Iblîs) get down from this (Paradise), it is not for you to be arrogant
here. Get out, for you are of those humiliated and disgraced." (13)
(Iblîs) said: "Allow me respite till the Day they are raised up (i.e. the
Day of Resurrection)." (14) (Allâh) said: "You are of those
respited." (15) (Iblîs) said: "Because You have sent me astray,
surely I will sit in wait against them (human beings) on Your Straight Path (16)
Then I will come to them from before them and behind them, from their right and
from their left, and You will not find most of them as thankful ones (i.e. they
will not be dutiful to You)." (17) (Allâh) said (to Iblîs) "Get out
from this (Paradise) disgraced and expelled. Whoever of them (mankind) will
follow you, then surely I will fill Hell with you all." (18) "And O
Adam! Dwell you and your wife in Paradise, and eat thereof as you both
wish, but approach not this tree otherwise you both will be of the Zâlimûn
(unjust and wrong-doers)." (19) Then Shaitân (Satan) whispered suggestions
to them both in order to uncover that which was hidden from them of their
private parts (before); he said: "Your Lord did not forbid you this tree
save that you should become angels or become of the immortals." (20) And
he [Shaitân (Satan)] swore by Allâh to them both (saying): "Verily, I am
one of the sincere well-wishers for you both." (21) So he misled them with
deception. Then when they tasted of the tree, that which was hidden from them
of their shame (private parts) became manifest to them and they began to cover
themselves with the leaves of Paradise (in order to cover their
shame). And their Lord called out to them (saying): "Did I not forbid you
that tree and tell you: Verily, Shaitân (Satan) is an open enemy unto
you?" (22)They said: "Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You
forgive us not, and bestow not upon us Your Mercy, we shall certainly be of the
losers." (23) (Allâh) said: "Get down, one of you is an enemy to the
other [i.e. Adam, Hawwa (Eve), and Shaitân (Satan),]. On earth will be a
dwelling-place for you and an enjoyment, - for a time." (24) He said:
"Therein you shall live, and therein you shall die, and from it you shall
be brought out (i.e.resurrected)." (25) O Children of Adam! We have bestowed
raiment upon you to cover yourselves (screen your private parts) and as an
adornment, and the raiment of righteousness, that is better. Such are among the
Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allâh,
that they may remember (i.e. leave falsehood and follow truth[]). (26) O
Children of Adam! Let not Shaitân (Satan) deceive you, as he got your parents
[Adam and Hawwa (Eve)] out of Paradise, stripping them of their raiments,
to show them their private parts. Verily, he and Qabîluhu (his soldiers from
the jinn or his tribe) see you from where you cannot see them. Verily, We made
the Shayâtin (devils) Auliyâ' (protectors and helpers) for those who believe
not. (27) And when they commit a Fâhishah (evil deed, going round the Ka'bah in
naked state, and every kind of unlawful sexual intercourse), they say: "We
found our fathers doing it, and Allâh has commanded it on us." Say:
"Nay, Allâh never commands of Fâhishah. Do you say of Allâh what you know
not? (28) Say (O Muhammad SAW): My Lord has commanded justice and (said) that
you should face Him only (i.e. worship none but Allâh and face the Qiblah, i.e.
the Ka'bah at Makkah during prayers) in every place of worship, in prayers (and
not to face other false deities and idols), and invoke Him only making your
religion sincere to Him (by not joining in worship any partner to Him and with
the intention that you are doing your deeds for Allâh's sake only). As He
brought you (into being) in the beginning, so shall you be brought into being [on
the Day of Resurrection (in two groups, one as a blessed one (believers), and
the other as a wretched one (disbelievers)]. (29) A group He has guided, and a
group deserved to be in error; (because) surely they took the Shayâtin (devils)
as Auliyâ' (protectors and helpers) instead of Allâh, and think that they are
guided. (30)O Children of Adam! Take your adornment (by wearing your clean
clothes), while praying[] and going round (the Tawâf of ) the Ka'bah, and eat
and drink but waste not by extravagance, certainly He (Allâh) likes not
Al-Musrifûn (those who waste by extravagance). (31) Say (O Muhammad SAW):
"Who has forbidden the adornment with clothes given by Allâh, which He has
produced for His slaves, and At-Taiyyibât [all kinds of Halâl (lawful) things]
of food?" Say: "They are, in the life of this world, for those who
believe, (and) exclusively for them (believers) on the Day of Resurrection (the
disbelievers will not share them)." Thus We explain the Ayât (Islâmic
laws) in detail for people who have knowledge. (32) Say (O Muhammad SAW):
"(But) the things that my Lord has indeed forbidden are Al-Fawâhish (great
evil sins, every kind of unlawful sexual intercourse,) whether committed openly
or secretly, sins (of all kinds), unrighteous oppression, joining partners (in
worship) with Allâh for which He has given no authority, and saying things
about Allâh of which you have no knowledge." (33) And every nation has its
appointed term; when their term comes, neither can they delay it nor can they
advance it an hour (or a moment). (34) O Children of Adam! If there come to you
Messengers from amongst you, reciting to you, My Verses, then whosoever becomes
pious and righteous, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve (35) But
those who reject Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations,) and treat them with arrogance, they are the dwellers of the
(Hell) Fire, they will abide therein forever (36) Who is more unjust than one
who invents a lie against Allâh or rejects His Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses,
lessons, signs, revelations)? For such their appointed portion (good things of
this worldly life and their period of stay therein) will reach them from the
Book (of Decrees) until, when Our Messengers (the angel of death and his
assistants) come to them to take their souls, they (the angels) will say:
"Where are those whom you used to invoke and worship besides Allâh,"
they will reply, "They have vanished and deserted us." And they will
bear witness against themselves, that they were disbelievers. (37)(Allâh) will
say: "Enter you in the company of nations who passed away before you, of
men and jinn, into the Fire." Every time a new nation enters, it curses
its sister nation (that went before), until they will be gathered all together
in the Fire. The last of them will say to the first of them: "Our Lord!
These misled us, so give them a double torment of the Fire." He will say:
"For each one there is double (torment), but you know not." (38) The
first of them will say to the last of them: "You were not better than us,
so taste the torment for what you used to earn." (39) Verily, those who
belie Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations) and
treat them with arrogance, for them the gates of heaven will not be opened, and
they will not enter Paradise until the camel goes through the eye of the needle
(which is impossible). Thus do We recompense the Mujrimûn (criminals,
polytheists, and sinners). (40) Theirs will be a bed of Hell (Fire), and over
them coverings (of Hell-fire). Thus do We recompense the Zâlimûn (polytheists
and wrong-doers). (41) But those who believed (in the Oneness of Allâh -
Islâmic Monotheism), and worked righteousness - We tax not any person beyond
his scope,— such are the dwellers of Paradise. They will abide therein. (42)
And We shall remove from their breasts any (mutual) hatred or sense of injury
(which they had, if at all, in the life of this world); rivers flowing under
them, and they will say: "All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, Who has
guided us to this, and never could we have found guidance, were it not that
Allâh had guided us! Indeed, the Messengers of our Lord did come with the
truth." And it will be cried out to them: "This is
the Paradise which you have inherited for what you used to do."
(43)And the dwellers of Paradise will call out to the dwellers of the
Fire (saying): "We have indeed found true what our Lord had promised us;
have you also found true, what your Lord promised (warnings)?"
They shall say: "Yes." Then a crier will proclaim between them:
"The Curse of Allâh is on the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers),"
(44) Those who hindered (men) from the Path of Allâh, and would seek to make it
crooked, and they were disbelievers in the Hereafter. (45) And between them
will be a (barrier) screen and on Al-A'râf (a wall with elevated places) will
be men (whose good and evil deeds would be equal in scale), who would recognise
all (of the Paradise and Hell people), by their marks (the dwellers of Paradise
by their white faces and the dwellers of Hell by their black faces), they will
call out to the dwellers of Paradise, "Salâmun 'Alaikûm" (peace be on
you), and at that time they (men on Al-A'râf) will not yet have entered it
(Paradise), but they will hope to enter (it) with certainty. (46) And when
their eyes will be turned towards the dwellers of the Fire, they will say:
"Our Lord! Place us not with the people who are Zâlimûn (polytheists and
wrong-doers)." (47) And the men on Al-A'râf[] (the wall) will call unto
the men whom they would recognise by their marks, saying: "Of what benefit
to you were your great numbers (and hoards of wealth), and your arrogance
(against Faith)?" (48) Are they those, of whom you swore that Allâh would
never show them mercy. (Behold! It has been said to them):
"Enter Paradise, no fear shall be on you, nor shall you grieve."
(49) And the dwellers of the Fire will call to the dwellers of Paradise:
"Pour on us some water or anything that Allâh has provided you with."
They will say: "Both (water and provision) Allâh has forbidden to the
disbelievers." (50) "Who took their religion as an amusement and
play, and the life of the world deceived them." So this Day We shall
forget them as they forgot their meeting of this Day, and as they used to
reject Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations). (51)Certainly, We have
brought them a Book (the Qur'ân) which We have explained in detail with
knowledge, - a guidance and a mercy to a people who believe. (52) Await they
just for the final fullfilment of the event? On the Day the event is finally
fulfilled (i.e. the Day of Resurrection), those who neglected it before will
say: "Verily, the Messengers of our Lord did come with the truth, now are
there any intercessors for us that they might intercede on our behalf? Or could
we be sent back (to the first life of the world) so that we might do (good)
deeds other than those (evil) deeds which we used to do?" Verily, they
have lost their ownselves (i.e. destroyed themselves) and that which they used
to fabricate (invoking and worshipping others besides Allâh) has gone away from
them. (53) Indeed your Lord is Allâh, Who created the heavens and the earth in
Six Days, and then He rose over (Istawâ) the Throne (really in a manner that
suits His Majesty). He brings the night as a cover over the day, seeking it
rapidly, and (He created) the sun, the moon, the stars subjected to His
Command. Surely, His is the Creation and Commandment. Blessed is Allâh, the
Lord of the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists)! (54) Invoke your Lord
with humility and in secret. He likes not the aggressors. (55) And do not do
mischief on the earth, after it has been set in order, and invoke Him with fear
and hope; Surely, Allâh's Mercy is (ever) near unto the good-doers. (56) And it
is He Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His Mercy
(rain). Till when they have carried a heavy-laden cloud, We drive it to a land
that is dead, then We cause water (rain) to descend thereon. Then We produce
every kind of fruit therewith. Similarly, We shall raise up the dead, so that
you may remember or take heed. (57)The vegetation of a good land comes forth
(easily) by the Permission of its Lord, and that which is bad, brings forth
nothing but (a little) with difficulty. Thus do We explain variously the Ayât
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) for a people who
give thanks. (58) Indeed, We sent Nûh (Noah) to his people and he said: "O
my people! Worship Allâh! You have no other Ilâh (God) but Him. (Lâ ilâha
ill-allâh: none has the right to be worshipped but Allâh). Certainly, I fear
for you the torment of a Great Day!" (59) The leaders of his people said:
"Verily, we see you in plain error." (60) [Nûh (Noah)] said: "O
my people! There is no error in me, but I am a Messenger from the Lord of the
'Alamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists)! (61) "I convey unto you the
Messages of my Lord and give sincere advice to you. And I know from Allâh what
you know not. (62) "Do you wonder that there has come to you a Reminder
from your Lord through a man from amongst you, that he may warn you, so that
you may fear Allâh and that you may receive (His) Mercy?" (63) But they
belied him, so We saved him and those along with him in the ship, and We
drowned those who belied Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations, etc.). They were indeed a blind people (64) And to 'Ad (people, We
sent) their brother Hûd. He said: "O my people! Worship Allâh! You have no
other Ilâh (God) but Him. (Lâ ilâha ill-allâh: none has the right to be
worshipped but Allâh). Will you not fear (Allâh)?" (65) The leaders of
those who disbelieved among his people said: "Verily, we see you in
foolishness, and verily, we think you are one of the liars." (66) (Hûd)
said: "O my people! There is no foolishness in me, but (I am) a Messenger
from the Lord of the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists)! (67)"I
convey unto you the Messages of my Lord, and I am a trustworthy adviser (or
well-wisher) for you (68) "Do you wonder that there has come to you a
Reminder (and an advice) from your Lord through a man from amongst you to warn
you? And remember that He made you successors after the people of Nûh (Noah),
and increased you amply in stature. So remember the graces (bestowed upon you)
from Allâh, so that you may be successful." (69) They said: "You have
come to us that we should worship Allâh Alone and forsake that which our
fathers used to worship. So bring us that wherewith you have threatened us if
you are of the truthful." (70) (Hûd) said: "Torment and wrath have
already fallen on you from your Lord. Dispute you with me over names which you
have named - you and your fathers, with no authority from Allâh? Then wait, I
am with you among those who wait." (71) So We saved him and those who were
with him by a Mercy from Us, and We cut the roots of those who belied Our Ayât
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations), and they were not
believers. (72) And to Thamûd (people, We sent) their brother Sâlih (Saleh). He
said: "O my people! Worship Allâh! You have no other Ilâh (God) but Him.
(Lâ ilâha ill-allâh: none has the right to be worshipped but Allâh). Indeed
there has come to you a clear sign (the miracle of the coming out of a huge
she-camel from the midst of a rock) from your Lord. This she-camel of Allâh is
a sign unto you; so you leave her to graze in Allâh's earth, and touch her not
with harm, lest a painful torment should seize you. (73)"And remember when
He made you successors after 'Ad (people) and gave you habitations in the land,
you build for yourselves palaces in plains, and carve out homes in the
mountains. So remember the graces (bestowed upon you) from Allâh, and do not go
about making mischief on the earth." (74) The leaders of those who were
arrogant among his people said to those who were counted weak - to such of them
as believed: "Know you that Sâlih is one sent from his Lord." They
said: "We indeed believe in that with which he has been sent." (75)
Those who were arrogant said: "Verily, we disbelieve in that which you
believe in." (76) So they killed the she-camel and insolently defied the
Commandment of their Lord, and said: "O Sâlih! Bring about your threats if
you are indeed one of the Messengers (of Allâh)." (77) So the earthquake
seized them, and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes. (78) Then he
(Sâlih) turned from them, and said: "O my people! I have indeed conveyed
to you the Message of my Lord, and have given you good advice but you like not
good advisers." (79) And (remember) Lût (Lot), when he said to his people:
"Do you commit the worst sin such as none preceding you has committed in
the 'Alamîn (mankind and jinn)? (80) "Verily, you practise your lusts on
men instead of women. Nay, but you are a people transgressing beyond bounds (by
committing great sins)." (81)And the answer of his people was only that
they said: "Drive them out of your town, these are indeed men
who want to be pure (from sins)!" (82) Then We saved him and his family,
except his wife; she was of those who remained behind (in the torment) (83) And
We rained down on them a rain (of stones). Then see what was the end of the
Mujrimûn (criminals, polytheists and sinners). (84) And to (the people of)
Madyan (Midian), (We sent) their brother Shu'aib. He said: "O my people!
Worship Allâh! You have no other Ilâh (God) but Him. [Lâ ilâha ill-allâh (none
has the right to be worshipped but Allâh)]." Verily, a clear proof (sign)
from your Lord has come unto you; so give full measure and full weight and
wrong not men in their things, and do not mischief on the earth after it has
been set in order, that will be better for you, if you are believers. (85)
"And sit not on every road, threatening, and hindering from the Path of
Allâh those who believe in Him. and seeking to make it crooked. And remember
when you were but few, and He multiplied you. And see what was the end of the
Mufsidûn (mischief-makers, corrupters, liars). (86) "And if there is a
party of you who believes in that with which I have been sent and a party who
do not believe, so be patient until Allâh judges between us, and He is the Best
of judges."[] (87)The chiefs of those who were arrogant among his people
said: "We shall certainly drive you out, O Shu'aib, and those who have
believed with you from our town, or else you (all) shall return to our
religion." He said: "Even though we hate it?". (88) "We
should have invented a lie against Allâh if we returned to your religion, after
Allâh has rescued us from it. And it is not for us to return to it unless
Allâh, our Lord, should will. Our Lord comprehends all things in His Knowledge.
In Allâh (Alone) we put our trust. Our Lord! Judge between us and our people in
truth, for You are the Best of those who give judgment." (89) The chiefs
of those who disbelieved among his people said (to their people): "If you
follow Shu'aib, be sure then you will be the losers!" (90) So the
earthquake seized them and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes (91) Those
who belied Shu'aib, became as if they had never dwelt there (in their homes).
Those who belied Shu'aib, they were the losers. (92) Then he (Shu'aib) turned
from them and said: "O my people! I have indeed conveyed my Lord's
Messages unto you and I have given you good advice. Then how can I sorrow for
the disbelieving people's (destruction)." (93) And We sent no Prophet unto
any town (and they denied him), but We seized its people with suffering from
extreme poverty (or loss in wealth) and loss of health (and calamities), so
that they might humiliate themselves (and repent to Allâh). (94) Then We
changed the evil for the good, until they increased in number and in wealth,
and said: "Our fathers were touched with evil (loss of health and
calamities) and with good (prosperity)." So We seized them all of a sudden
while they were unaware. (95)And if the people of the towns had believed and
had the Taqwâ (piety), certainly, We should have opened for them
blessings from the heaven and the earth, but they belied (the Messengers). So
We took them (with punishment) for what they used to earn (polytheism and
crimes). (96) Did the people of the towns then feel secure against the coming
of Our Punishment by night while they are asleep? (97) Or, did the people of
the towns then feel secure against the coming of Our Punishment in the forenoon
while they were playing? (98) Did they then feel secure against the Plan of
Allâh? None feels secure from the Plan of Allâh except the people who are the
losers. (99) Is it not clear to those who inherit the earth in succession from
its (previous) possessors, that had We willed, We would have punished them for
their sins. And We seal up their hearts so that they hear not? (100) Those were
the towns whose story We relate unto you (O Muhammad SAW). And there came
indeed to them their Messengers with clear proofs, but they were not such as to
believe in that which they had rejected before. Thus Allâh does seal up the
hearts of the disbelievers (from every kind of religious guidance) (101) And
most of them We found not true to their covenant, but most of them We found
indeed Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh). (102) Then after them We
sent Mûsa (Moses) with Our Signs to Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and his chiefs, but they
wrongfully rejected them. So see how was the end of the Mufsidûn
(mischief-makers, corrupters). (103) And Mûsa (Moses) said: "O Fir'aun
(Pharaoh)! Verily I am a Messenger from the Lord of the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinn
and all that exists). (104)"Proper it is for me that I say nothing
concerning Allâh but the truth. Indeed I have come unto you from your Lord with
a clear proof. So let the Children of Israel depart along with
me." (105) [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] said: "If you have come with a sign,
show it forth, - if you are one of those who tell the truth." (106) Then
[Mûsa (Moses)] threw his stick and behold! it was a serpent, manifest! (107)
And he drew out his hand, and behold! it was white (with radiance) for the
beholders (108) The chiefs of the people of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) said: "This
is indeed a well-versed sorcerer; (109) "He wants to get you out of your
land, so what do you advise?" (110) They said: "Put him and his
brother off (for a time), and send callers to the cities to collect— (111)
"That they bring up to you all well-versed sorcerers." (112) And so
the sorcerers came to Fir'aun (Pharaoh). They said: "Indeed there will be
a (good) reward for us if we are the victors." (113) He said: "Yes,
and moreover you will (in that case) be of the nearest (to me)." (114)
They said: "O Mûsa (Moses)! Either you throw (first), or shall we have the
(first) throw?" (115) He [Mûsa (Moses)] said: "Throw you
(first)." So when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people, and
struck terror into them, and they displayed a great magic. (116) And We reveled
to Mûsa (Moses) (saying): "Throw your stick," and behold! It
swallowed up straight away all the falsehoods which they showed. (117) Thus
truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no effect. (118) So they
were defeated there and returned disgraced. (119) And the sorcerers fell down
prostrate. (120)They said: "We believe in the Lord of the 'Alamîn
(mankind, jinn and all that exists). (121) "The Lord of Mûsa (Moses) and
Hârûn (Aaron)." (122) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) said: "You have believed in
him [Mûsa (Moses)] before I give you permission. Surely, this is a plot which
you have plotted in the city to drive out its people, but you shall come to
know. (123) "Surely, I will cut off your hands and your feet from opposite
sides, then I will crucify you all." (124) They said: "Verily, we are
returning to our Lord. (125) "And you take vengeance on us only because we
believed in the Ayât (proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, etc.) of our Lord when
they reached us! Our Lord! pour out on us patience, and cause us to die as
Muslims." (126) The chiefs of Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) people said: "Will
you leave Mûsa (Moses) and his people to spread mischief in the land, and to
abandon you and your gods?" He said: "We will kill their sons, and
let live their women, and we have indeed irresistible power over them." (127)
Mûsa (Moses) said to his people: "Seek help in Allâh and be patient.
Verily, the earth is Allâh's. He gives it as a heritage to whom He wills of His
slaves, and the (blessed) end is for the Muttaqûn (pious - see V.2:2)." (128)
They said: "We (Children of Israel) had suffered troubles 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 successors on the earth, so that
He may see how you act?" (129) And indeed We punished the people of
Fir'aun (Pharaoh) with years of drought and shortness of fruits (crops), that
they might remember (take heed). (130)But whenever good came to them, they
said: "Ours is this." And if evil afflicted them, they ascribed it to
evil omens connected with Mûsa (Moses) and those with him. Be informed! Verily,
their evil omens are with Allâh but most of them know not. (131) They said [to
Mûsa (Moses)]: "Whatever Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations, etc.) you may bring to us, to work therewith your sorcery on us,
we shall never believe in you." (132) So We sent on them: the flood, the
locusts, the lice, the frogs, and the blood: (as a succession of) manifest
signs, yet they remained arrogant, and they were of those people who were
Mujrimûn (criminals, polytheists sinners). (133) And when the punishment fell
on them they said: "O Mûsa (Moses)! Invoke your Lord for us because of His
Promise to you. If you remove the punishment from us, we indeed shall believe
in you, and we shall let the Children of Israel go with you." (134)
But when We removed the punishment from them to a fixed term, which they had to
reach, behold! they broke their word! (135) So We took retribution from them.
We drowned them in the sea, because they belied Our Ayât (proofs, evidences,
verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and were heedless about them. (136)
And We made the people who were considered weak to inherit the eastern parts of
the land and the western parts thereof which We have blessed. And the fair Word
of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because of their
endurance. And We destroyed completely all the great works and buildings which
Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and his people erected (137)And We brought the Children
of Israel (with safety) across the sea, and they came upon a people
devoted to some of their idols (in worship). They said: "O Mûsa (Moses)!
Make for us an ilâh (a god) as they have âlihah (gods)." He said:
"Verily, you are a people who know not (the Majesty and Greatness of Allâh
and what is obligatory upon you, i.e. to worship none but Allâh Alone, the One
and the Only God of all that exists)." (138) [Mûsa (Moses) added:]
"Verily, these people will be destroyed for that which they are engaged in
(idols-worship). And all that they are doing is in vain." (139) He said:
"Shall I seek for you an ilâh (a god) other than Allâh, while He has given
you superiority over the 'Alamîn (mankind and jinn of your time)." (140)
And (remember) when We rescued you from Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) people, who were
afflicting you with the worst torment, killing your sons and letting your women
live. And in that was a great trial from your Lord. (141) And We appointed for
Mûsa (Moses) thirty nights and added (to the period) ten (more), and he
completed the term, appointed by his Lord, of forty nights. And Mûsa (Moses)
said to his brother Hârûn (Aaron): "Replace me among my people, act in
the Right Way (by ordering the people to obey Allâh and to worship
Him Alone) and follow not the way of the Mufsidûn (mischief-makers)." (142)
And when Mûsa (Moses) came at the time and place appointed by Us, and his Lord
(Allâh) spoke to him, he said: "O my Lord! Show me (Yourself), that I may
look upon You." Allâh said: "You cannot see Me, but look upon the
mountain; if it stands still in its place then you shall see Me." So when
his Lord appeared to the mountain[], He made it collapse to dust, and Mûsa
(Moses) fell down unconscious. Then when he recovered his senses he said:
"Glory be to You, I turn to You in repentance and I am the first
of the believers." (143)(Allâh) said: "O Mûsa (Moses) I have chosen
you above men by My Messages, and by My speaking (to you). So hold
that which I have given you and be of the grateful." (144) And We wrote
for him on the Tablets the lesson to be drawn from all things and the
explanation for all things (and said): Hold unto these with firmness, and
enjoin your people to take the better therein. I shall show you the home of
Al-Fâsiqûn (the rebellious, disobedient to Allâh). (145) I shall turn away from
My Ayât (verses of the Qur'ân) those who behave arrogantly on the earth,
without a right, and (even) if they see all the Ayât (proofs, evidences,
verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they will not believe in them. And
if they see the way of righteousness (monotheism, piety, and good deeds), they
will not adopt it as the Way, but if they see the way of error (polytheism,
crimes and evil deeds), they will adopt that way, that is because they have
rejected Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations,
etc.) and were heedless (to learn a lesson) from them (146) Those who deny Our
Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and the
Meeting in the Hereafter (Day of Resurrection,), vain are their deeds. Are they
requited with anything except what they used to do? (147) And the people of
Mûsa (Moses) made in his absence, out of their ornaments, the image of a calf
(for worship). It had a sound (as if it was mooing). Did they not see that it
could neither speak to them nor guide them to the way? They took it (for
worship) and they were Zâlimûn (wrong-doers). (148) And when they
regretted and saw that they had gone astray, they (repented and) said: "If
our Lord have not mercy upon us and forgive us, we shall certainly be of the
losers." (149)And when Mûsa (Moses) returned to his people, angry and
grieved, he said: "What an evil thing is that which you have done (i.e.
worshipping the calf) during my absence. Did you hasten and go ahead as regards
the matter of your Lord (you left His worship)?" And he threw down the
Tablets and seized his brother by (the hair of) his head and dragged him
towards him. Hârûn (Aaron) said: "O son of my mother! Indeed the people
judged me weak and were about to kill me, so make not the enemies rejoice over
me, nor put me amongst the people who are Zâlimûn (wrong-doers)." (150)
Mûsâ (Moses) said: "O my Lord! Forgive me and my brother, and admit us
into Your Mercy, for you are the Most Merciful of those who show mercy." (151)
Certainly, those who took the calf (for worship), wrath from their Lord and
humiliation will come upon them in the life of this world. Thus do We
recompense those who invent lies. (152) But those who committed evil deeds and
then repented afterwards and believed, verily, your Lord after (all) that is
indeed Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (153) And when the anger of Mûsa (Moses)
was calmed down, he took up the Tablets, and in their inscription was guidance
and mercy for those who fear their Lord. (154) And Mûsa (Moses) chose out of
his people seventy (of the best) men for Our appointed time and place of
meeting, and when they were seized with a violent earthquake, he said: "O
my Lord, if it had been Your Will, You could have destroyed them and me before;
would You destroy us for the deeds of the foolish ones among us? It is only
Your Trial by which You lead astray whom You will, and keep guided whom You
will. You are our Walî (Protector), so forgive us and have Mercy on us, for You
are the Best of those who forgive. (155)And ordain for us good in this world,
and in the Hereafter. Certainly we have turned unto You." He said: (As to)
My Punishment I afflict therewith whom I will and My Mercy embraces all things.
That (Mercy) I shall ordain for those who are the Muttaqûn (pious - see V.2:2),
and give Zakât; and those who believe in Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses,
lessons, signs and revelations, etc.); (156) Those who follow the Messenger,
the Prophet who can neither read nor write (i.e. Muhammad SAW) whom they find
written with them in the Taurât (Torah) (Deut, xviii 15) and the Injeel
(Gospel) (John xiv, 16)[], - he commands them for Al-Ma‘rûf (i.e. Islâmic
Monotheism and all that Islâm has ordained); and forbids them from Al-Munkar
(i.e. disbelief, polytheism of all kinds, and all that Islâm has forbidden); he
allows them as lawful At-Tayyibât (i.e. all good and lawful as regards things,
deeds, beliefs, persons, foods), and prohibits them as unlawful Al-Khabâ’ith
(i.e. all evil and unlawful as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons and
foods), he releases them from their heavy burdens (of Allâh’s Covenant with the
children of Israel), and from the fetters (bindings) that were upon them. So
those who believe in him (Muhammad SAW), honour him, help him, and follow the
light (the Qur’ân) which has been sent down with him, it is they who will be
successful[]. (157) Say (O Muhammad SAW): "O mankind! Verily, I am sent to
you all as the Messenger of Allâh — to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens
and the earth. Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He);
It is He Who gives life and causes death. So believe in Allâh and His Messenger
(Muhammad SAW), the Prophet who can neither read nor write (i.e. Muhammad SAW)
who believes in Allâh and His Words [(this Qur'ân), the Taurât (Torah) and the
Injeel (Gospel) and also Allâh's Word: "Be!" - and he was, i.e. 'Īsā
(Jesus) son of Maryam (Mary), A.S.], and follow him so that you may be
guided.[]" (158) And of the people of Mûsa (Moses) there is a community
who lead (the men) with truth and establish justice therewith (i.e. judge among
men with truth and justice). (159)And We divided them into twelve
tribes (as distinct) nations. We revealed to Mûsa (Moses) when his people asked
him for water, (saying): "Strike the stone with your stick", and
there gushed forth out of it twelve springs: each group knew its own place for
water. We shaded them with the clouds and sent down upon them Al-Manna[] and
the quails (saying): "Eat of the good things with which We have provided
you." They harmed Us not but they used to harm themselves. (160) And
(remember) when it was said to them: "Dwell in this town (Jerusalem) and
eat therefrom wherever you wish, and say, '(O Allâh) forgive our sins'; and
enter the gate prostrate (bowing with humility). We shall forgive you your
wrong-doings. We shall increase (the reward) for the good-doers." (161)
But those among them who did wrong changed the word that had been told to them.
So We sent on them a torment from the heaven in return for their
wrong-doings.[] (162) And ask them (O Muhammad SAW) about the town that was by
the sea; when they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath (i.e. Saturday):
when their fish came to them openly on the Sabbath day, and did not come to
them on the day they had no Sabbath. Thus We made a trial of them, for they
used to rebel against Allâh’s Command (disobey Allâh) [see the Qur’ân: V.4:154 and
its footnote]. (163)And when a community among them said: "Why do you
preach to a people whom Allâh is about to destroy or to punish with a severe
torment?" (The preachers) said: "In order to be free from guilt
before your Lord (Allâh), and perhaps they may fear Allâh." (164) So when
they forgot the remindings that had been given to them, We rescued those who
forbade evil, but We seized those who did wrong with a severe torment because
they used to rebel against Allah's command (disobey Allâh). (165) So when they
exceeded the limits of what they were prohibited, We said to them: "Be you
monkeys, despised and rejected." (166) And (remember) when your Lord
declared that He would certainly keep on sending against them (i.e. the Jews),
till the Day of Resurrection, those who would afflict them with a humiliating
torment. Verily, your Lord is Quick in Retribution (for the disobedient,
wicked) and certainly He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (for the obedient and
those who beg Allâh's Forgiveness). (167) And We have broken them (i.e. the
Jews) up into various separate groups on the earth, some of them are righteous
and some are away from that. And We tried them with good (blessings) and evil
(calamities) in order that they might turn (to Allâh's Obedience). (168) Then
after them succeeded an (evil) generation, which inherited the Book, but they
chose (for themselves) the goods of this low life (evil pleasures of this
world) saying (as an excuse): "(Everything) will be forgiven to us."
And if (again) the offer of the like (evil pleasures of this world) came their
way, they would (again) seize them (would commit those sins). Was not the
covenant of the Book taken from them that they would not say about Allâh
anything but the truth? And they have studied what is in it (the Book). And the
home of the Hereafter is better for those who are Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - see
V.2:2). Do not you then understand? (169) And as to those who hold fast to the
Book (i.e. act on its teachings) and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât),
certainly, We shall never waste the reward of those who do righteous deeds (170)And (remember)
when We raised the mountain over them as if it had been a canopy, and they
thought that it was going to fall on them. (We said): "Hold firmly to what
We have given you [i.e. the Taurât (Torah)], and remember that which is therein
(act on its commandments), so that you may fear Allâh and obey Him." (171)
And (remember) when your Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from
their loins, their seed (or from Adam's loin his offspring) and made them
testify as to themselves (saying): "Am I not your Lord?" They said:
"Yes! We testify," lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection:
"Verily, we have been unaware of this." (172) Or lest you should say:
"It was only our fathers afortime who took others as partners in worship
along with Allâh, and we were (merely their) descendants after them; will You
then destroy us because of the deeds of men who practised Al-Bâtil (i.e.
polytheism and committing crimes and sins, invoking and worshipping others
besides Allâh)?" (Tafsir At-Tabarî) (173) Thus do We explain the Ayât
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) in detail, so
that they may turn (unto the truth). (174) And recite (O Muhammad SAW) to them
the story of him to whom We gave Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons,
signs, revelations, etc.), but he threw them away, so Shaitân (Satan) followed
him up, and he became of those who went astray. (175) And had We willed, We
would surely have elevated him therewith but he clung to the earth and followed
his own vain desire. So his parable is the parable of a dog: if you drive him
away, he lolls his tongue out, or if you leave him alone, he (still) lolls his
tongue out. Such is the parable of the people who reject Our Ayât (proofs,
evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). So relate the stories,
perhaps they may reflect (176) Evil is the parable of the people who reject Our
Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses and signs, etc.), and used to wrong their
ownselves (177) Whomsoever Allâh guides, he is the guided one, and whomsoever
He sends astray, then those! they are the losers (178)And surely, We
have created many of the jinn and mankind for Hell. They have hearts wherewith
they understand not, and they have eyes wherewith they see not, and they have
ears wherewith they hear not (the truth). They are like cattle, nay even more
astray; those! They are the heedless ones. (179) And (all) the Most Beautiful
Names belong to Allâh[], so call on Him by them, and leave the company of those
who belie or deny (or utter impious speech against) His Names. They will be
requited for what they used to do. (180) And of those whom We have created,
there is a community who guides (others) with the truth, and establishes
justice therewith. (181) Those who reject Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses,
lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), We shall gradually seize them with
punishment in ways they perceive not. (182) And I respite them; certainly My
Plan is strong. (183) Do they not reflect? There is no madness in their
companion (Muhammad SAW). He is but a plain warner. (184) Do they not look in
the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all things that Allâh has
created, and that it may be that the end of their lives is near. In what
message after this will they then believe? (185) Whomsoever Allâh sends astray,
none can guide him; and He lets them wander blindly in their transgressions. (186)
They ask you about the Hour (Day of Resurrection): "When will be its
appointed time?" Say: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord (Alone).
None can reveal its time but He. Heavy is its burden through the heavens and
the earth. It shall not come upon you except all of a sudden." They ask
you as if you have a good knowledge of it. Say: "The knowledge thereof is
with Allâh (Alone) but most of mankind know not."[] (187)Say (O
Muhammad SAW): "I possess no power over benefit or hurt to myself except
as Allâh wills. If I had the knowledge of the Ghaib (unseen), I should have
secured for myself an abundance of wealth, and no evil should have touched me.
I am but a warner, and a bringer of glad tidings unto people who believe."
(188) It is He Who has created you from a single person (Adam), and (then) He
has created from him his wife [Hawwa (Eve)], in order that he might enjoy the
pleasure of living with her. When he had sexual relation with her, she became
pregnant and she carried it about lightly. Then when it became heavy, they both
invoked Allâh, their Lord (saying): "If You give us a Sâlih (good in every
aspect) child, we shall indeed be among the grateful." (189) But when He
gave them a Sâlih (good in every aspect) child, they ascribed partners to Him
(Allâh) in that which He has given to them. High be Allâh, Exalted above all
that they ascribe as partners to Him. (Tafsir At-Tabarî). (190) Do they
attribute as partners to Allâh those who created nothing but they themselves
are created? (191) No help can they give them, nor can they help themselves. (192)
And if you call them to guidance, they follow you not. It is the same for you
whether you call them or you keep silent (193) Verily, those whom you call upon
besides Allâh are slaves like you. So call upon them and let them answer you if
you are truthful (194) Have they feet wherewith they walk? Or have they hands
wherewith they hold? Or have they eyes wherewith they see? Or have they ears
wherewith they hear? Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Call your (so-called) partners
(of Allâh) and then plot against me, and give me no respite! (195)"Verily,
my Walî (Protector, Supporter, and Helper, etc.) is Allâh Who has
revealed the Book (the Qur'ân), and He protects (supports and helps) the
righteous. (196) "And those whom you call upon besides Him (Allâh) cannot
help you nor can they help themselves." (197) And if you call them to
guidance, they hear not and you will see them looking at you, yet they see not.
(198) Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the foolish
(i.e. don't punish them). (199) And if an evil whisper comes to you from
Shaitân (Satan) then seek refuge with Allâh. Verily, He is All-Hearer,
All-Knower. (200) Verily, those who are Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - see V.2:2),
when an evil thought comes to them from Shaitân (Satan), they remember (Allâh),
and (indeed) they then see (aright). (201) But (as for) their brothers (the
devils) they (i.e. the devils) plunge them deeper into error, and they never
stop short. (202) And if you do not bring them a miracle [according to their
(i.e. Quraish-pagans') proposal], they say: "Why have you not brought
it?"[] Say: "I but follow what is revealed to me from my Lord. This
(the Qur'ân) is nothing but evidences from your Lord, and a guidance and a
mercy for a people who believe." (203) So, when the Qur'ân is recited,
listen to it, and be silent that you may receive mercy. [i.e. during the
compulsory congregational prayers when the Imâm (of a mosque) is leading the
prayer (except Sûrat Al-Fâtihah), and also when he is delivering the
Friday-prayer Khutbah]. [Tafsir At-Tabari] (204) And remember your Lord within
yourself, humbly and with fear without loudness in words in the mornings, and
in the afternoons and be not of those who are neglectful.[] (205) Surely, those
who are with your Lord (angels) are never too proud to perform acts of worship
to Him, but they glorify His Praise and prostrate before Him. (206) .