Surah Al-A'raaf

الٓمٓصٓ

Alif. Lam. Mim. Sad.

كِتَٰبٌأُنزِلَإِلَيْكَفَلَايَكُنفِىصَدْرِكَحَرَجٌۭمِّنْهُلِتُنذِرَبِهِۦوَذِكْرَىٰلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

A DIVINE WRIT has been bestowed from on high upon thee -and let there be no doubt about this in thy heart-in order that thou mayest warn [the erring] thereby, and [thus] admonish the believers:

ٱتَّبِعُوا۟مَآأُنزِلَإِلَيْكُممِّنرَّبِّكُمْوَلَاتَتَّبِعُوا۟مِندُونِهِۦٓأَوْلِيَآءَقَلِيلًۭامَّاتَذَكَّرُونَ

"Follow what has been sent down unto you by your Sustainer, and follow no masters other than Him. How seldom do you keep this in mind!

وَكَممِّنقَرْيَةٍأَهْلَكْنَٰهَافَجَآءَهَابَأْسُنَابَيَٰتًاأَوْهُمْقَآئِلُونَ

And how many a [rebellious] community have We destroyed, with Our punishment coming upon it by night, or while they were resting at noontide!

فَمَاكَانَدَعْوَىٰهُمْإِذْجَآءَهُمبَأْسُنَآإِلَّآأَنقَالُوٓا۟إِنَّاكُنَّاظَٰلِمِينَ

And when Our punishment came upon them, they had nothing to say for themselves, and could only cry, "Verily, we were wrongdoers!"

فَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّٱلَّذِينَأُرْسِلَإِلَيْهِمْوَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Thus, [on Judgment Day] We shall most certainly call to account all those unto whom a [divine] message was sent, and We shall most certainly call to account the message-bearers [themselves];

فَلَنَقُصَّنَّعَلَيْهِمبِعِلْمٍۢوَمَاكُنَّاغَآئِبِينَ

and thereupon We shall most certainly reveal unto them Our knowledge [of their doings]: for never have We been absent [from them].

وَٱلْوَزْنُيَوْمَئِذٍٱلْحَقُّفَمَنثَقُلَتْمَوَٰزِينُهُۥفَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ

And true will be the weighing on that Day; and those whose weight [of good deeds] is heavy in the balance -it is they, they who shall attain to a happy state;

وَمَنْخَفَّتْمَوَٰزِينُهُۥفَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَخَسِرُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمبِمَاكَانُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِنَايَظْلِمُونَ

whereas those whose weight is light in the balance - it is they who will have squandered their own selves by their wilful rejection of Our messages.

وَلَقَدْمَكَّنَّٰكُمْفِىٱلْأَرْضِوَجَعَلْنَالَكُمْفِيهَامَعَٰيِشَقَلِيلًۭامَّاتَشْكُرُونَ

YEA, INDEED, [O men,] We have given you a [bountiful] place on earth, and appointed thereon means of livelihood for you: [yet] how seldom are you grateful!

وَلَقَدْخَلَقْنَٰكُمْثُمَّصَوَّرْنَٰكُمْثُمَّقُلْنَالِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِٱسْجُدُوا۟لِءَادَمَفَسَجَدُوٓا۟إِلَّآإِبْلِيسَلَمْيَكُنمِّنَٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

Yea, indeed, We have created you, and then formed you; and then We said unto the angels, "Prostrate yourselves before Adam!" - whereupon they [all] prostrated themselves, save Iblis: he was not among those who prostrated themselves.

قَالَمَامَنَعَكَأَلَّاتَسْجُدَإِذْأَمَرْتُكَقَالَأَنَا۠خَيْرٌۭمِّنْهُخَلَقْتَنِىمِننَّارٍۢوَخَلَقْتَهُۥمِنطِينٍۢ

[And God] said: "What has kept thee from prostrating thyself when I commanded thee?" Answered [Iblis]: "I am better than he: Thou hast created me out of fire, whereas him Thou hast created out of clay."

قَالَفَٱهْبِطْمِنْهَافَمَايَكُونُلَكَأَنتَتَكَبَّرَفِيهَافَٱخْرُجْإِنَّكَمِنَٱلصَّٰغِرِينَ

[God] said: "Down with thee, then, from this [state] -for it is not meet for thee to show arrogance here! Go forth, then: verily, among the humiliated shalt thou be!"

قَالَأَنظِرْنِىٓإِلَىٰيَوْمِيُبْعَثُونَ

Said [Iblis]: "Grant me a respite till the Day when all shall be raised from the dead."

قَالَإِنَّكَمِنَٱلْمُنظَرِينَ

[And God] replied: "Verily, thou shalt be among those who are granted a respite."

قَالَفَبِمَآأَغْوَيْتَنِىلَأَقْعُدَنَّلَهُمْصِرَٰطَكَٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

[Whereupon Iblis] said: "Now that Thou hast thwarted me," shall most certainly lie in ambush for them all along Thy straight way,

ثُمَّلَءَاتِيَنَّهُممِّنۢبَيْنِأَيْدِيهِمْوَمِنْخَلْفِهِمْوَعَنْأَيْمَٰنِهِمْوَعَنشَمَآئِلِهِمْوَلَاتَجِدُأَكْثَرَهُمْشَٰكِرِينَ

and shall most certainly fall upon them openly as well as in a manner beyond their ken, and from their right and from their left: and most of them Thou wilt find ungrateful."

قَالَٱخْرُجْمِنْهَامَذْءُومًۭامَّدْحُورًۭالَّمَنتَبِعَكَمِنْهُمْلَأَمْلَأَنَّجَهَنَّمَمِنكُمْأَجْمَعِينَ

[And God] said: "Go forth from here, disgraced and disowned! [And] as for such of them as follow thee - I will most certainly fill hell with you all!

وَيَٰٓـَٔادَمُٱسْكُنْأَنتَوَزَوْجُكَٱلْجَنَّةَفَكُلَامِنْحَيْثُشِئْتُمَاوَلَاتَقْرَبَاهَٰذِهِٱلشَّجَرَةَفَتَكُونَامِنَٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

And [as for thee], O Adam', dwell thou and thy wife in this garden, and eat, both of you, whatever you may wish; but do not approach this one tree, lest you become evildoers!"

فَوَسْوَسَلَهُمَاٱلشَّيْطَٰنُلِيُبْدِىَلَهُمَامَاوُۥرِىَعَنْهُمَامِنسَوْءَٰتِهِمَاوَقَالَمَانَهَىٰكُمَارَبُّكُمَاعَنْهَٰذِهِٱلشَّجَرَةِإِلَّآأَنتَكُونَامَلَكَيْنِأَوْتَكُونَامِنَٱلْخَٰلِدِينَ

Thereupon Satan whispered unto the two with a view to making them conscious of their nakedness, of which [hitherto] they had been unaware; and he said: "Your Sustainer has but forbidden you this tree lest you two become [as] angels, or lest you live forever."