Surah Al-A'raaf

وَمِمَّنْخَلَقْنَآأُمَّةٌۭيَهْدُونَبِٱلْحَقِّوَبِهِۦيَعْدِلُونَ

Now, among those whom We have created there are people who guide [others] in the way of the truth and act justly in its light.

وَٱلَّذِينَكَذَّبُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاسَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُممِّنْحَيْثُلَايَعْلَمُونَ

But as for those who are bent on giving the lie to Our messages-We shall bring them low, step by step, without their perceiving how it came about:

وَأُمْلِىلَهُمْإِنَّكَيْدِىمَتِينٌ

for, behold, though I may give them rein for a while. My subtle scheme is exceedingly firm!

أَوَلَمْيَتَفَكَّرُوا۟مَابِصَاحِبِهِممِّنجِنَّةٍإِنْهُوَإِلَّانَذِيرٌۭمُّبِينٌ

Has it, then, never occurred to them that there is no madness whatever in [this] their fellowman? He is only a plain warner.

أَوَلَمْيَنظُرُوا۟فِىمَلَكُوتِٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَمَاخَلَقَٱللَّهُمِنشَىْءٍۢوَأَنْعَسَىٰٓأَنيَكُونَقَدِٱقْتَرَبَأَجَلُهُمْفَبِأَىِّحَدِيثٍۭبَعْدَهُۥيُؤْمِنُونَ

Have they, then, never considered [God's] mighty dominion over the heavens and the earth, and all the things that God has created, and [asked themselves] whether, perchance, the end of their own term might already have drawn nigh? In what other tiding, then, will they, after this, believe?

مَنيُضْلِلِٱللَّهُفَلَاهَادِىَلَهُۥوَيَذَرُهُمْفِىطُغْيَٰنِهِمْيَعْمَهُونَ

For those whom God lets go astray, there is no guide; and He shall leave them in their overweening arrogance, blindly stumbling to and fro.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَعَنِٱلسَّاعَةِأَيَّانَمُرْسَىٰهَاقُلْإِنَّمَاعِلْمُهَاعِندَرَبِّىلَايُجَلِّيهَالِوَقْتِهَآإِلَّاهُوَثَقُلَتْفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِلَاتَأْتِيكُمْإِلَّابَغْتَةًۭيَسْـَٔلُونَكَكَأَنَّكَحَفِىٌّعَنْهَاقُلْإِنَّمَاعِلْمُهَاعِندَٱللَّهِوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَٱلنَّاسِلَايَعْلَمُونَ

THEY WILL ASK thee [O Prophet] about the Last Hour: "When will it come to pass?" Say: "Verily, knowledge thereof rests with my Sustainer alone. None but He will reveal it in its time. Heavily will it weigh on the heavens and the earth; [and] it will not fall upon you otherwise than of a sudden." They will ask thee - as if thou couldst gain insight into this [mystery] by dint of persistent inquiry! Say: "Knowledge thereof rests with my Sustainer alone; but [of this] most people are unaware."

قُللَّآأَمْلِكُلِنَفْسِىنَفْعًۭاوَلَاضَرًّاإِلَّامَاشَآءَٱللَّهُوَلَوْكُنتُأَعْلَمُٱلْغَيْبَلَٱسْتَكْثَرْتُمِنَٱلْخَيْرِوَمَامَسَّنِىَٱلسُّوٓءُإِنْأَنَا۠إِلَّانَذِيرٌۭوَبَشِيرٌۭلِّقَوْمٍۢيُؤْمِنُونَ

Say [O Prophet]: "It is not within my power to bring benefit to, or avert harm from, myself, except as God may please. And if I knew that which is beyond the reach of human perception, abundant good fortune-would surely have fallen to my lot, and no evil would ever have touched me. I am nothing but a warner, and a herald of glad tidings unto people who will believe."

هُوَٱلَّذِىخَلَقَكُممِّننَّفْسٍۢوَٰحِدَةٍۢوَجَعَلَمِنْهَازَوْجَهَالِيَسْكُنَإِلَيْهَافَلَمَّاتَغَشَّىٰهَاحَمَلَتْحَمْلًاخَفِيفًۭافَمَرَّتْبِهِۦفَلَمَّآأَثْقَلَتدَّعَوَاٱللَّهَرَبَّهُمَالَئِنْءَاتَيْتَنَاصَٰلِحًۭالَّنَكُونَنَّمِنَٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ

IT IS HE who has created you [all] out of one living entity, and out of it brought into being its mate, so that man might incline [with love] towards woman. And so, when he has embraced her, she conceives [what at first is] a light burden, and continues to bear it. Then, when she grows heavy [with child], they both call unto God, their Sustainer, "If Thou indeed grant us a sound [child], we shall most certainly be among the grateful!"

فَلَمَّآءَاتَىٰهُمَاصَٰلِحًۭاجَعَلَالَهُۥشُرَكَآءَفِيمَآءَاتَىٰهُمَافَتَعَٰلَىٱللَّهُعَمَّايُشْرِكُونَ

And yet, as soon as He has granted them sound [offspring], they begin to ascribe to other powers beside Him a share in bringing about what He has granted them! Sublimely exalted, however, is God- above anything to which men may ascribe a share in His divinity!

أَيُشْرِكُونَمَالَايَخْلُقُشَيْـًۭٔاوَهُمْيُخْلَقُونَ

Will they, then,- ascribe divinity, side by side with Him, unto beings that cannot create anything since they themselves are created -

وَلَايَسْتَطِيعُونَلَهُمْنَصْرًۭاوَلَآأَنفُسَهُمْيَنصُرُونَ

and neither are able to give them succour nor can succour themselves,

وَإِنتَدْعُوهُمْإِلَىٱلْهُدَىٰلَايَتَّبِعُوكُمْسَوَآءٌعَلَيْكُمْأَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْأَمْأَنتُمْصَٰمِتُونَ

and, if you pray to them for guidance, do not respond to you? As far as you are concerned, it is all one whether you invoke them or keep silent.

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَتَدْعُونَمِندُونِٱللَّهِعِبَادٌأَمْثَالُكُمْفَٱدْعُوهُمْفَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟لَكُمْإِنكُنتُمْصَٰدِقِينَ

Verily, all those whom you invoke beside God are but created beings like yourselves: invoke them, then, and let them answer your prayer - if what you claim is true!

أَلَهُمْأَرْجُلٌۭيَمْشُونَبِهَآأَمْلَهُمْأَيْدٍۢيَبْطِشُونَبِهَآأَمْلَهُمْأَعْيُنٌۭيُبْصِرُونَبِهَآأَمْلَهُمْءَاذَانٌۭيَسْمَعُونَبِهَاقُلِٱدْعُوا۟شُرَكَآءَكُمْثُمَّكِيدُونِفَلَاتُنظِرُونِ

Have these [images], perchance, feet on which they could walk? Or have they hands with which they could grasp? Or have they eyes with which they could see? Or have they ears with which they could hear? Say [O Prophet]: "Summon to your aid all those to whom you ascribe a share in God's divinity, and thereupon contrive [anything you may wish] against me, and give me no respite!

إِنَّوَلِۦِّىَٱللَّهُٱلَّذِىنَزَّلَٱلْكِتَٰبَوَهُوَيَتَوَلَّىٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

Verily, my protector is God, who has bestowed this divine writ from on high: for it is He who protects the righteous,

وَٱلَّذِينَتَدْعُونَمِندُونِهِۦلَايَسْتَطِيعُونَنَصْرَكُمْوَلَآأَنفُسَهُمْيَنصُرُونَ

whereas all those whom you invoke in His stead are neither able to give you succour nor can succour themselves;

وَإِنتَدْعُوهُمْإِلَىٱلْهُدَىٰلَايَسْمَعُوا۟وَتَرَىٰهُمْيَنظُرُونَإِلَيْكَوَهُمْلَايُبْصِرُونَ

and if you pray unto them for guidance, they do not hear; and though thou mayest imagine that they behold thee, they do not see."

خُذِٱلْعَفْوَوَأْمُرْبِٱلْعُرْفِوَأَعْرِضْعَنِٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ

MAKE due allowance for man's nature, and enjoin the doing of what is right; and leave alone all those who choose to remain ignorant.

وَإِمَّايَنزَغَنَّكَمِنَٱلشَّيْطَٰنِنَزْغٌۭفَٱسْتَعِذْبِٱللَّهِإِنَّهُۥسَمِيعٌعَلِيمٌ

And if it should happen that a prompting from Satan stirs thee up [to blind anger], seek refuge with God: behold, He is all-hearing, all-knowing.