Surah Al-A'raaf

وَقَاسَمَهُمَآإِنِّىلَكُمَالَمِنَٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ

And he swore unto them, "Verily, I am of those who wish you well indeed!"

فَدَلَّىٰهُمَابِغُرُورٍۢفَلَمَّاذَاقَاٱلشَّجَرَةَبَدَتْلَهُمَاسَوْءَٰتُهُمَاوَطَفِقَايَخْصِفَانِعَلَيْهِمَامِنوَرَقِٱلْجَنَّةِوَنَادَىٰهُمَارَبُّهُمَآأَلَمْأَنْهَكُمَاعَنتِلْكُمَاٱلشَّجَرَةِوَأَقُللَّكُمَآإِنَّٱلشَّيْطَٰنَلَكُمَاعَدُوٌّۭمُّبِينٌۭ

-and thus he led them on with deluding thoughts. But as soon as the two had tasted [the fruit] of the tree, they became conscious of their nakedness; and they began to cover themselves with pieced-together leaves from the garden. And their Sustainer called unto them: "Did I not forbid that tree unto you and tell you, `Verily, Satan is your open foe'?"

قَالَارَبَّنَاظَلَمْنَآأَنفُسَنَاوَإِنلَّمْتَغْفِرْلَنَاوَتَرْحَمْنَالَنَكُونَنَّمِنَٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

The two replied: "O our Sustainer! We have sinned against ourselves -and unless Thou grant us forgiveness and bestow Thy mercy upon us, we shall most certainly be lost!"

قَالَٱهْبِطُوا۟بَعْضُكُمْلِبَعْضٍعَدُوٌّۭوَلَكُمْفِىٱلْأَرْضِمُسْتَقَرٌّۭوَمَتَٰعٌإِلَىٰحِينٍۢ

Said He: "Down with you, [and be henceforth] enemies unto one another, having on earth your abode and livelihood for a while:

قَالَفِيهَاتَحْيَوْنَوَفِيهَاتَمُوتُونَوَمِنْهَاتُخْرَجُونَ

there shall you live" - He added - "and there shall you die, and thence shall you be brought forth [on Resurrection Day]!

يَٰبَنِىٓءَادَمَقَدْأَنزَلْنَاعَلَيْكُمْلِبَاسًۭايُوَٰرِىسَوْءَٰتِكُمْوَرِيشًۭاوَلِبَاسُٱلتَّقْوَىٰذَٰلِكَخَيْرٌۭذَٰلِكَمِنْءَايَٰتِٱللَّهِلَعَلَّهُمْيَذَّكَّرُونَ

O CHILDREN of Adam! Indeed, We have bestowed upon you from on high [the knowledge of making] garments to cover your nakedness, and as a thing of beauty: but the garment of God-consciousness is the best of all. Herein lies a message from God, so that man” might take it to heart.

يَٰبَنِىٓءَادَمَلَايَفْتِنَنَّكُمُٱلشَّيْطَٰنُكَمَآأَخْرَجَأَبَوَيْكُممِّنَٱلْجَنَّةِيَنزِعُعَنْهُمَالِبَاسَهُمَالِيُرِيَهُمَاسَوْءَٰتِهِمَآإِنَّهُۥيَرَىٰكُمْهُوَوَقَبِيلُهُۥمِنْحَيْثُلَاتَرَوْنَهُمْإِنَّاجَعَلْنَاٱلشَّيَٰطِينَأَوْلِيَآءَلِلَّذِينَلَايُؤْمِنُونَ

O children of Adam! Do not allow Satan to seduce you in the same way as he caused your ancestors to be driven out of the garden: he deprived them of their garment [of God-consciousness] in order to make them aware of their nakedness. Verily, he and his tribe are lying in wait for you where you cannot perceive them! Verily, We have placed [all manner of] satanic forces near unto those who do not [truly] believe;

وَإِذَافَعَلُوا۟فَٰحِشَةًۭقَالُوا۟وَجَدْنَاعَلَيْهَآءَابَآءَنَاوَٱللَّهُأَمَرَنَابِهَاقُلْإِنَّٱللَّهَلَايَأْمُرُبِٱلْفَحْشَآءِأَتَقُولُونَعَلَىٱللَّهِمَالَاتَعْلَمُونَ

and [so,] whenever they commit a shameful deed, they are wont to say, "We found our forefathers doing it," and, "God has enjoined it upon us." Say: "Behold, never does God enjoin deeds of abomination. Would you attribute unto God something of which you have no knowledge?"

قُلْأَمَرَرَبِّىبِٱلْقِسْطِوَأَقِيمُوا۟وُجُوهَكُمْعِندَكُلِّمَسْجِدٍۢوَٱدْعُوهُمُخْلِصِينَلَهُٱلدِّينَكَمَابَدَأَكُمْتَعُودُونَ

Say: "My Sustainer has [but] enjoined the doing of what is right; and [He desires you to] put your whole being into every act of worship, and to call unto Him, sincere in your faith in Him alone. As it was He who brought you into being in the first instance, so also [unto Him] you will return:

فَرِيقًاهَدَىٰوَفَرِيقًاحَقَّعَلَيْهِمُٱلضَّلَٰلَةُإِنَّهُمُٱتَّخَذُوا۟ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَأَوْلِيَآءَمِندُونِٱللَّهِوَيَحْسَبُونَأَنَّهُممُّهْتَدُونَ

some [of you] He will have graced with His guidance, whereas, for some a straying from the right path will have become unavoidable: for, behold, they will have taken [their own] evil impulses for their masters in preference to God, thinking all the while that they have found the right path!"

يَٰبَنِىٓءَادَمَخُذُوا۟زِينَتَكُمْعِندَكُلِّمَسْجِدٍۢوَكُلُوا۟وَٱشْرَبُوا۟وَلَاتُسْرِفُوٓا۟إِنَّهُۥلَايُحِبُّٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

O CHILDREN of Adam! Beautify yourselves for every act of worship, and eat and drink [freely], but do not waste: verily, He does not love the wasteful!

قُلْمَنْحَرَّمَزِينَةَٱللَّهِٱلَّتِىٓأَخْرَجَلِعِبَادِهِۦوَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِمِنَٱلرِّزْقِقُلْهِىَلِلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟فِىٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَاخَالِصَةًۭيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِكَذَٰلِكَنُفَصِّلُٱلْءَايَٰتِلِقَوْمٍۢيَعْلَمُونَ

Say: "Who is there to forbid the beauty which God has brought forth for His creatures, and the good things from among the means of sustenance?" Say: "They are [lawful] in the life of this world unto all who have attained to faith - to be theirs alone on Resurrection Day." Thus clearly do We spell out these messages unto people of [innate] knowledge!

قُلْإِنَّمَاحَرَّمَرَبِّىَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَمَاظَهَرَمِنْهَاوَمَابَطَنَوَٱلْإِثْمَوَٱلْبَغْىَبِغَيْرِٱلْحَقِّوَأَنتُشْرِكُوا۟بِٱللَّهِمَالَمْيُنَزِّلْبِهِۦسُلْطَٰنًۭاوَأَنتَقُولُوا۟عَلَىٱللَّهِمَالَاتَعْلَمُونَ

Say: "Verily, my Sustainer has forbidden only shameful deeds, be they open or secret, and [every kind of] sinning, and unjustified envy, and the ascribing of divinity to aught beside Him - since He has never bestowed any warrant therefor from on high and the attributing unto God of aught of which you have no knowledge."

وَلِكُلِّأُمَّةٍأَجَلٌۭفَإِذَاجَآءَأَجَلُهُمْلَايَسْتَأْخِرُونَسَاعَةًۭوَلَايَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

And for all people a term has been set: and when [the end of] their term approaches, they can neither delay it by a single moment, nor can they hasten it.

يَٰبَنِىٓءَادَمَإِمَّايَأْتِيَنَّكُمْرُسُلٌۭمِّنكُمْيَقُصُّونَعَلَيْكُمْءَايَٰتِىفَمَنِٱتَّقَىٰوَأَصْلَحَفَلَاخَوْفٌعَلَيْهِمْوَلَاهُمْيَحْزَنُونَ

O CHILDREN of Adam! Whenever there come unto you apostles of your own, conveying My messages unto you, then all who are conscious of Me and live righteously - no fear need they have, and neither shall they grieve;

وَٱلَّذِينَكَذَّبُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاوَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟عَنْهَآأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَأَصْحَٰبُٱلنَّارِهُمْفِيهَاخَٰلِدُونَ

but they who give the lie to Our messages and scorn them in their pride-these are destined for the fire, therein to abide.

فَمَنْأَظْلَمُمِمَّنِٱفْتَرَىٰعَلَىٱللَّهِكَذِبًاأَوْكَذَّبَبِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦٓأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَيَنَالُهُمْنَصِيبُهُممِّنَٱلْكِتَٰبِحَتَّىٰٓإِذَاجَآءَتْهُمْرُسُلُنَايَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْقَالُوٓا۟أَيْنَمَاكُنتُمْتَدْعُونَمِندُونِٱللَّهِقَالُوا۟ضَلُّوا۟عَنَّاوَشَهِدُوا۟عَلَىٰٓأَنفُسِهِمْأَنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟كَٰفِرِينَ

And who could be more wicked than they who attribute their own lying inventions to God or give the lie to His messages? Whatever has been decreed to be their lot [in life] will be theirs -till there shall come _ unto them Our messengers to cause them to die, [and] shall say, "Where, now, are those beings whom you were wont to invoke beside God?" And [those sinners] will reply, "They have forsaken us!" -and [thus] they will bear witness against themselves that they had been denying the truth.

قَالَٱدْخُلُوا۟فِىٓأُمَمٍۢقَدْخَلَتْمِنقَبْلِكُممِّنَٱلْجِنِّوَٱلْإِنسِفِىٱلنَّارِكُلَّمَادَخَلَتْأُمَّةٌۭلَّعَنَتْأُخْتَهَاحَتَّىٰٓإِذَاٱدَّارَكُوا۟فِيهَاجَمِيعًۭاقَالَتْأُخْرَىٰهُمْلِأُولَىٰهُمْرَبَّنَاهَٰٓؤُلَآءِأَضَلُّونَافَـَٔاتِهِمْعَذَابًۭاضِعْفًۭامِّنَٱلنَّارِقَالَلِكُلٍّۢضِعْفٌۭوَلَٰكِنلَّاتَعْلَمُونَ

[And God] will say: "Join those hosts of invisible beings and humans who have gone before you into the fire!" [And] every time a host enters [the fire], it will curse its fellow-host -so much so that, when they all shall have passed into it, one after another, the last of them will speak [thus] of the first of them: "O our Sustainer! It is they who have led us astray: give, them, therefore, double suffering through fire!" He, will reply: "Every one of you deserves double suffering -but you know it not."

وَقَالَتْأُولَىٰهُمْلِأُخْرَىٰهُمْفَمَاكَانَلَكُمْعَلَيْنَامِنفَضْلٍۢفَذُوقُوا۟ٱلْعَذَابَبِمَاكُنتُمْتَكْسِبُونَ

And the first of them will say unto the last of them: "So you were in no wise superior to us! Taste, then, this suffering for all [the evil] that you were wont to do!"

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَكَذَّبُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاوَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟عَنْهَالَاتُفَتَّحُلَهُمْأَبْوَٰبُٱلسَّمَآءِوَلَايَدْخُلُونَٱلْجَنَّةَحَتَّىٰيَلِجَٱلْجَمَلُفِىسَمِّٱلْخِيَاطِوَكَذَٰلِكَنَجْزِىٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

VERILY, unto those who give the lie to Our messages and scorn them in their pride, the gates of heaven shall not be opened; and they shall not enter paradise any more than a twisted rope can pass through a needle's eye: for thus do We requite such as are lost in sin.