Surah Al-A'raaf

قَالُوٓا۟ءَامَنَّابِرَبِّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

[and] exclaiming: "We have come to believe in the Sustainer of all the worlds,

رَبِّمُوسَىٰوَهَٰرُونَ

the Sustainer of Moses and Aaron!"

قَالَفِرْعَوْنُءَامَنتُمبِهِۦقَبْلَأَنْءَاذَنَلَكُمْإِنَّهَٰذَالَمَكْرٌۭمَّكَرْتُمُوهُفِىٱلْمَدِينَةِلِتُخْرِجُوا۟مِنْهَآأَهْلَهَافَسَوْفَتَعْلَمُونَ

Said Pharaoh: "Have you come to believe in him ere I have given you permission? Behold, this is indeed a plot which you have cunningly devised in this [my] city in order to drive out its people hence! But in time you shall come to know, [my revenge]:

لَأُقَطِّعَنَّأَيْدِيَكُمْوَأَرْجُلَكُممِّنْخِلَٰفٍۢثُمَّلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْأَجْمَعِينَ

most certainly shall I cut off your hands and your feet in great numbers, because of [your] perverseness, and then I shall most certainly crucify you, in great numbers, all together! "

قَالُوٓا۟إِنَّآإِلَىٰرَبِّنَامُنقَلِبُونَ

They answered: "Verily, unto our Sustainer do we turn-

وَمَاتَنقِمُمِنَّآإِلَّآأَنْءَامَنَّابِـَٔايَٰتِرَبِّنَالَمَّاجَآءَتْنَارَبَّنَآأَفْرِغْعَلَيْنَاصَبْرًۭاوَتَوَفَّنَامُسْلِمِينَ

for thou takest vengeance on us only because we have come to believe in our Sustainer's messages as soon as they came to us. O our Sustainer! Shower us with patience in adversity, and make us die as men who have surrendered themselves unto Thee!"

وَقَالَٱلْمَلَأُمِنقَوْمِفِرْعَوْنَأَتَذَرُمُوسَىٰوَقَوْمَهُۥلِيُفْسِدُوا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِوَيَذَرَكَوَءَالِهَتَكَقَالَسَنُقَتِّلُأَبْنَآءَهُمْوَنَسْتَحْىِۦنِسَآءَهُمْوَإِنَّافَوْقَهُمْقَٰهِرُونَ

And the great ones among Pharaoh's people said: "Wilt thou allow Moses and his people to spread corruption on earth, and to [cause thy people to] forsake thee and thy gods?" [Pharaoh] replied: "We shall slay their sons in great numbers and shall spare [only] their women: for, verily, we hold sway over them!"

قَالَمُوسَىٰلِقَوْمِهِٱسْتَعِينُوا۟بِٱللَّهِوَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟إِنَّٱلْأَرْضَلِلَّهِيُورِثُهَامَنيَشَآءُمِنْعِبَادِهِۦوَٱلْعَٰقِبَةُلِلْمُتَّقِينَ

[And] Moses said unto his people: "Turn unto God for aid, and have patience in adversity. Verily, all the earth belongs to God: He gives it as a heritage - to such as He wills of His servants; and the future belongs to the God-conscious!"

قَالُوٓا۟أُوذِينَامِنقَبْلِأَنتَأْتِيَنَاوَمِنۢبَعْدِمَاجِئْتَنَاقَالَعَسَىٰرَبُّكُمْأَنيُهْلِكَعَدُوَّكُمْوَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْفِىٱلْأَرْضِفَيَنظُرَكَيْفَتَعْمَلُونَ

[But the children of Israel] said: "We have suffered hurt ere thou camest to us and since thou hast come to us!" [Moses] replied: "It may well be that your Sustainer will destroy your foe and make you inherit the earth: and thereupon he will behold how you act."

وَلَقَدْأَخَذْنَآءَالَفِرْعَوْنَبِٱلسِّنِينَوَنَقْصٍۢمِّنَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِلَعَلَّهُمْيَذَّكَّرُونَ

And most certainly did We overwhelm Pharaoh's people with drought and scarcity of fruits, so that they might take it to heart.

فَإِذَاجَآءَتْهُمُٱلْحَسَنَةُقَالُوا۟لَنَاهَٰذِهِۦوَإِنتُصِبْهُمْسَيِّئَةٌۭيَطَّيَّرُوا۟بِمُوسَىٰوَمَنمَّعَهُۥٓأَلَآإِنَّمَاطَٰٓئِرُهُمْعِندَٱللَّهِوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَهُمْلَايَعْلَمُونَ

But whenever good fortune alighted upon them, they would say, "This is [but] our due"; and whenever affliction befell them, they would blame their evil fortune on Moses and those who followed him. Oh, verily, their [evil] fortune had been decreed by God-but most of them knew it not.

وَقَالُوا۟مَهْمَاتَأْتِنَابِهِۦمِنْءَايَةٍۢلِّتَسْحَرَنَابِهَافَمَانَحْنُلَكَبِمُؤْمِنِينَ

And they said [unto Moses]: "Whatever sign thou mayest produce before us in order to cast a spell upon us thereby, we shall not believe thee!"

فَأَرْسَلْنَاعَلَيْهِمُٱلطُّوفَانَوَٱلْجَرَادَوَٱلْقُمَّلَوَٱلضَّفَادِعَوَٱلدَّمَءَايَٰتٍۢمُّفَصَّلَٰتٍۢفَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟وَكَانُوا۟قَوْمًۭامُّجْرِمِينَ

Thereupon We let loose upon them floods, and [plagues of] locusts, and lice, and frogs, and [water turning into] blood -distinct signs [all]: but they gloried in their arrogance, for they were people lost in sin.

وَلَمَّاوَقَعَعَلَيْهِمُٱلرِّجْزُقَالُوا۟يَٰمُوسَىٱدْعُلَنَارَبَّكَبِمَاعَهِدَعِندَكَلَئِنكَشَفْتَعَنَّاٱلرِّجْزَلَنُؤْمِنَنَّلَكَوَلَنُرْسِلَنَّمَعَكَبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

And whenever a plague struck them, they would cry: "O Moses, pray for us to thy Sustainer on the strength of the covenant [of prophethood] which He has made with thee! If thou remove this plague from us, we will truly believe in thee. and will let the children of Israel go with thee!"

فَلَمَّاكَشَفْنَاعَنْهُمُٱلرِّجْزَإِلَىٰٓأَجَلٍهُمبَٰلِغُوهُإِذَاهُمْيَنكُثُونَ

But whenever We removed the plague from them, giving them time to make good their promise, lo, they would break their word.

فَٱنتَقَمْنَامِنْهُمْفَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْفِىٱلْيَمِّبِأَنَّهُمْكَذَّبُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاوَكَانُوا۟عَنْهَاغَٰفِلِينَ

And so We inflicted Our retribution on them, and caused them to drown in the sea, because they had given the lie to Our messages and had been heedless of them;

وَأَوْرَثْنَاٱلْقَوْمَٱلَّذِينَكَانُوا۟يُسْتَضْعَفُونَمَشَٰرِقَٱلْأَرْضِوَمَغَٰرِبَهَاٱلَّتِىبَٰرَكْنَافِيهَاوَتَمَّتْكَلِمَتُرَبِّكَٱلْحُسْنَىٰعَلَىٰبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَبِمَاصَبَرُوا۟وَدَمَّرْنَامَاكَانَيَصْنَعُفِرْعَوْنُوَقَوْمُهُۥوَمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْرِشُونَ

whereas unto the people who [in the past] had been deemed utterly low, We gave as their heritage the eastern and western parts of the land that We had blessed. And [thus] thy Sustainer's good promise unto the children of Israel was fulfilled in result of their patience in adversity; whereas We utterly destroyed all that Pharaoh and his people had wrought, and all that they had built.

وَجَٰوَزْنَابِبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَٱلْبَحْرَفَأَتَوْا۟عَلَىٰقَوْمٍۢيَعْكُفُونَعَلَىٰٓأَصْنَامٍۢلَّهُمْقَالُوا۟يَٰمُوسَىٱجْعَللَّنَآإِلَٰهًۭاكَمَالَهُمْءَالِهَةٌۭقَالَإِنَّكُمْقَوْمٌۭتَجْهَلُونَ

AND WE BROUGHT the children of Israel across the sea; and thereupon they came upon people who were devoted to the worship of some idols of theirs. Said [the children of Israel]: "O Moses, set up for us a god even as they have gods!" He replied: "Verily, you are people without any awareness [of right and wrong]!

إِنَّهَٰٓؤُلَآءِمُتَبَّرٌۭمَّاهُمْفِيهِوَبَٰطِلٌۭمَّاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ

As for these here -verily, their way of life is bound to lead to destruction; and worthless is all that they have ever done!"

قَالَأَغَيْرَٱللَّهِأَبْغِيكُمْإِلَٰهًۭاوَهُوَفَضَّلَكُمْعَلَىٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

[And] he said: "Am I to seek for you a deity other than God, although it is He who has favoured you above all other people?"