Surah Al-A'raaf

وَإِذْقِيلَلَهُمُٱسْكُنُوا۟هَٰذِهِٱلْقَرْيَةَوَكُلُوا۟مِنْهَاحَيْثُشِئْتُمْوَقُولُوا۟حِطَّةٌۭوَٱدْخُلُوا۟ٱلْبَابَسُجَّدًۭانَّغْفِرْلَكُمْخَطِيٓـَٰٔتِكُمْسَنَزِيدُٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

And [remember] when you were told: "Dwell in this land and eat of its food as you may desire; but say, `Remove Thou from us the burden of our sins,' and enter the gate humbly - [whereupon] We shall forgive you your sins [and] shall amply reward the doers of good."

فَبَدَّلَٱلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟مِنْهُمْقَوْلًاغَيْرَٱلَّذِىقِيلَلَهُمْفَأَرْسَلْنَاعَلَيْهِمْرِجْزًۭامِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَظْلِمُونَ

But those among them who were bent on wrongdoing substituted another saying for that which they had been given: and so We let loose against them a plague from heaven in requital of all their evil doings.

وَسْـَٔلْهُمْعَنِٱلْقَرْيَةِٱلَّتِىكَانَتْحَاضِرَةَٱلْبَحْرِإِذْيَعْدُونَفِىٱلسَّبْتِإِذْتَأْتِيهِمْحِيتَانُهُمْيَوْمَسَبْتِهِمْشُرَّعًۭاوَيَوْمَلَايَسْبِتُونَلَاتَأْتِيهِمْكَذَٰلِكَنَبْلُوهُمبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَفْسُقُونَ

And ask them about that town which stood by the sea: how its people would profane the Sabbath whenever their fish came to them, breaking the water's surface, on a day on which they ought to have kept Sabbath -because they would not come to them on other than Sabbath-days! Thus did We try them by means of their [own] iniquitous doings.

وَإِذْقَالَتْأُمَّةٌۭمِّنْهُمْلِمَتَعِظُونَقَوْمًاٱللَّهُمُهْلِكُهُمْأَوْمُعَذِّبُهُمْعَذَابًۭاشَدِيدًۭاقَالُوا۟مَعْذِرَةًإِلَىٰرَبِّكُمْوَلَعَلَّهُمْيَتَّقُونَ

And whenever some people among them asked [those who tried to restrain the Sabbath-breakers], "Why do you preach to people whom God is about to destroy or [at least] to chastise with suffering severe?" -the pious ones would answer, "In order to be free from blame before your Sustainer, and that these [transgressors, too,] might become conscious of Him."

فَلَمَّانَسُوا۟مَاذُكِّرُوا۟بِهِۦٓأَنجَيْنَاٱلَّذِينَيَنْهَوْنَعَنِٱلسُّوٓءِوَأَخَذْنَاٱلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟بِعَذَابٍۭبَـِٔيسٍۭبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَفْسُقُونَ

And thereupon, when those [sinners] had forgotten all that they had been told to take to. heart, We saved those who had tried to prevent the doing of evil, and overwhelmed those who had been bent on evildoing with dreadful suffering for all their iniquity;

فَلَمَّاعَتَوْا۟عَنمَّانُهُوا۟عَنْهُقُلْنَالَهُمْكُونُوا۟قِرَدَةًخَٰسِـِٔينَ

and then, when they disdainfully persisted in doing what they had been forbidden to do, We said unto them: "Be as apes despicable!"

وَإِذْتَأَذَّنَرَبُّكَلَيَبْعَثَنَّعَلَيْهِمْإِلَىٰيَوْمِٱلْقِيَٰمَةِمَنيَسُومُهُمْسُوٓءَٱلْعَذَابِإِنَّرَبَّكَلَسَرِيعُٱلْعِقَابِوَإِنَّهُۥلَغَفُورٌۭرَّحِيمٌۭ

And lo! Thy Sustainer made it known that most certainly He would rouse against them, unto Resurrection Day, people who would afflict them with cruel suffering: verily, thy Sustainer is swift in retribution - yet, verily, He is [also] much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

وَقَطَّعْنَٰهُمْفِىٱلْأَرْضِأُمَمًۭامِّنْهُمُٱلصَّٰلِحُونَوَمِنْهُمْدُونَذَٰلِكَوَبَلَوْنَٰهُمبِٱلْحَسَنَٰتِوَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِلَعَلَّهُمْيَرْجِعُونَ

And We dispersed them as [separate] communities all over the earth; some of them were righteous, and some of them less than that: and the latter We tried with blessings as well as with afflictions, so that they might mend their ways.

فَخَلَفَمِنۢبَعْدِهِمْخَلْفٌۭوَرِثُوا۟ٱلْكِتَٰبَيَأْخُذُونَعَرَضَهَٰذَاٱلْأَدْنَىٰوَيَقُولُونَسَيُغْفَرُلَنَاوَإِنيَأْتِهِمْعَرَضٌۭمِّثْلُهُۥيَأْخُذُوهُأَلَمْيُؤْخَذْعَلَيْهِممِّيثَٰقُٱلْكِتَٰبِأَنلَّايَقُولُوا۟عَلَىٱللَّهِإِلَّاٱلْحَقَّوَدَرَسُوا۟مَافِيهِوَٱلدَّارُٱلْءَاخِرَةُخَيْرٌۭلِّلَّذِينَيَتَّقُونَأَفَلَاتَعْقِلُونَ

And they have been succeeded by [new] generations who - [in spite of] having inherited the divine writ-clutch but at the fleeting good of this lower world and say, "We shall be forgiven, the while they are ready, if another such fleeting good should come their way, to clutch at it [and sin again]. Have they not been solemnly pledged through the divine writ not to attribute unto God aught but what is true, and [have they not] read again and again all that is therein? Since the life in the hereafter is the better [of the two] for all who are conscious of God -will you not, then, use your reason?

وَٱلَّذِينَيُمَسِّكُونَبِٱلْكِتَٰبِوَأَقَامُوا۟ٱلصَّلَوٰةَإِنَّالَانُضِيعُأَجْرَٱلْمُصْلِحِينَ

For [We shall requite] all those who hold fast to the divine writ and are constant in prayer: verily, We shall not fail to requite those who enjoin the doing of what is right!

وَإِذْنَتَقْنَاٱلْجَبَلَفَوْقَهُمْكَأَنَّهُۥظُلَّةٌۭوَظَنُّوٓا۟أَنَّهُۥوَاقِعٌۢبِهِمْخُذُوا۟مَآءَاتَيْنَٰكُمبِقُوَّةٍۢوَٱذْكُرُوا۟مَافِيهِلَعَلَّكُمْتَتَّقُونَ

And [did We not say,] when We caused Mount Sinai to quake above the children of Israel as though it were a [mere] shadow, and they thought that it would fall upon them, "Hold fast with [all your] strength unto what We have vouchsafed you, and bear in mind all that is therein, so that you might remain conscious of God"?

وَإِذْأَخَذَرَبُّكَمِنۢبَنِىٓءَادَمَمِنظُهُورِهِمْذُرِّيَّتَهُمْوَأَشْهَدَهُمْعَلَىٰٓأَنفُسِهِمْأَلَسْتُبِرَبِّكُمْقَالُوا۟بَلَىٰشَهِدْنَآأَنتَقُولُوا۟يَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِإِنَّاكُنَّاعَنْهَٰذَاغَٰفِلِينَ

AND WHENEVER thy Sustainer brings forth their offspring from the loins of the children of Adam, He [thus] calls upon them to bear witness about themselves: "Am I not your Sustainer?" - to which they answer: "Yea, indeed, we do bear witness thereto!" [Of this We remind you,] lest you say on the Day of Resurrection, "Verily, we were unaware of this";

أَوْتَقُولُوٓا۟إِنَّمَآأَشْرَكَءَابَآؤُنَامِنقَبْلُوَكُنَّاذُرِّيَّةًۭمِّنۢبَعْدِهِمْأَفَتُهْلِكُنَابِمَافَعَلَٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

or lest you say, "Verily, it was but our forefathers who, in times gone by, began to ascribe divinity to other beings beside God; and we were but their late offspring: wilt Thou, then, destroy us for the doings of those inventors of falsehoods?"

وَكَذَٰلِكَنُفَصِّلُٱلْءَايَٰتِوَلَعَلَّهُمْيَرْجِعُونَ

And thus clearly do We spell out these messages; and [We do it] so that they [who have sinned] might return [unto Us].

وَٱتْلُعَلَيْهِمْنَبَأَٱلَّذِىٓءَاتَيْنَٰهُءَايَٰتِنَافَٱنسَلَخَمِنْهَافَأَتْبَعَهُٱلشَّيْطَٰنُفَكَانَمِنَٱلْغَاوِينَ

And tell them what happens to him to whom We vouchsafe Our messages and who then discards them: Satan catches up with him, and he strays, like so many others, into grievous error.

وَلَوْشِئْنَالَرَفَعْنَٰهُبِهَاوَلَٰكِنَّهُۥٓأَخْلَدَإِلَىٱلْأَرْضِوَٱتَّبَعَهَوَىٰهُفَمَثَلُهُۥكَمَثَلِٱلْكَلْبِإِنتَحْمِلْعَلَيْهِيَلْهَثْأَوْتَتْرُكْهُيَلْهَثذَّٰلِكَمَثَلُٱلْقَوْمِٱلَّذِينَكَذَّبُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِنَافَٱقْصُصِٱلْقَصَصَلَعَلَّهُمْيَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Now had We so willed, We could indeed have exalted him by means of those [messages]: but he always clung to the earth and followed but his own desires. Thus, his parable is that of an [excited] dog: if thou approach him threateningly, he will pant with his tongue lolling; and. if thou leave him alone, he will pant with his tongue lolling. Such is the parable of those who are bent on giving the lie to Our messages. Tell [them], then, this story, so that they might take thought.

سَآءَمَثَلًاٱلْقَوْمُٱلَّذِينَكَذَّبُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاوَأَنفُسَهُمْكَانُوا۟يَظْلِمُونَ

Evil is the example of people who are bent on giving the lie to Our messages: for it is against their own selves that they are sinning!

مَنيَهْدِٱللَّهُفَهُوَٱلْمُهْتَدِىوَمَنيُضْلِلْفَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ

He whom God guides, he alone is truly guided; whereas those whom He lets go astray-it is they, they who are the losers!

وَلَقَدْذَرَأْنَالِجَهَنَّمَكَثِيرًۭامِّنَٱلْجِنِّوَٱلْإِنسِلَهُمْقُلُوبٌۭلَّايَفْقَهُونَبِهَاوَلَهُمْأَعْيُنٌۭلَّايُبْصِرُونَبِهَاوَلَهُمْءَاذَانٌۭلَّايَسْمَعُونَبِهَآأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَكَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِبَلْهُمْأَضَلُّأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْغَٰفِلُونَ

And most certainly have We destined for hell many of the invisible beings and men who have hearts with which they fail to grasp the truth, and eyes with which they fail to see, and ears with which they fail to hear. They are like cattle -nay, they are even less conscious of the right way: it is they, they who are the [truly] heedless!

وَلِلَّهِٱلْأَسْمَآءُٱلْحُسْنَىٰفَٱدْعُوهُبِهَاوَذَرُوا۟ٱلَّذِينَيُلْحِدُونَفِىٓأَسْمَٰٓئِهِۦسَيُجْزَوْنَمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ

AND GOD'S [alone] are the attributes of perfection; invoke Him, then, by these, and stand aloof from all who distort the meaning of His attributes: they shall be requited for all that they were wont to do!