Chapter 7: Al-A’raf (The Heights)

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Chapter 7: Surah Al-A'raf (سورة الأعراف) - Simple English Translation of Quran
Meaning: The Heights | Verses: 206 | Revealed In: Mecca (Makki Surah)

Significance of Surah Al-A'raf:
This Surah highlights the stories of several prophets, including Adam, Noah, Hud, Salih, Shu'ayb, Moses, and others, focusing on the conflict between truth and falsehood. It emphasizes divine guidance, the consequences of disobedience, and the reward for righteousness. The name “Al-A'raf” refers to the elevated barrier between Paradise and Hell mentioned in the Surah.



1. الٓمصٓ
Alif, Lam, Meem, Sad.

2. كِتَٰبٌ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ فَلَا يَكُن فِي صَدْرِكَ حَرَجٞ مِّنْهُ لِتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
[This is] a Book revealed to you – so let there not be in your breast distress therefrom – that you may warn thereby and as a reminder to the believers.

3. ٱتَّبِعُواْ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَۗ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Follow what has been revealed to you from your Lord and do not follow other than Him any allies. Little do you remember.

4. وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا فَجَآءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًا أَوْ هُمۡ قَآئِلُونَ
And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon.

5. فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمۡ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"

6. فَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Then We will surely question those to whom \[a message] was sent, and We will surely question the messengers.

7. فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيْهِم بِعِلْمٖۖ وَمَا كُنَّا غَآئِبِينَ
Then We will surely relate \[their deeds] to them with knowledge, and We were not \[at all] absent.

8. وَٱلْوَزْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّۚ فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ
And the weighing \[of deeds] that Day will be the truth. So those whose scales are heavy – it is they who will be the successful.

9.
وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَظْلِمُونَ
And those whose scales are light – they are the ones who will lose themselves for what injustice they were doing toward Our verses.

10. وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّـٰكُمْ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَايِشَۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ
And We have certainly established you upon the earth and made for you therein ways of livelihood. Little are you grateful.

11.وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَـٰكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُواْ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ
And We have certainly created you, \[O mankind], and given you \[human] form. Then We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblis. He was not of those who prostrated.

12. قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٞ مِّنْهُۖ خَلَقْتَنِي مِن نَّارٖ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٖ
\[Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" \[Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

13. قَالَ فَٱهۡبِطۡ مِنۡهَا فَمَا يَكُونُ لَكَ أَن تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيهَا فَٱخۡرُجۡ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَ
\[Allah] said, "Descend from Paradise, for it is not for you to be arrogant therein. So get out; indeed, you are of the debased."

14. قَالَ أَنظِرۡنِيٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ
He said, "Reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

15. قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنظَرِينَ
\[Allah] said, "Indeed, you are of those reprieved."

16. قَالَ فَبِمَآ أَغۡوَيۡتَنِي لَأَقۡعُدَنَّ لَهُمۡ صِرَٰطَكَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ
\[Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path.

17. ثُمَّ لَأٓتِيَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَيۡنِ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَآئِلِهِمْۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَـٰكِرِينَ
Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful \[to You]."

18. قَالَ ٱخۡرُجۡ مِنۡهَا مَذۡءُومٗا مَّدۡحُورٗاۖ لَّمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنۡهُمۡ لَأَمۡلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ
\[Allah] said, "Get out of Paradise, reproached and expelled. Whoever follows you among them – I will surely fill Hell with you all."

19. وَيَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسۡكُنۡ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنۡ حَيۡثُ شِئۡتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
And "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat from wherever you will but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."

20. فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ لِيُبۡدِيَ لَهُمَا مَا وُورِيَ عَنْهُمَا مِن سَوْءَٰتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهَىٰكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَا مَلَكَيۡنِ أَوْ تَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلۡخَـٰلِدِينَ
But Satan whispered to them to make apparent to them that which was concealed from them of their private parts. He said, "Your Lord did not forbid you this tree except that you become angels or become of the immortal."

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21. وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ إِنِّي لَكُمَا لَمِنَ ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ
And he swore \[by Allah] to them, "Indeed, I am to you from among the sincere advisors."

22. فَدَلَّىٰهُمَا بِغُرُورٖۚ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا ٱلشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتۡ لَهُمَا سَوۡءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخۡصِفَانِ عَلَيۡهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلۡجَنَّةِۚ
So he made them fall, through deception. And when they tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten together over themselves from the leaves of Paradise.

وَنَادَىٰهُمَا رَبُّهُمَآ أَلَمۡ أَنْهَكُمَا عَن تِلۡكُمَا ٱلشَّجَرَةِ وَأَقُل لَّكُمَآ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ لَكُمَا عَدُوّٞ مُّبِينٞ
And their Lord called to them, "Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you that Satan is to you a clear enemy?"

23. قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمۡنَآ أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمۡ تَغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَتَرۡحَمۡنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ
They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers."

24. قَالَ ٱهۡبِطُواْ بَعۡضُكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ عَدُوّٞۖ وَلَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُسۡتَقَرّٞ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٖ
[Allah] said, "Descend, being to one another enemies. And for you on the earth is a place of settlement and enjoyment for a time."

25. قَالَ فِيهَا تَحۡيَوۡنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنۡهَا تُخۡرَجُونَ
He said, "Therein you will live, and therein you will die, and from it you will be brought forth."

26. يَٰبَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ قَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمۡ لِبَاسٗا يُوَٰرِي سَوۡءَٰتِكُمۡ وَرِيشٗاۖ وَلِبَاسُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٞۚ
O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness – that is best.

ذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَذَّكَّرُونَ
That is from the signs of Allah that perhaps they will remember.

27. يَٰبَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ لَا يَفۡتِنَنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ كَمَآ أَخۡرَجَ أَبَوَيۡكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ
O children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from Paradise,

يَنزِعُ عَنۡهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوۡءَٰتِهِمَآۗ
Stripping them of their clothing to show them their private parts.

إِنَّهُۥ يَرَىٰكُمۡ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُۥ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا تَرَوۡنَهُمۡۗ
Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them.

إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَا ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ
Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe.

28. وَإِذَا فَعَلُواْ فَٰحِشَةٗ قَالُواْ وَجَدۡنَا عَلَيۡهَآ ءَابَآءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَاۗ
And when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allah has ordered us to do it."

قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ
Say, "Indeed, Allah does not order immorality. Do you say about Allah that which you do not know?"

29. قُلۡ أَمَرَ رَبِّي بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۖ وَأَقِيمُواْ وُجُوهَكُمۡ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسۡجِدٖ وَٱدۡعُوهُ مُخۡلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَۚ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمۡ تَعُودُونَ
Say, \[O Muhammad], "My Lord has ordered justice and that you maintain yourselves \[in worship] of Him at every place of prostration, and invoke Him, sincere to Him in religion. Just as He originated you, you will return \[to life]—"

30. فَرِيقًا هَدَىٰ وَفَرِيقًا حَقَّ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُۚ
A group \[of you] He guided, and a group deserved to be in error.

إِنَّهُمُ ٱتَّخَذُواْ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهۡتَدُونَ
Indeed, they had taken the devils as allies instead of Allah while they thought that they were guided.

31. يَٰبَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ خُذُواْ زِينَتَكُمۡ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسۡجِدٖ وَكُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ وَلَا تُسۡرِفُوٓاْۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
O children of Adam, take your adornment at every masjid and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not those who commit excess.

32. قُلۡ مَنۡ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ لِعِبَادِهِۦ وَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلرِّزۡقِۚ
Say, "Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah which He has produced for His servants and the good \[lawful] things of provision?"

قُلۡ هِيَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا خَالِصَةٗ يَوْمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۗ
Say, "They are for those who believe during worldly life \[but] exclusively for them on the Day of Resurrection."

كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمٖ يَعۡلَمُونَ
Thus do We detail the verses for a people who know.

33. قُلۡ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّيَ ٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنۡهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَٱلۡإِثۡمَ وَٱلۡبَغۡيَ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّ
Say, "My Lord has only forbidden immoralities – what is apparent of them and what is concealed – and sin and oppression without right

وَأَن تُشۡرِكُواْ بِٱللَّهِ مَا لَمۡ يُنَزِّلۡ بِهِۦ سُلۡطَـٰنٗا وَأَن تَقُولُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ
And that you associate with Allah that for which He has not sent down authority, and say about Allah that which you do not know."

34. وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌۭ ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ سَاعَةًۭ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
And for every nation is a \[specified] term. So when their time has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede \[it].

35. يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ إِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ رُسُلٌۭ مِّنكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِى ۙ فَمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَأَصْلَحَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
O children of Adam, if there come to you messengers from among you relating to you My verses, then whoever fears Allah and reforms – there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

36. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَآ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ
But the ones who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them – those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

37. فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يَنَالُهُمْ نَصِيبُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۖ
And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah a lie or denies His verses? Those will attain their portion of the decree

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا
until, when Our messengers come to them to take them in death, they will say, "Where are those you used to invoke besides Allah?" They will say, "They have departed from us,"

وَشَهِدُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ كَـٰفِرِينَ
and they will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.

38. قَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ فِىٓ أُمَمٍۢ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ فِى ٱلنَّارِ ۖ
\[Allah] will say, "Enter among nations which had passed on before you of jinn and mankind into the Fire."

كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌۭ لَّعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا ۖ
Every time a nation enters, it will curse its sister \[nation] that went before,

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱدَّارَكُوا۟ فِيهَا جَمِيعًۭا قَالَتْ أُخْرَىٰهُمْ لِأُولَىٰهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَـَٔاتِهِمْ عَذَابًۭا ضِعْفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ
until, when they have all overtaken one another therein, the last of them will say about the first of them, "Our Lord, these had misled us, so give them a double punishment of the Fire."

قَالَ لِكُلٍّۢ ضِعْفٌۭ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تَعْلَمُونَ
He will say, "For each is double, but you do not know."

39. وَقَالَتْ أُولَىٰهُمْ لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍۢ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ
And the first of them will say to the last of them, "Then you had not any favor over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn."

40. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَٰبُ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ
Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them – the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise

حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ ٱلْجَمَلُ فِى سَمِّ ٱلْخِيَاطِ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
until a camel enters into the eye of a needle. And thus do We recompense the criminals.

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41. لَهُم مِّن جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٞ وَمِن فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٞۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
They will have from Hell a bed and over them coverings \[of fire]. And thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

42. وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَآ ۚ
But those who believed and did righteous deeds – We charge no soul except within its capacity.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ
Those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally.

43. وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلّٖ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمُ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ
And We will have removed whatever is within their breasts of resentment, \[while] flowing beneath them are rivers.

وَقَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى هَدَىٰنَا لِهَـٰذَا
And they will say, "Praise to Allah, who has guided us to this;

وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِىَ لَوْلَآ أَنْ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ
and we would never have been guided if Allah had not guided us.

لَقَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ
Certainly the messengers of our Lord had come with the truth."

وَنُودُوٓا۟ أَن تِلْكُمُ ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
And they will be called, "This is Paradise, which you have been made to inherit for what you used to do."

44. وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ أَن قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَا وَعَدَنَا رَبُّنَا حَقًّا ۖ
And the companions of Paradise will call out to the companions of the Fire, "We have already found what our Lord promised us to be true.

فَهَلْ وَجَدتُّم مَّا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقًّۭاۚ قَالُوا۟ نَعَمْ ۚ فَأَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن لَّعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
Have you found what your Lord promised to be true?" They will say, "Yes." Then an announcer will announce among them, "The curse of Allah shall be upon the wrongdoers."

45. ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجٗا وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ كَـٰفِرُونَ
Who averted \[people] from the way of Allah and sought to make it \[seem] deviant while they were, concerning the Hereafter, disbelievers.

46. وَبَيْنَهُمَا حِجَابٞۚ وَعَلَى ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالٞ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلّٗاۢ بِسِيمَـٰهُمۡۚ
And between them will be a partition, and on the heights are men who recognize all by their mark.

وَنَادَوْا۟ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَن سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْۚ لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ
And they will call out to the companions of Paradise, "Peace be upon you." They have not \[yet] entered it, but they long intensely.

47. وَإِذَا صُرِفَتْ أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تِلْقَآءَ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلنَّارِ قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
And when their eyes are turned toward the companions of the Fire, they say, "Our Lord, do not place us with the wrongdoing people."

48. وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالٗا يَعْرِفُونَهُم بِسِيمَـٰهُمۡ قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنكُمۡ جَمۡعُكُمْ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
And the companions of the Heights will call to men \[within Hell] whom they recognize by their mark, saying, "Of no avail to you was your gathering and \[the fact] that you were arrogant."

49. أَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَقْسَمْتُمْ لَا يَنَالُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِرَحْمَةٍۚ
Are these the ones whom you swore that Allah would never offer them mercy?

ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَآ أَنتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ
[To them it will be said], "Enter Paradise; no fear will there be concerning you, nor will you grieve."

50. وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَنْ أَفِيضُوا۟ عَلَيْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ أَوْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ
And the companions of the Fire will call to the companions of Paradise, "Pour upon us some water or from whatever Allah has provided you."

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَرَّمَهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
They will say, "Indeed, Allah has forbidden them both to the disbelievers."

51. ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ لَهْوًۭا وَلَعِبًۭا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ
Who took their religion as distraction and amusement and whom the worldly life deluded.

فَٱلْيَوْمَ نَنسَىٰهُمْ كَمَا نَسُوا۟ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِهِمْ هَـٰذَا وَمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ
So today We will forget them just as they forgot the meeting of this Day of theirs and for having rejected Our signs.

52. وَلَقَدْ جِئْنَـٰهُم بِكِتَـٰبٍۢ فَصَّلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ هُدًۭى وَرَحْمَةًۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يُؤْمِنُونَ
And We had certainly brought them a Book which We detailed by knowledge – as guidance and mercy to a people who believe.

53. هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأْوِيلَهُۥ ۚ يَوْمَ يَأْتِى تَأْوِيلُهُۥ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ
Do they await except its result? The Day its result comes, those who had ignored it before will say, "The messengers of our Lord had come with the truth.

فَهَلْ لَنَا مِن شُفَعَآءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا۟ لَنَآ أَوْ نُرَدُّ فَنَعْمَلَ غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ ۚ
So are there now any intercessors to intercede for us, or could we be sent back to do other than what we used to do?"

قَدْ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ
They will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

54. إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ
Indeed, your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne.

يُغْشِى ٱلَّيْلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُۥ حَثِيثًۭا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ وَٱلنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَٰتٍۢ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗ
He covers the night with the day, chasing it rapidly – and \[He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, subjected by His command.

أَلَا لَهُ ٱلْخَلْقُ وَٱلْأَمْرُ ۗ تَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds.

55. ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًۭا وَخُفْيَةً ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ
Call upon your Lord in humility and privately; indeed, He does not like transgressors.

56. وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَـٰحِهَا ۚ وَٱدْعُوهُ خَوْفًۭا وَطَمَعًا ۚ
And cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. And invoke Him in fear and aspiration.

إِنَّ رَحْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Indeed, the mercy of Allah is near to the doers of good.

57. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُرْسِلُ ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ بُشْرًۭا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۖ
And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَقَلَّتْ سَحَابًۭا ثِقَالًۭا سُقْنَـٰهُ لِبَلَدٍۢ مَّيِّتٍۢ فَأَنزَلْنَا بِهِ ٱلْمَآءَ فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِ مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۚ
until, when they have carried heavy rainclouds, We drive them to a dead land and We send down rain therein and bring forth thereby \[some] of all the fruits.

كَذَٰلِكَ نُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
Thus will We bring forth the dead; perhaps you may be reminded.

58. وَٱلْبَلَدُ ٱلطَّيِّبُ يَخْرُجُ نَبَاتُهُۥ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِۦ ۖ
And the good land – its vegetation emerges by permission of its Lord;

وَٱلَّذِى خَبُثَ لَا يَخْرُجُ إِلَّا نَكِدًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍۢ يَشْكُرُونَ
but that which is bad – nothing emerges except sparsely. Thus do We diversify the signs for a people who are grateful.

59. لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَقَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ ۖ
We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him.

إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day."

60. قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٖ
Said the eminent among his people, "Indeed, we see you in clear error."

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61. قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى ضَلَـٰلَةٞ وَلَـٰكِنِّي رَسُولٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
He said, "O my people, there is not error in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds."

62. أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّي وَأَنصَحُ لَكُمْ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
I convey to you the messages of my Lord and advise you; and I know from Allah what you do not know.

63. أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ أَن جَآءَكُمْ ذِكْرٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنكُمْ لِيُنذِرَكُمْ
Then do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you,

وَلِتَتَّقُوا۟ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
and that you may fear Allah so you might receive mercy?

64. فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ وَأَغْرَقْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۚ
But they denied him, so We saved him and those who were with him in the ship, and We drowned those who denied Our signs.

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا عَمِينَ
Indeed, they were a blind people.

65. وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ ۚ
And to 'Aad \[We sent] their brother Hud. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him.

أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
Then will you not fear Him?"

66. قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى سَفَاهَةٖ وَإِنَّا لَنَظُنُّكَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ
Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "Indeed, we see you in foolishness, and indeed, we think you are of the liars."

67. قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى سَفَاهَةٞ وَلَـٰكِنِّى رَسُولٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
He said, "O my people, there is not foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds."

68. أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّي وَأَنَا۠ لَكُمْ نَاصِحٌ أَمِينٌ
I convey to you the messages of my Lord, and I am to you a trustworthy adviser.

69. أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ أَن جَآءَكُمْ ذِكْرٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنكُمْ لِيُنذِرَكُمْ ۚ
Then do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you to warn you?

وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ قَوْمِ نُوحٖ وَزَادَكُمْ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ بَصْۜطَةٗۖ فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
And remember when He made you successors after the people of Noah and increased you in stature extensively. So remember the favors of Allah that you might succeed.

70. قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِنَعْبُدَ ٱللَّهَ وَحْدَهُۥ وَنَذَرَ مَا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا ۖ
They said, "Have you come to us that we should worship Allah alone and leave what our fathers used to worship?

فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."

71. قَالَ قَدْ وَقَعَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ رِجْسٞ وَغَضَبٌۭ ۖ أَتُجَـٰدِلُونَنِى فِىٓ أَسْمَآءٖ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٖۚ
He said, "Already have defilement and anger fallen upon you from your Lord. Do you dispute with me concerning \[mere] names you have named – you and your fathers – for which Allah has not sent down any authority?

فَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَ
Then wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait."

72. فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٖ مِّنَّا وَقَطَعْنَا دَابِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ
So We saved him and those with him by mercy from Us. And We eliminated those who denied Our signs, and they were not believers.

73. وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَـٰلِحٗا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ
And to the Thamud \[We sent] their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him.

قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ
There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord.

هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةٗۖ فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ
This is the she-camel of Allah \[sent] to you as a sign. So leave her to eat within Allah’s land and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.

74. وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عَادٖ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورٗا وَتَنْحِتُونَ ٱلْجِبَالَ بُيُوتٗاۖ فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
And remember when He made you successors after the 'Aad and settled you in the land, \[and] you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of Allah and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."

75. قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِمَنْ ءَامَنَ مِنْهُمْ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ صَـٰلِحٗا مُّرْسَلٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦۚ
The arrogant leaders among his people said to those who were oppressed – to those who believed among them, "Do you \[actually] know that Ṣāliḥ is sent from his Lord?"

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلَ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنُونَ
They said, "Indeed we, in that with which he was sent, are believers."

76. قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ
Those who were arrogant said, "Indeed we are, in that which you have believed, disbelievers."

77. فَعَقَرُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰصَـٰلِحُ ٱئْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Ṣāliḥ, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers."

78. فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ
So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home \[corpses] fallen prone.

79. فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّي وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُحِبُّونَ ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ
And he turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the message of my Lord and advised you, but you do not like advisors."

80. وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٖ مِّنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
And \[We sent] Lot when he said to his people, "Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds?

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81. إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةٗ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٞ مُّسْرِفُونَ
Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."

82. وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٞ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."

83. فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ
So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; she was of those who remained \[with the evildoers].

84. وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرٗا ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
And We rained upon them a rain \[of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.

85. وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبٗا ۚ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ
And to \[the people of] Madyan \[We sent] their brother Shuʿayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him.

قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ
There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. So fulfill the measure and weight and do not deprive people of their due

وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَـٰحِهَاۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٞ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
and cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. That is better for you, if you should be believers.

86. وَلَا تَقْعُدُوا۟ بِكُلِّ صِرَٰطٖ تُوعِدُونَ وَتَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِهِۦ وَتَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجٗا ۚ
And do not sit on every path threatening and averting from the way of Allah those who believe in Him, seeking to make it seem deviant.

وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ كُنتُمْ قَلِيلٗا فَكَثَّرَكُمْ ۖ وَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
And remember when you were few and He increased you. And see how was the end of the corrupters.

87. وَإِن كَانَ طَآئِفَةٞ مِّنكُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَطَآئِفَةٞ لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ فَٱصْبِرُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَحْكُمَ ٱللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا ۚ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَ
And if there should be a group among you who has believed in that with which I have been sent and a group that has not believed, then be patient until Allah judges between us. And He is the best of judges.

88. قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ يَـٰشُعَيْبُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَكَ مِن قَرْيَتِنَآ أَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِى مِلَّتِنَاۚ
Said the arrogant elite among his people, "We will surely evict you, O Shuʿayb, and those who have believed with you from our city, or you must return to our religion."

قَالَ أَوَلَوْ كُنَّا كَـٰرِهِينَ
He said, "Even if we were unwilling?

89. قَدِ ٱفْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا إِنْ عُدْنَا فِى مِلَّتِكُم بَعْدَ إِذْ نَجَّىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنْهَا ۚ
We would have invented a lie against Allah if we returned to your religion after Allah had saved us from it.

وَمَا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّعُودَ فِيهَآ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّنَا ۚ وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًاۚ
And it is not for us to return to it except that Allah, our Lord, should will. Our Lord has encompassed all things in knowledge.

عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَاۚ رَبَّنَا ٱفْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِٱلْحَقِّۖ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْفَـٰتِحِينَ
Upon Allah we have relied. Our Lord, decide between us and our people in truth, and You are the best of those who give decision."

90. وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتُمْ شُعَيْبًا إِنَّكُمْ إِذٗا لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ
And the leaders who disbelieved among his people said, "If you follow Shuʿayb, indeed, you would then be losers."

91. فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ
So the earthquake seized them, and they became lifeless bodies in their homes.

92. ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ شُعَيْبٗا كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَاۚ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ شُعَيْبٗا كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ
Those who denied Shuʿayb – it was as though they had never lived there. Those who denied Shuʿayb – it was they who were the losers.

93. فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّي وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْۖ
So he turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the messages of my Lord and advised you.

فَكَيْفَ ءَاسَىٰ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٖ كَـٰفِرِينَ
So how could I grieve for a disbelieving people?"

94. وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٖ مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّآ أَخَذْنَآ أَهْلَهَا بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ
And We sent to no city a prophet \[who was denied] except that We seized its people with poverty and hardship that they might humble themselves.

95. ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّىٰ عَفَوا۟ وَقَالُوا۟ قَدْ مَسَّ ءَابَآءَنَا ٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَٱلسَّرَّآءُ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بَغْتَةٗ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
Then We replaced the bad \[condition] with good until they increased \[and prospered] and said, "Our fathers \[also] were touched with hardship and ease." So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.

96. وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَرَكَـٰتٖ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبُوا۟ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allah, We would have opened upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning.

97. أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَـٰتٗا وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?

98. أَوَ أَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحٗى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ
Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?

99. أَفَأَمِنُوۤاْ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِۚ فَلَا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ
Then did they feel secure from the plan of Allah? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allah except the losing people.

100. أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لِلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَهْلِهَآ أَن لَّوْ نَشَآءُ أَصَبْنَـٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَنَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ
Has it not become clear to those who inherited the earth after its previous people that if We willed, We could afflict them for their sins? But We seal over their hearts so they do not hear.

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101. تِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنبَآئِهَاۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِمَا كَذَّبُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
Those cities – We relate to you some of their news. And their messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe in that which they had denied before. Thus does Allah seal over the hearts of the disbelievers.

102. وَمَا وَجَدْنَا لِأَكْثَرِهِم مِّنْ عَهْدٖۖ وَإِن وَجَدْنَا أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفَـٰسِقِينَ
And We did not find for most of them any covenant; but indeed, We found most of them defiantly disobedient.

103. ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَظَلَمُوا۟ بِهَاۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
Then We sent after them Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were unjust toward them. So see how was the end of the corrupters.

104. وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ يَـٰفِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّي رَسُولٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
And Moses said, "O Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds

105. حَقِيقٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن لَّآ أَقُولَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْحَقَّۚ قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِبَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعِيَ بَنِيٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
\[Who is] obligated not to say about Allah except the truth. I have come to you with clear evidence from your Lord, so send with me the Children of Israel."

106. قَالَ إِن كُنتَ جِئْتَ بِـَٔايَةٖ فَأْتِ بِهَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
\[Pharaoh] said, "If you have come with a sign, then bring it forth, if you should be of the truthful."

107. فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٞ مُّبِينٞ
So \[Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent, manifest.

108. وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ
And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers.

109. قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٞ
The chiefs of Pharaoh’s people said, "Indeed, this is a learned magician

110. يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُمْۖ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ
Who wants to expel you from your land \[through magic], so what do you advise?"

111. قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ
They said, "Postpone \[the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

112. يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَـٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٖ
Who will bring you every learned magician."

113. وَجَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ
And the magicians came to Pharaoh. They said, "Indeed for us is a reward if we are the predominant."

114. قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمۡ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ
He said, "Yes, and, \[moreover], you will be among those made near \[to me]."

115. قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُلْقِينَ
They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the ones to throw \[first]."

116. قَالَ أَلْقُوا۟ فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ سَحَرُوٓا۟ أَعْيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٖ
He said, "Throw," and when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them, and they presented a great \[feat of] magic.

117. وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَۖ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ
And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.

118. فَوَقَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.

119. فَغُلِبُوا۟ هُنَالِكَ وَٱنقَلَبُوا۟ صَـٰغِرِينَ
And they were overcome right there and became debased.

120. وَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِينَ
And the magicians fell down in prostration.

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121. قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,

122. رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ
The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

123. قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَمَكْرٞ مَّكَرْتُمُوهُ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِتُخْرِجُوا۟ مِنْهَآ أَهْلَهَاۖ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
Pharaoh said, "You believed in him before I gave you permission. Indeed, this is a plot you devised in the city to expel therefrom its people. But you will know.

124. لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٖ ثُمَّ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides; then I will surely crucify you all."

125. قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ
They said, "Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

126. وَمَا تَنقِمُ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَآءَتْنَاۚ رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرٗا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ
And you do not resent us except because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us. Our Lord, pour upon us patience and let us die as Muslims \[in submission to You]."

127. وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ أَتَذَرُ مُوسَىٰ وَقَوْمَهُۥ لِيُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَءَالِهَتَكَۚ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْۚ وَإِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَـٰهِرُونَ
And the chiefs of Pharaoh’s people said, "Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" He said, "We will kill their sons and keep their women alive, and indeed we are dominant over them."

128. قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ۖ إِنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ يُورِثُهَا مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦۖ وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
Moses said to his people, "Seek help through Allah and be patient. Indeed, the earth belongs to Allah. He causes to inherit it whom He wills of His servants. And the \[best] outcome is for the righteous."

129. قَالُوٓا۟ أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَاۚ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ
They said, "We have been harmed before you came to us and after you have come to us." He said, "Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and grant you succession in the land and see how you will do."

130. وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٖ مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ
And We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded.

131. فَإِذَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْحَسَنَةُ قَالُوا۟ لَنَا هَـٰذِهِۦۖ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٞ يَطَّيَّرُوا۟ بِمُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓۚ أَلَآ إِنَّمَا طَآئِرُهُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
But when good \[times] came to them, they said, "This is ours \[by right]," and if a bad \[condition] struck them, they blamed the evil omen on Moses and those with him. Unquestionably, their fortune is with Allah, but most of them do not know.

132. وَقَالُوا۟ مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِۦ مِنْ ءَايَةٖ لِّتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
And they said, "No matter what sign you bring us with which to bewitch us, we will not be believers in you."

133. فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلْجَرَادَ وَٱلْقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ ءَايَـٰتٖ مُّفَصَّلَـٰتٖ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمٗا مُّجْرِمِينَ
So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.

134. وَلَمَّا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّجْزُ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَى ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَۖ لَئِن كَشَفْتَ عَنَّا ٱلرِّجْزَ لَنُؤْمِنَنَّ لَكَ وَلَنُرْسِلَنَّ مَعَكَ بَنِيٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
And when the punishment fell upon them, they said, "O Moses, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. If you can remove the punishment from us, we will surely believe you, and we will surely send with you the Children of Israel."

135. فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلرِّجْزَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ هُمۡ بَـٰلِغُوهُ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ
But when We removed the punishment from them until a term which they were to reach, then at once they broke their word.

136. فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ فِي ٱلْيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَـٰفِلِينَ
So We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.

137. وَأَوْرَثْنَا ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ مَشَـٰرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَغَـٰرِبَهَا ٱلَّتِي بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَاۖ وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ عَلَىٰ بَنِيٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ۖ وَدَمَّرْنَا مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُۥ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْرِشُونَ
And We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern regions of the land and the western ones, which We had blessed. And the good word of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of what they had patiently endured. And We destroyed all that Pharaoh and his people were producing and what they had been building.

138. وَجَـٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِيٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٖ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَصْنَامٖ لَّهُمْۚ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَى ٱجْعَل لَّنَآ إِلَـٰهٗا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٞۚ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٞ تَجْهَلُونَ
And We took the Children of Israel across the sea; then they came upon a people devoted to \[some] idols of theirs. They said, "O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods." He said, "Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly!

139. إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مُتَبَّرٞ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَـٰطِلٞ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Indeed, those \[people] – destroyed is that in which they are \[engaged], and worthless is whatever they were doing."

140. قَالَ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَـٰهٗا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
He said, "Is it other than Allah I should seek for you as a god while He has preferred you over the worlds?"

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141. وَإِذْ أَنجَيْنَـٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٞ
And \[recall] when We saved you from the people of Pharaoh, who were afflicting you with the worst torment – killing your sons and keeping your women alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.

142. وَوَٰعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ ثَلَـٰثِينَ لَيْلَةٗ وَأَتْمَمْنَـٰهَا بِعَشۡرٖ فَتَمَّ مِيقَـٰتُ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةٗۚ وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَخِيهِ هَـٰرُونَ ٱخْلُفْنِي فِي قَوْمِي وَأَصْلِحْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
And We made an appointment with Moses for thirty nights and perfected them by the addition of ten; so the term of his Lord was completed as forty nights. And Moses said to his brother Aaron, "Take my place among my people, do right \[by them], and do not follow the way of the corrupters."

143.
وَلَمَّا جَآءَ مُوسَىٰ لِمِيقَاتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِيٓ أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَۚ قَالَ لَن تَرَىٰنِي وَلَـٰكِنِ ٱنظُرْ إِلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُۥ فَسَوْفَ تَرَىٰنِيۚ فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُۥ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُۥ دَكّٗا وَخَرَّ مُوسَىٰ صَعِقٗاۚ فَلَمَّآ أَفَاق قَالَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And when Moses arrived at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, show me \[Yourself] that I may look at You." \[Allah] said, "You will not see Me, but look at the mountain; if it should remain in place, then you will see Me." But when his Lord appeared to the mountain, He rendered it level, and Moses fell unconscious. And when he awoke, he said, "Exalted are You! I have repented to You, and I am the first of the believers."

144. قَالَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّي ٱصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ بِرِسَـٰلَـٰتِي وَبِكَلَـٰمِي فَخُذْ مَآ ءَاتَيْتُكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ
\[Allah] said, "O Moses, I have chosen you over the people with My messages and My words \[to you]. So take what I have given you and be among the grateful."

145. وَكَتَبْنَا لَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡأَلۡوَاحِ مِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ مَّوۡعِظَةٗ وَتَفۡصِيلٗا لِّكُلِّ شَيۡءٖۖ فَخُذۡهَا بِقُوَّةٖ وَأۡمُرۡ قَوۡمَكَ يَأۡخُذُواْ بِأَحۡسَنِهَاۚ سَأُوْرِيكُمۡ دَارَ ٱلۡفَـٰسِقِينَ
And We wrote for him on the tablets \[something] of all things – instruction and explanation for all things – \[saying], "Take them with determination and order your people to take the best of it. I will show you the home of the defiantly disobedient."

146.
سَأَصْرِفُ عَنۡ ءَايَـٰتِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّۖ وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كُلَّ ءَايَةٖ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِهَاۖ وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ سَبِيلَ ٱلرُّشۡدِ لَا يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلٗاۖ وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ سَبِيلَ ٱلۡغَيِّ يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَ وَكَانُواْ عَنۡهَا غَـٰفِلِينَ
I will turn away from My signs those who are arrogant upon the earth without right; and if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. And if they see the way of consciousness, they will not adopt it as a way; but if they see the way of error, they will adopt it as a way. That is because they have denied Our signs and they were heedless of them.

147. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَلِقَآءِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ حَبِطَتۡ أَعۡمَـٰلُهُمۡۚ هَلۡ يُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ
Those who denied Our signs and the meeting of the Hereafter – their deeds have become worthless. Are they recompensed except for what they used to do?

148. وَٱتَّخَذَ قَوۡمُ مُوسَىٰ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ مِنۡ حُلِيِّهِمۡ عِجۡلٗا جَسَدٗا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌۚ أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّهُۥ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمۡ وَلَا يَهۡدِيهِمۡ سَبِيلًاۘ ٱتَّخَذُوهُ وَكَانُواْ ظَـٰلِمِينَ
And the people of Moses made, after \[his departure], from their ornaments a calf – an image having a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor guide them to a way? They took it \[for worship], and they were wrongdoers.

149. وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِيٓ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَرَأَوۡاْ أَنَّهُمۡ قَدۡ ضَلُّواْ قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ يَرۡحَمۡنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡخَـٰسِرِينَ
And when regret overcame them and they saw that they had gone astray, they said, "If our Lord does not have mercy upon us and forgive us, we will surely be among the losers."

150.
وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ غَضۡبَـٰنَ أَسِفٗا قَالَ بِئۡسَمَا خَلَفۡتُمُونِي مِنۢ بَعۡدِيٓۖ أَعَجِلۡتُمۡ أَمۡرَ رَبِّكُمۡۖ وَأَلۡقَى ٱلۡأَلۡوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأۡسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِۚ قَالَ ٱبۡنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱسۡتَضۡعَفُونِي وَكَادُواْ يَقۡتُلُونَنِي فَلَا تُشۡمِت بِيَ ٱلۡأَعۡدَآءَ وَلَا تَجۡعَلۡنِي مَعَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
And when Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved, he said, "How wretched is that by which you have replaced me after \[my departure]. Were you impatient over the matter of your Lord?" And he threw down the tablets and seized his brother by the head, dragging him toward him. \[Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, indeed the people oppressed me and were about to kill me, so let not the enemies rejoice over me and do not place me among the wrongdoing people."

151. قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِي وَلِأَخِي وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِي رَحْمَتِكَۖ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ
[Moses] said, "My Lord, forgive me and my brother and admit us into Your mercy, for You are the most merciful of the merciful."

152. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ ٱلْعِجْلَ سَيَنَالُهُمْ غَضَبٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَذِلَّةٞ فِي ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَاۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي ٱلْمُفْتَرِينَ
Indeed, those who took the calf \[for worship] will obtain anger from their Lord and humiliation in the life of this world. And thus do We recompense the inventors \[of falsehood].

153. وَٱلَّذِينَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ثُمَّ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا وَءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٌ
But those who committed misdeeds and then repented after them and believed – indeed your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.

154. وَلَمَّا سَكَتَ عَن مُّوسَى ٱلْغَضَبُ أَخَذَ ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ وَفِي نُسْخَتِهَا هُدٗى وَرَحْمَةٞ لِّلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِرَبِّهِمْ يَرْهَبُونَ
And when the anger subsided in Moses, he took up the tablets; and in their inscription was guidance and mercy for those who are fearful of their Lord.

155.
وَٱخْتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوْمَهُۥ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلٗا لِّمِيقَـٰتِنَاۖ فَلَمَّآ أَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُم مِّن قَبْلُ وَإِيَّـٰيَۖ أَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَّآۖ إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَۖ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَهْدِي مَن تَشَآءُۖ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَاۖ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْغَـٰفِرِينَ
And Moses chose seventy men from his people for Our appointment. And when the earthquake seized them, he said, "My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me as well. Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is not but Your trial – by it You let stray whom You will and guide whom You will. You are our protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us; and You are the best of forgivers.

156. وَٱكْتُبْ لَنَا فِي هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٗ وَفِي ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِۚ إِنَّا هُدْنَآ إِلَيْكَۚ قَالَ عَذَابِيٓ أُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَنْ أَشَآءُۖ وَرَحْمَتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٖۚ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
And decree for us in this world \[that which is] good and \[also] in the Hereafter; indeed, we have turned back to You." \[Allah] said, "My punishment – I afflict with it whom I will, but My mercy encompasses all things." So I will decree it \[especially] for those who fear Me and give zakāh and those who believe in Our verses –

157.
ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلرَّسُولَ ٱلنَّبِيَّ ٱلْأُمِّيَّ ٱلَّذِي يَجِدُونَهُۥ مَكْتُوبًا عِندَهُمْ فِي ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ وَٱلْإِنجِيلِ يَأْمُرُهُم بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَىٰهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْخَبَـٰٓئِثَ وَيَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ إِصْرَهُمْ وَٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ ٱلنُّورَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أُنزِلَ مَعَهُۥٓ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ
Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is wrong and makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil and relieves them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them. So they who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him – it is they who will be the successful.

158. قُلْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنِّي رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِۖ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيِۦ وَيُمِيتُۖ فَـَٔامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ٱلنَّبِيِّ ٱلْأُمِّيِّ ٱلَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦ وَٱتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ
Say, \[O Muhammad], "O mankind, indeed I am the Messenger of Allah to you all, \[from Him] to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death." So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the unlettered prophet, who believes in Allah and His words, and follow him that you may be guided.

159. وَمِن قَوْمِ مُوسَىٰٓ أُمَّةٞ يَهۡدُونَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَبِهِۦ يَعۡدِلُونَ
And among the people of Moses is a community which guides by truth and by it establishes justice.

160.
وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمُ ٱثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ أَسْبَاطًا أُمَمٗاۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰهُ قَوْمُهُۥٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْحَجَرَۖ فَٱنفَجَرَتۡ مِنْهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنٗاۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٖ مَّشْرَبَهُمْۚ وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْغَمَامَ وَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰۖ كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْۚ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
And We divided them into twelve descendant tribes \[as distinct] nations. And We inspired to Moses when his people implored him for water, "Strike with your staff the stone." And there gushed forth from it twelve springs. Every people knew its watering place. And We shaded them with clouds and sent down upon them manna and quails, \[saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not – but they were \[only] wronging themselves.

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161. وَإِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْكُنُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ وَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُوا۟ حِطَّةٞ وَٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدٗا نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِكُمۡۚ سَنَزِيدُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
And \[mention] when it was said to them, "Dwell in this city and eat from it wherever you will and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens,' and enter the gate bowing humbly; We will \[then] forgive your sins for you. We will increase \[the reward] for the doers of good."

162. فَبَدَّلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ قَوْلٗا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمۡ رِجْزٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ
But those who wronged among them changed the words to a statement other than that which had been said to them, so We sent upon them a punishment from the sky for the wrong that they were doing.

163. وَسۡـَٔلۡهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتۡ حَاضِرَةَ ٱلۡبَحۡرِ إِذۡ يَعۡدُونَ فِي ٱلسَّبۡتِ إِذۡ تَأۡتِيهِمۡ حِيتَانُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ سَبۡتِهِمۡ شُرَّعٗا وَيَوۡمَ لَا يَسۡبِتُونَ لَا تَأۡتِيهِمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَبۡلُوهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفۡسُقُونَ
And ask them about the town that was by the sea – when they transgressed in \[the matter of] the Sabbath – when their fish came to them openly on their Sabbath day, and the day they had no Sabbath they did not come to them. Thus did We give them trial because they were defiantly disobedient.

164. وَإِذۡ قَالَتۡ أُمَّةٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوۡمًا ٱللَّهُ مُهۡلِكُهُمۡ أَوۡ مُعَذِّبُهُمۡ عَذَابٗا شَدِيدٗاۖ قَالُواْ مَعۡذِرَةً إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمۡ وَلَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَّقُونَ
And when a community among them said, "Why do you advise \[or warn] a people whom Allah is \[about] to destroy or to punish with a severe punishment?" they said, "To be absolved before your Lord and perhaps they may fear Him."

165. فَلَمَّا نَسُواْ مَا ذُكِّرُواْ بِهِۦٓ أَنجَيۡنَا ٱلَّذِينَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلسُّوٓءِ وَأَخَذۡنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ بِعَذَابِۭ بَئِيسِۭۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡسُقُونَ
And when they forgot that by which they had been reminded, We saved those who had forbidden evil and seized those who wronged with a wretched punishment because they were defiantly disobedient.

166. فَلَمَّا عَتَوْاْ عَن مَّا نُهُواْ عَنۡهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُواْ قِرَدَةً خَـٰسِئِينَ
So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."

167. وَإِذۡ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكَ لَيَبۡعَثَنَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَـٰمَةِ مَن يَسُومُهُمۡ سُوٓءَ ٱلۡعَذَابِۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَسَرِيعُ ٱلۡعِقَابِۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَغَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ
And \[mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord declared that He would surely continue to send upon them until the Day of Resurrection those who would afflict them with the worst torment. Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful.

168. وَقَطَّعۡنَـٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أُمَمٗاۖ مِّنۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ وَمِنۡهُمۡ دُونَ ذَٰلِكَۖ وَبَلَوۡنَـٰهُم بِٱلۡحَسَنَـٰتِ وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ
And We divided them throughout the earth into nations. Of them, some were righteous, and of them some were otherwise. And We tested them with good \[times] and bad that perhaps they would return \[to obedience].

169.
فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٞ وَرِثُواْ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ يَأْخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ وَيَقُولُونَ سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَاۖ وَإِن يَأْتِهِمْ عَرَضٞ مِّثْلُهُۥ يَأْخُذُوهُۚ أَلَمْ يُؤْخَذْ عَلَيْهِم مِّيثَـٰقُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ أَن لَّا يَقُولُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْحَقَّ وَدَرَسُواْ مَا فِيهِۗ وَٱلدَّارُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيْرٞ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ
And there followed them successors who inherited the Scripture \[while] taking the commodities of this lower life and saying, "It will be forgiven for us." And if an offer like it comes to them, they will \[again] take it. Was not the covenant of the Scripture taken from them that they would not say about Allah except the truth? And they studied what was in it. And the home of the Hereafter is better for those who fear Allah; so will you not use reason?

170. وَٱلَّذِينَ يُمَسِّكُونَ بِٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ وَأَقَامُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُصۡلِحِينَ
But those who hold fast to the Book and establish prayer – indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of the reformers.

171. وَإِذۡ نَتَقۡنَا ٱلۡجَبَلَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُۥ ظُلَّةٞ وَظَنُّوٓاْ أَنَّهُۥ وَاقِعُۢ بِهِمۡ خُذُواْ مَآ ءَاتَيۡنَـٰكُم بِقُوَّةٖ وَٱذۡكُرُواْ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ
And \[mention] when We raised the mountain above them as if it was a canopy, and they thought that it would fall upon them. \[Allah said], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that you might fear Allah."

172. وَإِذۡ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَأَشۡهَدَهُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ أَلَسۡتُ بِرَبِّكُمۡۖ قَالُواْ بَلَىٰۛ شَهِدۡنَآۚ أَن تَقُولُواْ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَـٰمَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنۡ هَـٰذَا غَـٰفِلِينَ
And \[mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam – from their loins – their descendants and made them testify of themselves, \[saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified." \[This] – lest you should say on the day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware."

173. أَوۡ تَقُولُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَشۡرَكَ ءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبۡلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةٗ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡۖ أَفَتُهۡلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلۡمُبۡطِلُونَ
Or \[lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated \[others in worship] with Allah before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?"

174. وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡأٓيَـٰتِ وَلَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ
And thus do We detail the verses, and perhaps they will return.

175. وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ ٱلَّذِيٓ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فَٱنسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ ٱلشَّيۡطَـٰنُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ
And recite to them the news of him to whom We gave \[knowledge of] Our signs, but he detached himself from them; so Satan pursued him, and he became of the deviators.

176. وَلَوۡ شِئۡنَا لَرَفَعْنَـٰهُ بِهَا وَلَـٰكِنَّهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرْضِ وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُۚ فَمَثَلُهُۥ كَمَثَلِ ٱلۡكَلۡبِ إِن تَحۡمِلْ عَلَيۡهِ يَلۡهَثۡ أَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلۡهَثۚ ذَّٰلِكَ مَثَلُ ٱلۡقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاۚ فَٱقْصُصِ ٱلۡقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
And if We had willed, We could have elevated him thereby, but he adhered \[instead] to the earth and followed his own desire. So his example is like that of the dog: if you chase him, he pants, or if you leave him, he \[still] pants. That is the example of the people who denied Our signs. So relate the stories that perhaps they will give thought.

177. سَآءَ مَثَلًا ٱلۡقَوْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَأَنفُسَهُمۡ كَانُواْ يَظۡلِمُونَ
How evil an example is that of the people who denied Our signs and used to wrong themselves.

178. مَن يَهۡدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلۡمُهۡتَدِيۖ وَمَن يُضۡلِلۡ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡخَـٰسِرُونَ
Whoever Allah guides – he is the \[rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray – it is those who will be the losers.

179. وَلَقَدۡ ذَرَأۡنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِۖ لَهُمۡ قُلُوبٞ لَّا يَفۡقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمۡ أَعۡيُنٞ لَّا يُبۡصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمۡ ءَاذَانٞ لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ بِهَآۚ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ كَٱلۡأَنۡعَـٰمِ بَلۡ هُمۡ أَضَلُّۚ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡغَـٰفِلُونَ
And We have certainly created for Hell many of the jinn and mankind. They have hearts with which they do not understand, eyes with which they do not see, and ears with which they do not hear. Those are like livestock; rather, they are more astray. It is they who are the heedless.

180. وَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ فَٱدْعُوهُ بِهَاۖ وَذَرُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ يُلۡحِدُونَ فِيٓ أَسۡمَـٰٓئِهِۦۚ سَيُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ
And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them. And leave \[the company of] those who practice deviation concerning His names. They will be recompensed for what they have been doing.

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181. وَمِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ أُمَّةٞ يَهْدُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَبِهِۦ يَعْدِلُونَ
And among those We created is a community which guides by truth and thereby establishes justice.

182. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
But those who deny Our signs – We will progressively lead them \[to destruction] from where they do not know.

183. وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ
And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.

184. أَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ۚ مَا بِصَاحِبِهِم مِّن جِنَّةٍۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٌ
Do they not give thought? There is in their companion \[Muhammad] no madness. He is not but a clear warner.

185. أَوَلَمْ يَنظُرُوا۟ فِي مَلَكُوتِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَيْءٖ وَأَنْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَدِ ٱقْتَرَبَ أَجَلُهُمْۚ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثِۢ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ
Do they not look into the realm of the heavens and the earth and everything that Allah has created and \[think] that perhaps their appointed time has come near? So in what statement hereafter will they believe?

186. مَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهُۥۚ وَيَذَرُهُمْ فِي طُغْيَـٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
Whoever Allah sends astray – there is no guide for him. And He leaves them in their transgression, wandering blindly.

187.
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَاۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّيۖ لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَآ إِلَّا هُوَۚ ثَقُلَتْ فِي ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِۚ لَا تَأْتِيكُمْ إِلَّا بَغْتَةٗۚ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِيٌّ عَنْهَاۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
They ask you, \[O Muhammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival? Say, "Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him. It lays heavily upon the heavens and the earth. It will not come upon you except unexpectedly." They ask you as if you are familiar with it. Say, "Its knowledge is only with Allah, but most of the people do not know."

188. قُل لَّآ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي نَفْعٗا وَلَا ضَرًّا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ وَلَوْ كُنتُ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ لَٱسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِيَ ٱلسُّوٓءُۚ إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ وَبَشِيرٞ لِّقَوْمٖ يُؤْمِنُونَ
Say, "I hold not for myself \[the power of] benefit or harm, except what Allah has willed. And if I knew the unseen, I could have acquired much wealth, and no harm would have touched me. I am not except a warner and a bringer of good tidings to a people who believe."

189. هُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٖ وَٰحِدَةٖ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا لِيَسْكُنَ إِلَيْهَاۖ فَلَمَّا تَغَشَّىٰهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلٗا خَفِيفٗا فَمَرَّتْ بِهِۦۖ فَلَمَّآ أَثْقَلَت دَّعَوَا ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُمَا لَئِنْ ءَاتَيْتَنَا صَـٰلِحٗا لَّنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ
It is He who created you from one soul and created from it its mate that he might dwell in security with her. And when he covers her, she carries a light burden and continues therein. And when it becomes heavy, they both invoke Allah, their Lord, "If You should give us a good \[child], we will surely be among the grateful."

190. فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُمَا صَـٰلِحٗا جَعَلَا لَهُۥ شُرَكَآءَ فِيمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمَاۚ فَتَعَـٰلَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
But when He gives them a good \[child], they ascribe partners to Him concerning that which He has given them. Exalted is Allah above what they associate with Him.

191. أَيُشْرِكُونَ مَا لَا يَخْلُقُ شَيْـٔٗا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ
Do they associate with Him those who create nothing and they themselves are created?

192. وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْرٗا وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ
And they \[false gods] are unable to give them help, nor can they help themselves.

193. وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَا يَتَّبِعُوكُمْۚ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ أَمْ أَنتُمْ صَـٰمِتُونَ
And if you \[believers] invite them to guidance, they do not follow you. It is the same for you whether you invite them or you are silent.

194. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ عِبَادٌ أَمْثَالُكُمْۖ فَٱدْعُوهُمْ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُواْ لَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ
Indeed, those you \[polytheists] call upon besides Allah are servants like you. So call upon them and let them respond to you, if you should be truthful.

195. أَلَهُمْ أَرْجُلٞ يَمْشُونَ بِهَآ أَمْ لَهُمْ أَيْدٖ يَبْطِشُونَ بِهَآ أَمْ لَهُمْ أَعْيُنٞ يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَآ أَمْ لَهُمْ ءَاذَانٞ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَاۚ قُلِ ٱدْعُواْ شُرَكَآءَكُمْ ثُمَّ كِيدُونِ فَلَا تُنظِرُونِ
Do they have feet by which they walk? Or do they have hands by which they strike? Or do they have eyes by which they see? Or do they have ears by which they hear? Say, \[O Muhammad], "Call your 'partners' and then conspire against me and give me no respite.

196. إِنَّ وَلِيِّيَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي نَزَّلَ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَۖ وَهُوَ يَتَوَلَّى ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
Indeed, my protector is Allah, who has sent down the Book; and He is an ally to the righteous.

197. وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ
And those you call upon besides Him are unable to help you, nor can they help themselves.

198. وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَا يَسْمَعُواْۖ وَتَرَىٰهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ
And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking at you while they do not see.

199. خُذِ ٱلْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ
Take what is given freely, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the ignorant.

200. وَإِمَّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ نَزْغٞ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّهُۥ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
And if an evil suggestion comes to you from Satan, then seek refuge in Allah. Indeed, He is Hearing and Knowing.

201. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَواْ إِذَا مَسَّهُمْ طَـٰٓئِفٞ مِّنَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ تَذَكَّرُواْ فَإِذَا هُم مُّبْصِرُونَ
Indeed, those who fear Allah – when an impulse touches them from Satan, they remember \[Him] and at once they have insight.

202. وَإِخْوَـٰنُهُمْ يَمُدُّونَهُمْ فِي ٱلْغَيِّ ثُمَّ لَا يُقْصِرُونَ
But their brothers – the devils – increase them in error; then they do not stop short.

203. وَإِذَا لَمْ تَأْتِهِم بِـَٔايَةٖ قَالُواْ لَوْلَا ٱجْتَبَيْتَهَاۚ قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَتَّبِعُ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ مِن رَّبِّيۚ هَـٰذَا بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ وَهُدٗى وَرَحْمَةٞ لِّقَوْمٖ يُؤْمِنُونَ
And when you bring them not a sign, they say, "Why have you not contrived it?" Say, "I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord. This \[Qur'an] is enlightenment from your Lord and guidance and mercy for a people who believe."

204. وَإِذَا قُرِئَ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ فَٱسْتَمِعُواْ لَهُۥ وَأَنصِتُواْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
So when the Qur'an is recited, then listen to it and pay attention that you may receive mercy.

205. وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعٗا وَخِيفَةٗ وَدُونَ ٱلْجَهْرِ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ بِٱلْغُدُوِّ وَٱلْءَاصَالِۖ وَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ
And remember your Lord within yourself in humility and in fear without being apparent in speech – in the mornings and the evenings. And do not be among the heedless.

206. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لَا يَسْتَكۡبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَيُسَبِّحُونَهُۥ وَلَهُۥ يَسۡجُدُونَ
Indeed, those who are near your Lord are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, and they exalt Him, and to Him they prostrate.

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