Part 8
And
though we had sent down the angels to them, and the dead had spoken to them, and
we had gathered all things about them in tribes, they had not believed, unless
God had willed it! but most of them do not know it.
Thus
have we given an enemy to every prophet -- Satans among men and among Djinn: tinsel discourses do they suggest the one to the
other, in order to deceive: and had they Lord
willed it, they would not have done it. Therefore, leave them and their vain
imaginings --
And
let the hearts of those who believe not in the life to come incline thereto,
and let them find their content in this, and let them gain what they are
gaining.
What!
shall I seek other judge than God, when it is He who hath sent down to you the
distinguishing Book? They to whom we have given the Book know that it is sent
down from thy Lord with truth. Be not thou then of those we doubt.
And
the words of thy Lord are perfect in truth and in justice: none can change his words:
He is the Hearing, Knowing.
But if
thou obey most men in this land, from the path of God will they mislead thee: they follow but a conceit, and they are only
liars.
Thy
Lord! He best knoweth those who err from his path, and He knoweth the rightly
guided.
Eat of
that over which the name of God hath been pronounced, if you believe in his
sings.
And
why eat you not of that over which the name of God hath been pronounced, since
He hath made plain to you what He hath forbidden you, save as to that which is
forced upon you? But indeed many mislead others by their appetites, through
lack of knowledge. Verily, thy Lord! He best knoweth the transgressors.
6:120 And abandon the semblance of
wickedness, and wickedness itself. They, verily, whose only acquirement is
iniquity, shall be rewarded for what they shall have gained.
Eat
not therefore of that on which the name of God has not been named, for that is
assuredly a crime: the Satans will indeed
suggest to their votaries to wrangle with you; but if you obey them, you will
indeed be of those who join gods with God.
Shall
the dead, whom we have quickened, and for whom we have ordained a light whereby
he may walk among men, be like him, whose likeness is in the darkness, whence
he will not come forth? Thus have the doings of the unbelievers been prepared
for them.
Even
so have we placed in every city, ringleaders of its wicked ones, to scheme
therein: but only against themselves shall
they scheme! and they know it not.
And
when a sign cometh to them they say, "We will not believe, till the like
of what was accorded to the apostles of God, be accorded to us." God best
knoweth where to place his mission. Disgrace with God, and a vehement
punishment shall come upon the transgressors for their crafty plottings.
And
whom God shall please to guide, that man's breast will He open to Islam; but
whom He shall please to mislead, strait and narrow will He make his breast, as
though he were mounting up into the very Heavens! Thus doth God inflict dire
punishment on those who believe not.
And
this is the right way of thy Lord. Now have we detailed our signs unto those
who will consider.
For
them is a dwelling of peace with their Lord! and in recompense for their works,
shall he be their protector.
On the
day whereon God shall gather them all together... "O race of Djinn,"
will He say, "much did you exact from mankind." And their votaries
from among men shall say, "O our Lord! we rendered one another mutual
services: but we have reached our set term,
which thou hast set for us." He will say, "Your abode the fire!
therein abide you for ever: unless as God
shall will." Verily, thy Lord is Wise, Knowing.
Even
thus we place some of the wicked over others, as the meed of their doings.
6:130 O race of Djinn and men! came not
apostles to you from among yourselves, rehearsing my signs to you, and warning
you of the meeting of this your day? They shall say, "We bear witness
against ourselves." This world's life deceived them; and they shall bear
witness against themselves that they were infidels:
--
This,
because thy Lord would not destroy the cities in their sin, while their people
were yet careless.
And
for all, are grades of recompense as the result of their deeds; and of what
they do, thy Lord is not regardless.
And
thy Lord is the Rich one, full of compassion! He can destroy you if He please,
and cause whom He will to succeed you, as he raised you up from the offspring
of other people:
Verily,
that which is threatened you shall surely come to pass, neither shall you
weaken its might.
Say: O my people! Act as you best can: I verily will act my part, and hereafter shall you
know
Whose
will be the recompense of the abode! Verily, the ungodly shall not prosper.
Moreover,
they set apart a portion of the fruits and cattle which he hath produced, and
say, "This is for God" -- so deem they -- "And this for his
companions, whom we associate with Him" But that which is for these
companions of theirs, cometh not to God; yet that which is for God, cometh to
the companions! Ill do they judge.
Thus
have the companion-gods induced many of these, who join them with God, to slay
their children, that they might ruin them, and throw the cloak of confusion
over their religion. But if God had pleased, they had not done this. Therefore,
leave them and their devices.
They
also say, "These cattle and fruits are sacred:
none may taste them but whom we please:"
so deem they -- "And there are cattle, whose backs should be exempt from
labour." And there are cattle over which they do not pronounce the name of
God: inventing in all this a lie against Him.
For their inventions shall He reward them.
6:140 And they say, "That which is in
the wombs of these cattle is allowed to our males, and forbidden to our
wives;" but if it prove abortive, both partake of it. God shall reward
them for their distinctions! Knowing, Wise is He.
Lost
are they who, in their ignorance, have foolishly slain their children, and have
forbidden that which God hath given them for food, devising an untruth against
God! Now have they erred; and they were not rightly guided.
He it
is who produceth gardens of the vine trellised and untrellised, and the palm
trees, and the corn of various food, and olives, and pomegranates, like and
unlike. East of their fruit when they bear fruit, and pay the due thereof on
the day of its ingathering: and be no
prodigal, for God loveth not the prodigal.
And
there are cattle for burdens and for journeys. Eat of what God hath given you
for food; and follow not the steps of Satan, for he is your declared enemy.
You
have four sorts of cattle in pairs: of sheep a
pair, and of goats a pair. Say: Hath He forbidden
the two males or the two females; or that which the wombs of the two females
enclose? Tell me with knowledge, if you speak the truth:
And of
camels a pair, and of oxen a pair. Say: Hath
He forbidden the two males or the two females; or that which the wombs of the
two females enclose? Were you witnesses when God enjoined you this? Who then is
more wicked that he who, in his ignorance, inventeth a lie against God, to
mislead men? God truly guideth not the wicked.
Say: I find not in what hath been revealed to me aught
forbidden to the eater to eat, except it be that which dieth of itself, or
blood poured forth, or swine's flesh; for this is unclean or profane, being
slain in the name of other than God. But whoso shall be a forced partaker, if
it be without wilfulness, and not in transgression, -- verily, thy Lord is
Indulgent, Merciful!
To the
Jews did we forbid every beast having an entire hoof, and of both bullocks and
sheep we forbade them the fat, save what might be on their back,s or their entrails,
and the fat attached to the bone. With this have we recompensed them, because
of their transgressions: and verily, we are
indeed equitable.
If
they treat thee as an impostor, then Say: Your
Lord is of all-embracing mercy: but his
severity shall not be turned aside from the wicked.
They
who add gods to God will say, "If God had pleased, neither we nor our
fathers had given him companions, nor should we have interdicted
anything.," thus did they who flourished before them charge with
imposture, until they had tasted our severity! Say:
Have you any knowledge that you can produce to us? Verily, you follow only a
conceit: you utter only lies!
6:150 Say:
Peremptory proof is God's! Had He pleased He had guided you all aright.
Say: Bring hither your witnesses who can witness that
God hath forbidden these animals; but if they bear witness, witness not thou
with them nor witness to the conceits of those who charge our signs with
falsehood, and who believe not in the life to come, and give equals to our Lord.
Say: Come, I will rehearse what your Lord hath made
binding on you -- that you assign not aught to Him as partner; and that you be
good to your parents; and that you slay not your children because of poverty: for them and for you will we provide: and that you come not near to pollutions, outward
or inward: and that you slay not anyone whom
God hath forbidden you, unless for a just cause. This hath he enjoined on you,
to the intent that you may understand.
And
come not nigh to the substance of the orphan, but to improve it, until he come
of age: and use a full measure, and a just
balance: We will not task a soul beyond its
ability. And when you give judgment, observe justice, even though it be the
affair of a kinsman, and fulfil the covenant of God. This hath God enjoined you
for your monition --
And,
"this is my right way." Follow it then; and follow not other paths
lest you be scattered from His path. This hath he enjoined you, that you may
fear Him.
Then
gave we the Book to Moses -- complete for him who should do right, and a
decision for all matters, and a guidance, and a mercy, that they might believe
in the meeting with their Lord.
Blessed,
too, this Book which we have sent down. Wherefore follow it and fear God, that
you may find mercy:
Lest
you should say, "The Scriptures were indeed sent down only unto two
peoples before us, but we were not able to go deep into their studies:"
Or
lest you should say, "If a book had been sent down to us, we had surely
followed the guidance better than they." But now hath a clear exposition
come to you from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy. Who then is more wicked
than he who treateth the signs of God as lies, and turneth aside from them? We
will recompense those who turn aside from our signs with an evil punishment,
because they have turned aside.
What
wait they for, but the coming of the angels to them, or the coming of thy Lord
Himself, or that some of the signs of thy Lord should come to pass? On the day
when some of thy Lord's signs shall come to pass, its faith shall not profit a
soul which believed not before, nor wrought good works in virtue of its faith.
Say: Wait you. Verily, we will wait also.
6:160 As to those who split up their
religion and become sects, have thou nothing to do with them: their affair is with God only. Hereafter shall he
tell them what they have done.
He who
shall present himself with good works shall receive a tenfold reward; but he
who shall present himself with evil works shall receive none other than a like
punishment: and they shall not be treated
unjustly.
Say: As for me, my Lord hath guided me into a straight
path; a true religion, the creed of Abraham, the sound in faith; for he was not
of those who join gods with God.
Say: My prayers and my worship and my life and my death
are unto God, Lord of the Worlds. He hath no associate. This am I commanded,
and I am the first of the Muslims.
Say: Shall I seek any other Lord than God, when He is
Lord of all things? No soul shall labour but for itself; and no burdened one shall
bear another's burden. At last you shall return to your Lord, and he will
declare that to you about which you differ.
And it
is He who hath made you the successors of others on the earth, and hath raised
some of you above others by various grades, that he may prove you by his gifts.
Verily thy Lord is swift to punish. But He is also Gracious, Merciful!
Sura VII (7)
Al Araf
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Elif. Lam.
Mim. Sad.
A Book
hath been sent down to thee: therefore let
there be no difficulty in thy breast concerning it:
to the intent that thou mayest warn thereby, and that it may be a monition to
the faithful.
Follow
you what hath been sent down to you from your Lord; and follow no masters
beside Him. How little will you be monished!
How
many cities have we destroyed! By night, or while they were in their midday
slumber, did our wrath reach them!
And
what was their cry when our wrath reached them, but to say, "Verily, we
have been impious."
Surely,
therefore, will we call those to account, to whom an Apostle hath been sent,
and of the sent ones themselves will we certainly demand a reckoning.
And
with knowledge will we tell them of their deeds, for we were not absent from
them.
The
weighing on that day, with justice! and they whose balances shall be heavy,
these are they who shall be happy.
And
they whose balances shall be light, these are they who have lost their souls,
for that to our signs they were unjust:
And
now have we stablished you on the earth, and given you therein the supports of
life. How little do you give thanks!
7:10 We created you; then fashioned you;
then said we to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves unto Adam: and they prostrated them all in worship, save
Ebilis: He was not among those who prostrated
themselves.
To him
said God: "What hath hindered thee from
prostrating thyself in worship at my bidding?" He said, "Nobler am I
than he: me hast thou created of fire; of clay
hast thou created him."
He
said, "Get thee down hence:
He
said, "Respite me till the day when mankind shall be raised from the
dead."
He
said, "One of the respited shalt thou be."
He
said, "Now, for that thou hast caused me to err, surely in thy straight
path will I lay wait for them:
Then I
will surely come upon them from before, and from behind, and from their right
hand, and from their left, and thou shalt not find the greater part of them to
be thankful."
He
said, "Go forth from it, a scorned, a banished one! Whoever of them shall
follow thee, I will surely fill hell with you, one and all.
And, O
Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in
Then
Satan whispered them to shew them their nakedness, which had been hidden from
them both. And he said, "This tree hath your Lord forbidden you, only lest
you should become angels, or lest you should become immortals."
7:20 And he sware to them both,
"Verily I am unto you one who counselleth aright."
So he
beguiled them by deceits: and when they had
tasted of the tree, their nakedness appeared to them, and they began to sew
together upon themselves the leaves of the garden. And their Lord called to
them, "Did I not forbid you this tree, and did I not say to you, 'Verily,
Satan is your declared enemy.'"
They
said, "O our Lord! With ourselves have we dealt unjustly: if thou forgive us not and have pity on us, we
shall surely be of those who perish."
He
said, "Get you down, the one of you an enemy to the other; and on earth
shall be your dwelling, and your provision for a season."
He
said, "On it shall you live, and on it shall you die, and from it shall
you be taken forth."
O
children of Adam! now have we sent down to you raiment to hide your nakedness,
and splendid garments; but the raiment of piety -- this is best. This is one of
the signs of God, that man haply may reflect.
O
children of Adam! let not Satan bring you into trouble, as he drove forth your
parents from the Garden, by despoiling them of their raiment, that he might
cause them to see their nakedness: He truly
seeth you, he and his comrades, whence you see not them. Verily, we have made
the Satans tutelars of those who believe not.
And
when the wicked commit some filthy deed, they say, "We found our fathers
practising it, and to us hath God commanded it" -- Say: God enjoineth not filthy deeds. Will you speak of
God you know not what?
Say: My Lord hath enjoined what is right. Turn your
faces therefore towards every place where he is worshipped, and call upon him
with sincere religion. As he created you, to him shall you return: some hath he guided, and some hath he justly left
in error, because they have taken the Satans as their tutelars beside god, and
have deemed that they were guided aright.
O
children of Adam! wear your goodly apparel when you repair to any mosque, and
eat you and drink; but exceed not, for He loveth not those who exceed.
7:30 Say:
Who hath prohibited God's goodly raiment, and the healthful viands which He
hath provided for his servants? Say: These are
for the faithful in this present life, but above all on the day of the
resurrection. Thus make we our signs plain for people of knowledge.
Say: Truly my Lord hath forbidden filthy actions
whether open or secret, and iniquity, and unjust violence, and to associate
with God that for which He hath sent down no warranty, and to speak of God that
you know not.
Every
nation hath its set time. And when their time is come, they shall not retard it
an hour; and they shall not advance it.
O
children of Adam! there shall come to Apostles from among yourselves,
rehearsing my signs to you; and whoso shall fear God and do good works, no fear
shall be upon them, neither shall they be put to grief.
But
they who charge our signs with falsehood, and turn away from them in their
pride, shall be inmates of the fire: for ever
shall they abide therein.
And
who is worse that he who deviseth a lie of God, or treateth our signs as lies?
To them shall a portion here below be assigned in accordance with the Book of
our decrees, until the time when our messengers, as they receive their souls,
shall say, "Where are they on whom you called beside God?" They shall
say, "Gone from us." And they shall witness against themselves that
they were infidels.
He
shall say, "Enter you into the Fire with the generations of Djinn and men
who have preceded you. So oft as a fresh generation entereth, it shall curse
its sister, until when they have all reached it, the last comes shall say to
the former, 'O our Lord! these are they who led us astray: assign them therefore a double torment of the fire:'" He will say, "You shall all have
double." But of this are you ignorant.
And
the former of them shall say to the latter, "What advantage have you over
us? Taste you therefore the torment for that which you have done."
Verily,
they who have charged our signs with falsehood and have turned away from them
in their pride, Heaven's gates shall not be opened to them, nor shall they
enter
They
shall make their bed in Hell, and above them shall be coverings of fire! After
this sort will we recompense the evil doers.
7:40 But as to those who have believed and
done the things which are right (we will lay on no one a burden beyond his
power) These shall be inmates of
And we
will remove whatever rancour was in their bosoms:
rivers shall roll at their feet: and they
shall say, "Praise be to God who hath guided us hither! We had not been
guided had not God guided us! Of a surety the Apostles of our Lord came to us
with truth." And a voice shall cry to them, "This is
And
the inmates of
Who
turn men aside from the way of God, and seek to make it crooked, and who
believe not in the life to come!"
And
between them shall be a partition; and on the wall Al Araf shall be men who
will know all, by their tokens, and they shall cry to the inmates of Paradise,
"Peace be on you!" but they shall not yet enter it, although they
long to do so.
And
when their eyes are turned towards the inmates of the Fire, they shall say,
"O our Lord! place us not with the offending people."
And
they who are upon Al Araf shall cry to those whom they shall know by their
tokens, "Your amassings and your pride have availed you nothing.
Are
these they on whom you sware God would not bestow mercy? Enter you into
And
the inmates of the fire shall cry to the inmates of
Who
made their religion a sport and pastime, and whom the life of the world hath
deceived." This day therefore will we forget them, as they forgot the
meeting of this their day, and as they did deny our signs.
7:50 And now have we brought them the Book: with knowledge have we explained it; a guidance
and a mercy to them that believe.
What have
they to wait for now but its interpretation? When its interpretation shall
come, they who aforetime were oblivious of it shall say, "The Prophets of
our Lord did indeed bring the truth; shall we have any intercessor to intercede
for us? or could we not be sent back? Then would we act otherwise that we have
acted." But they have ruined themselves; and the deities of their own
devising have fled from them!
Your
Lord is God, who in six days created the Heavens and the Earth, and then
mounted the throne: He throweth the veil of
night over the day: it pursueth it swiftly: and he created the sun and the moon and the stars,
subjected to laws by His behest: Is not all
creation and its empire HIs? Blessed be God the Lord of the Worlds!
Call upon
your Lord with lowliness and in secret, for He loveth not the transgressors.
And
commit not disorders on the earth after it hath been well ordered; and call on
Him with fear and longing desire: Verily the
mercy of God is nigh unto the righteous.
And He
it is who sendeth forth the winds as the heralds of his compassion, until they
bring up the laden clouds, which we drive along to some dead land and send down
water thereon, by which we cause an upgrowth of all kinds of fruit. -- Thus
will we bring forth the dead. Haply you will reflect.
In a
rich soil, its plants spring forth abundantly by the will of its Lord, and in
that which is bad, they spring forth but scantily. Thus do We diversify our
signs for those who are thankful.
Of old
sent We Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people! worship God. You
have no God but Him: indeed I fear for you the
chastisement of the great day."
The
chiefs of his people said, "We clearly see that thou art in a palpable
error."
He
said, "There is no error in my, O my people! but I am a messenger from the
Lord of the Worlds.
7:60 I bring to you the messages of my
Lord, and I give you friendly counsel; for I know from God what you know not.
Marvel
you that a Warning should come to you from your Lord through one of yourselves,
that he may warn you, and that you may fear for yourselves, and that haply you
may find mercy?"
But
they treated him as a liar: so we delivered
him and those who were with him in the ark, and we drowned those who charged
our signs with falsehood; for they were a blind people.
And to
Ad we sent their brother Houd. "O my people!" said he, "worship
God: you have no other god than Him: Will you not then fear Him?"
Said
the unbelieving chiefs among his people, "We certainly perceive that thou
art unsound of mind; and we surely deem thee an impostor."
He
said, "O my people! it is not unsoundness of mind in me, but I am an
Apostle from the Lord of the Worlds.
The
messages of my Lord do I announce to you, and I am your faithful counsellor.
Marvel
you that a warning hath come to you from your Lord through one of yourselves
that He may warn you? Remember how he hath made you the successors of the
people of Noah, and increased you in tallness of stature. Remember then the
favours of God, that it may haply be well with you."
They
said, "Art thou come to us in order that we may worship one God alone, and
leave what our fathers worshipped? Then bring that upon us with which thou
threatenest us, if thou be a man of truth."
He
said, "Vengeance and wrath shall suddenly light on you from your Lord. Do
you dispute with me about names that you and your fathers have given your
idols, and for which god hath sent you down to warranty? Wait you then, and I
too will wait with you."
7:70 And we delivered him, and those who
were on his side, by our mercy, and we cut off, to the last man, those who had
treated our signs as lies, and who were not believers.
And to
Themoud we sent their brother Saleh. He said, O my people! worship God: you have no other god than Him: now hath a clear proof of my mission come to you
from your Lord, this she-camel of God being a sign to you: therefore let her go at large to pasture on God's
earth: and touch her not to harm her, lest a
grievous chastisement seize you.
And
remember how he hath made you successors to the Adites, and given you dwellings
on the earth, so that on its plains you build castles, and hew out houses in
the hills. And bear in mind the benefits of god, and lay not the earth waste
with deeds of license.
Said
the chiefs of his people puffed up with pride, to those who were esteemed weak,
even to those of them who believed, "What! know you for certain that Saleh
is sent by his Lord?" They said, "Truly we believe in that with which
he hath been sent."
Then
said those proud men, "Verily, we reject that in which you believe."
And
they ham-strung the she-camel, and rebelled against their Lord's command, and
said, "O Saleh, let thy menaces be accomplished upon us if thou art one of
the Sent Ones."
Then
the earthquake surprised them; and in the morning they were found dead on their
faces in their dwellings.
So he
turned away from them, and said, "O my people! I did indeed announce to
you the message of my Lord: and I gave you
faithful counsel, but you love not faithful counsellors.
We
also sent
Come
you to men, instead of women, lustfully? You are indeed a people given up to
excess.
7:80 But the only answer of his people was
to say, "Turn them out of your city, for they are men who vaunt them
pure."
And we
delivered him and his family, except his wife; she was of those who lingered:
And we
rained a rain upon them: and see what was the
end of the wicked!
And we
sent to Madian their brother Shoaib. He said, "O my people! worship God;
you have no other God than Him: now hath a
clear sign come to you from your Lord: give
therefore the full in measures and weights; take from no man his chattels, and
commit no disorder on the earth after it has been made so good. This will be
better for you, if you will believe it.
And
lay not in ambush by every road in menacing sorts; nor mislead him who
believeth in God, from His way, nor seek to make it crooked; and remember when
you were few and that he multiplied you, and behold what hath been the end of
the authors of disorder!
And if
a part of you believe in that with which I am sent, and a part of you believe
not, then wait steadfastly until God shall judge between us, for He is the best
of judges."
Said
the chiefs of his people puffed up with pride, "We will surely banish
thee, O Shoaib, and thy fellow-believers from our cities, unless indeed you
shall back to our religion." "What!" said he, "though we
abhor it?
Now
shall we have devised a lie concerning God, if after he hath delivered us from
your religion we shall return to it; nor can we return to it, unless by the
will of God our Lord: our Lord embraceth all
things in his ken. In God have we put our trust:
O our Lord! decide between us and between our people, with truth; for the best
to decide art Thou."