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."
And
the chiefs of his people who believed not, said, "If you follow Shoaib,
you shall then surely perish."
An
earthquake therefore surprised them, and they were found in the morning dead on
their faces, in their dwellings.
7:90 Those who had treat Shoaib as an
impostor, became as though they had never dwelt in them:
they who treated Shoaib as an impostor, were they that perished.
So he
turned away from them and said, O my people! I proclaimed to you the messages
of my Lord, and I counselled you aright; but how should I be grieved for a
people who do not believe?
Nor
did we ever send a prophet to any city without afflicting its people with
adversity and trouble, that haply they might humble them.
Then
changed we their ill for good, until they waxed wealthy, and said, "Of old
did troubles and blessings befall our fathers:"
therefore did we seize upon them suddenly when they were unaware.
But if
that the people of these cities had believed and feared us, we would surely
have laid open to them blessings out of the Heaven and the Earth: but they treated our signs as lies, and we took
vengeance on them for their deeds.
Were
the people, therefore, of those cities secure that our wrath would not light on
them by night, while they were slumbering?
Were
the people of those cities secure that our wrath would not light on them in
broad day, while they were disporting themselves?
Did
they, therefore, deem themselves secure from the deep counsel of God? But none
deem themselves secure from the deep counsel of God, save those who perish.
Is it
not proved to those who inherit this land after its ancient occupants, that if
we please we can smite them for their sins, and put a seal upon their hearts,
that they hearken not?
We
will tell thee the stories of these cities. Their apostles came to them with
clear proofs of their mission; but they would not believe in what they had
before treated as imposture. -- Thus doth God seal up the hearts of the
unbelievers --
7:100 And we found not of their covenant in
most of them; but we found most of them to be perverse.
Then
after them we sent Moses with our signs to Pharaoh and his nobles, who acted
unjustly in their regard. But see wht was the end of the corrupt doers!
And
Moses said, "O Pharaoh! verily I am an apostle from the Lord of the
Worlds.
Nothing
but truth is it right for me to speak of God. Now am I come to you from your
Lord with a proof of my mission; send away, therefore, the children of
So he
threw down his rod, and lo! it distinctly became a serpent.
Then
drew he forth his hand, and lo! it was white to the beholders.
The
nobles of Pharaoh's people said, "Verily, this is an expert enchanter:
Fain
would he expel you from your land: what then
do you order to be done?"
They
said, "Put him and his brother off awhle, and send round men to your
cities who shall muster
And
bring to thee every skilled enchanter."
7:110 And the enchanters came to Pharaoh.
Said they, "Shall we surely be rewarded if we prevail?"
He
said, "Yes; and you certainly shall be near my person."
They
said, "O Moses! either cast thou down thy rod first, or we will cast down
ours."
He
said, "Cast you down." And when they had cast them down they
enchanted the people's eyes, and made them afraid; for they had displayed a
great enchantment.
Then
spake we unto Moses, "Throw down thy rod;" and lo! it devoured their
lying wonders.
So the
truth was made strong, and that which they had wrought proved vain:
And
they were vanquished on the spot, and drew back humiliated.
But
the other enchanters prostrated themselves adoring:
Said
they, "We believe on the Lord of the World,
The
Lord of Moses and Aaron."
7:120 Said Pharoah, "Have you believed
on him, ere I have given you leave? This truly is a plot which you have plotted
in this my city, in order to drive out its people. But you shall see in the end
what shall happen.
I will
surely cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides; then will I have you all
crucified."
They
said, "Verily, to our Lord do we return;
And
thou takest vengeance on us only because we have believed on the signs of our
Lord when they came to us. Lord! pour out constancy upon us, and cause us to
die Muslims."
Then
said the chiefs of Pharaoh's people -- "Wilt thou let Moses and his people
go to spread disorders in our land, and desert thee and thy gods?" He
said, "We will cause their male children to be slain and preserve their
females alive: and verily we shall be masters
over them."
Said
Moses to his people, "Cry unto God for help, and bear up patiently, for
the earth is God's: to such of His servants as
He pleaseth doth He give it as a heritage; and for those that fear Him is a
happy issue."
"We
have been oppressed," they said, "before thou camest to us, and since
thou hast been with us:"
"Perhaps," said he, "your Lord will destroy your enemy, and will
make you his successors in the land, and He will see how you will act
therein."
Already
had we chastised the people of Pharaoh with dearth and scarcity of fruits, that
haply they might take warning:
And
when good fell to their lot they said, "This is our due." But if ill
befel them, they regarded Moses and his partisans as (the birds) of evil omen.
Yet, was not their evil omen from God? But most of them knew it not.
And
they said, "Whatever sign thou bring us for our enchantment, we will not
believe on thee."
7:130 And we sent upon them the flood and
the locusts and the kummal (lice) and the frogs and the blood, -- clear signs
-- but they behaved proudly, and were a sinful people.
And
when any plague fell upon them, they said, "O Moses! pray for us to thy
Lord, according to that which he hath covenanted with thee: Truly if thou take off the plague from us, we will
surely believe thee, and will surely send the children of
Therefore
we took vengeance on them and drowned them in the sea, because they treated our
signs as falsehoods and were heedless of them.
And we
gave to the people who had been brought so low, the eastern and the western
lands, which we had blessed as an heritage:
and the good word of thy Lord was fulfilled on the children of Israel because
they had borne up with patience: and we
destroyed the works and the structures of Pharaoh and his people:
And we
brought the children of
For
the worship they practise will be destroyed, and that which they do, is
vain."
He
said, "Shall I seek any other god for you than God, when it is He who hath
preferred you above all other peoples?"
And
remember when we rescued you from the people of Pharaoh they had laid on you a
cruel affliction; they slew your sons, and let only your daughters live, and in
this was a great trial from your Lord.
And we
appointed a meeting with Moses for thirty nights, which we completed with then
other nights, so that his whole time with his Lord amounted to forty nights.
Then said Moses to his brother Aaron, "Take thou my place among my people,
and act rightly, and follow not the way of the corrupt doers."
And
when Moses came at our set time and his Lord spake with him, he said, "O
Lord, shew thyself to me, that I may look upon thee." He said, "Thou
shalt not see Me; but look towards the mount, and if it abide firm in its
place, then shalt thou see Me." And when God manifested Himself to the
mountain he turned it to dust! and Moses fell in a swoon.
7:140 And when he came to himself, he said,
"Glory be to thee! To thee do I turn in penitence, and I am the first of
them that believe."
He
said, "O Moses! thee above all men have I chosen by my commissions, and by
my speaking to thee. Take therefore what I have brought thee, and be one of
those who render thanks.
And we
wrote for him upon the tables a monition concerning every matters, and said,
"Receive them thyself with steadfastness, and command thy people to
receive them for the observance of its most goodly precepts: -- I will shew you the abode of the wicked."
The
unjustly proud ones of the earth will I turn aside from my signs, for even if
they see every sign they will n ot believe them; and if they see the path of
uprightness, they will not take it for their path, but if they see the path of
error, for their pasty will they take it.
This,
-- for that they treated our signs as lies, and were heedless of them.
Vain
will be the works of those who treated our signs, and the meeting of the life
to come, as lies! Shall they be rewarded but as they have wrought?
And
the people of Moses took during his absence a calf made of their ornaments, and
ruddy like gold, and lowing. Saw they not that it could not speak to them, nor
guide them in the way?
Yet
they took it for God and became offenders!
But
when they repented, and saw that they had erred, they said, Truly if our Lord
have no mercy on us, and forgive us, we shall surely be of those who perish.
And
when Moses returned to his people, wrathful, angered, he said, "Evil is it
that you have done next upon my departure. Would you hasten on the judgments of
your Lord?" And he threw down the tables, and seized his brother by the
head and dragged him unto him. Said he, "Son of my mother! the people
thought me weak, and had well nigh slain me. Make not mine enemies to rejoice
over me, and place me not among the wrong doers."
7:150 He said, "O Lord, forgive me and
my brother, and bring us into thy mercy' for of those who shew mercy thou art
the most merciful."
Verily
as to those who took the calf as a god, wrath from their Lord shall overtake
them, and shame in this present life: for thus
recompense we the devisers of a lie.
But to
those who have done evil, then afterwards repent and believe, thy Lord will
thereafter be Lenient, Merciful.
And
when the anger of Moses was stilled, he took up the tables; and in their writing
was guidance and mercy for those who dread their Lord.
And
Moses chose seventy men of his people for a meeting appointed by us. And when
the earthquake overtook them, he said, "O my Lord! if it had been thy
pleasure, thou hadst destroyed them and me ere this! wilt thou destroy us for
what our foolish ones have done? It is nought by thy trial: thou wilt mislead by it whom thou wilt, and guide
whom thou wilt. Our guardian, thou! Forgive us then and have mercy on us; for
of those who forgive art thou the best:
And
write down for us what is good in this world, as well as in the world to come,
for to thee are we guided." He said, "My chastisement shall fall on
whom I will, and my mercy embraceth all things, and I write it down for those
who shall fear me, and pay the alms, and believe in our signs,
Who
shall follow the Apostle, the unlettered Prophet -- whom they shall find
described with them in the Law and Evangel. What is right will he enjoin them,
and forbid them what is wrong, and will allow them healthful viands and
prohibit the impure, and will ease them of their burden, and of the yokes which
were upon them; and those who shall believe in him, and strengthen him, and
help him, and follow the light which hath been sent down with him, -- these are
they with whom it shall be well."
Say to
them: O men! Verily I am God's apostle to you
all;
Whose
is the kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth! There is no God but He! He
maketh alive and killeth! Therefore believe on God, and his Apostle -- the
unlettered Prophet -- who believeth in God and his word. And follow him that
you may be guided aright.
And
among the people of Moses there is a certain number who guide others with
truth, and practise what is right according to it.
7:160 And we divided the Israelites into
twelve tribes, as nations; and we revealed unto Moses when the people asked
drink of him -- "Strike the rock with thy staff:"
and there gushed forth from it twelve fountains -- the men all knew their
drinking places. And we caused clouds to overshadow them, and send down upon
them the manna and the quails.... "Eat of the good things with which we
have supplied you." But it was not us whom they injured, but they injured
their own selves:
And
when it was said to them, "Dwell in this city, and eat therefrom what you
will, and say 'Hittat" (forgiveness), and enter the gate with
prostrations; then will we pardon your offences -- we will give increase to the
doers of good:"
But
the ungodly ones among them changed that word into another than that which had
been told me: therefore sent we forth wrath
out of Heaven upon them for their wrong doings.
And
ask them about the city that stood by the sea, when its inhabitants broke the
Sabbath; when their fish came to them on their Sabbath day appearing openly, but
came not to them on the day when they kept no Sabbath. Thus did we make trial
of them, for that they were evildoers.
And
when some of them said, why warn you those whom God would destroy or chastise
with terrible chastisement? they said, For our own excuse with your Lord; and
that they may fear Him.
And
when they forgot their warnings, we delivered those who had forbidden evil; and
we inflicted a severe chastisement on those who had done wrong, for that they
were evil doers.
But
when they proudly persisted in that which we forbidden, we said to them,
"Become scouted apes;" and then thy Lord declared that until the day
of the resurrection, he would surely send against them (the Jews) those who
should evil entreat and chastise them: for
prompt is thy Lord to punish; and He is Forgiving, Merciful.
And we
have divided them upon the Earth as peoples:
some of them are upright and some are otherwise; and by good things and by evil
things have we proved them, to the intent that they might return to us.
And they
have had successors to succeed them: they have
inherited the Book: they have received the
passing good things of this lower world, and say, "It will be forgiven
us." Yet if the like good things came to them again, they would against
receive them. But hath there not been received on their part a covenant through
the Scripture that they should speak nought of God but the truth? And yet they
study its contents. But the mansion of the next world hath more value for those
who fear God -- Do you not then comprehend? --
And
who hold fast the Book, and observe prayer:
verily, we will not suffer the reward of the righteous to perish.
7:170 And when we shook the mount over them
as if it had been a shadow, and they thought it falling upon them...
"Received, said we, with steadfastness what we have brought you, and
remember what is therein, to the end that you may fear God."
And
when thy Lord brought forth their descendants from the reins of the sons of
Adam and took them to witness against themselves, "Am I not," said
He, "your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we witness it." This we
did, lest you should say on the day of Resurrection, "Truly, of this were
we heedless, because uninformed;"
Or
lest you should say, "Our fathers, indeed, aforetime joined other gods
with our God, and we are their seed after them:
wilt thou destroy us for the doings of vain men?"
Thus
make we our signs clear: that haply they may
return to God.
Receite
to them the history of him to whom we vouchsafed our signs, and who departed
from the, so that Satan followed him, and he became one of the seduced.
Had we
pleased, we had certainly thereby exalted him; but he crouched to the earth and
followed his own list: his likeness,
hterefore, is as that of the dog which lolls out his tongue, whether thou chase
him away, or leave him alone! Such is the likeness of those who treat our signs
as lies. Tell them this tale then, that they may consider.
Evil
the likeness of those who treat our signs as lies! and it is themselves they
injure.
He
whom God guideth is the guided, and they whom he misleadeth shall be the lost.
Many,
moreover, fo the Djinn and men ahve we created for Hell. Hearts have they with
which they understand not, and eyes have they with which they see not, and ears
have they with which they hearken not. They are like the brutes: Yea, they go more astray:
these are the heedless.
Most
excellent titles hath God: by these call you
on Him, and stand aloof from those who pervert his titles For what they have
done shall they be repaid!
7:180 And among those whom we have created
are a people who guide others with truth, and in accordance therewith act
justly.
But as
for those who treat our signs as lies, we will gradually bring
them
down by means of which they know not:
And
though I lengthen their days, verily, my stratagem shall prove effectual.
Will
they not bethink them that their companion Muhammad is not djinn-possessed?
Yes, his office is only that of plain warner.
Will
they not look forth on thr realms of the Heaven and of the Earth, and on all
things which God hath made, to see whether haply their end by not drawing on?
And in what other book will they believe who reject the Koran?
No
other guide for him whom God shall mislead! He will leave them distraught in
their wanderings.
They
will ask thee of the Hour -- for what time is its coming fixed? Say: The knowledge of it is only with my Lord: none shall manifest it in its time but He: it is the burden of the Heavens and of the Earth: not otherwise than on a sudden will it come on
you.
They
will ask thee as if thou wast privy to it. Say:
The knowledge of ti is with none but God. But most men know not this.
Say: I have no control over what may be helpful or
hurtful to me, but as God willeth. Had I the knowledge of this secrets, I
should revel in the good, and evil should not touch me. But I am only a warner,
and an announcer of good tidings to those who believe.
He it
is who hath created you from a single person, and from him brought forth his
wife that he might dwell with her: and when he
had known her, she bore a light burden, and went about with it; and when it
became heavy, they both cried to God their Lord, "If thou give us a
perfect child we will surely be of the thankful."
7:190 Yet when God had given them a perfect
child, they joined partners with Him in return for what he had given them. But
high is God above the partners they joined with Him!
What!
Will they join those with Him who cannot create anything, and are themselves
created, and have no power to help them, or to help themselves?
And if
you summon them to "the guidance," they will not follow you! It is
the same to them whether y summon them or whether you hold your peace!
Truly
they whom you call on beside God, are, like yourselves, His servants! Call on
them then, and let them answer you, if what you say of them be true!
Have
they feet to walk with? Have they hands to hold with? Have they eyes to see
with? Have they ears to hear with? Say: Call
on this joint gods of yours; then make your plot against me, and delay it not.
Verily,
my Lord is God, who hath send down "the Book;" and He is the
protector of the righteous.
But
they whom you call on beside Him, can lend you no help, nor can they help
themselves:
And if
you summon them to "the guidance," they hear you not: thou seest them look towards thee, but they do not
see!
Make
the best of things; and enjoin what is just, and withdraw from the ignorant:
And if
stirrings to evil from Satan stir thee, fly thou for refuge to God: He verily heareth, knoweth!
7:200 Verily, they who fear God, when some
phantom from Satan toucheth them, remember Him, and lo! they see clearly.
Their
Brethren will only continue them in error, and cannot preserve themselves from
it.
And
when thou bringest not a verse (sign) of the Koran to them, they say,
"hast thou not yet patched it up? Say: I
only follow my Lord's utterances to me. This is a clear proof on the part of
your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy for those who believe.
And
when the Koran is read, then listen you to it and keep silence, that haply you
may obtain mercy.
And
think within thine own self on God, with lowliness and with fear and without
loud spoken words, at even and at morn; and be not one of the heedless.
Verily
they who are round about thy Lord disdain not His service. They praise Him and
prostrate themselves before Him.