The Heights

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

[7:1]

Alif. Lam. Mim. Sad.

[7:2]

(It is) a Scripture that is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) - so let there be no heaviness in thy heart therefrom - that thou mayst warn thereby, and (it is) a Reminder unto believers.

[7:3]

(Saying): Follow that which is sent down unto you from your Lord, and follow no protecting friends beside Him. Little do ye recollect!

[7:4]

How many a township have We destroyed! As a raid by night, or while they slept at noon, Our terror came unto them.

[7:5]

No plea had they, when Our terror came unto them, save that they said: Lo! We were wrong-doers.

[7:6]

Then verily We shall question those unto whom (Our message) hath been sent, and verily We shall question the messengers.

[7:7]

Then verily We shall narrate unto them (the event) with knowledge, for We were not absent (when it came to pass).

[7:8]

The weighing on that day is the true (weighing). As for those whose scale is heavy, they are the successful.

[7:9]

And as for those whose scale is light: those are they who lose their souls because they used to wrong Our revelations.

[7:10]

And We have given you (mankind) power in the earth, and appointed for you therein livelihoods. Little give ye thanks!

[7:11]

And We created you, then fashioned you, then told the angels: Fall ye prostrate before Adam! And they fell prostrate, all save Iblis, who was not of those who make prostration.