Surah Al-'A`rāf (The Heights) in English

1. والبلد الطيب يخرج نباته بإذن ربه والذي خبث لا يخرج إلا نكدا كذلك نصرف الآيات لقوم يشكرون

   58

   The good land—its vegetation comes out by the permission of its Lord, and as for that which is bad, it does not come out except sparsely. Thus do We paraphrase the signs variously for a people who give thanks.

   wa-l-baladu ṭ-ṭayyibu yakhruju nabātuhū bi-ʾidhni rabbihī wa-lladhī khabutha lā yakhruju ʾillā nakidan ka-dhālika nuṣarrifu l-ʾāyāti li-qawmin yashkurūna

2. لقد أرسلنا نوحا إلى قومه فقال يا قوم اعبدوا الله ما لكم من إله غيره إني أخاف عليكم عذاب يوم عظيم

   59

   Certainly We sent Noah to his people. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. Indeed I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day.’

   la-qad ʾarsalnā nūḥan ʾilā qawmihī fa-qāla yā-qawmi ʿbudū llāha mā lakum min ʾilāhin ghayruhū ʾinnī ʾakhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin

3. قال الملأ من قومه إنا لنراك في ضلال مبين

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   The elite of his people said, ‘Indeed we see you in manifest error.’

   qāla l-malaʾu min qawmihī ʾinnā la-narāka fī ḍalālin mubīnin

4. قال يا قوم ليس بي ضلالة ولكني رسول من رب العالمين

   61

   He said, ‘O my people, I am not in error. Rather, I am an apostle from the Lord of all the worlds.

   qāla yā-qawmi laysa bī ḍalālatun wa-lākinnī rasūlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīna

5. أبلغكم رسالات ربي وأنصح لكم وأعلم من الله ما لا تعلمون

   62

   I communicate to you the messages of my Lord, and I am your well-wisher, and I know from Allah what you do not know.

   ʾuballighukum risālāti rabbī wa-ʾanṣaḥu lakum wa-ʾaʿlamu mina llāhi mā lā taʿlamūna

6. أوعجبتم أن جاءكم ذكر من ربكم على رجل منكم لينذركم ولتتقوا ولعلكم ترحمون

   63

   Do you consider it odd that a reminder from your Lord should come to you through a man from among yourselves, to warn you so that you may be Godwary and so that you may receive His mercy?’

   ʾa-wa-ʿajibtum ʾan jāʾakum dhikrun min rabbikum ʿalā rajulin minkum li-yundhirakum wa-li-tattaqū wa-laʿallakum turḥamūna

7. فكذبوه فأنجيناه والذين معه في الفلك وأغرقنا الذين كذبوا بآياتنا إنهم كانوا قوما عمين

   64

   But they denied him. So We delivered him and those who were with him in the ark, and We drowned those who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a blind lot.

   fa-kadhdhabūhu fa-ʾanjaynāhu wa-lladhīna maʿahū fī l-fulki wa-ʾaghraqnā lladhīna kadhdhabū bi-ʾāyātinā ʾinnahum kānū qawman ʿamīna

8. وإلى عاد أخاهم هودا قال يا قوم اعبدوا الله ما لكم من إله غيره أفلا تتقون

   65

   And to [the people of] ‘Ad [We sent] Hud, their brother. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. Will you not then be wary [of Him]?’

   wa-ʾilā ʿādin ʾakhāhum hūdan qāla yā-qawmi ʿbudū llāha mā lakum min ʾilāhin ghayruhū ʾa-fa-lā tattaqūna

9. قال الملأ الذين كفروا من قومه إنا لنراك في سفاهة وإنا لنظنك من الكاذبين

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   The elite of his people who were faithless said, ‘Indeed we see you to be in folly, and indeed we consider you to be a liar.’

   qāla l-malaʾu lladhīna kafarū min qawmihī ʾinnā la-narāka fī safāhatin wa-ʾinnā la-naẓunnuka mina l-kādhibīna

10. قال يا قوم ليس بي سفاهة ولكني رسول من رب العالمين

    67

    He said, ‘O my people, I am not in folly. Rather, I am an apostle from the Lord of all the worlds.

    qāla yā-qawmi laysa bī safāhatun wa-lākinnī rasūlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīna