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

1. واذكروا إذ جعلكم خلفاء من بعد عاد وبوأكم في الأرض تتخذون من سهولها قصورا وتنحتون الجبال بيوتا فاذكروا آلاء الله ولا تعثوا في الأرض مفسدين

   74

   Remember when He made you successors after [the people of] ‘Ad, and settled you in the land: you build palaces in its plains, and hew houses out of the mountains. So remember Allah’s bounties, and do not act wickedly on the earth, causing corruption.’

   wa-dhkurū ʾidh jaʿalakum khulafāʾa min baʿdi ʿādin wa-bawwaʾakum fī l-ʾarḍi tattakhidhūna min suhūlihā quṣūran wa-tanḥitūna l-jibāla buyūtan fa-dhkurū ʾālāʾa llāhi wa-lā taʿthaw fī l-ʾarḍi mufsidīna

2. قال الملأ الذين استكبروا من قومه للذين استضعفوا لمن آمن منهم أتعلمون أن صالحا مرسل من ربه قالوا إنا بما أرسل به مؤمنون

   75

   The elite of his people who were arrogant said to those who were oppressed—to those among them who had faith—‘Do you know that Salih has been sent by his Lord?’ They said, ‘We indeed believe in what he has been sent with.’

   qāla l-malaʾu lladhīna stakbarū min qawmihī li-lladhīna stuḍʿifū li-man ʾāmana minhum ʾa-taʿlamūna ʾanna ṣāliḥan mursalun min rabbihī qālū ʾinnā bi-mā ʾursila bihī muʾminūna

3. قال الذين استكبروا إنا بالذي آمنتم به كافرون

   76

   Those who were arrogant said, ‘We indeed disbelieve in what you have believed.’

   qāla lladhīna stakbarū ʾinnā bi-lladhī ʾāmantum bihī kāfirūna

4. فعقروا الناقة وعتوا عن أمر ربهم وقالوا يا صالح ائتنا بما تعدنا إن كنت من المرسلين

   77

   So they hamstrung the She-camel and defied the command of their Lord, and they said, ‘O Salih, bring us what you threaten us with, if you are one of the apostles.’

   fa-ʿaqarū n-nāqata wa-ʿataw ʿan ʾamri rabbihim wa-qālū yā-ṣāliḥu ʾtinā bi-mā taʿidunā ʾin kunta mina l-mursalīna

5. فأخذتهم الرجفة فأصبحوا في دارهم جاثمين

   78

   Thereupon the earthquake seized them, and they lay lifeless prostrate in their homes.

   fa-ʾakhadhathumu r-rajfatu fa-ʾaṣbaḥū fī dārihim jāthimīna

6. فتولى عنهم وقال يا قوم لقد أبلغتكم رسالة ربي ونصحت لكم ولكن لا تحبون الناصحين

   79

   So he abandoned them [to their fate], and said, ‘O my people! Certainly I communicated to you the message of my Lord, and I was your well-wisher, but you did not like well-wishers.’

   fa-tawallā ʿanhum wa-qāla yā-qawmi la-qad ʾablaghtukum risālata rabbī wa-naṣaḥtu lakum wa-lākin lā tuḥibbūna n-nāṣiḥīna

7. ولوطا إذ قال لقومه أتأتون الفاحشة ما سبقكم بها من أحد من العالمين

   80

   And Lot, when he said to his people, ‘What! Do you commit an outrage none in the world ever committed before you?!

   wa-lūṭan ʾidh qāla li-qawmihī ʾa-taʾtūna l-fāḥishata mā sabaqakum bihā min ʾaḥadin mina l-ʿālamīna

8. إنكم لتأتون الرجال شهوة من دون النساء بل أنتم قوم مسرفون

   81

   Indeed you come to men with desire instead of women! Indeed, you are a profligate lot.’

   ʾinnakum la-taʾtūna r-rijāla shahwatan min dūni n-nisāʾi bal ʾantum qawmun musrifūna