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

1. وما كان جواب قومه إلا أن قالوا أخرجوهم من قريتكم إنهم أناس يتطهرون

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   But the only answer of his people was that they said, ‘Expel them from your town! They are indeed a puritanical lot.’

   wa-mā kāna jawāba qawmihī ʾillā ʾan qālū ʾakhrijūhum min qaryatikum ʾinnahum ʾunāsun yataṭahharūna

2. فأنجيناه وأهله إلا امرأته كانت من الغابرين

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   Thereupon We delivered him and his family, except his wife; she was one of those who remained behind.

   fa-ʾanjaynāhu wa-ʾahlahū ʾillā mraʾatahū kānat mina l-ghābirīna

3. وأمطرنا عليهم مطرا فانظر كيف كان عاقبة المجرمين

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   Then We poured down upon them a rain [of stones]. So observe how was the fate of the guilty!

   wa-ʾamṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fa-nẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mujrimīna

4. وإلى مدين أخاهم شعيبا قال يا قوم اعبدوا الله ما لكم من إله غيره قد جاءتكم بينة من ربكم فأوفوا الكيل والميزان ولا تبخسوا الناس أشياءهم ولا تفسدوا في الأرض بعد إصلاحها ذلكم خير لكم إن كنتم مؤمنين

   85

   And to [the people of] Midian [We sent] Shu‘ayb, their brother. He said, ‘O my people, worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. There has certainly come to you a manifest proof from your Lord. Observe fully the measure and the balance, and do not cheat the people of their goods, and do not cause corruption on the earth after its restoration. That is better for you, if you are faithful.

   wa-ʾilā madyana ʾakhāhum shuʿayban qāla yā-qawmi ʿbudū llāha mā lakum min ʾilāhin ghayruhū qad jāʾatkum bayyinatun min rabbikum fa-ʾawfū l-kayla wa-l-mīzāna wa-lā tabkhasū n-nāsa ʾashyāʾahum wa-lā tufsidū fī l-ʾarḍi baʿda ʾiṣlāḥihā dhālikum khayrun lakum ʾin kuntum muʾminīna

5. ولا تقعدوا بكل صراط توعدون وتصدون عن سبيل الله من آمن به وتبغونها عوجا واذكروا إذ كنتم قليلا فكثركم وانظروا كيف كان عاقبة المفسدين

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   And do not lie in wait on every road to threaten and bar those who have faith in Him from the way of Allah, seeking to make it crooked. Remember when you were few, and He multiplied you, and observe how was the fate of the agents of corruption.

   wa-lā taqʿudū bi-kulli ṣirāṭin tūʿidūna wa-taṣuddūna ʿan sabīli llāhi man ʾāmana bihī wa-tabghūnahā ʿiwajan wa-dhkurū ʾidh kuntum qalīlan fa-kaththarakum wa-nẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mufsidīna

6. وإن كان طائفة منكم آمنوا بالذي أرسلت به وطائفة لم يؤمنوا فاصبروا حتى يحكم الله بيننا وهو خير الحاكمين

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   If a group of you have believed in what I have been sent with, and a group have not believed, be patient until Allah judges between us, and He is the best of judges.’

   wa-ʾin kāna ṭāʾifatun minkum ʾāmanū bi-lladhī ʾursiltu bihī wa-ṭāʾifatun lam yuʾminū fa-ṣbirū ḥattā yaḥkuma llāhu baynanā wa-huwa khayru l-ḥākimīna