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

1. قالوا آمنا برب العالمين

   121

   They said, ‘We have believed in the Lord of all the worlds,

   qālū ʾāmannā bi-rabbi l-ʿālamīna

2. رب موسى وهارون

   122

   the Lord of Moses and Aaron.’

   rabbi mūsā wa-hārūna

3. قال فرعون آمنتم به قبل أن آذن لكم إن هذا لمكر مكرتموه في المدينة لتخرجوا منها أهلها فسوف تعلمون

   123

   Pharaoh said, ‘Do you profess faith in Him before I may permit you? It is indeed a plot you have devised in the city to expel its people from it. Soon you will know [the consequences]!

   qāla firʿawnu ʾāmantum bihī qabla ʾan ʾādhana lakum ʾinna hādhā la-makrun makartumūhu fī l-madīnati li-tukhrijū minhā ʾahlahā fa-sawfa taʿlamūna

4. لأقطعن أيديكم وأرجلكم من خلاف ثم لأصلبنكم أجمعين

   124

   Surely I will cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and then I will surely crucify all of you.’

   la-ʾuqaṭṭiʿanna ʾaydiyakum wa-ʾarjulakum min khilāfin thumma la-ʾuṣallibannakum ʾajmaʿīna

5. قالوا إنا إلى ربنا منقلبون

   125

   They said, ‘Indeed we shall return to our Lord.

   qālū ʾinnā ʾilā rabbinā munqalibūna

6. وما تنقم منا إلا أن آمنا بآيات ربنا لما جاءتنا ربنا أفرغ علينا صبرا وتوفنا مسلمين

   126

   You are vindictive toward us only because we have believed in the signs of our Lord, when they came to us.’ ‘Our Lord! Pour patience upon us, and grant us to die as Muslims.’

   wa-mā tanqimu minnā ʾillā ʾan ʾāmannā bi-ʾāyāti rabbinā lammā jāʾatnā rabbanā ʾafrigh ʿalaynā ṣabran wa-tawaffanā muslimīna

7. وقال الملأ من قوم فرعون أتذر موسى وقومه ليفسدوا في الأرض ويذرك وآلهتك قال سنقتل أبناءهم ونستحيي نساءهم وإنا فوقهم قاهرون

   127

   The elite of Pharaoh’s people said, ‘Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land, and to abandon you and your gods?’ He said, ‘We will kill their sons and spare their women, and indeed we are dominant over them.’

   wa-qāla l-malaʾu min qawmi firʿawna ʾa-tadharu mūsā wa-qawmahū li-yufsidū fī l-ʾarḍi wa-yadharaka wa-ʾālihataka qāla sa-nuqattilu ʾabnāʾahum wa-nastaḥyī nisāʾahum wa-ʾinnā fawqahum qāhirūna

8. قال موسى لقومه استعينوا بالله واصبروا إن الأرض لله يورثها من يشاء من عباده والعاقبة للمتقين

   128

   Moses said to his people, ‘Turn to Allah for help and be patient. The earth indeed belongs to Allah, and He gives its inheritance to whomever He wishes of His servants, and the outcome will be in favour of the Godwary.’

   qāla mūsā li-qawmihi staʿīnū bi-llāhi wa-ṣbirū ʾinna l-ʾarḍa li-llāhi yūrithuhā man yashāʾu min ʿibādihī wa-l-ʿāqibatu li-l-muttaqīna

9. قالوا أوذينا من قبل أن تأتينا ومن بعد ما جئتنا قال عسى ربكم أن يهلك عدوكم ويستخلفكم في الأرض فينظر كيف تعملون

   129

   They said, ‘We were tormented before you came to us and [also] after you came to us.’ He said, ‘Maybe your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you successors in the land, and then He will see how you act.’

   qālū ʾūdhīnā min qabli ʾan taʾtiyanā wa-min baʿdi mā jiʾtanā qāla ʿasā rabbukum ʾan yuhlika ʿaduwwakum wa-yastakhlifakum fī l-ʾarḍi fa-yanẓura kayfa taʿmalūna

10. ولقد أخذنا آل فرعون بالسنين ونقص من الثمرات لعلهم يذكرون

    130

    Certainly We afflicted Pharaoh’s clan with droughts and loss of produce, so that they may take admonition.

    wa-la-qad ʾakhadhnā ʾāla firʿawna bi-s-sinīna wa-naqṣin mina th-thamarāti laʿallahum yadhdhakkarūna