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

1. واكتب لنا في هذه الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخرة إنا هدنا إليك قال عذابي أصيب به من أشاء ورحمتي وسعت كل شيء فسأكتبها للذين يتقون ويؤتون الزكاة والذين هم بآياتنا يؤمنون

   156

   And appoint goodness for us in this world and the Hereafter, for indeed we have come back to You.’ Said He, ‘I visit My punishment on whomever I wish, but My mercy embraces all things. Soon I shall appoint it for those who are Godwary and give the zakat and those who believe in Our signs

   wa-ktub lanā fī hādhihi d-dunyā ḥasanatan wa-fī l-ʾākhirati ʾinnā hudnā ʾilayka qāla ʿadhābī ʾuṣību bihī man ʾashāʾu wa-raḥmatī wasiʿat kulla shayʾin fa-sa-ʾaktubuhā li-lladhīna yattaqūna wa-yuʾtūna z-zakāta wa-lladhīna hum bi-ʾāyātinā yuʾminūna

2. الذين يتبعون الرسول النبي الأمي الذي يجدونه مكتوبا عندهم في التوراة والإنجيل يأمرهم بالمعروف وينهاهم عن المنكر ويحل لهم الطيبات ويحرم عليهم الخبائث ويضع عنهم إصرهم والأغلال التي كانت عليهم فالذين آمنوا به وعزروه ونصروه واتبعوا النور الذي أنزل معه أولئك هم المفلحون

   157

   —those who follow the Apostle, the untaught prophet, whose mention they find written with them in the Torah and the Evangel, who bids them to do what is right and forbids them from what is wrong, makes lawful to them all the good things and forbids them from all vicious things, and relieves them of their burdens and the shackles that were upon them—those who believe in him, honour him, and help him and follow the light that has been sent down with him, they are the felicitous.’

   alladhīna yattabiʿūna r-rasūla n-nabiyya l-ʾummiyya lladhī yajidūnahū maktūban ʿindahum fī t-tawrāti wa-l-ʾinjīli yaʾmuruhum bi-l-maʿrūfi wa-yanhāhum ʿani l-munkari wa-yuḥillu lahumu ṭ-ṭayyibāti wa-yuḥarrimu ʿalayhimu l-khabāʾitha wa-yaḍaʿu ʿanhum ʾiṣrahum wa-l-ʾaghlāla llatī kānat ʿalayhim fa-lladhīna ʾāmanū bihī wa-ʿazzarūhu wa-naṣarūhu wa-ttabaʿū n-nūra lladhī ʾunzila maʿahū ʾulāʾika humu l-mufliḥūna

3. قل يا أيها الناس إني رسول الله إليكم جميعا الذي له ملك السماوات والأرض لا إله إلا هو يحيي ويميت فآمنوا بالله ورسوله النبي الأمي الذي يؤمن بالله وكلماته واتبعوه لعلكم تهتدون

   158

   Say, ‘O mankind! I am the Apostle of Allah to you all, [of Him] to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. There is no god except Him. He gives life and brings death.’ So have faith in Allah and His Apostle, the untaught prophet, who has faith in Allah and His words, and follow him so that you may be guided.

   qul yā-ʾayyuhā n-nāsu ʾinnī rasūlu llāhi ʾilaykum jamīʿan-i lladhī lahū mulku s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa yuḥyī wa-yumītu fa-ʾāminū bi-llāhi wa-rasūlihi n-nabiyyi l-ʾummiyyi lladhī yuʾminu bi-llāhi wa-kalimātihī wa-ttabiʿūhu laʿallakum tahtadūna

4. ومن قوم موسى أمة يهدون بالحق وبه يعدلون

   159

   Among the people of Moses is a nation who guide [the people] by the truth and do justice thereby.

   wa-min qawmi mūsā ʾummatun yahdūna bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-bihī yaʿdilūna