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

1. ولقد ذرأنا لجهنم كثيرا من الجن والإنس لهم قلوب لا يفقهون بها ولهم أعين لا يبصرون بها ولهم آذان لا يسمعون بها أولئك كالأنعام بل هم أضل أولئك هم الغافلون

   179

   Certainly We have winnowed out for hell many of the jinn and humans: they have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, they have ears with which they do not hear. They are like cattle; indeed, they are more astray. It is they who are the heedless.

   wa-la-qad dharaʾnā li-jahannama kathīran mina l-jinni wa-l-ʾinsi lahum qulūbun lā yafqahūna bihā wa-lahum ʾaʿyunun lā yubṣirūna bihā wa-lahum ʾādhānun lā yasmaʿūna bihā ʾulāʾika ka-l-ʾanʿāmi bal hum ʾaḍallu ʾulāʾika humu l-ghāfilūna

2. ولله الأسماء الحسنى فادعوه بها وذروا الذين يلحدون في أسمائه سيجزون ما كانوا يعملون

   180

   To Allah belong the Best Names, so supplicate Him by them, and abandon those who commit sacrilege in His names. Soon they shall be requited for what they used to do.

   wa-li-llāhi l-ʾasmāʾu l-ḥusnā fa-dʿūhu bihā wa-dharū lladhīna yulḥidūna fī ʾasmāʾihī sa-yujzawna mā kānū yaʿmalūna

3. وممن خلقنا أمة يهدون بالحق وبه يعدلون

   181

   Among those We have created are a nation who guide by the truth and do justice thereby.

   wa-mimman khalaqnā ʾummatun yahdūna bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-bihī yaʿdilūna

4. والذين كذبوا بآياتنا سنستدرجهم من حيث لا يعلمون

   182

   As for those who deny Our signs, We will draw them imperceptibly [into ruin], whence they do not know.

   wa-lladhīna kadhdhabū bi-ʾāyātinā sa-nastadrijuhum min haythu lā yaʿlamūna

5. وأملي لهم إن كيدي متين

   183

   And I will grant them respite, for My devising is indeed sure.

   wa-ʾumlī lahum ʾinna kaydī matīnun

6. أولم يتفكروا ما بصاحبهم من جنة إن هو إلا نذير مبين

   184

   Have they not reflected that there is no madness in their companion, [and that] he is just a manifest warner?

   ʾa-wa-lam yatafakkarū mā bi-ṣāḥibihim min jinnatin ʾin huwa ʾillā nadhīrun mubīnun

7. أولم ينظروا في ملكوت السماوات والأرض وما خلق الله من شيء وأن عسى أن يكون قد اقترب أجلهم فبأي حديث بعده يؤمنون

   185

   Have they not contemplated the dominions of the heavens and the earth, and whatever things Allah has created, and that maybe their time has already drawn near? So what discourse will they believe after this?!

   ʾa-wa-lam yanẓurū fī malakūti s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-mā khalaqa llāhu min shayʾin wa-ʾan ʿasā ʾan yakūna qadi qtaraba ʾajaluhum fa-bi-ʾayyi ḥadīthin baʿdahū yuʾminūna

8. من يضلل الله فلا هادي له ويذرهم في طغيانهم يعمهون

   186

   Whomever Allah leads astray has no guide, and He leaves them bewildered in their rebellion.

   man yuḍlili llāhu fa-lā hādiya lahū wa-yadharuhum fī ṭughyānihim yaʿmahūna

9. يسألونك عن الساعة أيان مرساها قل إنما علمها عند ربي لا يجليها لوقتها إلا هو ثقلت في السماوات والأرض لا تأتيكم إلا بغتة يسألونك كأنك حفي عنها قل إنما علمها عند الله ولكن أكثر الناس لا يعلمون

   187

   They question you concerning the Hour, when will it set in? Say, ‘Its knowledge is only with my Lord: none except Him shall manifest it at its time. It will weigh heavy on the heavens and the earth. It will not overtake you but suddenly.’ They ask you as if you were in the know of it. Say, ‘Its knowledge is only with Allah, but most people do not know.’

   yasʾalūnaka ʿani s-sāʿati ʾayyāna mursāhā qul ʾinnamā ʿilmuhā ʿinda rabbī lā yujallīhā li-waqtihā ʾillā huwa thaqulat fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi lā taʾtīkum ʾillā baghtatan yasʾalūnaka ka-ʾannaka ḥafiyyun ʿanhā qul ʾinnamā ʿilmuhā ʿinda llāhi wa-lākinna ʾakthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna