The Translation of Surah Al-ʾAʿraf in English

Surah Al-ʾAʿraf

In The Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Alif, Lam, Mim, Sad. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:1)

A Book revealed unto thee,- So let thy heart be oppressed no more by any difficulty on that account,- that with it thou mightest warn (the erring) and teach the Believers). (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:2)

Follow (O men!) the revelation given unto you from your Lord, and follow not, as friends or protectors, other than Him. Little it is ye remember of admonition. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:3)

How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept for their afternoon rest. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:4)

When (thus) Our punishment took them, no cry did they utter but this: "Indeed we did wrong." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:5)

Then shall we question those to whom Our message was sent and those by whom We sent it. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:6)

And verily, We shall recount their whole story with knowledge, for We were never absent (at any time or place). (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:7)

The balance that day will be true (to nicety): those whose scale (of good) will be heavy, will prosper: (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:8)

Those whose scale will be light, will be their souls in perdition, for that they wrongfully treated Our signs. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:9)

It is We Who have placed you with authority on earth, and provided you therein with means for the fulfilment of your life: small are the thanks that ye give! (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:10)

It is We Who created you and gave you shape; then We bade the angels prostrate to Adam, and they prostrate; not so Iblis; He refused to be of those who prostrate. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:11)

(Allah) said: "What prevented thee from prostrating when I commanded thee?" He said: "I am better than he: Thou didst create me from fire, and him from clay." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:12)

(Allah) said: "Get thee down from this: it is not for thee to be arrogant here: get out, for thou art of the meanest (of creatures)." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:13)

He said: "Give me respite till the day they are raised up." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:14)

(Allah) said: "Be thou among those who have respite." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:15)

He said: "Because thou hast thrown me out of the way, lo! I will lie in wait for them on thy straight way: (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:16)

"Then will I assault them from before them and behind them, from their right and their left: Nor wilt thou find, in most of them, gratitude (for thy mercies)." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:17)

(Allah) said: "Get out from this, disgraced and expelled. If any of them follow thee,- Hell will I fill with you all. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:18)

"O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and enjoy (its good things) as ye wish: but approach not this tree, or ye run into harm and transgression." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:19)

Then began Satan to whisper suggestions to them, bringing openly before their minds all their shame that was hidden from them (before): he said: "Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest ye should become angels or such beings as live for ever." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:20)

And he swore to them both, that he was their sincere adviser. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:21)

So by deceit he brought about their fall: when they tasted of the tree, their shame became manifest to them, and they began to sew together the leaves of the garden over their bodies. And their Lord called unto them: "Did I not forbid you that tree, and tell you that Satan was an avowed enemy unto you?" (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:22)

They said: "Our Lord! We have wronged our own souls: If thou forgive us not and bestow not upon us Thy Mercy, we shall certainly be lost." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:23)

(Allah) said: "Get ye down. With enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood,- for a time." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:24)

He said: "Therein shall ye live, and therein shall ye die; but from it shall ye be taken out (at last)." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:25)

O ye Children of Adam! We have bestowed raiment upon you to cover your shame, as well as to be an adornment to you. But the raiment of righteousness,- that is the best. Such are among the Signs of Allah, that they may receive admonition! (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:26)

O ye Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you, in the same manner as He got your parents out of the Garden, stripping them of their raiment, to expose their shame: for he and his tribe watch you from a position where ye cannot see them: We made the evil ones friends (only) to those without faith. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:27)

When they do aught that is shameful, they say: "We found our fathers doing so"; and "Allah commanded us thus": Say: "Nay, Allah never commands what is shameful: do ye say of Allah what ye know not?" (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:28)

Say: "My Lord hath commanded justice; and that ye set your whole selves (to Him) at every time and place of prayer, and call upon Him, making your devotion sincere as in His sight: such as He created you in the beginning, so shall ye return." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:29)

Some He hath guided: Others have (by their choice) deserved the loss of their way; in that they took the evil ones, in preference to Allah, for their friends and protectors, and think that they receive guidance. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:30)

O Children of Adam! wear your beautiful apparel at every time and place of prayer: eat and drink: But waste not by excess, for Allah loveth not the wasters. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:31)

Say: Who hath forbidden the beautiful (gifts) of Allah, which He hath produced for His servants, and the things, clean and pure, (which He hath provided) for sustenance? Say: They are, in the life of this world, for those who believe, (and) purely for them on the Day of Judgment. Thus do We explain the signs in detail for those who understand. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:32)

Say: the things that my Lord hath indeed forbidden are: shameful deeds, whether open or secret; sins and trespasses against truth or reason; assigning of partners to Allah, for which He hath given no authority; and saying things about Allah of which ye have no knowledge. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:33)

To every people is a term appointed: when their term is reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance (it in anticipation). (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:34)

O ye Children of Adam! whenever there come to you messengers from amongst you, rehearsing My signs unto you,- those who are righteous and mend (their lives),- on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:35)

But those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance,- they are companions of the Fire, to dwell therein (for ever). (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:36)

Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah or rejects His Signs? For such, their portion appointed must reach them from the Book (of decrees): until, when our messengers (of death) arrive and take their souls, they say: "Where are the things that ye used to invoke besides Allah?" They will reply, "They have left us in the lurch," And they will bear witness against themselves, that they had rejected Allah. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:37)

He will say: "Enter ye in the company of the peoples who passed away before you - men and jinns, - into the Fire." Every time a new people enters, it curses its sister-people (that went before), until they follow each other, all into the Fire. Saith the last about the first: "Our Lord! it is these that misled us: so give them a double penalty in the Fire." He will say: "Doubled for all" : but this ye do not understand. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:38)

Then the first will say to the last: "See then! No advantage have ye over us; so taste ye of the penalty for all that ye did !" (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:39)

To those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance, no opening will there be of the gates of heaven, nor will they enter the garden, until the camel can pass through the eye of the needle: Such is Our reward for those in sin. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:40)

For them there is Hell, as a couch (below) and folds and folds of covering above: such is Our requital of those who do wrong. (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:41)

But those who believe and work righteousness,- no burden do We place on any soul, but that which it can bear,- they will be Companions of the Garden, therein to dwell (for ever). (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:42)

And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury;- beneath them will be rivers flowing;- and they shall say: "Praise be to Allah, who hath guided us to this (felicity): never could we have found guidance, had it not been for the guidance of Allah: indeed it was the truth, that the messengers of our Lord brought unto us." And they shall hear the cry: "Behold! the garden before you! Ye have been made its inheritors, for your deeds (of righteousness)." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:43)

The Companions of the Garden will call out to the Companions of the Fire: "We have indeed found the promises of our Lord to us true: Have you also found Your Lord's promises true?" They shall say, "Yes"; but a crier shall proclaim between them: "The curse of Allah is on the wrong-doers;- (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:44)

"Those who would hinder (men) from the path of Allah and would seek in it something crooked: they were those who denied the Hereafter." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:45)

Between them shall be a veil, and on the heights will be men who would know every one by his marks: they will call out to the Companions of the Garden, "peace on you": they will not have entered, but they will have an assurance (thereof). (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:46)

When their eyes shall be turned towards the Companions of the Fire, they will say: "Our Lord! send us not to the company of the wrong-doers." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:47)

The men on the heights will call to certain men whom they will know from their marks, saying: "Of what profit to you were your hoards and your arrogant ways? (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:48)

"Behold! are these not the men whom you swore that Allah with His Mercy would never bless? Enter ye the Garden: no fear shall be on you, nor shall ye grieve." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:49)

The Companions of the Fire will call to the Companions of the Garden: "Pour down to us water or anything that Allah doth provide for your sustenance." They will say: "Both these things hath Allah forbidden to those who rejected Him." (Quran Surah Al-ʾAʿraf 7:50)

"Such as took their religion to be mere amusement and play, and were deceived by the life of the world." That day shall We forget them as they forgot the meeting of this day of theirs, and as they were wont to reject Our signs. (Quran 7:51)

For We had certainly sent unto them a Book, based on knowledge, which We explained in detail,- a guide and a mercy to all who believe.  (Quran 7:52)

Do they just wait for the final fulfilment of the event? On the day the event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will say: "The messengers of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have we no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back? then should we behave differently from our behaviour in the past." In fact they will have lost their souls, and the things they invented will leave them in the lurch. (Quran 7:53)

Your Guardian-Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): He draweth the night as a veil o'er the day, each seeking the other in rapid succession: He created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all) governed by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and to govern? Blessed be Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds! (Quran 7:54)

Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for Allah loveth not those who trespass beyond bounds. (Quran 7:55)

Do no mischief on the earth, after it hath been set in order, but call on Him with fear and longing (in your hearts): for the Mercy of Allah is (always) near to those who do good. (Quran 7:56)

It is He Who sendeth the winds like heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy: when they have carried the heavy-laden clouds, We drive them to a land that is dead, make rain to descend thereon, and produce every kind of harvest therewith: thus shall We raise up the dead: perchance ye may remember. (Quran 7:57)

From the land that is clean and good, by the will of its Cherisher, springs up produce, (rich) after its kind: but from the land that is bad, springs up nothing but that which is niggardly: thus do we explain the signs by various (symbols) to those who are grateful. (Quran 7:58)

We sent Noah to his people. He said: "O my people! worship Allah! ye have no other god but Him. I fear for you the punishment of a dreadful day! (Quran 7:59)

The leaders of his people said: "Ah! we see thee evidently wandering (in mind)." (Quran 7:60)

He said: "O my people! No wandering is there in my (mind): on the contrary I am a messenger from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds! (Quran 7:61)

"I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: Sincere is my advice to you, and I know from Allah something that ye know not. (Quran 7:62)

"Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from your Lord, through a man of your own people, to warn you,- so that ye may fear Allah and haply receive His Mercy?" (Quran 7:63)

But they rejected him, and We delivered him, and those with him, in the Ark: but We overwhelmed in the flood those who rejected Our signs. They were indeed a blind people! (Quran 7:64)

To the 'Ad people, (We sent) Hud, one of their (own) brethren: He said: O my people! worship Allah! ye have no other god but Him will ye not fear (Allah)?" (Quran 7:65)

The leaders of the Unbelievers among his people said: "Ah! we see thou art an imbecile!" and "We think thou art a liar!" (Quran 7:66)

He said: "O my people! I am no imbecile, but (I am) a messenger from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds! (Quran 7:67)

"I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: I am to you a sincere and trustworthy adviser. (Quran 7:68)

"Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from your Lord through a man of your own people, to warn you? call in remembrance that He made you inheritors after the people of Noah, and gave you a stature tall among the nations. Call in remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Allah: that so ye may prosper." (Quran 7:69)

They said: "Comest thou to us, that we may worship Allah alone, and give up the cult of our fathers? bring us what thou threatenest us with, if so be that thou tellest the truth!" (Quran 7:70)

He said: "Punishment and wrath have already come upon you from your Lord: dispute ye with me over names which ye have devised - ye and your fathers,- without authority from Allah? then wait: I am amongst you, also waiting." (Quran 7:71)

We saved him and those who adhered to him. By Our mercy, and We cut off the roots of those who rejected Our signs and did not believe. (Quran 7:72)

To the Thamud people (We sent) Salih, one of their own brethren: He said: "O my people! worship Allah: ye have no other god but Him. Now hath come unto you a clear (Sign) from your Lord! This she-camel of Allah is a Sign unto you: So leave her to graze in Allah's earth, and let her come to no harm, or ye shall be seized with a grievous punishment. (Quran 7:73)

"And remember how He made you inheritors after the 'Ad people and gave you habitations in the land: ye build for yourselves palaces and castles in (open) plains, and care out homes in the mountains; so bring to remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Allah, and refrain from evil and mischief on the earth." (Quran 7:74)

The leaders of the arrogant party among his people said to those who were reckoned powerless - those among them who believed: "know ye indeed that Salih is a messenger from his Lord?" They said: "We do indeed believe in the revelation which hath been sent through him." (Quran 7:75)

The Arrogant party said: "For our part, we reject what ye believe in." (Quran 7:76)

Then they ham-strung the she-camel, and insolently defied the order of their Lord, saying: "O Salih! bring about thy threats, if thou art a messenger (of Allah)!" (Quran 7:77)

So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning! (Quran 7:78)

So Salih left them, saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the message for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good counsel, but ye love not good counsellors!" (Quran 7:79)

We also (sent) Lut: He said to his people: "Do ye commit lewdness such as no people in creation (ever) committed before you? (Quran 7:80)

"For ye practise your lusts on men in preference to women : ye are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds." (Quran 7:81)

And his people gave no answer but this: they said, "Drive them out of your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!" (Quran 7:82)

But we saved him and his family, except his wife: she was of those who legged behind. (Quran 7:83)

And we rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): Then see what was the end of those who indulged in sin and crime! (Quran 7:84)

To the Madyan people We sent Shu'aib, one of their own brethren: he said: "O my people! worship Allah; Ye have no other god but Him. Now hath come unto you a clear (Sign) from your Lord! Give just measure and weight, nor withhold from the people the things that are their due; and do no mischief on the earth after it has been set in order: that will be best for you, if ye have Faith. (Quran 7:85)

"And squat not on every road, breathing threats, hindering from the path of Allah those who believe in Him, and seeking in it something crooked; But remember how ye were little, and He gave you increase. And hold in your mind's eye what was the end of those who did mischief. (Quran 7:86)