|@ The unbelievers 7:101-102
7:101 Those villages We narrate their news to you. Their Messengers came to them with clear proofs, yet they would not believe what they had belied before; as such Allah seals the hearts of the unbelievers.
# تِلْكَ القُرَى نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنبَائِهَا وَلَقَدْ جَاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَمَا كَانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُوا بِمَا كَذَّبُوا مِن قَبْلُ كَذَلِكَ يَطْبَعُ اللَّهُ عَلَى قُلُوبِ الكَافِرِينَ 101
7:102 We did not find the covenant upheld by the majority of them, but We found most of them evildoers.
# وَمَا وَجَدْنَا لأَكْثَرِهِم مِّنْ عَهْدٍ وَإِن وَجَدْنَا أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفَاسِقِينَ 102
|@ The story of Prophet Moses and Pharaoh 7:103-157
7:103 After those We sent forth Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his assembly, but with it they harmed. Look at the end of the corrupters.
# ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِم مُّوسَى بِآيَاتِنَا إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِ فَظَلَمُوا بِهَا فَانظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ المُفْسِدِينَ 103
7:104 Moses said, ‘Pharaoh, I am a Messenger from the Lord of the Worlds,
# وَقَالَ مُوسَى يَا فِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّي رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ العَالَمِينَ 104
7:105 incumbent upon me is that I say nothing of Allah except the truth. I bring you a clear proof from your Lord. So let the Children of Israel depart with me.’
# حَقِيقٌ عَلَى أَن لاَّ أَقُولَ عَلَى اللَّهِ إِلاَّ الحَقَّ قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِبَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعِيَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ 105
$ The signs of the Prophethood of Moses 7:106-108
7:106 He answered, ‘If you have come with a sign, show it to us if you are of the truthful.’
# قَالَ إِن كُنتَ جِئْتَ بِآيَةٍ فَأْتِ بِهَا إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ 106
7:107 He threw down his staff, and it was clearly a serpent.
# فَأَلْقَى عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ 107
7:108 Then he drew out his hand and it was luminous to the onlookers.
# وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاءُ لِلنَّاظِرِينَ 108
$ Pharaoh accuses Moses of sorcery 7:109-112
7:109 The assembly of Pharaoh’s nation said, ‘This man is a well-versed sorcerer
# قَالَ المَلأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّ هَذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ 109
7:110 who seeks to drive you from your land what do you command?’
# يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُمْ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ 110
7:111 Others said, ‘Put them off a while, he and his brother, and send forth to your cities gatherers
# قَالُوا أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِي المَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ 111
7:112 to summon every well-versed sorcerer to you.’
# يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَاحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ 112
|@ Prophet Moses and the sorcerers 7:113-119
7:113 The sorcerers came to Pharaoh. They said, ‘Shall we be rewarded if we are the winners?’
# وَجَاءَ السَّحَرَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ قَالُوا إِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْراً إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ الغَالِبِينَ 113
7:114 ‘Yes,’ he answered, ‘and you will be among those near.’
# قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ المُقَرَّبِينَ 114
7:115 They said, ‘Moses, will you throw first or shall we be the throwers?’
# قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى إِمَّا أَن تُلْقِيَ وَإِمَّا أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ المُلْقِينَ 115
7:116 ‘Throw,’ he replied. And when they threw, they bewitched the people’s eyes and terrified them, and produced great sorcery.
# قَالَ أَلْقُوا فَلَمَّا أَلْقَوْا سَحَرُوا أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ وَاسْتَرْهَبُوَهُمْ وَجَاءُوا بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ 116
7:117 Then We revealed to Moses, ‘Now, throw down your staff.’ And thereupon it swallowed up their false invention.
# وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ 117
7:118 So, the truth prevailed and what they were doing was annulled;
# فَوَقَعَ الحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُون 118
7:119 they were defeated and turned belittled,
# فَغُلِبُوا هُنَالِكَ وَانقَلَبُوا صَاغِرِينَ 119
|@ Pharaoh’s sorcerers become believers 7:120-129
7:120 and the sorcerers prostrated themselves,
# وَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ 120
7:121 saying, ‘We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
# قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ العَالَمِينَ 121
7:122 the Lord of Moses and Aaron.’
# رَبِّ مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ 122
7:123 Pharaoh said, ‘Do you believe in Him before I permit? This is a plot that you have contrived in the city in order to expel its people from it. Now you shall know!
# قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ آمَنتُم بِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّ هَذَا لَمَكْرٌ مَّكَرْتُمُوهُ فِي المَدِينَةِ لِتُخْرِجُوا مِنْهَا أَهْلَهَا فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ 123
7:124 I will cut off on opposite sides a hand and a foot, and then crucify you all!’
# لأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلافٍ ثُمَّ لأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ 124
7:125 They replied, ‘We shall surely turn to our Lord.
# قَالُوا إِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ 125
$ Supplication of the believing sorcerers 7:126
7:126 You would take revenge on us only because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us. Lord, pour patience upon us and let us die as submitters (Muslims).’
# وَمَا تَنقِمُ مِنَّا إِلاَّ أَنْ آمَنَّا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَاءَتْنَا رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْراً وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ 126
7:127 The assembly of Pharaoh’s nation said, ‘Will you allow Moses and his nation to corrupt in the land and to forsake you and your gods?’ He replied, ‘We will put their sons to death and spare their women, indeed we are conquerors over them.’
# وَقَالَ المَلأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ أَتَذَرُ مُوسَى وَقَوْمَهُ لِيُفْسِدُوا فِي الأَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَآلِهَتَكَ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْيِي نِسَاءَهُمْ وَإِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَاهِرُونَ 127
$ Moses tells his nation to seek help from Allah and to be patient 7:128
7:128 Moses said to his nation, ‘Seek help from Allah and be patient. The earth belongs to Allah; He gives it as a heritage to whom He chooses amongst His worshipers. The outcome is for the cautious.’
# قَالَ مُوسَى لِقَوْمِهِ اسْتَعِينُوا بِاللَّهِ وَاصْبِرُوا إِنَّ الأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ يُورِثُهَا مَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَالْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ 128
$ The scorn of the Children of Israel 7:129
7:129 They replied, ‘We were hurt before you came to us, and after you came to us.’ He said, ‘Your Lord may destroy your enemies and make you inheritors in the land. Then He will see how you conduct yourselves.’
# قَالُوا أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِن بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا قَالَ عَسَى رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ 129
|@ Plagues afflict Pharaoh and his people 7:130-135
7:130 We seized Pharaoh’s people with years of drought and scarcity of fruit so that they might remember.
# وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِالسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ 130
7:131 When good things came their way, they said, ‘It is our due,’ but when evil befell them they blamed their ill fortune on Moses and those with him. Indeed their ill fortune was with Allah, though most of them did not know.
# فَإِذَا جَاءَتْهُمُ الحَسَنَةُ قَالُوا لَنَا هَذِهِ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَطَّيَّرُوا بِمُوسَى وَمَن مَّعَهُ أَلاَ إِنَّمَا طَائِرُهُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ 131
7:132 They said, ‘Whatever sign you bring to us, to cast a spell upon us, we will not believe in you.’
# وَقَالُوا مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِ مِنْ آيَةٍ لِّتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ 132
7:133 So We sent upon them floods, locusts, lice, frogs, and blood. (All these were) clear signs, yet they were proud against them, for they were wicked people.
# فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الطُّوفَانَ وَالْجَرَادَ وَالْقُمَّلَ وَالضَّفَادِعَ وَالدَّمَ آيَاتٍ مُّفَصَّلاتٍ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا وَكَانُوا قَوْماً مُّجْرِمِينَ 133
7:134 And when the plague smote them, they said, ‘Moses, pray to your Lord for us invoking the promise He has made with you. If you lift the plague from us, we will believe in you and let the Children of Israel go with you.’
# وَلَمَّا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّجْزُ قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ لَئِن كَشَفْتَ عَنَّا الرِّجْزَ لَنُؤْمِنَنَّ لَكَ وَلَنُرْسِلَنَّ مَعَكَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ 134
7:135 But when We had lifted the plague from them for a term which they had to reach, they broke their promise.
# فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْزَ إِلَى أَجَلٍ هُم بَالِغُوهُ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ 135
|@ Pharaoh breaks his promise and is drowned 7:136
7:136 So We punished them and drowned them in the sea, for they had belied Our signs and gave no heed to them.
# فَانتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ فِي اليَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا بَآيَاتِنَا وَكَانُوا عَنْهَا غَافِلِينَ 136
|@ The destruction of Pharaoh’s kingdom 7:137
7:137 We gave the persecuted nation dominion over the eastern and western lands which We had blessed. So the Word of your Lord, the finest, was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of their patience; and We destroyed the edifices, and towers of Pharaoh and whatsoever they manufactured.
# وَأَوْرَثْنَا القَوْمَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ مَشَارِقَ الأَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبَهَا الَتِي بَارَكْنَا فِيهَا وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ الحُسْنَى عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا وَدَمَّرْنَا مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُ وَمَا كَانُوا يَعْرِشُونَ 137
|@ Children of Israel’s miraculous crossing of the sea; children of Israel want to worship idols 7:138-141
7:138 and We moved the Children of Israel from one side of the sea to the other, and they came upon a nation zealously devoted to the idols they had. They said to Moses, ‘Make a god for us, as they have gods.’ Moses replied, ‘You are indeed an ignorant nation.
# وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ البَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا عَلَى قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَى أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى اجْعَل لَّنَا إِلَهاً كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ 138
7:139 That which they are engaged upon shall be shattered and all their works are vain.
# إِنَّ هَؤُلاءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَاطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ 139
7:140 Should I seek any god for you except Allah? He has exalted you above the nations.
# قَالَ أَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَهاً وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى العَالَمِينَ 140
$ The Children of Israel saved from Pharaoh 7:141
7:141 And that We saved you from Pharaoh’s family, who had oppressed you cruelly, putting your sons to death and sparing your women. Surely, that was a great trial from your Lord.’
# وَإِذْ أَنجَيْنَاكُم مِّنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوءَ العَذَابِ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءَكُمْ وَفِي ذَلِكُم بَلاءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ 141
|@ Prophet Moses leaves his brother, Prophet Aaron, in charge of the Children of Israel for his appointment with Allah 7:142
7:142 We appointed for Moses thirty nights, and We completed them with ten more; so that the appointment with his Lord took forty nights. Moses said to Aaron, his brother, ‘Take my place among my nation. Do what is right and do not follow the path of the corrupt doers.’
# وَوَاعَدْنَا مُوسَى ثَلاثِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَتْمَمْنَاهَا بِعَشْرٍ فَتَمَّ مِيقَاتُ رَبِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً وَقَالَ مُوسَى لأَخِيهِ هَارُونَ اخْلُفْنِي فِي قَوْمِي وَأَصْلِحْ وَلاَ تَتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ المُفْسِدِينَ 142
|@ Allah speaks to Prophet Moses 7:143-144
7:143 And when Moses came at the appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, ‘Lord, let me see, that I can look at You.’ He replied, ‘You shall not see Me. But look at the mountain; if it remains firm in its place, then you shall see Me.’ And when his Lord was revealed to the mountain and caused it to be crushed and leveled whereupon Moses fell down senseless, and when he recovered, he said, ‘Exaltations to You! I repent to You. I am the first of believers.’
# وَلَمَّا جَاءَ مُوسَى لِمِيقَاتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُ رَبُّهُ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِي أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ لَن تَرَانِي وَلَكِنِ انظُرْ إِلَى الجَبَلِ فَإِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ تَرَانِي فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّى رَبُّهُ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُ دَكاً وَخَرَّ مُوسَى صَعِقاً فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ المُؤْمِنِينَ 143
7:144 He said, ‘Moses, I have chosen you from all mankind with My Messages and My Words. Therefore, take what I have given you, and be among the thankful.’
# قَالَ يَا مُوسَى إِنِّي اصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِرِسَالاتِي وَبِكَلامِي فَخُذْ مَا آتَيْتُكَ وَكُن مِّنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ 144
|@ Prophet Moses is given the Tablets 7:145
7:145 We inscribed for him upon the Tablets all kinds of exhortation and clear explanations of all things. So take it forcefully, and order your nation to take what is best of it. I shall show you the home of the wicked.
# وَكَتَبْنَا لَهُ فِي الأَلْوَاحِ مِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَّوْعِظَةً وَتَفْصِيلاً لِّكُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَخُذْهَا بِقُوَّةٍ وَأْمُرْ قَوْمَكَ يَأْخُذُوا بِأَحْسَنِهَا سَأُرِيكُمْ دَارَ الفَاسِقِينَ 145
$ Those who belie the signs of Allah 7:146-147
7:146 From My signs I will turn away the unrightfully, arrogant in the land, so that even if they witness every sign they would not believe it. If they see the path of righteousness, they shall not take it as a path; but if they see the path of error, they shall take it for their path because they belied Our signs and were inattentive towards them.
# سَأَصْرِفُ عَنْ آيَاتِيَ الَّذِينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الحَقِّ وَإِن يَرَوْا كُلَّ آيَةٍ لاَّ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَا وَإِن يَرَوْا سَبِيلَ الرُّشْدِ لاَ يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلاً وَإِن يَرَوْا سَبِيلَ الغَيِّ يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلاً ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَكَانُوا عَنْهَا غَافِلِينَ 146
7:147 Vain are the deeds of those who belie Our signs and the Everlasting Life. Shall they not be recompensed except for what they used to do?
# وَالَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَلِقَاءِ الآخِرَةِ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ 147
|@ The Children of Israel worship the golden calf 7:148-156
7:148 In his absence, the nation of Moses made a calf from their ornaments, a body with a hollow sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them, nor guide them to a path? Yet they took it in worship and were harm doers.
# وَاتَّخَذَ قَوْمُ مُوسَى مِنْ بَعْدِهِ مِنْ حُلِيِّهِمْ عِجْلاً جَسَداًّ لَّهُ خُوَارٌ أَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّهُ لاَ يُكَلِّمُهُمْ وَلاَ يَهْدِيهِمْ سَبِيلاً اتَّخَذُوهُ وَكَانُوا ظَالِمِينَ 148
7:149 But when it landed in their hands and saw that they had strayed, they said, ‘If our Lord does not have mercy on us and forgive us, we shall be lost.’
# وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ وَرَأَوْا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّوا قَالُوا لَئِن لَّمْ يَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الخَاسِرِينَ 149
7:150 And when Moses returned to his nation, angry and sorrowful, he said, ‘Evil is what you have done in my absence! Would you hasten the retribution of your Lord?’ He threw down the Tablets, and seizing his brother by the head, dragged him towards him. ‘Son of my mother,’ said (Aaron), ‘the nation weakened me, and almost killed me. Do not let my enemies rejoice over me; do not number me among the harm doers.’
# وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَى إِلَى قَوْمِهِ غَضْبَانَ أَسِفاً قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِي مِنْ بَعْدِي أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ وَأَلْقَى الأَلْوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ ابْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ القَوْمَ اسْتَضْعَفُونِي وَكَادُوا يَقْتُلُونَنِي فَلاَ تُشْمِتْ بِيَ الأَعْدَاءَ وَلاَ تَجْعَلْنِي مَعَ القَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ 150
7:151 ‘Lord, ‘ said Moses, ‘forgive me and forgive my brother. Admit us to Your Mercy, for You are Most Merciful of the merciful! ‘
# قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلأَخِي وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِي رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ 151
7:152 Those who worshipped the calf incurred the Anger of their Lord and abasement in this life, and as such We recompense the forgers.
# إِنَّ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا العِجْلَ سَيَنَالُهُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَذِلَّةٌ فِي الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَكَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي المُفْتَرِينَ 152
7:153 As for those who do evil and later repent and believe, your Lord is Forgiving, the Most Merciful thereafter.
# وَالَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ ثُمَّ تَابُوا مِنْ بَعْدِهَا وَآمَنُوا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنْ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ 153
7:154 When his anger abated, Moses took up the Tablets upon which was inscribed guidance and mercy to those who fear their Lord.
# وَلَمَّا سَكَتَ عَن مُّوسَى الغَضَبُ أَخَذَ الأَلْوَاحَ وَفِي نُسْخَتِهَا هُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِرَبِّهِمْ يَرْهَبُونَ 154
7:155 Moses chose from among his nation seventy men for Our appointment, and when the quake seized them, Moses said, ‘My Lord, had it been Your Will, You would have destroyed them before, and me. Will You destroy us for that which the fools amongst us did? It is only Your trial by which You leave in error whom You will, and guide whom You will. You alone are our Guardian. Forgive us and have mercy on us, You are the Best of those who forgive.
# وَاخْتَارَ مُوسَى قَوْمَهُ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلاً لِّمِيقَاتِنَا فَلَمَّا أَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُم مِّن قَبْلُ وَإِيَّايَ أَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ السُّفَهَاءُ مِنَّا إِنْ هِيَ إِلاَّ فِتْنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَاءُ وَتَهْدِي مَن تَشَاءُ أَنْتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الغَافِرِينَ 155
7:156 Write for us what is good in this life and in the Everlasting Life. To You alone we turn.’ He (Allah) replied, ‘I will smite with My punishment whom I will; yet My mercy embraces all things. I will write it (My mercy) to those who are cautious, give the obligatory charity, and believe in Our verses;
# وَاكْتُبْ لَنَا فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ إِنَّا هُدْنَا إِلَيْكَ قَالَ عَذَابِي أُصِيبُ بِهِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ وَرَحْمَتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِآيَاتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَ 156
$ Prophet Muhammad was mentioned in the original Torah and the Gospel of Jesus 7:157
7:157 and to those who shall follow the Messenger, the Unlettered Prophet (Muhammad) whom they shall find written with them in the Torah and the Gospel. He will order kindness upon them and forbid them to do evil. He will make good things lawful to them and prohibit all that is foul. He will relieve them of their burdens and of the shackles that weigh upon them. Those who believe in him and honor him, those who aid him and follow the light sent forth with him, shall surely prosper.’
# الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الرَّسُولَ النَّبِيَّ الأُمِّيَّ الَّذِييَجِدُونَهُمَكْتُوباً عِندَهُمْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالإِنجِيلِ يَأْمُرُهُم بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَاهُمْ عَنِ المُنكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الخَبَائِثَ وَيَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ إِصْرَهُمْ وَالأَغْلالَ الَتِي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِهِ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَاتَّبَعُوا النُّورَ الَّذِي أُنزِلَ مَعَهُ أُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ المُفْلِحُونَ 157
|@ The order to believe in the Oneness of Allah and His last prophet, Muhammad 7:158
7:158 Say, ‘O mankind, I am the Messenger of Allah to you all. His is the kingdom in the heavens and the earth. There is no god except He. He revives and causes to die. Therefore, believe in Allah and His Messenger, the Unlettered Prophet, who believes in Allah and His Words. Follow him in order that you are guided.’
# قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعاً الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُو يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ فَآمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ النَّبِيِّ الأُمِّيِّ الَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَكَلِمَاتِهِ وَاتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ 158
|@ The guided Children of Israel 7:159
7:159 Yet among the people of Moses there was a nation who preached the truth and acted justly.
# وَمِن قَوْمِ مُوسَى أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِالْحَقِّ وَبِهِ يَعْدِلُونَ 159
|@ Prophet Moses and the miraculous twelve springs of water 7:160
7:160 We divided them into twelve tribes, each a nation. And when his people demanded drink, We revealed to Moses, ‘Strike the rock with your staff.’ Thereupon twelve springs gushed from the rock and each tribe knew its drinking-place. We caused the clouds to cast their shadow over them, and sent down for them manna and quails, saying, ‘Eat of the good things We have provided for you.’ Indeed, they did Us no wrong, but they wronged themselves.
# وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ أَسْبَاطاً أُمَماً وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى إِذِ اسْتَسْقَاهُ قَوْمُهُ أَنِ اضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ الحَجَرَ فَانْبَجَسَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْناً قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الغَمَامَ وَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ المَنَّ وَالسَّلْوَى كُلُوا مِن طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَكِن كَانُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ 160
|@ The disobedience of the Children of Israel 7:161-162
7:161 When it was said to them, ‘Dwell in this village, and eat of whatever you please; and say, “Unburdening” and enter the gate prostrating, We will forgive you your sins and increase the good doers.’
# وَإِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمُ اسْكُنُوا هَذِهِ القَرْيَةَ وَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ وَادْخُلُوا البَابَ سُجَّداً نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطِيئَاتِكُمْ سَنَزِيدُ المُحْسِنِينَ 161
7:162 The wicked amongst them changed what was said for other words. Therefore We sent down upon them from heaven a punishment for their evil doing.
# فَبَدَّلَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْهُمْ قَوْلاً غَيْرَ الَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزاً مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَظْلِمُونَ 162
|@ The punishment of the Children of Israel who broke the Sabbath 7:163-167
7:163 Ask them about the village that overlooked the sea and what befell (its people) when they broke the Sabbath. Each Sabbath, their fish came swimming towards the shore, but on other days they did not come to them. As such We tempted them (the people) because they had done wrong.
# وَاسْئَلْهُمْ عَنِ القَرْيَةِ الَتِي كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ البَحْرِ إِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِي السَّبْتِ إِذْ تَأْتِيهِمْ حِيتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعاً وَيَوْمَ لاَ يَسْبِتُونَ لاَ تَأْتِيهِمْ كَذَلِكَ نَبْلُوهُم بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ 163
7:164 And when some asked, ‘Why do you admonish a nation whom Allah will destroy or sternly punish?’ They replied, ‘(Seeking) a pardon from your Lord, and in order that they may be cautious.’
# وَإِذْ قَالَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِّنْهُمْ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوْماً اللَّهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَاباً شَدِيداً قَالُوا مَعْذِرَةً إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ 164
7:165 Therefore, when they forgot that of which they were reminded, We saved those who were forbidding evil, and seized the evildoers with an evil punishment for that which they used to do of evil.
# فَلَمَّا نَسُوا مَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ أَنجَيْنَا الَّذِينَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ السُّوءِ وَأَخَذْنَا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا بِعَذَابٍ بَئِيسٍ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ 165
7:166 And when they had scornfully persisted in what they had been forbidden, We said to them, ‘Be apes, despised.’
# فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا عَن مَّا نُهُوا عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَ 166
7:167 Then your Lord declared He would send against them he who would oppress them cruelly till the Day of Resurrection. Swift is the retribution of your Lord, yet surely He is Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
# وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكَ لَيَبْعَثَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ القِيَامَةِ مَن يَسُومُهُمْ سُوءَ العَذَابِ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَسَرِيعُ العِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ 167
|@ Children of Israel tested 7:168-169
7:168 We dispersed them through the earth in nations some were righteous, others were not, and tested them with good and evil in order that they return.
# وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ أُمَماً مِّنْهُمُ الصَّالِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذَلِكَ وَبَلَوْنَاهُم بِالْحَسَنَاتِ وَالسَّيِّئَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ 168
7:169 Then others succeeded them who inherited the Book and availed themselves of the vanities of this lower world, saying, ‘It will be forgiven us.’ But if similar vanities came their way, they would again take them. Have they not taken the covenant of the Book, which they have studied, to tell nothing of Allah except what is true? Surely, the Everlasting Life is better for the cautious, do you not understand!
# فَخَلَفَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ وَرِثُوا الكِتَابَ يَأْخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هَذَا الأَدْنَى وَيَقُولُونَ سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَا وَإِن يَأْتِهِمْ عَرَضٌ مِّثْلُهُ يَأْخُذُوهُ أَلَمْ يُؤْخَذْ عَلَيْهِم مِّيثَاقُ الكِتَابِ أَن لاَّ يَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ إِلاَّ الحَقَّ وَدَرَسُوا مَا فِيهِ وَالدَّارُ الآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ 169
|@ The importance of prayer 7:170
7:170 As for those who hold fast to the Book and are steadfast in prayer, We do not waste the wage of the righteous.
# وَالَّذِينَ يُمَسِّكُونَ بِالْكِتَابِ وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلاةَ إِنَّا لاَ نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ المُصْلِحِينَ 170
