English Translation Of ''THE HOLY QUR'AN''

CHAPTER 7. THE ELEVATIONS (Al-A'raf)

  In  the  name  of  Allah,  the  Gracious,  the  Merciful 

1. Alif, Lam, Meem, Saad. 

2. A Scripture was revealed to you, so let there be no anxiety in your heart because of it. You are to warn with it—and a reminder for the believers. 

3. Follow what is revealed to you from your Lord, and do not follow other masters beside Him. Little you recollect. 

4. How many a town have We destroyed? Our might came upon them by night, or while they were napping.

5. When Our might came upon them, the ironly cry was, "We were indeed wrongdoers."

6. We will question those to whom messengers were sent, and We will question the messengers.

7. We will narrate to them with knowledge, for We were never absent.

8. The scales on that Day will be just. Those whose weights are heavy—it is they who are the successful.

9. But as for those whose weights are light—it is they who have lost their souls, because they used to mistreat Our revelations.

10. We have established you firmly on earth, and made for you in it livelihood—but rarely do you give thanks.

11. We created you, then We shaped you, then We said to the angels, "Bow down before Adam;" so they bowed down, except for Satan; he was not of those who bowed down.

12. He said, "What prevented you from bowing down when I have commanded you?" He said, "I am better than he; You created me from fire, and You created him from mud."

13. He said, "Get down from it! It is not for you to act arrogantly in it. Get out! You are one of the lowly!"

14. He said, "Give me respite, until the Day they are resurrected."

15. He said, "You are of those given respite."

16. He said, "Because you have lured me, I will waylay them on Your straight path.

17. Then I will come at them from before them, and from behind them, and from their right, and from their left; and you will not find most of them appreciative."

18. He said, "Get out of it, despised and vanquished. Whoever among them follows you—I will fill up Hell with you all.

19. And you, Adam, inhabit the Garden, you and your wife, and eat whatever you wish; but do not approach this tree, lest you become sinners."

20. But Satan whispered to them, to reveal to them their nakedness, which was invisible to them. He said, "Your Lord has only forbidden you this tree, lest you become angels, or become immortals."

21. And he swore to them, "I am a sincere advisor to you."

22. So he lured them with deceit. And when they tasted the tree, their nakedness became evident to them, and they began covering themselves with the leaves of the Garden. And their Lord called out to them, "Did I not forbid you from this tree, and say to you that Satan is a sworn enemy to you?"