7. The Elevated Places (Al-A'raf)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. <section
begin="7:1"/>I, Allah, am the best Knower, the Truthful. <section
end="7:1"/>
<section
begin="7:2"/>A Book revealed to thee -- so let there be no straitness in thy breast concerning it -- that thou mayest warn thereby, and a Reminder to the believers. <section end="7:2"/>
<section
begin="7:3"/>Follow what has been revealed to you from your Lord and follow not besides Him any guardians; little do you mind! <section end="7:3"/>
<section
begin="7:4"/>And how many a town have We destroyed! So Our punishment came to it by night or while they slept at midday. <section end="7:4"/>
<section
begin="7:5"/>Yet their cry, when Our punishment came to them, was nothing but that they said: Surely we were wrong doers. <section end="7:5"/>
<section
begin="7:6"/>Then certainly We shall question those to whom messengers were sent, and We shall question the messengers, <section end="7:6"/>
<section
begin="7:7"/>Then surely We shall relate to them with knowledge, and We are never absent. <section end="7:7"/>
<section
begin="7:8"/>And the judging on that day will be just; so as for those whose good deeds are heavy, they are the successful. <section end="7:8"/>
<section
begin="7:9"/>And as for those whose good deeds are light, those are they who ruined their souls because they disbelieved in Our messages. <section end="7:9"/>
<section
begin="7:10"/>And certainly We established you in the earth and made therein means of livelihood for you; little it is that you give thanks! <section end="7:10"/>
<section
begin="7:11"/>And We indeed created you, then We fashioned you, then We said to the angels: Make submission to Adam. So they submitted, except Iblis; he was not of those who submitted. <section end="7:11"/>
<section
begin="7:12"/>He said: What hindered thee that thou didst not submit when I commanded thee? He said: I am better than he; Thou hast created me of fire, while him Thou didst create of dust. <section end="7:12"/>
<section
begin="7:13"/>He said: Then get forth from this (state), for it is not for thee to behave proudly therein. Go forth, therefore, surely thou art of the abject ones. <section end="7:13"/>
<section
begin="7:14"/>He said: Respite me till the day when they are raised. <section
end="7:14"/>
<section
begin="7:15"/>He said: Thou art surely of the respited ones. <section
end="7:15"/>
<section
begin="7:16"/>He said: As Thou hast adjudged me to be erring, I will certainly lie in wait for them in Thy straight path, <section end="7:16"/>
<section
begin="7:17"/>Then I shall certainly come upon them from before them and from behind them, and from their right and from their left; and Thou wilt not find most of them thankful. <section end="7:17"/>
<section
begin="7:18"/>He said: Get out of it, despised, driven away. Whoever of them will follow thee, I will certainly fill hell with you all. <section end="7:18"/>
<section
begin="7:19"/>And (We said): O Adam, dwell thou and thy wife in the garden, so eat from whence you desire, but go not near this tree, lest you become of the unjust. <section end="7:19"/>
<section
begin="7:20"/>But the devil made an evil suggestion to them that he might make manifest to them that which had been hidden from them of their shame and he said: Your Lord has forbidden you this tree, lest you become angels or become of the immortals. <section end="7:20"/>
<section
begin="7:21"/>And he swore to them both: Surely I am a sincere adviser to you -- <section end="7:21"/>
<section
begin="7:22"/>Thus he caused them to fall by deceit. So when they had tasted of the tree, their shame became manifest to them, and they both began to cover themselves with the leaves of the garden. And their Lord called to them: Did I not forbid you that tree, and say to you that the devil is surely your open enemy? <section end="7:22"/>
<section
begin="7:23"/>They said: Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves; and if Thou forgive us not, and have (not) mercy on us, we shall certainly be of the losers. <section end="7:23"/>