Al-A'raf

Alif-Lãm-Mĩm-Ṣãd.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Alif, Lām, Meem, Ṣād.¹

— Saheeh International

˹This is˺ a Book sent down to you ˹O Prophet˺—do not let anxiety into your heart regarding it—so with it you may warn ˹the disbelievers˺, and as a reminder to the believers.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

[This is] a Book revealed to you, [O Muḥammad] - so let there not be in your breast distress therefrom - that you may warn thereby and as a reminder to the believers.

— Saheeh International

Follow what has been sent down to you from your Lord, and do not take others as guardians besides Him. How seldom are you mindful!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Follow, [O mankind], what has been revealed to you from your Lord and do not follow other than Him any allies. Little do you remember.

— Saheeh International

˹Imagine˺ how many societies We have destroyed! Our torment took them by surprise ˹while sleeping˺ at night or midday.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon.

— Saheeh International

Their only cry—when overwhelmed by Our torment—was, “We have indeed been wrongdoers.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"

— Saheeh International

We will surely question those who received messengers and We will question the messengers ˹themselves˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Then We will surely question those to whom [a message] was sent, and We will surely question the messengers.

— Saheeh International

Then We will give them a full account with sure knowledge—for We were never absent.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Then We will surely relate [their deeds] to them with knowledge, and We were not [at all] absent.

— Saheeh International

The weighing on that Day will be just. As for those whose scale will be heavy ˹with good deeds˺, ˹only˺ they will be successful.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And the weighing [of deeds] that Day will be the truth. So those whose scales are heavy - it is they who will be the successful.

— Saheeh International

But those whose scale is light, they have doomed themselves for wrongfully denying Our signs.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And those whose scales are light - they are the ones who will lose themselves for what injustice they were doing toward Our verses.

— Saheeh International

We have indeed established you on earth and provided you with a means of livelihood. ˹Yet˺ you seldom give any thanks.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And We have certainly established you upon the earth and made for you therein ways of livelihood. Little are you grateful.

— Saheeh International

Surely We created you,¹ then shaped you, then said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam,” so they all did—but not Iblîs,² who refused to prostrate with the others.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And We have certainly created you, [O mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees.¹ He was not of those who prostrated.

— Saheeh International