٧ - ٱلْأَعْرَاف

7 - Al-A'raf

وَوٰعَدْنَا مُوْسٰي ثَلٰثِيْنَ لَيْلَۃً وَّاَتْمَمْنٰہَا بِعَشْرٍ فَتَمَّ مِيْقَاتُ رَبِّہٖۗ اَرْبَعِيْنَ لَيْلَۃً۝۰ۚ وَقَالَ مُوْسٰي لِاَخِيْہِ ہٰرُوْنَ اخْلُفْنِيْ فِيْ قَوْمِيْ وَاَصْلِحْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ سَبِيْلَ الْمُفْسِدِيْنَ۝۱۴۲
WawaAAadna moosa thalatheena laylatan waatmamnaha biAAashrin fatamma meeqatu rabbihi arbaAAeena laylatan waqala moosa liakheehi haroona okhlufnee fee qawmee waaslih wala tattabiAA sabeela almufsideena

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Ahmed Ali

We made an appointment of thirty nights with Moses (On Mount Sinai) to which We added ten more; so the term set by the Lord was completed in forty nights. Moses said to Aaron, his brother: "Deputise for me among my people. Dispose rightly, and do not follow the way of the authors of evil."

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وَلَمَّا جَاۗءَ مُوْسٰي لِمِيْقَاتِنَا وَكَلَّمَہٗ رَبُّہٗ۝۰ۙ قَالَ رَبِّ اَرِنِيْۗ اَنْظُرْ اِلَيْكَ۝۰ۭ قَالَ لَنْ تَرٰىنِيْ وَلٰكِنِ انْظُرْ اِلَى الْجَـبَلِ فَاِنِ اسْـتَــقَرَّ مَكَانَہٗ فَسَوْفَ تَرٰىنِيْ۝۰ۚ فَلَمَّا تَجَلّٰى رَبُّہٗ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَہٗ دَكًّا وَّخَرَّ مُوْسٰي صَعِقًا۝۰ۚ فَلَمَّاۗ اَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحٰنَكَ تُبْتُ اِلَيْكَ وَاَنَا اَوَّلُ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ۝۱۴۳
Walamma jaa moosa limeeqatina wakallamahu rabbuhu qala rabbi arinee anthur ilayka qala lan taranee walakini onthur ila aljabali faini istaqarra makanahu fasawfa taranee falamma tajalla rabbuhu liljabali jaAAalahu dakkan wakharra moosa saAAiqan falamma afaqa qala subhanaka tubtu ilayka waana awwalu almumineena

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Ahmed Ali

When Moses arrived at the appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said: "O Lord, reveal Yourself to me that I may behold You." "You cannot behold Me," He said. "But look at the mountain: If it remains firm in its place you may then behold Me." But when his Lord appeared on the mountain in His effulgence, it crumbled to a heap of dust, and Moses fell unconscious. When he came to, he said: "All glory to You. I turn to You in repentance, and I am the first to believe."

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قَالَ يٰمُوْسٰۗي اِنِّى اصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَي النَّاسِ بِرِسٰلٰتِيْ وَبِكَلَامِيْ۝۰ۡۖ فَخُذْ مَاۗ اٰتَيْتُكَ وَكُنْ مِّنَ الشّٰكِرِيْنَ۝۱۴۴
Qala ya moosa innee istafaytuka AAala alnnasi birisalatee wabikalamee fakhuth ma ataytuka wakun mina alshshakireena

English

Ahmed Ali

Said (the Lord): "O Moses, I raised you above all men by sending My messages and speaking to you; so receive what I give you, and be grateful."

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وَكَتَبْنَا لَہٗ فِي الْاَلْوَاحِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَّوْعِظَۃً وَّتَفْصِيْلًا لِّكُلِّ شَيْءٍ۝۰ۚ فَخُذْہَا بِقُوَّۃٍ وَّاْمُرْ قَوْمَكَ يَاْخُذُوْا بِاَحْسَنِہَا۝۰ۭ سَاُورِيْكُمْ دَارَ الْفٰسِقِيْنَ۝۱۴۵
Wakatabna lahu fee alalwahi min kulli shayin mawAAithatan watafseelan likulli shayin fakhuthha biquwwatin wamur qawmaka yakhuthoo biahsaniha saoreekum dara alfasiqeena

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Ahmed Ali

And We wrote down on tablets admonitions and clear explanations of all things for Moses, and ordered him: "Hold fast to them, and command your people to observe the best in them. I will show you the abode of the wicked.

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سَاَصْرِفُ عَنْ اٰيٰــتِيَ الَّذِيْنَ يَتَكَبَّرُوْنَ فِي الْاَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ۝۰ۭ وَاِنْ يَّرَوْا كُلَّ اٰيَۃٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوْا بِہَا۝۰ۚ وَاِنْ يَّرَوْا سَبِيْلَ الرُّشْدِ لَا يَتَّخِذُوْہُ سَبِيْلًا۝۰ۚ وَاِنْ يَّرَوْا سَبِيْلَ الْغَيِّ يَتَّخِذُوْہُ سَبِيْلًا۝۰ۭ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّہُمْ كَذَّبُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا وَكَانُوْا عَنْہَا غٰفِلِيْنَ۝۱۴۶
Saasrifu AAan ayatiya allatheena yatakabbaroona fee alardi bighayri alhaqqi wain yaraw kulla ayatin la yuminoo biha wain yaraw sabeela alrrushdi la yattakhithoohu sabeelan wain yaraw sabeela alghayyi yattakhithoohu sabeelan thalika biannahum kaththaboo biayatina wakanoo AAanha ghafileena

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Ahmed Ali

I will turn those away from My signs who behave unjustly with arrogance in the land so that even though they see all the signs they will not believe in them; and if they see the path of rectitude, will not take it to be a way; and if they see the way of error take it to be the (right) path. This is so for they have called Our messages lies, and have been heedless of them."

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وَالَّذِيْنَ كَذَّبُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا وَلِقَاۗءِ الْاٰخِرَۃِ حَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُہُمْ۝۰ۭ ہَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ۝۱۴۷ۧ
Waallatheena kaththaboo biayatina waliqai alakhirati habitat aAAmaluhum hal yujzawna illa ma kanoo yaAAmaloona

English

Ahmed Ali

Vain are the acts of those who deny Our signs and the meeting in the Hereafter. Can they ever be rewarded for anything but what they did?

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وَاتَّخَذَ قَوْمُ مُوْسٰي مِنْۢ بَعْدِہٖ مِنْ حُلِـيِّہِمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّہٗ خُوَارٌ۝۰ۭ اَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّہٗ لَا يُكَلِّمُہُمْ وَلَا يَہْدِيْہِمْ سَبِيْلًا۝۰ۘ اِتَّخَذُوْہُ وَكَانُوْا ظٰلِـمِيْنَ۝۱۴۸
Waittakhatha qawmu moosa min baAAdihi min huliyyihim AAijlan jasadan lahu khuwarun alam yaraw annahu la yukallimuhum wala yahdeehim sabeelan ittakhathoohu wakanoo thalimeena

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Ahmed Ali

In the absence of Moses his people prepared the image of a calf from their ornaments, which gave out the mooing of a cow. Yet they did not see it could neither speak to them nor guide them to the right path. Even then they took it (for a deity) and did wrong.

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وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِيْۗ اَيْدِيْہِمْ وَرَاَوْا اَنَّہُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّوْا۝۰ۙ قَالُوْا لَىِٕنْ لَّمْ يَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَكُوْنَنَّ مِنَ الْخٰسِرِيْنَ۝۱۴۹
Walamma suqita fee aydeehim waraaw annahum qad dalloo qaloo lain lam yarhamna rabbuna wayaghfir lana lanakoonanna mina alkhasireena

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Ahmed Ali

Then they were filled with remorse and saw that they had erred and said: "If our Lord does not forgive us we will surely be lost."

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وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوْسٰۗي اِلٰى قَوْمِہٖ غَضْبَانَ اَسِفًا۝۰ۙ قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُوْنِيْ مِنْۢ بَعْدِيْ۝۰ۚ اَعَجِلْتُمْ اَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ۝۰ۚ وَاَلْقَى الْاَلْوَاحَ وَاَخَذَ بِرَاْسِ اَخِيْہِ يَجُرُّہٗۗ اِلَيْہِ۝۰ۭ قَالَ ابْنَ اُمَّ اِنَّ الْقَوْمَ اسْتَضْعَفُوْنِيْ وَكَادُوْا يَقْتُلُوْنَنِيْ ۝۰ۡۖ فَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِيَ الْاَعْدَاۗءَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِيْ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظّٰلِــمِيْنَ۝۱۵۰
Walamma rajaAAa moosa ila qawmihi ghadbana asifan qala bisama khalaftumoonee min baAAdee aAAajiltum amra rabbikum waalqa alalwaha waakhatha birasi akheehi yajurruhu ilayhi qala ibna omma inna alqawma istadAAafoonee wakadoo yaqtuloonanee fala tushmit biya alaAAdaa wala tajAAalnee maAAa alqawmi alththalimeena

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Ahmed Ali

When Moses returned to his people, indignant and grieved, he said: "How wickedly you behaved in my absence. Why must you hasten the decree of your Lord?" And he cast aside the tablets, and pulled his brother by the hair. "O son of my mother," said (Aaron), "these people took advantage of my weakness and almost killed me. Do not let my enemies rejoice at my plight, and do not put me down among transgressors."

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قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِيْ وَلِاَخِيْ وَاَدْخِلْنَا فِيْ رَحْمَتِكَ ۝۰ۡۖ وَاَنْتَ اَرْحَـمُ الرّٰحِمِيْنَ۝۱۵۱ۧ
Qala rabbi ighfir lee waliakhee waadkhilna fee rahmatika waanta arhamu alrrahimeena

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Ahmed Ali

(Moses) said: "O Lord, forgive me and my brother, and admit us to Your grace, for You are the most compassionate of all."

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