Surat Al-'A`raf [7:1-16] - The Noble Qur'an

7:1

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Alif, Lam, Meem, Sad.

7:2

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

7:3

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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.

7:4

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

7:5

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

7:6

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

7:7

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

7:8

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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.

7:9

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

7:10

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

7:11

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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. He was not of those who prostrated.

7:12

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[ Allah ] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

7:13

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