Surat Al-'A`raf [7:89-113] - The Noble Qur'an

7:89

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Sahih International

We would have invented against Allah a lie if we returned to your religion after Allah had saved us from it. And it is not for us to return to it except that Allah , our Lord, should will. Our Lord has encompassed all things in knowledge. Upon Allah we have relied. Our Lord, decide between us and our people in truth, and You are the best of those who give decision."

7:90

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Sahih International

Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "If you should follow Shu'ayb, indeed, you would then be losers."

7:91

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Sahih International

So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

7:92

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Sahih International

Those who denied Shu'ayb - it was as though they had never resided there. Those who denied Shu'ayb - it was they who were the losers.

7:93

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Sahih International

And he turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the messages of my Lord and advised you, so how could I grieve for a disbelieving people?"

7:94

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Sahih International

And We sent to no city a prophet [who was denied] except that We seized its people with poverty and hardship that they might humble themselves [to Allah ].

7:95

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Sahih International

Then We exchanged in place of the bad [condition], good, until they increased [and prospered] and said, "Our fathers [also] were touched with hardship and ease." So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.

7:96

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Sahih International

And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allah , We would have opened upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning."

7:97

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Sahih International

Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?

7:98

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Sahih International

Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?

7:99

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Sahih International

Then did they feel secure from the plan of Allah ? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allah except the losing people.

7:100

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Sahih International

Has it not become clear to those who inherited the earth after its [previous] people that if We willed, We could afflict them for their sins? But We seal over their hearts so they do not hear.

7:101

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Sahih International

Those cities - We relate to you, [O Muhammad], some of their news. And certainly did their messengers come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe in that which they had denied before. Thus does Allah seal over the hearts of the disbelievers.

7:102

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Sahih International

And We did not find for most of them any covenant; but indeed, We found most of them defiantly disobedient.

7:103

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Sahih International

Then We sent after them Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were unjust toward them. So see how was the end of the corrupters.

7:104

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Sahih International

And Moses said, "O Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds

7:105

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Sahih International

[Who is] obligated not to say about Allah except the truth. I have come to you with clear evidence from your Lord, so send with me the Children of Israel."

7:106

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