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Session 04 · Al-A'raf 7:26–31

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Arabic verses, Saheeh International translation, word meanings and recitation.

3 min readTuesday 29 September 202618 Rabi' al-Thani 1448

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Reading guide: the Arabic is the Uthmani text. The English is Saheeh International, quoted. The word-by-word glosses and card transliterations are editorial study adaptations with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus. Full-ayah transliterations are reproduced from AlQuran Cloud’s en.transliteration edition. Neither is part of Saheeh International.

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Mishary Rashid Alafasy · ayat 26–31 · 2:50, measured from the audio files.

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Both transliterations on this page are reading aids, not pronunciation systems. If you read Arabic, ignore them and read the line above. They follow two different conventions, because they come from two different sources.

The word-by-word cards use long vowels ā ī ū and diacritics to distinguish Arabic consonants: for example, ḥ represents ح and ṣ represents ص. In the Corpus convention, an apostrophe can represent hamzah or mark sukūn (no following vowel); ʿ represents ʿayn. Thus the apostrophe in qul'nā does not indicate a hamzah. See the Corpus transcription guide.

The full-ayah transliteration is quoted from its source, which doubles the vowel letter instead of using a macron and does not mark the heavy letters. The same word there reads tusrifoo for the cards’ tus'rifū. We keep the source’s spelling exactly, including a few that look odd in this passage: yaftinannnakumush with three n’s at ayah 27, annnahum at ayah 30, and Banneee at ayah 31 where ayah 26 has Baneee. A reader who knows Arabic should follow the Arabic line, not these.

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Al-A'raf opens with the basmalah; it is not counted as ayah 1, and this session begins at ayah 26.

7:26

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يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ قَدْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًۭا يُوَٰرِى سَوْءَٰتِكُمْ وَرِيشًۭا ۖ وَلِبَاسُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۭ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness - that is best. That is from the signs of Allah that perhaps they will remember.

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Transliteration · 7:26

Yaa Baneee Aadama qad anzalnaa 'alaikum libaasany yuwaaree saw aatikum wa reeshanw wa libaasut taqwaa zaalika khair; zaalika min Aayaatil laahi la'allahum yaz zakkaroon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:26

Read from right to left; each card follows one Arabic word.

  1. يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanīO Children
  2. ءَادَمَādama(of) Adam
  3. قَدْqadVerily
  4. أَنزَلْنَاanzalnāWe have sent down
  5. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you
  6. لِبَاسًۭاlibāsanclothing
  7. يُوَٰرِىyuwārīit covers
  8. سَوْءَٰتِكُمْsawātikumyour shame
  9. وَرِيشًۭا ۖwarīshanand (as) an adornment
  10. وَلِبَاسُwalibāsuBut the clothing
  11. ٱلتَّقْوَىٰl-taqwā(of) [the] righteousnessExplore this word
  12. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  13. خَيْرٌۭ ۚkhayrun(is) best
  14. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  15. مِنْmin(is) from
  16. ءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) Signs
  17. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  18. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
  19. يَذَّكَّرُونَyadhakkarūnaremember

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:26.

Explanation of ayah 26 →

7:27

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يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ لَا يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ كَمَآ أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ يَنزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتِهِمَآ ۗ إِنَّهُۥ يَرَىٰكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُۥ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

O children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from Paradise, stripping them of their clothing to show them their private parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe.

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Transliteration · 7:27

Yaa Banee Aadama laa yaftinannnakumush Shaitaanu kamaaa akhraja abawaikum minal Jannati yanzi'u 'anhumaa libaasahumaa liyuriyahumaa saw aatihimaaa; innahoo yaraakum huwa wa qabeeluhoo min haisu laa tarawnahum; innaa ja'alnash Shayaateena awliyaaa'a lillazeena laa yu'minoon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:27

Read from right to left; each card follows one Arabic word.

  1. يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanīO Children
  2. ءَادَمَādama(of) Adam
  3. لَاlā(Let) not
  4. يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُyaftinannakumutempt youExplore this word
  5. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānu[the] Shaitaan
  6. كَمَآkamāas
  7. أَخْرَجَakhrajahe drove out
  8. أَبَوَيْكُمabawaykumyour parents
  9. مِّنَminafrom
  10. ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janatiParadise
  11. يَنزِعُyanziʿustripping
  12. عَنْهُمَاʿanhumāfrom both of them
  13. لِبَاسَهُمَاlibāsahumātheir clothing
  14. لِيُرِيَهُمَاliyuriyahumāto show both of them
  15. سَوْءَٰتِهِمَآ ۗsawātihimātheir shame
  16. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
  17. يَرَىٰكُمْyarākumsees you
  18. هُوَhuwahe
  19. وَقَبِيلُهُۥwaqabīluhuand his tribe
  20. مِنْminfrom
  21. حَيْثُḥaythuwhere
  22. لَاlānot
  23. تَرَوْنَهُمْ ۗtarawnahumyou see them
  24. إِنَّاinnāIndeed
  25. جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe have made
  26. ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَl-shayāṭīnathe devils
  27. أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāafriends
  28. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaof those who
  29. لَاlā(do) not
  30. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:27.

Explanation of ayah 27 →

7:28

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وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَٰحِشَةًۭ قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَآ ءَابَآءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

And when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allah has ordered us to do it." Say, "Indeed, Allah does not order immorality. Do you say about Allah that which you do not know?"

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Transliteration · 7:28

Wa izaa fa'aloo faahishatan qaaloo wajadnaa 'alaihaaa aabaaa'ana wallaahu amaranaa bihaa; qul innal laaha laa yaamuru bilfahshaaa'i a-taqooloona 'alal laahi mmaa laa ta'lamoon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:28

Read from right to left; each card follows one Arabic word.

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. فَعَلُوا۟faʿalūthey do
  3. فَـٰحِشَةًۭfāḥishatanimmorality
  4. قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
  5. وَجَدْنَاwajadnāWe found
  6. عَلَيْهَآʿalayhāon it
  7. ءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers
  8. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
  9. أَمَرَنَاamaranā(has) ordered us
  10. بِهَا ۗbihāof it
  11. قُلْqulSay
  12. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  13. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  14. لَاlā(does) not
  15. يَأْمُرُyamuruorder
  16. بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖbil-faḥshāiimmorality
  17. أَتَقُولُونَataqūlūnaDo you say
  18. عَلَىʿalāabout
  19. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  20. مَاmāwhat
  21. لَاlānot
  22. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:28.

Explanation of ayah 28 →

7:29

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قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّى بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍۢ وَٱدْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

Say, [O Muhammad], "My Lord has ordered justice and that you maintain yourselves [in worship of Him] at every place [or time] of prostration, and invoke Him, sincere to Him in religion." Just as He originated you, you will return [to life] -

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Transliteration · 7:29

Qul amara Rabbee bilqisti wa aqeemoo wujoohakum 'inda kulli masjidin wad'oohu mukhliseena lahud deen; kamaa bada akum ta'oodoon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:29

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  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. أَمَرَamara(Has been) ordered
  3. رَبِّىrabbī(by) my Lord
  4. بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖbil-qis'ṭijustice
  5. وَأَقِيمُوا۟wa-aqīmūand set
  6. وُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakumyour faces
  7. عِندَʿindaat
  8. كُلِّkullievery
  9. مَسْجِدٍۢmasjidinmasjid
  10. وَٱدْعُوهُwa-id'ʿūhuand invoke Him
  11. مُخْلِصِينَmukh'liṣīna(being) sincereExplore this word
  12. لَهُlahuto Him
  13. ٱلدِّينَ ۚl-dīna(in) the religion
  14. كَمَاkamāAs
  15. بَدَأَكُمْbada-akumHe originated you
  16. تَعُودُونَtaʿūdūna(so) will you return

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:29.

Explanation of ayah 29 →

7:30

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فَرِيقًا هَدَىٰ وَفَرِيقًا حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةُ ۗ إِنَّهُمُ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

A group [of you] He guided, and a group deserved [to be in] error. Indeed, they had taken the devils as allies instead of Allah while they thought that they were guided.

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Transliteration · 7:30

Fareeqan hadaa wa fareeqan haqqa 'alaihimud dalaalah; innahumut takhazush Shayaateena awliyaaa'a min doonil laahi wa yahsaboona annnahum muhtadoon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:30

Read from right to left; each card follows one Arabic word.

  1. فَرِيقًاfarīqanA group
  2. هَدَىٰhadāHe guided
  3. وَفَرِيقًاwafarīqanand a group
  4. حَقَّḥaqqadeserved
  5. عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimu[on] they
  6. ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُ ۗl-ḍalālatuthe astraying
  7. إِنَّهُمُinnahumuIndeed, they
  8. ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūtake
  9. ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَl-shayāṭīnathe devils
  10. أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) allies
  11. مِنminfrom
  12. دُونِdūnibesides
  13. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  14. وَيَحْسَبُونَwayaḥsabūnawhile they think
  15. أَنَّهُمannahumthat they
  16. مُّهْتَدُونَmuh'tadūna(are the) guided-ones

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:30.

Explanation of ayah 30 →

7:31

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۞ يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ خُذُوا۟ زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍۢ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

Translation — Saheeh International

O children of Adam, take your adornment at every masjid, and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not those who commit excess.

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Transliteration · 7:31

Yaa Banneee Adama khuzoo zeenatakum 'inda kulli masjidinw wa kuloo washraboo wa laa tusrifoo; innahoo laa yuhibbul musrifeen

Word-by-word meanings · 7:31

Read from right to left; each card follows one Arabic word.

  1. ۞ يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanīO Children
  2. ءَادَمَādama(of) Adam
  3. خُذُوا۟khudhūTake
  4. زِينَتَكُمْzīnatakumyour adornment
  5. عِندَʿindaat
  6. كُلِّkullievery
  7. مَسْجِدٍۢmasjidinmasjid
  8. وَكُلُوا۟wakulūand eat
  9. وَٱشْرَبُوا۟wa-ish'rabūand drink
  10. وَلَاwalābut (do) not
  11. تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚtus'rifūbe extravagantExplore this word
  12. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
  13. لَاlā(does) not
  14. يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
  15. ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīnathe extravagant ones

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:31.

Explanation of ayah 31 →

Sources and reading notes

  • Arabic: the Uthmani text as served by api.alquran.cloud, copied without alteration.
  • English: Saheeh International, quoted. Bracketed words are the translators'.
  • Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy, 128 kbps, from cdn.islamic.network. The 2:50 figure was measured from the files, not estimated.
  • Word glosses and card transliterations: editorial adaptations with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus. Full-ayah transliterations: AlQuran Cloud, en.transliteration, reproduced from that edition. These aids are separate from Saheeh International.
  • Whole passage on quran.com 7:26–31 ↗ · full surah audio: Al-A'raf, Alafasy ↗