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Session 05 · Al-A'raf 7:32–36

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

3 min readWednesday 7 October 202626 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, with three editorial corrections recorded in the reading key below. Neither is part of Saheeh International.

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Mishary Rashid Alafasy · ayat 32–36 · 2:01, 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 wal-ith'ma 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 card’s aṣlaḥa reads aslaha there, and yaḥzanūna reads yahzanoon. We keep the source’s spelling rather than re-spell a quoted text, with three exceptions. That edition has three slips in this passage: nufassihul at ayah 32, where the Arabic has no h; bataa at ayah 33, which drops the n; and 'anhhaaa at ayah 36, with the h doubled. We print nufassilul, batana and 'anhaaa. Each follows the edition’s own spelling elsewhere: it writes nufassilul Aayaati at 6:55, wa maa batana at 6:151, and 'anhaa at 7:40 (at ayah 36 the vowel is lengthened before a hamzah, which the edition marks with a third a, as in ulaaa'ika right after it). Those three corrections are ours, not the source’s, and a reader who knows Arabic still needs to check them. Everything else in these lines is left exactly as the edition has it, including spellings that look odd.

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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 32.

7:32

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قُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَخْرَجَ لِعِبَادِهِۦ وَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلرِّزْقِ ۚ قُلْ هِىَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا خَالِصَةًۭ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍۢ يَعْلَمُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

Say, "Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah which He has produced for His servants and the good [lawful] things of provision?" Say, "They are for those who believe during the worldly life [but] exclusively for them on the Day of Resurrection." Thus do We detail the verses for a people who know.

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Transliteration · 7:32

Qul man harrama zeenatal laahil lateee akhraja li'ibaadihee wattaiyibaati minar rizq; qul hiya lillazeena aamanoo fil hayaatid dunyaa khaalisatany Yawmal Qiyaamah; kazaalika nufassilul Aayaati liqawminy ya'lamoon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:32

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

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. مَنْmanWho
  3. حَرَّمَḥarramahas forbiddenExplore this word
  4. زِينَةَzīnata(the) adornment
  5. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(from) Allah
  6. ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
  7. أَخْرَجَakhrajaHe has brought forth
  8. لِعِبَادِهِۦliʿibādihifor His servants
  9. وَٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِwal-ṭayibātiand the good thingsExplore this word
  10. مِنَminaof
  11. ٱلرِّزْقِ ۚl-riz'qisustenance
  12. قُلْqulSay
  13. هِىَhiyaThey
  14. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna(are) for those who
  15. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
  16. فِىfīduring
  17. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
  18. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
  19. خَالِصَةًۭkhāliṣatanexclusively (for them)
  20. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
  21. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗl-qiyāmati(of) Resurrection
  22. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
  23. نُفَصِّلُnufaṣṣiluWe explain
  24. ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe Signs
  25. لِقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor (the) people
  26. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnawho know

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:32.

Explanation of ayah 32 →

7:33

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قُلْ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّىَ ٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَٱلْإِثْمَ وَٱلْبَغْىَ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَأَن تُشْرِكُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِۦ سُلْطَٰنًۭا وَأَن تَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

Say, "My Lord has only forbidden immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed - and sin, and oppression without right, and that you associate with Allah that for which He has not sent down authority, and that you say about Allah that which you do not know."

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Transliteration · 7:33

Qul innamaa harrama Rabbiyal fawaahisha maa zahara minhaa wa maa batana wal isma walbaghya bighairil haqqi wa an tushrikoo billaahi maa lam yunazzil bihee sultaananw wa an taqooloo 'alal laahi maa laa ta'lamoon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:33

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

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  3. حَرَّمَḥarramahas forbiddenExplore this word
  4. رَبِّىَrabbiyamy Lord
  5. ٱلْفَوَٰحِشَl-fawāḥishathe shameful deeds
  6. مَاmāwhat
  7. ظَهَرَẓahara(is) apparent
  8. مِنْهَاmin'hāof it
  9. وَمَاwamāand what
  10. بَطَنَbaṭanais concealed
  11. وَٱلْإِثْمَwal-ith'maand the sin
  12. وَٱلْبَغْىَwal-baghyaand the oppression
  13. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
  14. ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi[the] right
  15. وَأَنwa-anand that
  16. تُشْرِكُوا۟tush'rikūyou associate (others)
  17. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith Allah
  18. مَاmāwhat
  19. لَمْlamnot
  20. يُنَزِّلْyunazzilHe (has) sent down
  21. بِهِۦbihiof it
  22. سُلْطَـٰنًۭاsul'ṭānanany authority
  23. وَأَنwa-anand that
  24. تَقُولُوا۟taqūlūyou say
  25. عَلَىʿalāabout
  26. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  27. مَاmāwhat
  28. لَاlānot
  29. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:33.

Explanation of ayah 33 →

7:34

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وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌۭ ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةًۭ ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

And for every nation is a [specified] term. So when their time has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it].

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Transliteration · 7:34

Wa likulli ummatin ajalun fa izaa jaaa'a ajaluhum laa yastaakhiroona saa'atanw wa laa yastaqdimoon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:34

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

  1. وَلِكُلِّwalikulliAnd for every
  2. أُمَّةٍummatinnation
  3. أَجَلٌۭ ۖajalun(is a fixed) termExplore this word
  4. فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
  5. جَآءَjāacomes
  6. أَجَلُهُمْajaluhumtheir term
  7. لَاlā(they can) not
  8. يَسْتَأْخِرُونَyastakhirūnaseek to delay
  9. سَاعَةًۭ ۖsāʿatanan hour
  10. وَلَاwalāand not
  11. يَسْتَقْدِمُونَyastaqdimūnaseek to advance (it)

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:34.

Explanation of ayah 34 →

7:35

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يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ إِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ رُسُلٌۭ مِّنكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَٰتِى ۙ فَمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَأَصْلَحَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

O children of Adam, if there come to you messengers from among you relating to you My verses, then whoever fears Allah and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

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Transliteration · 7:35

yaa Banee Aadama immaa yaatiyannakum Rusulum minkum yaqussoona 'alaikum Aayaatee famanit taqaa wa aslaha falaa khawfun 'alaihim wa laa hum yahzanoon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:35

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

  1. يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanīO Children
  2. ءَادَمَādama(of) Adam
  3. إِمَّاimmāIf
  4. يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْyatiyannakumcome to you
  5. رُسُلٌۭrusulunMessengers
  6. مِّنكُمْminkumfrom you
  7. يَقُصُّونَyaquṣṣūnarelating
  8. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you
  9. ءَايَـٰتِى ۙāyātīMy Verses
  10. فَمَنِfamanithen whoever
  11. ٱتَّقَىٰittaqāfears Allah
  12. وَأَصْلَحَwa-aṣlaḥaand reformsExplore this word
  13. فَلَاfalāthen no
  14. خَوْفٌkhawfunfear
  15. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon them
  16. وَلَاwalāand not
  17. هُمْhumthey
  18. يَحْزَنُونَyaḥzanūnawill grieve

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:35.

Explanation of ayah 35 →

7:36

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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

But the ones who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

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Transliteration · 7:36

Wallazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wastakbaroo 'anhaaa ulaaa'ika Ashaabun naari hum feehaa khaalidoon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:36

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

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those who
  2. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūdeny
  3. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināOur Verses
  4. وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟wa-is'takbarūand (are) arrogant
  5. عَنْهَآʿanhātowards them
  6. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
  7. أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
  8. ٱلنَّارِ ۖl-nāri(of) the Fire
  9. هُمْhumthey
  10. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  11. خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūnawill abide forever

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:36.

Explanation of ayah 36 →

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 2:01 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, with the three corrections described in the reading key. These aids are separate from Saheeh International.
  • Whole passage on quran.com 7:32–36 ↗ · full surah audio: Al-A'raf, Alafasy ↗