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Session 06 · Al-A'raf 7:37–43

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

4 min readWednesday 14 October 20263 Jumada al-Ula 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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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 ud'khulū 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 naṣībuhum reads naseebuhum there, and wusʿahā reads wus'ahaaa. We keep the source’s spelling rather than re-spell a quoted text, with three exceptions. That edition has three slips in this passage: kaafieen at ayah 37, which drops the r of kāfirīn; ahwaabus at ayah 40, where the Arabic has a b, not an h; and jannnatu at ayah 43, with the n written three times. We print kaafireen, abwaabus and jannatu. Each follows the edition’s own spelling elsewhere: it writes 'alal kaafireen at 7:50, abwaabuhaa at 39:71 and 39:73, and jannatu at 50:31. 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 37.

7:37

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فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦٓ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَنَالُهُمْ نَصِيبُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا وَشَهِدُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ كَٰفِرِينَ

Translation — Saheeh International

And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah a lie or denies His verses? Those will attain their portion of the decree until when Our messengers come to them to take them in death, they will say, "Where are those you used to invoke besides Allah?" They will say, "They have departed from us," and will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.

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Transliteration · 7:37

Faman azlamu mimmanif taraa 'alal laahi kaziban aw kazzaba bi Aayaatih; ulaaa'ika yanaaluhum naseebuhum minal Kitaab; hataaa izaa jaaa'at hum rusulunaa yatawaf fawnahum qaalooo aina maa kuntum tad'oonaa min doonil laahi qaaloo dalloo 'annaa wa shahidoo 'alaaa anfusihim annahum kaanoo kaafireen

Word-by-word meanings · 7:37

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

  1. فَمَنْfamanThen who
  2. أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more unjust
  3. مِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) who
  4. ٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāinvented
  5. عَلَىʿalāagainst
  6. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  7. كَذِبًاkadhibana lie
  8. أَوْawor
  9. كَذَّبَkadhabadenies
  10. بِـَٔايَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۚbiāyātihiHis Verses
  11. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  12. يَنَالُهُمْyanāluhumwill reach them
  13. نَصِيبُهُمnaṣībuhumtheir portionExplore this word
  14. مِّنَminafrom
  15. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۖl-kitābithe Book
  16. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
  17. إِذَاidhāwhen
  18. جَآءَتْهُمْjāathumcomes to them
  19. رُسُلُنَاrusulunāOur messengers (Angels)
  20. يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْyatawaffawnahum(to) take them in death
  21. قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
  22. أَيْنَaynaWhere are
  23. مَاmāthose (whom)
  24. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
  25. تَدْعُونَtadʿūnainvoke
  26. مِنminfrom
  27. دُونِdūnibesides
  28. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
  29. قَالُوا۟qālūThey say
  30. ضَلُّوا۟ḍallūThey strayed
  31. عَنَّاʿannāfrom us
  32. وَشَهِدُوا۟washahidūand they (will) testify
  33. عَلَىٰٓʿalāagainst
  34. أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves
  35. أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
  36. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
  37. كَـٰفِرِينَkāfirīnadisbelievers

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:37.

Explanation of ayah 37 →

7:38

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قَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ فِىٓ أُمَمٍۢ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ فِى ٱلنَّارِ ۖ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌۭ لَّعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱدَّارَكُوا۟ فِيهَا جَمِيعًۭا قَالَتْ أُخْرَىٰهُمْ لِأُولَىٰهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَـَٔاتِهِمْ عَذَابًۭا ضِعْفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ قَالَ لِكُلٍّۢ ضِعْفٌۭ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَعْلَمُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

[Allah] will say, "Enter among nations which had passed on before you of jinn and mankind into the Fire." Every time a nation enters, it will curse its sister until, when they have all overtaken one another therein, the last of them will say about the first of them "Our Lord, these had misled us, so give them a double punishment of the Fire. He will say, "For each is double, but you do not know."

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Transliteration · 7:38

Qaalad khuloo feee umamin qad khalat min qablikum minal jinni wal insifin naari kullamaa dakhalat ummatul la'anat ukhtahaa hattaaa izad daarakoo feehaa jamee'an qaalat ukhraahum li oolaahum Rabbannaa haaa'u laaa'i adalloonaa fa aatihim 'azaaban di'fam minan naari qaala likullin di funw wa laakil laa ta'lamoon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:38

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

  1. قَالَqālaHe (will) say
  2. ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter
  3. فِىٓfīamong
  4. أُمَمٍۢumamin(the) nations
  5. قَدْqad(who)
  6. خَلَتْkhalatpassed away
  7. مِنminfrom
  8. قَبْلِكُمqablikumbefore you
  9. مِّنَminaof
  10. ٱلْجِنِّl-jinithe jinn
  11. وَٱلْإِنسِwal-insiand the men
  12. فِىfīin
  13. ٱلنَّارِ ۖl-nārithe Fire
  14. كُلَّمَاkullamāEvery time
  15. دَخَلَتْdakhalatentered
  16. أُمَّةٌۭummatuna nation
  17. لَّعَنَتْlaʿanatit cursed
  18. أُخْتَهَا ۖukh'tahāits sister (nation)
  19. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
  20. إِذَاidhāwhen
  21. ٱدَّارَكُوا۟iddārakūthey had overtaken one another
  22. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  23. جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall
  24. قَالَتْqālat(will) say
  25. أُخْرَىٰهُمْukh'rāhum(the) last of them
  26. لِأُولَىٰهُمْliūlāhumabout the first of them
  27. رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
  28. هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
  29. أَضَلُّونَاaḍallūnāmisled us
  30. فَـَٔاتِهِمْfaātihimso give them
  31. عَذَابًۭاʿadhābanpunishment
  32. ضِعْفًۭاḍiʿ'fandouble
  33. مِّنَminaof
  34. ٱلنَّارِ ۖl-nārithe Fire
  35. قَالَqālaHe (will) say
  36. لِكُلٍّۢlikullinFor each
  37. ضِعْفٌۭḍiʿ'fun(is) a double
  38. وَلَـٰكِنwalākin[and] but
  39. لَّاlānot
  40. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:38.

Explanation of ayah 38 →

7:39

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وَقَالَتْ أُولَىٰهُمْ لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍۢ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

And the first of them will say to the last of them, "Then you had not any favor over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn."

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Transliteration · 7:39

Wa qaalat oolaahum li ukhraahum famaa kaana lakum 'alainaa min fadlin fazooqul azaaba bimaa kuntum taksiboon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:39

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

  1. وَقَالَتْwaqālatAnd (will) say
  2. أُولَىٰهُمْūlāhum(the) first of them
  3. لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْli-ukh'rāhumto (the) last of them
  4. فَمَاfamāThen not
  5. كَانَkānais
  6. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  7. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon us
  8. مِنminany
  9. فَضْلٍۢfaḍlinsuperiority
  10. فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūso taste
  11. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
  12. بِمَاbimāfor what
  13. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
  14. تَكْسِبُونَtaksibūnaearn

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:39.

Explanation of ayah 39 →

7:40

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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَٰبُ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ ٱلْجَمَلُ فِى سَمِّ ٱلْخِيَاطِ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Translation — Saheeh International

Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle. And thus do We recompense the criminals.

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Transliteration · 7:40

Innal lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wastakbaroo 'anhaa laa tufattahu lahum abwaabus samaaa'i wa laa yadkhuloonal jannata hattaa yalijal jamalu fee sammil khiyaat; wa kazaalika najzil mujrimeen

Word-by-word meanings · 7:40

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  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūdenied
  4. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināOur Verses
  5. وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟wa-is'takbarūand (were) arrogant
  6. عَنْهَاʿanhātowards them
  7. لَاlā(will) not
  8. تُفَتَّحُtufattaḥube opened
  9. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  10. أَبْوَٰبُabwābu(the) gates
  11. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi(of) the heaven
  12. وَلَاwalāand not
  13. يَدْخُلُونَyadkhulūnathey will enter
  14. ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janataParadise
  15. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  16. يَلِجَyalijapasses
  17. ٱلْجَمَلُl-jamaluthe camelExplore this word
  18. فِىfīthrough
  19. سَمِّsammi(the) eye
  20. ٱلْخِيَاطِ ۚl-khiyāṭi(of) the needle
  21. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
  22. نَجْزِىnajzīWe recompense
  23. ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīnathe criminals

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:40.

Explanation of ayah 40 →

7:41

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لَهُم مِّن جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٌۭ وَمِن فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٍۢ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Translation — Saheeh International

They will have from Hell a bed and over them coverings [of fire]. And thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

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Transliteration · 7:41

Lahum min jahannama mihaadunw wa min fawqihim ghawaash; wa kazaalika najziz zaalimeen

Word-by-word meanings · 7:41

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  1. لَهُمlahumFor them
  2. مِّنminof
  3. جَهَنَّمَjahannama(the) Hell
  4. مِهَادٌۭmihādun(is) a bed
  5. وَمِنwaminand from
  6. فَوْقِهِمْfawqihimover them
  7. غَوَاشٍۢ ۚghawāshincoverings
  8. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
  9. نَجْزِىnajzīWe recompense
  10. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:41.

Explanation of ayah 41 →

7:42

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وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

But those who believed and did righteous deeds - We charge no soul except [within] its capacity. Those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally.

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Transliteration · 7:42

Wallazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati la nukallifu nafsan illaa wus'ahaaa ulaaa'ika Ashaabul jannati hum feehaa khaalidoon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:42

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  1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those who
  2. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
  3. وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
  4. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deeds
  5. لَاlānot
  6. نُكَلِّفُnukallifuWe burden
  7. نَفْسًاnafsanany soul
  8. إِلَّاillāexcept
  9. وُسْعَهَآwus'ʿahā(to) its capacityExplore this word
  10. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  11. أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
  12. ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖl-janati(of) Paradise
  13. هُمْhumthey
  14. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  15. خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna(will) abide forever

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:42.

Explanation of ayah 42 →

7:43

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وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمُ ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۖ وَقَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى هَدَىٰنَا لِهَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِىَ لَوْلَآ أَنْ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ ۖ لَقَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ وَنُودُوٓا۟ أَن تِلْكُمُ ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

And We will have removed whatever is within their breasts of resentment, [while] flowing beneath them are rivers. And they will say, "Praise to Allah, who has guided us to this; and we would never have been guided if Allah had not guided us. Certainly the messengers of our Lord had come with the truth." And they will be called, "This is Paradise, which you have been made to inherit for what you used to do."

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Transliteration · 7:43

Wa naza'naa maa fee sudoorihim min ghillin tajree min tahtihimul anhaaru wa qaalul hamdu lillaahil lazee hadaanaa lihaaza wa maa kunna linahtadiya law laaa ann hadaanal laahu laqad jaaa'at Rusulu Rabbinaa bilhaqq; wa noodoo an tilkumul jannatu ooristumoohaa bimaa kuntum ta'maloon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:43

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  1. وَنَزَعْنَاwanazaʿnāAnd We will remove
  2. مَاmāwhatever
  3. فِىfī(is) in
  4. صُدُورِهِمṣudūrihimtheir breasts
  5. مِّنْminof
  6. غِلٍّۢghillinresentment
  7. تَجْرِىtajrīFlows
  8. مِنminfrom
  9. تَحْتِهِمُtaḥtihimuunderneath them
  10. ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖl-anhāruthe rivers
  11. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they will say
  12. ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduAll the praise
  13. لِلَّهِlillahi(is) for Allah
  14. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
  15. هَدَىٰنَاhadānāguided usExplore this word
  16. لِهَـٰذَاlihādhāto this
  17. وَمَاwamāand not
  18. كُنَّاkunnāwe were
  19. لِنَهْتَدِىَlinahtadiyato receive guidanceExplore this word
  20. لَوْلَآlawlāif not
  21. أَنْan[that]
  22. هَدَىٰنَاhadānā(had) guided usExplore this word
  23. ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah
  24. لَقَدْlaqadCertainly
  25. جَآءَتْjāatcame
  26. رُسُلُrusuluMessengers
  27. رَبِّنَاrabbinā(of) our Lord
  28. بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖbil-ḥaqiwith the truth
  29. وَنُودُوٓا۟wanūdūAnd they will be addressed
  30. أَنan[that]
  31. تِلْكُمُtil'kumuThis
  32. ٱلْجَنَّةُl-janatu(is) Paradise
  33. أُورِثْتُمُوهَاūrith'tumūhāyou have been made to inherit it
  34. بِمَاbimāfor what
  35. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
  36. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:43.

Explanation of ayah 43 →

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 4:26 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 7:37–43 ↗ · full surah audio: Al-A'raf, Alafasy ↗