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Session 08 · Al-A'raf 7:52–58

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

4 min readWednesday 21 October 202610 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 six 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 id'ʿū 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 taḍarruʿan reads tadarru'anw there, and nakidan reads nakidaa. We keep the source’s spelling rather than re-spell a quoted text, with six exceptions. At ayah 54 the edition has qiyaamin where the Arabic says ayyām, days; we print aiyaamin. Its other slips: taa weelah at ayah 53, split in two; Rabbakkumul and summmas tawaa at ayah 54, with a letter doubled or tripled; and at ayah 57 fa annzalnaa and minn kullis, each with an extra n. We print taaweelah, Rabbakumul, summas tawaa, fa anzalnaa and min kullis. Each follows the edition’s own spelling elsewhere: it writes Rabbakumul, aiyaamin and summas tawaa at 10:3, taaweeluh at 10:39 (and taaweeluhoo later in ayah 53 itself), anzala at 2:22 and min at 7:53. Those six 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, such as yatlu buhoo at ayah 54, which is one word.

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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 52.

7:52

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وَلَقَدْ جِئْنَٰهُم بِكِتَٰبٍۢ فَصَّلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ هُدًۭى وَرَحْمَةًۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

And We had certainly brought them a Book which We detailed by knowledge - as guidance and mercy to a people who believe.

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Transliteration · 7:52

Wa laqad ji'naahum bi Kitaabin fassalnaahu 'alaa 'ilmin hudanw wa rahmatal liqawminy-yu'miinoon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:52

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  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
  2. جِئْنَـٰهُمji'nāhumWe had brought them
  3. بِكِتَـٰبٍۢbikitābina Book
  4. فَصَّلْنَـٰهُfaṣṣalnāhuwhich We have explained
  5. عَلَىٰʿalāwith
  6. عِلْمٍʿil'minknowledge
  7. هُدًۭىhudanas guidance
  8. وَرَحْمَةًۭwaraḥmatanand mercy
  9. لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
  10. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:52.

Explanation of ayah 52 →

7:53

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هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأْوِيلَهُۥ ۚ يَوْمَ يَأْتِى تَأْوِيلُهُۥ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ فَهَل لَّنَا مِن شُفَعَآءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا۟ لَنَآ أَوْ نُرَدُّ فَنَعْمَلَ غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ ۚ قَدْ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

Do they await except its result? The Day its result comes those who had ignored it before will say, "The messengers of our Lord had come with the truth, so are there [now] any intercessors to intercede for us or could we be sent back to do other than we used to do?" They will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

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Transliteration · 7:53

hal yanzuroona illaa taaweelah; yawma yaatee taaweeluhoo yaqoolul lazeena nasoohu min qablu qad jaaa'at Rusulu Rabbinaa bilhaqq; fahal lanaa min shufa'aaa'a fa yashfa'oo lanaaa aw nuraddu fana'mala ghairal lazee kunnaa na'mal; qad khasirooo anfusahum wa dalla 'anhum maa kaanoo yaftaroon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:53

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

  1. هَلْhalDo
  2. يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey wait
  3. إِلَّاillāexcept
  4. تَأْوِيلَهُۥ ۚta'wīlahu(for) its fulfillmentExplore this word
  5. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
  6. يَأْتِىya'tī(will) come
  7. تَأْوِيلُهُۥta'wīluhuits fulfillmentExplore this word
  8. يَقُولُyaqūluwill say
  9. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  10. نَسُوهُnasūhuhad forgotten it
  11. مِنminfrom
  12. قَبْلُqablubefore
  13. قَدْqadVerily
  14. جَآءَتْjāathad come
  15. رُسُلُrusulu(the) Messengers
  16. رَبِّنَاrabbinā(of) our Lord
  17. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truth
  18. فَهَلfahalso are (there)
  19. لَّنَاlanāfor us
  20. مِنminany
  21. شُفَعَآءَshufaʿāaintercessors
  22. فَيَشْفَعُوا۟fayashfaʿūso (that) they intercede
  23. لَنَآlanāfor us
  24. أَوْawor
  25. نُرَدُّnuradduwe are sent back
  26. فَنَعْمَلَfanaʿmalaso (that) we do (deeds)
  27. غَيْرَghayraother than
  28. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat which
  29. كُنَّاkunnāwe used to
  30. نَعْمَلُ ۚnaʿmaludo
  31. قَدْqadVerily
  32. خَسِرُوٓا۟khasirūthey lost
  33. أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
  34. وَضَلَّwaḍallaand strayed
  35. عَنْهُمʿanhumfrom them
  36. مَّاmāwhat
  37. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  38. يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnainvent

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:53.

Explanation of ayah 53 →

7:54

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إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ يُغْشِى ٱلَّيْلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُۥ حَثِيثًۭا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ وَٱلنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَٰتٍۭ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗ أَلَا لَهُ ٱلْخَلْقُ وَٱلْأَمْرُ ۗ تَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Translation — Saheeh International

Indeed, your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He covers the night with the day, [another night] chasing it rapidly; and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, subjected by His command. Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds.

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Transliteration · 7:54

Inna Rabbakumul laahul lazee khalaqas sammaawaati wal arda fee sittati aiyaamin summas tawaa 'alal 'arshi yughshil lailan nahaara yatlu buhoo haseesanw washshamsa walqamara wannujooma musakhkharaatim bi amrih; alaa lahul khalqu wal-amr; tabaarakal laahu Rabbul 'aalameen

Word-by-word meanings · 7:54

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  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. رَبَّكُمُrabbakumuyour Lord
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
  4. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
  5. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
  6. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  7. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
  8. فِىfīin
  9. سِتَّةِsittatisix
  10. أَيَّامٍۢayyāmindays
  11. ثُمَّthummathen
  12. ٱسْتَوَىٰis'tawāestablished Himself
  13. عَلَىʿalāabove
  14. ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshithe Throne
  15. يُغْشِىyugh'shīHe covers
  16. ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
  17. ٱلنَّهَارَl-nahāra(with) the day
  18. يَطْلُبُهُۥyaṭlubuhuseeking it
  19. حَثِيثًۭاḥathīthanrapidly
  20. وَٱلشَّمْسَwal-shamsaand the sun
  21. وَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moon
  22. وَٱلنُّجُومَwal-nujūmaand the stars
  23. مُسَخَّرَٰتٍۭmusakharātinsubjected
  24. بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗbi-amrihiby His command
  25. أَلَاalāUnquestionably
  26. لَهُlahufor Him
  27. ٱلْخَلْقُl-khalqu(is) the creation
  28. وَٱلْأَمْرُ ۗwal-amruand the command
  29. تَبَارَكَtabārakablessed
  30. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
  31. رَبُّrabbuLord
  32. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:54.

Explanation of ayah 54 →

7:55

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ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًۭا وَخُفْيَةً ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ

Translation — Saheeh International

Call upon your Lord in humility and privately; indeed, He does not like transgressors.

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Transliteration · 7:55

Ud'oo Rabbakum tadarru'anw wa khufyah; innahoo laa yuhibbul mu'tadeen

Word-by-word meanings · 7:55

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  1. ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūCall upon
  2. رَبَّكُمْrabbakumyour Lord
  3. تَضَرُّعًۭاtaḍarruʿanhumblyExplore this word
  4. وَخُفْيَةً ۚwakhuf'yatanand privatelyExplore this word
  5. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
  6. لَاlā(does) not
  7. يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
  8. ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَl-muʿ'tadīnathe transgressors

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:55.

Explanation of ayah 55 →

7:56

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وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَٰحِهَا وَٱدْعُوهُ خَوْفًۭا وَطَمَعًا ۚ إِنَّ رَحْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Translation — Saheeh International

And cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. And invoke Him in fear and aspiration. Indeed, the mercy of Allah is near to the doers of good.

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Transliteration · 7:56

Wa laa tufsidoo fil ardi ba'da islaahihaa wad'oohu khawfanw wa tama'aa; inna rahmatal laahi qareebum minal muhsineen

Word-by-word meanings · 7:56

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  1. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
  2. تُفْسِدُوا۟tuf'sidūcause corruption
  3. فِىfīin
  4. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  5. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
  6. إِصْلَـٰحِهَاiṣ'lāḥihāits reformation
  7. وَٱدْعُوهُwa-id'ʿūhuAnd call Him
  8. خَوْفًۭاkhawfan(in) fear
  9. وَطَمَعًا ۚwaṭamaʿanand hope
  10. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  11. رَحْمَتَraḥmata(the) Mercy
  12. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  13. قَرِيبٌۭqarībun(is) near
  14. مِّنَminafor
  15. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:56.

Explanation of ayah 56 →

7:57

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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُرْسِلُ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَقَلَّتْ سَحَابًۭا ثِقَالًۭا سُقْنَٰهُ لِبَلَدٍۢ مَّيِّتٍۢ فَأَنزَلْنَا بِهِ ٱلْمَآءَ فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦ مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy until, when they have carried heavy rainclouds, We drive them to a dead land and We send down rain therein and bring forth thereby [some] of all the fruits. Thus will We bring forth the dead; perhaps you may be reminded.

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Transliteration · 7:57

Wa Huwal lazee yursilur riyaaha bushram baina yadai rahmatihee hattaaa izaaa aqallat sahaaban siqaalan suqnaahu libaladim maiyitin fa anzalnaa bihil maaa'a fa akhrajnaa bihee min kullis samaraat; kazaalika nukhrijul mawtaa la'allakum tazakkaroon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:57

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  1. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
  3. يُرْسِلُyur'silusends
  4. ٱلرِّيَـٰحَl-riyāḥathe winds
  5. بُشْرًۢاbush'ran(as) glad tidingsExplore this word
  6. بَيْنَbaynafrom
  7. يَدَىْyadaybefore
  8. رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۖraḥmatihiHis Mercy
  9. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
  10. إِذَآidhāwhen
  11. أَقَلَّتْaqallatthey have carried
  12. سَحَابًۭاsaḥābanclouds
  13. ثِقَالًۭاthiqālanheavy
  14. سُقْنَـٰهُsuq'nāhuWe drive them
  15. لِبَلَدٍۢlibaladinto a land
  16. مَّيِّتٍۢmayyitindead
  17. فَأَنزَلْنَاfa-anzalnāthen We send down
  18. بِهِbihifrom it
  19. ٱلْمَآءَl-māathe water
  20. فَأَخْرَجْنَاfa-akhrajnāthen We bring forth
  21. بِهِۦbihifrom it
  22. مِنmin(of)
  23. كُلِّkulliall (kinds)
  24. ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۚl-thamarāti(of) fruits
  25. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
  26. نُخْرِجُnukh'rijuWe will bring forth
  27. ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāthe dead
  28. لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
  29. تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnatake heed

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:57.

Explanation of ayah 57 →

7:58

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وَٱلْبَلَدُ ٱلطَّيِّبُ يَخْرُجُ نَبَاتُهُۥ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِۦ ۖ وَٱلَّذِى خَبُثَ لَا يَخْرُجُ إِلَّا نَكِدًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍۢ يَشْكُرُونَ

Translation — Saheeh International

And the good land - its vegetation emerges by permission of its Lord; but that which is bad - nothing emerges except sparsely, with difficulty. Thus do We diversify the signs for a people who are grateful.

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Transliteration · 7:58

Walbaladut taiyibu yakhruju nabaatuhoo bi-izni Rabbihee wallazee khabusa laa yakhruju illaa nakidaa; kazaalika nusarriful Aayaati liqawminy yashkuroon

Word-by-word meanings · 7:58

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  1. وَٱلْبَلَدُwal-baladuAnd the land
  2. ٱلطَّيِّبُl-ṭayibu[the] pure
  3. يَخْرُجُyakhrujucomes forth
  4. نَبَاتُهُۥnabātuhuits vegetation
  5. بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permission
  6. رَبِّهِۦ ۖrabbihi(of) its Lord
  7. وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhībut which
  8. خَبُثَkhabuthais bad
  9. لَاlā(does) not
  10. يَخْرُجُyakhrujucome forth
  11. إِلَّاillāexcept
  12. نَكِدًۭا ۚnakidan(with) difficultyExplore this word
  13. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
  14. نُصَرِّفُnuṣarrifuWe explain
  15. ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe Signs
  16. لِقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
  17. يَشْكُرُونَyashkurūnawho are grateful

Study glosses and transliteration adapted with reference to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, 7:58.

Explanation of ayah 58 →

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'. At ayah 54, “[He created]” follows one way of reading the sun, the moon and the stars; the tafsir page gives the other.
  • Three word glosses at ayah 54 follow Saheeh International rather than the word-by-word source: ayyām is “days”, where the source has “epochs”, and istawā ʿalā is “established Himself above”, where the source has “He ascended on”. What the commentators say about both is on the tafsir page.
  • At ayah 57 the Arabic here reads bushran, “as good tidings”. Other well-known recitations read this word differently; the tafsir page notes them.
  • Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy, 128 kbps, from cdn.islamic.network. The 3:16 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 six corrections described in the reading key. These aids are separate from Saheeh International.
  • Whole passage on quran.com 7:52–58 ↗ · full surah audio: Al-A'raf, Alafasy ↗