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Mishary Rashid Alafasy · ayat 73–84 · 4:29, 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 uʿ'budū 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. It also writes the letter ث as s: the card’s thamūda reads Samooda there, and jāthimīna reads jaasimeen. We keep the source’s spelling rather than re-spell a quoted text, except for eight slips, each corrected to the spelling the same edition uses elsewhere. At ayah 78 the two key words are both wrong: rajftu drops a vowel and jaasimmeen doubles a letter; we print rajfatu and jaasimeen, as the edition writes them at 7:91. At ayah 84 the edition puts an ʿayn mark on amtarnaa, drops it from ʿaaqibatul, and doubles the j of mujrimeen; we follow its spelling at 26:173, 27:69 and 7:40. The other three: Wazkkurooo at ayah 74 (the edition writes wazkurooo at 7:69), antumqawmum at ayah 81, run together (antum qawmun at 27:55), and yatatah haroon at ayah 82, split in two (yatatahharoon at 27:56). Those eight 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 its usual way of splitting some words, such as mala ul at ayah 75. In this edition an apostrophe usually stands for ʿayn, but in yaa qawmi' budul laaha at ayah 73 and yaa Saalihu' tinaa at ayah 77 it only marks where two words run together.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
7:73
quran.com ↗وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَٰلِحًۭا ۗ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةًۭ ۖ فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍۢ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ
And to the Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of Allah [sent] to you as a sign. So leave her to eat within Allah's land and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.
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Transliteration · 7:73
Wa ilaa Samooda akhaahum Saalihaa; qaala yaa qawmi' budul laaha maa lakum min ilaahin ghairuhoo qad jaaa'atkum baiyinatum mir Rabbikum haazihee naaqatul laahi lakum Aayatan fazaroohaa taakul feee ardil laahi wa laa tamassoohaa bisooo'in fa yaakhuzakum 'azaabun aleem
Word-by-word meanings · 7:73
- وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd to
- ثَمُودَthamūdaThamud
- أَخَاهُمْakhāhum(We sent) their brother
- صَـٰلِحًۭا ۗṣāliḥanSalih
- قَالَqālaHe said
- يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
- ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- مَاmānot
- لَكُمlakumfor you
- مِّنْminany
- إِلَـٰهٍilāhingod
- غَيْرُهُۥ ۖghayruhuother than Him
- قَدْqadVerily
- جَآءَتْكُمjāatkumhas come to you
- بَيِّنَةٌۭbayyinatuna clear proof
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّكُمْ ۖrabbikumyour Lord
- هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis
- نَاقَةُnāqatu(is the) she-camel
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- لَكُمْlakum(it is) for you
- ءَايَةًۭ ۖāyatana Sign
- فَذَرُوهَاfadharūhāSo you leave her
- تَأْكُلْtakul(to) eat
- فِىٓfīon
- أَرْضِarḍi(the) earth
- ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَمَسُّوهَاtamassūhātouch her
- بِسُوٓءٍۢbisūinwith harm
- فَيَأْخُذَكُمْfayakhudhakumlest seizes you
- عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
- أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful
7:74
quran.com ↗وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عَادٍۢ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورًۭا وَتَنْحِتُونَ ٱلْجِبَالَ بُيُوتًۭا ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
And remember when He made you successors after the 'Aad and settled you in the land, [and] you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of Allah and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."
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Transliteration · 7:74
Wazkurooo iz ja'alakum khulafaaa'a mim ba'di 'Aadinw wa bawwa akum fil ardi tattakhizoona min suhoolihaa qusooranw wa tanhitoonal jibaala buyootan fazkurooo aalaaa'al laahi wa laa ta'saw fil ardi mufsideen
Word-by-word meanings · 7:74
- وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟wa-udh'kurūAnd remember
- إِذْidhwhen
- جَعَلَكُمْjaʿalakumHe made you
- خُلَفَآءَkhulafāasuccessors
- مِنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- عَادٍۢʿādinAad
- وَبَوَّأَكُمْwabawwa-akumand settled you
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- تَتَّخِذُونَtattakhidhūnaYou take
- مِنminfrom
- سُهُولِهَاsuhūlihāits plains
- قُصُورًۭاquṣūranpalaces
- وَتَنْحِتُونَwatanḥitūnaand you carve out
- ٱلْجِبَالَl-jibālathe mountains
- بُيُوتًۭا ۖbuyūtan(as) homes
- فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟fa-udh'kurūSo remember
- ءَالَآءَālāa(the) favorsExplore this word
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَعْثَوْا۟taʿthawact wickedly
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(the) earth
- مُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīnaspreading corruption
7:75
quran.com ↗قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِمَنْ ءَامَنَ مِنْهُمْ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ صَٰلِحًۭا مُّرْسَلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلَ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنُونَ
Said the eminent ones who were arrogant among his people to those who were oppressed - to those who believed among them, "Do you [actually] know that Salih is sent from his Lord?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which he was sent, are believers."
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Transliteration · 7:75
Qaalal mala ul lazeenas takbaroo min qawmihee lillazeenas tud'ifoo liman aamana minhum ata'almoona anna Saaliham mursalum mir Rabbih; qaalooo innaa bimaaa ursila bihee mu'minoon
Word-by-word meanings · 7:75
- قَالَqālaSaid
- ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefs
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
- ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟is'takbarū(who) were arrogant
- مِنminamong
- قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
- لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
- ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūwere oppressedExplore this word
- لِمَنْliman[to] those who
- ءَامَنَāmanabelieved
- مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
- أَتَعْلَمُونَataʿlamūnaDo you know
- أَنَّannathat
- صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanSalih
- مُّرْسَلٌۭmur'salun(is the) one sent
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّهِۦ ۚrabbihihis Lord
- قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
- إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
- بِمَآbimāin what
- أُرْسِلَur'silahe has been sent
- بِهِۦbihiwith [it]
- مُؤْمِنُونَmu'minūna(are) believers
7:76
quran.com ↗قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ
Said those who were arrogant, "Indeed we, in that which you have believed, are disbelievers."
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Transliteration · 7:76
Qaalal lazeenas takbarooo innaa billazeee aamanntum bihee kaafiroon
Word-by-word meanings · 7:76
- قَالَqālaSaid
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟is'takbarūwere arrogant
- إِنَّاinnāIndeed we
- بِٱلَّذِىٓbi-alladhīin that which
- ءَامَنتُمāmantumyou believe
- بِهِۦbihiin it
- كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers
7:77
quran.com ↗فَعَقَرُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰصَٰلِحُ ٱئْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Salih, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers."
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Transliteration · 7:77
Fa'aqarun naaqata wa'ataw 'an amri Rabbihim wa qaaloo yaa Saalihu' tinaa bimaa ta'idunaaa in kunta minal mursaleen
Word-by-word meanings · 7:77
- فَعَقَرُوا۟faʿaqarūThen they hamstrung
- ٱلنَّاقَةَl-nāqatathe she-camel
- وَعَتَوْا۟waʿatawand (were) insolent
- عَنْʿantowards
- أَمْرِamri(the) command
- رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
- وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand they said
- يَـٰصَـٰلِحُyāṣāliḥuO Salih
- ٱئْتِنَاi'tināBring us
- بِمَاbimāwhat
- تَعِدُنَآtaʿidunāyou promise us
- إِنinif
- كُنتَkuntayou are
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers
7:78
quran.com ↗فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ
So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.
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Transliteration · 7:78
Fa akhazat humur rajfatu fa asbahoo fee daarihim jaasimeen
Word-by-word meanings · 7:78
- فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuSo seized them
- ٱلرَّجْفَةُl-rajfatuthe earthquakeExplore this word
- فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūthen they became
- فِىfīin
- دَارِهِمْdārihimtheir homes
- جَـٰثِمِينَjāthimīnafallen prone
7:79
quran.com ↗فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُحِبُّونَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ
And he turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the message of my Lord and advised you, but you do not like advisors."
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Transliteration · 7:79
Fa tawalla 'anhum wa qaala yaa qawmi laqad ablaghtukum Risaalata Rabbee wa nasahtu lakum wa laakil laa tuhibboonan naasiheen
Word-by-word meanings · 7:79
- فَتَوَلَّىٰfatawallāSo he turned away
- عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
- وَقَالَwaqālaand he said
- يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
- لَقَدْlaqadVerily
- أَبْلَغْتُكُمْablaghtukumI have conveyed to you
- رِسَالَةَrisālata(the) Message
- رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord
- وَنَصَحْتُwanaṣaḥtuand [I] advised
- لَكُمْlakum[to] you
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
- لَّاlānot
- تُحِبُّونَtuḥibbūnayou like
- ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَl-nāṣiḥīnathe advisers
7:80
quran.com ↗وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, "Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds?
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Transliteration · 7:80
Wa Lootan iz qaala liqawmiheee ataatoonal faahishata maa sabaqakum bihaa min ahadim minal 'aalameen
Word-by-word meanings · 7:80
- وَلُوطًاwalūṭanAnd Lut
- إِذْidhwhen
- قَالَqālahe said
- لِقَوْمِهِۦٓliqawmihito his people
- أَتَأْتُونَatatūnaDo you commit
- ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَl-fāḥishata(such) immorality
- مَاmānot
- سَبَقَكُمsabaqakumhas preceded you
- بِهَاbihātherein
- مِنْminany
- أَحَدٍۢaḥadinone
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds
7:81
quran.com ↗إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةًۭ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌۭ مُّسْرِفُونَ
Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."
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Transliteration · 7:81
Innakum lataatoonar rijaala shahwatam min doonin nisaaa'; bal antum qawmum musrifoon
Word-by-word meanings · 7:81
- إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
- لَتَأْتُونَlatatūnayou approach
- ٱلرِّجَالَl-rijālathe men
- شَهْوَةًۭshahwatanwith desire
- مِّنminfrom
- دُونِdūniinstead of
- ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚl-nisāithe women
- بَلْbalNay
- أَنتُمْantumyou
- قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
- مُّسْرِفُونَmus'rifūna(who) commit excesses
7:82
quran.com ↗وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌۭ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."
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Transliteration · 7:82
Wa maa kaana jawaaba qawmihee illaa an qaalooo akhrijoohum min qaryatikum innahum unaasuny yatatahharoon
Word-by-word meanings · 7:82
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- كَانَkānawas
- جَوَابَjawāba(the) answer
- قَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihi(of) his people
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- أَنanthat
- قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said
- أَخْرِجُوهُمakhrijūhumDrive them out
- مِّنminof
- قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖqaryatikumyour town
- إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
- أُنَاسٌۭunāsun(are) people
- يَتَطَهَّرُونَyataṭahharūnawho keep themselves pureExplore this word
7:83
quran.com ↗فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ
So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; she was of those who remained [with the evildoers].
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Transliteration · 7:83
Fa anjainaahu wa ahlahooo illam ra atahoo kaanat minal ghaabireen
Word-by-word meanings · 7:83
- فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُfa-anjaynāhuSo We saved him
- وَأَهْلَهُۥٓwa-ahlahuand his family
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥim'ra-atahuhis wife
- كَانَتْkānatshe was
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَl-ghābirīnathose who stayed behindExplore this word
7:84
quran.com ↗وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًۭا ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.
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Transliteration · 7:84
Wa amtarnaa 'alaihim mataran fanzur kaifa kaana 'aaqibatul mujrimeen
Word-by-word meanings · 7:84
- وَأَمْطَرْنَاwa-amṭarnāAnd We showered
- عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimupon them
- مَّطَرًۭا ۖmaṭarana rain
- فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurSo see
- كَيْفَkayfahow
- كَانَkānawas
- عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
- ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīna(of) the criminals
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'. The quotation marks are shown as the translation gives them: Salih's words open in ayah 73 and close at the end of ayah 74, and Lut's open in ayah 80 and close at the end of ayah 81.
- One small change in how the translation is shown: at ayah 73 the text we receive has a stray space in “Allah 's land”. We show it as “Allah's land”. No word of the translation is changed.
- Three word glosses follow Saheeh International rather than the word-by-word source: nāqatu at ayah 73 is “(is the) she-camel”, where the source has “(is) a she-camel”; ālāʾa at ayah 74 is “(the) favors”, where the source has “(the) Bounties”; and shahwatan at ayah 81 is “with desire”, as Saheeh International has it. At ayah 83 the source glosses al-ghābirīna as “those who stayed behind”, where Saheeh International has “those who remained”; the tafsir page gives the commentators’ four readings.
- Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy, 128 kbps, from cdn.islamic.network. The 4:29 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 eight corrections described in the reading key. These aids are separate from Saheeh International.
- Whole passage on quran.com 7:73–84 ↗ · full surah audio: Al-A'raf, Alafasy ↗
