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7:88
۞ قَالَ
ٱلْمَلَأُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟
مِن
قَوْمِهِۦ
لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ
يَـٰشُعَيْبُ
وَٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُوا۟
مَعَكَ
مِن
قَرْيَتِنَآ
أَوْ
لَتَعُودُنَّ
فِى
مِلَّتِنَا ۚ
قَالَ
أَوَلَوْ
كُنَّا
كَـٰرِهِينَ
ﱘ
His people’s arrogant leaders said, ‘Shuayb, we will expel you and your fellow believers from our town unless you return to our religion.’ He said, ‘What! Even if we detest it?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:89
قَدِ
ٱفْتَرَيْنَا
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
كَذِبًا
إِنْ
عُدْنَا
فِى
مِلَّتِكُم
بَعْدَ
إِذْ
نَجَّىٰنَا
ٱللَّهُ
مِنْهَا ۚ
وَمَا
يَكُونُ
لَنَآ
أَن
نَّعُودَ
فِيهَآ
إِلَّآ
أَن
يَشَآءَ
ٱللَّهُ
رَبُّنَا ۚ
وَسِعَ
رَبُّنَا
كُلَّ
شَىْءٍ
عِلْمًا ۚ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
تَوَكَّلْنَا ۚ
رَبَّنَا
ٱفْتَحْ
بَيْنَنَا
وَبَيْنَ
قَوْمِنَا
بِٱلْحَقِّ
وَأَنتَ
خَيْرُ
ٱلْفَـٰتِحِينَ
ﲇ
If we were to return to your religion after God has saved us from it, we would be inventing lies about Him: there is no way we could return to it- unless by the will of God our Lord: in His knowledge He comprehends everything. We put our trust in God. Our Lord, expose the truth [and judge] between us and our people, for You are the best judge.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:90
وَقَالَ
ٱلْمَلَأُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا۟
مِن
قَوْمِهِۦ
لَئِنِ
ٱتَّبَعْتُمْ
شُعَيْبًا
إِنَّكُمْ
إِذًۭا
لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ
ﲔ
The disbelieving leaders among his people said, ‘You will certainly be losers if you follow Shuayb’-

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:91
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ
ٱلرَّجْفَةُ
فَأَصْبَحُوا۟
فِى
دَارِهِمْ
جَـٰثِمِينَ
ﲛ
an earthquake seized them: by the next morning they were lying dead in their homes;

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:92
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَذَّبُوا۟
شُعَيْبًۭا
كَأَن
لَّمْ
يَغْنَوْا۟
فِيهَا ۚ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَذَّبُوا۟
شُعَيْبًۭا
كَانُوا۟
هُمُ
ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ
ﲪ
it was as if those who had rejected Shuayb had never lived there; it was those who had rejected Shuayb who were the losers-

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:93
فَتَوَلَّىٰ
عَنْهُمْ
وَقَالَ
يَـٰقَوْمِ
لَقَدْ
أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ
رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ
رَبِّى
وَنَصَحْتُ
لَكُمْ ۖ
فَكَيْفَ
ءَاسَىٰ
عَلَىٰ
قَوْمٍۢ
كَـٰفِرِينَ
ﲻ
so he turned away from them, saying, ‘My people, I delivered my Lord’s messages to you and gave you sincere advice, so why should I grieve for people who refused to believe?’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:94
وَمَآ
أَرْسَلْنَا
فِى
قَرْيَةٍۢ
مِّن
نَّبِىٍّ
إِلَّآ
أَخَذْنَآ
أَهْلَهَا
بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ
وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ
لَعَلَّهُمْ
يَضَّرَّعُونَ
ﳉ
Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We afflicted its [disbelieving] people with suffering and hardships, so that they might humble themselves [before God],

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:95
ثُمَّ
بَدَّلْنَا
مَكَانَ
ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ
ٱلْحَسَنَةَ
حَتَّىٰ
عَفَوا۟
وَّقَالُوا۟
قَدْ
مَسَّ
ءَابَآءَنَا
ٱلضَّرَّآءُ
وَٱلسَّرَّآءُ
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم
بَغْتَةًۭ
وَهُمْ
لَا
يَشْعُرُونَ
ﳜ
and then We changed their hardship into prosperity, until they multiplied. But then they said, ‘Hardship and affluence also befell our forefathers,’ and so We took them suddenly, unawares.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:96
وَلَوْ
أَنَّ
أَهْلَ
ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ
ءَامَنُوا۟
وَٱتَّقَوْا۟
لَفَتَحْنَا
عَلَيْهِم
بَرَكَـٰتٍۢ
مِّنَ
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
وَلَـٰكِن
كَذَّبُوا۟
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم
بِمَا
كَانُوا۟
يَكْسِبُونَ
ﱓ
If the people of those towns had believed and been mindful of God, We would have showered them with blessings from the heavens and earth, but they rejected the truth and so We punished them for their misdeeds.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:97
أَفَأَمِنَ
أَهْلُ
ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ
أَن
يَأْتِيَهُم
بَأْسُنَا
بَيَـٰتًۭا
وَهُمْ
نَآئِمُونَ
ﱝ
Do the people of these towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come upon them by night, while they are asleep?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:98
أَوَأَمِنَ
أَهْلُ
ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ
أَن
يَأْتِيَهُم
بَأْسُنَا
ضُحًۭى
وَهُمْ
يَلْعَبُونَ
ﱧ
Do the people of these towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come upon them by day, while they are at play?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:99
أَفَأَمِنُوا۟
مَكْرَ
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
فَلَا
يَأْمَنُ
مَكْرَ
ٱللَّهِ
إِلَّا
ٱلْقَوْمُ
ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ
ﱳ
Do they feel secure against God’s plan? Only the losers feel secure against God’s plan.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:100
أَوَلَمْ
يَهْدِ
لِلَّذِينَ
يَرِثُونَ
ٱلْأَرْضَ
مِنۢ
بَعْدِ
أَهْلِهَآ
أَن
لَّوْ
نَشَآءُ
أَصَبْنَـٰهُم
بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۚ
وَنَطْبَعُ
عَلَىٰ
قُلُوبِهِمْ
فَهُمْ
لَا
يَسْمَعُونَ
ﲈ
Is it not clear to those who inherit the land from former generations that We can punish them too for their sins if We will? And seal up their hearts so that they cannot hear?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:101
تِلْكَ
ٱلْقُرَىٰ
نَقُصُّ
عَلَيْكَ
مِنْ
أَنۢبَآئِهَا ۚ
وَلَقَدْ
جَآءَتْهُمْ
رُسُلُهُم
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ
فَمَا
كَانُوا۟
لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟
بِمَا
كَذَّبُوا۟
مِن
قَبْلُ ۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
يَطْبَعُ
ٱللَّهُ
عَلَىٰ
قُلُوبِ
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
ﲢ
We have told you [Prophet] the stories of those towns: messengers came to them, and clear signs, but they would not believe in what they had already rejected- in this way God seals the hearts of disbelievers.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:102
وَمَا
وَجَدْنَا
لِأَكْثَرِهِم
مِّنْ
عَهْدٍۢ ۖ
وَإِن
وَجَدْنَآ
أَكْثَرَهُمْ
لَفَـٰسِقِينَ
ﲭ
We found that most of them did not honour their commitments; We found that most of them were defiant.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:103
ثُمَّ
بَعَثْنَا
مِنۢ
بَعْدِهِم
مُّوسَىٰ
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ
إِلَىٰ
فِرْعَوْنَ
وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ
فَظَلَمُوا۟
بِهَا ۖ
فَٱنظُرْ
كَيْفَ
كَانَ
عَـٰقِبَةُ
ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
ﲿ
After these, We sent Moses to Pharaoh and his leading supporters with Our signs, but they rejected them. See the fate of those who used to spread corruption.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:104
وَقَالَ
مُوسَىٰ
يَـٰفِرْعَوْنُ
إِنِّى
رَسُولٌۭ
مِّن
رَّبِّ
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
ﳈ
Moses said, ‘Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of all the Worlds,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:105
حَقِيقٌ
عَلَىٰٓ
أَن
لَّآ
أَقُولَ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِ
إِلَّا
ٱلْحَقَّ ۚ
قَدْ
جِئْتُكُم
بِبَيِّنَةٍۢ
مِّن
رَّبِّكُمْ
فَأَرْسِلْ
مَعِىَ
بَنِىٓ
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
ﱔ
duty-bound to say nothing about God but the truth, and I have brought you a clear sign from your Lord. Let the Children of Israel go with me.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:106
قَالَ
إِن
كُنتَ
جِئْتَ
بِـَٔايَةٍۢ
فَأْتِ
بِهَآ
إِن
كُنتَ
مِنَ
ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
ﱠ
He said, ‘Produce this sign you have brought, if you are telling the truth.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

7:107
فَأَلْقَىٰ
عَصَاهُ
فَإِذَا
هِىَ
ثُعْبَانٌۭ
مُّبِينٌۭ
ﱧ
So Moses threw his staff and- lo and behold!- it was a snake, clear to all,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

End of Al-Fatihah

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