AL-ARAF (THE HEIGHTS)
Total Verses: 206 Revealed At: MAKKA

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

007.001
Y: Alif, Lam, Mim, Sad.

P: Alif. Lam. Mim. Sad.

S: Alif Lam Mim Suad.

007.002
Y: A Book revealed unto thee,- So let thy heart be oppressed no more by
any difficulty on that account,- that with it thou mightest warn (the
erring) and teach the Believers.

P: (It is) a Scripture that is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) - so let
there be no heaviness in thy heart therefrom - that thou mayst warn
thereby, and (it is) a Reminder unto believers.

S: A Book revealed to you-- so let there be no straitness in your breast
on account of it-- that you may warn thereby, and a reminder close to
the believers.

007.003
Y: Follow (O men!) the revelation given unto you from your Lord, and
follow not, as friends or protectors, other than Him. Little it is ye
remember of admonition.

P: (Saying): Follow that which is sent down unto you from your Lord, and
follow no protecting friends beside Him. Little do ye recollect!

S: Follow what has been revealed to you from your Lord and do not follow
guardians besides Him, how little do you mind.

007.004
Y: How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment
took them on a sudden by night or while they slept for their afternoon
rest.

P: How many a township have We destroyed! As a raid by night, or while
they slept at noon, Our terror came unto them.

S: And how many a town that We destroyed, so Our punishment came to it
by night or while they slept at midday.

007.005
Y: When (thus) Our punishment took them, no cry did they utter but this:
"Indeed we did wrong."

P: No plea had they, when Our terror came unto them, save that they
said: Lo! We were wrong-doers.

S: Yet their cry, when Our punishment came to them, was nothing but that
they said: Surely we were unjust.

007.006
Y: Then shall we question those to whom Our message was sent and those
by whom We sent it.

P: Then verily We shall question those unto whom (Our message) hath been
sent, and verily We shall question the messengers.

S: Most certainly then We will question those to whom (the messengers)
were sent, and most certainly We will also question the messengers;

007.007
Y: And verily, We shall recount their whole story with knowledge, for We
were never absent (at any tim