7. Surah Al-A'raaf

فَاَلْقٰى عَصَاهُ فَاِذَا هِیَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِیْنٌۚۖ ﴿١٠٧﴾Open ayah 7:107 in the Quran reader

So he threw down his staff, and it was a serpent, manifest;

وَّ نَزَعَ یَدَهٗ فَاِذَا هِیَ بَیْضَآءُ لِلنّٰظِرِیْنَ۠ ﴿١٠٨﴾Open ayah 7:108 in the Quran reader

and drew out his hand, and it was a white light to the onlookers.

قَالَ الْمَلَاُ مِنْ قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَسٰحِرٌ عَلِیْمٌۙ ﴿١٠٩﴾Open ayah 7:109 in the Quran reader

The chiefs of the people of the Pharaoh said, "This man is certainly a sorcerer of great knowledge.

یُّرِیْدُ اَنْ یُّخْرِجَكُمْ مِّنْ اَرْضِكُمْ١ۚ فَمَا ذَا تَاْمُرُوْنَ ﴿١١٠﴾Open ayah 7:110 in the Quran reader

He wants to expel you from your land. So, what do you suggest ?"

قَالُوْۤا اَرْجِهْ وَ اَخَاهُ وَ اَرْسِلْ فِی الْمَدَآئِنِ حٰشِرِیْنَۙ ﴿١١١﴾Open ayah 7:111 in the Quran reader

They said, 'leave him and his brother alone for a while, and send men to the cities to collect

یَاْتُوْكَ بِكُلِّ سٰحِرٍ عَلِیْمٍ ﴿١١٢﴾Open ayah 7:112 in the Quran reader

and bring to you every expert sorcerer."

وَ جَآءَ السَّحَرَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ قَالُوْۤا اِنَّ لَنَا لَاَجْرًا اِنْ كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغٰلِبِیْنَ ﴿١١٣﴾Open ayah 7:113 in the Quran reader

And the sorcerers came to Pharaoh. They said, "There must be a reward for us, if we are the victors."

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ اِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِیْنَ ﴿١١٤﴾Open ayah 7:114 in the Quran reader

He said, "yes, and of course, you will be among the closer ones."

قَالُوْا یٰمُوْسٰۤى اِمَّاۤ اَنْ تُلْقِیَ وَ اِمَّاۤ اَنْ نَّكُوْنَ نَحْنُ الْمُلْقِیْنَ ﴿١١٥﴾Open ayah 7:115 in the Quran reader

They said, "0 Musa either you throw (first) or shall we be the ones to throw?" He said, "You throw."

قَالَ اَلْقُوْا١ۚ فَلَمَّاۤ اَلْقَوْا سَحَرُوْۤا اَعْیُنَ النَّاسِ وَ اسْتَرْهَبُوْهُمْ وَ جَآءُوْ بِسِحْرٍ عَظِیْمٍ ﴿١١٦﴾Open ayah 7:116 in the Quran reader

So when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people, and made them frightened, and produced great sorcery.

وَ اَوْحَیْنَاۤ اِلٰى مُوْسٰۤى اَنْ اَلْقِ عَصَاكَ١ۚ فَاِذَا هِیَ تَلْقَفُ مَا یَاْفِكُوْنَۚ ﴿١١٧﴾Open ayah 7:117 in the Quran reader

And We revealed to Musa, 'Throw your staff." Then of a sudden, it began to swallow all that they had concocted.

فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَ بَطَلَ مَا كَانُوْا یَعْمَلُوْنَۚ ﴿١١٨﴾Open ayah 7:118 in the Quran reader

So, the truth prevailed, and what they were doing became a nullity.

فَغُلِبُوْا هُنَالِكَ وَ انْقَلَبُوْا صٰغِرِیْنَۚ ﴿١١٩﴾Open ayah 7:119 in the Quran reader

So, they were overcome there and turned humiliated.

وَ اُلْقِیَ السَّحَرَةُ سٰجِدِیْنَۚۖ ﴿١٢٠﴾Open ayah 7:120 in the Quran reader

And the sorcerers were constrained to fall in prostration.

قَالُوْۤا اٰمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَۙ ﴿١٢١﴾Open ayah 7:121 in the Quran reader

They said, "We believe in the Lord of the worlds,

رَبِّ مُوْسٰى وَ هٰرُوْنَ ﴿١٢٢﴾Open ayah 7:122 in the Quran reader

the Lord of Musa and Harun."

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ اٰمَنْتُمْ بِهٖ قَبْلَ اَنْ اٰذَنَ لَكُمْ١ۚ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَمَكْرٌ مَّكَرْتُمُوْهُ فِی الْمَدِیْنَةِ لِتُخْرِجُوْا مِنْهَاۤ اَهْلَهَا١ۚ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُوْنَ ﴿١٢٣﴾Open ayah 7:123 in the Quran reader

The Pharaoh said, 'You have believed in him before I permitted you. No doubt, this is a device you have devised in the city, so that you may expel it's people from there. Now you shall know (it's end).

لَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَیْدِیَكُمْ وَ اَرْجُلَكُمْ مِّنْ خِلَافٍ ثُمَّ لَاُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ اَجْمَعِیْنَ ﴿١٢٤﴾Open ayah 7:124 in the Quran reader

I shall certainly, cut apart your hands and your legs from opposite sides. Then I shall crucify you all together."

قَالُوْۤا اِنَّاۤ اِلٰى رَبِّنَا مُنْقَلِبُوْنَۚ ﴿١٢٥﴾Open ayah 7:125 in the Quran reader

They said, "We are surely to return to our Lord.

وَ مَا تَنْقِمُ مِنَّاۤ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ اٰمَنَّا بِاٰیٰتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَآءَتْنَا١ؕ رَبَّنَاۤ اَفْرِغْ عَلَیْنَا صَبْرًا وَّ تَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِیْنَ۠ ﴿١٢٦﴾Open ayah 7:126 in the Quran reader

you punish us for no other reason but that we have believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us. "0 our Lord, pour out patience upon us and let the death take us while we are Muslims ( the faithful)."

وَ قَالَ الْمَلَاُ مِنْ قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ اَتَذَرُ مُوْسٰى وَ قَوْمَهٗ لِیُفْسِدُوْا فِی الْاَرْضِ وَ یَذَرَكَ وَ اٰلِهَتَكَ١ؕ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ اَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَ نَسْتَحْیٖ نِسَآءَهُمْ١ۚ وَ اِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قٰهِرُوْنَ ﴿١٢٧﴾Open ayah 7:127 in the Quran reader

And the chiefs of the people of the Pharaoh said, "Do you leave Musa (علیہ السلام) and his people that they spread disorder in the land while he leaves you and your gods?" He said, " We shall slaughter their sons and let their women live. And we have full power over them."

قَالَ مُوْسٰى لِقَوْمِهِ اسْتَعِیْنُوْا بِاللّٰهِ وَ اصْبِرُوْا١ۚ اِنَّ الْاَرْضَ لِلّٰهِ١ۙ۫ یُوْرِثُهَا مَنْ یَّشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهٖ١ؕ وَ الْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِیْنَ ﴿١٢٨﴾Open ayah 7:128 in the Quran reader

And Musa said to his people," "Seek help from Allah and be patient. Surely, the land belongs to Allah. He lets whomsoever He wills, from among His slaves, inherit it. And the end-result is in favour of the God-fearing."

قَالُوْۤا اُوْذِیْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ تَاْتِیَنَا وَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا١ؕ قَالَ عَسٰى رَبُّكُمْ اَنْ یُّهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَ یَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِی الْاَرْضِ فَیَنْظُرَ كَیْفَ تَعْمَلُوْنَ۠ ﴿١٢٩﴾Open ayah 7:129 in the Quran reader

They said, "We were persecuted before you came to us, as well as, after you have come to us." He said, "It is likely that your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you successors in the earth, then He will see how you act."

وَ لَقَدْ اَخَذْنَاۤ اٰلَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِالسِّنِیْنَ وَ نَقْصٍ مِّنَ الثَّمَرٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَذَّكَّرُوْنَ ﴿١٣٠﴾Open ayah 7:130 in the Quran reader

And We seized the people of the Pharaoh with years of famine and loss of fruits, so that they may take lesson.

فَاِذَا جَآءَتْهُمُ الْحَسَنَةُ قَالُوْا لَنَا هٰذِهٖ١ۚ وَ اِنْ تُصِبْهُمْ سَیِّئَةٌ یَّطَّیَّرُوْا بِمُوْسٰى وَ مَنْ مَّعَهٗ١ؕ اَلَاۤ اِنَّمَا طٰٓئِرُهُمْ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ وَ لٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ ﴿١٣١﴾Open ayah 7:131 in the Quran reader

So when something good came to them they said, 'This is our right.' And if they suffered from something evil, they ascribed it as an ill omen to Musa and those with him. Listen, their omen lies with Allah only, but most of them do not know.

وَ قَالُوْا مَهْمَا تَاْتِنَا بِهٖ مِنْ اٰیَةٍ لِّتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا١ۙ فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِیْنَ ﴿١٣٢﴾Open ayah 7:132 in the Quran reader

And they said, "whatever sign you bring to us to enchant us therewith, we are not going to believe in you."

فَاَرْسَلْنَا عَلَیْهِمُ الطُّوْفَانَ وَ الْجَرَادَ وَ الْقُمَّلَ وَ الضَّفَادِعَ وَ الدَّمَ اٰیٰتٍ مُّفَصَّلٰتٍ١۫ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوْا وَ كَانُوْا قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِیْنَ ﴿١٣٣﴾Open ayah 7:133 in the Quran reader

So We sent upon them the storm and locusts, and pests, frogs and blood, signs distinct from each other. Yet they showed arrogance and they were a guilty people.[

وَ لَمَّا وَقَعَ عَلَیْهِمُ الرِّجْزُ قَالُوْا یٰمُوْسَى ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِنْدَكَ١ۚ لَئِنْ كَشَفْتَ عَنَّا الرِّجْزَ لَنُؤْمِنَنَّ لَكَ وَ لَنُرْسِلَنَّ مَعَكَ بَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَۚ ﴿١٣٤﴾Open ayah 7:134 in the Quran reader

And when the punishment fell upon them, they said, "O Musa, pray for us to your Lord by the covenant He has made with you. If you remove the punishment from us, we shall surely believe in you and shall send the children of Isra'il with you."

فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْزَ اِلٰۤى اَجَلٍ هُمْ بٰلِغُوْهُ اِذَا هُمْ یَنْكُثُوْنَ ﴿١٣٥﴾Open ayah 7:135 in the Quran reader

So when We removed the punishment from them, for a period of time that they had to reach, they suddenly started to break the promise.

فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَاَغْرَقْنٰهُمْ فِی الْیَمِّ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوْا بِاٰیٰتِنَا وَ كَانُوْا عَنْهَا غٰفِلِیْنَ ﴿١٣٦﴾Open ayah 7:136 in the Quran reader

Then we took vengeance from them, and drowned them in the sea, for they belied Our signs and were neglectful of them.