The Heights · Surah 7

Lo! ye come with lust unto men instead of women. Nay, but ye are wanton folk

And the answer of his people was only that they said (one to another): Turn them out of your township. They are folk, forsooth, who keep pure

And We rescued him and his household, save his wife, who was of those who stayed behind

And We rained a rain upon them. See now the nature of the consequence of evil-doers

And unto Midian (We sent) their brother, Shu'eyb. He said: O my people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other Allah save Him. Lo! a clear proof hath come unto you from your Lord; so give full measure and full weight and wrong not mankind in their goods, and work not confusion in the earth after the fair ordering thereof. That will be better for you, if ye are believers

Lurk not on every road to threaten (wayfarers), and to turn away from Allah's path him who believeth in Him, and to seek to make it crooked. And remember, when ye were but few, how He did multiply you. And see the nature of the consequence for the corrupters

And if there is a party of you which believeth in that wherewith I have been sent, and there is a party which believeth not, then have patience until Allah judge between us. He is the Best of all who deal in judgment

The chieftains of his people, who were scornful, said: Surely we will drive thee out, O Shu'eyb, and those who believe with thee, from our township, unless ye return to our religion. He said: Even though we hate it

We should have invented a lie against Allah if we returned to your religion after Allah hath rescued us from it. It is not for us to return to it unless Allah our Lord should (so) will. Our Lord comprehendeth all things in knowledge. In Allah do we put our trust. Our Lord! Decide with truth between us and our folk, for Thou art the best of those who make decision

But the chieftains of his people, who were disbelieving, said: If ye follow Shu'eyb, then truly ye shall be the losers

So the earthquake seized them and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling-place

Those who denied Shu'eyb became as though they had not dwelt there. Those who denied Shu'eyb, they were the losers

So he turned from them and said: O my people! I delivered my Lord's messages unto you and gave you good advice; then how can I sorrow for a people that rejected (truth)

And We sent no prophet unto any township but We did afflict its folk with tribulation and adversity that haply they might grow humble

Then changed We the evil plight for good till they grew affluent and said: Tribulation and distress did touch our fathers. Then We seized them unawares, when they perceived not

And if the people of the townships had believed and kept from evil, surely We should have opened for them blessings from the sky and from the earth. But (unto every messenger) they gave the lie, and so We seized them on account of what they used to earn

Are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of Our wrath upon them as a night-raid while they sleep

Or are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of Our wrath upon them in the daytime while they play

Are they then secure from Allah's scheme? None deemeth himself secure from Allah's scheme save folk that perish

Is it not an indication to those who inherit the land after its people (who thus reaped the consequence of evil-doing) that, if We will, We can smite them for their sins and print upon their hearts so that they hear not

Such were the townships. We relate some tidings of them unto thee (Muhammad). Their messengers verily came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), but they could not believe because they had before denied. Thus doth Allah print upon the hearts of disbelievers (that they hear not)

We found no (loyalty to any) covenant in most of them. Nay, most of them We found wrong-doers

Then, after them, We sent Moses with our tokens unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they repelled them. Now, see the nature of the consequence for the corrupters

Moses said: O Pharaoh! Lo! I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds

Approved upon condition that I speak concerning Allah nothing but the truth. I come unto you (lords of Egypt) with a clear proof from your Lord. So let the Children of Israel go with me

(Pharaoh) said: If thou comest with a token, then produce it, if thou art of those who speak the truth

Then he flung down his staff and lo! it was a serpent manifest

And he drew forth his hand (from his bosom), and lo! it was white for the beholders

The chiefs of Pharaoh's people said: Lo! this is some knowing wizard

Who would expel you from your land. Now what do ye advise

They said (unto Pharaoh): Put him off (a while) - him and his brother - and send into the cities summoners

To bring each knowing wizard unto thee

And the wizards came to Pharaoh, saying: Surely there will be a reward for us if we are victors

He answered: Yes, and surely ye shall be of those brought near (to me)

They said: O Moses! Either throw (first) or let us be the first throwers

He said: Throw! And when they threw they cast a spell upon the people's eyes, and overawed them, and produced a mighty spell

And We inspired Moses (saying): Throw thy staff! And lo! it swallowed up their lying show

Thus was the Truth vindicated and that which they were doing was made vain

Thus were they there defeated and brought low

And the wizards fell down prostrate