Quran | Surah 7 - Al-A'raf (The Heights) | Sheikh Abdur-Rahman As-Sudais
﷽ Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful #quran #islam #muslim **************** Al-Araf (Arabic: ٱلأعراف, al-ʾAʿrāf; meaning: The Heights) is the 7th chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an, with 206 verses (āyāt). Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (Asbāb al-nuzūl), it is a "Meccan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca. Sura 7 of the Quran ٱلْأَعْرَاف Al-Aʿraf The Elevation Classification Meccan Other names The Purgatory, Position Juzʼ 8—9 Hizb no. 16—18 No. of Rukus 24 No. of verses 206 No. of Sajdahs 1 (verse 206) Opening muqaṭṭaʻāt ʾAlif Lām Mīm Ṣād المص This chapter takes its name from verses 46–47, in which the word A'araf appears. 1-2 Muhammad not to doubt the Quran 3 The people exhorted to believe in it 4-5 Many cities destroyed for their unbelief 6-9 Prophets and their hearers on the judgment-day 10 The ingratitude of infidels 11 The creation of Adam 11-12 Satan refuses to obey Allah by bowing to Adam 13 He is driven from Paradise 14-15 He is respited until the resurrection 16-17 He avows his purpose to beguile man 18 God threatens Satan and his victims 19-24 The fall of Adam and Eve 25-26 They are expelled from Paradise 27-29 Indecent customs condemned 30-31 God to be sought in prayer 32-34 True worshippers to be decently clad 35 Every nation has a fixed term of life 36-42 The doom of those who reject the apostles of God 43-45 The blessed reward of true believers 45-46 God's curse on the infidels 47-50 The veil of Aráf and its inhabitants 51-52 The rejecters of God's apostles to be forgotten 53-54 A warning against rejecting Muhammad 55-59 The Creator and Lord of the worlds to be served 60-65 Noah rejected by his people—their fate 66-73 Húd rejected by the Ádites—their fate 74-80 Sálih rejected by the Thamúdites—their destruction 81-85 Lot rejected and the Sodomites destroyed 86-94 Shuaib rejected by the Madianites, and their doom 95-96 Unbelievers at Makkah unaffected either by adversity or prosperity 97-101 The dreadful fate of those cities who rejected the apostles of God and charged them with imposture 102-103 They are reprobated 104-105 Moses is sent to Pharaoh and his princes 106-108 The miracles of the serpent and leprous hand 109-115 The magicians of Egypt called 116-120 Contest by miracles between Moses and the magicians 121-123 Several magicians converted to Moses 124-127 Pharaoh's anger kindled against them 128 Pharaoh and his princes persecute Moses and his people 129-130 Moses exhorts his people to patient trust in God 131-132 Adversity and prosperity alike unavailing to bring Pharaoh to repentance 133-134 The Egyptian unbelievers plagued 135 The hypocrisy of the Egyptians 136 They are destroyed in the Red Sea 137 The people of Moses triumph, and possess the eastern and western land 138-141 The children of Israel become idolatrous 142 Moses makes Aaron his deputy, and fasts forty days 143 He desires to see the glory of God, but repents his rashness 144-145 God gives Moses the law on two tables 146-147 Infidels threatened for calling their prophets impostors 148 The people of Moses worship the golden calf 149 They repent their sin 150 Moses in indignation assaults Aaron 151 He prays for forgiveness for himself and Aaron 152 He calls for vengeance on the idolaters 153 God merciful to believers 154 Moses's anger is appeased 155 He chooses seventy elders 155-156 Moses prays for deliverance from destruction by lightning 156-159 The Illiterate Prophet foretold by Moses 160 Some Jews rightly directed 161 The Israelites divided into twelve tribes 161 The rock smitten, and manna and quails given 162-163 The command to enter the city saying Hittatun, and the fate of the disobedient 164-167 The Sabbath-breakers changed into apes The Quran (/kʊrˈɑːn/, kuurr-AHN;Arabic: القرآن al-Qurʼān [alqurˈʔaːn], "the recitation"), also romanized Qur'an or Koran,is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God (Allah).It is widely regarded as the finest work in classical Arabic literature.It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: سور suwar, sing.: سورة sūrah), which consist of verses (pl.: آيات āyāt, sing.: آية āyah, cons.: āyat). The Quran القرآن al-Qurʼān Religion Islam Language Classical Arabic Period 610–632 CE Chapters 114 Muslims believe that the Quran was orally revealed by God to the final prophet, Muhammad, and the culmination of a series of divine messages starting with those revealed to Adam, including the Tawrah (Torah), the Zabur (Psalms) and the Injil (Gospel)
