The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف

al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

7:101

تِلْكَ

الْقُرَى

نَقُصُّ

عَلَيْكَ

مِنْ

أَنبَائِهَا

وَلَقَدْ

جَاءَتْهُمْ

رُسُلُهُم

بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ

فَمَا

كَانُوا

لِيُؤْمِنُوا

بِمَا

كَذَّبُوا

مِن

قَبْلُ

كَذَلِكَ

يَطْبَعُ

اللَّهُ

عَلَى

قُلُوبِ

الْكَافِرِينَ

tilka l-qurā naquṣṣu ʿalayka min ʾanbāʾihā wa-la-qad jāʾathum rusuluhum bi-l-bayyināti fa-mā kānū li-yuʾminū bi-mā kadhdhabū min qablu ka-dhālika yaṭbaʿu llāhu ʿalā qulūbi l-kāfirīna

(Muhammad), such were the stories of the people who lived in (different) towns in the past. We had sent Our Messengers to them with (certain) miracles but the people still did not believe in what they had rejected before. Such is how God seals the hearts of the unbelievers.

Muhammad Sarwar