The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
7:143
وَلَمَّا
جَاءَ
مُوسَى
لِمِيقَاتِنَا
وَكَلَّمَهُ
رَبُّهُ
قَالَ
رَبِّ
أَرِنِي
أَنظُرْ
إِلَيْكَ
قَالَ
لَن
تَرَانِي
وَلَكِنِ
انظُرْ
إِلَى
الْجَبَلِ
فَإِنِ
اسْتَقَرَّ
مَكَانَهُ
فَسَوْفَ
تَرَانِي
فَلَمَّا
تَجَلَّى
رَبُّهُ
لِلْجَبَلِ
جَعَلَهُ
دَكًّا
وَخَرَّ
مُوسَى
صَعِقًا
فَلَمَّا
أَفَاقَ
قَالَ
سُبْحَانَكَ
تُبْتُ
إِلَيْكَ
وَأَنَا
أَوَّلُ
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
wa-lammā jāʾa mūsā li-mīqātinā wa-kallamahū rabbuhū qāla rabbi ʾarinī ʾanẓur ʾilayka qāla lan tarānī wa-lākini nẓur ʾilā l-jabali fa-ʾini staqarra makānahū fa-sawfa tarānī fa-lammā tajallā rabbuhū li-l-jabali jaʿalahū dakkan wa-kharra mūsā ṣaʿiqan fa-lammā ʾafāqa qāla subḥānaka tubtu ʾilayka wa-ʾana ʾawwalu l-muʾminīna
During the appointment, the Lord spoke to Moses. He asked the Lord to show Himself so that he could look at Him. The Lord replied, "You can never see Me. But look at the mountain. If the mountain remains firm only then will you see Me." When the Lord manifested His Glory to the mountain, He turned it into dust and Moses fell down upon his face senseless. After regaining his senses, Moses said, "Lord, You are all Holy. I repent for what I asked you to do and I am the first to believe in You."
