The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف

al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

7:33

قُلْ

إِنَّمَا

حَرَّمَ

رَبِّيَ

الْفَوَاحِشَ

مَا

ظَهَرَ

مِنْهَا

وَمَا

بَطَنَ

وَالْإِثْمَ

وَالْبَغْيَ

بِغَيْرِ

الْحَقِّ

وَأَن

تُشْرِكُوا

بِاللَّهِ

مَا

لَمْ

يُنَزِّلْ

بِهِ

سُلْطَانًا

وَأَن

تَقُولُوا

عَلَى

اللَّهِ

مَا

لَا

تَعْلَمُونَ

qul ʾinnamā ḥarrama rabbiya l-fawāḥisha ẓahara minhā wa-mā baṭana wa-l-ʾithma wa-l-baghya bi-ghayri l-ḥaqqi wa-ʾan tushrikū bi-llāhi lam yunazzil bihī sulṭānan wa-ʾan taqūlū ʿalā llāhi taʿlamūna

(Muhammad), tell them, "My Lord has only prohibited indecent acts committed in public or in secret, all sins, unjust rebellion, considering things equal to God without any heavenly authority, and speaking for God without having any knowledge (of what He has said)."

Muhammad Sarwar