The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف

Al A‘rāf (The Heights)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

7:53
7:53

hal yanẓurūna ʾillā taʾwīlahū yawma yaʾtī taʾwīluhū yaqūlu lladhīna nasūhu min qablu qad jāʾat rusulu rabbinā bi-l-ḥaqqi fa-hal lanā min shufaʿāʾa fa-yashfaʿū lanā ʾaw nuraddu fa-naʿmala ghayra lladhī kunnā naʿmalu qad khasirū ʾanfusahum wa-ḍalla ʿanhum kānū yaftarūna

Do they not consider [the consequences of] its fulfillment? The day when its fulfillment comes, those who had forgotten it before will say, ‘Our Lord’s apostles had certainly brought the truth. If only we had some intercessors to intercede for us, or we would be returned, so that we may do differently from what we did!’ They have certainly ruined their souls, and what they used to fabricate has forsaken them.

Ali Quli Qarai