The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف

al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

7:71
7:71

qāla qad waqaʿa ʿalaykum min rabbikum rijsun wa-ghaḍabun ʾa-tujādilūnanī ʾasmāʾin sammaytumūhā ʾantum wa-ʾābāʾukum nazzala llāhu bihā min sulṭānin fa-ntaẓirū ʾinnī maʿakum mina l-muntaẓirīna

He said, ‘Punishment and wrath from your Lord has become due against you. Do you dispute with me regarding names, which you have named—you and your fathers—for which Allah has not sent down any authority? So wait! I too am waiting along with you.’

Ali Quli Qarai