A 'araaf (Al-A 'araaf)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ Alif. Lam. Mim. 1 This Book has been sent down to you; so do not hesitate to warn (the unbelievers) through it, and remind the faithful. 2 Follow what has been sent down to you by your Lord and do not follow any protector other than Him. How seldom you take heed. 3 How many a city We have destroyed! Our might came upon it at night, or while they took their ease in the noontide, 4 When Our wrath struck them, they could do nothing but confess to their sins. 5 Then We will surely question those to whom were the messengers sent, and We will surely question the sent ones. 6 Then surely We will recount unto them with knowledge, and We have not been absent. 7 On that Day, the weighing is true. He whose scales are heavy those are the prosperers, 8 As for those whose bad deeds weigh heavier, they will lose their souls for their injustice to Our revelations. 9 YEA, INDEED, [O men,] We have given you a [bountiful] place on earth, and appointed thereon means of livelihood for you: [yet] how seldom are you grateful! 10