English translation of the meaning Page No 168

Quran in English Language - Page no 168 168

Sura Al-A'raf from 144 to 149


144. ( Allâh ) said: « O Mûsâ ( Moses ) I have chosen you above men by My Messages, and by My speaking ( to you ) . So hold that which I have given you and be of the grateful. »
145. And We wrote for him on the Tablets the lesson to be drawn from all things and the explanation for all things ( and said ) : Hold unto these with firmness, and enjoin your people to take the better therein. I shall show you the home of Al- Fâsiqûn ( the rebellious, disobedient to Allâh ) .
146. I shall turn away from My Ayât ( verses of the Qur’ân ) those who behave arrogantly on the earth, without a right, and ( even ) if they see all the Ayât ( proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc. ) , they will not believe in them. And if they see the way of righteousness ( monotheism, piety, and good deeds ) , they will not adopt it as the Way, but if they see the way of error ( polytheism, crimes and evil deeds ) , they will adopt that way, that is because they have rejected Our Ayât ( proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc. ) and were heedless ( to learn a lesson ) from them.
147. Those who deny Our Ayât ( proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc. ) and the Meeting in the Hereafter ( Day of Resurrection, ) , vain are their deeds. Are they requited with anything except what they used to do?
148. And the people of Mûsâ ( Moses ) made in his absence, out of their ornaments, the image of a calf ( for worship ) . It had a sound ( as if it was mooing ) . Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor guide them to the way? They took it ( for worship ) and they were Zâlimûn ( wrong- doers ) .
149. And when they regretted and saw that they had gone astray, they ( repented and ) said: « If our Lord have not mercy upon us and forgive us, we shall certainly be of the losers. »