Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:53

7:53

هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأْوِيلَهُۥ ۚ يَوْمَ يَأْتِى تَأْوِيلُهُۥ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ فَهَل لَّنَا مِن شُفَعَآءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا۟ لَنَآ أَوْ نُرَدُّ فَنَعْمَلَ غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ ۚ قَدْ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

hal yanẓurūna illā tawīlahu yawma yatī tawīluhu yaqūlu alladhīna nasūhu min qablu qad jāat rusulu rabbinā bil-ḥaqi fahal lanā min shufaʿāa fayashfaʿū lanā aw nuraddu fanaʿmala ghayra alladhī kunnā naʿmalu qad khasirū anfusahum waḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūna

Do they await except its result? The Day its result comes, those who had ignored it before will say, "The messengers of our Lord had come with the truth, so are there [now] any intercessors to intercede for us or could we be sent back to do other than what we used to do?" They will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

— Saheeh International

What are they waiting for but the fulfilment of its [final prophecy]? On the Day it is fulfilled, those who had ignored it will say, ‘Our Lord’s messenger spoke the truth. Is there anyone to intercede for us now? Or can we be sent back to behave differently from the way we behaved before?’ They will really have squandered their souls, and all [the idols] they invented will have deserted them.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Await they just for the final fullfilment of the event? On the Day the event is finally fulfilled (i.e. the Day of Resurrection), those who neglected it before will say: "Verily, the Messengers of our Lord did come with the truth, now are there any intercessors for us that they might intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back (to the first life of the world) so that we might do (good) deeds other than those (evil) deeds which we used to do?" Verily, they have lost their ownselves (i.e. destroyed themselves) and that which they used to fabricate (invoking and worshipping others besides Allâh) has gone away from them.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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هَلْhalDo
يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey wait
إِلَّاillāexcept
تَأْوِيلَهُۥۚtawīlahu(for) its fulfillment
يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
يَأْتِىyatī(will) come
تَأْوِيلُهُۥtawīluhuits fulfillment
يَقُولُyaqūluwill say
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
نَسُوهُnasūhuhad forgotten it
مِنminfrom
قَبْلُqablubefore
قَدْqadVerily
جَآءَتْjāathad come
رُسُلُrusulu(the) Messengers
رَبِّنَاrabbinā(of) our Lord
بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truth
فَهَلfahalso are (there)
لَّنَاlanāfor us
مِنminany
شُفَعَآءَshufaʿāaintercessors
فَيَشْفَعُوا۟fayashfaʿūso (that) they intercede
لَنَآlanāfor us
أَوْawor
نُرَدُّnuradduwe are sent back
فَنَعْمَلَfanaʿmalaso (that) we do (deeds)
غَيْرَghayraother than
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat which
كُنَّاkunnāwe used to
نَعْمَلُۚnaʿmaludo
قَدْqadVerily
خَسِرُوٓا۟khasirūthey lost
أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
وَضَلَّwaḍallaand strayed
عَنْهُمʿanhumfrom them
مَّاmāwhat
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnainvent