Quran 7:157 — Al-A'raaf, verse 157
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
who follow the Messenger- the unlettered prophet they find described in the Torah that is with them, and in the Gospel- who commands them to do right and forbids them to do wrong, who makes good things lawful to them and bad things unlawful, and relieves them of their burdens, and the iron collars that were on them. So it is those who believe him, honour and help him, and who follow the light which has been sent down with him, who will succeed.’
الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الرَّسُولَ النَّبِيَّ الْأُمِّيَّ الَّذِي يَجِدُونَهُ مَكْتُوبًا عِنْدَهُمْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ يَأْمُرُهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَاهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَائِثَ وَيَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ إِصْرَهُمْ وَالْأَغْلَالَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ فَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِهِ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَاتَّبَعُوا النُّورَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ مَعَهُ ۙ أُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
alladhīna yattabiʿūna l-rasūla l-nabiya l-umiya alladhī yajidūnahu maktūban ʿindahum fī l-tawrāti wal-injīli yamuruhum bil-maʿrūfi wayanhāhum ʿani l-munkari wayuḥillu lahumu l-ṭayibāti wayuḥarrimu ʿalayhimu l-khabāitha wayaḍaʿu ʿanhum iṣ'rahum wal-aghlāla allatī kānat ʿalayhim fa-alladhīna āmanū bihi waʿazzarūhu wanaṣarūhu wa-ittabaʿū l-nūra alladhī unzila maʿahu ulāika humu l-muf'liḥūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- those who follow the Messenger, 'the Prophet of the common folk, whom they find written down with them in the Torah and the Gospel, bidding them to honour, and forbidding them dishonour, making lawful for them the good things and making unlawful for them the corrupt things, and relieving them of their loads, and the fetters that were upon them. Those who believe in him and succour him and help him, and follow the light that has been sent down with him -- they are the prosperers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- those who shall follow the [last] Apostle, the unlettered Prophet whom they shall find described in the Torah that is with them, and [later on] in the Gospel: [the Prophet] who will enjoin upon them the doing of what is right and forbid them the doing of what is wrong, and make lawful to them the good things of life and forbid them the bad things, and lift from them their burdens and the shackles that were upon them [aforetime]. Those, therefore, who shall believe in him, and honour him, and succour him, and follow the light that has been bestowed from on high through him-it is they that shall attain to a happy state."
- Sahih International
- Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written [i.e., described] in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and prohibits them from what is wrong and makes lawful for them what is good and forbids them from what is evil and relieves them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them. So they who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him - it is those who will be the successful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | Those who | — |
| 2 | يَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūna | follow | تبع |
| 3 | ٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūla | the Messenger | رسل |
| 4 | ٱلنَّبِىَّl-nabiya | the Prophet | نبأ |
| 5 | ٱلْأُمِّىَّl-umiya | the unlettered | أمم |
| 6 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | whom | — |
| 7 | يَجِدُونَهُۥyajidūnahu | they find him | وجد |
| 8 | مَكْتُوبًاmaktūban | written | كتب |
| 9 | عِندَهُمْʿindahum | with them | عند |
| 10 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 11 | ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِl-tawrāti | the Taurat | — |
| 12 | وَٱلْإِنجِيلِwal-injīli | and the Injeel | — |
| 13 | يَأْمُرُهُمyamuruhum | He commands them | أمر |
| 14 | بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfi | to the right | عرف |
| 15 | وَيَنْهَىٰهُمْwayanhāhum | and forbids them | نهي |
| 16 | عَنِʿani | from | — |
| 17 | ٱلْمُنكَرِl-munkari | the wrong | نكر |
| 18 | وَيُحِلُّwayuḥillu | and he makes lawful | حلل |
| 19 | لَهُمُlahumu | for them | — |
| 20 | ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِl-ṭayibāti | the pure things | طيب |
| 21 | وَيُحَرِّمُwayuḥarrimu | and makes unlawful | حرم |
| 22 | عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimu | for them | — |
| 23 | ٱلْخَبَـٰٓئِثَl-khabāitha | the impure things | خبث |
| 24 | وَيَضَعُwayaḍaʿu | and he relieves | وضع |
| 25 | عَنْهُمْʿanhum | from them | — |
| 26 | إِصْرَهُمْiṣ'rahum | their burden | أصر |
| 27 | وَٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَwal-aghlāla | and the fetters | غلل |
| 28 | ٱلَّتِىallatī | which | — |
| 29 | كَانَتْkānat | were | كون |
| 30 | عَلَيْهِمْ ۚʿalayhim | upon them | — |
| 31 | فَٱلَّذِينَfa-alladhīna | So those who | — |
| 32 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 33 | بِهِۦbihi | in him | — |
| 34 | وَعَزَّرُوهُwaʿazzarūhu | and honor him | عزر |
| 35 | وَنَصَرُوهُwanaṣarūhu | and help him | نصر |
| 36 | وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟wa-ittabaʿū | and follow | تبع |
| 37 | ٱلنُّورَl-nūra | the light | نور |
| 38 | ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī | which | — |
| 39 | أُنزِلَunzila | has been sent down | نزل |
| 40 | مَعَهُۥٓ ۙmaʿahu | with him | — |
| 41 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | Those (are) | — |
| 42 | هُمُhumu | [they] | — |
| 43 | ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَl-muf'liḥūna | the successful ones | فلح |