سُورَةُ الأَعْرَاف

Al-A'raf, The Heights

The seventh surah of the Qur'an, 206 ayahs, revealed in Makkah. The Prophet ﷺ sometimes recited all of it in the sunset prayer.

The high wall of the Heights between a green garden and a barren land (7:46)

وَإِذۡ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَأَشۡهَدَهُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ أَلَسۡتُ بِرَبِّكُمۡ قَالُواْ بَلَىٰ شَهِدۡنَآ

And when your Lord took from the children of Adam, from their loins, their descendants, and made them bear witness about themselves: “Am I not your Lord?” They said, “Yes, we bear witness.” (7:172)

The surah, ayah by ayah

Ayah 206Ayah 1

One stroke for each ayah, from right to left, coloured by theme. The gold stroke is ayah 172: “am I not your Lord?”. Tap a colour to open its theme.

Eleven themes

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