سورة الأعراف، الآية ١٢٥
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ ١٢٥
qālū innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūna
They said, "Indeed, to our Lord we will return.
Verse 125 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:125), a Meccan surah, is in juz 9, on page 165 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.
78 recitations by 72 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
The magicians replied: 'Indeed we will return to our Lord alone, so we are not scared of what you threaten us with.'
They said, “We are surely returning to our Lord.
They said: "Verily, we are returning to our Lord.
They said: Lo! We are about to return unto our Lord!
They said: "For us, We are but sent back unto our Lord:
They said: Surely to our Lord shall we go back:
They said, "Surely to our Lord we are around (Literally: turning over).
قَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْثِرَكَ عَلَىٰ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنَا فَٱقْضِ مَآ أَنتَ قَاضٍ إِنَّمَا تَقْضِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَآ …
They said, "Never will we prefer you over what has come to us of clear proofs and [over] He who created us. So decree whatever you are to decree. You can only decree for this worldly life. …
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ
They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return.
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."
