15. Al-Hijr

1 Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture and a plain Reading

2 It may be that those who disbelieve wish ardently that they were Muslims

3 Let them eat and enjoy life, and let (false) hope beguile them. They will come to know

4 And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it

5 No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind

6 And they say: O thou unto whom the Reminder is revealed, lo! thou art indeed a madman

7 Why bringest thou not angels unto us, if thou art of the truthful

8 We send not down the angels save with the Fact, and in that case (the disbelievers) would not be tolerated

9 Lo! We, even We, reveal the Reminder, and lo! We verily are its Guardian

10 We verily sent (messengers) before thee among the factions of the men of old

11 And never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him

12 Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty

13 They believe not therein, though the example of the men of old hath gone before

14 And even if We opened unto them a gate of heaven and they kept mounting through it

15 They would say: Our sight is wrong - nay, but we are folk bewitched

16 And verily in the heaven we have set mansions of the stars, and We have beautified it for beholders

17 And We have guarded it from every outcast devil

18 Save him who stealeth the hearing, and them doth a clear flame pursue

19 And the earth have We spread out, and placed therein firm hills, and caused each seemly thing to grow therein

20 And we have given unto you livelihoods therein, and unto those for whom ye provide not

21 And there is not a thing but with Us are the stores thereof. And we send it not down save in appointed measure

22 And We send the winds fertilising, and cause water to descend from the sky, and give it you to drink. It is not ye who are the holders of the store thereof

23 Lo! and it is We, even We, Who quicken and give death, and We are the Inheritor

24 And verily We know the eager among you and verily We know the laggards

25 Lo! thy Lord will gather them together. Lo! He is Wise, Aware

26 Verily We created man of potter's clay of black mud altered

27 And the jinn did We create aforetime of essential fire

28 And (remember) when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am creating a mortal out of potter's clay of black mud altered

29 So, when I have made him and have breathed into him of My Spirit, do ye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him

30 So the angels fell prostrate, all of them together

31 Save Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate

32 He said: O Iblis! What aileth thee that thou art not among the prostrate

33 He said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast created out of potter's clay of black mud altered

34 He said: Then go thou forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast

35 And lo! the curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Judgment

36 He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised

37 He said: Then lo! thou art of those reprieved

38 Till the Day of appointed time

39 He said: My Lord! Because Thou hast sent me astray, I verily shall adorn the path of error for them in the earth, and shall mislead them every one

40 Save such of them as are Thy perfectly devoted slaves

41 He said: This is a right course incumbent upon Me

42 Lo! as for My slaves, thou hast no power over any of them save such of the froward as follow thee

43 And lo! for all such, hell will be the promised place

44 It hath seven gates, and each gate hath an appointed portion

45 Lo! those who ward off (evil) are among gardens and watersprings

46 (And it is said unto them): Enter them in peace, secure

47 And We remove whatever rancour may be in their breasts. As brethren, face to face, (they rest) on couches raised

48 Toil cometh not unto them there, nor will they be expelled from thence

49 Announce, (O Muhammad) unto My slaves that verily I am the Forgiving, the Merciful

50 And that My doom is the dolorous doom

51 And tell them of Abraham's guests

52 (How) when they came in unto him, and said: Peace. He said: Lo! we are afraid of you

53 They said: Be not afraid! Lo! we bring thee good tidings of a boy possessing wisdom

54 He said: Bring ye me good tidings (of a son) when old age hath overtaken me? Of what then can ye bring good tidings

55 They said: We bring thee good tidings in truth. So be not thou of the despairing

56 He said: And who despaireth of the mercy of his Lord save those who are astray

57 He said: And afterward what is your business, O ye messengers (of Allah)

58 They said: We have been sent unto a guilty folk

59 (All) save the family of Lot. Them we shall deliver every one

60 Except his wife, of whom We had decreed that she should be of those who stay behind

61 And when the messengers came unto the family of Lot

62 He said: Lo! ye are folk unknown (to me)

63 They said: Nay, but we bring thee that concerning which they keep disputing

64 And bring thee the Truth, and lo! we are truth-tellers

65 So travel with thy household in a portion of the night, and follow thou their backs. Let none of you turn round, but go whither ye are commanded

66 And We made plain the case to him, that the root of them (who did wrong) was to be cut at early morn

67 And the people of the city came, rejoicing at the news (of new arrivals)

68 He said: Lo! they are my guests. Affront me not

69 And keep your duty to Allah, and shame me not

70 They said; Have we not forbidden you from (entertaining) anyone

71 He said: Here are my daughters, if ye must be doing (so)

72 By thy life (O Muhammad) they moved blindly in the frenzy of approaching death

73 Then the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the sunrise

74 And We utterly confounded them, and We rained upon them stones of heated clay

75 Lo! therein verily are portents for those who read the signs

76 And lo! it is upon a road still uneffaced

77 Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers

78 And the dwellers in the wood indeed were evil-doers

79 So we took vengeance on them; and lo! they both are on a high-road plain to see

80 And the dwellers in Al-Hijr denied (Our) messengers

81 And we gave them Our revelations, but they were averse to them

82 And they used to hew out dwellings from the hills, (wherein they dwelt) secure

83 But the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the morning hour

84 And that which they were wont to count as gain availed them not

85 We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them save with truth, and lo! the Hour is surely coming. So forgive, (O Muhammad), with a gracious forgiveness

86 Lo! Thy Lord! He is the All-Wise Creator

87 We have given thee seven of the oft-repeated (verses) and the great Qur'an

88 Strain not thine eyes toward that which We cause some wedded pairs among them to enjoin, and be not grieved on their account, and lower thy wing (in tenderness) for the believers

89 And say: Lo! I, even I, am a plain warner

90 Such as We send down for those who make division

91 Those who break the Qur'an into parts

92 Them, by thy Lord, We shall question, every one

93 Of what they used to do

94 So proclaim that which thou art commanded, and withdraw from the idolaters

95 Lo! We defend thee from the scoffers

96 Who set some other god along with Allah. But they will come to know

97 Well know We that thy bosom is oppressed by what they say

98 But hymn the praise of thy Lord, and be of those who make prostration (unto Him)

99 And serve thy Lord till the Inevitable cometh unto thee