15 - Surah Al-Hijr الحجر

Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur'an.

alif-lam-ra til'ka āyātu l-kitābi waqur'ānin mubīnin

Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims.

rubamā yawaddu alladhīna kafarū law kānū mus'limīna

Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.

dharhum yakulū wayatamattaʿū wayul'hihimu l-amalu fasawfa yaʿlamūna

And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.

wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā walahā kitābun maʿlūmun

No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.

mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wamā yastakhirūna

And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.

waqālū yāayyuhā alladhī nuzzila ʿalayhi l-dhik'ru innaka lamajnūnun

Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"

law mā tatīnā bil-malāikati in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna

We do not send down the angels except with truth; and the disbelievers would not then be reprieved.

mā nunazzilu l-malāikata illā bil-ḥaqi wamā kānū idhan munẓarīna

Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be its guardian.

innā naḥnu nazzalnā l-dhik'ra wa-innā lahu laḥāfiẓūna

And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples.

walaqad arsalnā min qablika fī shiyaʿi l-awalīna

And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.

wamā yatīhim min rasūlin illā kānū bihi yastahziūna

Thus do We insert denial into the hearts of the criminals.

kadhālika naslukuhu fī qulūbi l-muj'rimīna

They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.

lā yu'minūna bihi waqad khalat sunnatu l-awalīna

And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,

walaw fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban mina l-samāi faẓallū fīhi yaʿrujūna

They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."

laqālū innamā sukkirat abṣārunā bal naḥnu qawmun masḥūrūna

And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.

walaqad jaʿalnā fī l-samāi burūjan wazayyannāhā lilnnāẓirīna

And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allah]

waḥafiẓ'nāhā min kulli shayṭānin rajīmin

Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.

illā mani is'taraqa l-samʿa fa-atbaʿahu shihābun mubīnun

And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.

wal-arḍa madadnāhā wa-alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa-anbatnā fīhā min kulli shayin mawzūnin

And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers.

wajaʿalnā lakum fīhā maʿāyisha waman lastum lahu birāziqīna

And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known measure.

wa-in min shayin illā ʿindanā khazāinuhu wamā nunazziluhu illā biqadarin maʿlūmin

And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.

wa-arsalnā l-riyāḥa lawāqiḥa fa-anzalnā mina l-samāi māan fa-asqaynākumūhu wamā antum lahu bikhāzinīna

And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.

wa-innā lanaḥnu nuḥ'yī wanumītu wanaḥnu l-wārithūna

And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].

walaqad ʿalim'nā l-mus'taqdimīna minkum walaqad ʿalim'nā l-mus'takhirīna

And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.

wa-inna rabbaka huwa yaḥshuruhum innahu ḥakīmun ʿalīmun

And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.

walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin

And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.

wal-jāna khalaqnāhu min qablu min nāri l-samūmi

And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.

wa-idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin

And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."

fa-idhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīna

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

fasajada l-malāikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūna

Except Iblees, he refused to be with those who prostrated.

illā ib'līsa abā an yakūna maʿa l-sājidīna

[Allah] said, O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?"

qāla yāib'līsu mā laka allā takūna maʿa l-sājidīna

He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."

qāla lam akun li-asjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin

[Allah] said, "Then get out of it, for indeed, you are expelled.

qāla fa-ukh'ruj min'hā fa-innaka rajīmun

And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense."

wa-inna ʿalayka l-laʿnata ilā yawmi l-dīni

He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

qāla rabbi fa-anẓir'nī ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna

[Allah] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved

qāla fa-innaka mina l-munẓarīna

Until the Day of the time well-known."

ilā yawmi l-waqti l-maʿlūmi

[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all

qāla rabbi bimā aghwaytanī la-uzayyinanna lahum fī l-arḍi wala-ugh'wiyannahum ajmaʿīna

Except, among them, Your chosen servants."

illā ʿibādaka min'humu l-mukh'laṣīna

[Allah] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.

qāla hādhā ṣirāṭun ʿalayya mus'taqīmun

Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.

inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sul'ṭānun illā mani ittabaʿaka mina l-ghāwīna

And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all.

wa-inna jahannama lamawʿiduhum ajmaʿīna

It has seven gates; for every gate is of them a portion designated."

lahā sabʿatu abwābin likulli bābin min'hum juz'on maqsūmun

Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs.

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin waʿuyūnin

[Having been told], "Enter it in peace, safe [and secure]."

ud'khulūhā bisalāmin āminīna

And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment, [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other.

wanazaʿnā mā fī ṣudūrihim min ghillin ikh'wānan ʿalā sururin mutaqābilīna

No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed.

lā yamassuhum fīhā naṣabun wamā hum min'hā bimukh'rajīna

[O Muhammad], inform My servants that it is I who am the Forgiving, the Merciful.

nabbi ʿibādī annī anā l-ghafūru l-raḥīmu

And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment.

wa-anna ʿadhābī huwa l-ʿadhābu l-alīmu

And inform them about the guests of Abraham,

wanabbi'hum ʿan ḍayfi ib'rāhīma

When they entered upon him and said, "Peace." [Abraham] said, "Indeed, we are fearful of you."

idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla innā minkum wajilūna

[The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy."

qālū lā tawjal innā nubashiruka bighulāmin ʿalīmin

He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?"

qāla abashartumūnī ʿalā an massaniya l-kibaru fabima tubashirūna

They said, "We have given you good tidings in truth, so do not be of the despairing."

qālū basharnāka bil-ḥaqi falā takun mina l-qāniṭīna

He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"

qāla waman yaqnaṭu min raḥmati rabbihi illā l-ḍālūna

[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā l-mur'salūna

They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals,

qālū innā ur'sil'nā ilā qawmin muj'rimīna

Except the family of Lot; indeed, we will save them all

illā āla lūṭin innā lamunajjūhum ajmaʿīna

Except his wife." Allah decreed that she is of those who remain behind.

illā im'ra-atahu qaddarnā innahā lamina l-ghābirīna

And when the messengers came to the family of Lot,

falammā jāa āla lūṭin l-mur'salūna

He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown."

qāla innakum qawmun munkarūna

They said, "But we have come to you with that about which they were disputing,

qālū bal ji'nāka bimā kānū fīhi yamtarūna

And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful.

wa-ataynāka bil-ḥaqi wa-innā laṣādiqūna

So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded."

fa-asri bi-ahlika biqiṭ'ʿin mina al-layli wa-ittabiʿ adbārahum walā yaltafit minkum aḥadun wa-im'ḍū ḥaythu tu'marūna

And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.

waqaḍaynā ilayhi dhālika l-amra anna dābira hāulāi maqṭūʿun muṣ'biḥīna

And the people of the city came rejoicing.

wajāa ahlu l-madīnati yastabshirūna

[Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me.

qāla inna hāulāi ḍayfī falā tafḍaḥūni

And fear Allah and do not disgrace me."

wa-ittaqū l-laha walā tukh'zūni

They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"

qālū awalam nanhaka ʿani l-ʿālamīna

[Lot] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."

qāla hāulāi banātī in kuntum fāʿilīna

By your life, [O Muhammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.

laʿamruka innahum lafī sakratihim yaʿmahūna

So the shriek seized them at sunrise.

fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu mush'riqīna

And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.

fajaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min sijjīlin

Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.

inna fī dhālika laāyātin lil'mutawassimīna

And indeed, those cities are [situated] on an established road.

wa-innahā labisabīlin muqīmin

Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

inna fī dhālika laāyatan lil'mu'minīna

And the companions of the thicket were [also] wrongdoers.

wa-in kāna aṣḥābu l-aykati laẓālimīna

So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway.

fa-intaqamnā min'hum wa-innahumā labi-imāmin mubīnin

And certainly did the companions of Thamud deny the messengers.

walaqad kadhaba aṣḥābu l-ḥij'ri l-mur'salīna

And We gave them Our signs, but from them they were turning away.

waātaynāhum āyātinā fakānū ʿanhā muʿ'riḍīna

And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.

wakānū yanḥitūna mina l-jibāli buyūtan āminīna

But the shriek seized them at early morning.

fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu muṣ'biḥīna

So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn.

famā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yaksibūna

And We have not created the heavens and earth and that between them except in truth. And indeed, the Hour is coming; so forgive with gracious forgiveness.

wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā illā bil-ḥaqi wa-inna l-sāʿata laātiyatun fa-iṣ'faḥi l-ṣafḥa l-jamīla

Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator.

inna rabbaka huwa l-khalāqu l-ʿalīmu

And We have certainly given you, [O Muhammad], seven of the often repeated [verses] and the great Qur'an.

walaqad ātaynāka sabʿan mina l-mathānī wal-qur'āna l-ʿaẓīma

Do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of the disbelievers, and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing to the believers

lā tamuddanna ʿaynayka ilā mā mattaʿnā bihi azwājan min'hum walā taḥzan ʿalayhim wa-ikh'fiḍ janāḥaka lil'mu'minīna

And say, "Indeed, I am the clear warner" -

waqul innī anā l-nadhīru l-mubīnu

Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separators

kamā anzalnā ʿalā l-muq'tasimīna

Who have made the Qur'an into portions.

alladhīna jaʿalū l-qur'āna ʿiḍīna

So by your Lord, We will surely question them all

fawarabbika lanasalannahum ajmaʿīna

About what they used to do.

ʿammā kānū yaʿmalūna

Then declare what you are commanded and turn away from the polytheists.

fa-iṣ'daʿ bimā tu'maru wa-aʿriḍ ʿani l-mush'rikīna

Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers

innā kafaynāka l-mus'tahziīna

Who make [equal] with Allah another deity. But they are going to know.

alladhīna yajʿalūna maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fasawfa yaʿlamūna

And We already know that your breast is constrained by what they say.

walaqad naʿlamu annaka yaḍīqu ṣadruka bimā yaqūlūna

So exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord and be of those who prostrate [to Him].

fasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika wakun mina l-sājidīna

And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty (death).

wa-uʿ'bud rabbaka ḥattā yatiyaka l-yaqīnu