| 15 ) Hijr | |||
| 1 | Alif Lam Ra. These are the Ayats of Revelation of a Qur'an that makes things clear. | ||
| 2 | Again and again will those who disbelieve wish that they had bowed ( to Allah's Will ) in Islam. | ||
| 3 | Leave them alone to enjoy ( the good things of this life ) and to please themselves: let ( false ) Hope amuse them: soon will knowledge ( undeceive them ). | ||
| 4 | Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand. | ||
| 5 | Neither can a people anticipate its Term nor delay it. | ||
| 6 | They say: " O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! Truly thou art mad ( or possessed )! | ||
| 7 | " Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth? " | ||
| 8 | We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came ( to the ungodly ) behold! no respite would they have! | ||
| 9 | We have without doubt sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it ( from corruption ). | ||
| 10 | We did send apostles before thee amongst the religious sects of old: | ||
| 11 | But never came an apostle to them but they mocked him. | ||
| 12 | Even so do We let it creep into the hearts of the sinners | ||
| 13 | That they should not believe in the ( Message ); but the ways of the ancients have passed away. | ||
| 14 | Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven and they were to continue ( all day ) ascending therein. | ||
| 15 | They would only say: " Our eyes have been intoxicated: nay we have been bewitched by sorcery. " | ||
| 16 | It is We who have set out the Zodiacal Signs in the heavens and made them fair-seeming to ( all ) beholders; | ||
| 17 | And ( moreover ) we have guarded them from every evil spirit accursed: | ||
| 18 | But any that gains a hearing by stealth is pursued by a flaming fire bright ( to see ). | ||
| 19 | And the earth We have spread out ( like a carpet ); set thereon mountains firm and immovable; and produced therein all kinds of things in due balance. | ||
| 20 | And We have provided therein means of subsistence for you and for those for whose sustenance ye are not responsible. | ||
| 21 | And there is not a thing but its ( sources and ) treasures ( inexhaustible ) are with Us; but We only send down thereof in due and ascertainable measures. | ||
| 22 | And We send the fecundating winds then cause the rain to descend from the sky therewith providing you with water ( in abundance ) though ye are not the guardians of its stores. | ||
| 23 | And verily it is We Who give life and who give death: it is We Who remain Inheritors ( after all else passes away ). | ||
| 24 | To Us are known those of you who hasten forward and those who lag behind. | ||
| 25 | Assuredly it is thy Lord who will gather them together: for He is Perfect in Wisdom and Knowledge. | ||
| 26 | We created man from sounding clay from mud molded into shape; | ||
| 27 | And the Jinn race We had created before from the fire of a scorching wind. | ||
| 28 | Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: " I am about to create man from sounding clay from mud molded into shape; | ||
| 29 | " When I have fashioned him ( in due proportion ) and breathed into him of My spirit fall ye down in obeisance unto him. " | ||
| 30 | So the angels prostrated themselves all of them together: | ||
| 31 | Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves. | ||
| 32 | ( Allah ) said: " O Iblis! what is your reason for not being among those who prostrated themselves? " | ||
| 33 | ( Iblis ) said: " I am not one to prostrate myself to man whom thou didst create from sounding clay from mud molded into shape. " | ||
| 34 | ( Allah ) said: " Then get thee out from here; for thou art rejected accursed. | ||
| 35 | " And the Curse shall be on thee till the Day of Judgment. " | ||
| 36 | ( Iblis ) said: " O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the ( dead ) are raised. " | ||
| 37 | ( Allah ) said: " Respite is granted thee | ||
| 38 | " Till the Day of the Time Appointed. " | ||
| 39 | ( Iblis ) said: " O my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong I will make ( wrong ) fair-seeming to them on the earth and I will put them all in the wrong | ||
| 40 | " Except Thy servants among them sincere and purified ( by Thy grace ). " | ||
| 41 | ( Allah ) said: " This ( Way of My sincere servants ) is indeed a Way that leads straight to Me. | ||
| 42 | " For over My servants no authority shalt thou have except such as put themselves in the wrong and follow thee. " | ||
| 43 | And verily Hell is the promised abode for them all! | ||
| 44 | To it are seven Gates: for each of those Gates is ( special ) class ( of sinners assigned ). | ||
| 45 | The righteous ( will be ) amid Gardens and fountains ( of clear-flowing water ). | ||
| 46 | ( Their greeting will be ): " Enter ye here in Peace and Security. " | ||
| 47 | And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury: ( they will be ) brothers ( joyfully ) facing each other on thrones ( of dignity ). | ||
| 48 | There no sense of fatigue shall touch them nor shall they ( ever ) be asked to leave. | ||
| 49 | Tell My servants that I am indeed the Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful; | ||
| 50 | And that My Penalty will be indeed the most grievous Penalty. | ||
| 51 | Tell them about the guests of Abraham. | ||
| 52 | When they entered his presence and said " Peace! " He said " We feel afraid of you! " | ||
| 53 | They said: " Fear not! we give thee glad tidings of a son endowed with wisdom. " | ||
| 54 | He said: " Do ye give me glad tidings that old age has seized me? Of what then is your good news? " | ||
| 55 | They said: " We give thee glad tidings in truth: be not then in despair! " | ||
| 56 | He said: " And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord but such as go astray? " | ||
| 57 | Abraham said: " What then is the business on which ye ( have come ) O ye messengers ( of Allah )? " | ||
| 58 | They said: " We have been sent to a people ( deep ) in sin. | ||
| 59 | " Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly ( charged ) to save ( from harm ) all | ||
| 60 | " Except his wife who we have ascertained will be among those who will lag behind. " | ||
| 61 | At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of Lut. | ||
| 62 | He said: " Ye appear to be uncommon folk. " | ||
| 63 | They said: " Yea we have come to thee to accomplish that of which they doubt. | ||
| 64 | " We have brought to thee that which is inevitably due and assuredly we tell the truth. | ||
| 65 | " Then travel by night with thy household when a portion of the night ( yet remains ) and do thou bring up the rear: let no one amongst you look back but pass on whither ye are ordered. " | ||
| 66 | And We made known this decree to him that the last remnants of those ( sinners ) should be cut off by the morning. | ||
| 67 | The inhabitants of the City came in ( mad ) joy ( at news of the young men ). | ||
| 68 | Lut said: " These are my guests: disgrace me not: | ||
| 69 | " But fear Allah and shame me not. " | ||
| 70 | They said: " Did we not forbid thee ( to speak ) for all and sundry? " | ||
| 71 | He said: " There are my daughters ( to marry ). If ye must act ( so ). " | ||
| 72 | Verily by thy life ( O Prophet ) in their wild intoxication they wander in distraction to and fro. | ||
| 73 | But the ( mighty ) Blast overtook them before morning. | ||
| 74 | And We turned ( the Cities ) upside down and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay. | ||
| 75 | Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand. | ||
| 76 | And the ( cities were ) right on the highroad. | ||
| 77 | Behold! in this is a Sign for those who believe! | ||
| 78 | And the Companions of the Wood were also wrongdoers; | ||
| 79 | So We exacted retribution from them. They were both on an open highway plain to see. | ||
| 80 | The Companions of the Rocky Tract also rejected the apostles: | ||
| 81 | We sent them Our Signs but they persisted in turning away from them. | ||
| 82 | Out of the mountains did they hew ( their ) edifices ( feeling themselves ) secure. | ||
| 83 | But the ( mighty ) Blast seized them of a morning. | ||
| 84 | And of no avail to them was all that they did ( with such art and care )! | ||
| 85 | We created not the heavens the earth and all between them but for just ends. And the Hour is surely coming ( when this will be manifest ). So overlook ( any human faults ) with gracious forgiveness. | ||
| 86 | For verily it is thy Lord Who is the Master-Creator knowing all things. | ||
| 87 | And We have bestowed upon thee the Seven Oft-Repeated ( verses ) and the Grand Qur'an. | ||
| 88 | Strain not thine eyes ( wistfully ) at what We have bestowed on certain classes of them nor grieve over them: but lower thy wing ( in gentleness ) to the Believers. | ||
| 89 | And say: " I am indeed he that warneth openly and without ambiguity " | ||
| 90 | ( Of just such wrath ) as We sent down on those who divided ( Scripture into arbitrary parts ) | ||
| 91 | ( So also on such ) as have made the Qur'an into shreds ( as they please ). | ||
| 92 | Therefore by thy Lord We will of a surety call them to account. | ||
| 93 | For all their deeds. | ||
| 94 | Therefore expound openly what thou art commanded and turn away from those who join false gods with Allah. | ||
| 95 | For sufficient are We unto thee against those who scoff | ||
| 96 | Those who adopt with Allah another god: but soon will they come to know. | ||
| 97 | We do indeed know how thy heart is distressed at what they say. | ||
| 98 | But celebrate the praises of thy Lord and be of those who prostrate themselves in adoration. | ||
| 99 | And serve thy Lord until there come unto thee the Hour that is Certain. | ||