بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَقُرْءَانٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
ALIF LAM RA. These are the verses of the Book and the perspicuous oration.
سُورَةُ الحِجۡرِ
Al-Hijr · 99 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَقُرْءَانٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
ALIF LAM RA. These are the verses of the Book and the perspicuous oration.
رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
The unbelievers would haply like to wish that they had submitted (and become Muslim).
ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Leave them to feast and revel, beguiled by hope; they will come to know soon.
وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Not one habitation have We destroyed but at the time determined for it.
مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
No people can hasten or delay the term already fixed for them.
وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
And yet they say: "You, to whom this Exposition has been sent are surely possessed of the Devil.
لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
Ahmed Ali
If you are a man of truth, why can't you bring the angels to us?"
مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًۭا مُّنظَرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
But then We never send the angels down save with the purpose (of enforcing their doom), after which they will not be given more respite.
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ
Ahmed Ali
We have sent down this Exposition, and We will guard it.
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
We had also sent apostles to people of earlier persuasions.
وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
Ahmed Ali
But never once an apostle came to them at whom they did not scoff.
كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
We place in the hearts of sinners (disbelief).
لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
So, they will not believe in it: The example of former people is there.
وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Even if We open a door in the heavens and they ascend through it in broad daylight,
لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌۭ مَّسْحُورُونَ
Ahmed Ali
They will say all the same: "Our eyes were dazed (and clouded over). We were a people ensorcelled."
وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًۭا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
We have placed the signs of the Zodiac in the sky, and decked it out for those who can see;
وَحَفِظْنَٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍ
Ahmed Ali
And We have preserved it from every accursed devil,
إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Except the ones who listen on the sly, yet they are chased away by a shooting flame.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ مَّوْزُونٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
We stretched the earth and placed upon it firm stabilisers, and made all things grow upon it balanced evenly.
وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ
Ahmed Ali
We have provided on it sustenance for you, and for those you cannot provide.
وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Of all things there are We have the stores, and send them down in determined measure.
وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ فَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ لَهُۥ بِخَٰزِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
We send rain-impregnated winds, and water from the sky which you drink, but you are not the keepers of its store.
وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ
Ahmed Ali
It is We who give life and We who give death, and We are the One who will abide.
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَـْٔخِرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
We surely know those of you who go forward and those of you who lag behind.
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Your Lord will surely gather them together: Certainly He is all-wise and all-knowing.
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ مِّنْ حَمَإٍۢ مَّسْنُونٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Man We fashioned from fermented clay dried tingling hard,
وَٱلْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ
Ahmed Ali
As We fashioned jinns before from intense radiated heat.
وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًۭا مِّن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ مِّنْ حَمَإٍۢ مَّسْنُونٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
But when your Lord said to the angels: "I am verily going to create a human being from fermented clay dried tingling hard;
فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ
Ahmed Ali
And when I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My spirit, bow before him in homage;"
فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ
Ahmed Ali
The angels bowed in homage in a body
إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Except Iblis. He refused to bow with the adorers.
قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ
Ahmed Ali
"How is it, O Iblis," said (the Lord), "you did not join those who bowed in homage?"
قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ مِّنْ حَمَإٍۢ مَّسْنُونٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
"How could I bow," said he, "before a mortal whom You created from fermented clay dried tingling hard?"
قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
"Go hence, execrable," (said the Lord), "from this place,
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Ahmed Ali
Condemned till the day of Doom!"
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
Ahmed Ali
"O my Lord," said he, "give me respite till the day the dead are raised."
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
"You are among the reprieved," (said the Lord),
إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ
Ahmed Ali
"Till the predetermined time."
قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Ahmed Ali
"O my Lord," he said, "since You have led me into error I'll beguile them with the pleasures of the world and lead them astray,
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Except the chosen ones among Your creatures."
قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَىَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
Ahmed Ali
(To which God) said: "This way is right by Me.
إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ
Ahmed Ali
No power shall you have over (all) My creatures except those who fall into error and follow you,
وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Ahmed Ali
For whom the ordained place is surely Hell,
لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَٰبٍۢ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌۭ مَّقْسُومٌ
Ahmed Ali
Which has several gates, and each gate is marked for every section of them."
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ
Ahmed Ali
Verily those who keep away from evil and follow the straight path shall be in the midst of gardens and springs of water.
ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
"Enter in peace and tranquility," (they will be told).
وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
We shall cast out any grudge they may have in their hearts. (There) they will sit on couches face to face like brothers together.
لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌۭ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ
Ahmed Ali
No weariness will come upon them, nor will they be sent away from there.
۞ نَبِّئْ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Ahmed Ali
Announce to My creatures that I am indeed forgiving and kind,
وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ
Ahmed Ali
But My punishment is surely a painful one.
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
Ahmed Ali
Inform them about the matter of Abraham's guests.
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
When they came to him and said: "Peace," he answered: "Truly we are afraid of you."
قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
"Have no fear," they said. "We bring you news of a son full of wisdom."
قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِى عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
"You bring me the good news now," he said, "when old age has come upon me. What good news are you giving me then?"
قَالُوا۟ بَشَّرْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْقَٰنِطِينَ
Ahmed Ali
"We have given you the happy tidings of a truth," they replied. "So do not be one of those who despair."
قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ
Ahmed Ali
"Who would despair of the mercy of his Lord," he answered, "but those who go astray."
قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And asked them: "What matter, O angels, brings you here?"
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ مُّجْرِمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
"We have been sent," they said, "to (punish) a sinful people,
إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Ahmed Ali
"Except the family of Lot whom we shall save
إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
"Other than his wife who, it is decreed, will remain with those who will stay behind."
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
When the messengers came to the family of Lot,
قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌۭ مُّنكَرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
He said: "You are people I do not know."
قَالُوا۟ بَلْ جِئْنَٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
"We have come to you with news," they said, "of what your people doubt;
وَأَتَيْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ
Ahmed Ali
"Yet we bring to you the truth, and we are truthful.
فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌۭ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
"So leave with your family late in the night, yourself remaining in the rear, and let none turn back to look, and go where you will be commanded."
وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌۭ مُّصْبِحِينَ
Ahmed Ali
We issued this command to him, for they were going to be destroyed in the morning.
وَجَآءَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Then came the people of the city, exulting at the news.
قَالَ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيْفِى فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ
Ahmed Ali
Said Lot: "These are my guests; do not put me to shame,
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ
Ahmed Ali
"And do not disgrace me. Have some fear of God."
قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
"Did we not restrain you," they said, "from (entertaining) creatures from the outside world?"
قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
"Here are my daughters," said Lot, "if you are so active."
لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Verily by your life they were utterly confused in their (lustful) drunkenness.
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ
Ahmed Ali
So they were seized by the mighty blast at break of day;
فَجَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ
Ahmed Ali
And We turned the city upside down, and rained on them stones of hardened lava.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَٰتٍۢ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Herein are really signs for those who discern.
وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍۢ مُّقِيمٍ
Ahmed Ali
This (city) lies on a road that still survives.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Indeed there is a portent in this for those who believe.
وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
The dwellers of the Wood (near Midian) were also wicked.
فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
So We punished them too. They are both situated by the highway, clearly visible.
وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْحِجْرِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
The people of Al-Hijr denied Our apostles;
وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ
Ahmed Ali
And though We had given them Our signs they turned away from them.
وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
They used to hew dwellings in the mountains to live in security.
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ
Ahmed Ali
But they were seized by the mighty blast towards the morning;
فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And all that they had done (for security) availed them nothing.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَءَاتِيَةٌۭ ۖ فَٱصْفَحِ ٱلصَّفْحَ ٱلْجَمِيلَ
Ahmed Ali
We have not created but with reason the heavens and the earth and all that lies within them. The Hour (of the great change) is certain to come. So turn away (from them) with a grace.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Ahmed Ali
Surely your Lord is the Creator and knows (everything).
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَٰكَ سَبْعًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمَثَانِى وَٱلْقُرْءَانَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ
Ahmed Ali
We have indeed given you the seven oft-repeated (examples), and the majestic Qur'an.
لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Ahmed Ali
So covet not things We have bestowed on a portion of them to enjoy, and do not grieve for them, and protect those who believe;
وَقُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلْمُبِينُ
Ahmed Ali
And say: "I am a distinct warner,"
كَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْمُقْتَسِمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Like (those) We had sent to those schismatics who slandered their Books
ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عِضِينَ
Ahmed Ali
And severed their Scripture into fragments.
فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Ahmed Ali
By your Lord We shall question them one and all
عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Ahmed Ali
About their deeds.
فَٱصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
Ahmed Ali
So declare to them what We have enjoined, and turn away from idolaters.
إِنَّا كَفَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَ
Ahmed Ali
We are surely sufficient to deal with those who scoff at you,
ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Who place other gods besides God. They will come to know soon.
وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ
Ahmed Ali
We are well aware that you are disheartened by what they say.
فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ
Ahmed Ali
But you should glorify your Lord with praises, and be among those who bow in submission;
وَٱعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ ٱلْيَقِينُ
Ahmed Ali
And go on worshipping your Lord till the certainty (of death) comes upon you.
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