Al Hijr

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture and a plain Reading.

1 Aliflamra tilka ayatu alkitabi waquranin mubeenin

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

2 Rubama yawaddu allatheena kafaroo law kanoo muslimeena

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

3 Tharhum yakuloo wayatamattaAAoo wayulhihimu alamalu fasawfa yaAAlamoona

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

4 Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illa walaha kitabun maAAloomun

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

5 Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalaha wama yastakhiroona

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

6 Waqaloo ya ayyuha allathee nuzzila AAalayhi alththikru innaka lamajnoonun

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

7 Law ma tateena bialmalaikati in kunta mina alssadiqeena

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

8 Ma nunazzilu almalaikata illa bialhaqqi wama kanoo ithan munthareena

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

9 Inna nahnu nazzalna alththikra wainna lahu lahafithoona

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

10 Walaqad arsalna min qablika fee shiyaAAi alawwaleena

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

11 Wama yateehim min rasoolin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona

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

12 Kathalika naslukuhu fee quloobi almujrimeena

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

13 La yuminoona bihi waqad khalat sunnatu alawwaleena

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

14 Walaw fatahna AAalayhim baban mina alssamai fathalloo feehi yaAArujoona

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

15 Laqaloo innama sukkirat absaruna bal nahnu qawmun mashooroona

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

16 Walaqad jaAAalna fee alssamai buroojan wazayyannaha lilnnathireena

17 And We have guarded it from every outcast devil,

17 Wahafithnaha min kulli shaytanin rajeemin

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

18 Illa mani istaraqa alssamAAa faatbaAAahu shihabun mubeenun

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

19 Waalarda madadnaha waalqayna feeha rawasiya waanbatna feeha min kulli shayin mawzoonin

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

20 WajaAAalna lakum feeha maAAayisha waman lastum lahu biraziqeena

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

21 Wain min shayin illa AAindana khazainuhu wama nunazziluhu illa biqadarin maAAloomin

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.

22 Waarsalna alrriyaha lawaqiha faanzalna mina alssamai maan faasqaynakumoohu wama antum lahu bikhazineena

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

23 Wainna lanahnu nuhyee wanumeetu wanahnu alwarithoona

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

24 Walaqad AAalimna almustaqdimeena minkum walaqad AAalimna almustakhireena

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

25 Wainna rabbaka huwa yahshuruhum innahu hakeemun AAaleemun

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

26 Walaqad khalaqna alinsana min salsalin min hamain masnoonin

27 And the jinn did We create aforetime of essential fire.

27 Waaljanna khalaqnahu min qablu min nari alssamoomi

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,

28 Waith qala rabbuka lilmalaikati innee khaliqun basharan min salsalin min hamain masnoonin

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

29 Faitha sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehi min roohee faqaAAoo lahu sajideena

30 So the angels fell prostrate, all of them together

30 Fasajada almalaikatu kulluhum ajmaAAoona

31 Save Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate.

31 Illa ibleesa aba an yakoona maAAa alssajideena

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

32 Qala ya ibleesu ma laka alla takoona maAAa alssajideena

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!

33 Qala lam akun liasjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min salsalin min hamain masnoonin

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

34 Qala faokhruj minha fainnaka rajeemun

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

35 Wainna AAalayka allaAAnata ila yawmi alddeeni

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

36 Qala rabbi faanthirnee ila yawmi yubAAathoona

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

37 Qala fainnaka mina almunthareena

38 Till the Day of appointed time.

38 Ila yawmi alwaqti almaAAloomi

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,

39 Qala rabbi bima aghwaytanee laozayyinanna lahum fee alardi walaoghwiyannahum ajmaAAeena

40 Save such of them as are Thy perfectly devoted slaves.

40 Illa AAibadaka minhumu almukhlaseena

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

41 Qala hatha siratun AAalayya mustaqeemun

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

42 Inna AAibadee laysa laka AAalayhim sultanun illa mani ittabaAAaka mina alghaweena

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

43 Wainna jahannama lamawAAiduhum ajmaAAeena

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

44 Laha sabAAatu abwabin likulli babin minhum juzon maqsoomun

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

45 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin

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

46 Odkhulooha bisalamin amineena

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

47 WanazaAAna ma fee sudoorihim min ghillin ikhwanan AAala sururin mutaqabileena

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

48 La yamassuhum feeha nasabun wama hum minha bimukhrajeena

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

49 Nabbi AAibadee annee ana alghafooru alrraheemu

50 And that My doom is the dolorous doom.

50 Wa anna AAathabee huwa alAAathabu alaleemu

51 And tell them of Abraham's guests,

51 Wanabbihum AAan dayfi ibraheema

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

52 Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloo salaman qala inna minkum wajiloona

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

53 Qaloo la tawjal inna nubashshiruka bighulamin AAaleemin

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 ?

54 Qala abashshartumoonee AAala an massaniya alkibaru fabima tubashshirooni

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

55 Qaloo bashsharnaka bialhaqqi fala takun mina alqaniteena

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

56 Qala waman yaqnatu min rahmati rabbihi illa alddalloona

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

57 Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona

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

58 Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena

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

59 Illa ala lootin inna lamunajjoohum ajmaAAeena

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

60 Illa imraatahu qaddarna innaha lamina alghabireena

61 And when the messengers came unto the family of Lot,

61 Falamma jaa ala lootin almursaloona

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

62 Qala innakum qawmun munkaroona

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

63 Qaloo bal jinaka bima kanoo feehi yamtaroona

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

64 Waataynaka bialhaqqi wainna lasadiqoona

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.

65 Faasri biahlika biqitAAin mina allayli waittabiAA adbarahum wala yaltafit minkum ahadun waimdoo haythu tumaroona

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

66 Waqadayna ilayhi thalika alamra anna dabira haolai maqtooAAun musbiheena

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

67 Wajaa ahlu almadeenati yastabshiroona

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

68 Qala inna haolai dayfee fala tafdahooni

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

69 Waittaqoo Allaha wala tukhzooni

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

70 Qaloo awalam nanhaka AAani alAAalameena

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

71 Qala haolai banatee in kuntum faAAileena

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

72 LaAAamruka innahum lafee sakratihim yaAAmahoona

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

73 Faakhathathumu alssayhatu mushriqeena

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

74 FajaAAalna AAaliyaha safilaha waamtarna AAalayhim hijaratan min sijjeelin

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

75 Inna fee thalika laayatin lilmutawassimeena

76 And lo! it is upon a road still uneffaced.

76 Wainnaha labisabeelin muqeemin

77 Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers.

77 Inna fee thalika laayatan lilmumineena

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

78 Wain kana ashabu alaykati lathalimeena

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

79 Faintaqamna minhum wainnahuma labiimamin mubeenin

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

80 Walaqad kaththaba ashabu alhijri almursaleena

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

81 Waataynahum ayatina fakanoo AAanha muAArideena

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

82 Wakanoo yanhitoona mina aljibali buyootan amineena

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

83 Faakhathathumu alssayhatu musbiheena

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

84 Fama aghna AAanhum ma kanoo yaksiboona

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.

85 Wama khalaqna alssamawati waalarda wama baynahuma illa bialhaqqi wainna alssaAAata laatiyatun faisfahi alssafha aljameela

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

86 Inna rabbaka huwa alkhallaqu alAAaleemu

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

87 Walaqad ataynaka sabAAan mina almathanee waalqurana alAAatheema

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.

88 La tamuddanna AAaynayka ila ma mattaAAna bihi azwajan minhum wala tahzan AAalayhim waikhfid janahaka lilmumineena

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

89 Waqul innee ana alnnatheeru almubeenu

90 Such as We send down for those who make division,

90 Kama anzalna AAala almuqtasimeena

91 Those who break the Qur'an into parts.

91 Allatheena jaAAaloo alqurana AAideena

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

92 Fawarabbika lanasalannahum ajmaAAeena

93 Of what they used to do.

93 AAamma kanoo yaAAmaloona

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

94 FaisdaAA bima tumaru waaAArid AAani almushrikeena

95 Lo! We defend thee from the scoffers,

95 Inna kafaynaka almustahzieena

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

96 Allatheena yajAAaloona maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara fasawfa yaAAlamoona

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

97 Walaqad naAAlamu annaka yadeequ sadruka bima yaqooloona

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

98 Fasabbih bihamdi rabbika wakun mina alssajideena

99 And serve thy Lord till the Inevitable cometh unto thee.

99 WaoAAbud rabbaka hatta yatiyaka alyaqeenu