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 A. L. R. These are the Ayats of Revelation, - of a Qur'an that makes things clear.

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

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

2 Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed (to Allah's will) in Islam.

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

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

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).

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

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

4 Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.

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

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

5 Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.

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

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

6 They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)!

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

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

7 "Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?"

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

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

8 We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!

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

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

9 We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).

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

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

10 We did send messengers before thee amongst the religious sects of old:

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

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

11 But never came a messenger to them but they mocked him.

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

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

12 Even so do we let it creep into the hearts of the sinners -

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

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

13 That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away.

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

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

14 Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they were to continue (all day) ascending therein,

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

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

15 They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we have been bewitched by sorcery."

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

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

16 It is We Who have set out the zodiacal signs in the heavens, and made them fair - seeming to (all) beholders;

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

17 And We have guarded it from every outcast devil,

17 And (moreover) We have guarded them from every cursed devil:

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

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

18 But any that gains a hearing by stealth, is pursued by a flaming fire, bright (to see).

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

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

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.

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

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

20 And We have provided therein means of subsistence, - for you and for those for whose sustenance ye are not responsible.

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

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 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.

21 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.

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 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.

22 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.

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

23 And verily, it is We Who give life, and Who give death: it is We Who remain inheritors (after all else passes away).

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

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

24 To Us are known those of you who hasten forward, and those who lag behind.

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

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

25 Assuredly it is thy Lord Who will gather them together: for He is perfect in Wisdom and Knowledge.

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

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

26 We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape;

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

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

27 And the Jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of a scorching wind.

27 And the jinn We created before from scorching 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,

28 Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man, from sounding clay from mud moulded into shape;

28 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.

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

29 "When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."

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

30 So the angels fell prostrate, all of them together

30 So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:

30 So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

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

31 Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.

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

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

32 (Allah) said: "O Iblis! what is your reason for not being among those who prostrated themselves?"

32 [Allah] said, O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who 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!

33 (Iblis) said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to man, whom Thou didst create from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape."

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

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

34 (Allah) said: "Then get thee out from here; for thou art rejected, accursed.

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

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

35 "And the curse shall be on thee till the day of Judgment."

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

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

36 (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."

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

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

37 (Allah) said: "Respite is granted thee

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

38 Till the Day of appointed time.

38 "Till the Day of the Time appointed."

38 Until the Day of the time well - known."

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 (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, -

39 [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

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

40 "Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."

40 Except, among them, Your chosen servants."

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

41 (Allah) said: "This (way of My sincere servants) is indeed a way that leads straight to Me.

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

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

42 "For over My servants no authority shalt thou have, except such as put themselves in the wrong and follow thee."

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

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

43 And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all!

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

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

44 To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.

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

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

45 The righteous (will be) amid gardens and fountains (of clear - flowing water).

45 Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs.

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

46 (Their greeting will be): "Enter ye here in peace and security."

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

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

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).

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

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

48 There no sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave.

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

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

49 Tell My servants that I am indeed the Oft - forgiving, Most Merciful;

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

50 And that My doom is the dolorous doom.

50 And that My Penalty will be indeed the most grievous Penalty.

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

51 And tell them of Abraham's guests,

51 Tell them about the guests of Abraham.

51 And inform them about the guests of Abraham,

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

52 When they entered his presence and said, "Peace!" He said, "We feel afraid of you!"

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

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

53 They said: "Fear not! We give thee glad tidings of a son endowed with wisdom."

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

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 He said: "Do ye give me glad tidings that old age has seized me? Of what, then, is your good news?"

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

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

55 They said: "We give thee glad tidings in truth: be not then in despair!"

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

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

56 He said: "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, but such as go astray?"

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

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

57 Abraham said: "What then is the business on which ye (have come), O ye messengers (of Allah)?"

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

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

58 They said: "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin,

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

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

59 "Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged) to save (from harm), - All -

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

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

60 "Except his wife, who, We have ascertained, will be among those who will lag behind."

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

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

61 At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of Lut,

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

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

62 He said: "Ye appear to be uncommon folk."

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

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

63 They said: "Yea, we have come to thee to accomplish that of which they doubt.

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

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

64 "We have brought to thee that which is inevitably due, and assuredly we tell the truth.

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

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 "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."

65 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."

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 And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants of those (sinners) should be cut off by the morning.

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

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

67 The inhabitants of the city came in (mad) joy (at news of the young men).

67 And the people of the city came rejoicing.

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

68 Lut said: "These are my guests: disgrace me not:

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

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

69 "But fear Allah, and shame me not."

69 And fear Allah and do not disgrace me."

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

70 They said: "Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry?"

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

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

71 He said: "There are my daughters (to marry), if ye must act (so)."

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

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

72 Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), in their wild intoxication, they wander in distraction, to and fro.

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

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

73 But the (mighty) Blast overtook them before morning,

73 So the shriek seized them at sunrise.

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

74 And We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay.

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

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

75 Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand.

75 Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.

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

76 And the (cities were) right on the high - road.

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

77 Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers.

77 Behold! in this is a sign for those who believed.

77 Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

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

78 And the Companions of the Wood were also wrong - doers;

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

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

79 So We exacted retribution from them. They were both on an open highway, plain to see.

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

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

80 The Companions of the Rocky Tract also rejected the messengers:

80 And certainly did the companions of Thamud deny the messengers.

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

81 We sent them Our Signs, but they persisted in turning away from them.

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

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

82 Out of the mountains did they hew (their) edifices, (feeling themselves) secure.

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

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

83 But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning,

83 But the shriek seized them at early morning.

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

84 And of no avail to them was all that they did (with such art and care)!

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

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 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.

85 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.

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

86 For verily it is thy Lord who is the Master - Creator, knowing all things.

86 Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator.

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

87 And We have bestowed upon thee the Seven Oft - repeated (verses) and the Grand Qur'an.

87 And We have certainly given you, [O Muhammad], seven of the often 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.

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.

88 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

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

89 And say: "I am indeed he that warneth openly and without ambiguity," -

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

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

90 (Of just such wrath) as We sent down on those who divided (Scripture into arbitrary parts), -

90 Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separators

91 Those who break the Qur'an into parts.

91 (So also on such) as have made Qur'an into shreds (as they please).

91 Who have made the Qur'an into portions.

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

92 Therefore, by the Lord, We will, of a surety, call them to account,

92 So by your Lord, We will surely question them all

93 Of what they used to do.

93 For all their deeds.

93 About what they used to do.

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

94 Therefore expound openly what thou art commanded, and turn away from those who join false gods with Allah.

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

95 Lo! We defend thee from the scoffers,

95 For sufficient are We unto thee against those who scoff, -

95 Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers

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

96 Those who adopt, with Allah, another god: but soon will they come to know.

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

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

97 We do indeed know how thy heart is distressed at what they say.

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

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

98 But celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and be of those who prostrate themselves in adoration.

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

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

99 And serve thy Lord until there come unto thee the Hour that is Certain.

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