Al Hijr

1 Aliflamra tilka ayatu alkitabi waquranin mubeenin

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

2 Rubama yawaddu allatheena kafaroo law kanoo muslimeena

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

3 Tharhum yakuloo wayatamattaAAoo wayulhihimu alamalu fasawfa yaAAlamoona

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 Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illa walaha kitabun maAAloomun

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

5 Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalaha wama yastakhiroona

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

6 Waqaloo ya ayyuha allathee nuzzila AAalayhi alththikru innaka lamajnoonun

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

7 Law ma tateena bialmalaikati in kunta mina alssadiqeena

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

8 Ma nunazzilu almalaikata illa bialhaqqi wama kanoo ithan munthareena

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

9 Inna nahnu nazzalna alththikra wainna lahu lahafithoona

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

10 Walaqad arsalna min qablika fee shiyaAAi alawwaleena

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

11 Wama yateehim min rasoolin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona

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

12 Kathalika naslukuhu fee quloobi almujrimeena

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

13 La yuminoona bihi waqad khalat sunnatu alawwaleena

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

14 Walaw fatahna AAalayhim baban mina alssamai fathalloo feehi yaAArujoona

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

15 Laqaloo innama sukkirat absaruna bal nahnu qawmun mashooroona

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

16 Walaqad jaAAalna fee alssamai buroojan wazayyannaha lilnnathireena

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

17 Wahafithnaha min kulli shaytanin rajeemin

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

18 Illa mani istaraqa alssamAAa faatbaAAahu shihabun mubeenun

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

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

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 WajaAAalna lakum feeha maAAayisha waman lastum lahu biraziqeena

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

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

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

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 Wainna lanahnu nuhyee wanumeetu wanahnu alwarithoona

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 Walaqad AAalimna almustaqdimeena minkum walaqad AAalimna almustakhireena

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

25 Wainna rabbaka huwa yahshuruhum innahu hakeemun AAaleemun

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

26 Walaqad khalaqna alinsana min salsalin min hamain masnoonin

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

27 Waaljanna khalaqnahu min qablu min nari alssamoomi

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

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

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

29 Faitha sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehi min roohee faqaAAoo lahu sajideena

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

30 Fasajada almalaikatu kulluhum ajmaAAoona

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

31 Illa ibleesa aba an yakoona maAAa alssajideena

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

32 Qala ya ibleesu ma laka alla takoona maAAa alssajideena

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

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

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

34 Qala faokhruj minha fainnaka rajeemun

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

35 Wainna AAalayka allaAAnata ila yawmi alddeeni

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

36 Qala rabbi faanthirnee ila yawmi yubAAathoona

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

37 Qala fainnaka mina almunthareena

37 (Allah) said: "Respite is granted thee

38 Ila yawmi alwaqti almaAAloomi

38 "Till the Day of the Time appointed."

39 Qala rabbi bima aghwaytanee laozayyinanna lahum fee alardi walaoghwiyannahum ajmaAAeena

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 Illa AAibadaka minhumu almukhlaseena

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

41 Qala hatha siratun AAalayya mustaqeemun

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

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

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

43 Wainna jahannama lamawAAiduhum ajmaAAeena

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

44 Laha sabAAatu abwabin likulli babin minhum juzon maqsoomun

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

45 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin

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

46 Odkhulooha bisalamin amineena

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

47 WanazaAAna ma fee sudoorihim min ghillin ikhwanan AAala sururin mutaqabileena

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 La yamassuhum feeha nasabun wama hum minha bimukhrajeena

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

49 Nabbi AAibadee annee ana alghafooru alrraheemu

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

50 Wa anna AAathabee huwa alAAathabu alaleemu

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

51 Wanabbihum AAan dayfi ibraheema

51 Tell them about the guests of Abraham.

52 Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloo salaman qala inna minkum wajiloona

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

53 Qaloo la tawjal inna nubashshiruka bighulamin AAaleemin

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

54 Qala abashshartumoonee AAala an massaniya alkibaru fabima tubashshirooni

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

55 Qaloo bashsharnaka bialhaqqi fala takun mina alqaniteena

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

56 Qala waman yaqnatu min rahmati rabbihi illa alddalloona

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

57 Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona

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

58 Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena

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

59 Illa ala lootin inna lamunajjoohum ajmaAAeena

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

60 Illa imraatahu qaddarna innaha lamina alghabireena

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

61 Falamma jaa ala lootin almursaloona

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

62 Qala innakum qawmun munkaroona

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

63 Qaloo bal jinaka bima kanoo feehi yamtaroona

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

64 Waataynaka bialhaqqi wainna lasadiqoona

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

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

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 Waqadayna ilayhi thalika alamra anna dabira haolai maqtooAAun musbiheena

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

67 Wajaa ahlu almadeenati yastabshiroona

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

68 Qala inna haolai dayfee fala tafdahooni

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

69 Waittaqoo Allaha wala tukhzooni

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

70 Qaloo awalam nanhaka AAani alAAalameena

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

71 Qala haolai banatee in kuntum faAAileena

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

72 LaAAamruka innahum lafee sakratihim yaAAmahoona

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

73 Faakhathathumu alssayhatu mushriqeena

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

74 FajaAAalna AAaliyaha safilaha waamtarna AAalayhim hijaratan min sijjeelin

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

75 Inna fee thalika laayatin lilmutawassimeena

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

76 Wainnaha labisabeelin muqeemin

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

77 Inna fee thalika laayatan lilmumineena

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

78 Wain kana ashabu alaykati lathalimeena

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

79 Faintaqamna minhum wainnahuma labiimamin mubeenin

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

80 Walaqad kaththaba ashabu alhijri almursaleena

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

81 Waataynahum ayatina fakanoo AAanha muAArideena

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

82 Wakanoo yanhitoona mina aljibali buyootan amineena

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

83 Faakhathathumu alssayhatu musbiheena

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

84 Fama aghna AAanhum ma kanoo yaksiboona

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

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

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 Inna rabbaka huwa alkhallaqu alAAaleemu

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

87 Walaqad ataynaka sabAAan mina almathanee waalqurana alAAatheema

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

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

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 Waqul innee ana alnnatheeru almubeenu

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

90 Kama anzalna AAala almuqtasimeena

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

91 Allatheena jaAAaloo alqurana AAideena

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

92 Fawarabbika lanasalannahum ajmaAAeena

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

93 AAamma kanoo yaAAmaloona

93 For all their deeds.

94 FaisdaAA bima tumaru waaAArid AAani almushrikeena

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

95 Inna kafaynaka almustahzieena

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

96 Allatheena yajAAaloona maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara fasawfa yaAAlamoona

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

97 Walaqad naAAlamu annaka yadeequ sadruka bima yaqooloona

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

98 Fasabbih bihamdi rabbika wakun mina alssajideena

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

99 WaoAAbud rabbaka hatta yatiyaka alyaqeenu

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