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.

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

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.

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

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).

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

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.

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

5 Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalaha wama yastakhiroona

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

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

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)!

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

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?"

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

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!

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

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).

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

10 Walaqad arsalna min qablika fee shiyaAAi alawwaleena

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

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

11 Wama yateehim min rasoolin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona

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

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

12 Kathalika naslukuhu fee quloobi almujrimeena

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

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

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.

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

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,

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

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."

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

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;

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

17 Wahafithnaha min kulli shaytanin rajeemin

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

17 And We have guarded it from every outcast 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).

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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).

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

24 Walaqad AAalimna almustaqdimeena minkum walaqad AAalimna almustakhireena

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

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

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.

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

26 Walaqad khalaqna alinsana min salsalin min hamain masnoonin

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

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

27 Waaljanna khalaqnahu min qablu min nari alssamoomi

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

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

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;

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,

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."

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

30 Fasajada almalaikatu kulluhum ajmaAAoona

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

30 So the angels fell prostrate, 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.

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

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?"

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

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."

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!

34 Qala faokhruj minha fainnaka rajeemun

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

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

35 Wainna AAalayka allaAAnata ila yawmi alddeeni

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

35 And lo! the curse shall be upon 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."

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

37 Qala fainnaka mina almunthareena

37 (Allah) said: "Respite is granted thee

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

38 Ila yawmi alwaqti almaAAloomi

38 "Till the Day of the Time appointed."

38 Till the Day of appointed time.

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, -

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,

40 Illa AAibadaka minhumu almukhlaseena

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

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

41 Qala hatha siratun AAalayya mustaqeemun

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

41 He said: This is a right course incumbent upon 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."

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

43 Wainna jahannama lamawAAiduhum ajmaAAeena

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

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

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.

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

45 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin

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

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

46 Odkhulooha bisalamin amineena

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

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

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).

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

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.

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

49 Nabbi AAibadee annee ana alghafooru alrraheemu

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

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

50 Wa anna AAathabee huwa alAAathabu alaleemu

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

50 And that My doom is the dolorous doom.

51 Wanabbihum AAan dayfi ibraheema

51 Tell them about the guests of Abraham.

51 And tell them of Abraham's guests,

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!"

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

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

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 ?

55 Qaloo bashsharnaka bialhaqqi fala takun mina alqaniteena

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

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

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?"

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

57 He said: And afterward what is your business, 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,

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

59 Illa ala lootin inna lamunajjoohum ajmaAAeena

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

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

60 Illa imraatahu qaddarna innaha lamina alghabireena

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

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

61 Falamma jaa ala lootin almursaloona

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

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

62 Qala innakum qawmun munkaroona

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

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

63 Qaloo bal jinaka bima kanoo feehi yamtaroona

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

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

64 Waataynaka bialhaqqi wainna lasadiqoona

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

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

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."

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.

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.

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

67 Wajaa ahlu almadeenati yastabshiroona

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 at the news (of new arrivals).

68 Qala inna haolai dayfee fala tafdahooni

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

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

69 Waittaqoo Allaha wala tukhzooni

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

69 And keep your duty to 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?"

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

71 Qala haolai banatee in kuntum faAAileena

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

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

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

73 Faakhathathumu alssayhatu mushriqeena

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

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

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.

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

75 Inna fee thalika laayatin lilmutawassimeena

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

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

76 Wainnaha labisabeelin muqeemin

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

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

77 Inna fee thalika laayatan lilmumineena

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

77 Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers.

78 Wain kana ashabu alaykati lathalimeena

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

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

79 Faintaqamna minhum wainnahuma labiimamin mubeenin

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

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

80 Walaqad kaththaba ashabu alhijri almursaleena

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

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

81 Waataynahum ayatina fakanoo AAanha muAArideena

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

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

82 Wakanoo yanhitoona mina aljibali buyootan amineena

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

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

83 Faakhathathumu alssayhatu musbiheena

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

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

84 Fama aghna AAanhum ma kanoo yaksiboona

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

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

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.

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.

86 Inna rabbaka huwa alkhallaqu alAAaleemu

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

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

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.

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

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.

89 Waqul innee ana alnnatheeru almubeenu

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

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

90 Kama anzalna AAala almuqtasimeena

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

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

91 Allatheena jaAAaloo alqurana AAideena

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

91 Those who break the Qur'an into parts.

92 Fawarabbika lanasalannahum ajmaAAeena

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

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

93 AAamma kanoo yaAAmaloona

93 For all their deeds.

93 Of what they used to do.

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.

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

95 Inna kafaynaka almustahzieena

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

95 Lo! We defend thee from the scoffers,

96 Allatheena yajAAaloona maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara fasawfa yaAAlamoona

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

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

97 Well know We that thy bosom is oppressed by 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.

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

99 WaoAAbud rabbaka hatta yatiyaka alyaqeenu

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

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