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 Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the Book and (of) a Quran 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.

2 Often will those who disbelieve wish that they had been 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 Leave them that they may eat and enjoy themselves and (that) hope may beguile them, for they will soon 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 never did We destroy a town but it had a term made known.

5 Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalaha wama yastakhiroona

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

5 No people can hasten on their doom nor can they postpone (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)!

6 And they say: O you to whom the Reminder has been revealed! you are most surely insane:

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 do you not bring to us the angels if you are of the truthful ones?

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 do not send the angels but with truth, and then they would not be respited.

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 Surely We have revealed the Reminder and We will most surely be its guardian.

10 Walaqad arsalna min qablika fee shiyaAAi alawwaleena

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

10 And certainly We sent (apostles) before you among the nations of yore.

11 Wama yateehim min rasoolin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona

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

11 And there never came an apostle 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 -

12 Thus do We make it to enter into 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 do not believe in it, and indeed the example of the former people has already passed.

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 open to them a gateway of heaven, so that they ascend into it all the while,

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 certainly say: Only our eyes have been covered over, rather we are an enchanted people.

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 certainly We have made strongholds in the heaven and We have made it fair seeming to the beholders.

17 Wahafithnaha min kulli shaytanin rajeemin

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

17 And We guard it against every accursed Shaitan,

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 But he who steals a hearing, so there follows him a visible flame.

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 - - We have spread it forth and made in it firm mountains and caused to grow in it of every suitable thing.

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 made in it means of subsistence for you and for him for whom you are not the suppliers.

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 treasures of it, and We do not send it down but in a known 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 fertilizing, then send down water from the cloud so We give it to you to drink of, nor is it you who store it up.

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 And most surely We bring to life and cause to die and We are the heirs.

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 certainly We know those of you who have gone before and We certainly know those who shall come later.

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 And surely your Lord will gather them together; surely He is Wise, Knowing.

26 Walaqad khalaqna alinsana min salsalin min hamain masnoonin

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

26 And certainly We created man of clay that gives forth sound, of black mud fashioned in 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.

27 And the jinn We created before, of intensely hot 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 when your Lord said to the angels: Surely I am going to create a mortal of the essence of black mud fashioned in 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."

29 So when I have made him complete and breathed into him of My spirit, fall down making obeisance to him.

30 Fasajada almalaikatu kulluhum ajmaAAoona

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

30 So the angels made obeisance, 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 But Iblis (did it not); he refused to be with those who made obeisance.

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 excuse have you that you are not with those who make obeisance?

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 such that I should make obeisance to a mortal whom Thou hast created of the essence of black mud fashioned in shape.

34 Qala faokhruj minha fainnaka rajeemun

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

34 He said: Then get out of it, for surely you are driven away:

35 Wainna AAalayka allaAAnata ila yawmi alddeeni

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

35 And surely on you is curse until 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! then respite me till the time when they are raised.

37 Qala fainnaka mina almunthareena

37 (Allah) said: "Respite is granted thee

37 He said: So surely you are of the respited ones

38 Ila yawmi alwaqti almaAAloomi

38 "Till the Day of the Time appointed."

38 Till the period of the time made known.

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 made life evil to me, I will certainly make (evil) fair - seeming to them on earth, and I will certainly cause them all to deviate

40 Illa AAibadaka minhumu almukhlaseena

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

40 Except Thy servants from among them, the devoted ones.

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 way with 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 Surely. as regards My servants, you have no authority, over them except those who follow you of the deviators.

43 Wainna jahannama lamawAAiduhum ajmaAAeena

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

43 And surely Hell is the promised place of 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.

44 It has seven gates; for every gate there shall be a separate party of them.

45 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin

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

45 Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in the midst of gardens and fountains:

46 Odkhulooha bisalamin amineena

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

46 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 will root out whatever of rancor is in their breasts - - (they shall be) as brethren, on raised couches, face to face.

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 shall not afflict them in it, nor shall they be ever ejected from it.

49 Nabbi AAibadee annee ana alghafooru alrraheemu

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

49 Inform My servants that 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 punishment - - that is the painful punishment.

51 Wanabbihum AAan dayfi ibraheema

51 Tell them about the guests of Abraham.

51 And inform them of the guests of Ibrahim:

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 When they entered upon him, they said, Peace. He said: Surely 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, surely we give you the good news of a boy, possessing knowledge.

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: Do you give me good news (of a son) when old age has come upon me? - - Of what then do you give me 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!"

55 They said: We give you good news with truth, therefore be not 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 despairs of the mercy of his Lord but the erring ones?

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: What is your business then, O apostles?

58 Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena

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

58 They said: Surely we are sent towards a guilty people,

59 Illa ala lootin inna lamunajjoohum ajmaAAeena

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

59 Except Lut's followers: We will most surely deliver them all,

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; We ordained that she shall surely be of those who remain behind.

61 Falamma jaa ala lootin almursaloona

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

61 So when the apostles came to Lut's followers,

62 Qala innakum qawmun munkaroona

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

62 He said: Surely you are an unknown people.

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, we have come to you with that about which they disputed.

64 Waataynaka bialhaqqi wainna lasadiqoona

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 the truth, and we are most surely truthful.

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 Therefore go forth with your followers in a part of the night and yourself follow their rear, and let not any one of you turn round, and go forth whither you 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 revealed to him this decree, that the roots of these shall be cut off in the morning.

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 town came rejoicing.

68 Qala inna haolai dayfee fala tafdahooni

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

68 He said: Surely these are my guests, therefore do not disgrace me,

69 Waittaqoo Allaha wala tukhzooni

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

69 And guard against (the punishment of) Allah and do not put me to shame.

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 (other) people?

71 Qala haolai banatee in kuntum faAAileena

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

71 He said: These are my daughters, if you will do (aught).

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 your life! they were blindly wandering on in their intoxication.

73 Faakhathathumu alssayhatu mushriqeena

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

73 So the rumbling overtook them (while) entering upon the time of 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 Thus did We turn it upside down, and rained down upon them stones of what had been decreed.

75 Inna fee thalika laayatin lilmutawassimeena

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

75 Surely in this are signs for those who examine.

76 Wainnaha labisabeelin muqeemin

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

76 And surely it is on a road that still abides.

77 Inna fee thalika laayatan lilmumineena

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

77 Most surely there is a sign in this for the believers.

78 Wain kana ashabu alaykati lathalimeena

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

78 And the dwellers of the thicket also were most surely unjust.

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 inflicted retribution on them, and they are both, indeed, on an open road (still) pursued.

80 Walaqad kaththaba ashabu alhijri almursaleena

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

80 And the dwellers of the Rock certainly rejected the apostles;

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 communications, but they turned aside from them;

82 Wakanoo yanhitoona mina aljibali buyootan amineena

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

82 And they hewed houses in the mountains in security.

83 Faakhathathumu alssayhatu musbiheena

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

83 So the rumbling overtook them in the 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)!

84 And what they earned did not avail them.

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 And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them two but in truth; and the hour is most surely coming, so turn away with kindly forgiveness.

86 Inna rabbaka huwa alkhallaqu alAAaleemu

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

86 Surely your Lord is the Creator of all things, the Knowing.

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 And certainly We have given you seven of the oft - repeated (verses) and the grand Quran.

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 Do not strain your eyes after what We have given certain classes of them to enjoy, and do not grieve for them, and make yourself gentle to the believers.

89 Waqul innee ana alnnatheeru almubeenu

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

89 And say: Surely I am the 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 Like as We sent down on the dividers

91 Allatheena jaAAaloo alqurana AAideena

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

91 Those who made the Quran into shreds.

92 Fawarabbika lanasalannahum ajmaAAeena

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

92 So, by your Lord, We would most certainly question them all,

93 AAamma kanoo yaAAmaloona

93 For all their deeds.

93 As to what they did.

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 Therefore declare openly what you are bidden and turn aside from the polytheists.

95 Inna kafaynaka almustahzieena

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

95 Surely We will suffice you against 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 Those who set up another god with Allah; so they shall soon know.

97 Walaqad naAAlamu annaka yadeequ sadruka bima yaqooloona

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

97 And surely We know that your breast straitens 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.

98 Therefore celebrate the praise of your Lord, and be of those who make obeisance.

99 WaoAAbud rabbaka hatta yatiyaka alyaqeenu

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

99 And serve your Lord until there comes to you that which is certain.