Kitab

Al Hijr

Chapter 15, 99 verses

  • Hilali & Muhsin Khan
  • Arabic
  • Word by word
Hilali & Muhsin Khan

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Alif-Lam-Ra. [These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur'an, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings].These are Verses of the Book and a plain Qur'an.

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الر ۚ تلك آيات الكتاب وقرآن مبين

Word by word

الٓر تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَقُرْءَانٍ مُّبِينٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

How much would those who disbelieved wish that they had been Muslims [those who have submitted themselves to Allah's Will in Islam i.e. Islamic Monotheism - this will be on the Day of Resurrection when they will see the disbelievers going to Hell and the Muslims going to Paradise].

Arabic

ربما يود الذين كفروا لو كانوا مسلمين

Word by word

رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Leave them to eat and enjoy, and let them be preoccupied with (false) hope. They will come to know!

Arabic

ذرهم يأكلوا ويتمتعوا ويلههم الأمل ۖ فسوف يعلمون

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ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And never did We destroy a township but there was a known decree for it.

Arabic

وما أهلكنا من قرية إلا ولها كتاب معلوم

Word by word

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

No nation can advance its term, nor delay it.

Arabic

ما تسبق من أمة أجلها وما يستأخرون

Word by word

مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And they say: "O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) to whom the Dhikr (the Qur'an) has been sent down! Verily, you are a mad man!

Arabic

وقالوا يا أيها الذي نزل عليه الذكر إنك لمجنون

Word by word

وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Arabic

لو ما تأتينا بالملائكة إن كنت من الصادقين

Word by word

لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

We send not the angels down except with the truth (i.e. for torment), and in that case, they (the disbelievers) would have no respite!

Arabic

ما ننزل الملائكة إلا بالحق وما كانوا إذا منظرين

Word by word

مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Verily, We, it is We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e. the Qur'an) and surely, We will guard it (from corruption) .

Arabic

إنا نحن نزلنا الذكر وإنا له لحافظون

Word by word

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Indeed, We sent (Messengers) before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) amongst the sects (communities) of old.

Arabic

ولقد أرسلنا من قبلك في شيع الأولين

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And never came a Messenger to them but they did mock at him.

Arabic

وما يأتيهم من رسول إلا كانوا به يستهزئون

Word by word

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Thus do We let it (polytheism and disbelief) enter the hearts of the Mujrimun [criminals, polytheists and pagans (because of their mocking at the Messengers)].

Arabic

كذلك نسلكه في قلوب المجرمين

Word by word

كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They would not believe in it (the Qur'an); and already the example of (Allah's punishment of) the ancients (who disbelieved) has gone forth.

Arabic

لا يؤمنون به ۖ وقد خلت سنة الأولين

Word by word

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And even if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they were to keep on ascending thereto (all the day long)

Arabic

ولو فتحنا عليهم بابا من السماء فظلوا فيه يعرجون

Word by word

وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They would surely say (in the evening): "Our eyes have been (as if) dazzled (we have not seen any angel or heaven). Nay, we are a people bewitched."

Arabic

لقالوا إنما سكرت أبصارنا بل نحن قوم مسحورون

Word by word

لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And indeed, We have put the big stars in the heaven and We beautified it for the beholders.

Arabic

ولقد جعلنا في السماء بروجا وزيناها للناظرين

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We have guarded it (near heaven) from every outcast Shaitan (devil).

Arabic

وحفظناها من كل شيطان رجيم

Word by word

وَحَفِظْنَٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Except him (devil) who steals the hearing then he is pursued by a clear flaming fire.

Arabic

إلا من استرق السمع فأتبعه شهاب مبين

Word by word

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And the earth We have spread out, and have placed therein firm mountains, and caused to grow therein all kinds of things in due proportion.

Arabic

والأرض مددناها وألقينا فيها رواسي وأنبتنا فيها من كل شيء موزون

Word by word

وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مَّوْزُونٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We have provided therein means of living, for you and for those whom you provide not [moving (living) creatures, cattle, beasts, and other animals].

Arabic

وجعلنا لكم فيها معايش ومن لستم له برازقين

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وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And there is not a thing, but with Us are the stores thereof. And We send it not down except in a known measure.

Arabic

وإن من شيء إلا عندنا خزائنه وما ننزله إلا بقدر معلوم

Word by word

وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We send the winds fertilizing (to fill heavily the clouds with water), then cause the water (rain) to descend from the sky, and We give it to you to drink, and it is not you who are the owners of its stores [i.e. to give water to whom you like or to withhold it from whom you like].

Arabic

وأرسلنا الرياح لواقح فأنزلنا من السماء ماء فأسقيناكموه وما أنتم له بخازنين

Word by word

وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ لَهُۥ بِخَٰزِنِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And certainly We! We it is Who give life, and cause death, and We are the Inheritors.

Arabic

وإنا لنحن نحيي ونميت ونحن الوارثون

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وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And indeed, We know the first generations of you who had passed away, and indeed, We know the present generations of you (mankind), and also those who will come afterwards.

Arabic

ولقد علمنا المستقدمين منكم ولقد علمنا المستأخرين

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَـْٔخِرِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And verily, your Lord will gather them together. Truly, He is All-Wise, All-Knowing.

Arabic

وإن ربك هو يحشرهم ۚ إنه حكيم عليم

Word by word

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And indeed, We created man from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud.

Arabic

ولقد خلقنا الإنسان من صلصال من حمإ مسنون

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And the jinn, We created aforetime from the smokeless flame of fire.

Arabic

والجان خلقناه من قبل من نار السموم

Word by word

وَٱلْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "I am going to create a man (Adam) from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud.

Arabic

وإذ قال ربك للملائكة إني خالق بشرا من صلصال من حمإ مسنون

Word by word

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"So, when I have fashioned him completely and breathed into him (Adam) the soul which I created for him, then fall (you) down prostrating yourselves unto him."

Arabic

فإذا سويته ونفخت فيه من روحي فقعوا له ساجدين

Word by word

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together.

Arabic

فسجد الملائكة كلهم أجمعون

Word by word

فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Except Iblis (Satan) - he refused to be among the prostrators.

Arabic

إلا إبليس أبى أن يكون مع الساجدين

Word by word

إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

(Allah) said: "O Iblis (Satan)! What is your reason for not being among the prostrators?"

Arabic

قال يا إبليس ما لك ألا تكون مع الساجدين

Word by word

قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

[Iblis (Satan)] said: "I am not the one to prostrate myself to a human being, whom You created from dried (sounding) clay of altered mud."

Arabic

قال لم أكن لأسجد لبشر خلقته من صلصال من حمإ مسنون

Word by word

قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

(Allah) said: "Then, get out from here, for verily, you are Rajim (an outcast or a cursed one)." [Tafsir At-Tabari]

Arabic

قال فاخرج منها فإنك رجيم

Word by word

قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"And verily, the curse shall be upon you till the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)."

Arabic

وإن عليك اللعنة إلى يوم الدين

Word by word

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

[Iblis (Satan)] said: "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day they (the dead) will be resurrected."

Arabic

قال رب فأنظرني إلى يوم يبعثون

Word by word

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Allah said: "Then, verily, you are of those reprieved,

Arabic

قال فإنك من المنظرين

Word by word

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"Till the Day of the time appointed."

Arabic

إلى يوم الوقت المعلوم

Word by word

إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

[Iblis (Satan)] said: "O my Lord! Because you misled me, I shall indeed adorn the path of error for them (mankind) on the earth, and I shall mislead them all.

Arabic

قال رب بما أغويتني لأزينن لهم في الأرض ولأغوينهم أجمعين

Word by word

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"Except Your chosen, (guided) slaves among them."

Arabic

إلا عبادك منهم المخلصين

Word by word

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

(Allah) said: "This is the Way which will lead straight to Me."

Arabic

قال هذا صراط علي مستقيم

Word by word

قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَىَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"Certainly, you shall have no authority over My slaves, except those who follow you of the Ghawun (Mushrikun and those who go astray, criminals, polytheists, and evil-doers).

Arabic

إن عبادي ليس لك عليهم سلطان إلا من اتبعك من الغاوين

Word by word

إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"And surely, Hell is the promised place for them all.

Arabic

وإن جهنم لموعدهم أجمعين

Word by word

وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"It (Hell) has seven gates, for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.

Arabic

لها سبعة أبواب لكل باب منهم جزء مقسوم

Word by word

لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَٰبٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"Truly! The Muttaqun (the pious - See V.2:2) will be amidst Gardens and water-springs (Paradise).

Arabic

إن المتقين في جنات وعيون

Word by word

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"(It will be said to them): 'Enter therein (Paradise), in peace and security.'

Arabic

ادخلوها بسلام آمنين

Word by word

ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"And We shall remove from their breasts any deep feeling of bitterness (that they may have). (So they will be like) brothers facing each other on thrones.

Arabic

ونزعنا ما في صدورهم من غل إخوانا على سرر متقابلين

Word by word

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"No sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave it."

Arabic

لا يمسهم فيها نصب وما هم منها بمخرجين

Word by word

لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Declare (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) unto My slaves, that truly, I am the Oft-Forgiving, the Most-Merciful.

Arabic

۞ نبئ عبادي أني أنا الغفور الرحيم

Word by word

نَبِّئْ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And that My Torment is indeed the most painful torment.

Arabic

وأن عذابي هو العذاب الأليم

Word by word

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And tell them about the guests (the angels) of Ibrahim (Abraham).

Arabic

ونبئهم عن ضيف إبراهيم

Word by word

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

When they entered unto him, and said: Salam (peace)! [Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Indeed! We are afraid of you."

Arabic

إذ دخلوا عليه فقالوا سلاما قال إنا منكم وجلون

Word by word

إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They (the angels) said: "Do not be afraid! We give you glad tidings of a boy (son) possessing much knowledge and wisdom."

Arabic

قالوا لا توجل إنا نبشرك بغلام عليم

Word by word

قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Do you give me glad tidings (of a son) when old age has overtaken me? Of what then is your news?"

Arabic

قال أبشرتموني على أن مسني الكبر فبم تبشرون

Word by word

قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِى عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They (the angels) said: "We give you glad tidings in truth. So be not of the despairing."

Arabic

قالوا بشرناك بالحق فلا تكن من القانطين

Word by word

قَالُوا۟ بَشَّرْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْقَٰنِطِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "And who despairs of the Mercy of his Lord except those who are astray?"

Arabic

قال ومن يقنط من رحمة ربه إلا الضالون

Word by word

قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

[Ibrahim (Abraham) again] said: "What then is the business on which you have come, O Messengers?"

Arabic

قال فما خطبكم أيها المرسلون

Word by word

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They (the angels) said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimun (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners).

Arabic

قالوا إنا أرسلنا إلى قوم مجرمين

Word by word

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"(All) except the family of Lut (Lot). Them all we are surely going to save (from destruction).

Arabic

إلا آل لوط إنا لمنجوهم أجمعين

Word by word

إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"Except his wife, of whom We have decreed that she shall be of those who remain behind (i.e. she will be destroyed)."

Arabic

إلا امرأته قدرنا ۙ إنها لمن الغابرين

Word by word

إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Then, when the Messengers (the angels) came unto the family of Lut (Lot).

Arabic

فلما جاء آل لوط المرسلون

Word by word

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

He said: "Verily! You are people unknown to me."

Arabic

قال إنكم قوم منكرون

Word by word

قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They said: "Nay, we have come to you with that (torment) which they have been doubting.

Arabic

قالوا بل جئناك بما كانوا فيه يمترون

Word by word

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ جِئْنَٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"And we have brought you the truth (the news of the destruction of your nation) and certainly, we tell the truth.

Arabic

وأتيناك بالحق وإنا لصادقون

Word by word

وَأَتَيْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"Then travel in a part of the night with your family, and you go behind them in the rear, and let no one amongst you look back, but go on to where you are ordered."

Arabic

فأسر بأهلك بقطع من الليل واتبع أدبارهم ولا يلتفت منكم أحد وامضوا حيث تؤمرون

Word by word

فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We made known this decree to him, that the root of those (sinners) was to be cut off in the early morning.

Arabic

وقضينا إليه ذلك الأمر أن دابر هؤلاء مقطوع مصبحين

Word by word

وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And the inhabitants of the city came rejoicing (at the news of the young men's arrival).

Arabic

وجاء أهل المدينة يستبشرون

Word by word

وَجَآءَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

[Lut (Lot)] said: "Verily! these are my guests, so shame me not.

Arabic

قال إن هؤلاء ضيفي فلا تفضحون

Word by word

قَالَ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيْفِى فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"And fear Allah and disgrace me not."

Arabic

واتقوا الله ولا تخزون

Word by word

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They (people of the city) said: "Did we not forbid you from entertaining (or protecting) any of the 'Alamin (people, foreigners and strangers from us)?"

Arabic

قالوا أولم ننهك عن العالمين

Word by word

قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

[Lut (Lot)] said: "These (the girls of the nation) are my daughters (to marry lawfully), if you must act (so)."

Arabic

قال هؤلاء بناتي إن كنتم فاعلين

Word by word

قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Verily, by your life (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم), in their wild intoxication, they were wandering blindly.

Arabic

لعمرك إنهم لفي سكرتهم يعمهون

Word by word

لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So As-Saihah (torment - awful cry) overtook them at the time of sunrise.

Arabic

فأخذتهم الصيحة مشرقين

Word by word

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We turned (the towns of Sodom in Palestine) upside down and rained down on them stones of baked clay.

Arabic

فجعلنا عاليها سافلها وأمطرنا عليهم حجارة من سجيل

Word by word

فَجَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Surely! In this are signs for those who see (or understand or learn the lessons from the Signs of Allah).

Arabic

إن في ذلك لآيات للمتوسمين

Word by word

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَٰتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And verily! They (the cities) were right on the highroad (from Makkah to Syria i.e. the place where the Dead Sea is now) .

Arabic

وإنها لبسبيل مقيم

Word by word

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Surely! Therein is indeed a sign for the believers.

Arabic

إن في ذلك لآية للمؤمنين

Word by word

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And the Dwellers in the Wood [i.e. the people of Madyan (Midian) to whom Prophet Shu'aib (عليه السلام) was sent by Allah), were also Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers).

Arabic

وإن كان أصحاب الأيكة لظالمين

Word by word

وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So, We took vengeance on them. They are both on an open highway, plain to see.

Arabic

فانتقمنا منهم وإنهما لبإمام مبين

Word by word

فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And verily, the dwellers of Al-Hijr (the rocky tract) denied the Messengers.

Arabic

ولقد كذب أصحاب الحجر المرسلين

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْحِجْرِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We gave them Our Signs, but they were averse to them.

Arabic

وآتيناهم آياتنا فكانوا عنها معرضين

Word by word

وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And they used to hew out dwellings from the mountains (feeling themselves) secure.

Arabic

وكانوا ينحتون من الجبال بيوتا آمنين

Word by word

وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

But As-Saihah (torment - awful cry) overtook them in the early morning (of the fourth day of their promised punishment days).

Arabic

فأخذتهم الصيحة مصبحين

Word by word

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And all that they used to earn availed them not.

Arabic

فما أغنى عنهم ما كانوا يكسبون

Word by word

فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them except with truth, and the Hour is surely coming, so overlook (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) their faults with gracious forgiveness. [This was before the ordainment of Jihad - holy fighting in Allah's cause].

Arabic

وما خلقنا السماوات والأرض وما بينهما إلا بالحق ۗ وإن الساعة لآتية ۖ فاصفح الصفح الجميل

Word by word

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَءَاتِيَةٌ فَٱصْفَحِ ٱلصَّفْحَ ٱلْجَمِيلَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Verily, your Lord is the All-Knowing Creator.

Arabic

إن ربك هو الخلاق العليم

Word by word

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And indeed, We have bestowed upon you seven of Al-Mathani (seven repeatedly recited Verses), (i.e. Surat Al-Fatihah) and the Grand Qur'an.

Arabic

ولقد آتيناك سبعا من المثاني والقرآن العظيم

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَٰكَ سَبْعًا مِّنَ ٱلْمَثَانِى وَٱلْقُرْءَانَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Look not with your eyes ambitiously at what We have bestowed on certain classes of them (the disbelievers), nor grieve over them. And lower your wings for the believers (be courteous to the fellow-believers).

Arabic

لا تمدن عينيك إلى ما متعنا به أزواجا منهم ولا تحزن عليهم واخفض جناحك للمؤمنين

Word by word

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم): "I am indeed a plain warner."

Arabic

وقل إني أنا النذير المبين

Word by word

وَقُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

As We have sent down on the dividers, (Quraish pagans or Jews and Christians).

Arabic

كما أنزلنا على المقتسمين

Word by word

كَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْمُقْتَسِمِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Who have made the Qur'an into parts. (i.e. believed in one part and disbelieved in the other). [Tafsir At-Tabari]

Arabic

الذين جعلوا القرآن عضين

Word by word

ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عِضِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So, by your Lord (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم), We shall certainly call all of them to account.

Arabic

فوربك لنسألنهم أجمعين

Word by word

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

For all that they used to do.

Arabic

عما كانوا يعملون

Word by word

عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Therefore proclaim openly (Allah's Message - Islamic Monotheism) that which you are commanded, and turn away from Al-Mushrikun (polytheists, idolaters, and disbelievers - See V.2:105).

Arabic

فاصدع بما تؤمر وأعرض عن المشركين

Word by word

فَٱصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Truly! We will suffice you against the scoffers,

Arabic

إنا كفيناك المستهزئين

Word by word

إِنَّا كَفَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Who set up along with Allah another ilah (god); but they will come to know.

Arabic

الذين يجعلون مع الله إلها آخر ۚ فسوف يعلمون

Word by word

ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Indeed, We know that your breast is straitened at what they say.

Arabic

ولقد نعلم أنك يضيق صدرك بما يقولون

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So glorify the praises of your Lord and be of those who prostrate themselves (to Him).

Arabic

فسبح بحمد ربك وكن من الساجدين

Word by word

فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And worship your Lord until there comes unto you the certainty (i.e. death).

Arabic

واعبد ربك حتى يأتيك اليقين

Word by word

وَٱعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ ٱلْيَقِينُ

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