Al Hijr

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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 And indeed, it is We who give life and cause 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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

27 And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.

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

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.

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

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

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

30 So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37 (Allah) said: "Respite is granted thee

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

38 "Till the Day of the Time appointed."

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

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 Except, among them, Your chosen servants."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

51 And inform them about the guests of Abraham,

51 Tell them about the guests of Abraham.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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."

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

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

67 And the people of the city came rejoicing.

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

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

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

69 And fear Allah and do not disgrace me."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

73 So the shriek seized them at sunrise.

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

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

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

75 Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.

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

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

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

77 Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

83 But the shriek seized them at early morning.

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

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

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

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.

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 Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator.

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

87 And We have certainly given you, [O Muhammad], seven of the often repeated [verses] and the great Qur'an.

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

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

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

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

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

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

91 Who have made the Qur'an into portions.

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

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

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

93 About what they used to do.

93 For all their deeds.

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

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

95 Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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