Al Hijr

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

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

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

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

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

5 Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalaha wama yastakhiroona

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

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

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

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

10 Walaqad arsalna min qablika fee shiyaAAi alawwaleena

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 Wama yateehim min rasoolin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona

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 Kathalika naslukuhu fee quloobi almujrimeena

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

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

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

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

17 Wahafithnaha min kulli shaytanin rajeemin

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

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 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 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 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 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 And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.

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

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

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

26 Walaqad khalaqna alinsana min salsalin min hamain masnoonin

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

27 And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.

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

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 So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

30 Fasajada almalaikatu kulluhum ajmaAAoona

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

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

31 Illa ibleesa aba an yakoona maAAa alssajideena

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

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

34 Qala faokhruj minha fainnaka rajeemun

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 Wainna AAalayka allaAAnata ila yawmi alddeeni

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 Qala rabbi faanthirnee ila yawmi yubAAathoona

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 Qala fainnaka mina almunthareena

37 (Allah) said: "Respite is granted thee

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

38 Ila yawmi alwaqti almaAAloomi

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 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 Except, among them, Your chosen servants."

40 Illa AAibadaka minhumu almukhlaseena

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 Qala hatha siratun AAalayya mustaqeemun

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

43 Wainna jahannama lamawAAiduhum ajmaAAeena

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 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 Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs.

45 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin

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 Odkhulooha bisalamin amineena

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

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

49 Nabbi AAibadee annee ana alghafooru alrraheemu

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 Wa anna AAathabee huwa alAAathabu alaleemu

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

51 And inform them about the guests of Abraham,

51 Wanabbihum AAan dayfi ibraheema

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

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

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

55 Qaloo bashsharnaka bialhaqqi fala takun mina alqaniteena

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

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

58 Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena

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 Illa ala lootin inna lamunajjoohum ajmaAAeena

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 Illa imraatahu qaddarna innaha lamina alghabireena

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 Falamma jaa ala lootin almursaloona

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

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

62 Qala innakum qawmun munkaroona

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 Qaloo bal jinaka bima kanoo feehi yamtaroona

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 Waataynaka bialhaqqi wainna lasadiqoona

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

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 And the people of the city came rejoicing.

67 Wajaa ahlu almadeenati yastabshiroona

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 Qala inna haolai dayfee fala tafdahooni

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

69 And fear Allah and do not disgrace me."

69 Waittaqoo Allaha wala tukhzooni

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

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

70 Qaloo awalam nanhaka AAani alAAalameena

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 Qala haolai banatee in kuntum faAAileena

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 LaAAamruka innahum lafee sakratihim yaAAmahoona

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 Faakhathathumu alssayhatu mushriqeena

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 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 Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.

75 Inna fee thalika laayatin lilmutawassimeena

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 Wainnaha labisabeelin muqeemin

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

77 Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

77 Inna fee thalika laayatan lilmumineena

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

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

78 Wain kana ashabu alaykati lathalimeena

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 Faintaqamna minhum wainnahuma labiimamin mubeenin

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 Walaqad kaththaba ashabu alhijri almursaleena

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 Waataynahum ayatina fakanoo AAanha muAArideena

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 Wakanoo yanhitoona mina aljibali buyootan amineena

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

83 But the shriek seized them at early morning.

83 Faakhathathumu alssayhatu musbiheena

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

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

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 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 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 Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator.

86 Inna rabbaka huwa alkhallaqu alAAaleemu

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

89 Waqul innee ana alnnatheeru almubeenu

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

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

90 Kama anzalna AAala almuqtasimeena

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 Allatheena jaAAaloo alqurana AAideena

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 Fawarabbika lanasalannahum ajmaAAeena

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

93 About what they used to do.

93 AAamma kanoo yaAAmaloona

93 For all their deeds.

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

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 Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers

95 Inna kafaynaka almustahzieena

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 Allatheena yajAAaloona maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara fasawfa yaAAlamoona

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 Walaqad naAAlamu annaka yadeequ sadruka bima yaqooloona

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 Fasabbih bihamdi rabbika wakun mina alssajideena

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 WaoAAbud rabbaka hatta yatiyaka alyaqeenu

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