Al Hijr

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

1 Aliflamra tilka ayatu alkitabi waquranin mubeenin

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

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

2 Rubama yawaddu allatheena kafaroo law kanoo muslimeena

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

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 Tharhum yakuloo wayatamattaAAoo wayulhihimu alamalu fasawfa yaAAlamoona

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

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

4 Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illa walaha kitabun maAAloomun

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

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

5 Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalaha wama yastakhiroona

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

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

6 Waqaloo ya ayyuha allathee nuzzila AAalayhi alththikru innaka lamajnoonun

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

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

7 Law ma tateena bialmalaikati in kunta mina alssadiqeena

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

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

8 Ma nunazzilu almalaikata illa bialhaqqi wama kanoo ithan munthareena

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

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

9 Inna nahnu nazzalna alththikra wainna lahu lahafithoona

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

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

10 Walaqad arsalna min qablika fee shiyaAAi alawwaleena

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

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

11 Wama yateehim min rasoolin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona

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

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

12 Kathalika naslukuhu fee quloobi almujrimeena

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

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

13 La yuminoona bihi waqad khalat sunnatu alawwaleena

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

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

14 Walaw fatahna AAalayhim baban mina alssamai fathalloo feehi yaAArujoona

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

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

15 Laqaloo innama sukkirat absaruna bal nahnu qawmun mashooroona

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

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

16 Walaqad jaAAalna fee alssamai buroojan wazayyannaha lilnnathireena

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

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

17 Wahafithnaha min kulli shaytanin rajeemin

17 And We have guarded it from every outcast devil,

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

18 Illa mani istaraqa alssamAAa faatbaAAahu shihabun mubeenun

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

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 Waalarda madadnaha waalqayna feeha rawasiya waanbatna feeha min kulli shayin mawzoonin

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

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

20 WajaAAalna lakum feeha maAAayisha waman lastum lahu biraziqeena

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

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 Wain min shayin illa AAindana khazainuhu wama nunazziluhu illa biqadarin maAAloomin

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 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 Waarsalna alrriyaha lawaqiha faanzalna mina alssamai maan faasqaynakumoohu wama antum lahu bikhazineena

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 And verily, it is We Who give life, and Who give death: it is We Who remain inheritors (after all else passes away).

23 Wainna lanahnu nuhyee wanumeetu wanahnu alwarithoona

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

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

24 Walaqad AAalimna almustaqdimeena minkum walaqad AAalimna almustakhireena

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

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

25 Wainna rabbaka huwa yahshuruhum innahu hakeemun AAaleemun

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

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

26 Walaqad khalaqna alinsana min salsalin min hamain masnoonin

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

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

27 Waaljanna khalaqnahu min qablu min nari alssamoomi

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

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

28 Waith qala rabbuka lilmalaikati innee khaliqun basharan min salsalin min hamain masnoonin

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

29 Faitha sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehi min roohee faqaAAoo lahu sajideena

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

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

30 Fasajada almalaikatu kulluhum ajmaAAoona

30 So the angels fell prostrate, all of them together

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

31 Illa ibleesa aba an yakoona maAAa alssajideena

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

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

32 Qala ya ibleesu ma laka alla takoona maAAa alssajideena

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

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 Qala lam akun liasjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min salsalin min hamain masnoonin

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

34 Qala faokhruj minha fainnaka rajeemun

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

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

35 Wainna AAalayka allaAAnata ila yawmi alddeeni

35 And lo! the curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Judgment.

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

36 Qala rabbi faanthirnee ila yawmi yubAAathoona

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

37 (Allah) said: "Respite is granted thee

37 Qala fainnaka mina almunthareena

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

38 "Till the Day of the Time appointed."

38 Ila yawmi alwaqti almaAAloomi

38 Till the Day of appointed time.

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 Qala rabbi bima aghwaytanee laozayyinanna lahum fee alardi walaoghwiyannahum ajmaAAeena

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

40 Illa AAibadaka minhumu almukhlaseena

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

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

41 Qala hatha siratun AAalayya mustaqeemun

41 He said: This is a right course incumbent upon Me:

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

42 Inna AAibadee laysa laka AAalayhim sultanun illa mani ittabaAAaka mina alghaweena

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

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

43 Wainna jahannama lamawAAiduhum ajmaAAeena

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

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

44 Laha sabAAatu abwabin likulli babin minhum juzon maqsoomun

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

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

45 Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin

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

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

46 Odkhulooha bisalamin amineena

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

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 WanazaAAna ma fee sudoorihim min ghillin ikhwanan AAala sururin mutaqabileena

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

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

48 La yamassuhum feeha nasabun wama hum minha bimukhrajeena

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

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

49 Nabbi AAibadee annee ana alghafooru alrraheemu

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

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

50 Wa anna AAathabee huwa alAAathabu alaleemu

50 And that My doom is the dolorous doom.

51 Tell them about the guests of Abraham.

51 Wanabbihum AAan dayfi ibraheema

51 And tell them of Abraham's guests,

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

52 Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloo salaman qala inna minkum wajiloona

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

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

53 Qaloo la tawjal inna nubashshiruka bighulamin AAaleemin

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

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

54 Qala abashshartumoonee AAala an massaniya alkibaru fabima tubashshirooni

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

55 Qaloo bashsharnaka bialhaqqi fala takun mina alqaniteena

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

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

56 Qala waman yaqnatu min rahmati rabbihi illa alddalloona

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

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

57 Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona

57 He said: And afterward what is your business, O ye messengers (of Allah) ?

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

58 Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena

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

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

59 Illa ala lootin inna lamunajjoohum ajmaAAeena

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

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

60 Illa imraatahu qaddarna innaha lamina alghabireena

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

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

61 Falamma jaa ala lootin almursaloona

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

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

62 Qala innakum qawmun munkaroona

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

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

63 Qaloo bal jinaka bima kanoo feehi yamtaroona

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

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

64 Waataynaka bialhaqqi wainna lasadiqoona

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

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 Faasri biahlika biqitAAin mina allayli waittabiAA adbarahum wala yaltafit minkum ahadun waimdoo haythu tumaroona

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

66 Waqadayna ilayhi thalika alamra anna dabira haolai maqtooAAun musbiheena

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

67 Wajaa ahlu almadeenati yastabshiroona

67 And the people of the city came, rejoicing at the news (of new arrivals).

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

68 Qala inna haolai dayfee fala tafdahooni

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

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

69 Waittaqoo Allaha wala tukhzooni

69 And keep your duty to Allah, and shame me not!

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

70 Qaloo awalam nanhaka AAani alAAalameena

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

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

71 Qala haolai banatee in kuntum faAAileena

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

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

72 LaAAamruka innahum lafee sakratihim yaAAmahoona

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

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

73 Faakhathathumu alssayhatu mushriqeena

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

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

74 FajaAAalna AAaliyaha safilaha waamtarna AAalayhim hijaratan min sijjeelin

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

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

75 Inna fee thalika laayatin lilmutawassimeena

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

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

76 Wainnaha labisabeelin muqeemin

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

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

77 Inna fee thalika laayatan lilmumineena

77 Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers.

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

78 Wain kana ashabu alaykati lathalimeena

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

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

79 Faintaqamna minhum wainnahuma labiimamin mubeenin

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

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

80 Walaqad kaththaba ashabu alhijri almursaleena

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

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

81 Waataynahum ayatina fakanoo AAanha muAArideena

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

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

82 Wakanoo yanhitoona mina aljibali buyootan amineena

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

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

83 Faakhathathumu alssayhatu musbiheena

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

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

84 Fama aghna AAanhum ma kanoo yaksiboona

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

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 Wama khalaqna alssamawati waalarda wama baynahuma illa bialhaqqi wainna alssaAAata laatiyatun faisfahi alssafha aljameela

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

86 Inna rabbaka huwa alkhallaqu alAAaleemu

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

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

87 Walaqad ataynaka sabAAan mina almathanee waalqurana alAAatheema

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

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 La tamuddanna AAaynayka ila ma mattaAAna bihi azwajan minhum wala tahzan AAalayhim waikhfid janahaka lilmumineena

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

89 Waqul innee ana alnnatheeru almubeenu

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

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

90 Kama anzalna AAala almuqtasimeena

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

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

91 Allatheena jaAAaloo alqurana AAideena

91 Those who break the Qur'an into parts.

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

92 Fawarabbika lanasalannahum ajmaAAeena

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

93 For all their deeds.

93 AAamma kanoo yaAAmaloona

93 Of what they used to do.

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

94 FaisdaAA bima tumaru waaAArid AAani almushrikeena

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

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

95 Inna kafaynaka almustahzieena

95 Lo! We defend thee from the scoffers,

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

96 Allatheena yajAAaloona maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara fasawfa yaAAlamoona

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

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

97 Walaqad naAAlamu annaka yadeequ sadruka bima yaqooloona

97 Well know We that thy bosom is oppressed by what they say,

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

98 Fasabbih bihamdi rabbika wakun mina alssajideena

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

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

99 WaoAAbud rabbaka hatta yatiyaka alyaqeenu

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