Al-Hijr

Alif-Laaam-Raa; tilka Aayaatul Kitaabi wa Qur-aa-nim Mubeen

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

Rubamaa yawaddul lazeena kafaroo law kaanoo muslimeen

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

Zarhum yaakuloo wa tatamatta'oo wa yulhihimul amalu fasawfa ya'lamoon

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

Wa maaa ahlaknaa min qaryatin illaa wa lahaa kitaabum ma'loom

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

Maa tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahaa wa maa yastaakhiroon

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

Wa qaaloo yaaa aiyuhal lazee nuzzila 'alaihiz Zikru innaka lamajnoon

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

Law maa taateenaa bil malaaa'ikati in kunta minas saadiqeen

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

Maa nunazzilul malaaa'i kata illaa bilhaqqi wa maa kaanooo izam munzareen

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

Innaa Nahnu nazalnaz Zikra wa Innaa lahoo lahaa fizoon

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

Wa laqad arsalnaa min qablika fee shiya'il awwaleen

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

Wa maa yaateehim mir Rasoolin illaa kaanoo bihee yastahzi'oon

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

kazaalika naslukuhoo fee quloobil mujrimeen

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

Laa yu'minoona bihee wa qad khalat sunnatul awwaleen

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

Wa law fatahnaa 'alaihim baabam minas samaaa'i fazaloo feehi ya'rujoon

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

Laqaaloo innamaa sukkirat absaarunaa bal nahnu qawmum mashooroon

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

Wa laqad ja'alnaa fissamaaa'i buroojanw wa zaiyannaahaa linnaazireen

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

Wa hafiznaahaa min kulli Shaitaanir rajeem

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

Illaa manis taraqas sam'a fa atba'ahoo shihaabum mubeen

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

Wal arda madadnaahaa wa alqainaa feehaa rawaasiya wa ambatnaa feehaa min kulli shai'im mawzoon

And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.

Wa ja'alnaa lakum feehaa ma'aayisha wa mal lastum lahoo biraaziqeen

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

Wa im min shai'in illaa 'indanaa khazaaa 'inuhoo wa maa nunazziluhooo illaa biqadarim ma'loom

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.

Wa arsalnar riyaaha la waaqiha fa anzalnaa minas samaaa'i maaa'an fa asqai naakumoohu wa maaa antum lahoo bikhaazineen

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.

Wa innnaa la nahnu nuhyee wa numeetu wa nahnul waarisoon

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

Wa la qad 'alimnal mustaqdimeena minkum wa laqad 'alimnal mustaakhireen

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

Wa inna Rabbaka Huwa yahshuruhum; innahoo Hakeem 'Aleem

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

Wa laqad khalaqnal insaana min salsaalim min hama im masnoon

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

Waljaaanna khalaqnaahu min qablu min naaris samoom

And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.

Wa iz qaala Rabbuka lilmalaaa' ikati innee khaaliqum basharam min salsaalim min hama im masnoon

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.

Fa izaa sawwaituhoo wa nafakhtu feehi mir roohee faqa'oo lahoo saajideen

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

Fasajadal malaaa'ikatu kulluhum ajma'oon

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

Illaaa ibleesa abaaa ai yakoona ma'as saajideen

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

Qaala yaaa Ibleesu maa laka allaa takoona ma'as saajideen

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

Qaala lam akul li asjuda libasharin khalaqtahoo min salsaalim min hama im masnoon

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

Qaala fakhruj minhaa fa innaka rajeem

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

Wa inna 'alikal la'nata ilaa Yawmid Deen

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

Qaala Rabbi fa anzirneee ilaa Yawmi yub'asoon

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

Qaala fa innaka minal munzareen

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

Ilaa Yawmil waqtil ma'loom

Until the Day of the time well-known."

Qaala Rabbi bimaaa aghwaitanee la uzayyinaana lahum fil ardi wa la ughwiyan nahum ajma'een

[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

Illaa 'ibaadaka minhumul mukhlaseen

Except, among them, Your chosen servants."

Qaala haaza Siraatun 'alaiya Mustaqeem

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

Inna 'ibaadee laisa laka 'alaihim sultaanun illaa manittaba'aka minal ghaaween

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

Wa inna jahannama lamaw'iduhum ajma'een

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

Lahaa sab'atu abwaab; likulli baabim minhum juz'um maqsoom

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

Innal muttaqeena fee Jannaatinw wa 'uyoon

Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs.

Udkhuloohaa bisalaamin aamineen

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

Wa naza'naa ma fee sudoorihim min ghillin ikhwaanan 'alaa sururim mutaqaabileen

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

Laa yamas suhum feehaa nasabunw wa maa hum minhaa bimukhrajeen

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

Nabbi' 'ibaadeee annneee anal Ghafoorur Raheem

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

Wa anna 'azaabee uwal 'azaabul aleem

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

Wa nabbi'hum 'an daifi Ibraaheem

And inform them about the guests of Abraham,

Iz dakhaloo 'alaihi faqaaloo salaaman qaala innaa minkum wajiloon

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

Qaaloo la tawjal innaa nubashshiruka bighulaamin 'aleem

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

Qaala abashshartumoonee 'alaaa am massaniyal kibaru fabima tubashshiroon

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

Qaaloo bashsharnaaka bilhaqqi falaa takum minal qaaniteen

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

Qaala wa mai yaqnatu mir rahmati Rabbiheee illad daaaloon

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

Qaala famaa khatbukum aiyuhal mursaloon

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

Qaaloo innaaa ursilnaaa ilaa qawmim mujrimeen

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

Illaaa Aala Loot; innaa lamunajjoohum ajma'een

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

Illam ra atahoo qaddarnaaa innahaa laminal ghaabireen

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

Falamma jaaa'a Aala Lootinil mursaloon

And when the messengers came to the family of Lot,

Qaala innakum qawmum munkaroon

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

Qaaloo bal ji'naaka bimaa kaanoo feehi yamtaroon

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

Wa atainaaka bilhaqqi wa innaa lasaadiqoon

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

Fa asri bi ahlika biqit'im minal laili wattabi' adbaarahum wa laa yaltafit minkum ahadunw wamdoo haisu tu'maroon

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."

Wa qadainaaa ilaihi zaalikal amra anna daabira haaa'ulaaa'i maqtoo'um musbiheen

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

Wa jaaa'a ahlul madeenati yastabshiroon

And the people of the city came rejoicing.

Qaala inna haaa'ulaaa'i daifee falaa tafdahoon

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

Wattaqul laaha wa laa tukhzoon

And fear Allah and do not disgrace me."

Qaalooo awalam nanhaka 'anil 'aalameen

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

Qaala haaa'ulaaa'i banaateee in kuntum faa'ileen

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

La'amruka innahum lafee sakratihim ya'mahoon

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

Fa akhazat humus saihatu mushriqeen

So the shriek seized them at sunrise.

Faja'alnaa 'aaliyahaa saafilahaa wa amtamaa 'alaihim hijaaratam min sjijjeel

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

Inna fee zaalika la Aayaatil lilmutawassimeen

Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.

Wa innahaa labi sabeelim muqeem

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

Inna fee zaalika la Aayatal lilmu'mineen

Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

Wa in kaana Ashaabul Aikati lazaalimeen

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

Fantaqamnaa minhum wa innahumaa labi imaamim mubeen

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

Wa laqad kazzaba ashaabul Hijril mursaleen

And certainly did the companions of Thamud deny the messengers.

Wa aatainaahum Aayaatinaa fakaanoo 'anhaa mu'rideen

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

Wa kaanoo yanhitoona minal jibaali buyootan aamineen

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

Fa akhazat humus saihatu musbiheen

But the shriek seized them at early morning.

Famaaa aghnaa 'anhum maa kaanoo yaksiboon

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

Wa maa khalaqnas samaawaati wal arda wa maa bainahumaaa illaa bilhaqq; wa innas Saa'ata la aatiyatun fasfahis safhal jameel

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.

Inna Rabbaka Huwal khallaaqul 'aleem

Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator.

Wa laqad aatainaaka sab'am mnal masaanee wal Qur-aanal 'azeem

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

Laa tamuddanna 'ainaika ilaa maa matta 'naa biheee azwaajam minhum wa laa tahzan 'alaihim wakhfid janaahaka lilmu 'mineen

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

Wa qul inneee anan nazeerul mubeen

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

Kamaaa anzalnaa 'alal muqtasimeen

Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separators

Allazeena ja'alul Quraana'ideen

Who have made the Qur'an into portions.

Fawa Rabbika lanas'a lannahum ajma'een

So by your Lord, We will surely question them all

'Ammaa kaanoo ya'maloon

About what they used to do.

Fasda' bimaa tu'maru wa a'rid anil mushrikeen

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

Innaa kafainaakal mustahzi'een

Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers

Allazeena yaj'aloona ma'al laahi ilaahan aakhar; fasawfa ya'lamoon

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

Wa laqad na'lamu annak yadeequ sadruka bimaa yaqooloon

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

Fasbbih bihamdi Rabbika wa kum minas saajideen

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