الحجر

Aliflamra tilka ayatu alkitabi waquranin mubeenin

Alif Lām Ra[1]. These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur’an.

Rubama yawaddu allatheena kafaroo law kanoo muslimeena

The disbelievers will soon[2] wish that they were Muslims.

Tharhum yakuloo wayatamattaAAoo wayulhihimu alamalu fasawfa yaAAlamoona

Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted with false hope; they will come to know.

Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illa walaha kitabun maAAloomun

We never destroyed any town except that it had a destined time.

Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalaha wama yastakhiroona

No nation can advance its appointed time, nor can they delay it.

Waqaloo ya ayyuha allathee nuzzila AAalayhi alththikru innaka lamajnoonun

They say, “O you to whom the Reminder has been sent down, You are surely insane[3]!

Law ma tateena bialmalaikati in kunta mina alssadiqeena

Why do you not bring us the angels, if you are truthful?”

Ma nunazzilu almalaikata illa bialhaqqi wama kanoo ithan munthareena

We do not send down the angels except for a just cause, and then [the disbelievers] would be granted no respite[4].

Inna nahnu nazzalna alththikra wainna lahu lahafithoona

It is We Who have sent down the Reminder[5], and it is We Who will preserve it[6].

Walaqad arsalna min qablika fee shiyaAAi alawwaleena

We did send messengers before you among the factions of early peoples.

Wama yateehim min rasoolin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona

No messenger came to them except that they ridiculed him.

Kathalika naslukuhu fee quloobi almujrimeena

This is how We let this [denial] enter the hearts of the wicked[7].

La yuminoona bihi waqad khalat sunnatu alawwaleena

They will not believe in it, although the examples of the earlier people are well established.

Walaw fatahna AAalayhim baban mina alssamai fathalloo feehi yaAArujoona

Even if We were to open for them a gateway to the heaven, through which they kept ascending,

Laqaloo innama sukkirat absaruna bal nahnu qawmun mashooroona

they would still say, “Our eyes have been dazzled; rather, we have been bewitched.”

Walaqad jaAAalna fee alssamai buroojan wazayyannaha lilnnathireena

We have placed constellations in the heaven and adorned it for the onlookers,

Wahafithnaha min kulli shaytanin rajeemin

and We have guarded it from every accursed devil,

Illa mani istaraqa alssamAAa faatbaAAahu shihabun mubeenun

except the one who manages to eavesdrop, he will then be pursued by a visible burning flame.

Waalarda madadnaha waalqayna feeha rawasiya waanbatna feeha min kulli shayin mawzoonin

As for the earth, We have spread it out and placed therein firm mountains, and caused to grow therein everything in due proportion.

WajaAAalna lakum feeha maAAayisha waman lastum lahu biraziqeena

And We have made therein for you means of sustenance and for those[8] whom you do not provide.

Wain min shayin illa AAindana khazainuhu wama nunazziluhu illa biqadarin maAAloomin

There is nothing except that We have its treasuries, and We do not send it down except in a determined measure.

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

And We send fertilizing winds[9], and send down rain from the sky for you to drink, and it is not you who could store it.

Wainna lanahnu nuhyee wanumeetu wanahnu alwarithoona

Indeed, it is We Who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritors [of all things].

Walaqad AAalimna almustaqdimeena minkum walaqad AAalimna almustakhireena

We surely know those of you who have gone before and those who are yet to come.

Wainna rabbaka huwa yahshuruhum innahu hakeemun AAaleemun

It is your Lord Who will gather them together. He is All-Wise, All-Knowing.

Walaqad khalaqna alinsana min salsalin min hamain masnoonin

We have created man from sounding clay, made of aging mud[10].

Waaljanna khalaqnahu min qablu min nari alssamoomi

And the jinn[11] We created before that, from smokeless fire.

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

And [remember] when your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create a human being from sounding clay, made of aging mud.

Faitha sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehi min roohee faqaAAoo lahu sajideena

When I have shaped him and breathed into him of My spirit[12], then fall down before him in prostration.”

Fasajada almalaikatu kulluhum ajmaAAoona

Thereupon, all of the angels fell down in prostration,

Illa ibleesa aba an yakoona maAAa alssajideena

except for Iblīs, who refused to be with those who prostrated[13].

Qala ya ibleesu ma laka alla takoona maAAa alssajideena

Allah said, “O Iblīs, what is the matter with you that you were not with those who prostrated?”

Qala lam akun liasjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min salsalin min hamain masnoonin

He said, “I am not such to prostrate before a human whom You created from sounding clay, made of aging mud.[14]”

Qala faokhruj minha fainnaka rajeemun

He said, “Then get out of here[15], for you are accursed,

Wainna AAalayka allaAAnata ila yawmi alddeeni

and the curse will be upon you until the Day of Judgment.”

Qala rabbi faanthirnee ila yawmi yubAAathoona

Iblīs said, “My Lord, then grant me respite until the Day they are resurrected.”

Qala fainnaka mina almunthareena

Allah said, “You are of those who are granted respite[16],

Ila yawmi alwaqti almaAAloomi

until the Day of the Appointed Time[17].”

Qala rabbi bima aghwaytanee laozayyinanna lahum fee alardi walaoghwiyannahum ajmaAAeena

He said, “My Lord, since You have sent me astray[18], I will surely make [sins] alluring to them on earth and mislead them all,

Illa AAibadaka minhumu almukhlaseena

except for Your chosen slaves among them.”

Qala hatha siratun AAalayya mustaqeemun

Allah said, “This is a straight path leading to Me.

Inna AAibadee laysa laka AAalayhim sultanun illa mani ittabaAAaka mina alghaweena

You will have no authority over My slaves, except the deviants who follow you.

Wainna jahannama lamawAAiduhum ajmaAAeena

And Hell is certainly the promised place for them, all together.

Laha sabAAatu abwabin likulli babin minhum juzon maqsoomun

It has seven gates[19]; each gate will have its allotted share of them.”

Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin waAAuyoonin

The righteous will be in gardens and springs.

Odkhulooha bisalamin amineena

“Enter in peace and safety[20]!”

WanazaAAna ma fee sudoorihim min ghillin ikhwanan AAala sururin mutaqabileena

We will remove all ill feelings from their hearts[21]; like brothers, seated on couches facing one another.

La yamassuhum feeha nasabun wama hum minha bimukhrajeena

No fatigue will ever touch them therein[22], nor will they ever be made to leave.

Nabbi AAibadee annee ana alghafooru alrraheemu

Inform My slaves that I am indeed the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful,

Wa anna AAathabee huwa alAAathabu alaleemu

and that My punishment is the most painful punishment.

Wanabbihum AAan dayfi ibraheema

And inform them about the guests of Abraham.

Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloo salaman qala inna minkum wajiloona

When they entered upon him and said, “Peace!” He said, “We are afraid of you[23].”

Qaloo la tawjal inna nubashshiruka bighulamin AAaleemin

They said, “Do not be afraid; We give you glad tidings of a knowledgeable boy[24].”

Qala abashshartumoonee AAala an massaniya alkibaru fabima tubashshirooni

He said, “Do you give me glad tidings despite my old age? What glad tidings are you giving me?”

Qaloo bashsharnaka bialhaqqi fala takun mina alqaniteena

They said, “We have given you glad tidings in truth, so do not be of those who despair[25].”

Qala waman yaqnatu min rahmati rabbihi illa alddalloona

He said, “Who would despair of his Lord’s mercy except those who are misguided[26]?”

Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona

He said, “So, what is your mission, O messengers?”

Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena

They said, “We have been sent to a wicked people[27],

Illa ala lootin inna lamunajjoohum ajmaAAeena

except the household of Lot; we will surely save them all,

Illa imraatahu qaddarna innaha lamina alghabireena

except his wife[28]; We have decreed that she will be among those who stay behind.”

Falamma jaa ala lootin almursaloona

When the messengers came to the household of Lot[29],

Qala innakum qawmun munkaroona

he said, “You are unfamiliar people.”

Qaloo bal jinaka bima kanoo feehi yamtaroona

They said, “We have come to you with that [punishment][30] which they have doubted.

Waataynaka bialhaqqi wainna lasadiqoona

We have come to you with the truth, and we are certainly truthful.

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

So travel with your household in the dark of night and go behind them; none of you should look back[31], and keep going to where you are commanded.”

Waqadayna ilayhi thalika alamra anna dabira haolai maqtooAAun musbiheena

We conveyed this decree to him that these [people] will be exterminated by early morning.”

Wajaa ahlu almadeenati yastabshiroona

The people of the city came [to Lot] rejoicing[32].

Qala inna haolai dayfee fala tafdahooni

Lot said, “These are my guests, so do not bring shame on me.

Waittaqoo Allaha wala tukhzooni

Fear Allah and do not disgrace me.”

Qaloo awalam nanhaka AAani alAAalameena

They said, “Did we not forbid you from [protecting] people?”

Qala haolai banatee in kuntum faAAileena

He said, “These are my daughters [to marry], if you must[33].”

LaAAamruka innahum lafee sakratihim yaAAmahoona

By your life [O prophet], they were wandering blindly in their intoxication [of lust][34].

Faakhathathumu alssayhatu mushriqeena

So they were seized by the blast at sunrise,

FajaAAalna AAaliyaha safilaha waamtarna AAalayhim hijaratan min sijjeelin

and We turned their cities upside down[35] and rained down on them stones of baked clay.

Inna fee thalika laayatin lilmutawassimeena

Indeed, there are signs in this for those who discern[36].

Wainnaha labisabeelin muqeemin

And their place is located by a known route[37].

Inna fee thalika laayatan lilmumineena

Indeed, there are signs in this for the believers.

Wain kana ashabu alaykati lathalimeena

And the people of the Forest[38] were wrongdoers.

Faintaqamna minhum wainnahuma labiimamin mubeenin

So We punished them in retribution, and both [places][39] are by a clear highway.

Walaqad kaththaba ashabu alhijri almursaleena

Surely the people of Al-Hijr[40] also rejected the messengers.

Waataynahum ayatina fakanoo AAanha muAArideena

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

Wakanoo yanhitoona mina aljibali buyootan amineena

They carved houses in the mountains, feeling secure[41].

Faakhathathumu alssayhatu musbiheena

So they were seized by the blast early in the morning.

Fama aghna AAanhum ma kanoo yaksiboona

Nothing of what they earned was of any avail to them.

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

We have not created the heavens and earth and all that is between them except for a true purpose. The Hour is certainly coming, so bear with them graciously[42].

Inna rabbaka huwa alkhallaqu alAAaleemu

Indeed, your Lord is the Absolute Creator, the All-Knowing.

Walaqad ataynaka sabAAan mina almathanee waalqurana alAAatheema

We have surely given you the seven oft-repeated verses[43] and the great Qur’an.

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

Do not look longingly at the pleasures We have given certain classes[44] of them[45], nor grieve over them[46], but lower your wing [in humility] to the believers[47].

Waqul innee ana alnnatheeru almubeenu

And say, “I am indeed a clear warner.” –

Kama anzalna AAala almuqtasimeena

just as We sent down [punishment] upon those who divided [their religion][48],

Allatheena jaAAaloo alqurana AAideena

those who split the Qur’an into different portions[49].

Fawarabbika lanasalannahum ajmaAAeena

By your Lord, We will surely question them all

AAamma kanoo yaAAmaloona

concerning what they used to do.

FaisdaAA bima tumaru waaAArid AAani almushrikeena

Then proclaim what you are commanded, and turn away from those who associate partners with Allah.

Inna kafaynaka almustahzieena

We will surely suffice you against the mockers[50],

Allatheena yajAAaloona maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara fasawfa yaAAlamoona

those who set up beside Allah another god; they will come to know.

Walaqad naAAlamu annaka yadeequ sadruka bima yaqooloona

We know that you are distressed by what they say.

Fasabbih bihamdi rabbika wakun mina alssajideena

So glorify your Lord with praise and be among those who prostrate [to Him][51],

WaoAAbud rabbaka hatta yatiyaka alyaqeenu

and worship your Lord until the certainty [of death] comes to you.