Surah Al-Hijr الحجر

الٓرۚ تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَقُرۡءَانٖ مُّبِينٖ ١

Alif Lām Rā tilka āyātul-kitābi waqur'ānim mubīn

Alif, Lām, Rā.⁶⁶⁸ These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].

رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡ كَانُواْ مُسۡلِمِينَ ٢

Rrubamā yawaddul-ladhīna kafarū law kānū muslimīn

Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish⁶⁶⁹ that they had been Muslims.

ذَرۡهُمۡ يَأۡكُلُواْ وَيَتَمَتَّعُواْ وَيُلۡهِهِمُ ٱلۡأَمَلُۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣

Dharhum ya'kulū wayatamatta'ū wayulhihimul-amalu fasawfa ya'lamūn

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

وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ ٤

Wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā walahā kitābum ma'lūm

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

مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ ٥

Mmā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wamā yasta'khirūn

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

وَقَالُواْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجۡنُونٞ ٦

Waqālū yā'ayyuhal-ladhī nuzzila 'alayhidh-dhikru innaka lamajnūn

And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.⁶⁷⁰

لَّوۡمَا تَأۡتِينَا بِٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٧

Llawmā ta'tīnā bil-malā'ikati in kunta minas-sādiqīn

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

مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓاْ إِذٗا مُّنظَرِينَ ٨

Mā nunazzilul-malā'ikata illā bil-haqqi wamā kānū idham munzarīn

We do not send down the angels except with truth;⁶⁷¹ and they [i.e., the disbelievers] would not then be reprieved.

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ ٩

Innā nahnu nazzalnadh-dhikra wa innā lahū lahāfizūn

Indeed, it is We who sent down the message [i.e., the Qur’ān], and indeed, We will be its guardian.

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٠

Walaqad arsalnā min qablika fī shiya'il-awwalīn

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

وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ١١

Wamā ya'tīhim mir rasūlin illā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn

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

كَذَٰلِكَ نَسۡلُكُهُۥ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ١٢

Kadhālika naslukuhū fī qulūbil-mujrimīn

Thus do We insert it [i.e., denial] into the hearts of the criminals.

لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدۡ خَلَتۡ سُنَّةُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣

Lā yu'minūna bihī waqad khalat sunnatul-awwalīn

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

وَلَوۡ فَتَحۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم بَابٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّواْ فِيهِ يَعۡرُجُونَ ١٤

Walaw fatahnā 'alayhim bābam minas-samā'i fazallū fīhi ya'rujūn

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

لَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتۡ أَبۡصَٰرُنَا بَلۡ نَحۡنُ قَوۡمٞ مَّسۡحُورُونَ ١٥

Laqālū innamā sukkirat absārunā bal nahnu qawmum mashūrūn

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

وَلَقَدۡ جَعَلۡنَا فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجٗا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ ١٦

Walaqad ja'alnā fis-samā'i burūjan wazayyannāhā lin-nāzirīn

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

وَحَفِظۡنَٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٍ ١٧

Wahafiznāhā min kulli shaytānir rajīm

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

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٨

Illā manistaraqas-sam'a fa atba'ahū shihābum mubīn

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

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنَٰهَا وَأَلۡقَيۡنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ مَّوۡزُونٖ ١٩

Wal-arda madadnāhā wa alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa ambatnā fīhā min kulli shay'im mawzūn

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

وَجَعَلۡنَا لَكُمۡ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسۡتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ ٢٠

Waja'alnā lakum fīhā ma'āyisha wamal lastum lahū birāziqīn

And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers.⁶⁷²

وَإِن مِّن شَيۡءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ٢١

Wa im min shay'in illā 'indanā khazā'inuhū wamā nunazziluhū illā biqadarim ma'lūm

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 [i.e., specified] measure.

وَأَرۡسَلۡنَا ٱلرِّيَٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِخَٰزِنِينَ ٢٢

Wa arsalnar-riyāha lawāqiha fa anzalnā minas-samā'i mā'an fa asqaynākumūhu wamā antum lahū bikhāzinīn

And We have sent the fertilizing winds⁶⁷³ and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.

وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ نُحۡيِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثُونَ ٢٣

Wa innā lanahnu nuhyī wanumītu wanahnul-wārithūn

And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.⁶⁷⁴

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡتَقۡدِمِينَ مِنكُمۡ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡتَـٔۡخِرِينَ ٢٤

Walaqad 'alimnal-mustaqdimīna minkum walaqad 'alimnal-musta'khirīn

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

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحۡشُرُهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٞ ٢٥

Wa inna rabbaka huwa yahshuruhum innahū hakīmun 'alīm

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

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ مِّنۡ حَمَإٖ مَّسۡنُونٖ ٢٦

Walaqad khalaqnal-insāna min salsālim min hama'im masnūn

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

وَٱلۡجَآنَّ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ مِن قَبۡلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ ٢٧

Wal-jānna khalaqnāhu min qablu min nāris-samūm

And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.

وَإِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّي خَٰلِقُۢ بَشَرٗا مِّن صَلۡصَٰلٖ مِّنۡ حَمَإٖ مَّسۡنُونٖ ٢٨

Wa idh qāla rabbuka lil-malā'ikati innī khāliqu basharam min salsālim min hama'im masnūn

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.

فَإِذَا سَوَّيۡتُهُۥ وَنَفَخۡتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُواْ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ ٢٩

Fa idhā sawwaytuhū wanafakhtu fīhi mir rūhī faqa'ū lahū sājidīn

And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul,⁶⁷⁵ then fall down to him in prostration."

فَسَجَدَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعُونَ ٣٠

Fasajadal-malā'ikatu kulluhum ajma'ūn

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٣١

Illā iblīsa abā an yakūna ma'as-sājidīn

Except Iblees;⁶⁷⁶ he refused to be with those who prostrated.

قَالَ يَٰٓإِبۡلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٣٢

Qāla yā'iblīsu mā laka allā takūna ma'as-sājidīn

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

قَالَ لَمۡ أَكُن لِّأَسۡجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ مِّنۡ حَمَإٖ مَّسۡنُونٖ ٣٣

Qāla lam akul li asjuda libasharin khalaqtahū min salsālim min hama'im masnūn

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

قَالَ فَٱخۡرُجۡ مِنۡهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٞ ٣٤

Qāla fakhruj minhā fa innaka rajīm

[Allāh] said, "Then depart from it,⁶⁷⁷ for indeed, you are expelled.

وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكَ ٱللَّعۡنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ٣٥

Wa inna 'alaykal-la'nata ilā yawmid-dīn

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

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرۡنِيٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ ٣٦

Qāla rabbi fa anzirnī ilā yawmi yub'athūn

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

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنظَرِينَ ٣٧

Qāla fa innaka minal-munzarīn

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

إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡوَقۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡلُومِ ٣٨

Ilā yawmil-waqtil-ma'lūm

Until the Day of the time well-known."

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغۡوَيۡتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَأُغۡوِيَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٣٩

Qāla rabbi bimā aghwaytanī la uzayyinanna lahum fil-ardi wala'ughwiyannahum ajma'īn

[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them [i.e., mankind] on earth, and I will mislead them all

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ٤٠

Illā 'ibādaka minhumul-mukhlasīn

Except, among them, Your chosen servants."

قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسۡتَقِيمٌ ٤١

Qāla hādhā sirātun 'alayya mustaqīm

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

إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيۡسَ لَكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ سُلۡطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَاوِينَ ٤٢

Inna 'ibādī laysa laka 'alayhim sultānun illā manit-taba'aka minal-ghāwīn

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

وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوۡعِدُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٤٣

Wa inna jahannama lamaw'iduhum ajma'īn

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

لَهَا سَبۡعَةُ أَبۡوَٰبٖ لِّكُلِّ بَابٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ جُزۡءٞ مَّقۡسُومٌ ٤٤

Lahā sab'atu abwābil likulli bābim minhum juz'um maqsūm

It has seven gates; for every gate is of them [i.e., Satan's followers] a portion designated."

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ ٤٥

Innal-muttaqīna fī jannātin wa'uyūn

Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs,

ٱدۡخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ ٤٦

Udkhulūhā bisalāmin āminīn

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

وَنَزَعۡنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِم مِّنۡ غِلٍّ إِخۡوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ٤٧

Wanaza'nā mā fī sudūrihim min ghillin ikhwānan 'alā sururim mutaqābilīn

And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment,⁶⁷⁸ [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other.

لَا يَمَسُّهُمۡ فِيهَا نَصَبٞ وَمَا هُم مِّنۡهَا بِمُخۡرَجِينَ ٤٨

Lā yamassuhum fīhā nasabun wamā hum minhā bimukhrajīn

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

۞ نَبِّئۡ عِبَادِيٓ أَنِّيٓ أَنَا ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٤٩

Nabbi' 'ibādī annī anal-ghafūrur-rahīm

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

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِي هُوَ ٱلۡعَذَابُ ٱلۡأَلِيمُ ٥٠

Wa anna 'adhābī huwal-'adhābul-alīm

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

وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ عَن ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٥١

Wanabbi'hum 'an dayfi ibrāhīm

And inform them about the guests of Abraham,

إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمۡ وَجِلُونَ ٥٢

Idh dakhalū 'alayhi faqālū salāman qāla innā minkum wajilūn

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

قَالُواْ لَا تَوۡجَلۡ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٖ ٥٣

Qālū lā tawjal innā nubasshiruka bighulāmin 'alīm

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

قَالَ أَبَشَّرۡتُمُونِي عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِيَ ٱلۡكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ ٥٤

Qāla abasshartumūnī 'alā am massaniyal-kibaru fabima tubasshirūn

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

قَالُواْ بَشَّرۡنَٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡقَٰنِطِينَ ٥٥

Qālū bassharnāka bil-haqqi falā takum minal-qānitīn

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

قَالَ وَمَن يَقۡنَطُ مِن رَّحۡمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٥٦

Qāla waman yaqnatu mir rahmati rabbihī illad-dāllūn

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

قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ٥٧

Qāla famā khatbukum ayyuhal-mursalūn

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

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ مُّجۡرِمِينَ ٥٨

Qālū innā ursilnā ilā qawmim mujrimīn

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

إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٥٩

Illā āla lūtin innā lamunajjūhum ajma'īn

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

إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرۡنَآ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ٦٠

Illamra'atahū qaddarnā innahā laminal-ghābirīn

Except his wife." We [i.e., Allāh] decreed that she is of those who remain behind.⁶⁷⁹

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ٦١

Falammā jā'a āla lūtinil-mursalūn

And when the messengers came to the family of Lot,

قَالَ إِنَّكُمۡ قَوۡمٞ مُّنكَرُونَ ٦٢

Qāla innakum qawmum munkarūn

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

قَالُواْ بَلۡ جِئۡنَٰكَ بِمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَمۡتَرُونَ ٦٣

Qālū bal ji'nāka bimā kānū fīhi yamtarūn

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

وَأَتَيۡنَٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ ٦٤

Wa ataynāka bil-haqqi wa innā lasādiqūn

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

فَأَسۡرِ بِأَهۡلِكَ بِقِطۡعٖ مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱتَّبِعۡ أَدۡبَٰرَهُمۡ وَلَا يَلۡتَفِتۡ مِنكُمۡ أَحَدٞ وَٱمۡضُواْ حَيۡثُ تُؤۡمَرُونَ ٦٥

Fa asri bi ahlika biqit'im minal-layli wattabi' adbārahum walā yaltafit minkum ahadun wamdū haythu tu'marūn

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."

وَقَضَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقۡطُوعٞ مُّصۡبِحِينَ ٦٦

Waqadaynā ilayhi dhālikal-amra anna dābira hā'ulā'i maqtū'um musbihīn

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

وَجَآءَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ يَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ ٦٧

Wajā'a ahlul-madīnati yastabshirūn

And the people of the city came rejoicing.⁶⁸⁰

قَالَ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيۡفِي فَلَا تَفۡضَحُونِ ٦٨

Qāla inna hā'ulā'i dayfī falā tafdahūn

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

وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخۡزُونِ ٦٩

Wattaqullāha walā tukhzūn

And fear Allāh and do not disgrace me."

قَالُوٓاْ أَوَلَمۡ نَنۡهَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٧٠

Qālū awalam nanhaka 'anil-'ālamīn

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

قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِيٓ إِن كُنتُمۡ فَٰعِلِينَ ٧١

Qāla hā'ulā'i banātī in kuntum fā'ilīn

[Lot] said, "These are my daughters⁶⁸¹ - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."

لَعَمۡرُكَ إِنَّهُمۡ لَفِي سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ ٧٢

La'amruka innahum lafī sakratihim ya'mahūn

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

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ مُشۡرِقِينَ ٧٣

Fa akhadhathumus-sayhatu mushriqīn

So the shriek⁶⁸² seized them at sunrise.

فَجَعَلۡنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةٗ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ٧٤

Faja'alnā 'āliyahā sāfilahā wa amtarnā 'alayhim hijāratam min sijjīl

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

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّلۡمُتَوَسِّمِينَ ٧٥

Inna fī dhālika la'āyātil lil-mutawassimīn

Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٖ مُّقِيمٍ ٧٦

Wa innahā labisabīlim muqīm

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

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٧٧

Inna fī dhālika la'āyatal lil-mu'minīn

Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

وَإِن كَانَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأَيۡكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ ٧٨

Wa in kāna ashābul-aykati lazālimīn

And the companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] were [also] wrongdoers,

فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٖ مُّبِينٖ ٧٩

Fantaqamnā minhum wa innahumā labi'imāmim mubīn

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

وَلَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡحِجۡرِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٨٠

Walaqad kaddhaba ashābul-hijril-mursalīn

And certainly did the companions of al-Ḥijr⁶⁸³ [i.e., the Thamūd] deny the messengers.

وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَكَانُواْ عَنۡهَا مُعۡرِضِينَ ٨١

Wa ātaynāhum āyātinā fakānū 'anhā mu'ridīn

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

وَكَانُواْ يَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ ٨٢

Wakānū yanhitūna minal-jibāli buyūtan āminīn

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

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ مُصۡبِحِينَ ٨٣

Fa akhadhathumus-sayhatu musbihīn

But the shriek seized them at early morning,

فَمَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ٨٤

Famā aghnā 'anhum mā kānū yaksibūn

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

وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَأٓتِيَةٞۖ فَٱصۡفَحِ ٱلصَّفۡحَ ٱلۡجَمِيلَ ٨٥

Wamā khalaqnas-samāwāti wal-arda wamā baynahumā illā bil-haqqi wa innas-sā'ata la'ātiyatun fasfahis-safhal-jamīl

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.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلۡخَلَّٰقُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٨٦

Inna rabbaka huwal-khallāqul-'alīm

Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator.

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَٰكَ سَبۡعٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمَثَانِي وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ٱلۡعَظِيمَ ٨٧

Walaqad ātaynāka sab'am minal-mathānī wal-qur'ānal-'azīm

And We have certainly given you, [O Muḥammad], seven of the often repeated [verses]⁶⁸⁴ and the great Qur’ān.

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيۡنَيۡكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعۡنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزۡوَٰجٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَلَا تَحۡزَنۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٨٨

Lā tamuddanna 'aynayka ilā mā matta'nā bihī azwājam minhum walā tahzan 'alayhim wakhfid janāhaka lil-mu'minīn

Do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of them [i.e., the disbelievers], and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing [i.e., show kindness] to the believers.

وَقُلۡ إِنِّيٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ٨٩

Waqul innī anan-nadhīrul-mubīn

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

كَمَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡمُقۡتَسِمِينَ ٩٠

Kamā anzalnā 'alal-muqtasimīn

Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separators⁶⁸⁵

ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُواْ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ عِضِينَ ٩١

Alladhīna ja'alul-qur'āna 'idīn

Who have made the Qur’ān into portions.⁶⁸⁶

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسۡـَٔلَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٩٢

Fawarabbika lanas'alannahum ajma'īn

So by your Lord, We will surely question them all

عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٣

'Ammā kānū ya'malūn

About what they used to do.

فَٱصۡدَعۡ بِمَا تُؤۡمَرُ وَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ٩٤

Fasda' bimā tu'maru wa a'rid 'anil-mushrikīn

Then declare what you are commanded⁶⁸⁷ and turn away from the polytheists.⁶⁸⁸

إِنَّا كَفَيۡنَٰكَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَهۡزِءِينَ ٩٥

Innā kafaynākal-mustahzi'īn

Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers

ٱلَّذِينَ يَجۡعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَۚ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٩٦

Alladhīna yaj'alūna ma'allāhi ilāhan ākhara fasawfa ya'lamūn

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

وَلَقَدۡ نَعۡلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدۡرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ٩٧

Walaqad na'lamu annaka yadīqu sadruka bimā yaqūlūn

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

فَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٩٨

Fasabbih bihamdi rabbika wakum minas-sājidīn

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

وَٱعۡبُدۡ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأۡتِيَكَ ٱلۡيَقِينُ ٩٩

Wa'bud rabbaka hattā ya'tiyakal-yaqīn

And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty [i.e., death].