English - Chapter 15 - Al-Hijr

Alif Lam Ra. Those are the Signs of the Book and a clear Qur´an

It may be that those who are kafir will wish that they had been Muslims

Leave them to eat and enjoy themselves. Let false hope divert them. They will soon know

We did not destroy any city without it having a set time

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

They say, ´You, to whom the Reminder has been sent down, are clearly mad

Why do you not bring angels to us if you are telling the truth?´

The angels only descend with the truth and then they would be granted no reprieve

It is We Who have sent down the Reminder and We Who will preserve it

We sent Messengers before you among the disparate groups of previous peoples

No Messenger came to them without their mocking him

In that way We insert it into the evildoers´ hearts

They do not have iman in it, even though the example of the previous peoples has gone before

Even if We opened up to them a door into heaven, and they spent the day ascending through it

they would only say, ´Our eyesight is befuddled! Or rather we have been put under a spell!´

We have placed constellations in heaven and made them beautiful for those who look

We have guarded them from every cursed Shaytan —

except for the one who listens stealthily, and he is followed by an open flame

As for the earth, We stretched it out and cast firmly embedded mountains in it and made everything grow in due proportion on it

And We put livelihoods in it both for you and for those you do not provide for

There is nothing that does not have its stores with Us and We only send it down in a known measure

We send forth the pollinating winds and send down water from the sky and give it to you to drink. And it is not you who keep its stores

It is We who give life and cause to die and We are the Inheritor

We know those of you who have gone ahead and those who are still to come

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

We created mankind out of dried clay formed from fetid black mud

We created the jinn before out of the fire of a searing wind

When your Lord said to the angels, ´I am creating a human being out of dried clay formed from fetid black mud

When I have formed him and breathed My Ruh into him, fall down in prostration in front of him!´

Then the angels prostrated all together, every one of them —

except Iblis. He disdained to be one of the prostrators

He said, ´Iblis, what is it that prevents you being among the prostrators?´

He said, ´I will not prostrate to a human being whom You have created out of dried clay formed from fetid black mud.´

He said, ´Get out from here, you are accursed

The curse will be on you till the Day of Reckoning.´

He said, ´My Lord, grant me a reprieve until the Day they are raised again.´

He said, ´You are among the reprieved

until the Day whose time is known.´

He said, ´My Lord, because You misled me, I will make things on the earth seem good to them and I will mislead them all, every one of them

except Your slaves among them who are sincere.´

He said, ´This is a Straight Path to Me

You have no authority over any of My slaves except for the misled who follow you.´

Hell is the promised meeting-place for all of them

It has seven gates and each gate has its allotted share

Those who have taqwa will be amid Gardens and Springs

´Enter them in peace, in complete security!´

We will strip away any rancour in their hearts — brothers, resting on couches face-to-face

They will not be affected by any tiredness there and they will never be made to leave

Tell My slaves that I am the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful

but also that My punishment is the Painful Punishment

And tell them about the guests of Ibrahim

When they came in to him, they said, ´Peace!´ He said, ´Truly we are afraid of you.´

They said, ´Do not be afraid. We bring you the good news of a boy of great knowledge.´

He said, ´Do you bring me this good news despite the fact of old age having reached me? What kind of good news are you bringing me?´

They said, ´We bring you good news of the truth, so do not be among those who despair.´

He said, ´Who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for misguided people?´

He added, ´What is your business, messengers?´

They said, ´We have been sent to a people who are evildoers —

with the exception of the family of Lut, all of whom We will save

except for his wife. We have decreed her to be one of those who stay behind.´

When the Messengers came to the family of Lut

he said, ´You are people we do not know.´

They said, ´We have come to you with what they had doubts about

We have brought you the truth and we are certainly truthful men

Travel with your family in the dead of night, following behind with them in front of you. None of you must look back. Go where you are ordered to.´

We revealed to him the command We had decreed: that on the following morning the last remnant of those people would be cut off

The people of the city came, exulting at the news

He said, ´These are my guests so do not put me to shame

Have taqwa of Allah and do not dishonour me.´

They said, ´Did we not forbid you to play host to anyone at all?´

He said, ´Here are my daughters if you are determined to do something.´

By your life! They were wandering blindly in their drunkenness

So the Great Blast seized hold of them at the break of day

We turned the place completely upside down and rained down on them stones of hard-baked clay

There are certainly Signs in that for the discerning

They were beside a road which still exists

There is certainly a Sign in that for the muminun

The people of the Thicket* were also wrongdoers

We took revenge on them as well. They are both beside a well-beaten track

The people of al-Hijr denied the Messengers

We brought them Our Signs but they turned away from them

They carved out houses from the mountains, feeling safe

but the Great Blast seized hold of them in the morning

so all that they earned was of no use to them

We did not create the heavens and earth and everything between them, except with truth. The Hour is certainly coming, so turn away graciously

Your Lord, He is the Creator, the All-Knowing

We have given you the Seven Oft-repeated* and the Magnificent Qur´an

Do not direct your eyes longingly to what We have given certain of them to enjoy. Do not feel sad concerning them. And take the muminun under your wing

Say: ´I am indeed a clear warner.´

Just as We sent down punishment on the dissectors

those who divide the Qur´an into little pieces

By your Lord, We will question them all, every one of them

about what they did

Proclaim what you have been ordered to and turn away from the idolaters

We are enough for you against the mockers

those who set up another god beside Allah. They will soon know

We know that your breast is constricted by what they say

So glorify your Lord with praise and be one of the prostrators

And worship your Lord until what is Certain comes to you