English - Chapter 15 - Al-Hijr

Alif L'am Ra. These are the verses of the Divine Book, the Glorious Qur’an which makes the things clear

The Day will come when the unbelievers will wish that they were Muslims

Leave them alone to eat and enjoy themselves and be deluded by false hopes, for soon they will find out the Truth

Never did We destroy a town whose term of life was not ordained beforehand

No people can forestall their doom, nor can they postpone it

They say: "O you to whom the reminder (The Qur'an) is being revealed! You are surely insane

Why don’t you bring us the angels, if you are of the truthful ones

O Muhammad, tell them: "We do not send down the angels except for just cause (to execute Our scourge), and when they come, people are not given respite

Surely We have revealed this reminder (The Qur'an); and We will surely preserve it Ourself

Certainly We sent Messengers before you among the early nations

but whenever a Messenger came to them, they mocked him

Thus do We let doubt creep into the hearts of the criminals

that they do not believe in it (The Qur'an), despite the examples of the people who passed before them

Even if we had opened a gate in Heaven and they ascend through it and keep on ascending

still they would have said, 'Our eyes have been dazzled; rather we have been bewitched

It is We who have decked the heavens with constellations and made them fair- seeming for the beholders

and We have guarded them from every accursed Satan

Any Satan that steals a hearing, there follows him a fiery comet

We have spread out the earth and set mountains upon it; and caused to grow every suitable thing therein

and We provided therein means of sustenance for you and many other creatures to whom you do not provide

There is nothing which is not in Our inexhaustible treasure and sent down in appropriate measure

We send the fertilizing winds and send down water from the sky for you to drink; it is not you who hold the storage of this wealth

Certainly it is We who give life and cause to die, and We are the inheritors of all

Certainly We have full knowledge of those who have gone before you and certainly We know those who will come later

Surely your Lord will gather them together; surely He is Wise, Knowledgeable

We created man from sounding clay, black mud moulded into shape

while before him We had created Jinn from smokeless fire

Remember when your Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create a man from sounding clay, black mud moulded into shape

when I complete his moulding and breath into him of My spirit, kneel down and prostrate before him

Accordingly the angels prostrated altogether

except Iblees (The Satan); he refused to join those who prostrated

Allah asked: "O Iblees! What is the matter with you that you did not join those who prostrated

He replied: "It does not behoove me to prostrate myself to this man whom You have created from sounding clay, black mud moulded into shape

Allah said: "Get out of here, you are accursed

The curse will remain on you till the Day of Judgement

At this Iblees requested: "Lord! Give me respite till the Day of Resurrection

Allah said: "All right! You are given the respite

till the Day of appointed time

except those of them who are Your sincere devotees

Allah said: "This course of action is all right with Me

you will not have any authority over My devotees except those misguided ones who follow you

They will be all destined for Hell

which has seven gates, each gate will be assigned to a separate group from among them

The righteous will be in the midst of the gardens and fountains of paradise

and it will be said to them: "Enter into these in peace and security

We shall remove all hatred from their hearts -they will become like brothers and sit on couches face to face

No fatigue will touch them in there, nor will they ever be asked to leave

O Prophet! Tell My devotees that I am indeed the Forgiving, the Merciful

but at the same time My punishment is also the most painful punishment

Tell them about the guests of Abraham

They entered upon them and said: "Peace be upon you!" But he replied: "Surely we are afraid of you

They answered: "Do not be afraid of us! We have come to you with good news of a son endowed with knowledge

He said: "Are you giving me the good news of a son when I have become old? What kind of good news you are giving

They replied: "We are giving you true good news; you should not be of those who despair

He said: "Who would despair of the mercy of his Lord except one who goes astray

Then he asked: "On what expedition you have been sent, O emissaries of Allah

They replied: "We have been sent to punish a criminal nation

with the exception of Lot’s (Lot's) family; we will certainly rescue them all

except his wife, who, Allah says, has been destined to remain with those who will stay behind

So when the emissaries came to the family of Lot

he said: " You appear to be strangers

They said: "We have come to you with that concerning which these people had doubts

We have come to you with the Truth of Allah’s decree and we are telling you the truth

You should, therefore, depart with your family during the last hours of the night and you yourself should follow them at their rear; let no one of you look back, keep on going where you are commanded to go

We informed him about this decree of Ours that the roots of the sinners of his city would be cut off by the morning

The people of the town came rejoicing to the house of Lot when they heard the news of those two young male visitors

Lot said: "They are my guests, so do not disgrace me

Have fear of Allah and do not put me to shame

They said: "Have we not forbidden you to plead for the rest of the world

He said: "Here are my daughters, if you must act

By your life, O Prophet Muhammad, they were madly blundering in their intoxication of lust

So the mighty blast overtook them at sunrise

Thus We turned the town upside down and rained down on them brimstones of baked clay

Surely there are major lessons in this for those who investigate

and this smitten town still lies right on the permanent highway on which the unbelievers travel during their business trips

Indeed there is a sign in this for the true believers

The people of Al- Aikah (the nation of Prophet Shu’aib) were also wrongdoers

So We inflicted retribution on them. The ruined towns of these two nations are lying on an open road

The people of Hijr also denied their Messenger

We gave them Our signs, but they ignored them

They hewed their homes in the mountains for safety

But the mighty blast seized them one morning, and all their labor of building their homes through carving the rocks did not avail them

We have not created the Heavens and the Earth, and all that lies between them but to manifest the Truth

The Hour of Doom is sure to come, so overlook their misbehavior in a gracious manner

Surely your Lord is the All-Knowing Creator

We have given you the Seven Verses that are worthy of recitation over and over again (Surah Al-Fatiha) and the Glorious Qur'an

Do not look at the worldly wealth which We have given to different people among them, nor grieve at their condition. Leave them alone, attend to the believers in kindness

and tell the unbelievers: "Surely I am only a plain Warner

This warning is like the warning which We sent down to the schismatics

the one who divided their Qur’an into separate parts, believing in some and denying others

So by your Lord! We will question them all

about their doings

Therefore, proclaim publicly what you are commanded and turn away from the pagans

Surely We Ourself will suffice you against the scoffers

those who place other deities alongside Allah, will soon come to know their folly

We know that your heart is distressed by what they say against you

The cure of your heart’s distress is that you should celebrate the praises of your Lord and be of those who prostrate themselves before Him

and worship your Lord until there comes to you which is certain (death)