English - Chapter 15 - Al-Hijr

L. R. These are verses from the Book, and a clear Reading

Perhaps those who disbelieve would like to become Muslims

Leave them eating and enjoying themselves; let hope distract them, for they soon will know (anyhow)

We have never wiped out any town unless it had [received] a known term

no nation can forestall its deadline, nor will they ever postpone it

Yet they say: "You to whom the Reminder has been sent down, why you´re crazy

Why don´t you bring us angels if you are so truthful?"´

We do not send down any angels except with the Truth, and even then they would not be allowed to wait

We Ourself have sent down the Reminder just as We are safeguarding it

Even before you, We sent [some] down among the sects of early people

yet no messenger ever came to them whom they did not sneer at

Thus We slip it into criminals´ hearts

they will not believe in it, even though the custom of early people has already preceded it

Even though We opened up a gate to Heaven for them so they might keep on climbing into it

they still would say: "Our eyesight has been dazzled-in fact, we are enchanted folk

We have placed constellations in the sky and embellished it for onlookers

We have safeguarded them against every outcast Satan

except for such as may try to eavesdrop, so a blazing meteor follows him

Earth have We spread out and cast headlands upon it, and planted a bit of everything to grow there (so it is) well balanced

We have placed various means of livelihood on it for (all of) you as well as anyone you do not have to provide for

There is nothing whose stores are not [controlled] by Us, and We send it down only according to a fixed quantity

We send forth fertilizing winds and send down water from the sky and offer you something to drink from it. You are not the ones who store it up

We give life and bring death, and We are the Heirs [to every- thing]

We know which of you try to get ahead and We know those who hold back

Your Lord will summon them; He is Wise, Aware

We created man from ringing clay, from moulded slime

while the sprites We had created earlier from smokeless fire

So your Lord told the angels: "I am about to create a human being from ringing clay, from moulded slime

When I have finished with him and breathed some of My spirit into him, then drop down on your knees before him

The angels all bowed down together

except for Diabolis; he refused to be one of those bowing down on their knees

He said: "Diabolis, what is wrong with you that you are not among those who bow down on their knees

He said: "I am no one to kneel before a human being You have created from ringing clay, from moulded slime

He said: "Then get out of here, for you are an outcast

On you lies the Curse until the Day for Repayment

He said: ´My Lord, let me wait till the day when they are raised up again

He said: "You will be allowed to wait

until a day in known time

He said: "My Lord, since You have let me go astray, I shall make things on earth seem attractive to them; I´ll mislead them all

except for any of Your sincere servants who may be among them

He said: "Here will be a Straight Road [leading] up to Me

You will not hold any authority over My servants except for someone who may follow you from among those who are misguided

Hell will [serve as] an appointment for all of them together

It has seven gates; each gate will have a portion assigned from them

The heedful will be in gardens and by springs

Enter them safely, at peace

We will strip away any rancor that [lingers] in their breasts; like brethren they will face one another on couches

Toil will not touch them there, nor will they ever be expelled from it

Advise My servants that I am the Forgiving, Merciful One

although My torment will be painful torment

Advise them about Abraham´s guests

how, when they entered his presence and said: "Peace!", he said: "We feel wary of you

They said: ´Don´t feel so wary; We bring you word about a clever boy

He said: "Have you brought me word like this once old age has set in on me? What sort of word do you want to spread

They said: "We have brought you word of the Truth, so do not act so discouraged

He said: "Who despairs of his Lord´s mercy except those who are lost

He said: "Yet what is your errand, you emissaries

They said: "We have been sent for some criminal folk

except for Lot´s house; we will rescue them all

except his wife. We have decreed that she will be one of those who will be left behind

When the emissaries came to Lot´s household

he said: "You are folk who should be ignored

They said: Rather we have come to you about something they have been puzzling over

We have brought you the Truth, for we are reliable

Travel with your family at dead of night; you should follow in their rear, and let none of you glance around! Keep on going wherever you are ordered to

We have passed judgment on that case for him so that those people´s last remnant shall be cut off once morning dawns for them

The people of the city came up gay with the news

He said: "These are my guests so do not disgrace me

Heed God, and do not shame me

They said: "Didn´t we forbid you to have contact with [anyone in] the Universe [outside]?"´

He said: "These are my daughters if you are going to do (something)

Upon your life, they were groping along in their drunkenness

so the Blast caught them at sunrise

We turned things upside down and rained down stones which had been stamped with their names on them

In that are signs for investigators

and it lies along a permanent highway

In that is a sign for believers

The Companions in the Forest had been wrongdoers

so We avenged Ourself on them. Both are a clear indication

The inhabitants of Stoneland rejected the emissaries

We gave them Our signs even though they had shunned them

They had confidently hewn houses out of the mountains

So the Blast caught them early one morning

and what they had been earning did not help them out

We have only created Heaven and Earth and whatever lies between them for the sake of Truth. The Hour is coming on, so examine [matters] with fine discrimination

Your Lord is the Clever Creator

We have brought you seven Oft-Repeated (verses] plus the Mighty Qur´an

Do not strain your eyes towards what We let some types of them enjoy; do not feel saddened by them, and lower your [sheltering] wing over believers

SAY:"I am the plain Warner

such as We have sent down for the quibblers

who have torn the Quran apart

By your Lord, We shall question them all

about whatever they have been doing

We will suffice for you against such scoffers

who place another deity alongside God [Alone], They soon will know

We already know how cramped your breast feels because of what they say

so hymn your Lord´s praise and be one of those who bow down on their knees (in worship)

Serve your Lord until conviction comes to you