Al-Hijr

الٓر‌ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَقُرْءَانٍ مُّبِينٍ ١

Alif-Lãm-Ra. These are the verses of the Book; the clear Quran

رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوْ كَانُواْ مُسْلِمِينَ ٢

˹The day will come when˺ the disbelievers will certainly wish they had submitted ˹to Allah˺

ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُواْ وَيَتَمَتَّعُواْ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ‌ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ٣

˹So˺ let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by ˹false˺ hope, for they will soon know

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ ٤

We have never destroyed a society without a destined term

مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَــْٔخِرُونَ ٥

No people can advance their doom, nor can they delay it

وَقَالُواْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ ٦

They say, “O you to whom the Reminder is revealed! You must be insane

لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ٧

Why do you not bring us the angels, if what you say is true?”

مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓاْ إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ ٨

We do not send the angels down except for a just cause, and then ˹the end of˺ the disbelievers will not be delayed

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ ٩

It is certainly We Who have revealed the Reminder, and it is certainly We Who will preserve it

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٠

Indeed, We sent messengers before you ˹O Prophet˺ among the groups of early peoples

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ١١

but no messenger ever came to them without being mocked

كَذَٲلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ١٢

This is how We allow disbelief ˹to steep˺ into the hearts of the wicked

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ‌ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٣

They would not believe in this ˹Quran˺ despite the ˹many˺ examples of those ˹destroyed˺ before

وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّواْ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ ١٤

And even if We opened for them a gate to heaven, through which they continued to ascend

لَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَـٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ ١٥

still they would say, “Our eyes have truly been dazzled! In fact, we must have been bewitched.”

وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ ١٦

Indeed, We have placed constellations in the sky, and adorned it for all to see

وَحَفِظْنَـٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ١٧

And We protected it from every accursed devil

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ ١٨

except the one eavesdropping, who is then pursued by a visible flare

وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٲسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مَّوْزُونٍ ١٩

As for the earth, We spread it out and placed upon it firm mountains, and caused everything to grow there in perfect balance

وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَـٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِرَٲزِقِينَ ٢٠

And We made in it means of sustenance for you and others, who you do not provide for

وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ٢١

There is not any means ˹of sustenance˺ whose reserves We do not hold, only bringing it forth in precise measure

وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ لَوَٲقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَسْقَيْنَـٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ لَهُۥ بِخَـٰزِنِينَ ٢٢

We send fertilizing winds, and bring down rain from the sky for you to drink. It is not you who hold its reserves

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٲرِثُونَ ٢٣

Surely it is We Who give life and cause death. And We are the ˹Eternal˺ Successor

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَــْٔخِرِينَ ٢٤

We certainly know those who have gone before you and those who will come after ˹you˺

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ‌ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ ٢٥

Surely your Lord ˹alone˺ will gather them together ˹for judgment˺. He is truly All-Wise, All-Knowing

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ٢٦

Indeed, We created man from sounding clay moulded from black mud

وَٱلْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَـٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ ٢٧

As for the jinn, We created them earlier from smokeless fire

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَـٰلِقُۢ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ٢٨

˹Remember, O Prophet˺ when your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create a human being from sounding clay moulded from black mud

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُواْ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِينَ ٢٩

So when I have fashioned him and had a spirit of My Own ˹creation˺ breathed into him, fall down in prostration to him.”

فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ ٣٠

So the angels prostrated all together—

إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ ٣١

but not Iblîs, who refused to prostrate with the others

قَالَ يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ ٣٢

Allah asked, “O Iblîs! What is the matter with you that you did not join others in prostration?”

قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ٣٣

He replied, “It is not for me to prostrate to a human You created from sounding clay moulded from black mud.”

قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ ٣٤

Allah commanded, “Then get out of Paradise, for you are truly cursed

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ٣٥

And surely upon you is condemnation until the Day of Judgment.”

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ٣٦

Satan appealed, “My Lord! Then delay my end until the Day of their resurrection.”

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ ٣٧

Allah said, “You will be delayed

إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ ٣٨

until the appointed Day.”

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٣٩

Satan responded, “My Lord! For allowing me to stray I will surely tempt them on earth and mislead them all together

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ٤٠

except Your chosen servants among them.”

قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَٲطٌ عَلَىَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ ٤١

Allah said, “This is the Way, binding on Me

إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَـٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ ٤٢

you will certainly have no authority over My servants, except the deviant who follow you

وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٤٣

and surely Hell is their destined place, all together

لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَٲبٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌ ٤٤

It has seven gates, to each a group of them is designated.”

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ٤٥

Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs

ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ ٤٦

˹It will be said to them,˺ “Enter in peace and security.”

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَٲنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ ٤٧

We will remove whatever bitterness they had in their hearts. In a friendly manner, they will be on thrones, facing one another

لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ ٤٨

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

۞ نَبِّئْ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٤٩

Inform My servants ˹O Prophet˺ that I am truly the All-Forgiving, Most Merciful

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ ٥٠

and that My torment is indeed the most painful

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٲهِيمَ ٥١

And inform them ˹O Prophet˺ about Abraham’s guests

إِذْ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَـٰمًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ ٥٢

who entered upon him and greeted ˹him with˺, “Peace!” He ˹later˺ said, “Surely we are afraid of you.”

قَالُواْ لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ ٥٣

They reassured ˹him˺, “Do not be afraid! Surely we give you good news of a knowledgeable son.”

قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِى عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ ٥٤

He wondered, “Do you give me good news despite my old age? What unlikely news!”

قَالُواْ بَشَّرْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْقَـٰنِطِينَ ٥٥

They responded, “We give you good news in all truth, so do not be one of those who despair.”

قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٥٦

He exclaimed, “Who would despair of the mercy of their Lord except the misguided?”

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ٥٧

He ˹then˺ added, “What is your mission, O messenger-angels?”

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ٥٨

They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people

إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٥٩

As for the family of Lot, we will certainly deliver them all

إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ‌ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ ٦٠

except his wife. We have determined that she will be one of the doomed.”

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ٦١

So when the messengers came to the family of Lot

قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ ٦٢

he said, “You are surely an unfamiliar people!”

قَالُواْ بَلْ جِئْنَـٰكَ بِمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ ٦٣

They responded, “We have come to you with that ˹torment˺ which they have doubted

وَأَتَيْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ ٦٤

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

فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَـٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَٱمْضُواْ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ ٦٥

So travel with your family in the dark of night, and follow ˹closely˺ behind them. Do not let any of you look back, and go where you are commanded.”

وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٲلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ ٦٦

We revealed to him this decree: “Those ˹sinners˺ will be uprooted in the morning.”

وَجَآءَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ ٦٧

And there came the men of the city, rejoicing

قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيْفِى فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ ٦٨

Lot pleaded, “Indeed, these are my guests, so do not embarrass me

وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ ٦٩

Fear Allah and do not humiliate me.”

قَالُوٓاْ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٧٠

They responded, “Have we not forbidden you from protecting anyone?”

قَالَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ ٧١

He said, “O my people! Here are my daughters ˹so marry them˺ if you wish to do so.”

لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ ٧٢

By your life ˹O Prophet˺, they certainly wandered blindly, intoxicated ˹by lust˺

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ ٧٣

So the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them at sunrise

فَجَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ٧٤

And We turned the cities ˹of Sodom and Gomorrah˺ upside down and rained upon them stones of baked clay

إِنَّ فِى ذَٲلِكَ لَأَيَـٰتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ ٧٥

Surely in this are signs for those who contemplate

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ ٧٦

Their ruins still lie along a known route

إِنَّ فِى ذَٲلِكَ لَأَيَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٧٧

Surely in this is a sign for those who believe

وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَـٰلِمِينَ ٧٨

And the residents of the Forest were truly wrongdoers

فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ ٧٩

so We inflicted punishment upon them. The ruins of both nations still lie on a well-known road

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْحِجْرِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ٨٠

Indeed, the residents of the Stone Valley also denied the messengers

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فَكَانُواْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ ٨١

We gave them Our signs, but they turned away from them

وَكَانُواْ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ ٨٢

They carved their homes in the mountains, feeling secure

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ ٨٣

But the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them in the morning

فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكْسِبُونَ ٨٤

and all they achieved was of no help to them

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ‌ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَأَتِيَةٌ‌ۖ فَٱصْفَحِ ٱلصَّفْحَ ٱلْجَمِيلَ ٨٥

We have not created the heavens and the earth and everything in between except for a purpose. And the Hour is certain to come, so forgive graciously

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْخَلَّـٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٨٦

Surely your Lord is the Master Creator, All-Knowing

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكَ سَبْعًا مِّنَ ٱلْمَثَانِى وَٱلْقُرْءَانَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ ٨٧

We have certainly granted you the seven often-repeated verses and the great Quran

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٲجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٨٨

Do not let your eyes crave the ˹fleeting˺ pleasures We have provided for some of the disbelievers, nor grieve for them. And be gracious to the believers

وَقُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلْمُبِينُ ٨٩

And say, “I am truly sent with a clear warning”—

كَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْمُقْتَسِمِينَ ٩٠

˹a warning˺ similar to what We sent to those who divided ˹the Scriptures˺

ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُواْ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عِضِينَ ٩١

who ˹now˺ accept parts of the Quran, rejecting others

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْــَٔلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٩٢

So by your Lord! We will certainly question them all

عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ ٩٣

about what they used to do

فَٱصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ٩٤

So proclaim what you have been commanded, and turn away from the polytheists

إِنَّا كَفَيْنَـٰكَ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَ ٩٥

Surely We will be sufficient for you against the mockers

ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ‌ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ٩٦

who set up ˹other˺ gods with Allah. They will soon come to know

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ٩٧

We certainly know that your heart is truly distressed by what they say

فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ ٩٨

So glorify the praises of your Lord and be one of those who ˹always˺ pray

وَٱعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ ٱلْيَقِينُ ٩٩

and worship your Lord until the inevitable comes your way