15. Al-Hijr

15:1

الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَقُرْءَانٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿١﴾

Alif-Lām-Rā tilka āyātu al-kitābi waqurʾānin mubīn

Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture and a plain Reading.

15:2

رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ ﴿٢﴾

Rubamā yawaddu alladhīna kafarū law kānū muslimīn

It may be that those who disbelieve wish ardently that they were Muslims.

15:3

ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣﴾

Dharhum yaʾkulū wayatamattaʿū wayulhihimu al-amalu fasawfa yaʿlamūn

Let them eat and enjoy life, and let (false) hope beguile them. They will come to know!

15:4

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ ﴿٤﴾

Wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā walahā kitābun maʿlūm

And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it.

15:5

مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ ﴿٥﴾

Mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wamā yastaʾkhirūn

No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind.

15:6

وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ ﴿٦﴾

Waqālū yā ayyuhā alladhī nuzzila ʿalayhi adh-dhikru innaka lamajnūn

And they say: O thou unto whom the Reminder is revealed, lo! thou art indeed a madman!

15:7

لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٧﴾

Law mā taʾtīnā bil-malāʾikati in kunta mina aṣ-ṣādiqīn

Why bringest thou not angels unto us, if thou art of the truthful?

15:8

مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ ﴿٨﴾

Mā nunazzilu al-malāʾikata illā bil-ḥaqqi wamā kānū idhan munẓarīn

We send not down the angels save with the Fact, and in that case (the disbelievers) would not be tolerated.

15:9

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ ﴿٩﴾

Innā naḥnu nazzalnā adh-dhikra waʾinnā lahu laḥāfiẓūn

Lo! We, even We, reveal the Reminder, and lo! We verily are its Guardian.

15:10

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٠﴾

Walaqad arsalnā min qablika fī shiyaʿi al-awwalīn

We verily sent (messengers) before thee among the factions of the men of old.

15:11

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿١١﴾

Wamā yaʾtīhim min rasūlin illā kānū bihi yastahziʾūn

And never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him.

15:12

كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿١٢﴾

Kadhālika naslukuhu fī qulūbi al-mujrimīn

Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty:

15:13

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٣﴾

Lā yuʾminūna bihi waqad khalat sunnatu al-awwalīn

They believe not therein, though the example of the men of old hath gone before.

15:14

وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

Walaw fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban mina as-samāʾi faẓallū fīhi yaʿrujūn

And even if We opened unto them a gate of heaven and they kept mounting through it,

15:15

لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَـٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

Laqālū innamā sukkirat abṣārunā bal naḥnu qawmun masḥūrūn

They would say: Our sight is wrong - nay, but we are folk bewitched.

15:16

وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ ﴿١٦﴾

Walaqad jaʿalnā fī as-samāʾi burūjan wazayyannāhā lilnnāẓirīn

And verily in the heaven we have set mansions of the stars, and We have beautified it for beholders.

15:17

وَحَفِظْنَـٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ﴿١٧﴾

Waḥafiẓnāhā min kulli shayṭānin rajīm

And We have guarded it from every outcast devil,

15:18

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١٨﴾

Illā mani istaraqa as-samʿa faʾatbaʿahu shihābun mubīn

Save him who stealeth the hearing, and them doth a clear flame pursue.

15:19

وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مَّوْزُونٍ ﴿١٩﴾

Wal-arḍa madadnāhā waʾalqaynā fīhā rawāsiya waʾanbatnā fīhā min kulli shayʾin mawzūn

And the earth have We spread out, and placed therein firm hills, and caused each seemly thing to grow therein.

15:20

وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَـٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ ﴿٢٠﴾

Wajaʿalnā lakum fīhā maʿāyisha waman lastum lahu birāziqīn

And we have given unto you livelihoods therein, and unto those for whom ye provide not.

15:21

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

Waʾin min shayʾin illā ʿindanā khazāʾinuhu wamā nunazziluhu illā biqadarin maʿlūm

And there is not a thing but with Us are the stores thereof. And we send it not down save in appointed measure.

15:22

وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَسْقَيْنَـٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ لَهُۥ بِخَـٰزِنِينَ ﴿٢٢﴾

Waʾarsalnā ar-riyāḥa lawāqiḥa faʾanzalnā mina as-samāʾi māʾan faʾasqaynākumūhu wamā antum lahu bikhāzinīn

And We send the winds fertilising, and cause water to descend from the sky, and give it you to drink. It is not ye who are the holders of the store thereof.

15:23

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

Waʾinnā lanaḥnu nuḥyī wanumītu wanaḥnu al-wārithūn

Lo! and it is We, even We, Who quicken and give death, and We are the Inheritor.

15:24

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَـْٔخِرِينَ ﴿٢٤﴾

Walaqad ʿalimnā al-mustaqdimīna minkum walaqad ʿalimnā al-mustaʾkhirīn

And verily We know the eager among you and verily We know the laggards.

15:25

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٥﴾

Waʾinna rabbaka huwa yaḥshuruhum innahu ḥakīmun ʿalīm

Lo! thy Lord will gather them together. Lo! He is Wise, Aware.

15:26

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ﴿٢٦﴾

Walaqad khalaqnā al-insāna min ṣalṣālin min ḥamaʾin masnūn

Verily We created man of potter's clay of black mud altered,

15:27

وَٱلْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَـٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ ﴿٢٧﴾

Wal-jānna khalaqnāhu min qablu min nāri as-samūm

And the jinn did We create aforetime of essential fire.

15:28

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَـٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ﴿٢٨﴾

Waʾidh qāla rabbuka lilmalāʾikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṣalṣālin min ḥamaʾin masnūn

And (remember) when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am creating a mortal out of potter's clay of black mud altered,

15:29

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Faʾidhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīn

So, when I have made him and have breathed into him of My Spirit, do ye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him.

15:30

فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Fasajada al-malāʾikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūn

So the angels fell prostrate, all of them together

15:31

إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

Illā iblīsa abā an yakūna maʿa as-sājidīn

Save Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate.

15:32

قَالَ يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ ﴿٣٢﴾

Qāla yā iblīsu mā laka allā takūna maʿa as-sājidīn

He said: O Iblis! What aileth thee that thou art not among the prostrate?

15:33

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

Qāla lam akun liʾasjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min ṣalṣālin min ḥamaʾin masnūn

He said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast created out of potter's clay of black mud altered!

15:34

قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ ﴿٣٤﴾

Qāla fākhruj minhā faʾinnaka rajīm

He said: Then go thou forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast.

15:35

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٣٥﴾

Waʾinna ʿalayka allaʿnata ilā yawmi ad-dīn

And lo! the curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Judgment.

15:36

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Qāla rabbi faʾanẓirnī ilā yawmi yubʿathūn

He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.

15:37

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾

Qāla faʾinnaka mina al-munẓarīn

He said: Then lo! thou art of those reprieved

15:38

إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ ﴿٣٨﴾

Ilā yawmi al-waqti al-maʿlūm

Till the Day of appointed time.

15:39

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٣٩﴾

Qāla rabbi bimā aghwaytanī laʾuzayyinanna lahum fī al-arḍi walaʾughwiyannahum ajmaʿīn

He said: My Lord! Because Thou hast sent me astray, I verily shall adorn the path of error for them in the earth, and shall mislead them every one,

15:40

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾

Illā ʿibādaka minhumu al-mukhlaṣīn

Save such of them as are Thy perfectly devoted slaves.

15:41

قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَىَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ ﴿٤١﴾

Qāla hādhā ṣirāṭun ʿalayya mustaqīm

He said: This is a right course incumbent upon Me:

15:42

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

Inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sulṭānun illā mani ittabaʿaka mina al-ghāwīn

Lo! as for My slaves, thou hast no power over any of them save such of the froward as follow thee,

15:43

وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٤٣﴾

Waʾinna jahannama lamawʿiduhum ajmaʿīn

And lo! for all such, hell will be the promised place.

15:44

لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَٰبٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌ ﴿٤٤﴾

Lahā sabʿatu abwābin likulli bābin minhum juzʾun maqsūm

It hath seven gates, and each gate hath an appointed portion.

15:45

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿٤٥﴾

Inna al-muttaqīna fī jannātin waʿuyūn

Lo! those who ward off (evil) are among gardens and watersprings.

15:46

ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾

Udkhulūhā bisalāmin āminīn

(And it is said unto them): Enter them in peace, secure.

15:47

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ ﴿٤٧﴾

Wanazaʿnā mā fī ṣudūrihim min ghillin ikhwānan ʿalā sururin mutaqābilīn

And We remove whatever rancour may be in their breasts. As brethren, face to face, (they rest) on couches raised.

15:48

لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ ﴿٤٨﴾

Lā yamassuhum fīhā naṣabun wamā hum minhā bimukhrajīn

Toil cometh not unto them there, nor will they be expelled from thence.

15:49

۞ نَبِّئْ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٤٩﴾

Nabbiʾ ʿibādī annī anā al-ghafūru ar-raḥīm

Announce, (O Muhammad) unto My slaves that verily I am the Forgiving, the Merciful,

15:50

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ ﴿٥٠﴾

Waʾanna ʿadhābī huwa al-ʿadhābu al-alīm

And that My doom is the dolorous doom.

15:51

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ﴿٥١﴾

Wanabbiʾhum ʿan ḍayfi ibrāhīm

And tell them of Abraham's guests,

15:52

إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ ﴿٥٢﴾

Idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla innā minkum wajilūn

(How) when they came in unto him, and said: Peace. He said: Lo! we are afraid of you.

15:53

قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ ﴿٥٣﴾

Qālū lā tawjal innā nubashshiruka bighulāmin ʿalīm

They said: Be not afraid! Lo! we bring thee good tidings of a boy possessing wisdom.

15:54

قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِى عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ ﴿٥٤﴾

Qāla abashshartumūnī ʿalā an massaniya al-kibaru fabima tubashshirūn

He said: Bring ye me good tidings (of a son) when old age hath overtaken me? Of what then can ye bring good tidings?

15:55

قَالُوا۟ بَشَّرْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْقَـٰنِطِينَ ﴿٥٥﴾

Qālū bashsharnāka bil-ḥaqqi falā takun mina al-qāniṭīn

They said: We bring thee good tidings in truth. So be not thou of the despairing.

15:56

قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ﴿٥٦﴾

Qāla waman yaqnaṭu min raḥmati rabbihi illā aḍ-ḍāllūn

He said: And who despaireth of the mercy of his Lord save those who are astray?

15:57

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ﴿٥٧﴾

Qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā al-mursalūn

He said: And afterward what is your business, O ye messengers (of Allah)?

15:58

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ﴿٥٨﴾

Qālū innā ursilnā ilā qawmin mujrimīn

They said: We have been sent unto a guilty folk,

15:59

إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٥٩﴾

Illā āla lūṭin innā lamunajjūhum ajmaʿīn

(All) save the family of Lot. Them we shall deliver every one,

15:60

إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ ﴿٦٠﴾

Illā imraʾatahu qaddarnā innahā lamina al-ghābirīn

Except his wife, of whom We had decreed that she should be of those who stay behind.

15:61

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ﴿٦١﴾

Falammā jāʾa āla lūṭin al-mursalūn

And when the messengers came unto the family of Lot,

15:62

قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ ﴿٦٢﴾

Qāla innakum qawmun munkarūn

He said: Lo! ye are folk unknown (to me).

15:63

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ جِئْنَـٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ ﴿٦٣﴾

Qālū bal jiʾnāka bimā kānū fīhi yamtarūn

They said: Nay, but we bring thee that concerning which they keep disputing,

15:64

وَأَتَيْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ ﴿٦٤﴾

Waʾataynāka bil-ḥaqqi waʾinnā laṣādiqūn

And bring thee the Truth, and lo! we are truth-tellers.

15:65

فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَـٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ ﴿٦٥﴾

Faʾasri biʾahlika biqiṭʿin mina allayli wāttabiʿ adbārahum walā yaltafit minkum aḥadun wāmḍū ḥaythu tuʾmarūn

So travel with thy household in a portion of the night, and follow thou their backs. Let none of you turn round, but go whither ye are commanded.

15:66

وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ ﴿٦٦﴾

Waqaḍaynā ilayhi dhālika al-amra anna dābira hāʾulāʾi maqṭūʿun muṣbiḥīn

And We made plain the case to him, that the root of them (who did wrong) was to be cut at early morn.

15:67

وَجَآءَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ ﴿٦٧﴾

Wajāʾa ahlu al-madīnati yastabshirūn

And the people of the city came, rejoicing at the news (of new arrivals).

15:68

قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيْفِى فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ ﴿٦٨﴾

Qāla inna hāʾulāʾi ḍayfī falā tafḍaḥūn

He said: Lo! they are my guests. Affront me not!

15:69

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ ﴿٦٩﴾

Wāttaqū Allāha walā tukhzūn

And keep your duty to Allah, and shame me not!

15:70

قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٧٠﴾

Qālū awalam nanhaka ʿani al-ʿālamīn

They said; Have we not forbidden you from (entertaining) anyone?

15:71

قَالَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ ﴿٧١﴾

Qāla hāʾulāʾi banātī in kuntum fāʿilīn

He said: Here are my daughters, if ye must be doing (so).

15:72

لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ ﴿٧٢﴾

Laʿamruka innahum lafī sakratihim yaʿmahūn

By thy life (O Muhammad) they moved blindly in the frenzy of approaching death.

15:73

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ ﴿٧٣﴾

Faʾakhadhathumu aṣ-ṣayḥatu mushriqīn

Then the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the sunrise.

15:74

فَجَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ﴿٧٤﴾

Fajaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā waʾamṭarnā ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min sijjīl

And We utterly confounded them, and We rained upon them stones of heated clay.

15:75

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ ﴿٧٥﴾

Inna fī dhālika laʾāyātin lilmutawassimīn

Lo! therein verily are portents for those who read the signs.

15:76

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ ﴿٧٦﴾

Waʾinnahā labisabīlin muqīm

And lo! it is upon a road still uneffaced.

15:77

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٧٧﴾

Inna fī dhālika laʾāyatan lilmuʾminīn

Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers.

15:78

وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٧٨﴾

Waʾin kāna aṣḥābu al-aykati laẓālimīn

And the dwellers in the wood indeed were evil-doers.

15:79

فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٧٩﴾

Fāntaqamnā minhum waʾinnahumā labiʾimāmin mubīn

So we took vengeance on them; and lo! they both are on a high-road plain to see.

15:80

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْحِجْرِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿٨٠﴾

Walaqad kadhdhaba aṣḥābu al-ḥijri al-mursalīn

And the dwellers in Al-Hijr denied (Our) messengers.

15:81

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ ﴿٨١﴾

Waʾātaynāhum āyātinā fakānū ʿanhā muʿriḍīn

And we gave them Our revelations, but they were averse to them.

15:82

وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ ﴿٨٢﴾

Wakānū yanḥitūna mina al-jibāli buyūtan āminīn

And they used to hew out dwellings from the hills, (wherein they dwelt) secure.

15:83

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ ﴿٨٣﴾

Faʾakhadhathumu aṣ-ṣayḥatu muṣbiḥīn

But the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the morning hour,

15:84

فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿٨٤﴾

Famā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yaksibūn

And that which they were wont to count as gain availed them not.

15:85

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَـَٔاتِيَةٌ ۖ فَٱصْفَحِ ٱلصَّفْحَ ٱلْجَمِيلَ ﴿٨٥﴾

Wamā khalaqnā as-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā illā bil-ḥaqqi waʾinna as-sāʿata laʾātiyatun fāṣfaḥi aṣ-ṣafḥa al-jamīl

We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them save with truth, and lo! the Hour is surely coming. So forgive, (O Muhammad), with a gracious forgiveness.

15:86

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْخَلَّـٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٨٦﴾

Inna rabbaka huwa al-khallāqu al-ʿalīm

Lo! Thy Lord! He is the All-Wise Creator.

15:87

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكَ سَبْعًا مِّنَ ٱلْمَثَانِى وَٱلْقُرْءَانَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ ﴿٨٧﴾

Walaqad ātaynāka sabʿan mina al-mathānī wal-qurʾāna al-ʿaẓīm

We have given thee seven of the oft-repeated (verses) and the great Qur'an.

15:88

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٨٨﴾

Lā tamuddanna ʿaynayka ilā mā mattaʿnā bihi azwājan minhum walā taḥzan ʿalayhim wākhfiḍ janāḥaka lilmuʾminīn

Strain not thine eyes toward that which We cause some wedded pairs among them to enjoin, and be not grieved on their account, and lower thy wing (in tenderness) for the believers.

15:89

وَقُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلْمُبِينُ ﴿٨٩﴾

Waqul innī anā an-nadhīru al-mubīn

And say: Lo! I, even I, am a plain warner,

15:90

كَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْمُقْتَسِمِينَ ﴿٩٠﴾

Kamā anzalnā ʿalā al-muqtasimīn

Such as We send down for those who make division,

15:91

ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عِضِينَ ﴿٩١﴾

Alladhīna jaʿalū al-qurʾāna ʿiḍīn

Those who break the Qur'an into parts.

15:92

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٩٢﴾

Fawarabbika lanasʾalannahum ajmaʿīn

Them, by thy Lord, We shall question, every one,

15:93

عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٩٣﴾

ʿammā kānū yaʿmalūn

Of what they used to do.

15:94

فَٱصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴿٩٤﴾

Fāṣdaʿ bimā tuʾmaru waʾaʿriḍ ʿani al-mushrikīn

So proclaim that which thou art commanded, and withdraw from the idolaters.

15:95

إِنَّا كَفَيْنَـٰكَ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَ ﴿٩٥﴾

Innā kafaynāka al-mustahziʾīn

Lo! We defend thee from the scoffers,

15:96

ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٩٦﴾

Alladhīna yajʿalūna maʿa Allāhi ilāhan ākhara fasawfa yaʿlamūn

Who set some other god along with Allah. But they will come to know.

15:97

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ﴿٩٧﴾

Walaqad naʿlamu annaka yaḍīqu ṣadruka bimā yaqūlūn

Well know We that thy bosom is oppressed by what they say,

15:98

فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ ﴿٩٨﴾

Fasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika wakun mina as-sājidīn

But hymn the praise of thy Lord, and be of those who make prostration (unto Him).

15:99

وَٱعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ ٱلْيَقِينُ ﴿٩٩﴾

Wāʿbud rabbaka ḥattā yaʾtiyaka al-yaqīn

And serve thy Lord till the Inevitable cometh unto thee.