Surah 15. Al-Hijr The Rock - English Translation

0. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

bookmark 1. Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the Verses of the Book; a Quran that makes things clear.

1. الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَقُرْءَانٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

bookmark 2. Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish they had been Muslims.

2. رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ

bookmark 3. Leave them to eat, and enjoy, and be lulled by hope. They will find out.

3. ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

bookmark 4. We have never destroyed a town unless it had a set time.

4. وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ

bookmark 5. No nation can bring its time forward, nor can they delay it.

5. مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ

bookmark 6. And they said, “O you who received the message, you are insane.”

6. وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ

bookmark 7. Why do you not bring us the angels, if you are truthful?”

7. لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

bookmark 8. We do not send the angels down except with reason, and they will not be held back.

8. مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًۭا مُّنظَرِينَ

bookmark 9. Surely We revealed the Message, and We will surely preserve it.

9. إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ

bookmark 10. We sent others before you, to the former communities.

10. وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

bookmark 11. But no messenger came to them, but they ridiculed him.

11. وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

bookmark 12. Thus We slip it into the hearts of the guilty.

12. كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

bookmark 13. They do not believe in it, though the ways of the ancients have passed away.

13. لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

bookmark 14. Even if We opened for them a gateway into the sky, and they began to ascend through it.

14. وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ

bookmark 15. They would still say, “Our eyes are hallucinating; in fact, we are people bewitched.”

15. لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌۭ مَّسْحُورُونَ

bookmark 16. We placed constellations in the sky, and made them beautiful to the beholders.

16. وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًۭا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ

bookmark 17. And We guarded them from every outcast devil.

17. وَحَفِظْنَٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍ

bookmark 18. Except one who steals a hearing, and is followed by a visible projectile.

18. إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ

bookmark 19. We spread the earth, and placed stabilizers in it, and in it We grew all things in proper measure.

19. وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ مَّوْزُونٍۢ

bookmark 20. And in it We created livelihoods for you, and for those for whom you are not the providers.

20. وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ

bookmark 21. There is not a thing but with Us are its stores, and We send it down only in precise measure.

21. وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ

bookmark 22. We send the fertilizing winds; and send down water from the sky, and give it to you to drink, and you are not the ones who store it.

22. وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ فَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ لَهُۥ بِخَٰزِنِينَ

bookmark 23. It is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritors.

23. وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ

bookmark 24. And We know those of you who go forward, and We know those who lag behind.

24. وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَـْٔخِرِينَ

bookmark 25. It is your Lord who will gather them together. He is the Wise, the Knowing.

25. وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌۭ

bookmark 26. We created the human being from clay, from molded mud.

26. وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ مِّنْ حَمَإٍۢ مَّسْنُونٍۢ

bookmark 27. And the jinn We created before, from piercing fire.

27. وَٱلْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ

bookmark 28. Your Lord said to the angels, “I am creating a human being from clay, from molded mud.”

28. وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًۭا مِّن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ مِّنْ حَمَإٍۢ مَّسْنُونٍۢ

bookmark 29. “When I have formed him, and breathed into him of My spirit, fall down prostrating before him.”

29. فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ

bookmark 30. So the angels prostrated themselves, all together.

30. فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ

bookmark 31. Except for Satan. He refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.

31. إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

bookmark 32. He said, “O Satan, what kept you from being among those who prostrated themselves?”

32. قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

bookmark 33. He said, “I am not about to prostrate myself before a human being, whom You created from clay, from molded mud.”

33. قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ مِّنْ حَمَإٍۢ مَّسْنُونٍۢ

bookmark 34. He said, “Then get out of here, for you are an outcast”.

34. قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌۭ

bookmark 35. “And the curse will be upon you until the Day of Judgment.”

35. وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

bookmark 36. He said, “My Lord, reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected.”

36. قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

bookmark 37. He said, “You are of those reprieved.”

37. قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ

bookmark 38. “Until the Day of the time appointed.”

38. إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ

bookmark 39. He said, “My Lord, since You have lured me away, I will glamorize for them on earth, and I will lure them all away.”

39. قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

bookmark 40. “Except for Your sincere servants among them.”

40. إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

bookmark 41. He said, “This is a right way with Me.”

41. قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَىَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ

bookmark 42. “Over My servants you have no authority, except for the sinners who follow you.”

42. إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ

bookmark 43. And Hell is the meeting-place for them all.

43. وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

bookmark 44. “It has seven doors; for each door is an assigned class.”

44. لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَٰبٍۢ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌۭ مَّقْسُومٌ

bookmark 45. But the righteous will be in gardens with springs.

45. إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ

bookmark 46. “Enter it in peace and security.”

46. ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ

bookmark 47. And We will remove all ill-feelings from their hearts—brothers and sisters, on couches facing one another.

47. وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

bookmark 48. No fatigue will ever touch them therein, nor will they be asked to leave it.

48. لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌۭ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ

bookmark 49. Inform My servants that I am the Forgiver, the Merciful.

49. ۞ نَبِّئْ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

bookmark 50. And that My punishment is the painful punishment.

50. وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ

bookmark 51. And inform them of the guests of Abraham.

51. وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

bookmark 52. When they entered upon him, and said, “Peace.” He said, “We are wary of you.”

52. إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ

bookmark 53. They said, “Do not fear; we bring you good news of a boy endowed with knowledge.”

53. قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍۢ

bookmark 54. He said, “Do you bring me good news, when old age has overtaken me? What good news do you bring?”

54. قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِى عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ

bookmark 55. They said, “We bring you good news in truth, so do not despair.”

55. قَالُوا۟ بَشَّرْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْقَٰنِطِينَ

bookmark 56. He said, “And who despairs of his Lord’s mercy but the lost?”

56. قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ

bookmark 57. He said, “So what is your business, O envoys?”

57. قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

bookmark 58. They said, “We were sent to a sinful people.”

58. قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ مُّجْرِمِينَ

bookmark 59. “Except for the family of Lot; we will save them all.”

59. إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

bookmark 60. “Except for his wife.” We have determined that she will be of those who lag behind.

60. إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

bookmark 61. And when the envoys came to the family of Lot.

61. فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

bookmark 62. He said, “You are a people unknown to me.”

62. قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌۭ مُّنكَرُونَ

bookmark 63. They said, “We bring you what they have doubts about.”

63. قَالُوا۟ بَلْ جِئْنَٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ

bookmark 64. “We bring you the truth, and we are truthful.”

64. وَأَتَيْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ

bookmark 65. “Travel with your family at the dead of the night, and follow up behind them, and let none of you look back, and proceed as commanded.”

65. فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌۭ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

bookmark 66. And We informed him of Our decree: the last remnant of these will be uprooted by early morning.

66. وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌۭ مُّصْبِحِينَ

bookmark 67. And the people of the town came joyfully.

67. وَجَآءَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ

bookmark 68. He said, “These are my guests, so do not embarrass me.”

68. قَالَ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيْفِى فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ

bookmark 69. “And fear God, and do not disgrace me.”

69. وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ

bookmark 70. They said, “Did we not forbid you from strangers?”

70. قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

bookmark 71. He said, “These are my daughters, if you must.”

71. قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ

bookmark 72. By your life, they were blundering in their drunkenness.

72. لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

bookmark 73. So the Blast struck them at sunrise.

73. فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

bookmark 74. And We turned it upside down, and rained down upon them stones of baked clay.

74. فَجَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

bookmark 75. Surely in that are lessons for those who read signs.

75. إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَٰتٍۢ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ

bookmark 76. And it is on an existing road.

76. وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍۢ مُّقِيمٍ

bookmark 77. Surely in that is a sign for the believers.

77. إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

bookmark 78. The people of the Woods were also wrongdoers.

78. وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ

bookmark 79. So We took revenge upon them. Both are clearly documented.

79. فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

bookmark 80. The people of the Rock also rejected the messengers.

80. وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْحِجْرِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

bookmark 81. We gave them Our revelations, but they turned away from them.

81. وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ

bookmark 82. They used to carve homes in the mountains, feeling secure.

82. وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ

bookmark 83. But the Blast struck them in the morning.

83. فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

bookmark 84. All they had acquired was of no avail to them.

84. فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

bookmark 85. We did not create the heavens and the earth, and what lies between them, except with truth. The Hour is coming, so forgive with gracious forgiveness.

85. وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَءَاتِيَةٌۭ ۖ فَٱصْفَحِ ٱلصَّفْحَ ٱلْجَمِيلَ

bookmark 86. Your Lord is the All-Knowing Creator.

86. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

bookmark 87. We have given you seven of the pairs, and the Grand Quran.

87. وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَٰكَ سَبْعًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمَثَانِى وَٱلْقُرْءَانَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ

bookmark 88. Do not extend your eyes towards what We have bestowed on some couples of them to enjoy, and do not grieve over them, and lower your wing to the believers.

88. لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

bookmark 89. And say, “I am the clear warner.”

89. وَقُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

bookmark 90. Just as We sent down to the separatists.

90. كَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْمُقْتَسِمِينَ

bookmark 91. Those who made the Quran obsolete.

91. ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عِضِينَ

bookmark 92. By your Lord, we will question them all.

92. فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

bookmark 93. About what they used to do.

93. عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

bookmark 94. So proclaim openly what you are commanded, and turn away from the polytheists.

94. فَٱصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

bookmark 95. We are enough for you against the mockers.

95. إِنَّا كَفَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَ

bookmark 96. Those who set up another god with God. They will come to know.

96. ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

bookmark 97. We are aware that your heart is strained by what they say.

97. وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ

bookmark 98. So glorify the praise of your Lord, and be among those who bow down.

98. فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

bookmark 99. And worship your Lord in order to attain certainty.

99. وَٱعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ ٱلْيَقِينُ