Al-Hijr

الٓرۚ تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَقُرۡءَانٖ مُّبِينٖ ١

Alif Lām Rā, tilka āyātul-kitābi wa qurʾānim mubīn.

Alif, Lām, Rā.¹ These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].

رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡ كَانُواْ مُسۡلِمِينَ ٢

Rubamā yawaddul-ladhīna kafarū law kānū muslimīn.

Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish¹ that they had been Muslims.

ذَرۡهُمۡ يَأۡكُلُواْ وَيَتَمَتَّعُواْ وَيُلۡهِهِمُ ٱلۡأَمَلُۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣

Dharhum yaʾkulū wa yatamattaʿū wa yulhihimul-amal, fasawfa yaʿlamūn.

Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.

وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ ٤

Wa mā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā wa lahā kitābum maʿlūm.

And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.

مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ ٥

Mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wa mā yastaʾkhirūn.

No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.

وَقَالُواْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجۡنُونٞ ٦

Wa qālū yāʾayyuhal-ladhī nuzzila ʿalayhidh-dhikru innaka lamajnūn.

And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.¹

لَّوۡمَا تَأۡتِينَا بِٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٧

Law mā taʾtīnā bil-malāʾikati in kunta minaṣ-ṣādiqīn.

Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"

مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓاْ إِذٗا مُّنظَرِينَ ٨

Mā nunazzilul-malāʾikata illā bil-ḥaqqi wa mā kānū idham munẓarīn.

We do not send down the angels except with truth;¹ and they [i.e., the disbelievers] would not then be reprieved.

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ ٩

Innā naḥnu nazzalnadh-dhikra wa innā lahū laḥāfiẓūn.

Indeed, it is We who sent down the message [i.e., the Qur’ān], and indeed, We will be its guardian.

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٠

Wa laqad arsalnā min qablika fī shiyaʿil-awwalīn.

And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muḥammad], among the sects of the former peoples.

وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ١١

Wa mā yaʾtīhim mir rasūlin illā kānū bihī yastahziʾūn.

And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.

كَذَٰلِكَ نَسۡلُكُهُۥ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ١٢

Kadhālika naslukuhū fī qulūbil-mujrimīn.

Thus do We insert it [i.e., denial] into the hearts of the criminals.

لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدۡ خَلَتۡ سُنَّةُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣

Lā yuʾminūna bihī wa qad khalat sunnatul-awwalīn.

They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.

وَلَوۡ فَتَحۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم بَابٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّواْ فِيهِ يَعۡرُجُونَ ١٤

Wa law fataḥnā ʿalayhim bābam minas-samāʾi faẓallū fīhi yaʿrujūn.

And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,

لَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتۡ أَبۡصَٰرُنَا بَلۡ نَحۡنُ قَوۡمٞ مَّسۡحُورُونَ ١٥

Laqālū innamā sukkirat abṣārunā bal naḥnu qawmum masḥūrūn.

They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."

وَلَقَدۡ جَعَلۡنَا فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجٗا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ ١٦

Wa laqad jaʿalnā fis-samāʾi burūjaw wa zayyannāhā lin-nāẓirīn.

And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.

وَحَفِظۡنَٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٍ ١٧

Wa ḥafiẓnāhā min kulli shayṭānir rajīm.

And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allāh]

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٨

Illā manistaraqas-samʿa fa atbaʿahū shihābum mubīn.

Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنَٰهَا وَأَلۡقَيۡنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ مَّوۡزُونٖ ١٩

Wal-arḍa madadnāhā wa alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa anbatnā fīhā min kulli shayʾim mawzūn.

And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.

وَجَعَلۡنَا لَكُمۡ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسۡتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ ٢٠

Wa jaʿalnā lakum fīhā maʿāyisha wa mal lastum lahū birāziqīn.

And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers.¹

وَإِن مِّن شَيۡءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ٢١

Wa im min shayʾin illā ʿindanā khazāʾinuhū wa mā nunazziluhū illā biqadarim maʿlūm.

And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known [i.e., specified] measure.

وَأَرۡسَلۡنَا ٱلرِّيَٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِخَٰزِنِينَ ٢٢

Wa arsalnar-riyāḥa lawāqiḥa fa anzalnā minas-samāʾi māʾan fa asqaynākumūhu wa mā antum lahū bikhāzinīn.

And We have sent the fertilizing winds¹ and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.

وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ نُحۡيِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثُونَ ٢٣

Wa innā lanaḥnu nuḥyī wa numītu wa naḥnul-wārithūn.

And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.¹

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡتَقۡدِمِينَ مِنكُمۡ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡتَـٔۡخِرِينَ ٢٤

Wa laqad ʿalimnal-mustaqdimīna minkum wa laqad ʿalimnal-mustaʾkhirīn.

And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحۡشُرُهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٞ ٢٥

Wa inna rabbaka huwa yaḥshuruhum, innahū ḥakīmun ʿalīm.

And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ مِّنۡ حَمَإٖ مَّسۡنُونٖ ٢٦

Wa laqad khalaqnal-insāna min ṣalṣālim min ḥamaʾim masnūn.

And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.

وَٱلۡجَآنَّ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ مِن قَبۡلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ ٢٧

Wal-jānna khalaqnāhu min qablu min nāris-samūm.

And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.

وَإِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّي خَٰلِقُۢ بَشَرٗا مِّن صَلۡصَٰلٖ مِّنۡ حَمَإٖ مَّسۡنُونٖ ٢٨

Wa idh qāla rabbuka lil-malāʾikati innī khāliqum basharam min ṣalṣālim min ḥamaʾim masnūn.

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.

فَإِذَا سَوَّيۡتُهُۥ وَنَفَخۡتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُواْ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ ٢٩

Fa idhā sawwaytuhū wa nafakhtu fīhi mir rūḥī faqaʿū lahū sājidīn.

And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul,¹ then fall down to him in prostration."

فَسَجَدَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعُونَ ٣٠

Fasajadal-malāʾikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūn.

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٣١

Illā iblīsa abā ay yakūna maʿas-sājidīn.

Except Iblees;¹ he refused to be with those who prostrated.

قَالَ يَٰٓإِبۡلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٣٢

Qāla yāʾiblīsu mā laka allā takūna maʿas-sājidīn.

[Allāh] said, "O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?"

قَالَ لَمۡ أَكُن لِّأَسۡجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ مِّنۡ حَمَإٖ مَّسۡنُونٖ ٣٣

Qāla lam akul liʾasjuda libasharin khalaqtahū min ṣalṣālim min ḥamaʾim masnūn.

He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."

قَالَ فَٱخۡرُجۡ مِنۡهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٞ ٣٤

Qāla fakhruj minhā fa innaka rajīm.

[Allāh] said, "Then depart from it,¹ for indeed, you are expelled.

وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكَ ٱللَّعۡنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ٣٥

Wa inna ʿalaykal-laʿnata ilā yawmid-dīn.

And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense."

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرۡنِيٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ ٣٦

Qāla rabbi fa anẓirnī ilā yawmi yubʿathūn.

He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنظَرِينَ ٣٧

Qāla fa innaka minal-munẓarīn.

[Allāh] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved

إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡوَقۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡلُومِ ٣٨

Ilā yawmil-waqtil-maʿlūm.

Until the Day of the time well-known."

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغۡوَيۡتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَأُغۡوِيَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٣٩

Qāla rabbi bimā aghwaytanī laʾuzayyinanna lahum fil-arḍi wa laʾughwiyannahum ajmaʿīn.

[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them [i.e., mankind] on earth, and I will mislead them all

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ٤٠

Illā ʿibādaka minhumul-mukhlaṣīn.

Except, among them, Your chosen servants."

قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسۡتَقِيمٌ ٤١

Qāla hādhā ṣirāṭun ʿalayya mustaqīm.

[Allāh] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.

إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيۡسَ لَكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ سُلۡطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَاوِينَ ٤٢

Inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sulṭānun illā manittabaʿaka minal-ghāwīn.

Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.

وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوۡعِدُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٤٣

Wa inna jahannama lamawʿiduhum ajmaʿīn.

And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all.

لَهَا سَبۡعَةُ أَبۡوَٰبٖ لِّكُلِّ بَابٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ جُزۡءٞ مَّقۡسُومٌ ٤٤

Lahā sabʿatu abwābil likulli bābim minhum juzʾum maqsūm.

It has seven gates; for every gate is of them [i.e., Satan's followers] a portion designated."

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ ٤٥

Innal-muttaqīna fī jannātiw wa ʿuyūn.

Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs,

ٱدۡخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ ٤٦

Udkhulūhā bisalāmin āminīn.

[Having been told], "Enter it in peace, safe [and secure]."

وَنَزَعۡنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِم مِّنۡ غِلٍّ إِخۡوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ٤٧

Wa nazaʿnā mā fī ṣudūrihim min ghillin ikhwānan ʿalā sururim mutaqābilīn.

And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment,¹ [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other.

لَا يَمَسُّهُمۡ فِيهَا نَصَبٞ وَمَا هُم مِّنۡهَا بِمُخۡرَجِينَ ٤٨

Lā yamassuhum fīhā naṣabuw wa mā hum minhā bimukhrajīn.

No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed.

۞ نَبِّئۡ عِبَادِيٓ أَنِّيٓ أَنَا ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٤٩

Nabbiʾ ʿibādī annī anal-ghafūrur-raḥīm.

[O Muḥammad], inform My servants that it is I who am the Forgiving, the Merciful,

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِي هُوَ ٱلۡعَذَابُ ٱلۡأَلِيمُ ٥٠

Wa anna ʿadhābī huwal-ʿadhābul-alīm.

And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment.

وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ عَن ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٥١

Wa nabbiʾhum ʿan ḍayfi ibrāhīm.

And inform them about the guests of Abraham,

إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمۡ وَجِلُونَ ٥٢

Idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla innā minkum wajilūn.

When they entered upon him and said, "Peace." [Abraham] said, "Indeed, we are fearful [i.e., apprehensive] of you."

قَالُواْ لَا تَوۡجَلۡ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٖ ٥٣

Qālū lā tawjal innā nubashshiruka bighulāmin ʿalīm.

[The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy."

قَالَ أَبَشَّرۡتُمُونِي عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِيَ ٱلۡكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ ٥٤

Qāla abashshartumūnī ʿalā am massaniyal-kibaru fabima tubashshirūn.

He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?"

قَالُواْ بَشَّرۡنَٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡقَٰنِطِينَ ٥٥

Qālū bashsharnāka bil-ḥaqqi falā takum minal-qāniṭīn.

They said, "We have given you good tidings in truth, so do not be of the despairing."

قَالَ وَمَن يَقۡنَطُ مِن رَّحۡمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٥٦

Qāla wa may yaqnaṭu mir raḥmati rabbihī illaḍ-ḍāllūn.

He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"

قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ٥٧

Qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhal-mursalūn.

[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ مُّجۡرِمِينَ ٥٨

Qālū innā ursilnā ilā qawmim mujrimīn.

They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals,

إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٥٩

Illā āla lūṭin innā lamunajjūhum ajmaʿīn.

Except the family of Lot; indeed, we will save them all

إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرۡنَآ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ٦٠

Illamraʾatahū qaddarnā innahā laminal-ghābirīn.

Except his wife." We [i.e., Allāh] decreed that she is of those who remain behind.¹

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ٦١

Falammā jāʾa āla lūṭinil-mursalūn.

And when the messengers came to the family of Lot,

قَالَ إِنَّكُمۡ قَوۡمٞ مُّنكَرُونَ ٦٢

Qāla innakum qawmum munkarūn.

He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown."

قَالُواْ بَلۡ جِئۡنَٰكَ بِمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَمۡتَرُونَ ٦٣

Qālū bal jiʾnāka bimā kānū fīhi yamtarūn.

They said, "But we have come to you with that about which they were disputing,

وَأَتَيۡنَٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ ٦٤

Wa ataynāka bil-ḥaqqi wa innā laṣādiqūn.

And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful.

فَأَسۡرِ بِأَهۡلِكَ بِقِطۡعٖ مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱتَّبِعۡ أَدۡبَٰرَهُمۡ وَلَا يَلۡتَفِتۡ مِنكُمۡ أَحَدٞ وَٱمۡضُواْ حَيۡثُ تُؤۡمَرُونَ ٦٥

Fa asri biʾahlika biqiṭʿim minal-layli wattabiʿ adbārahum wa lā yaltafit minkum aḥaduw wamḍū ḥaythu tuʾmarūn.

So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded."

وَقَضَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقۡطُوعٞ مُّصۡبِحِينَ ٦٦

Wa qaḍaynā ilayhi dhālikal-amra anna dābira hāʾulāʾi maqṭūʿum muṣbiḥīn.

And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.

وَجَآءَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ يَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ ٦٧

Wa jāʾa ahlul-madīnati yastabshirūn.

And the people of the city came rejoicing.¹

قَالَ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيۡفِي فَلَا تَفۡضَحُونِ ٦٨

Qāla inna hāʾulāʾi ḍayfī falā tafḍaḥūn.

[Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me.

وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخۡزُونِ ٦٩

Wattaqullāha wa lā tukhzūn.

And fear Allāh and do not disgrace me."

قَالُوٓاْ أَوَلَمۡ نَنۡهَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٧٠

Qālū awalam nanhaka ʿanil-ʿālamīn.

They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"

قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِيٓ إِن كُنتُمۡ فَٰعِلِينَ ٧١

Qāla hāʾulāʾi banātī in kuntum fāʿilīn.

[Lot] said, "These are my daughters¹ - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."

لَعَمۡرُكَ إِنَّهُمۡ لَفِي سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ ٧٢

Laʿamruka innahum lafī sakratihim yaʿmahūn.

By your life, [O Muḥammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ مُشۡرِقِينَ ٧٣

Fa akhadhathumuṣ-ṣayḥatu mushriqīn.

So the shriek¹ seized them at sunrise.

فَجَعَلۡنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةٗ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ٧٤

Fajaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā wa amṭarnā ʿalayhim ḥijāratam min sijjīl.

And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّلۡمُتَوَسِّمِينَ ٧٥

Inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil lil-mutawassimīn.

Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٖ مُّقِيمٍ ٧٦

Wa innahā labisabīlim muqīm.

And indeed, they [i.e., those cities] are [situated] on an established road.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٧٧

Inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal lil-muʾminīn.

Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

وَإِن كَانَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأَيۡكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ ٧٨

Wa in kāna aṣḥābul-aykati laẓālimīn.

And the companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] were [also] wrongdoers,

فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٖ مُّبِينٖ ٧٩

Fantaqamnā minhum wa innahumā labiʾimāmim mubīn.

So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway.

وَلَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡحِجۡرِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٨٠

Wa laqad kadhdhaba aṣḥābul-ḥijril-mursalīn.

And certainly did the companions of al-Ḥijr¹ [i.e., the Thamūd] deny the messengers.

وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَكَانُواْ عَنۡهَا مُعۡرِضِينَ ٨١

Wa ātaynāhum āyātinā fakānū ʿanhā muʿriḍīn.

And We gave them Our signs, but from them they were turning away.

وَكَانُواْ يَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ ٨٢

Wa kānū yanḥitūna minal-jibāli buyūtan āminīn.

And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ مُصۡبِحِينَ ٨٣

Fa akhadhathumuṣ-ṣayḥatu muṣbiḥīn.

But the shriek seized them at early morning,

فَمَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ٨٤

Famā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yaksibūn.

So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn.

وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَأٓتِيَةٞۖ فَٱصۡفَحِ ٱلصَّفۡحَ ٱلۡجَمِيلَ ٨٥

Wa mā khalaqnas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa mā baynahumā illā bil-ḥaqq, wa innas-sāʿata laʾātiyah, faṣfaḥiṣ-ṣafḥal-jamīl.

And We have not created the heavens and earth and that between them except in truth. And indeed, the Hour is coming; so forgive with gracious forgiveness.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلۡخَلَّٰقُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٨٦

Inna rabbaka huwal-khallāqul-ʿalīm.

Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator.

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَٰكَ سَبۡعٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمَثَانِي وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ٱلۡعَظِيمَ ٨٧

Wa laqad ātaynāka sabʿam minal-mathānī wal-qurʾānal-ʿaẓīm.

And We have certainly given you, [O Muḥammad], seven of the often repeated [verses]¹ and the great Qur’ān.

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيۡنَيۡكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعۡنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزۡوَٰجٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَلَا تَحۡزَنۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٨٨

Lā tamuddanna ʿaynayka ilā mā mattaʿnā bihī azwājam minhum wa lā taḥzan ʿalayhim wakhfiḍ janāḥaka lil-muʾminīn.

Do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of them [i.e., the disbelievers], and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing [i.e., show kindness] to the believers.

وَقُلۡ إِنِّيٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ٨٩

Wa qul innī anan-nadhīrul-mubīn.

And say, "Indeed, I am the clear warner" -

كَمَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡمُقۡتَسِمِينَ ٩٠

Kamā anzalnā ʿalal-muqtasimīn.

Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separators¹

ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُواْ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ عِضِينَ ٩١

Al-ladhīna jaʿalul-qurʾāna ʿiḍīn.

Who have made the Qur’ān into portions.¹

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسۡـَٔلَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٩٢

Fawarabbika lanasʾalannahum ajmaʿīn.

So by your Lord, We will surely question them all

عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٣

ʿAmmā kānū yaʿmalūn.

About what they used to do.

فَٱصۡدَعۡ بِمَا تُؤۡمَرُ وَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ٩٤

Faṣdaʿ bimā tuʾmaru wa aʿriḍ ʿanil-mushrikīn.

Then declare what you are commanded¹ and turn away from the polytheists.²

إِنَّا كَفَيۡنَٰكَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَهۡزِءِينَ ٩٥

Innā kafaynākal-mustahziʾīn.

Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers

ٱلَّذِينَ يَجۡعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَۚ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٩٦

Al-ladhīna yajʿalūna maʿallāhi ilāhan ākhar, fasawfa yaʿlamūn.

Who make [equal] with Allāh another deity. But they are going to know.

وَلَقَدۡ نَعۡلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدۡرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ٩٧

Wa laqad naʿlamu annaka yaḍīqu ṣadruka bimā yaqūlūn.

And We already know that your breast is constrained by what they say.

فَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٩٨

Fasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika wa kum minas-sājidīn.

So exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord and be of those who prostrate [to Him].

وَٱعۡبُدۡ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأۡتِيَكَ ٱلۡيَقِينُ ٩٩

Waʿbud rabbaka ḥattā yaʾtiyakal-yaqīn.

And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty [i.e., death].