The Rock

15 - Al-Hijr

سُورَةُ الحِجۡرِ

  • 15:1
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    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الر ۚ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ وَقُرْآنٍ مُبِينٍ

    AlifLaamRa. Those are the verses of the Book, the Clear Koran.

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    رُبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ

    It could be that those who disbelieve will wish that they were Muslims.

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    ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

    Let them eat and enjoy; and let their hopes deceive them, soon they shall know.

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    وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَعْلُومٌ

    We never destroyed a village whose term had not already been decreed.

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    مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ

    No nation can outstrip its term, nor do they put it back.

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    وَقَالُوا يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ

    They say: 'You to whom the Remembrance is sent down, you are indeed mad.

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    لَوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِالْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

    Why do you not bring down the angels, if what you say is true'

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    مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوا إِذًا مُنْظَرِينَ

    We do not send angels except with the truth. Then they shall have no respite.

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    إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ

    It is We who sent down the Koran, and We watch over it.

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    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ

    We have sent forth before you Messengers among the factions of the ancients.

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    وَمَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

    But no Messenger came to them except he was mocked.

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    كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

    So We make it enter the hearts of the sinners.

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    لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

    They do not believe in it even though the practice of the ancients has already gone.

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    وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَابًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَظَلُّوا فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ

    If We opened a gate in the heaven and they kept ascending through it,

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    لَقَالُوا إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَارُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَسْحُورُونَ

    still they would say: 'Our eyes were dazzled; truly, we must have been a bewitched people'

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    وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِي السَّمَاءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّاهَا لِلنَّاظِرِينَ

    We have set constellations in the heavens and made them pleasing to the beholders,

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    وَحَفِظْنَاهَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ

    and guarded them from every stoned satan.

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    إِلَّا مَنِ اسْتَرَقَ السَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ مُبِينٌ

    Except for he who steals the listening and is then pursued by a visible flame.

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    وَالْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَاهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَأَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَوْزُونٍ

    We have spread out the earth and set upon it firm mountains. Everything We have caused to grow therein is justly weighed;

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    وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَايِشَ وَمَنْ لَسْتُمْ لَهُ بِرَازِقِينَ

    and there appointed for you is a livelihood, and for those you do not provide.

  • 15:21
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    وَإِنْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا عِنْدَنَا خَزَائِنُهُ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَعْلُومٍ

    And there is not a thing but with Us are its treasuries, and We do not send it down except in a known measure.

  • 15:22
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    وَأَرْسَلْنَا الرِّيَاحَ لَوَاقِحَ فَأَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَسْقَيْنَاكُمُوهُ وَمَا أَنْتُمْ لَهُ بِخَازِنِينَ

    We send the winds fertilizing, and We send down out of heaven water, from which you drink and you are not its treasurers.

  • 15:23
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    وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْيِي وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ الْوَارِثُونَ

    And surely, it is We who give life and make to die. We are the Inheritor.

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    وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنْكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَأْخِرِينَ

    We know those of you who press forward, and We know the laggards,

  • 15:25
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    وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ

    and it is your Lord who will gather them. He is Wise, Knowing.

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    وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَإٍ مَسْنُونٍ

    We created mankind from clay, molded from mud,

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    وَالْجَانَّ خَلَقْنَاهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ مِنْ نَارِ السَّمُومِ

    and before him We created the jinn from smokeless fire.

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    وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَإٍ مَسْنُونٍ

    When your Lord said to the angels: 'See, I am creating a mortal from clay of molded mud.

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    فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِنْ رُوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ

    When I have shaped him and ran My created soul in him fall down prostrating towards him'.

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    فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ

    All the angels prostrated themselves,

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    إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ

    except iblis (father of the jinn) who refused to be one of those who prostrated themselves.

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    قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ

    He said: 'iblis, what is the matter with you, that you do you not prostrate yourself'

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    قَالَ لَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَإٍ مَسْنُونٍ

    He replied: 'I will not prostrate to a mortal You have created of clay, from molded mud'

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    قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

    (Allah) said: 'Begone, you are accursed!

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    وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ اللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ

    A curse shall be on you till the Day of Recompense'

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    قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنْظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

    He said: 'My Lord, reprieve me till the Day they are raised'

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    قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِينَ

    He answered: 'You are among those reprieved

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    إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ

    till the appointed time.

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    قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    (satan) said: 'My Lord, for Your perverting me, I shall make (matters) in the earth seem most fair to them and I shall pervert all,

  • 15:40
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    إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

    except the devoted amongst Your worshippers.

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    قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ

    He (Allah) said: 'This is for Me the Right Path

  • 15:42
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    إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ

    over My worshipers you have no authority, except the perverse that follow you.

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    وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    Gehenna (Hell) will be the promise for all of them.

  • 15:44
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    لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَابٍ لِكُلِّ بَابٍ مِنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَقْسُومٌ

    It has seven gates, and through each gate a portion of them belong.

  • 15:45
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    إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

    But the cautious shall live amongst gardens and fountains:

  • 15:46
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    ادْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَامٍ آمِنِينَ

    'In peace and security, enter them'

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    وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَانًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ

    We shall remove all rancor from their hearts, and as brethren they shall recline on couches face to face.

  • 15:48
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    لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُمْ مِنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ

    There, no fatigue shall smite them, nor shall they ever be driven from it'

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    ۞ نَبِّئْ عِبَادِي أَنِّي أَنَا الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

    Tell My worshipers that I am the Forgiving, the Most Merciful,

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    وَأَنَّ عَذَابِي هُوَ الْعَذَابُ الْأَلِيمُ

    and that My punishment is the painful chastisement.

  • 15:51
    51

    وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَنْ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

    Tell them of Abraham's guests.

  • 15:52
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    إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنْكُمْ وَجِلُونَ

    They entered to him and said: 'Peace' but he replied: 'We are afraid of you'

  • 15:53
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    قَالُوا لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ

    'Do not be afraid' they answered. 'We come to give you glad tidings of a knowledgeable child'

  • 15:54
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    قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِي عَلَىٰ أَنْ مَسَّنِيَ الْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ

    He said: 'What is this, do you bring me glad tidings even though I am old' Of what do you give me glad tidings'

  • 15:55
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    قَالُوا بَشَّرْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُنْ مِنَ الْقَانِطِينَ

    They replied: 'In truth we have given you glad tidings, do not be one of those who despair'

  • 15:56
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    قَالَ وَمَنْ يَقْنَطُ مِنْ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّهِ إِلَّا الضَّالُّونَ

    He replied: 'And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, except those that are astray?

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    قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ

    He asked: 'Messengers, what is your errand'

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    قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُجْرِمِينَ

    They replied: 'We are sent to sinful nation.

  • 15:59
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    إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    Except Lot's family, of whom we shall save all,

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    إِلَّا امْرَأَتَهُ قَدَّرْنَا ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ الْغَابِرِينَ

    but his wife. We decreed that she should be amongst those who remain behind.

  • 15:61
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    فَلَمَّا جَاءَ آلَ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلُونَ

    And when the envoys came to the family of Lot,

  • 15:62
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    قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُنْكَرُونَ

    he said to them: 'I do not know you'

  • 15:63
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    قَالُوا بَلْ جِئْنَاكَ بِمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ

    'No' they replied: 'We bring you (news) of that concerning which they were doubting.

  • 15:64
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    وَأَتَيْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ

    We bring you the truth, and indeed we are truthful.

  • 15:65
    65

    فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِعْ أَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

    Depart with your family in a part of the night and walk behind them and let none of you turn round. Go to a place where you are commanded'

  • 15:66
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    وَقَضَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ الْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰؤُلَاءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُصْبِحِينَ

    And We made known to him this decree that the wrongdoers were to be utterly cut off in the morning.

  • 15:67
    67

    وَجَاءَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ

    The people of the city came to him rejoicing.

  • 15:68
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    قَالَ إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ ضَيْفِي فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ

    He said: 'These are my guests; do not shame me.

  • 15:69
    69

    وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ

    Fear Allah and do not disgrace me'

  • 15:70
    70

    قَالُوا أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ

    They replied: 'Have we not forbidden you (the people of) the worlds'

  • 15:71
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    قَالَ هَٰؤُلَاءِ بَنَاتِي إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ

    He said: 'Here are my daughters; take them (in marriage), if you would be doing'

  • 15:72
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    لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

    By your life, they wandered blindly in their dazzlement.

  • 15:73
    73

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

    At sunrise a dreadful Shout seized them.

  • 15:74
    74

    فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِنْ سِجِّيلٍ

    We laid it (the city) upside down and rained stones of baked clay upon them.

  • 15:75
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    إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ

    Surely, in that there are signs for those who contemplate.

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    وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُقِيمٍ

    Indeed, it is on a way which still exists.

  • 15:77
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    إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    Surely, in that there is a sign for those who believe.

  • 15:78
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    وَإِنْ كَانَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ لَظَالِمِينَ

    The dwellers of the Thicket were harmdoers.

  • 15:79
    79

    فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُبِينٍ

    On them, too, We took vengeance, and they are both on a clear roadway.

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    وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْحِجْرِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

    And the dwellers of Al Hijr also belied the Messengers.

  • 15:81
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    وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ آيَاتِنَا فَكَانُوا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ

    We brought them signs, but they turned away.

  • 15:82
    82

    وَكَانُوا يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا آمِنِينَ

    They hewed their dwellings out of the mountains in safety.

  • 15:83
    83

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

    But the Shout seized them in the morning,

  • 15:84
    84

    فَمَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

    and that which they had earned did not help them.

  • 15:85
    85

    وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَآتِيَةٌ ۖ فَاصْفَحِ الصَّفْحَ الْجَمِيلَ

    We did not create the heavens and the earth, and what is between them except in truth. The Hour is sure to come, therefore, forgive them with a graciouspardon.

  • 15:86
    86

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْخَلَّاقُ الْعَلِيمُ

    Your Lord is the Creator, the Knower.

  • 15:87
    87

    وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ سَبْعًا مِنَ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنَ الْعَظِيمَ

    We have given you the seven dual (verses, Al Fatihah) and the Mighty Holy Reading (Koran).

  • 15:88
    88

    لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    Do not stretch your eyes to that We have given pairs of them to enjoy, nor sorrow for them, and lower your wing to the believers.

  • 15:89
    89

    وَقُلْ إِنِّي أَنَا النَّذِيرُ الْمُبِينُ

    And say: 'I am the plain warner'

  • 15:90
    90

    كَمَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَى الْمُقْتَسِمِينَ

    So We sent it down to the partitioners,

  • 15:91
    91

    الَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا الْقُرْآنَ عِضِينَ

    who have broken the Koran into parts,

  • 15:92
    92

    فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْأَلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    so by your Lord, We will question them all

  • 15:93
    93

    عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

    about what they did.

  • 15:94
    94

    فَاصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

    Proclaim then, what you are commanded and turn away from the unbelievers.

  • 15:95
    95

    إِنَّا كَفَيْنَاكَ الْمُسْتَهْزِئِينَ

    We suffice you against those who mock,

  • 15:96
    96

    الَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

    and those who set up other gods with Allah, indeed, they will soon know.

  • 15:97
    97

    وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ

    Indeed, We know your chest is straitened by that they say.

  • 15:98
    98

    فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُنْ مِنَ السَّاجِدِينَ

    Exalt with the praise of your Lord and be one of those who prostrate.

  • 15:99
    99

    وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينُ

    Worship your Lord till the certainty (death) comes to you.