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Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 81

سورة الحجر، الآية ٨١

15:81 Juz 14 Hizb 27 Page 266 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 15:81

وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ ۝٨١

Transliteration

waātaynāhum āyātinā fakānū ʿanhā muʿ'riḍīna

Translation

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

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Verse 81 of Surah Al-Hijr (15:81), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 266 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 81

Al-Mukhtasar

We gave them proofs and signs to indicate his truthfulness in what he brought from his Lord. One of these was the she-camel. But they did not take a lesson from those signs and paid no attention to them.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-Hijr

Other translations of verse 81

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

And We gave them Our Signs, but they were averse to them.

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

We sent them Our Signs, but they persisted in turning away from them.

And We gave them Our communications, but they turned aside from them;

And We brought them Our signs, yet they were veering away from them.

Verse 81 word by word

  1. وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ waātaynāhum And We gave them أ ت ي
  2. ءَايَٰتِنَا āyātinā Our Signs أ ي ي
  3. فَكَانُوا۟ fakānū but they were ك و ن
  4. عَنْهَا ʿanhā from them
  5. مُعْرِضِينَ muʿ'riḍīna turning away ع ر ض

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3380

When the Prophet (ﷺ) passed by (a place called) Al Hijr, he said, "Do not enter the house of those who were unjust to themselves, unless (you enter) weeping, lest you should suffer the same punishment as was inflicted upon them." After that he covered his face with his sheet cloth while he was on…

لاَ تَدْخُلُوا مَسَاكِنَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا إِلاَّ أَنْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ، أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ تَقَنَّعَ بِرِدَائِهِ، وَهْوَ عَلَى الرَّحْلِ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar + 5 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3381

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Do not enter the ruined dwellings of those who were unjust to themselves unless (you enter) weeping, lest you should suffer the same punishment as was inflicted upon them."

لاَ تَدْخُلُوا مَسَاكِنَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ، أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مِثْلُ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ ‏"

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar + 5 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 2980b

Do not enter the dwellings of those who have wronged themselves, unless you are weeping

"Do not enter the dwellings of those who have wronged themselves, unless you are weeping, lest what befell them should befall you." Then he urged and hastened, leaving it behind.

لاَ تَدْخُلُوا مَسَاكِنَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ حَذَرًا أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مِثْلُ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ زَجَرَ فَأَسْرَعَ حَتَّى خَلَّفَهَا ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar + 5 other versions Explained

Verses related to verse 81

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Hud 11:65

    فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ فِى دَارِكُمْ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ذَٰلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ

    But they hamstrung her, so he said, "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. That is a promise not to be denied [i.e., unfailing]."

  • Fussilat 41:17

    وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَٰهُمْ فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْعَمَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَٰعِقَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

    And as for Thamūd, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.

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