سورة الحجر، الآية ٨٢
وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ ٨٢
wakānū yanḥitūna mina l-jibāli buyūtan āminīna
And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.
Verse 82 of Surah Al-Hijr (15:82), 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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They used to carve out dwellings in the rocks of the mountains in which they lived safe from that which they feared.
They carved houses in the mountains, feeling secure41.
[41] These mountainous strongholds gave them a false sense of security against any consequences.
And they used to hew out dwellings from the mountains (feeling themselves) secure.
And they used to hew out dwellings from the hills, (wherein they dwelt) secure.
Out of the mountains did they hew (their) edifices, (feeling themselves) secure.
And they hewed houses in the mountains in security.
And they used to hew the mountains into homes, (therein dwelling) securely.
لاَ تَدْخُلُوا مَسَاكِنَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا إِلاَّ أَنْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ، أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ ". ثُمَّ تَقَنَّعَ بِرِدَائِهِ، وَهْوَ عَلَى الرَّحْلِ.
لاَ تَدْخُلُوا مَسَاكِنَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَكُونُوا بَاكِينَ، أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مِثْلُ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ "
"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 .
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَٰرِهِينَ
And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.
