الٓر تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَقُرْءَانٍ مُّبِينٍ ١
alif-lam-ra til'ka āyātu l-kitābi waqur'ānin mubīnin
1. Alif, Lām, Rā.668 These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].
Notes
[668] See footnote to 2:1.
Surah Al-Hijr transliteration
سورة الحجر
Here is Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”) in transliteration: each of its 99 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ ٢
rubamā yawaddu alladhīna kafarū law kānū mus'limīna
2. Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish669 that they had been Muslims.
Notes
[669] On the Day of Judgement or at the time of death.
ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ٣
dharhum yakulū wayatamattaʿū wayul'hihimu l-amalu fasawfa yaʿlamūna
3. Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.
وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ ٤
wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā walahā kitābun maʿlūmun
4. And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.
مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ ٥
mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wamā yastakhirūna
5. No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.
وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ ٦
waqālū yāayyuhā alladhī nuzzila ʿalayhi l-dhik'ru innaka lamajnūnun
6. And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.670
Notes
[670] Literally, "possessed by jinn."
لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٧
law mā tatīnā bil-malāikati in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna
7. Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"
مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ ٨
mā nunazzilu l-malāikata illā bil-ḥaqi wamā kānū idhan munẓarīna
8. We do not send down the angels except with truth;671 and they [i.e., the disbelievers] would not then be reprieved.
Notes
[671] i.e., with a message or, as the conclusion of the verse suggests, to carry out a promised punishment.
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ ٩
innā naḥnu nazzalnā l-dhik'ra wa-innā lahu laḥāfiẓūna
9. Indeed, it is We who sent down the message [i.e., the Qur’ān], and indeed, We will be its guardian.
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٠
walaqad arsalnā min qablika fī shiyaʿi l-awalīna
10. And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muḥammad], among the sects of the former peoples.
وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ١١
wamā yatīhim min rasūlin illā kānū bihi yastahziūna
11. And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.
كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ١٢
kadhālika naslukuhu fī qulūbi l-muj'rimīna
12. Thus do We insert it [i.e., denial] into the hearts of the criminals.
لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ١٣
lā yu'minūna bihi waqad khalat sunnatu l-awalīna
13. They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.
وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ ١٤
walaw fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban mina l-samāi faẓallū fīhi yaʿrujūna
14. And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,
لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ ١٥
laqālū innamā sukkirat abṣārunā bal naḥnu qawmun masḥūrūna
15. They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."
وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ ١٦
walaqad jaʿalnā fī l-samāi burūjan wazayyannāhā lilnnāẓirīna
16. And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.
وَحَفِظْنَٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ١٧
waḥafiẓ'nāhā min kulli shayṭānin rajīmin
17. And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allāh]
إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ ١٨
illā mani is'taraqa l-samʿa fa-atbaʿahu shihābun mubīnun
18. Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مَّوْزُونٍ ١٩
wal-arḍa madadnāhā wa-alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa-anbatnā fīhā min kulli shayin mawzūnin
19. And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.
وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ ٢٠
wajaʿalnā lakum fīhā maʿāyisha waman lastum lahu birāziqīna
20. And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers.672
Notes
[672] Allāh has put at your service other men and animals for which He provides. An additional meaning is that Allāh provides means for your living and for all other creatures as well.
وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ٢١
wa-in min shayin illā ʿindanā khazāinuhu wamā nunazziluhu illā biqadarin maʿlūmin
21. 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.
وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ لَهُۥ بِخَٰزِنِينَ ٢٢
wa-arsalnā l-riyāḥa lawāqiḥa fa-anzalnā mina l-samāi māan fa-asqaynākumūhu wamā antum lahu bikhāzinīna
22. And We have sent the fertilizing winds673 and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.
Notes
[673] Causing precipitation in rainclouds or carrying pollen. Another meaning is "pregnant winds," i.e., those carrying rainclouds.
وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ ٢٣
wa-innā lanaḥnu nuḥ'yī wanumītu wanaḥnu l-wārithūna
23. And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.674
Notes
[674] Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) remains after all creation has passed away.
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَـْٔخِرِينَ ٢٤
walaqad ʿalim'nā l-mus'taqdimīna minkum walaqad ʿalim'nā l-mus'takhirīna
24. And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ ٢٥
wa-inna rabbaka huwa yaḥshuruhum innahu ḥakīmun ʿalīmun
25. And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ٢٦
walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin
26. And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.
وَٱلْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ ٢٧
wal-jāna khalaqnāhu min qablu min nāri l-samūmi
27. And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.
وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ٢٨
wa-idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin
28. 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 سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ ٢٩
fa-idhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīna
29. And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul,675 then fall down to him in prostration."
Notes
[675] The element of life and soul which Allāh created for that body, not His own spirit or part of Himself (as some mistakenly believe).
فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ ٣٠
fasajada l-malāikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūna
30. So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,
إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٣١
illā ib'līsa abā an yakūna maʿa l-sājidīna
31. Except Iblees;676 he refused to be with those who prostrated.
Notes
[676] Who was of the jinn. See 18:50.
قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٣٢
qāla yāib'līsu mā laka allā takūna maʿa l-sājidīna
32. [Allāh] said, "O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?"
قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ٣٣
qāla lam akun li-asjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin
33. He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."
قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ ٣٤
qāla fa-ukh'ruj min'hā fa-innaka rajīmun
34. [Allāh] said, "Then depart from it,677 for indeed, you are expelled.
Notes
[677] Your position in the heavens.
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ٣٥
wa-inna ʿalayka l-laʿnata ilā yawmi l-dīni
35. And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense."
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ٣٦
qāla rabbi fa-anẓir'nī ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna
36. He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ ٣٧
qāla fa-innaka mina l-munẓarīna
37. [Allāh] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved
إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ ٣٨
ilā yawmi l-waqti l-maʿlūmi
38. Until the Day of the time well-known."
قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٣٩
qāla rabbi bimā aghwaytanī la-uzayyinanna lahum fī l-arḍi wala-ugh'wiyannahum ajmaʿīna
39. [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 مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ٤٠
illā ʿibādaka min'humu l-mukh'laṣīna
40. Except, among them, Your chosen servants."
قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَىَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ ٤١
qāla hādhā ṣirāṭun ʿalayya mus'taqīmun
41. [Allāh] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.
إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ ٤٢
inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sul'ṭānun illā mani ittabaʿaka mina l-ghāwīna
42. Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.
وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٤٣
wa-inna jahannama lamawʿiduhum ajmaʿīna
43. And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all.
لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَٰبٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌ ٤٤
lahā sabʿatu abwābin likulli bābin min'hum juz'on maqsūmun
44. It has seven gates; for every gate is of them [i.e., Satan's followers] a portion designated."
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ٤٥
inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin waʿuyūnin
45. Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs,
ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ ٤٦
ud'khulūhā bisalāmin āminīna
46. [Having been told], "Enter it in peace, safe [and secure]."
وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ٤٧
wanazaʿnā mā fī ṣudūrihim min ghillin ikh'wānan ʿalā sururin mutaqābilīna
47. And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment,678 [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other.
Notes
[678] See footnote to 7:43.
لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ ٤٨
lā yamassuhum fīhā naṣabun wamā hum min'hā bimukh'rajīna
48. No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed.
نَبِّئْ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٤٩
nabbi ʿibādī annī anā l-ghafūru l-raḥīmu
49. [O Muḥammad], inform My servants that it is I who am the Forgiving, the Merciful,
وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ ٥٠
wa-anna ʿadhābī huwa l-ʿadhābu l-alīmu
50. And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment.
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٥١
wanabbi'hum ʿan ḍayfi ib'rāhīma
51. And inform them about the guests of Abraham,
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ ٥٢
idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla innā minkum wajilūna
52. When they entered upon him and said, "Peace." [Abraham] said, "Indeed, we are fearful [i.e., apprehensive] of you."
قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ ٥٣
qālū lā tawjal innā nubashiruka bighulāmin ʿalīmin
53. [The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy."
قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِى عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ ٥٤
qāla abashartumūnī ʿalā an massaniya l-kibaru fabima tubashirūna
54. He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?"
قَالُوا۟ بَشَّرْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْقَٰنِطِينَ ٥٥
qālū basharnāka bil-ḥaqi falā takun mina l-qāniṭīna
55. They said, "We have given you good tidings in truth, so do not be of the despairing."
قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٥٦
qāla waman yaqnaṭu min raḥmati rabbihi illā l-ḍālūna
56. He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"
قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ٥٧
qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā l-mur'salūna
57. [Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ٥٨
qālū innā ur'sil'nā ilā qawmin muj'rimīna
58. They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals,
إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٥٩
illā āla lūṭin innā lamunajjūhum ajmaʿīna
59. Except the family of Lot; indeed, we will save them all
إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ ٦٠
illā im'ra-atahu qaddarnā innahā lamina l-ghābirīna
60. Except his wife." We [i.e., Allāh] decreed that she is of those who remain behind.679
Notes
[679] For having collaborated with the evildoers.
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ٦١
falammā jāa āla lūṭin l-mur'salūna
61. And when the messengers came to the family of Lot,
قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ ٦٢
qāla innakum qawmun munkarūna
62. He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown."
قَالُوا۟ بَلْ جِئْنَٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ ٦٣
qālū bal ji'nāka bimā kānū fīhi yamtarūna
63. They said, "But we have come to you with that about which they were disputing,
وَأَتَيْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ ٦٤
wa-ataynāka bil-ḥaqi wa-innā laṣādiqūna
64. And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful.
فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ ٦٥
fa-asri bi-ahlika biqiṭ'ʿin mina al-layli wa-ittabiʿ adbārahum walā yaltafit minkum aḥadun wa-im'ḍū ḥaythu tu'marūna
65. 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."
وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ ٦٦
waqaḍaynā ilayhi dhālika l-amra anna dābira hāulāi maqṭūʿun muṣ'biḥīna
66. And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.
وَجَآءَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ ٦٧
wajāa ahlu l-madīnati yastabshirūna
67. And the people of the city came rejoicing.680
Notes
[680] At the news of Lot's visitors.
قَالَ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيْفِى فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ ٦٨
qāla inna hāulāi ḍayfī falā tafḍaḥūni
68. [Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me.
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ ٦٩
wa-ittaqū l-laha walā tukh'zūni
69. And fear Allāh and do not disgrace me."
قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٧٠
qālū awalam nanhaka ʿani l-ʿālamīna
70. They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"
قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ ٧١
qāla hāulāi banātī in kuntum fāʿilīna
71. [Lot] said, "These are my daughters681 - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."
Notes
[681] i.e., the women of his community who were lawful for marriage.
لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ ٧٢
laʿamruka innahum lafī sakratihim yaʿmahūna
72. By your life, [O Muḥammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ ٧٣
fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu mush'riqīna
73. So the shriek682 seized them at sunrise.
Notes
[682] See footnote to 11:67.
فَجَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ٧٤
fajaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min sijjīlin
74. And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ ٧٥
inna fī dhālika laāyātin lil'mutawassimīna
75. Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.
وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ ٧٦
wa-innahā labisabīlin muqīmin
76. And indeed, they [i.e., those cities] are [situated] on an established road.
إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٧٧
inna fī dhālika laāyatan lil'mu'minīna
77. Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.
وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ ٧٨
wa-in kāna aṣḥābu l-aykati laẓālimīna
78. And the companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] were [also] wrongdoers,
فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ ٧٩
fa-intaqamnā min'hum wa-innahumā labi-imāmin mubīnin
79. So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway.
وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْحِجْرِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ٨٠
walaqad kadhaba aṣḥābu l-ḥij'ri l-mur'salīna
80. And certainly did the companions of al-Ḥijr683 [i.e., the Thamūd] deny the messengers.
Notes
[683] The valley of stone.
وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ ٨١
waātaynāhum āyātinā fakānū ʿanhā muʿ'riḍīna
81. And We gave them Our signs, but from them they were turning away.
وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ ٨٢
wakānū yanḥitūna mina l-jibāli buyūtan āminīna
82. And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ ٨٣
fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu muṣ'biḥīna
83. But the shriek seized them at early morning,
فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ٨٤
famā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yaksibūna
84. So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَـَٔاتِيَةٌ فَٱصْفَحِ ٱلصَّفْحَ ٱلْجَمِيلَ ٨٥
wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā illā bil-ḥaqi wa-inna l-sāʿata laātiyatun fa-iṣ'faḥi l-ṣafḥa l-jamīla
85. 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 ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٨٦
inna rabbaka huwa l-khalāqu l-ʿalīmu
86. Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator.
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَٰكَ سَبْعًا مِّنَ ٱلْمَثَانِى وَٱلْقُرْءَانَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ ٨٧
walaqad ātaynāka sabʿan mina l-mathānī wal-qur'āna l-ʿaẓīma
87. And We have certainly given you, [O Muḥammad], seven of the often repeated [verses]684 and the great Qur’ān.
Notes
[684] Referring to Sūrah al-Fātiḥah.
لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٨٨
lā tamuddanna ʿaynayka ilā mā mattaʿnā bihi azwājan min'hum walā taḥzan ʿalayhim wa-ikh'fiḍ janāḥaka lil'mu'minīna
88. 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.
وَقُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلْمُبِينُ ٨٩
waqul innī anā l-nadhīru l-mubīnu
89. And say, "Indeed, I am the clear warner" -
كَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْمُقْتَسِمِينَ ٩٠
kamā anzalnā ʿalā l-muq'tasimīna
90. Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separators685
Notes
[685] Those who separated from the teachings of their prophets. Another meaning is "As We sent down [punishment] on the sworn opponents [to Allāh's message]."
ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عِضِينَ ٩١
alladhīna jaʿalū l-qur'āna ʿiḍīna
91. Who have made the Qur’ān into portions.686
Notes
[686] Accepting part and rejecting part according to their own inclinations.
فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٩٢
fawarabbika lanasalannahum ajmaʿīna
92. So by your Lord, We will surely question them all
عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ٩٣
ʿammā kānū yaʿmalūna
93. About what they used to do.
فَٱصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ٩٤
fa-iṣ'daʿ bimā tu'maru wa-aʿriḍ ʿani l-mush'rikīna
94. Then declare what you are commanded687 and turn away from the polytheists.688
Notes
[687] The implication is "Thereby you will distinguish or separate the disbelievers from the believers."
[688] Any who persist in association of others with Allāh.
إِنَّا كَفَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَ ٩٥
innā kafaynāka l-mus'tahziīna
95. Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers
ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ٩٦
alladhīna yajʿalūna maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fasawfa yaʿlamūna
96. Who make [equal] with Allāh another deity. But they are going to know.
وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ٩٧
walaqad naʿlamu annaka yaḍīqu ṣadruka bimā yaqūlūna
97. And We already know that your breast is constrained by what they say.
فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٩٨
fasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika wakun mina l-sājidīna
98. So exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord and be of those who prostrate [to Him].
وَٱعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ ٱلْيَقِينُ ٩٩
wa-uʿ'bud rabbaka ḥattā yatiyaka l-yaqīnu
99. And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty [i.e., death].