Surah Al-Hijr

ال࢜رٰࣞ تِلْكَ اٰيٰتُ الْكِتٰبِ وَقُرْاٰنٍ مُّبِيْنٍ ۝١

1Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the signs of the Book and a manifest Quran.

رُبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَوْ كَانُوْا مُسْلِمِيْنَ ۝٢

2Much will the faithless wish that they had been Muslims.

ذَرْهُمْ يَاْكُلُوْا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوْا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْاَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٣

3Leave them to eat and enjoy and to be diverted by longings. Soon they will know.

وَمَا͏ٓ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُوْمٌ ۝٤

4We did not destroy any town but that it had a known term.

مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ اُمَّةٍ اَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَاْخِرُوْنَ ۝٥

5No nation can advance its time nor can it defer it.

وَقَالُوْا يٰٓاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْ نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ اِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُوْنٌ ۝٦ؕ

6They said, ‘O you, to whom the Reminder has been sent down, you are indeed crazy.

لَوْ مَا تَاْتِيْنَا بِالْمَلٰ࢜ىِٕكَةِ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيْنَ ۝٧

7Why do you not bring us the angels should you be truthful?!’

مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلٰ࢜ىِٕكَةَ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوْٓا اِذًا مُّنْظَرِيْنَ ۝٨

8We do not send down the angels except with due reason, and then they will not be granted any respite.

اِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَاِنَّا لَهٗ لَحٰفِظُوْنَ ۝٩

9Indeed We have sent down the Reminder, and indeed We will preserve it.

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فِيْ شِيَعِ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۝١٠

10Certainly We sent [apostles] before you to former communities,

وَمَا يَاْتِيْهِمْ مِّنْ رَّسُوْلٍ اِلَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ يَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ ۝١١

11and there did not come to them any apostle but that they used to deride him.

كَذٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهٗ فِيْ قُلُوْبِ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ ۝١٢ۙ

12That is how We let it pass through the hearts of the guilty:

لَا يُو͏ٔ͏ْمِنُوْنَ بِهٖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۝١٣

13they do not believe in it, and the precedent of the ancients has already passed.

وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَابًا مِّنَ السَّمَا࢜ءِ فَظَلُّوْا فِيْهِ يَعْرُجُوْنَ ۝١٤ۙ

14Were We to open for them a gate of the sky, so that they could go on ascending through it,

لَقَالُوْٓا اِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ اَبْصَارُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُوْرُوْنَ ۝١٥ࣖ

15they would surely say, ‘Indeed a spell has been cast on our eyes; indeed, we are a bewitched lot.’

وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِي السَّمَا࢜ءِ بُرُوْجًا وَّزَيَّنّٰهَا لِلنّٰظِرِيْنَ ۝١٦ۙ

16Certainly We have appointed houses in the sky and adorned them for the onlookers,

وَحَفِظْنٰهَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطٰنٍ رَّجِيْمٍ ۝١٧ۙ

17and We have guarded them from every outcast Satan,

اِلَّا مَنِ اسْتَرَقَ السَّمْعَ فَاَتْبَعَهٗ شِهَابٌ مُّبِيْنٌ ۝١٨

18except someone who may eavesdrop, whereat there pursues him a manifest flame.

وَالْاَرْضَ مَدَدْنٰهَا وَاَلْقَيْنَا فِيْهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَاَنۢ͏ْبَتْنَا فِيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَّوْزُوْنٍ ۝١٩

19And We spread out the earth, and cast in it firm mountains, and We grew in it every kind of balanced thing,

وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيْهَا مَعَايِشَ وَمَنْ لَّسْتُمْ لَهٗ بِرٰزِقِيْنَ ۝٢٠

20and made in it [various] means of livelihood for you and for those whom you do not provide for.

وَاِنْ مِّنْ شَيْءٍ اِلَّا عِنْدَنَا خَزَا࢜ىِٕنُهٗؗ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهٗٓ اِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُوْمٍ ۝٢١

21There is not a thing but that its sources are with Us, and We do not send it down except in a known measure.

وَاَرْسَلْنَا الرِّيٰحَ لَوَاقِحَ فَاَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَا࢜ءِ مَا࢜ءً فَاَسْقَيْنٰكُمُوْهُۚ وَمَا͏ٓ اَنْتُمْ لَهٗ بِخٰزِنِيْنَ ۝٢٢

22And We send the fertilizing winds and send down water from the sky providing it for you to drink and you are not maintainers of its resources.

وَاِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْيٖ وَنُمِيْتُ وَنَحْنُ الْوٰرِثُوْنَ ۝٢٣

23Indeed it is We who give life and bring death and We are the inheritors.

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَقْدِمِيْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَاْخِرِيْنَ ۝٢٤

24Certainly We know the predecessors among you and certainly We know the successors,

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْؕ اِنَّهٗ حَكِيْمٌ عَلِيْمٌ ۝٢٥ࣖ

25and indeed it is your Lord who will resurrect them. Indeed, He is all-wise, all-knowing.

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَاٍ مَّسْنُوْنٍ ۝٢٦ۚ

26Certainly We created man out of a dry clay [drawn] from an aging mud,

وَالْجَا࢜نَّ خَلَقْنٰهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ مِنْ نَّارِ السَّمُوْمِ ۝٢٧

27and We created the jinn earlier, out of a piercing fire.

وَاِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰ࢜ىِٕكَةِ اِنِّيْ خَالِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَاٍ مَّسْنُوْنٍ ۝٢٨

28When your Lord said to the angels, ‘Indeed I am going to create a human out of a dry clay [drawn] from an aging mud.

فَاِذَا سَوَّيْتُهٗ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيْهِ مِنْ رُّوْحِيْ فَقَعُوْا لَهٗ سٰجِدِيْنَ ۝٢٩

29So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My spirit, then fall down in prostration before him.’

فَسَجَدَ الْمَلٰ࢜ىِٕكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ اَجْمَعُوْنَ ۝٣٠ۙ

30Thereat the angels prostrated, all of them together,

اِلَّا͏ٓ اِبْلِيْسَؕ اَبٰٓي اَنْ يَّكُوْنَ مَعَ السّٰجِدِيْنَ ۝٣١

31but not Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated.

قَالَ يٰٓاِبْلِيْسُ مَا لَكَ اَلَّا تَكُوْنَ مَعَ السّٰجِدِيْنَ ۝٣٢

32He said, ‘O Iblis! What kept you from being among those who have prostrated?’

قَالَ لَمْ اَكُنْ لِّاَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهٗ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَاٍ مَّسْنُوْنٍ ۝٣٣

33Said he, ‘I will not prostrate before a human whom You have created out of a dry clay [drawn] from an aging mud.’

قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَاِنَّكَ رَجِيْمٌ ۝٣٤ۙ

34He said, ‘Begone hence, for you are indeed an outcast,

وَّاِنَّ عَلَيْكَ اللَّعْنَةَ اِلٰي يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ ۝٣٥

35and indeed the curse shall lie on you until the Day of Retribution.’

قَالَ رَبِّ فَاَنْظِرْنِيْٓ اِلٰي يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُوْنَ ۝٣٦

36He said, ‘My Lord! Respite me till the day they will be resurrected.’

قَالَ فَاِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِيْنَ ۝٣٧ۙ

37Said He, ‘You are indeed among the reprieved

اِلٰي يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُوْمِ ۝٣٨

38until the day of the known time.’

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا͏ٓ اَغْوَيْتَنِيْ لَاُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَاُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَ ۝٣٩ۙ

39He said, ‘My Lord! As You have consigned me to perversity, I will surely glamorize [evil] for them on the earth, and I will surely pervert them, all

اِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِيْنَ ۝٤٠

40except Your dedicated servants among them.’

قَالَ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسْتَقِيْمٌ ۝٤١

41He said, ‘This is the path [leading] straight to Me.

اِنَّ عِبَادِيْ لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطٰنٌ اِلَّا مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغٰوِيْنَ ۝٤٢

42Indeed, as for My servants you do not have any authority over them, except the perverse who follow you,

وَاِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَ ۝٤٣ࣞۙ

43and indeed hell is the tryst of them all.

لَهَا سَبْعَةُ اَبْوَابٍؕ لِكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُوْمٌ ۝٤٤ࣖ

44It has seven gates, and to each gate belongs a separate portion of them.’

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِيْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍ ۝٤٥ؕ

45Indeed the Godwary will be amid gardens and springs.

اُدْخُلُوْهَا بِسَلٰمٍ اٰمِنِيْنَ ۝٤٦

46‘‘Enter it in peace and safety!’’

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِيْ صُدُوْرِهِمْ مِّنْ غِلٍّ اِخْوَانًا عَلٰي سُرُرٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِيْنَ ۝٤٧

47We will remove whatever rancour there is in their breasts; [intimate like] brothers, [they will be reclining] on couches, facing one another.

لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيْهَا نَصَبٌ وَّمَا هُمْ مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِيْنَ ۝٤٨

48Therein neither weariness shall touch them, nor will they [ever] be expelled from it.

نَبِّي͏ٔ͏ْ عِبَادِيْٓ اَنِّيْٓ اَنَا الْغَفُوْرُ الرَّحِيْمُ ۝٤٩ۙ

49Inform my servants that I am indeed the All-forgiving, the All-merciful,

وَاَنَّ عَذَابِيْ هُوَ الْعَذَابُ الْاَلِيْمُ ۝٥٠

50and that My punishment is a painful punishment.

وَنَبِّي͏ٔ͏ْهُمْ عَنْ ضَيْفِ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ ۝٥١ۘ

51And inform them about the guests of Abraham,

اِذْ دَخَلُوْا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوْا سَلٰمًاؕ قَالَ اِنَّا مِنْكُمْ وَجِلُوْنَ ۝٥٢

52when they entered into his presence and said, ‘Peace!’ He said, ‘We are indeed afraid of you.’

قَالُوْا لَا تَوْجَلْ اِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلٰمٍ عَلِيْمٍ ۝٥٣

53They said, ‘Do not be afraid. Indeed we give you the good news of a wise son.’

قَالَ اَبَشَّرْتُمُوْنِيْ عَلٰٓي اَنْ مَّسَّنِيَ الْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُوْنَ ۝٥٤

54He said, ‘Do you give me good news though old age has befallen me? What is the good news that you bring me?’

قَالُوْا بَشَّرْنٰكَ بِالْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُنْ مِّنَ الْقٰنِطِيْنَ ۝٥٥

55They said, ‘We bring you good news in truth; so do not be despondent.’

قَالَ وَمَنْ يَّقْنَطُ مِنْ رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهٖٓ اِلَّا الضَّا࢜لُّوْنَ ۝٥٦

56He said, ‘Who despairs of his Lord’s mercy except the astray?!’

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ اَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُوْنَ ۝٥٧

57He said, ‘O messengers, what is now your errand?’

قَالُوْٓا اِنَّا͏ٓ اُرْسِلْنَا͏ٓ اِلٰي قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِيْنَ ۝٥٨ۙ

58They said, ‘We have been sent toward a guilty people,

اِلَّا͏ٓ اٰلَ لُوْطٍؕ اِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوْهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَ ۝٥٩ۙ

59[who shall perish] except the family of Lot. We will indeed deliver all of them,

اِلَّا امْرَاَتَهٗ قَدَّرْنَا͏ٓۙ اِنَّهَا لَمِنَ الْغٰبِرِيْنَ ۝٦٠ࣖ

60except his wife, [who], We have ordained, will indeed be among those who remain behind.’

فَلَمَّا جَا࢜ءَ اٰلَ لُوْطِ اࣙلْمُرْسَلُوْنَ ۝٦١ۙ

61So when the messengers came to Lot’s family,

قَالَ اِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنْكَرُوْنَ ۝٦٢

62he said, ‘You are indeed strangers [to me].’

قَالُوْا بَلْ جِي͏ٔ͏ْنٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوْا فِيْهِ يَمْتَرُوْنَ ۝٦٣

63They said, ‘Indeed, we bring you what they used to doubt.

وَاَتَيْنٰكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَاِنَّا لَصٰدِقُوْنَ ۝٦٤

64We bring you the truth, and indeed, we speak truly.

فَاَسْرِ بِاَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ الَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِعْ اَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ اَحَدٌ وَّامْضُوْا حَيْثُ تُو͏ٔ͏ْمَرُوْنَ ۝٦٥

65Take your family in a watch of the night; and follow in their rear, and none of you should turn round, and proceed as you are bidden.’

وَقَضَيْنَا͏ٓ اِلَيْهِ ذٰلِكَ الْاَمْرَ اَنَّ دَابِرَ هٰٓو͏ٔ͏ُلَا࢜ءِ مَقْطُوْعٌ مُّصْبِحِيْنَ ۝٦٦

66We apprised him of the matter that these will be rooted out by dawn.

وَجَا࢜ءَ اَهْلُ الْمَدِيْنَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُوْنَ ۝٦٧

67The people of the city came, rejoicing.

قَالَ اِنَّ هٰٓو͏ٔ͏ُلَا࢜ءِ ضَيْفِيْ فَلَا تَفْضَحُوْنِ ۝٦٨ۙ

68He said, ‘These are indeed my guests. Do not bring dishonour on me.

وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَلَا تُخْزُوْنِ ۝٦٩

69Be wary of Allah and do not humiliate me.’

قَالُوْٓا اَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۝٧٠

70They said, ‘Did we not forbid you from [defending ] strangers?’

قَالَ هٰٓو͏ٔ͏ُلَا࢜ءِ بَنٰتِيْٓ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ فٰعِلِيْنَ ۝٧١ؕ

71He said, ‘These are my daughters, [marry them] if you should do anything.’

لَعَمْرُكَ اِنَّهُمْ لَفِيْ سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُوْنَ ۝٧٢

72By your life, they were bewildered in their drunkenness.

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِيْنَ ۝٧٣ۙ

73So the Cry seized them at sunrise,

فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَاَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّنْ سِجِّيْلٍ ۝٧٤ؕ

74and We made its topmost part its nethermost, and rained on them stones of shale.

اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيٰتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِيْنَ ۝٧٥

75There are indeed signs in that for the percipient.

وَاِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيْلٍ مُّقِيْمٍ ۝٧٦

76Indeed it is on a standing road,

اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِّلْمُو͏ٔ͏ْمِنِيْنَ ۝٧٧ؕ

77and there is indeed a sign in that for the faithful.

وَاِنْ كَانَ اَصْحٰبُ الْاَيْكَةِ لَظٰلِمِيْنَ ۝٧٨ۙ

78Indeed the inhabitants of Aykah were [also] wrongdoers.

فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْۘ وَاِنَّهُمَا لَبِاِمَامٍ مُّبِيْنٍ ۝٧٩ؕࣖ

79So We took vengeance on them, and indeed the two of them are on an open highway.

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ اَصْحٰبُ الْحِجْرِ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ ۝٨٠ۙ

80Certainly the inhabitants of Hijr denied the apostles.

وَاٰتَيْنٰهُمْ اٰيٰتِنَا فَكَانُوْا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِيْنَ ۝٨١ۙ

81We had given them Our signs but they disregarded them.

وَكَانُوْا يَنْحِتُوْنَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوْتًا اٰمِنِيْنَ ۝٨٢

82They used to hew out dwellings from mountains feeling secure.

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِيْنَ ۝٨٣ۙ

83So the Cry seized them at dawn,

فَمَا͏ٓ اَغْنٰي عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُوْا يَكْسِبُوْنَ ۝٨٤ؕ

84and what they used to earn did not avail them.

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا͏ٓ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّؕ وَاِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَاٰتِيَةٌ فَاصْفَحِ الصَّفْحَ الْجَمِيْلَ ۝٨٥

85We did not create the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them except with consummate wisdom, and indeed the Hour is bound to come. So forbear with a graceful forbearance.

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْخَلّٰقُ الْعَلِيْمُ ۝٨٦

86Indeed your Lord is the All-creator, the All-knowing.

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنٰكَ سَبْعًا مِّنَ الْمَثَانِيْ وَالْقُرْاٰنَ الْعَظِيْمَ ۝٨٧

87Certainly We have given you [the surah of] the seven oft-repeated verses and the great Quran.

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ اِلٰي مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهٖٓ اَزْوَاجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُو͏ٔ͏ْمِنِيْنَ ۝٨٨

88Do not extend your glance toward what We have provided to certain groups of them, and do not grieve for them, and lower your wing to the faithful,

وَقُلْ اِنِّيْٓ اَنَا النَّذِيْرُ الْمُبِيْنُ ۝٨٩ۚ

89and say, ‘I am indeed a manifest warner [of punishment from God],’

كَمَا͏ٓ اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَي الْمُقْتَسِمِيْنَ ۝٩٠ۙ

90like that We sent down upon those who split into bands,

الَّذِيْنَ جَعَلُوا الْقُرْاٰنَ عِضِيْنَ ۝٩١

91who represented the Quran as magic.

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَ ۝٩٢ۙ

92By your Lord, We will question them all

عَمَّا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ ۝٩٣

93concerning what they used to do.

فَاصْدَعْ بِمَا تُو͏ٔ͏ْمَرُ وَاَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْمُشْرِكِيْنَ ۝٩٤

94So proclaim what you have been commanded, and turn away from the polytheists.

اِنَّا كَفَيْنٰكَ الْمُسْتَهْزِءِيْنَ ۝٩٥ۙ

95Indeed We will suffice you against the deriders

الَّذِيْنَ يَجْعَلُوْنَ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٩٦

96—those who set up another deity besides Allah. Soon they will know!

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ اَنَّكَ يَضِيْقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُوْلُوْنَ ۝٩٧ۙ

97Certainly We know that you become upset because of what they say.

فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُنْ مِّنَ السّٰجِدِيْنَ ۝٩٨ۙ

98So celebrate the praise of your Lord and be among those who prostrate,

وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتّٰي يَاْتِيَكَ الْيَقِيْنُ ۝٩٩ࣖ

99and worship your Lord until certainty comes to you.