| | Arthur John Arberry rendition of Surah The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City(al-Hijr)
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| 15:1 | | Alif Lam Ra. Those are the signs of the Book and of a manifest Koran |
| 15:2 | | Perchance the unbelievers will wish that they had surrendered |
| 15:3 | | leave them to eat, and to take their joy, and to be bemused by hope; certainly they will soon know |
| 15:4 | | Never a city have We destroyed, but it had a known decree |
| 15:5 | | and no nation outstrips its term, nor do they put it back |
| 15:6 | | They say: 'Thou, upon whom the Remembrance is sent down, thou art assuredly possessed |
| 15:7 | | Why dost thou not bring the angels unto us, if thou speakest truly? |
| 15:8 | | We send not down the angels, save with truth |
| 15:9 | | then they would not be respited. It is We who have sent down the Remembrance, and We watch over it |
| 15:10 | | Indeed, We sent Messengers before thee, among the factions of the ancients |
| 15:11 | | and not a single Messenger came to them, but they mocked at him |
| 15:12 | | even so We cause it to enter into the hearts of the sinners - |
| 15:13 | | they believe not in it, though the wont of the ancients is already gone |
| 15:14 | | Though We opened to them a gate in heaven, and still they mounted through it |
| 15:15 | | yet would they say, 'Our eyes have been dazzled; nay, we are a people bewitched! |
| 15:16 | | We have set in heaven constellations and decked them out fair to the beholders |
| 15:17 | | and guarded them from every accursed Sata |
| 15:18 | | excepting such as listens by stealth -- and he is pursued by a manifest flame |
| 15:19 | | And the earth -- We stretched it forth, and cast on it firm mountains, and We caused to grow therein of every thing justly weighed |
| 15:20 | | and there appointed for you livelihood, and for those you provide not for |
| 15:21 | | Naught is there, but its treasuries are with Us, and We send it not down but in a known measure |
| 15:22 | | And We loose the winds fertilising, and We send down out of heaven water, then We give it to you to drink, and you are not its treasurers |
| 15:23 | | It is We who give life, and make to die, and it is We who are the inheritors |
| 15:24 | | We know the ones of you who press forward, and We know the laggards |
| 15:25 | | and it is thy Lord shall muster them, and He is All-wise, All-knowing |
| 15:26 | | Surely We created man of a clay of mud moulded |
| 15:27 | | and the jinn created We before of fire flaming |
| 15:28 | | And when thy Lord said to the angels, 'See, I am creating a mortal of a clay of mud moulded |
| 15:29 | | When I have shaped him, and breathed My spirit in him, fall you down, bowing before him! |
| 15:30 | | Then the angels bowed themselves all together |
| 15:31 | | save Iblis; he refused to be among those bowing |
| 15:32 | | Said He, 'What ails thee, Iblis, that thou art not among those bowing? |
| 15:33 | | Said he, 'I would never bow myself before a mortal whom Thou hast created of a clay of mud moulded. |
| 15:34 | | Said He, 'Then go thou forth hence; thou art accursed |
| 15:35 | | Upon thee shall rest the curse, till the Day of Doom. |
| 15:36 | | Said he, 'My Lord, respite me till the day they shall be raised. |
| 15:37 | | Said He, 'Thou art among the ones that are respite |
| 15:38 | | unto the day of a known time. |
| 15:39 | | Said he, 'My Lord, for Thy perverting me I shall deck all fair to them in the earth, and I shall pervert them, all together |
| 15:40 | | excepting those Thy servants among them that are devoted |
| 15:41 | | Said He, 'This is for Me a straight path |
| 15:42 | | over My servants thou shalt have no authority, except those that follow thee |
| 15:43 | | being perverse; Gehenna shall be their promised land all together |
| 15:44 | | Seven gates it has, and unto each gate a set portion of them belongs. |
| 15:45 | | But the godfearing shall be amidst gardens and fountains |
| 15:46 | | 'Enter you them, in peace and security! |
| 15:47 | | We shall strip away all rancour that is in their breasts; as brothers they shall be upon couches set face to face |
| 15:48 | | no fatigue there shall smite them, neither shall they ever be driven forth from there |
| 15:49 | | Tell My servants I am the All-forgiving, the All-compassionate |
| 15:50 | | and that My chastisement is the painful chastisement |
| 15:51 | | And tell them of the guests of Abraham |
| 15:52 | | when they entered unto him, saying, 'Peace!' He said, 'Behold, we are afraid of you. |
| 15:53 | | They said, 'Be not afraid; behold, we give thee good tidings of a cunning boy. |
| 15:54 | | He said, 'What, do you give me good tidings, though old age has smitten me? Of what do yo |
| 15:55 | | give me good tidings?' They said, 'We give thee good tidings of truth. Be not of those that despair. |
| 15:56 | | He said, 'And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, excepting those that are astray? |
| 15:57 | | He said, 'And what is your business, envoys? |
| 15:58 | | They said, 'We have been sent unto a people of sinners |
| 15:59 | | excepting the folk of Lot; them we shall delive |
| 15:60 | | all together, excepting his wife -- we have decreed, she shall surely be of those that tarry. |
| 15:61 | | So, when the envoys came to the folk of Lot |
| 15:62 | | he said, 'Surely you are a people unknown to me! |
| 15:63 | | They said, 'Nay, but we have brought thee that concerning which they were doubting |
| 15:64 | | We have come to thee with the truth, and assuredly we speak truly |
| 15:65 | | So set forth, thou with thy family, in a watch of the night, and follow after the backs of them, and let not any one of you turn round; and depart unto the place you are commanded. |
| 15:66 | | And We decreed for him that commandment, that the last remnant of those should be cut off in the morning |
| 15:67 | | And the people of the city came rejoicing |
| 15:68 | | He said, 'These are my guests; put me not to shame |
| 15:69 | | and fear God, and do not degrade me. |
| 15:70 | | They said, 'Have we not forbidden thee all beings? |
| 15:71 | | He said, 'These are my daughters, if you would be doing. |
| 15:72 | | By thy life, they wandered blindly in their dazzlement |
| 15:73 | | and the Cry seized them at the sunrise |
| 15:74 | | and We turned it uppermost nethermost and rained on it stones of baked clay |
| 15:75 | | Surely in that are signs for such as mark |
| 15:76 | | surely it is on a way yet remaining |
| 15:77 | | surely in that is a sign for believers |
| 15:78 | | Certainly the dwellers in the Thicket were evildoers |
| 15:79 | | and We took vengeance on them. The two of them were upon a roadway manifest |
| 15:80 | | The dwellers in El-Hijr cried lies to the Envoys |
| 15:81 | | We brought them. Our signs, and they turned away from them |
| 15:82 | | They were hewing the mountains into houses, therein dwelling securely |
| 15:83 | | and the Cry seized them in the morning |
| 15:84 | | that they earned did not avail them |
| 15:85 | | We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, save in truth. Surely the Hour is coming; so pardon thou, with a gracious pardoning |
| 15:86 | | Surely thy Lord, He is the All-creator, the All-knowing |
| 15:87 | | We have given thee seven of the oft-repeated, and the mighty Koran |
| 15:88 | | Stretch not thine eyes to that We have given pairs of them to enjoy; and do not sorrow for them, and lower thy wing unto the believers |
| 15:89 | | and say, 'Surely, I am the manifest warner. |
| 15:90 | | So We sent it down to the partitioners |
| 15:91 | | who have broken the Koran into fragments |
| 15:92 | | Now by thy Lord, We shall surely question them all togethe |
| 15:93 | | concerning that they were doing |
| 15:94 | | So shout that thou art commanded and turn thou away from the idolaters |
| 15:95 | | We suffice thee against the mockers |
| 15:96 | | even against those who set up with God another god. Certainly they will soon know |
| 15:97 | | We know indeed thy breast is straitened by the things they say |
| 15:98 | | Proclaim thy Lord's praise, and be of those that bow |
| 15:99 | | and serve thy Lord, until the Certain comes to thee |
