| | Maulana Muhammad Ali rendition of Surah The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City(al-Hijr)
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| 15:1 | | I, Allah, am the Seer. These are the verses of the Book and (of) a Qur’an that makes manifest |
| 15:2 | | Often will those who disbelieve wish that they were Muslims |
| 15:3 | | Leave them to eat and enjoy themselves, and let (false) hope beguile them, for they will soon know |
| 15:4 | | And never did We destroy a town but it had a decree made known |
| 15:5 | | No people can hasten on their doom, nor can they postpone (it) |
| 15:6 | | And they say: O thou to whom the Reminder is revealed, thou art indeed mad |
| 15:7 | | Why bringest thou not the angels to us, if thou art of the truthful |
| 15:8 | | We send not angels but with truth, and then they would not be respited |
| 15:9 | | Surely We have revealed the Reminder, and surely We are its Guardian |
| 15:10 | | And certainly We sent (messengers) before thee among the sects of yore |
| 15:11 | | And there never came a messenger to them but they mocked him |
| 15:12 | | Thus do We make it enter the hearts of the guilty - |
| 15:13 | | They believe not in it; and the example of the ancients has gone before |
| 15:14 | | And even if We open to them a gate of heaven, and they keep on ascending into it |
| 15:15 | | They would say: Only our eyes have been covered over, rather we are an enchanted people |
| 15:16 | | And certainly We have made strongholds in the heaven, and We have made it fair-seeming to the beholders |
| 15:17 | | And We guard it against every accursed devil |
| 15:18 | | But he who steals a hearing; so there follows him a visible flame |
| 15:19 | | And the earth -- We have spread it out and made in it firm mountains and caused to grow in it of every suitable thing |
| 15:20 | | And We have made in it means of subsistence for you and for him for whom you provide not |
| 15:21 | | And there is not a thing but with Us are the treasures of it, and We send it not down but in a known measure |
| 15:22 | | And We send the winds fertilizing, then send down water from the clouds, so We give it to you to drink; not is it you who store it up |
| 15:23 | | And surely it is We, Who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritors |
| 15:24 | | And certainly We know those among you who go forward and We certainly know those who lag behind |
| 15:25 | | And surely thy Lord will gather them together. He indeed is Wise, Knowing |
| 15:26 | | And surely We created man of sounding clay, of black mud fashioned into shape |
| 15:27 | | And the jinn, We created before of intensely hot fire |
| 15:28 | | And when thy Lord said to the angels: I am going to create a mortal of sounding clay, of black mud fashioned into shape |
| 15:29 | | So when I have made him complete and breathed into him of My spirit, fall down making obeisance to him |
| 15:30 | | So the angels made obeisance, all of them together - |
| 15:31 | | But Iblis (did it not). He refused to be with those who made obeisance |
| 15:32 | | He said: O Iblis, what is the reason that thou art not with those who make obeisance |
| 15:33 | | He said: I am not going to make obeisance to a mortal, whom Thou has created of sounding clay, of black mud fashioned into shape |
| 15:34 | | He said: Then go forth, for surely thou art driven away |
| 15:35 | | And surely on thee is a curse till the day of Judgment |
| 15:36 | | He said: My Lord, respite me till the time when they are raised |
| 15:37 | | He said: Surely thou art of the respited one |
| 15:38 | | Till the period of the time made known |
| 15:39 | | He said: My Lord, as Thou has judged me erring, I shall certainly make (evil) fair-seeming to them on earth, and I shall cause them all to deviate |
| 15:40 | | Except Thy servants from among them, the purified ones |
| 15:41 | | He said: This is a right way with Me |
| 15:42 | | As regards My servants, thou has no authority over them except such of the deviators as follow thee |
| 15:43 | | And surely hell is the promised place for them all - |
| 15:44 | | It has seven gates. For each gate is an appointed portion of them |
| 15:45 | | Surely those who keep their duty are in Gardens and fountains |
| 15:46 | | Enter them in peace, secure |
| 15:47 | | And We shall root out whatever of rancour is in their breasts -- as brethren, on raised couches, face to face |
| 15:48 | | Toil afflicts them not therein, nor will they be ejected therefrom |
| 15:49 | | Inform My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful |
| 15:50 | | And that My chastisement -- that is the painful chastisement |
| 15:51 | | And inform them of the guests of Abraham |
| 15:52 | | When they entered upon him, they said, Please! He said: We are afraid of you |
| 15:53 | | They said: Be not afraid, we give thee good news of a boy, possessing knowledge |
| 15:54 | | He said: Do you give me good news when old age has come upon me? Of what then do you give me good news |
| 15:55 | | They said: We give thee good news with truth, so be not thou of the despairing ones |
| 15:56 | | He said: And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord but the erring ones |
| 15:57 | | He said: What is your business, then, O messengers |
| 15:58 | | They said: We have been sent to a guilty people |
| 15:59 | | Except Lot’s followers. We shall deliver them all |
| 15:60 | | Except his wife: We ordained that she shall surely be of those who remain behind |
| 15:61 | | So when the messengers came to Lot’s followers |
| 15:62 | | He said: Surely you are an unknown people |
| 15:63 | | They said: Nay, we have come to thee with that about which they disputed |
| 15:64 | | And we have come to thee with the truth, and we are surely truthful |
| 15:65 | | So travel with thy followers for a part of the night and thyself follow their rear; and let not any one of you turn round, and go whither you are commanded |
| 15:66 | | And We made known to him this decree, that the roots of these should be cut off in the morning |
| 15:67 | | And the people of the town came rejoicing |
| 15:68 | | He said: These are my guests, so disgrace me not |
| 15:69 | | And keep your duty to Allah and shame me not |
| 15:70 | | They said: Did we not forbid thee from (entertaining) people |
| 15:71 | | He said: These are my daughters, if you will do (aught) |
| 15:72 | | By thy life! they blindly wandered on in their frenzy |
| 15:73 | | So the cry overtook them at sunrise |
| 15:74 | | Thus We turned it upside down and rained upon them hard stones |
| 15:75 | | Surely in this are signs for those who take a lesson |
| 15:76 | | And it is on a road that still abides |
| 15:77 | | Verily therein is a sign for the believers |
| 15:78 | | And the dwellers of the thicket were indeed iniquitous |
| 15:79 | | So We inflicted retribution on them. And they are both on an open high road |
| 15:80 | | And the dwellers of the Rock indeed rejected the messengers |
| 15:81 | | And We gave them Our messages, but they turned away from them |
| 15:82 | | And they hewed houses in the mountains, in security |
| 15:83 | | So the cry overtook them in the morning |
| 15:84 | | And what they earned availed them not |
| 15:85 | | And We created not the heavens and the earth and what is between them but with truth. And the Hour is surely coming, so turn away with kindly forgiveness |
| 15:86 | | Surely thy Lord -- He is the Creator, the Knower |
| 15:87 | | And certainly We have given thee seven oft-repeated (verses) and the grand Qur’an |
| 15:88 | | Strain not thine eyes at what We have given certain classes of them to enjoy, and grieve not for them, and make thyself gentle to the believers |
| 15:89 | | And say: I am indeed the plain Wagner |
| 15:90 | | Like as We sent down on them who took oaths |
| 15:91 | | Those who divided the Qur’an into parts |
| 15:92 | | So, by thy Lord! We shall question them all |
| 15:93 | | As to what they did |
| 15:94 | | Therefore declare openly what thou art commanded, and turn away from he polytheists |
| 15:95 | | Surely We are sufficient for thee against the scoffers - |
| 15:96 | | Those who set up another god with Allah; so they will come to know |
| 15:97 | | And We know indeed that thy breast straitens at what they say |
| 15:98 | | So celebrate the praise of thy Lord, and be of those who make obeisance |
| 15:99 | | And serve thy Lord, until there comes to thee that which is certain |
