| | Shakir rendition of Surah The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City(al-Hijr)
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| 15:1 | | Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the Book and (of) a Quran that makes (things) clear |
| 15:2 | | Often will those who disbelieve wish that they had been Muslims |
| 15:3 | | Leave them that they may eat and enjoy themselves and (that) hope may beguile them, for they will soon know |
| 15:4 | | And never did We destroy a town but it had a term made known |
| 15:5 | | No people can hasten on their doom nor can they postpone (it) |
| 15:6 | | And they say: O you to whom the Reminder has been revealed! you are most surely insane |
| 15:7 | | Why do you not bring to us the angels if you are of the truthful ones |
| 15:8 | | We do not send the angels but with truth, and then they would not be respited |
| 15:9 | | Surely We have revealed the Reminder and We will most surely be its guardian |
| 15:10 | | And certainly We sent (messengers) before you among the nations of yore |
| 15:11 | | And there never came a messenger to them but they mocked him |
| 15:12 | | Thus do We make it to enter into the hearts of the guilty |
| 15:13 | | They do not believe in it, and indeed the example of the former people has already passed |
| 15:14 | | And even if We open to them a gateway of heaven, so that they ascend into it all the while |
| 15:15 | | They would certainly 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 Shaitan |
| 15:18 | | But he who steals a hearing, so there follows him a visible flame |
| 15:19 | | And the earth-- We have spread it forth 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 are not the suppliers |
| 15:21 | | And there is not a thing but with Us are the treasures of it, and We do not send it down but in a known measure |
| 15:22 | | And We send the winds fertilizing, then send down water from the cloud so We give it to you to drink of, nor is it you who store it up |
| 15:23 | | And most surely We bring to life and cause to die and We are the heirs |
| 15:24 | | And certainly We know those of you who have gone before and We certainly know those who shall come later |
| 15:25 | | And surely your Lord will gather them together; surely He is Wise, Knowing |
| 15:26 | | And certainly We created man of clay that gives forth sound, of black mud fashioned in shape |
| 15:27 | | And the jinn We created before, of intensely hot fire |
| 15:28 | | And when your Lord said to the angels: Surely I am going to create a mortal of the essence of black mud fashioned in 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 excuse have you that you are not with those who make obeisance |
| 15:33 | | He said: I am not such that I should make obeisance to a mortal whom Thou hast created of the essence of black mud fashioned in shape |
| 15:34 | | He said: Then get out of it, for surely you are driven away |
| 15:35 | | And surely on you is curse until the day of judgment |
| 15:36 | | He said: My Lord! then respite me till the time when they are raised |
| 15:37 | | He said: So surely you are of the respited one |
| 15:38 | | Till the period of the time made known |
| 15:39 | | He said: My Lord! because Thou hast made life evil to me, I will certainly make (evil) fair-seeming to them on earth, and I will certainly cause them all to deviat |
| 15:40 | | Except Thy servants from among them, the devoted ones |
| 15:41 | | He said: This is a right way with Me |
| 15:42 | | Surely. as regards My servants, you have no authority, over them except those who follow you of the deviators |
| 15:43 | | And surely Hell is the promised place of them all |
| 15:44 | | It has seven gates; for every gate there shall be a separate party of them |
| 15:45 | | Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in the midst of gardens and fountains |
| 15:46 | | Enter them in peace, secure |
| 15:47 | | And We will root out whatever of rancor is in their breasts-- (they shall be) as brethren, on raised couches, face to face |
| 15:48 | | Toil shall not afflict them in it, nor shall they be ever ejected from it |
| 15:49 | | Inform My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful |
| 15:50 | | And that My punishment-- that is the painful punishment |
| 15:51 | | And inform them of the guests of Ibrahim |
| 15:52 | | When they entered upon him, they said, Peace. He said: Surely we are afraid of you |
| 15:53 | | They said: Be not afraid, surely we give you the good news of a boy, possessing knowledge |
| 15:54 | | He said: Do you give me good news (of a son) when old age has come upon me?-- Of what then do you give me good news |
| 15:55 | | They said: We give you good news with truth, therefore be not of the despairing |
| 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: Surely we are sent towards a guilty people |
| 15:59 | | Except Lut's followers: We will most surely 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 Lut's followers |
| 15:62 | | He said: Surely you are an unknown people |
| 15:63 | | They said: Nay, we have come to you with that about which they disputed |
| 15:64 | | And we have come to you with the truth, and we are most surely truthful |
| 15:65 | | Therefore go forth with your followers in a part of the night and yourself follow their rear, and let not any one of you turn round, and go forth whither you are commanded |
| 15:66 | | And We revealed to him this decree, that the roots of these shall be cut off in the morning |
| 15:67 | | And the people of the town came rejoicing |
| 15:68 | | He said: Surely these are my guests, therefore do not disgrace me |
| 15:69 | | And guard against (the punishment of) Allah and do not put me to shame |
| 15:70 | | They said: Have we not forbidden you from (other) people |
| 15:71 | | He said: These are my daughters, if you will do (aught) |
| 15:72 | | By your life! they were blindly wandering on in their intoxication |
| 15:73 | | So the rumbling overtook them (while) entering upon the time of sunrise |
| 15:74 | | Thus did We turn it upside down, and rained down upon them stones of what had been decreed |
| 15:75 | | Surely in this are signs for those who examine |
| 15:76 | | And surely it is on a road that still abides |
| 15:77 | | Most surely there is a sign in this for the believers |
| 15:78 | | And the dwellers of the thicket also were most surely unjust |
| 15:79 | | So We inflicted retribution on them, and they are both, indeed, on an open road (still) pursued |
| 15:80 | | And the dwellers of the Rock certainly rejected the messengers |
| 15:81 | | And We gave them Our communications, but they turned aside from them |
| 15:82 | | And they hewed houses in the mountains in security |
| 15:83 | | So the rumbling overtook them in the morning |
| 15:84 | | And what they earned did not avail them |
| 15:85 | | And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them two but in truth; and the hour is most surely coming, so turn away with kindly forgiveness |
| 15:86 | | Surely your Lord is the Creator of all things, the Knowing |
| 15:87 | | And certainly We have given you seven of the oft-repeated (verses) and the grand Quran |
| 15:88 | | Do not strain your eyes after what We have given certain classes of them to enjoy, and do not grieve for them, and make yourself gentle to the believers |
| 15:89 | | And say: Surely I am the plain warner |
| 15:90 | | Like as We sent down on the divider |
| 15:91 | | Those who made the Quran into shreds |
| 15:92 | | So, by your Lord, We would most certainly question them all |
| 15:93 | | As to what they did |
| 15:94 | | Therefore declare openly what you are bidden and turn aside from the polytheists |
| 15:95 | | Surely We will suffice you against the scoffer |
| 15:96 | | Those who set up another god with Allah; so they shall soon know |
| 15:97 | | And surely We know that your breast straitens at what they say |
| 15:98 | | Therefore celebrate the praise of your Lord, and be of those who make obeisance |
| 15:99 | | And serve your Lord until there comes to you that which is certain |
