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Text: Chapter 15: Al-Hijr (The Stone Valley)

15:1

الر ۚ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ وَقُرْآنٍ مُّبِينٍ

Alif-Lãm-Ra. These are the verses of the Book; the clear Quran.

15:2

رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ

˹The day will come when˺ the disbelievers will certainly wish they had submitted ˹to Allah˺.¹

15:3

ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

˹So˺ let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by ˹false˺ hope, for they will soon know.

15:4

وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

We have never destroyed a society without a destined term.

15:5

مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ

No people can advance their doom, nor can they delay it.

15:6

وَقَالُوا يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ

They say, “O you to whom the Reminder¹ is revealed! You must be insane!

15:7

لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِالْمَلَائِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

Why do you not bring us the angels, if what you say is true?”

15:8

مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوا إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ

We do not send the angels down except for a just cause, and then ˹the end of˺ the disbelievers will not be delayed.

15:9

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ

It is certainly We Who have revealed the Reminder, and it is certainly We Who will preserve it.

15:10

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ

Indeed, We sent messengers before you ˹O Prophet˺ among the groups of early peoples,

15:11

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

but no messenger ever came to them without being mocked.

15:12

كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

This is how We allow disbelief ˹to steep˺ into the hearts of the wicked.

15:13

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

They would not believe in this ˹Quran˺ despite the ˹many˺ examples of those ˹destroyed˺ before.

15:14

وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ فَظَلُّوا فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ

And even if We opened for them a gate to heaven, through which they continued to ascend,

15:15

لَقَالُوا إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَارُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ

still they would say, “Our eyes have truly been dazzled! In fact, we must have been bewitched.”

15:16

وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِي السَّمَاءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّاهَا لِلنَّاظِرِينَ

Indeed, We have placed constellations in the sky, and adorned it for all to see.

15:17

وَحَفِظْنَاهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

And We protected it from every accursed devil,

15:18

إِلَّا مَنِ اسْتَرَقَ السَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ

except the one eavesdropping, who is then pursued by a visible flare.¹

15:19

وَالْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَاهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَّوْزُونٍ

As for the earth, We spread it out and placed upon it firm mountains, and caused everything to grow there in perfect balance.

15:20

وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَايِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُ بِرَازِقِينَ

And We made in it means of sustenance for you and others, who you do not provide for.

15:21

وَإِن مِّن شَيْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَائِنُهُ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

There is not any means ˹of sustenance˺ whose reserves We do not hold, only bringing it forth in precise measure.

15:22

وَأَرْسَلْنَا الرِّيَاحَ لَوَاقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَسْقَيْنَاكُمُوهُ وَمَا أَنتُمْ لَهُ بِخَازِنِينَ

We send fertilizing winds, and bring down rain from the sky for you to drink. It is not you who hold its reserves.

15:23

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْيِي وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ الْوَارِثُونَ

Surely it is We Who give life and cause death. And We are the ˹Eternal˺ Successor.¹

15:24

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَأْخِرِينَ

We certainly know those who have gone before you and those who will come after ˹you˺.

15:25

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ

Surely your Lord ˹alone˺ will gather them together ˹for judgment˺. He is truly All-Wise, All-Knowing.

15:26

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

Indeed, We created man from sounding clay moulded from black mud.

15:27

وَالْجَانَّ خَلَقْنَاهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ السَّمُومِ

As for the jinn, We created them earlier from smokeless fire.

15:28

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

˹Remember, O Prophet˺ when your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create a human being from sounding clay moulded from black mud.¹

15:29

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ

So when I have fashioned him and had a spirit of My Own ˹creation˺ breathed into him, fall down in prostration to him.”

15:30

فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ

So the angels prostrated all together—

15:31

إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ

but not Iblîs,¹ who refused to prostrate with the others.

15:32

قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ

Allah asked, “O Iblîs! What is the matter with you that you did not join others in prostration?”

15:33

قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

He replied, “It is not for me to prostrate to a human You created from sounding clay moulded from black mud.”

15:34

قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

Allah commanded, “Then get out of Paradise, for you are truly cursed.

15:35

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ اللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ

And surely upon you is condemnation until the Day of Judgment.”

15:36

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

Satan appealed, “My Lord! Then delay my end until the Day of their resurrection.”

15:37

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ

Allah said, “You will be delayed

15:38

إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ

until the appointed Day.”

15:39

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Satan responded, “My Lord! For allowing me to stray I will surely tempt them on earth and mislead them all together,

15:40

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

except Your chosen servants among them.”

15:41

قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ

Allah said, “This is the Way, binding on Me:

15:42

إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ

you will certainly have no authority over My servants, except the deviant who follow you,

15:43

وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

and surely Hell is their destined place, all together.

15:44

لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَابٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌ

It has seven gates, to each a group of them is designated.”

15:45

إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs.

15:46

ادْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَامٍ آمِنِينَ

˹It will be said to them,˺ “Enter in peace and security.”

15:47

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَانًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَابِلِينَ

We will remove whatever bitterness they had in their hearts.¹ In a friendly manner, they will be on thrones, facing one another.

15:48

لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ

No fatigue will touch them there, nor will they ever be asked to leave.

15:49

نَبِّئْ عِبَادِي أَنِّي أَنَا الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

Inform My servants ˹O Prophet˺ that I am truly the All-Forgiving, Most Merciful,

15:50

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِي هُوَ الْعَذَابُ الْأَلِيمُ

and that My torment is indeed the most painful.

15:51

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

And inform them ˹O Prophet˺ about Abraham’s guests

15:52

إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ

who entered upon him and greeted ˹him with˺, “Peace!” He ˹later˺ said, “Surely we are afraid of you.”¹

15:53

قَالُوا لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ

They reassured ˹him˺, “Do not be afraid! Surely we give you good news of a knowledgeable son.”

15:54

قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِي عَلَىٰ أَن مَّسَّنِيَ الْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ

He wondered, “Do you give me good news despite my old age? What unlikely news!”

15:55

قَالُوا بَشَّرْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ الْقَانِطِينَ

They responded, “We give you good news in all truth, so do not be one of those who despair.”

15:56

قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِ إِلَّا الضَّالُّونَ

He exclaimed, “Who would despair of the mercy of their Lord except the misguided?”

15:57

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ

He ˹then˺ added, “What is your mission, O messenger-angels?”

15:58

قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ

They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people.

15:59

إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

As for the family of Lot, we will certainly deliver them all,

15:60

إِلَّا امْرَأَتَهُ قَدَّرْنَا ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ الْغَابِرِينَ

except his wife. We have determined that she will be one of the doomed.”

15:61

فَلَمَّا جَاءَ آلَ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلُونَ

So when the messengers came to the family of Lot,

15:62

قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ

he said, “You are surely an unfamiliar people!”

15:63

قَالُوا بَلْ جِئْنَاكَ بِمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ

They responded, “We have come to you with that ˹torment˺ which they have doubted.

15:64

وَأَتَيْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ

We come to you with the truth, and we are certainly truthful.

15:65

فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِعْ أَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

So travel with your family in the dark of night, and follow ˹closely˺ behind them. Do not let any of you look back, and go where you are commanded.”

15:66

وَقَضَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ الْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰؤُلَاءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ

We revealed to him this decree: “Those ˹sinners˺ will be uprooted in the morning.”

15:67

وَجَاءَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ

And there came the men of the city, rejoicing.

15:68

قَالَ إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ ضَيْفِي فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ

Lot pleaded, “Indeed, these are my guests, so do not embarrass me.

15:69

وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ

Fear Allah and do not humiliate me.”

15:70

قَالُوا أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ

They responded, “Have we not forbidden you from protecting anyone?”

15:71

قَالَ هَٰؤُلَاءِ بَنَاتِي إِن كُنتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ

He said, “O my people! Here are my daughters¹ ˹so marry them˺ if you wish to do so.”

15:72

لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

By your life ˹O Prophet˺,¹ they certainly wandered blindly, intoxicated ˹by lust˺.

15:73

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

So the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them at sunrise.

15:74

فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

And We turned the cities ˹of Sodom and Gomorrah˺ upside down and rained upon them stones of baked clay.

15:75

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ

Surely in this are signs for those who contemplate.

15:76

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ

Their ruins still lie along a known route.

15:77

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Surely in this is a sign for those who believe.

15:78

وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ لَظَالِمِينَ

And the residents of the Forest were truly wrongdoers,

15:79

فَانتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ

so We inflicted punishment upon them. The ruins of both nations still lie on a well-known road.

15:80

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْحِجْرِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

Indeed, the residents of the Stone Valley also denied the messengers.¹

15:81

وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ آيَاتِنَا فَكَانُوا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ

We gave them Our signs, but they turned away from them.

15:82

وَكَانُوا يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا آمِنِينَ

They carved their homes in the mountains, feeling secure.

15:83

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

But the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them in the morning,

15:84

فَمَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

and all they achieved was of no help to them.

15:85

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَآتِيَةٌ ۖ فَاصْفَحِ الصَّفْحَ الْجَمِيلَ

We have not created the heavens and the earth and everything in between except for a purpose. And the Hour is certain to come, so forgive graciously.

15:86

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْخَلَّاقُ الْعَلِيمُ

Surely your Lord is the Master Creator, All-Knowing.

15:87

وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ سَبْعًا مِّنَ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنَ الْعَظِيمَ

We have certainly granted you the seven often-repeated verses¹ and the great Quran.

15:88

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Do not let your eyes crave the ˹fleeting˺ pleasures We have provided for some of the disbelievers, nor grieve for them. And be gracious to the believers.

15:89

وَقُلْ إِنِّي أَنَا النَّذِيرُ الْمُبِينُ

And say, “I am truly sent with a clear warning”—

15:90

كَمَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى الْمُقْتَسِمِينَ

˹a warning˺ similar to what We sent to those who divided ˹the Scriptures˺,

15:91

الَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا الْقُرْآنَ عِضِينَ

who ˹now˺ accept parts of the Quran, rejecting others.

15:92

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْأَلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

So by your Lord! We will certainly question them all

15:93

عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

about what they used to do.

15:94

فَاصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

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

15:95

إِنَّا كَفَيْنَاكَ الْمُسْتَهْزِئِينَ

Surely We will be sufficient for you against the mockers,

15:96

الَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

who set up ˹other˺ gods with Allah. They will soon come to know.

15:97

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ

We certainly know that your heart is truly distressed by what they say.

15:98

فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ السَّاجِدِينَ

So glorify the praises of your Lord and be one of those who ˹always˺ pray,

15:99

وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينُ

and worship your Lord until the inevitable¹ comes to you.