Surah Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract)

Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur'an

Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims

Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know

And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree

No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter

And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad

Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful

We do not send down the angels except with truth; and the disbelievers would not then be reprieved

Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be its guardian

And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples

And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him

Thus do We insert denial into the hearts of the criminals

They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples

And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend

They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic

And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers

And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allah]

Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame

And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing

And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers

And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known measure

And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers

And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor

And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come]

And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing

And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud

And the jinn We created before from scorching fire

And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud

And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely

Except Iblees, he refused to be with those who prostrated

[Allah] said, O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate

He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud

[Allah] said, "Then get out of it, for indeed, you are expelled

And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense

He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected

[Allah] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved

Until the Day of the time well-known

[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all

Except, among them, Your chosen servants

[Allah] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight

Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators

And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all

It has seven gates; for every gate is of them a portion designated

Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs

[Having been told], "Enter it in peace, safe [and secure]

And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment, [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other

No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed

[O Muhammad], inform My servants that it is I who am the Forgiving, the Merciful

And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment

And inform them about the guests of Abraham

When they entered upon him and said, "Peace." [Abraham] said, "Indeed, we are fearful of you

[The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy

He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform

They said, "We have given you good tidings in truth, so do not be of the despairing

He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray

[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers

They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals

Except the family of Lot; indeed, we will save them all

Except his wife." Allah decreed that she is of those who remain behind

And when the messengers came to the family of Lot

He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown

They said, "But we have come to you with that about which they were disputing

And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful

So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded

And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning

And the people of the city came rejoicing

[Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me

And fear Allah and do not disgrace me

They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people

[Lot] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]

By your life, [O Muhammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly

So the shriek seized them at sunrise

And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay

Indeed in that are signs for those who discern

And indeed, those cities are [situated] on an established road

Indeed in that is a sign for the believers

And the companions of the thicket were [also] wrongdoers

So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway

And certainly did the companions of Thamud deny the messengers

And We gave them Our signs, but from them they were turning away

And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure

But the shriek seized them at early morning

So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn

And We have not created the heavens and earth and that between them except in truth. And indeed, the Hour is coming; so forgive with gracious forgiveness

Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator

And We have certainly given you, [O Muhammad], seven of the often repeated [verses] and the great Qur'an

Do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of the disbelievers, and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing to the believers

And say, "Indeed, I am the clear warner

Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separators

Who have made the Qur'an into portions

So by your Lord, We will surely question them all

About what they used to do

Then declare what you are commanded and turn away from the polytheists

Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers

Who make [equal] with Allah another deity. But they are going to know

And We already know that your breast is constrained by what they say

So exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord and be of those who prostrate [to Him]

And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty (death)