Surah 15 · Meccan · 99 verses · juz 14
Al-Hijr سُورَةُ الحِجۡرِ
The Rock
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture and a plain Reading.
15:1 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 262 · tafsir at quran.com
It may be that those who disbelieve wish ardently that they were Muslims.
15:2 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 262 · tafsir at quran.com
Let them eat and enjoy life, and let (false) hope beguile them. They will come to know!
15:3 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 262 · tafsir at quran.com
And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it.
15:4 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 262 · tafsir at quran.com
No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind.
15:5 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 262 · tafsir at quran.com
And they say: O thou unto whom the Reminder is revealed, lo! thou art indeed a madman!
15:6 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 262 · tafsir at quran.com
Why bringest thou not angels unto us, if thou art of the truthful?
15:7 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 262 · tafsir at quran.com
We send not down the angels save with the Fact, and in that case (the disbelievers) would not be tolerated.
15:8 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 262 · tafsir at quran.com
Lo! We, even We, reveal the Reminder, and lo! We verily are its Guardian.
15:9 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 262 · tafsir at quran.com
We verily sent (messengers) before thee among the factions of the men of old.
15:10 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 262 · tafsir at quran.com
And never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him.
15:11 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 262 · tafsir at quran.com
Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty:
15:12 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 262 · tafsir at quran.com
They believe not therein, though the example of the men of old hath gone before.
15:13 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 262 · tafsir at quran.com
And even if We opened unto them a gate of heaven and they kept mounting through it,
15:14 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 262 · tafsir at quran.com
They would say: Our sight is wrong - nay, but we are folk bewitched.
15:15 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 262 · tafsir at quran.com
And verily in the heaven we have set mansions of the stars, and We have beautified it for beholders.
15:16 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 263 · tafsir at quran.com
And We have guarded it from every outcast devil,
15:17 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 263 · tafsir at quran.com
Save him who stealeth the hearing, and them doth a clear flame pursue.
15:18 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 263 · tafsir at quran.com
And the earth have We spread out, and placed therein firm hills, and caused each seemly thing to grow therein.
15:19 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 263 · tafsir at quran.com
And we have given unto you livelihoods therein, and unto those for whom ye provide not.
15:20 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 263 · tafsir at quran.com
And there is not a thing but with Us are the stores thereof. And we send it not down save in appointed measure.
15:21 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 263 · tafsir at quran.com
And We send the winds fertilising, and cause water to descend from the sky, and give it you to drink. It is not ye who are the holders of the store thereof.
15:22 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 263 · tafsir at quran.com
Lo! and it is We, even We, Who quicken and give death, and We are the Inheritor.
15:23 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 263 · tafsir at quran.com
And verily We know the eager among you and verily We know the laggards.
15:24 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 263 · tafsir at quran.com
Lo! thy Lord will gather them together. Lo! He is Wise, Aware.
15:25 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 263 · tafsir at quran.com
Verily We created man of potter's clay of black mud altered,
15:26 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 263 · tafsir at quran.com
And the jinn did We create aforetime of essential fire.
15:27 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 263 · tafsir at quran.com
And (remember) when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am creating a mortal out of potter's clay of black mud altered,
15:28 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 263 · tafsir at quran.com
So, when I have made him and have breathed into him of My Spirit, do ye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him.
15:29 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 263 · tafsir at quran.com
So the angels fell prostrate, all of them together
15:30 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 263 · tafsir at quran.com
Save Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate.
15:31 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 263 · tafsir at quran.com
He said: O Iblis! What aileth thee that thou art not among the prostrate?
15:32 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
He said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast created out of potter's clay of black mud altered!
15:33 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
He said: Then go thou forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast.
15:34 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
And lo! the curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Judgment.
15:35 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.
15:36 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
He said: Then lo! thou art of those reprieved
15:37 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
Till the Day of appointed time.
15:38 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
He said: My Lord! Because Thou hast sent me astray, I verily shall adorn the path of error for them in the earth, and shall mislead them every one,
15:39 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
Save such of them as are Thy perfectly devoted slaves.
15:40 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
He said: This is a right course incumbent upon Me:
15:41 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
Lo! as for My slaves, thou hast no power over any of them save such of the froward as follow thee,
15:42 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
And lo! for all such, hell will be the promised place.
15:43 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
It hath seven gates, and each gate hath an appointed portion.
15:44 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
Lo! those who ward off (evil) are among gardens and watersprings.
15:45 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
(And it is said unto them): Enter them in peace, secure.
15:46 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
And We remove whatever rancour may be in their breasts. As brethren, face to face, (they rest) on couches raised.
15:47 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
Toil cometh not unto them there, nor will they be expelled from thence.
15:48 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
Announce, (O Muhammad) unto My slaves that verily I am the Forgiving, the Merciful,
15:49 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
And that My doom is the dolorous doom.
15:50 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
And tell them of Abraham's guests,
15:51 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 264 · tafsir at quran.com
(How) when they came in unto him, and said: Peace. He said: Lo! we are afraid of you.
15:52 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
They said: Be not afraid! Lo! we bring thee good tidings of a boy possessing wisdom.
15:53 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
He said: Bring ye me good tidings (of a son) when old age hath overtaken me? Of what then can ye bring good tidings?
15:54 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
They said: We bring thee good tidings in truth. So be not thou of the despairing.
15:55 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
He said: And who despaireth of the mercy of his Lord save those who are astray?
15:56 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
He said: And afterward what is your business, O ye messengers (of Allah)?
15:57 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
They said: We have been sent unto a guilty folk,
15:58 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
(All) save the family of Lot. Them we shall deliver every one,
15:59 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
Except his wife, of whom We had decreed that she should be of those who stay behind.
15:60 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
And when the messengers came unto the family of Lot,
15:61 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
He said: Lo! ye are folk unknown (to me).
15:62 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
They said: Nay, but we bring thee that concerning which they keep disputing,
15:63 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
And bring thee the Truth, and lo! we are truth-tellers.
15:64 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
So travel with thy household in a portion of the night, and follow thou their backs. Let none of you turn round, but go whither ye are commanded.
15:65 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
And We made plain the case to him, that the root of them (who did wrong) was to be cut at early morn.
15:66 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
And the people of the city came, rejoicing at the news (of new arrivals).
15:67 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
He said: Lo! they are my guests. Affront me not!
15:68 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
And keep your duty to Allah, and shame me not!
15:69 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
They said; Have we not forbidden you from (entertaining) anyone?
15:70 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 265 · tafsir at quran.com
He said: Here are my daughters, if ye must be doing (so).
15:71 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
By thy life (O Muhammad) they moved blindly in the frenzy of approaching death.
15:72 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
Then the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the sunrise.
15:73 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
And We utterly confounded them, and We rained upon them stones of heated clay.
15:74 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
Lo! therein verily are portents for those who read the signs.
15:75 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
And lo! it is upon a road still uneffaced.
15:76 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers.
15:77 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
And the dwellers in the wood indeed were evil-doers.
15:78 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
So we took vengeance on them; and lo! they both are on a high-road plain to see.
15:79 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
And the dwellers in Al-Hijr denied (Our) messengers.
15:80 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
And we gave them Our revelations, but they were averse to them.
15:81 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
And they used to hew out dwellings from the hills, (wherein they dwelt) secure.
15:82 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
But the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the morning hour,
15:83 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
And that which they were wont to count as gain availed them not.
15:84 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them save with truth, and lo! the Hour is surely coming. So forgive, (O Muhammad), with a gracious forgiveness.
15:85 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
Lo! Thy Lord! He is the All-Wise Creator.
15:86 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
We have given thee seven of the oft-repeated (verses) and the great Qur'an.
15:87 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
Strain not thine eyes toward that which We cause some wedded pairs among them to enjoin, and be not grieved on their account, and lower thy wing (in tenderness) for the believers.
15:88 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
And say: Lo! I, even I, am a plain warner,
15:89 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
Such as We send down for those who make division,
15:90 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 266 · tafsir at quran.com
Those who break the Qur'an into parts.
15:91 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 267 · tafsir at quran.com
Them, by thy Lord, We shall question, every one,
15:92 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 267 · tafsir at quran.com
Of what they used to do.
15:93 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 267 · tafsir at quran.com
So proclaim that which thou art commanded, and withdraw from the idolaters.
15:94 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 267 · tafsir at quran.com
Lo! We defend thee from the scoffers,
15:95 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 267 · tafsir at quran.com
Who set some other god along with Allah. But they will come to know.
15:96 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 267 · tafsir at quran.com
Well know We that thy bosom is oppressed by what they say,
15:97 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 267 · tafsir at quran.com
But hymn the praise of thy Lord, and be of those who make prostration (unto Him).
15:98 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 267 · tafsir at quran.com
And serve thy Lord till the Inevitable cometh unto thee.
15:99 · Al-Hijr · juz 14 · page 267 · tafsir at quran.com