Surah Al-Hijr

الٓرتِلْكَءَايَٰتُٱلْكِتَٰبِوَقُرْءَانٍۢمُّبِينٍۢ

Alif. Lam. Ra. THESE ARE MESSAGES of revelation -of a discourse clear in itself and clearly showing the truth.

رُّبَمَايَوَدُّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لَوْكَانُوا۟مُسْلِمِينَ

And it will come to pass that those who are [now] bent on denying this truth will wish that they had surrendered themselves to God [in their life time].

ذَرْهُمْيَأْكُلُوا۟وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟وَيُلْهِهِمُٱلْأَمَلُفَسَوْفَيَعْلَمُونَ

Leave them alone; let them eat and enjoy themselves the while the hope [of vain delights] be guiles them: for in time they will come to know [the truth].

وَمَآأَهْلَكْنَامِنقَرْيَةٍإِلَّاوَلَهَاكِتَابٌۭمَّعْلُومٌۭ

And never have We destroyed any community [for its wrongdoing] unless a divine writ had (previously] been made known to it;

مَّاتَسْبِقُمِنْأُمَّةٍأَجَلَهَاوَمَايَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ

[but remember that] no community can ever forestall [the end of] its term - and neither can they delay [it].

وَقَالُوا۟يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِىنُزِّلَعَلَيْهِٱلذِّكْرُإِنَّكَلَمَجْنُونٌۭ

And yet, they [who deny the truth] say: "O thou unto whom this reminder has [allegedly] been bestowed from on high: verily, thou art mad!

لَّوْمَاتَأْتِينَابِٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِإِنكُنتَمِنَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

Why dost thou not bring before us angels, if thou art a man of truth?

مَانُنَزِّلُٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَإِلَّابِٱلْحَقِّوَمَاكَانُوٓا۟إِذًۭامُّنظَرِينَ

[Yet] We never send down angels otherwise than in accordance with the [demands of] truth; and [were the angels to appear now,] lo! they [who reject this divine writ] would have no further respite!

إِنَّانَحْنُنَزَّلْنَاٱلذِّكْرَوَإِنَّالَهُۥلَحَٰفِظُونَ

Behold, it is We Ourselves who have bestowed from on high, step by step, this reminder? and, behold, it is We who shall truly guard it [from all corruption].

وَلَقَدْأَرْسَلْنَامِنقَبْلِكَفِىشِيَعِٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

AND, INDEED, [O Prophet,] even before thy time did We send [Our apostles] unto communities of old -

وَمَايَأْتِيهِممِّنرَّسُولٍإِلَّاكَانُوا۟بِهِۦيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

and never yet came an apostle to them without their deriding him.

كَذَٰلِكَنَسْلُكُهُۥفِىقُلُوبِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Even so do We [now] cause this [scorn of Our message] to pervade the hearts of those who are lost in sin,

لَايُؤْمِنُونَبِهِۦوَقَدْخَلَتْسُنَّةُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

who do not believe in it, although the way which those [evildoers] of olden times had to go has long been within their ken.

وَلَوْفَتَحْنَاعَلَيْهِمبَابًۭامِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِفَظَلُّوا۟فِيهِيَعْرُجُونَ

Yet even had We opened to them a gateway to heaven and they had ascended, on and on, up to it,

لَقَالُوٓا۟إِنَّمَاسُكِّرَتْأَبْصَٰرُنَابَلْنَحْنُقَوْمٌۭمَّسْحُورُونَ

they would surely have said, "It is only our eyes that are spellbound! Nay, we have been bewitched!,

وَلَقَدْجَعَلْنَافِىٱلسَّمَآءِبُرُوجًۭاوَزَيَّنَّٰهَالِلنَّٰظِرِينَ

AND, INDEED, We have set up in the heavens great constellations, and endowed them with beauty for all to behold;

وَحَفِظْنَٰهَامِنكُلِّشَيْطَٰنٍۢرَّجِيمٍ

and We have made them secure against every satanic force accursed -

إِلَّامَنِٱسْتَرَقَٱلسَّمْعَفَأَتْبَعَهُۥشِهَابٌۭمُّبِينٌۭ

so that anyone who seeks to learn [the unknowable] by stealth is pursued by a flame clear to see.

وَٱلْأَرْضَمَدَدْنَٰهَاوَأَلْقَيْنَافِيهَارَوَٰسِىَوَأَنۢبَتْنَافِيهَامِنكُلِّشَىْءٍۢمَّوْزُونٍۢ

And the earth -We have spread it out wide, and placed on it mountains firm, and caused [life] of every kind to grow on it in a balanced manner,

وَجَعَلْنَالَكُمْفِيهَامَعَٰيِشَوَمَنلَّسْتُمْلَهُۥبِرَٰزِقِينَ

and provided thereon means of livelihood for you [O men] as well as for all [living beings] whose sustenance does not depend on you.