Surah Al-Hijr

قَالَهَٰذَاصِرَٰطٌعَلَىَّمُسْتَقِيمٌ

Said He: "This is, with Me. a straight way:

إِنَّعِبَادِىلَيْسَلَكَعَلَيْهِمْسُلْطَٰنٌإِلَّامَنِٱتَّبَعَكَمِنَٱلْغَاوِينَ

verily, thou shalt have no power over My creatures- unless it be such as are [already] lost in grievous error and follow thee [of their own will]:

وَإِنَّجَهَنَّمَلَمَوْعِدُهُمْأَجْمَعِينَ

and for all such, behold, hell is the promised goal.

لَهَاسَبْعَةُأَبْوَٰبٍۢلِّكُلِّبَابٍۢمِّنْهُمْجُزْءٌۭمَّقْسُومٌ

with seven gates leading into it, each gate receiving its allotted share of sinners. -

إِنَّٱلْمُتَّقِينَفِىجَنَّٰتٍۢوَعُيُونٍ

VERILY, those who are conscious of God [shall find themselves in the hereafter] amidst gardens and springs,

ٱدْخُلُوهَابِسَلَٰمٍءَامِنِينَ

[having been received with the greeting,] "Enter here in peace, secure!"

وَنَزَعْنَامَافِىصُدُورِهِممِّنْغِلٍّإِخْوَٰنًاعَلَىٰسُرُرٍۢمُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

And [by then] We shall have removed whatever unworthy thoughts or feelings may have been [lingering] in their breasts, [and they shall rest] as brethren, facing one another [in love] upon thrones of happiness.

لَايَمَسُّهُمْفِيهَانَصَبٌۭوَمَاهُممِّنْهَابِمُخْرَجِينَ

No weariness shall ever touch them in this [state of bliss], and never shall they have to forgo it.

نَبِّئْعِبَادِىٓأَنِّىٓأَنَاٱلْغَفُورُٱلرَّحِيمُ

Tell My servants that I - I alone - am truly forgiving, a true dispenser of grace;

وَأَنَّعَذَابِىهُوَٱلْعَذَابُٱلْأَلِيمُ

and [also,] that the suffering which I shall impose [on sinners] will indeed be a suffering most grievous.

وَنَبِّئْهُمْعَنضَيْفِإِبْرَٰهِيمَ

AND TELL THEM [once again] about Abraham's guests -

إِذْدَخَلُوا۟عَلَيْهِفَقَالُوا۟سَلَٰمًۭاقَالَإِنَّامِنكُمْوَجِلُونَ

[how,] when they presented themselves before him and bade him peace, he answered: "Behold, we are afraid of you!"

قَالُوا۟لَاتَوْجَلْإِنَّانُبَشِّرُكَبِغُلَٰمٍعَلِيمٍۢ

Said they: "Fear not! Behold, we bring thee the glad tiding of [the birth of] a son who will be endowed with deep knowledge."

قَالَأَبَشَّرْتُمُونِىعَلَىٰٓأَنمَّسَّنِىَٱلْكِبَرُفَبِمَتُبَشِّرُونَ

Said he: "Do you give me this glad tiding despite the fact that old age has overtaken me? Of what [strange thing], then, are you giving me a tiding!"

قَالُوا۟بَشَّرْنَٰكَبِٱلْحَقِّفَلَاتَكُنمِّنَٱلْقَٰنِطِينَ

They answered: "We have given thee the glad tiding of something that is bound to come true. - so be not of those who abandon hope!"

قَالَوَمَنيَقْنَطُمِنرَّحْمَةِرَبِّهِۦٓإِلَّاٱلضَّآلُّونَ

[Abraham] exclaimed: "And who-other than those who have utterly lost their way-could ever abandon the hope of his Sustainer's grace?"

قَالَفَمَاخَطْبُكُمْأَيُّهَاٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

He added: "And what [else] may you have in view, O you [heavenly] messengers?"

قَالُوٓا۟إِنَّآأُرْسِلْنَآإِلَىٰقَوْمٍۢمُّجْرِمِينَ

They answered: "We are sent to people lost in sin [who are to be destroyed],

إِلَّآءَالَلُوطٍإِنَّالَمُنَجُّوهُمْأَجْمَعِينَ

barring Lot's household, all of whom, behold, we shall save -

إِلَّاٱمْرَأَتَهُۥقَدَّرْنَآإِنَّهَالَمِنَٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

excepting only his wife, [of whom God says,] `We have ordained [that], behold, she should be among those who stay behind!'