| | Abdel Haleem rendition of Surah The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City(al-Hijr)
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| 15:1 | | Alif Lam Ra These are the verses of the Scripture, a Quran that makes things clear |
| 15:2 | | The disbelievers may well come to wish they had submitted to God |
| 15:3 | | so [Prophet] leave them to eat and enjoy themselves. Let [false] hopes distract them: they will come to know |
| 15:4 | | Never have We destroyed a community that did not have a set time |
| 15:5 | | no community can bring its time forward, nor delay it |
| 15:6 | | They say, ‘Receiver of this Quran! You are definitely mad |
| 15:7 | | Why do you not bring us the angels, if you are telling the truth?&rsquo |
| 15:8 | | But We send down the angels only to bring justice and then these people will not be reprieved |
| 15:9 | | We have sent down the Quran Ourself, and We Ourself will guard it. Even before you [Prophet] |
| 15:10 | | We sent messengers among the various communities of old |
| 15:11 | | but they mocked every single messenger that came to them |
| 15:12 | | in this way We make the message slip through the hearts of evildoers |
| 15:13 | | They will not believe in it. That was what happened with the peoples of long ago |
| 15:14 | | and even if We opened a gateway into Heaven for them and they rose through it, higher and higher |
| 15:15 | | they would still say, ‘Our eyes are hallucinating. We are bewitched.&rsquo |
| 15:16 | | We have set constellations up in the sky and made it beautiful for all to see |
| 15:17 | | and guarded it from every stoned satan |
| 15:18 | | any eavesdropper will be pursued by a clearly visible flame |
| 15:19 | | As for the earth, We have spread it out, set firm mountains on it, and made everything grow there in due balance |
| 15:20 | | We have provided sustenance in it for you and for all those creatures for whom you do not provide |
| 15:21 | | There is not a thing whose storehouses are not with Us. We send it down only according to a well-defined measure |
| 15:22 | | We send the winds to fertilize, and We bring down water from the sky for you to drink- you do not control its sources |
| 15:23 | | It is We who give life and death; it is We who inherit [everything] |
| 15:24 | | We know exactly those of you who come first and those who come later |
| 15:25 | | [Prophet], it is your Lord who will gather them all together: He is all wise, all knowing |
| 15:26 | | We created man out of dried clay formed from dark mud |
| 15:27 | | the jinn We created before, from the fire of scorching wind |
| 15:28 | | Your Lord said to the angels, ‘I will create a mortal out of dried clay, formed from dark mud |
| 15:29 | | When I have fashioned him and breathed My spirit into him, bow down before him,&rsquo |
| 15:30 | | and the angels all did so |
| 15:31 | | But not Iblis: he refused to bow down like the others |
| 15:32 | | God said, ‘Iblis, why did you not bow down like the others?&rsquo |
| 15:33 | | and he answered, ‘I will not bow to a mortal You created from dried clay, formed from dark mud.&rsquo |
| 15:34 | | ‘Get out of here!’ said God. ‘You are an outcast |
| 15:35 | | rejected until the Day of Judgement.&rsquo |
| 15:36 | | Iblis said, ‘My Lord, give me respite until the Day when they are raised from the dead.&rsquo |
| 15:37 | | ‘You have respite,’ said God |
| 15:38 | | ‘until the Day of the Appointed Time.&rsquo |
| 15:39 | | Iblis then said to God, ‘Because You have put me in the wrong, I will lure mankind on earth and put them in the wrong |
| 15:40 | | all except Your devoted servants.&rsquo |
| 15:41 | | God said, ‘[Devotion] is a straight path to Me |
| 15:42 | | you will have no power over My servants, only over the ones who go astray and follow you |
| 15:43 | | Hell is the promised place for all these |
| 15:44 | | with seven gates, each gate having its allotted share of them |
| 15:45 | | But the righteous will be in Gardens with springs |
| 15:46 | | “Enter them in peace and safety!”–&ndash |
| 15:47 | | and We shall remove any bitterness from their hearts: [they will be like] brothers, sitting on couches, face to face |
| 15:48 | | No weariness will ever touch them there, nor will they ever be expelled.&rsquo |
| 15:49 | | [Prophet], tell My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful |
| 15:50 | | but My torment is the truly painful one |
| 15:51 | | Tell them too about Abraham’s guests |
| 15:52 | | when they came to him and said, ‘Peace,’ he said, ‘We are afraid of you.&rsquo |
| 15:53 | | ‘Do not be afraid,’ they said, ‘We bring you good news of a son who will have great knowledge.&rsquo |
| 15:54 | | He said, ‘How can you give me such news when old age has come to me? What sort of news is this?&rsquo |
| 15:55 | | They said, ‘We have told you the truth, so do not despair.&rsquo |
| 15:56 | | He said, ‘Who but the misguided despair of the mercy of their Lord?&rsquo |
| 15:57 | | and then asked, ‘Messengers, what is your errand?&rsquo |
| 15:58 | | They replied, ‘We have been sent to a people who are guilty.&rsquo |
| 15:59 | | But We shall save the household of Lot |
| 15:60 | | all except his wife: We have decreed that she will be one of those who stay behind |
| 15:61 | | When the messengers came to the household of Lot |
| 15:62 | | he said, ‘You are strangers.&rsquo |
| 15:63 | | They said, ‘We have brought you what they said would never happen |
| 15:64 | | we have brought you the Truth. We speak truly |
| 15:65 | | so leave in the dead of the night with your household, and walk behind them. Let none of you look back. Go where you are commanded.&rsquo |
| 15:66 | | We made this decree known to him: the last remnants of those people would be wiped out in the morning |
| 15:67 | | The people of the town came along, revelling |
| 15:68 | | and he told them, ‘These are my guests, do not disgrace me |
| 15:69 | | Fear God, and do not shame me.&rsquo |
| 15:70 | | They answered, ‘Have we not told you not to interfere [between us and] anyone else?&rsquo |
| 15:71 | | He said, ‘My daughters are here, if you must.&rsquo |
| 15:72 | | By your life [Prophet], they wandered on in their wild intoxicatio |
| 15:73 | | and the blast overtook them at sunrise |
| 15:74 | | We turned their city upside down and rained on them a shower of clay stones |
| 15:75 | | There truly is a sign in this for those who can learn |
| 15:76 | | it is still there on the highway |
| 15:77 | | there truly is a sign in this for those who believe |
| 15:78 | | The forest-dwellers, too, were wrongdoer |
| 15:79 | | and We took retribution on them; both are still there on the highway, plain for all to see |
| 15:80 | | The people of al-Hijr also rejected Our messengers |
| 15:81 | | We gave them Our signs, but they turned their backs |
| 15:82 | | They carved out dwellings in the mountains, and lived in security |
| 15:83 | | the blast overwhelmed them early in the morning |
| 15:84 | | What they had gained was of no use to them |
| 15:85 | | We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them without a true purpose: the Hour will certainly come, so [Prophet] bear with them graciously |
| 15:86 | | Your Lord is the All Knowing Creator |
| 15:87 | | We have given you the seven oft-recited versesand the whole glorious Quran |
| 15:88 | | Do not look longingly at the good things We have given some to enjoy. Do not grieve over the [disbelievers], but lower your wings over the believer |
| 15:89 | | and say, ‘I am here to give plain warning,&rsquo |
| 15:90 | | like the [warning] We have sent down for those who divide themselves into band |
| 15:91 | | and abuse the Quran–&ndash |
| 15:92 | | by your Lord, We will question them al |
| 15:93 | | about their deeds |
| 15:94 | | So proclaim openly what you have been commanded [to say], and ignore the idolaters |
| 15:95 | | We are enough for you against all those who ridicule your message |
| 15:96 | | who set up another god beside God- they will come to know |
| 15:97 | | We are well aware that your heart is weighed down by what they say |
| 15:98 | | Celebrate the glory of your Lord and be among those who bow down to Him |
| 15:99 | | worship your Lord until what is certain comes to you |
