| | Rashad Khalifa rendition of Surah The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City(al-Hijr)
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| 15:1 | | A.L.R. These (letters) are proofs of this scripture; a profound Quran. |
| 15:2 | | Certainly, those who disbelieved will wish they were submitters. |
| 15:3 | | Let them eat, enjoy, and remain blinded by wishful thinking; they will find out. |
| 15:4 | | We never annihilated any community, except in accordance with a specific, predetermined time. |
| 15:5 | | The end of any community can never be advanced, nor delayed. |
| 15:6 | | They said, "O you who received this reminder, you are crazy. |
| 15:7 | | "Why do you not bring down the angels, if you are truthful?" |
| 15:8 | | We do not send down the angels except for specific functions. Otherwise, no one will be respited. |
| 15:9 | | Absolutely, we have revealed the reminder, and, absolutely, we will preserve it. |
| 15:10 | | We have sent (messengers) before you to the communities in the past. |
| 15:11 | | Every time a messenger went to them, they ridiculed him. |
| 15:12 | | We thus control the minds of the guilty. |
| 15:13 | | Consequently, they cannot believe in him. This has been the system since the past generations. |
| 15:14 | | Even if we opened for them a gate into the sky, through which they climb; |
| 15:15 | | they will say, "Our eyes have been deceived. We have been bewitched." |
| 15:16 | | We placed galaxies in the sky, and adorned it for the beholders. |
| 15:17 | | And we guarded it against every rejected devil. |
| 15:18 | | If any of them sneaks around to listen, a mighty projectile will chase him back. |
| 15:19 | | As for the earth, we constructed it, and placed on it stabilizers (mountains), and we grew on it a perfect balance of everything. |
| 15:20 | | We made it habitable for you, and for creatures you do not provide for. |
| 15:21 | | There is nothing that we do not own infinite amounts thereof. But we send it down in precise measure. |
| 15:22 | | And we send the winds as pollinators, and cause water to come down from the sky for you to drink. Otherwise, you could not keep it palatable. |
| 15:23 | | It is we who control life and death, and we are the ultimate inheritors. |
| 15:24 | | And we fully know those among you who advance, and we fully know those who regress. |
| 15:25 | | Your Lord will surely summon them. He is Most Wise, Omniscient. |
| 15:26 | | We created the human being from aged mud, like the potter's clay. |
| 15:27 | | As for the jinns, we created them, before that, from blazing fire. |
| 15:28 | | Your Lord said to the angels, "I am creating a human being from aged mud, like the potter's clay. |
| 15:29 | | "Once I perfect him, and blow into him from My spirit, you shall fall prostrate before him." |
| 15:30 | | The angels fell prostrate; all of them, |
| 15:31 | | except Iblis (Satan). He refused to be with the prostrators. |
| 15:32 | | He said, "O Iblis (Satan), why are you not with the prostrators?" |
| 15:33 | | He said, "I am not to prostrate before a human being, whom You created from aged mud, like the potter's clay." |
| 15:34 | | He said, "Therefore, you must get out; you are banished. |
| 15:35 | | "You have incurred My condemnation until the Day of Judgment." |
| 15:36 | | He said, "My Lord, respite me until the day they are resurrected." |
| 15:37 | | He said, "You are respited. |
| 15:38 | | "Until the specified day and time." |
| 15:39 | | He said, "My Lord, since You have willed that I go astray, I will surely entice them on earth; I will send them all astray. |
| 15:40 | | "Except those among Your worshipers who are devoted absolutely to You alone." |
| 15:41 | | He said, "This is a law that is inviolable. |
| 15:42 | | "You have no power over My servants. You only have power over the strayers who follow you. |
| 15:43 | | "And Hell awaits them all. |
| 15:44 | | "It will have seven gates. Each gate will get a specific share of them." |
| 15:45 | | As for the righteous, they will enjoy gardens and springs. |
| 15:46 | | Enter therein, peaceful and secure. |
| 15:47 | | We remove all jealousy from their hearts. Like one family, they will be on adjacent furnishings. |
| 15:48 | | Never will they suffer any fatigue therein; never will they be evicted therefrom. |
| 15:49 | | Inform My servants that I am the Forgiver, Most Merciful. |
| 15:50 | | And that My retribution is the most painful retribution. |
| 15:51 | | Inform them about Abraham's guests. |
| 15:52 | | When they entered his quarters, they said, "Peace." He said, "We are apprehensive about you." |
| 15:53 | | They said, "Do not be apprehensive. We have good news for you: an enlightened son." |
| 15:54 | | He said, "How can you give me such good news, when I am so old? Do you still give me this good news?" |
| 15:55 | | They said, "The good news we give you is true; do not despair." |
| 15:56 | | He said, "None despairs of his Lord's mercy, except the strayers." |
| 15:57 | | He said, "What is your mission, O messengers?" |
| 15:58 | | They said, "We are being dispatched to guilty people. |
| 15:59 | | "As for Lot's family, we will save them all. |
| 15:60 | | "But not his wife; she is destined to be with the doomed." |
| 15:61 | | The messengers went to Lot's town. |
| 15:62 | | He said, "You are unknown people." |
| 15:63 | | They said, "We bring to you what they have been doubting. |
| 15:64 | | "We bring to you the truth; we are truthful. |
| 15:65 | | "You shall take your family during the night. Stay behind them, and make sure that none of you looks back. Go straight as commanded." |
| 15:66 | | We delivered to him this command: those people are to be annihilated in the morning. |
| 15:67 | | The people of the city came joyfully. |
| 15:68 | | He said, "These are my guests; do not embarrass me. |
| 15:69 | | "Fear GOD, and do not shame me." |
| 15:70 | | They said, "Did we not enjoin you from contacting anyone?" |
| 15:71 | | He said, "Here are my daughters, if you must." |
| 15:72 | | But, alas, they were totally blinded by their lust. |
| 15:73 | | Consequently, the disaster struck them in the morning. |
| 15:74 | | We turned it upside down, and showered them with devastating rocks. |
| 15:75 | | This is a lesson for those who possess intelligence. |
| 15:76 | | This will always be the system. |
| 15:77 | | This is a sign for the believers. |
| 15:78 | | The people of the woods also were transgressors. |
| 15:79 | | Consequently, we avenged from them, and both communities are fully documented. |
| 15:80 | | The people of Al-Hijr disbelieved the messengers. |
| 15:81 | | We gave them our revelations, but they disregarded them. |
| 15:82 | | They used to carve secure homes out of the mountains. |
| 15:83 | | The disaster hit them in the morning. |
| 15:84 | | What they hoarded did not help them. |
| 15:85 | | We did not create the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, except for a specific purpose. The end of the world will come, so treat them with benign neglect. |
| 15:86 | | Your Lord is the Creator, the Omniscient. |
| 15:87 | | We have given you the seven pairs, and the great Quran. |
| 15:88 | | Do not be jealous of what we bestowed upon the other (messengers), and do not be saddened (by the disbelievers), and lower your wing for the believers. |
| 15:89 | | And proclaim: "I am the manifest warner." |
| 15:90 | | We will deal with the dividers. |
| 15:91 | | They accept the Quran only partially. |
| 15:92 | | By your Lord, we will question them all, |
| 15:93 | | about everything they have done. |
| 15:94 | | Therefore, carry out the orders given to you, and disregard the idol worshipers. |
| 15:95 | | We will spare you the mockers, |
| 15:96 | | who set up another god beside GOD. They will surely find out. |
| 15:97 | | We know full well that you may be annoyed by their utterances. |
| 15:98 | | You shall sing the praises of your Lord, and be with the prostrators. |
| 15:99 | | And worship your Lord, in order to attain certainty. |
