| | Wahiduddin Khan rendition of Surah The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City(al-Hijr)
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| 15:1 | | Alif Lam Ra These are the verses of a clear Book, the Quran |
| 15:2 | | A time will surely come when those who are bent on denying the truth will wish that they had surrendered themselves to God |
| 15:3 | | so leave them to eat and enjoy themselves and let them be beguiled by vain hopes; for soon they will realise [the truth] |
| 15:4 | | We have never destroyed a township without a definite decree having been issued |
| 15:5 | | no people can forestall their doom, nor can they delay it |
| 15:6 | | They say, You to whom the Reminder [the Quran] has been sent down, you are surely possessed |
| 15:7 | | Why do you not bring down the angels upon us, if you are truthful |
| 15:8 | | But We send down the angels only to bring justice and then they will not be reprieved |
| 15:9 | | It is We who have sent down the Reminder and We will, most surely, safeguard it |
| 15:10 | | We sent messengers before you to the previous peoples |
| 15:11 | | but there was never a messenger who came to them but they mocked him |
| 15:12 | | thus We cause this [habit of mocking] to enter into the hearts of the sinful |
| 15:13 | | They will not believe in it, though they have before them the example of former peoples |
| 15:14 | | and even if We opened to them a door from heaven, and they began ascending through it |
| 15:15 | | they would still say, Our eyes have been dazzled. We are bewitched |
| 15:16 | | We have placed constellations in heaven and have beautified it for beholders |
| 15:17 | | and We have guarded it from every accursed devil |
| 15:18 | | but if anyone eavesdrops, he is pursued by a bright flaming fire |
| 15:19 | | We have spread out the earth, and set upon it firm mountains and caused everything to grow in due proportion |
| 15:20 | | We have provided therein a means of livelihood for you and for all those creatures for whom you do not provide |
| 15:21 | | There is not a thing but its storehouses are with Us. But We only send down each thing in an appropriate measure |
| 15:22 | | We let loose fertilizing winds, and bring water from the sky for you to drink; and you could not have stored it up for yourselves |
| 15:23 | | Truly, it is We who bring to life and We who cause death and We are the inheritor of all things |
| 15:24 | | We know those who lived before you and those who will come after you |
| 15:25 | | It is your Lord who will gather them. He is all wise and all knowing |
| 15:26 | | We created man out of dry clay, from moulded mud |
| 15:27 | | and the jinn We had created before from flaming fire |
| 15:28 | | Your Lord said to the angels, I am about to bring into being a man wrought from mud |
| 15:29 | | When I have formed him and breathed My spirit into him, fall down in prostration before him |
| 15:30 | | then the angels all prostrated themselves together |
| 15:31 | | But Satan did not; he refused to join those who prostrated themselves |
| 15:32 | | God asked him, What is the matter with you, that you are not among those who have prostrated themselves |
| 15:33 | | He replied, I am not one to prostrate myself to a man whom You have created out of a clay of moulded mud |
| 15:34 | | God said, Then get out of here; for you are accursed |
| 15:35 | | and the curse shall be on you till the Day of Judgement |
| 15:36 | | Satan said, O my Lord! Grant me respite till the Day of Resurrection |
| 15:37 | | He said, You are granted respit |
| 15:38 | | till that Appointed Day |
| 15:39 | | He said, My Lord, since You have let me go astray. I shall make the path of error seem alluring to them on the earth and shall mislead them all |
| 15:40 | | except for Your chosen servants |
| 15:41 | | God said, This is the path which leads straight to Me |
| 15:42 | | Surely, you shall have no power over My true servants, except those misguided ones who choose to follow you |
| 15:43 | | Surely, Hell is the place to which they are destined |
| 15:44 | | it has seven gates: and each gate has a portion of them allotted to it |
| 15:45 | | Truly, the God-fearing shall dwell amid gardens and fountain |
| 15:46 | | Enter therein in peace and security |
| 15:47 | | We shall cleanse their hearts of all traces of ill-will; they will be like brethren seated on couches facing one another |
| 15:48 | | They will not be affected by any weariness there, and they will never be made to leave |
| 15:49 | | Tell My servants that I alone am the Forgiving, the Merciful One |
| 15:50 | | and that My punishment is a painful punishment |
| 15:51 | | Tell them about Abrahams guests |
| 15:52 | | when they came to him they greeted him with: Peace. He said,We feel afraid of you |
| 15:53 | | They said, Do not be afraid. We come to you with good news. You shall have a son who shall be endowed with great knowledge |
| 15:54 | | He said, Do you bring me such news despite my old age? What kind of good news are you bringing me |
| 15:55 | | They said, We have, indeed, given you glad tidings in truth; do not therefore despair |
| 15:56 | | He said, Who but the misguided despair of the mercy of their Lord |
| 15:57 | | Then he asked, What then is your business, O messengers |
| 15:58 | | They said, We have been sent forth to a guilty people |
| 15:59 | | Except for Lots household, all of whom we shall rescue |
| 15:60 | | except his wife. We have decreed that she will be among those who remain behind [and will be lost] |
| 15:61 | | When the messengers came to Lot and his family |
| 15:62 | | he said, You are strangers [to me] |
| 15:63 | | They said, No, but we bring you news about what they disputed |
| 15:64 | | and we have come to you with the truth, and surely we are truthful |
| 15:65 | | so leave with your family some time in the latter part of the night, and walk behind them. Let none of you look back. Go where you are commanded |
| 15:66 | | We communicated to him Our decree that the guilty ones would be destroyed by the morning |
| 15:67 | | The people of the town came along, revelling |
| 15:68 | | and he told them, These are my guests, so do not disgrace me |
| 15:69 | | Fear God and do not shame me |
| 15:70 | | They said, Did we not forbid you to extend hospitality to strangers |
| 15:71 | | He said, Here are my daughters, if you must act in this way |
| 15:72 | | By your life, they wandered on in their wild intoxicatio |
| 15:73 | | and thereupon the blast [of Our punishment] overtook them at sunrise |
| 15:74 | | We turned the town upside down and rained upon them stones of clay |
| 15:75 | | There are certainly signs in that for those who can learn a lesso |
| 15:76 | | it is still there on the highwa |
| 15:77 | | surely in this there is a sign for those who believe |
| 15:78 | | The people of the Wood were also surely wrongdoers |
| 15:79 | | So We took vengeance 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 away from them |
| 15:82 | | They carved out dwellings in the mountains, and lived in securit |
| 15:83 | | the blast overtook them early one morning |
| 15:84 | | All that they had acquired was of no avail to them |
| 15:85 | | We have created the heavens and the earth and all that is between the two in accordance with the requirements of truth and wisdom. The Hour is surely coming. So overlook [their faults] with gracious forgiveness |
| 15:86 | | Surely your Lord is the All Knowing Creator |
| 15:87 | | We have given you the seven oft-recited verses and the great Quran |
| 15:88 | | Do not strain your eyes towards the worldly benefits We have bestowed on some of them, nor grieve on their account. Lower your wing of mercy for the believer |
| 15:89 | | and say, I am, indeed, a plain warner |
| 15:90 | | such as We send down for those who are divisive |
| 15:91 | | and who have broken the Scripture into fragment |
| 15:92 | | by your Lord, We shall question them al |
| 15:93 | | about whatever they had been doing |
| 15:94 | | Proclaim openly what you are commanded, and avoid the polytheists |
| 15:95 | | We will, surely, suffice you against those who mock |
| 15:96 | | who set up another god with God, but they shall soon learn |
| 15:97 | | We do indeed know how your heart is distressed at what they say |
| 15:98 | | But glorify your Lord with His praise, and prostrate yourself |
| 15:99 | | and worship your Lord until what is certain [death] comes to you |
