| | The Study Quran rendition of Surah The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City(al-Hijr)
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| 15:1 | | Alif. Lam. Ra. These are the signs of the Book and a clear Quran |
| 15:2 | | It may be that those who disbelieve will wish that they had submitted |
| 15:3 | | Leave them to eat and enjoy themselves and to be beguiled by hopes, for soon they will know |
| 15:4 | | Never did We destroy a town, but that it had a known decree |
| 15:5 | | No community can hasten its term, nor delay it |
| 15:6 | | And they say, “O you unto whom the Reminder has been sent down, truly you are possessed |
| 15:7 | | Why do you not bring us the angels, if you are among the truthful? |
| 15:8 | | We do not send down the angels, save in truth, and were We to do so, they would be granted no respite |
| 15:9 | | Truly it is We Who have sent down the Reminder, and surely We are its Preserver |
| 15:10 | | We indeed sent [messengers] before thee to communities among those of old |
| 15:11 | | And never did a messenger come unto them, but that they mocked him |
| 15:12 | | Thus do We place it into the hearts of the guilty |
| 15:13 | | They believe not in it, though the wont of those of old has already passed away |
| 15:14 | | Were We to open for them a gate unto Heaven, that they might continue to ascend through it |
| 15:15 | | they would say, “Our eyes are merely spellbound. Nay, we are a people bewitched! |
| 15:16 | | We have set constellations in the sky, and We have adorned them for the onlookers |
| 15:17 | | And We have preserved them from every satan outcast |
| 15:18 | | save he who gains a hearing by stealth, and then a manifest flaming star pursues him |
| 15:19 | | And the earth We spread out, and cast therein firm mountains, and We caused to grow therein all manner of things in due balance |
| 15:20 | | And We placed therein means of livelihood for you and for those for whom you provide not |
| 15:21 | | Naught is there, but that its treasuries lie with Us, and We do not send it down, save in a known measure |
| 15:22 | | And We sent forth the winds, fertilizing. And We sent down water from the sky, providing you with sufficient drink thereby, and you are not the keepers of its stores |
| 15:23 | | Surely it is We Who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor |
| 15:24 | | We indeed know those among you who advance, and We indeed know those who lag behind |
| 15:25 | | and verily it is thy Lord who will gather them. Truly He is Wise, Knowing |
| 15:26 | | And We indeed created man from dried clay, made of molded mud |
| 15:27 | | and the jinn We created earlier from scorching fire |
| 15:28 | | And [remember] when thy Lord said unto the angels, “Behold! I am creating a human being from dried clay, made of molded mud |
| 15:29 | | so when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My Spirit, fall down before him prostrating. |
| 15:30 | | Thereupon the angels prostrated, all of them together |
| 15:31 | | save Iblis. He refused to be with those who prostrated |
| 15:32 | | He said, “O Iblis! What ails you that you are not with those who prostrate? |
| 15:33 | | He said, “I am not one to prostrate to a human being whom Thou hast created from dried clay, made of molded mud. |
| 15:34 | | He said, “Go forth from it! Surely thou art outcast |
| 15:35 | | and surely the curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Judgment! |
| 15:36 | | He said, “My Lord! Grant me respite till the Day they are resurrected. |
| 15:37 | | He said, “Then verily thou art among those granted respit |
| 15:38 | | till the Day of the Moment Known. |
| 15:39 | | He said, “My Lord! Since Thou hast caused me to err, I shall surely make things seem fair unto them on earth, and I shall cause them to err all together |
| 15:40 | | save Thy sincere servants among them. |
| 15:41 | | He said, “This is a straight path unto Me |
| 15:42 | | As for My servants, truly thou hast no authority over them, save for those in error who follow thee |
| 15:43 | | And verily Hell shall be their tryst, all together. |
| 15:44 | | Seven gates it has, and for each gate is appointed a separate portion of them |
| 15:45 | | Truly the reverent shall be amidst gardens and springs |
| 15:46 | | “Enter them in peace, secure” |
| 15:47 | | We shall remove whatever rancor lies within their breasts—“as brothers, upon couches, facing one another. |
| 15:48 | | No weariness shall befall them therein; nor shall they be expelled therefrom |
| 15:49 | | Tell My servants that I am indeed the Forgiving, the Merciful |
| 15:50 | | and that My Punishment is the painful punishment |
| 15:51 | | And tell them of the guests of Abraham |
| 15:52 | | when they entered upon him and said, “Peace!” He said, “Verily of you we are afraid. |
| 15:53 | | They said, “Be not afraid. Truly we bring thee glad tidings of a knowing son. |
| 15:54 | | He said, “Do you bring me glad tidings when old age has befallen me? So of what do you bring me glad tidings? |
| 15:55 | | They said, “We bring thee glad tidings in truth; so be not among those who despair. |
| 15:56 | | He said, “Who despairs of the Mercy of his Lord, save those who are astray? |
| 15:57 | | He said, “What is your errand |
| 15:58 | | messengers? |
| 15:59 | | They said, “We have been sent unto a guilty people |
| 15:60 | | save for the family of Lot. We shall surely save them, all together |
| 15:61 | | except for his wife; We have determined that she is indeed among those who lagged behind.” a So when the messengers came to the family of Lot |
| 15:62 | | he said, “Verily you are an unfamiliar folk. |
| 15:63 | | They said, “Nay, but we bring thee that which they used to doubt |
| 15:64 | | And we bring thee the truth, and surely we are truthful |
| 15:65 | | So set out with thy family during the night, and follow behind them, and let not any of you turn around, but go forth wheresoever you are commanded. |
| 15:66 | | And We decreed this matter unto him: that the last remnant of those people will be rooted out in the morning |
| 15:67 | | And the people of the city came, rejoicing |
| 15:68 | | He said, “Truly these are my guests; so dishonor me not |
| 15:69 | | Reverence God, and disgrace me not. |
| 15:70 | | They said, “Did we not forbid you from [providing protection] to all the people? |
| 15:71 | | He said, “These are my daughters, if you must act. |
| 15:72 | | By thy life, they wandered confused in their drunkenness |
| 15:73 | | So the Cry seized them at sunrise |
| 15:74 | | then We made its uppermost to be its lowermost, and We rained down upon them stones of baked clay |
| 15:75 | | Truly in that are signs for those who discern |
| 15:76 | | and verily they are on a path still standing |
| 15:77 | | Truly in that is a sign for the believers |
| 15:78 | | And verily the inhabitants of the thicket were wrongdoers |
| 15:79 | | So We took vengeance upon them. Truly the two of them are on a clear road |
| 15:80 | | And indeed the inhabitants of al-?ijr denied the messengers |
| 15:81 | | And We gave them Our signs, but they used to turn away therefrom |
| 15:82 | | And they would hew dwellings in the mountains, [feeling] secure |
| 15:83 | | Yet the Cry seized them in the morning |
| 15:84 | | and that which they used to earn availed them not |
| 15:85 | | And We did not create the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is between them, save in truth. And surely the Hour is coming; so forbear with beautiful forbearance |
| 15:86 | | Truly thy Lord is the knowing Creator |
| 15:87 | | And We have indeed given thee the seven oft-repeated, and the Mighty Quran |
| 15:88 | | Strain not thine eyes toward the enjoyments We have bestowed upon certain classes of them, and grieve not for them, and lower thy wing unto the believers |
| 15:89 | | and say, “Truly I am the clear warner. |
| 15:90 | | Such as We have sent down for those who make division |
| 15:91 | | who made the Quran into fragments |
| 15:92 | | So by thy Lord, We shall question them al |
| 15:93 | | concerning that which they used to do |
| 15:94 | | So proclaim as thou hast been commanded, and turn away from the idolaters |
| 15:95 | | Truly We shall suffice thee against those who mock |
| 15:96 | | those who set up another god along with God; yet soon they will know |
| 15:97 | | And certainly We know that thy breast is straitened because of what they say |
| 15:98 | | So hymn the praise of thy Lord, and be among those who prostrate |
| 15:99 | | And worship thy Lord, till certainty comes unto thee |
