15:1  A.L.R. These are the signs of the Book and a clear Quran.

15:2  Perhaps those who disbelieved would wish they were Submitters.

15:3  Leave them to eat and enjoy themselves and be preoccupied with hope, for they will surely come to know.

15:4  We never annihilated any village without it having a known decree.

15:5  No nation can advance its appointed term, nor can they delay it.

15:6  They said, "O you upon whom the Reminder was brought down, you are crazy.

15:7  Why do you not bring us the angels if you are of the truthful ones?"

15:8  We do not bring down the angels except with the truth, and then they would not be granted respite.

15:9  Indeed, it is We who brought down the Reminder, and We will surely preserveit.

15:10  We have sent others before you to the sects of the previous ones.

15:11  Never did a messenger come to them without them ridiculing him.

15:12  Thus do We insert it into the hearts of the criminals.

15:13  They do not believe in it, even though the precedent of the previous ones has passed away.

15:14  And if We were to open for them a gate unto the sky, through which they would continue to ascend,

15:15  they would say, "Our sight has been dazzled. In fact, we are a bewitched people."

15:16  We have placed constellations in the sky, and We adorned it for the beholders.

15:17  And We guarded it against every outcast devil,

15:18  except for one who tries to eavesdrop and is pursued by a clear meteor.

15:19  As for the earth, We extended it and placed therein stabilisers, and We grew in it a balance of everything.

15:20  We have made for you livelihoods in it and also for those whom you do not provide for.

15:21  There is not a thing that We do not possess its treasuries. And We do not bring it down except in a known measure.

15:22  And We sent the pollinating winds, and We brought down water from the sky which We provided for you to drink. You are not the ones who store it.

15:23  It is We who bring to life and put to death, and We are the Inheritors.

15:24  And We have already known those of you who progress, and We have already known those who regress.

15:25  And indeed, it is your Lord who will gather them. He is Wise, Knowledgeable.

15:26  And We created the human being from clay, formed from altered dark mud.

15:27  And the jinn, We created previously from scorching fire.

15:28  Your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being from clay, formed from altered dark mud.

15:29  Once I have fashioned him and blown into him from My Ruh, you shall fall prostrate to him."

15:30  So all the angels fell prostrate, every one of them,

15:31  except Satan. He refused to be with the prostrators.

15:32  He said, "O Satan, what is the matter with you that you are not among the prostrators?"

15:33  He said, "I am not to prostrate to a human being whom You created from clay, formed from altered dark mud."

15:34  He said, "Then get out of it, for you are outcast.

15:35  And indeed, the curse is upon you until the Day of the Religion."

15:36  He said, "My Lord, then grant me respite until the Day they are resurrected."

15:37  He said, "You are among those granted respite

15:38  until the Day whose time is known."

15:39  He said, "My Lord, since You have led me astray, I will adorn things for them in the earth, and I will lead them all astray,

15:40  except those among them who are Your purified servants."

15:41  He said, "This is a straight path that I make binding:

15:42  You have no authority over My servants but only over those who follow you of the strayers.

15:43  Hell is the appointed place for all of them.

15:44  It has seven gates, and for each gate among them is an allocated share of them."

15:45  Indeed, the reverent will be in gardens and springs.

15:46  "Enter it peacefully and securely."

15:47  We stripped away the animosity that was in their chests. Like brothers, they will be resting on couches facing one another.

15:48  No fatigue shall touch them therein, nor will they be evicted therefrom.

15:49  Inform My servants that it is indeed I who is the Forgiver, the Merciful.

15:50  And that My punishment is indeed the painful punishment.

15:51  Inform them of Abraham's guests.

15:52  When they entered upon him, they said, "Peace." He said, "We feel wary of you."

15:53  They said, "Do not be afraid. We give you good news of a knowledgeable son."

15:54  He said, "Do you give me good news when old age is now upon me? What then is the good news that you bring me?"

15:55  They said, "The good news that we have given you is the truth, so do not be of those who despair."

15:56  He said, "Who despairs of his Lord's mercy except for the misguided ones?"

15:57  He said, "So what is your mission, O messengers?"

15:58  They said, "We have been sent to a criminal people,

15:59  except for Lot's family; we will save them all

15:60  except his wife. We decreed her to be one of those who stayed behind."

15:61  So when the messengers came to Lot's family,

15:62  he said, "You are an unknown people."

15:63  They said, "We bring you that which they have been doubting.

15:64  We bring you the truth, and we are truthful.

15:65  So travel with your family sometime during the night. Follow behind them and let none of you look back, then proceed to where you are commanded."

15:66  We made this decree be known to him: the last remnant of these people will be cut off in the morning.

15:67  The people of the town came seeking the news.

15:68  He said, "These are my guests, so do not shame me.

15:69  Reverence God, and do not disgrace me."

15:70  They said, "Did we not command you to stay away from all people?"

15:71  He said, "Here are my daughters if you must."

15:72  By your life! They were blundering blindly in their drunkenness.

15:73  Consequently, the blast struck them at sunrise.

15:74  We turned it upside down and rained down upon them stones made of baked clay.

15:75  Indeed, in that are signs for the discerning.

15:76  And it lies on an established path.

15:77  Indeed, in that is a sign for the believers.

15:78  The Companions of the Woods were transgressors.

15:79  So We inflicted retribution upon them. They are both documented in a clear Record.

15:80  The people of Al-Hijr denied the messengers.

15:81  We gave them Our signs, but they turned away from them.

15:82  They used to carve from the mountains homes, providing them with security.

15:83  Then, the blast struck them in the morning.

15:84  What they used to earn never did avail them.

15:85  We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them except with truth. The Hour is surely coming, so overlook gracefully.

15:86  Indeed, your Lord is the Knowledgeable Creator.

15:87  We have given you seven of the pairs and the Great Quran.

15:88  Do not stare with envy at the enjoyments We granted some couples among them. Do not grieve over them, and lower your wing to the believers.

15:89  And say, "I am indeed the clear warner."

15:90  Just as We struck down on the dividers

15:91  who reduced the Quran to fragments;

15:92  by your Lord, We will call all of them to account

15:93  for what they used to do.

15:94  Therefore, proclaim what you have been commanded and turn away from the mushrikeen.

15:95  We are sufficient for you against the mockers

15:96  who set up another god besides God. They will surely come to know.

15:97  We know that your chest is distressed by what they say.

15:98  So glorify your Lord with praise, and be among the prostrators,

15:99  and worship your Lord until certainty comes to you.