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15:1 Alif Lam Ra. These are verses of the perfect Book and of the illuminating Qur'an

15:2 Often do the disbelievers wish they Muslims

15:3 Leave them alone that they may eat and enjoy themselves and that vain hope may beguile them, but they will soon know

15:4 And never a town have WE destroyed but there was for it a known decree

15:5 No people can escape their doom by outstripping their appointed term, nor can they remain behind

15:6 And they said, `O thou to whom this exhortation has been sent down, thou art surely a madman

15:7 `Why dost thou not bring angels to us, if thou art of the truthful?

15:8 WE do not send down angels but with the requirements of justice, and when WE do send them, the disbelievers are not respited

15:9 Verily, it is WE Who have sent down this Exhortation, and most surely WE are its Guardians

15:10 And WE sent Messengers before thee among parties of ancient people

15:11 And there never came to them a Messenger but they mocked at him

15:12 Thus do WE cause this habit of mocking to enter into the hearts of the sinful people

15:13 They believe not in this Qur'an, though the example of the former peoples have gone before them

15:14 And even if WE open to them a gate in heaven, and they kept ascending through it

15:15 They would surely say, `Only our eyes are dazed; rather we are a bewitched people

15:16 And WE have, indeed, made mansions of stars in the heaven and have adorned it for beholders

15:17 And WE have guarded it against the intrusion of every rejected Satan

15:18 But if anyone hears stealthily something of revelation and distorts it, there pursues him a bright flame

15:19 And the earth have WE spread out, and set therein firm mountains and cause every thing to grow therein in proper proportion

15:20 And WE have made for you therein means of livelihood and also for all those for whom you do not provide

15:21 And there is not a thing but are limitless treasures thereof with US and WE sent it not down except in a known measure

15:22 And WE send fecundating winds, then WE send down water from the clouds, then WE give it to you to drink, and you could not yourselves store it

15:23 And verily, it is WE Who give life, and WE Who cause death; And it is WE Who are the sole Inheritors of ALL

15:24 And WE do know those who go ahead among you and WE also do know those who lag behind

15:25 And, surely, it is thy Lord Who will gather them together. Surely, HE is Wise, All-Knowing

15:26 And, surely, WE created man from dry ringing clay, of black mud wrought into shape

15:27 And the jinn WE have created before of the fire of hot wind

15:28 And remember when thy Lord said to the angels, I am about to create man of dry ringing clay, of black mud wrought into shape

15:29 So when I fashioned him in perfection and have breath into him of MY spirit, fall ye down in submission to him.

15:30 So the angels submitted, all of them together

15:31 But Iblis did not; he refused to be among those who submit

15:32 God said, `O Iblis, what has happened to thee that thou wouldst not be among those who submit?

15:33 He answered, `I am not going to submit to a mortal whom Thou hast created of dry ringing clay, of black mud wrought into shape.

15:34 God said, `Then get out hence, for surely, thou art rejected

15:35 And, surely, on thee shall be MY curse till the day of Judgment.

15:36 He said, `My Lord, then grant me respite till the day when they shall be raised.

15:37 God said, `Thou art of those who are respited

15:38 `Till the day of the appointed time.

15:39 He answered, `My Lord, since Thou hast adjudged me as gone astray, I will surely make straying from the right path appear beautiful to them on the earth and I will surely lead them all astray

15:40 `Except Thy chosen servants from among them.

15:41 God said, `This is a path leading straight to ME

15:42 `Surely, thou shall have no power over MY servants, except such of the erring ones as choose to follow thee.

15:43 And, surely, Hell is the promised place for them all

15:44 It has seven gates, and each gate has a portion of them allotted to it

15:45 Verily, the righteous, will be placed amid gardens and fountains

15:46 `Enter therein with peace, in security.

15:47 And WE shall remove whatever of rancour may be in their breasts so that they will be as brothers seated on thrones, facing one another

15:48 Fatigue shall not touch them, nor shall they ever be ejected therefrom

15:49 Tell MY servants, O Prophet, that I am surely, All-Forgiving, All-Merciful

15:50 And also that MY punishment is the most grievous punishment

15:51 And tell the about Abraham's guest

15:52 When they came to him and said, `Peace be upon you,' He answered, `Verily, we are afraid of you.

15:53 They said, `Be not afraid; we give thee glad tidings of a son who shall be endowed with great knowledge.

15:54 He said, `Do you give me this glad tidings despite the fact that old age has overtaken me? On what basis, then, do you give me this glad tidings?

15:55 They said, `We have indeed given thee true glad tidings, be not, therefore, of those who despair.

15:56 He said, `And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord but such as go astray?

15:57 He said, `What now is your real business, O ye messengers?

15:58 They said, `We have been sent unto a guilty people

15:59 Except the followers of Lot, Them shall we save all

15:60 `Except his wife. We have decreed that she shall be of those who remain behind.

15:61 And when the messengers came unto lot and his followers

15:62 He said, `Verily, you a party of strangers.

15:63 They said, `Yea; but we have brought thee that news of the punishment concerning which they have been in doubt

15:64 `And we have brought thee sure news, and certainly we are truthful

15:65 `So go forth with thy family in the latter part of the night, and follow thou in their rear. And let none of you look back, and now proceed to where you are commanded.

15:66 And WE communicated to him clearly this decree that the roots of these people would be cut off by the morning

15:67 And the people of the city came rejoicing

15:68 He said, `These are my guests, so put me not to shame

15:69 `And fear ALLAH and do not humiliate me.

15:70 They said, `Did we not forbid thee to entertain any people?

15:71 He said, `These are my daughters who are guarantee enough if you must do something.

15:72 By the life, they, too, in their mad intoxication of wandering in distraction

15:73 Then the punishment seized them at sunrise

15:74 `We turned their town upside down and WE rained upon them stones of clay

15:75 Surely, in this are many Signs for those who use their understanding

15:76 And that town lies on a road that still exists

15:77 Surely, in this is a Sign for believers

15:78 And the people of the Wood, too, were surely wrongdoers

15:79 So WE chastised them also. And they both lie on an open highway

15:80 And the People of the Hijr also treated the Messengers as liars

15:81 And WE gave them Our Signs, but they turned away from them

15:82 And they used to hew out houses in the mountains, in security

15:83 But the punishment seized them in the morning

15:84 And all they had earned availed them not

15:85 And WE have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between the two but in accordance with the requirements of wisdom; and the Hour is sure to come. So do thou forbear with goodly forbearance

15:86 Verily, it is thy Lord WHO is the Great Creator, the All-Knowing

15:87 And WE have indeed given the seven oft-repeated verses, and the great Qur'an

15:88 Stretch not thine eyes towards what WE have bestowed on some classes of them for temporary enjoyment and grieve not for them; and lower thy wing of mercy for the believers

15:89 And say, `I am indeed a plain Warner.

15:90 Because WE have decided to send down punishment on those who have formed themselves into groups against thee

15:91 Who have pronounced the Qur'an to be so many lies

15:92 So by the Lord, WE will, surely, question them al

15:93 Concerning that which they used to do

15:94 So declare openly that thou art commanded to convey and turn aside from those who ascribe partners to ALLAH

15:95 WE will, certainly, suffice thee against those who mock

15:96 Who set up another god with ALLAH, but soon shall they come to know

15:97 And, indeed, WE know that thy bosom becomes straitened because of what they say

15:98 But glorify the Lord praising HIM, and be of those who prostrate themselves before Him

15:99 And continue worshiping thy Lord till death comes to thee