الٓر ۚ Alif Laam Ra تِلْكَ These ءَايَـٰتُ (are) the Verses ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ (of) the Book وَقُرْءَانٍۢ and Quran مُّبِينٍۢ clear ١
Alif, Lām, Rā. These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].
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15. Surah Al-Hijr
The Rocky Tract · Makki · 99 Ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
رُّبَمَا Perhaps يَوَدُّ will wish ٱلَّذِينَ those who كَفَرُوا۟ disbelieved لَوْ if كَانُوا۟ they had been مُسْلِمِينَ Muslims ٢
Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims.
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ذَرْهُمْ Leave them يَأْكُلُوا۟ (to) eat وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ and enjoy وَيُلْهِهِمُ and diverted them ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖ the hope فَسَوْفَ then soon يَعْلَمُونَ they will come to know ٣
Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.
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وَمَآ And not أَهْلَكْنَا We destroyed مِن any قَرْيَةٍ town إِلَّا but وَلَهَا (there was) for it كِتَابٌۭ a decree مَّعْلُومٌۭ known ٤
And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.
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مَّا Not تَسْبِقُ (can) advance مِنْ any أُمَّةٍ nation أَجَلَهَا its term وَمَا and not يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ (can) delay it ٥
No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.
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وَقَالُوا۟ And they say يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O you ٱلَّذِى (to) whom نُزِّلَ has been sent down عَلَيْهِ [on him] ٱلذِّكْرُ the Reminder إِنَّكَ indeed, you لَمَجْنُونٌۭ (are) surely mad ٦
And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.
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لَّوْ Why مَا not تَأْتِينَا you bring to us بِٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ the Angels إِن if كُنتَ you are مِنَ of ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ the truthful ٧
Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"
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مَا Not نُنَزِّلُ We send down ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ the Angels إِلَّا except بِٱلْحَقِّ with the truth وَمَا and not كَانُوٓا۟ they would be إِذًۭا then مُّنظَرِينَ given respite ٨
We do not send down the angels except with truth; and they [i.e., the disbelievers] would not then be reprieved.
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إِنَّا Indeed, We نَحْنُ We نَزَّلْنَا have sent down ٱلذِّكْرَ the Reminder وَإِنَّا and indeed, We لَهُۥ of it لَحَـٰفِظُونَ (are) surely Guardians ٩
Indeed, it is We who sent down the message [i.e., the Qur’ān], and indeed, We will be its guardian.
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وَلَقَدْ And certainly أَرْسَلْنَا We (had) sent مِن before you قَبْلِكَ before you فِى in شِيَعِ the sects ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ (of) the former (people) ١٠
And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muḥammad], among the sects of the former peoples.
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وَمَا And not يَأْتِيهِم came to them مِّن any رَّسُولٍ Messenger إِلَّا but كَانُوا۟ they did بِهِۦ at him يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ mock ١١
And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.
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كَذَٰلِكَ Thus نَسْلُكُهُۥ We let it enter فِى in قُلُوبِ (the) hearts ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ (of) the criminals ١٢
Thus do We insert it [i.e., denial] into the hearts of the criminals.
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لَا Not يُؤْمِنُونَ they believe بِهِۦ ۖ in it وَقَدْ and verily خَلَتْ have passed سُنَّةُ the way(s) ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ (of) the former (people) ١٣
They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.
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وَلَوْ And (even) if فَتَحْنَا We opened عَلَيْهِم to them بَابًۭا a gate مِّنَ from ٱلسَّمَآءِ the heaven فَظَلُّوا۟ and they were to continue فِيهِ therein يَعْرُجُونَ (to) ascend ١٤
And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,
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لَقَالُوٓا۟ They would surely say إِنَّمَا Only سُكِّرَتْ have been dazzled أَبْصَـٰرُنَا our eyes بَلْ Nay نَحْنُ we قَوْمٌۭ (are) a people مَّسْحُورُونَ bewitched ١٥
They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."
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وَلَقَدْ And verily جَعَلْنَا We have placed فِى in ٱلسَّمَآءِ the heavens بُرُوجًۭا constellations وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا and We have beautified it لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ for the observers ١٦
And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.
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وَحَفِظْنَـٰهَا And We have protected it مِن from كُلِّ every شَيْطَـٰنٍۢ devil رَّجِيمٍ accursed ١٧
And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allāh]
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إِلَّا Except مَنِ (one) who ٱسْتَرَقَ steals ٱلسَّمْعَ the hearing فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ then follows him شِهَابٌۭ a burning flame مُّبِينٌۭ clear ١٨
Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.
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وَٱلْأَرْضَ And the earth مَدَدْنَـٰهَا We have spread it وَأَلْقَيْنَا and [We] cast فِيهَا therein رَوَٰسِىَ firm mountains وَأَنۢبَتْنَا and [We] caused to grow فِيهَا therein مِن of كُلِّ every شَىْءٍۢ thing مَّوْزُونٍۢ well-balanced ١٩
And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.
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وَجَعَلْنَا And We have made لَكُمْ for you فِيهَا therein مَعَـٰيِشَ means of living وَمَن and whom لَّسْتُمْ you are not لَهُۥ for him بِرَٰزِقِينَ providers ٢٠
And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers.
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