Al-Hijr
الٓرۚ تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَقُرۡءَانٖ مُّبِينٖ
(15:1) Alif. Lam. Ra'. These are the verses of the Book, and a Clear Qur'an.1
رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡ كَانُواْ مُسۡلِمِينَ
(15:2) Soon will the time come when the unbelievers will wish they were Muslims.
ذَرۡهُمۡ يَأۡكُلُواْ وَيَتَمَتَّعُواْ وَيُلۡهِهِمُ ٱلۡأَمَلُۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ
(15:3) Leave them to eat and enjoy life and let false hopes amuse them. They
will soon come to know.
will soon come to know.
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ
(15:4) Whenever We destroyed a town, a definite term had previously been
decreed for it.2
decreed for it.2
مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ
(15:5) No people can outstrip the term for its destruction nor can it delay
it.
it.
وَقَالُواْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجۡنُونٞ
(15:6) They say: "O you to whom the Admonition3 has been revealed,
you are surely crazed.
you are surely crazed.