Translation of Surah Al-Hijr in الإنجليزية from Muhsin Khan - English translation
Verse 1
Al-Hijr
Alif-Lam-Ra. [These letters are one of the miracles of the Quran, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings]. These are the Verses of the Book, and a plain Quran.
Verse 2
Perhaps (often) will those who disbelieve wish that they were Muslims [those who have submitted themselves to Allah's Will in Islam Islamic Monotheism, this will be on the Day of Resurrection when they will see the disbelievers going to Hell and the Muslims going to Paradise].
Verse 3
Leave them to eat and enjoy, and let them be preoccupied with (false) hope. They will come to know!
Verse 4
And never did We destroy a township but there was a known decree for it.
Verse 5
No nation can anticipate its term, nor delay it.
Verse 6
And they say: "O you (Muhammad SAW) to whom the Dhikr (the Quran) has been sent down! Verily, you are a mad man.
Verse 7
"Why do you not bring angels to us if you are of the truthful ones?"
Verse 8
We send not the angels down except with the truth (i.e. for torment, etc.), and in that case, they (the disbelievers) would have no respite!
Verse 9
Verily We: It is We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e. the Quran) and surely, We will guard it (from corruption).
Verse 10
Indeed, We sent Messengers before you (O Muhammad SAW) amongst the sects (communities) of old.
Verse 11
And never came a Messenger to them but they did mock him.
Verse 12
ﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕ
ﯖ
Thus do We let it (polytheism and disbelief) enter into the hearts of the Mujrimun [criminals, polytheists, pagans, etc. (because of their mockery at the Messengers)].
Verse 13
They would not believe in it (the Quran), and already the example of (Allah's punishment of) the ancients (who disbelieved) has gone forth.
Verse 14
And even if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they were to continue ascending thereto,
Verse 15
They would surely say: "Our eyes have been (as if) dazzled. Nay, we are a people bewitched."
Verse 16
And indeed, We have put the big stars in the heaven and We beautified it for the beholders.
Verse 17
ﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝ
ﭞ
And We have guarded it (near heaven) from every outcast Shaitan (devil).
Verse 18
Except him (devil) that gains hearing by stealing, he is pursued by a clear flaming fire.
Verse 19
And the earth We spread out, and placed therein firm mountains, and caused to grow therein all kinds of things in due proportion.
Verse 20
And We have provided therein means of living, for you and for those whom you provide not [moving (living) creatures, cattle, beasts, and other animals].
Verse 21
And there is not a thing, but with Us are the stores thereof. And We send it not down except in a known measure.
Verse 22
And We send the winds fertilizing (to fill heavily the clouds with water), then caused the water (rain) to descend from the sky, and We gave it to you to drink, and it is not you who are the owners of its stores [i.e. to give water to whom you like or to withhold it from whom you like].
Verse 23
ﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚ
ﮛ
And certainly We! We it is Who give life, and cause death, and We are the Inheritors.
Verse 24
And indeed, We know the first generations of you who had passed away, and indeed, We know the present generations of you (mankind), and also those who will come afterwards.
Verse 25
And verily, your Lord will gather them together. Truly, He is All-Wise, All-Knowing.
Verse 26
And indeed, We created man from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud.
Verse 27
And the jinn, We created aforetime from the smokeless flame of fire.
Verse 28
And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "I am going to create a man (Adam) from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud.
Verse 29
"So, when I have fashioned him completely and breathed into him (Adam) the soul which I created for him, then fall (you) down prostrating yourselves unto him."
Verse 30
ﯶﯷﯸﯹ
ﯺ
So, the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together.
Verse 31
Except Iblis (Satan), - he refused to be among the prostrators.
Verse 32
(Allah) said: "O Iblis (Satan)! What is your reason for not being among the prostrators?"
Verse 33
[Iblis (Satan)] said: "I am not the one to prostrate myself to a human being, whom You created from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud."
Verse 34
ﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪ
ﭫ
(Allah) said: "Then, get out from here, for verily, you are Rajim (an outcast or a cursed one)." [Tafsir At-Tabari]
Verse 35
ﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱ
ﭲ
"And verily, the curse shall be upon you till the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)."
Verse 36
ﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸ
ﭹ
[Iblis (Satan)] said: "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day they (the dead) will be resurrected."
Verse 37
ﭺﭻﭼﭽ
ﭾ
Allah said: "Then, verily, you are of those reprieved,
Verse 38
ﭿﮀﮁﮂ
ﮃ
"Till the Day of the time appointed."
Verse 39
[Iblis (Satan)] said: "O my Lord! Because you misled me, I shall indeed adorn the path of error for them (mankind) on the earth, and I shall mislead them all.
Verse 40
ﮏﮐﮑﮒ
ﮓ
"Except Your chosen, (guided) slaves among them."
Verse 41
ﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘ
ﮙ
(Allah) said: "This is the Way which will lead straight to Me."
Verse 42
"Certainly, you shall have no authority over My slaves, except those who follow you of the Ghawin (Mushrikun and those who go astray, criminals, polytheists, and evil-doers, etc.).
Verse 43
ﮦﮧﮨﮩ
ﮪ
"And surely, Hell is the promised place for them all.
Verse 44
"It (Hell) has seven gates, for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.
Verse 45
ﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙ
ﯚ
"Truly! The Muttaqun (pious and righteous persons - see V. 2:2) will be amidst Gardens and water-springs (Paradise).
Verse 46
ﯛﯜﯝ
ﯞ
"(It will be said to them): 'Enter therein (Paradise), in peace and security.'
Verse 47
"And We shall remove from their breasts any sense of injury (that they may have), (So they will be like) brothers facing each other on thrones.
Verse 48
"No sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave it."
Verse 49
Declare (O Muhammad SAW) unto My slaves, that truly, I am the Oft-Forgiving, the Most-Merciful.
Verse 50
ﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿ
ﰀ
And that My Torment is indeed the most painful torment.
Verse 51
ﰁﰂﰃﰄ
ﰅ
And tell them about the guests (the angels) of Ibrahim (Abraham).
Verse 52
When they entered unto him, and said: Salaman (peace)! [Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Indeed! We are afraid of you."
Verse 53
They (the angels) said: "Do not be afraid! We give you glad tidings of a boy (son) possessing much knowledge and wisdom."
Verse 54
[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Do you give me glad tidings (of a son) when old age has overtaken me? Of what then is your news?"
Verse 55
They (the angels) said: "We give you glad tidings in truth. So be not of the despairing ones."
Verse 56
[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "And who despairs of the Mercy of his Lord except those who are astray?"
Verse 57
ﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁ
ﮂ
[Ibrahim (Abraham) again] said: "What then is the business on which you have come, O Messengers?"
Verse 58
ﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈ
ﮉ
They (the angels) said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimun (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners).
Verse 59
ﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏ
ﮐ
"(All) except the family of Lout (Lot). Them all we are surely going to save (from destruction).
Verse 60
ﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖ
ﮗ
"Except his wife, of whom We have decreed that she shall be of those who remain behind (i.e. she will be destroyed)."
Verse 61
ﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜ
ﮝ
Then, when the Messengers (the angels) came unto the family of Lout (Lot).
Verse 62
ﮞﮟﮠﮡ
ﮢ
He said: "Verily! You are people unknown to me."
Verse 63
They said: "Nay, we have come to you with that (torment) which they have been doubting.
Verse 64
ﮫﮬﮭﮮ
ﮯ
"And we have brought to you the truth (the news of the destruction of your nation) and certainly, we tell the truth.
Verse 65
"Then travel in a part of the night with your family, and you go behind them in the rear, and let no one amongst you look back, but go on to where you are ordered."
Verse 66
And We made known this decree to him, that the root of those (sinners) was to be cut off in the early morning.
Verse 67
ﯪﯫﯬﯭ
ﯮ
And the inhabitants of the city came rejoicing (at the news of the young men's arrival).
Verse 68
ﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴ
ﯵ
[Lout (Lot)] said: "Verily! these are my guests, so shame me not.
Verse 69
ﯶﯷﯸﯹ
ﯺ
"And fear Allah and disgrace me not."
Verse 70
ﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿ
ﰀ
They (people of the city) said: "Did we not forbid you to entertain (or protect) any of the 'Alamin (people, foreigners, strangers, etc. from us)?"
Verse 71
ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖ
ﭗ
[Lout (Lot)] said: "These (the girls of the nation) are my daughters (to marry lawfully), if you must act (so)."
Verse 72
ﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜ
ﭝ
Verily, by your life (O Muhammad SAW), in their wild intoxication, they were wandering blindly.
Verse 73
ﭞﭟﭠ
ﭡ
So As-Saihah (torment - awful cry, etc.) overtook them at the time of sunrise;
Verse 74
And We turned (the towns of Sodom in Palestine) upside down and rained down on them stones of baked clay.
Verse 75
ﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯ
ﭰ
Surely! In this are signs, for those who see (or understand or learn the lessons from the Signs of Allah).
Verse 76
ﭱﭲﭳ
ﭴ
And verily! They (the cities) were right on the highroad (from Makkah to Syria i.e. the place where the Dead Sea is now).
Verse 77
ﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹ
ﭺ
Surely! Therein is indeed a sign for the believers.
Verse 78
ﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿ
ﮀ
And the dwellers in the wood [i.e. the people of Madyan (Midian) to whom Prophet Shu'aib was sent by Allah), were also Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.).
Verse 79
ﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅ
ﮆ
So, We took vengeance on them. They are both on an open highway, plain to see.
Verse 80
ﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋ
ﮌ
And verily, the dwellers of Al-Hijr (the rocky tract) denied the Messengers.
Verse 81
ﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑ
ﮒ
And We gave them Our Signs, but they were averse to them.
Verse 82
ﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘ
ﮙ
And they used to hew out dwellings from the mountains (feeling themselves) secure.
Verse 83
ﮚﮛﮜ
ﮝ
But As-Saihah (torment - awful cry etc.) overtook them in the early morning (of the fourth day of their promised punishment days).
Verse 84
ﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣ
ﮤ
And all that which they used to earn availed them not.
Verse 85
And We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them except with truth, and the Hour is surely coming, so overlook (O Muhammad SAW), their faults with gracious forgiveness. [This was before the ordainment of Jihad holy fighting in Allah's Cause].
Verse 86
ﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛ
ﯜ
Verily, your Lord is the All-Knowing Creator.
Verse 87
And indeed, We have bestowed upon you seven of Al-Mathani (the seven repeatedly recited Verses), (i.e. Surat Al-Fatiha) and the Grand Quran.
Verse 88
Look not with your eyes ambitiously at what We have bestowed on certain classes of them (the disbelievers), nor grieve over them. And lower your wings for the believers (be courteous to the fellow-believers).
Verse 89
ﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹ
ﯺ
And say: "I am indeed a plain warner."
Verse 90
ﯻﯼﯽﯾ
ﯿ
As We have sent down on the dividers, (Quraish pagans or Jews and Christians).
Verse 91
ﭑﭒﭓﭔ
ﭕ
Who have made the Quran into parts. (i.e. believed in a part and disbelieved in the other).
Verse 92
ﭖﭗﭘ
ﭙ
So, by your Lord (O Muhammad SAW), We shall certainly call all of them to account.
Verse 93
ﭚﭛﭜ
ﭝ
For all that they used to do.
Verse 94
ﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣ
ﭤ
Therefore proclaim openly (Allah's Message Islamic Monotheism) that which you are commanded, and turn away from Al-Mushrikun (polytheists, idolaters, and disbelievers, etc. - see V. 2:105).
Verse 95
ﭥﭦﭧ
ﭨ
Truly! We will suffice you against the scoffers.
Verse 96
Who set up along with Allah another ilah (god), they will come to know.
Verse 97
Indeed, We know that your breast is straitened at what they say.
Verse 98
ﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀ
ﮁ
So glorify the praises of your Lord and be of those who prostrate themselves (to Him).
Verse 99
ﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆ
ﮇ
And worship your Lord until there comes unto you the certainty (i.e. death).
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