Surah سورة الحجر

Verse 1

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗ ﭘ

Al-Hijr

Alif-Lãm-Ra. These are the verses of the Book; the clear Quran.

Verse 2

ﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟ ﭠ

˹The day will come when˺ the disbelievers will certainly wish they had submitted ˹to Allah˺.¹

Verse 3

ﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨ ﭩ

˹So˺ let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by ˹false˺ hope, for they will soon know.

Verse 4

ﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱ ﭲ

We have never destroyed a society without a destined term.

Verse 5

ﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹ ﭺ

No people can advance their doom, nor can they delay it.

Verse 6

ﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂ ﮃ

They say, “O you to whom the Reminder¹ is revealed! You must be insane!

Verse 7

ﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋ ﮌ

Why do you not bring us the angels, if what you say is true?”

Verse 8

ﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕ ﮖ

We do not send the angels down except for a just cause, and then ˹the end of˺ the disbelievers will not be delayed.

Verse 9

ﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜﮝ ﮞ

It is certainly We Who have revealed the Reminder, and it is certainly We Who will preserve it.

Verse 10

ﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥ ﮦ

Indeed, We sent messengers before you ˹O Prophet˺ among the groups of early peoples,

Verse 11

ﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮ ﮯ

but no messenger ever came to them without being mocked.

Verse 12

ﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕ ﯖ

This is how We allow disbelief ˹to steep˺ into the hearts of the wicked.

Verse 13

ﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝ ﯞ

They would not believe in this ˹Quran˺ despite the ˹many˺ examples of those ˹destroyed˺ before.

Verse 14

ﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧ ﯨ

And even if We opened for them a gate to heaven, through which they continued to ascend,

Verse 15

ﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰ ﯱ

still they would say, “Our eyes have truly been dazzled! In fact, we must have been bewitched.”

Verse 16

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗ ﭘ

Indeed, We have placed constellations in the sky, and adorned it for all to see.

Verse 17

ﭙﭚﭛﭜﭝ ﭞ

And We protected it from every accursed devil,

Verse 18

ﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥ ﭦ

except the one eavesdropping, who is then pursued by a visible flare.¹

Verse 19

ﭧﭨﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱ ﭲ

As for the earth, We spread it out and placed upon it firm mountains, and caused everything to grow there in perfect balance.

Verse 20

ﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺ ﭻ

And We made in it means of sustenance for you and others, who you do not provide for.

Verse 21

ﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆ ﮇ

There is not any means ˹of sustenance˺ whose reserves We do not hold, only bringing it forth in precise measure.

Verse 22

ﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓ ﮔ

We send fertilizing winds, and bring down rain from the sky for you to drink. It is not you who hold its reserves.

Verse 23

ﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚ ﮛ

Surely it is We Who give life and cause death. And We are the ˹Eternal˺ Successor.¹

Verse 24

ﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢ ﮣ

We certainly know those who have gone before you and those who will come after ˹you˺.

Verse 25

ﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫ ﮬ

Surely your Lord ˹alone˺ will gather them together ˹for judgment˺. He is truly All-Wise, All-Knowing.

Verse 26

ﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕ ﯖ

Indeed, We created man from sounding clay moulded from black mud.

Verse 27

ﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝ ﯞ

As for the jinn, We created them earlier from smokeless fire.

Verse 28

ﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪ ﯫ

˹Remember, O Prophet˺ when your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create a human being from sounding clay moulded from black mud.¹

Verse 29

ﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴ ﯵ

So when I have fashioned him and had a spirit of My Own ˹creation˺ breathed into him, fall down in prostration to him.”

Verse 30

ﯶﯷﯸﯹ ﯺ

So the angels prostrated all together—

Verse 31

ﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁ ﰂ

but not Iblîs,¹ who refused to prostrate with the others.

Verse 32

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘ ﭙ

Allah asked, “O Iblîs! What is the matter with you that you did not join others in prostration?”

Verse 33

ﭚﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤ ﭥ

He replied, “It is not for me to prostrate to a human You created from sounding clay moulded from black mud.”

Verse 34

ﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪ ﭫ

Allah commanded, “Then get out of Paradise, for you are truly cursed.

Verse 35

ﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱ ﭲ

And surely upon you is condemnation until the Day of Judgment.”

Verse 36

ﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸ ﭹ

Satan appealed, “My Lord! Then delay my end until the Day of their resurrection.”

Verse 37

ﭺﭻﭼﭽ ﭾ

Allah said, “You will be delayed

Verse 38

ﭿﮀﮁﮂ ﮃ

until the appointed Day.”

Verse 39

ﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍ ﮎ

Satan responded, “My Lord! For allowing me to stray I will surely tempt them on earth and mislead them all together,

Verse 40

ﮏﮐﮑﮒ ﮓ

except Your chosen servants among them.”

Verse 41

ﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘ ﮙ

Allah said, “This is the Way, binding on Me:

Verse 42

ﮚﮛﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤ ﮥ

you will certainly have no authority over My servants, except the deviant who follow you,

Verse 43

ﮦﮧﮨﮩ ﮪ

and surely Hell is their destined place, all together.

Verse 44

ﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓ ﯔ

It has seven gates, to each a group of them is designated.”

Verse 45

ﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙ ﯚ

Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs.

Verse 46

ﯛﯜﯝ ﯞ

˹It will be said to them,˺ “Enter in peace and security.”

Verse 47

ﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨ ﯩ

We will remove whatever bitterness they had in their hearts.¹ In a friendly manner, they will be on thrones, facing one another.

Verse 48

ﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱ ﯲ

No fatigue will touch them there, nor will they ever be asked to leave.

Verse 49

ﯳﯴﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹ ﯺ

Inform My servants ˹O Prophet˺ that I am truly the All-Forgiving, Most Merciful,

Verse 50

ﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿ ﰀ

and that My torment is indeed the most painful.

Verse 51

ﰁﰂﰃﰄ ﰅ

And inform them ˹O Prophet˺ about Abraham’s guests

Verse 52

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙ ﭚ

who entered upon him and greeted ˹him with˺, “Peace!” He ˹later˺ said, “Surely we are afraid of you.”¹

Verse 53

ﭛﭜﭝﭞﭟﭠﭡ ﭢ

They reassured ˹him˺, “Do not be afraid! Surely we give you good news of a knowledgeable son.”

Verse 54

ﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩﭪ ﭫ

He wondered, “Do you give me good news despite my old age? What unlikely news!”

Verse 55

ﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲ ﭳ

They responded, “We give you good news in all truth, so do not be one of those who despair.”

Verse 56

ﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻ ﭼ

He exclaimed, “Who would despair of the mercy of their Lord except the misguided?”

Verse 57

ﭽﭾﭿﮀﮁ ﮂ

He ˹then˺ added, “What is your mission, O messenger-angels?”

Verse 58

ﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈ ﮉ

They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people.

Verse 59

ﮊﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏ ﮐ

As for the family of Lot, we will certainly deliver them all,

Verse 60

ﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖ ﮗ

except his wife. We have determined that she will be one of the doomed.”

Verse 61

ﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜ ﮝ

So when the messengers came to the family of Lot,

Verse 62

ﮞﮟﮠﮡ ﮢ

he said, “You are surely an unfamiliar people!”

Verse 63

ﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩ ﮪ

They responded, “We have come to you with that ˹torment˺ which they have doubted.

Verse 64

ﮫﮬﮭﮮ ﮯ

We come to you with the truth, and we are certainly truthful.

Verse 65

ﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞ ﯟ

So travel with your family in the dark of night, and follow ˹closely˺ behind them. Do not let any of you look back, and go where you are commanded.”

Verse 66

ﯠﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦﯧﯨ ﯩ

We revealed to him this decree: “Those ˹sinners˺ will be uprooted in the morning.”

Verse 67

ﯪﯫﯬﯭ ﯮ

And there came the men of the city, rejoicing.

Verse 68

ﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴ ﯵ

Lot pleaded, “Indeed, these are my guests, so do not embarrass me.

Verse 69

ﯶﯷﯸﯹ ﯺ

Fear Allah and do not humiliate me.”

Verse 70

ﯻﯼﯽﯾﯿ ﰀ

They responded, “Have we not forbidden you from protecting anyone?”

Verse 71

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖ ﭗ

He said, “O my people! Here are my daughters¹ ˹so marry them˺ if you wish to do so.”

Verse 72

ﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜ ﭝ

By your life ˹O Prophet˺,¹ they certainly wandered blindly, intoxicated ˹by lust˺.

Verse 73

ﭞﭟﭠ ﭡ

So the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them at sunrise.

Verse 74

ﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨﭩ ﭪ

And We turned the cities ˹of Sodom and Gomorrah˺ upside down and rained upon them stones of baked clay.

Verse 75

ﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯ ﭰ

Surely in this are signs for those who contemplate.

Verse 76

ﭱﭲﭳ ﭴ

Their ruins still lie along a known route.

Verse 77

ﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹ ﭺ

Surely in this is a sign for those who believe.

Verse 78

ﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿ ﮀ

And the residents of the Forest were truly wrongdoers,

Verse 79

ﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅ ﮆ

so We inflicted punishment upon them. The ruins of both nations still lie on a well-known road.

Verse 80

ﮇﮈﮉﮊﮋ ﮌ

Indeed, the residents of the Stone Valley also denied the messengers.¹

Verse 81

ﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑ ﮒ

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

Verse 82

ﮓﮔﮕﮖﮗﮘ ﮙ

They carved their homes in the mountains, feeling secure.

Verse 83

ﮚﮛﮜ ﮝ

But the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them in the morning,

Verse 84

ﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣ ﮤ

and all they achieved was of no help to them.

Verse 85

ﮥﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔﯕ ﯖ

We have not created the heavens and the earth and everything in between except for a purpose. And the Hour is certain to come, so forgive graciously.

Verse 86

ﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛ ﯜ

Surely your Lord is the Master Creator, All-Knowing.

Verse 87

ﯝﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣ ﯤ

We have certainly granted you the seven often-repeated verses¹ and the great Quran.

Verse 88

ﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩﯪﯫﯬﯭﯮﯯﯰﯱﯲﯳ ﯴ

Do not let your eyes crave the ˹fleeting˺ pleasures We have provided for some of the disbelievers, nor grieve for them. And be gracious to the believers.

Verse 89

ﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹ ﯺ

And say, “I am truly sent with a clear warning”—

Verse 90

ﯻﯼﯽﯾ ﯿ

˹a warning˺ similar to what We sent to those who divided ˹the Scriptures˺,

Verse 91

ﭑﭒﭓﭔ ﭕ

who ˹now˺ accept parts of the Quran, rejecting others.

Verse 92

ﭖﭗﭘ ﭙ

So by your Lord! We will certainly question them all

Verse 93

ﭚﭛﭜ ﭝ

about what they used to do.

Verse 94

ﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣ ﭤ

So proclaim what you have been commanded, and turn away from the polytheists.

Verse 95

ﭥﭦﭧ ﭨ

Surely We will be sufficient for you against the mockers,

Verse 96

ﭩﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱ ﭲ

who set up ˹other˺ gods with Allah. They will soon come to know.

Verse 97

ﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷﭸﭹ ﭺ

We certainly know that your heart is truly distressed by what they say.

Verse 98

ﭻﭼﭽﭾﭿﮀ ﮁ

So glorify the praises of your Lord and be one of those who ˹always˺ pray,

Verse 99

ﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆ ﮇ

and worship your Lord until the inevitable¹ comes to you.

Translation of سورة الحجر

سورة الحجر

Translation of Surah Al-Hijr in الإنجليزية from Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation

Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation

Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation

Al-Hijr