سورة الحجر

Muhsin Khan - English translation

ترجمة معاني سورة الحجر باللغة الإنجليزية من كتاب Muhsin Khan - English translation

Muhsin Khan - English translation

آية رقم 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.
آية رقم 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].
آية رقم 3

Leave them to eat and enjoy, and let them be preoccupied with (false) hope. They will come to know!
آية رقم 6

And they say: "O you (Muhammad SAW) to whom the Dhikr (the Quran) has been sent down! Verily, you are a mad man.

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!
آية رقم 9

Verily We: It is We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e. the Quran) and surely, We will guard it (from corruption).
آية رقم 10

Indeed, We sent Messengers before you (O Muhammad SAW) amongst the sects (communities) of old.
آية رقم 12

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)].
آية رقم 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.
آية رقم 16

And indeed, We have put the big stars in the heaven and We beautified it for the beholders.
آية رقم 17

And We have guarded it (near heaven) from every outcast Shaitan (devil).
آية رقم 18

Except him (devil) that gains hearing by stealing, he is pursued by a clear flaming fire.
آية رقم 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].

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].
آية رقم 23

And certainly We! We it is Who give life, and cause death, and We are the Inheritors.
آية رقم 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.

"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."
آية رقم 30

So, the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together.

[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."
آية رقم 34

(Allah) said: "Then, get out from here, for verily, you are Rajim (an outcast or a cursed one)." [Tafsir At-Tabari]
آية رقم 35

"And verily, the curse shall be upon you till the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)."
آية رقم 36

[Iblis (Satan)] said: "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day they (the dead) will be resurrected."
آية رقم 37

Allah said: "Then, verily, you are of those reprieved,

[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.
آية رقم 41

(Allah) said: "This is the Way which will lead straight to Me."

"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.).
آية رقم 43

"And surely, Hell is the promised place for them all.
آية رقم 45

"Truly! The Muttaqun (pious and righteous persons - see V. 2:2) will be amidst Gardens and water-springs (Paradise).
آية رقم 46

"(It will be said to them): 'Enter therein (Paradise), in peace and security.'

"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.
آية رقم 49

Declare (O Muhammad SAW) unto My slaves, that truly, I am the Oft-Forgiving, the Most-Merciful.
آية رقم 51

And tell them about the guests (the angels) of Ibrahim (Abraham).

When they entered unto him, and said: Salaman (peace)! [Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Indeed! We are afraid of you."
آية رقم 53

They (the angels) said: "Do not be afraid! We give you glad tidings of a boy (son) possessing much knowledge and wisdom."
آية رقم 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?"
آية رقم 55

They (the angels) said: "We give you glad tidings in truth. So be not of the despairing ones."
آية رقم 56

[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "And who despairs of the Mercy of his Lord except those who are astray?"
آية رقم 57

[Ibrahim (Abraham) again] said: "What then is the business on which you have come, O Messengers?"
آية رقم 58

They (the angels) said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimun (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners).
آية رقم 59

"(All) except the family of Lout (Lot). Them all we are surely going to save (from destruction).
آية رقم 60

"Except his wife, of whom We have decreed that she shall be of those who remain behind (i.e. she will be destroyed)."
آية رقم 61

Then, when the Messengers (the angels) came unto the family of Lout (Lot).
آية رقم 63

They said: "Nay, we have come to you with that (torment) which they have been doubting.
آية رقم 64

"And we have brought to you the truth (the news of the destruction of your nation) and certainly, we tell the truth.

And We made known this decree to him, that the root of those (sinners) was to be cut off in the early morning.
آية رقم 67

And the inhabitants of the city came rejoicing (at the news of the young men's arrival).
آية رقم 70

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)?"
آية رقم 71

[Lout (Lot)] said: "These (the girls of the nation) are my daughters (to marry lawfully), if you must act (so)."
آية رقم 72

Verily, by your life (O Muhammad SAW), in their wild intoxication, they were wandering blindly.
آية رقم 73

So As-Saihah (torment - awful cry, etc.) overtook them at the time of sunrise;
آية رقم 74

And We turned (the towns of Sodom in Palestine) upside down and rained down on them stones of baked clay.
آية رقم 75

Surely! In this are signs, for those who see (or understand or learn the lessons from the Signs of Allah).
آية رقم 76

And verily! They (the cities) were right on the highroad (from Makkah to Syria i.e. the place where the Dead Sea is now).
آية رقم 78

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.).
آية رقم 79

So, We took vengeance on them. They are both on an open highway, plain to see.
آية رقم 80

And verily, the dwellers of Al-Hijr (the rocky tract) denied the Messengers.
آية رقم 82

And they used to hew out dwellings from the mountains (feeling themselves) secure.
آية رقم 83

But As-Saihah (torment - awful cry etc.) overtook them in the early morning (of the fourth day of their promised punishment days).

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].
آية رقم 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.

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).
آية رقم 90

As We have sent down on the dividers, (Quraish pagans or Jews and Christians).
آية رقم 91

Who have made the Quran into parts. (i.e. believed in a part and disbelieved in the other).
آية رقم 92

So, by your Lord (O Muhammad SAW), We shall certainly call all of them to account.
آية رقم 94

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).
آية رقم 95

Truly! We will suffice you against the scoffers.
آية رقم 98

So glorify the praises of your Lord and be of those who prostrate themselves (to Him).
آية رقم 99

And worship your Lord until there comes unto you the certainty (i.e. death).
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