Surah Al-Hijr

Verse 15:1

الٓرٰ ۫ تِلْكَ اٰیٰتُ الْكِتٰبِ وَقُرْاٰنٍ مُّبِیْنٍ ۟

ʹAlif-Laaam-Raa. Tilka ʹAayaatul Kitaabi wa-Q̣urʹaanim Mubeen.

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

Verse 15:2

رُبَمَا یَوَدُّ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَوْ كَانُوْا مُسْلِمِیْنَ ۟

Rubamaa yawaddul laẓeena kafaroo law kaanoo Muslimeen.

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

Verse 15:3

ذَرْهُمْ یَاْكُلُوْا وَیَتَمَتَّعُوْا وَیُلْهِهِمُ الْاَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ یَعْلَمُوْنَ ۟

Ẓarhum yaʹkuloo wa-yatamattaʻoo wa-yulhihimul ʹamalu fasawfa yaʻlamoon.

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

Verse 15:4

وَمَاۤ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْیَةٍ اِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُوْمٌ ۟

Wa-maaa ʹahlaknaa miñ q̣aryatin ʹillaa wa-lahaa kitaabum maʻloom.

We have never destroyed a society without a destined term.

Verse 15:5

مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ اُمَّةٍ اَجَلَهَا وَمَا یَسْتَاْخِرُوْنَ ۟

Maa- tasbiq̣u min ʹummatin ʹAjalahaa wa-maa yastaʹkhiroon.

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

Verse 15:6

وَقَالُوْا یٰۤاَیُّهَا الَّذِیْ نُزِّلَ عَلَیْهِ الذِّكْرُ اِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُوْنٌ ۟ؕ

Wa-q̣aaloo yaaaʹayyuhal laẓee nuzzila ʻalayhiẓ Ẓikru ʹinnaka lamajnoon.

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

Verse 15:7

لَوْ مَا تَاْتِیْنَا بِالْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةِ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِیْنَ ۟

Law maa- taʹteenaa bil-malaaaʹikati ʹiñ kuñta minaṣ Ṣaadiq̣een?

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

Verse 15:8

مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةَ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوْۤا اِذًا مُّنْظَرِیْنَ ۟

Maa- nunazzilul malaaaʹikata bil-Ḥaq̣q̣i illaa wa-maa kaanooo ʹiẓam muñz̤̣areen!

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

Verse 15:9

اِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَاِنَّا لَهٗ لَحٰفِظُوْنَ ۟

ʹInnaa Naḥnu nazzalnaẓ Ẓikra wa-ʹinnaa lahoo la-Ḥaafiz̤̣oon.

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

Verse 15:10

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فِیْ شِیَعِ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ ۟

Wa-laq̣ad ʹarsalnaa miñ q̣ablika fee shiyaʻil ʹawwaleen:

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

Verse 15:11

وَمَا یَاْتِیْهِمْ مِّنْ رَّسُوْلٍ اِلَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ یَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ ۟

Wa-maa yaʹteehim mir rasoolin ʹillaa kaanoo bihee yastahziʹoon.

but no messenger ever came to them without being mocked.

Verse 15:12

كَذٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهٗ فِیْ قُلُوْبِ الْمُجْرِمِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Kaẓaalika naslukuhoo fee q̣uloobil mujrimeen―

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

Verse 15:13

لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِهٖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ ۟

Laa- yuʹminoona bihee wa-q̣ad khalat sunnatul ʹawwaleen.

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

Verse 15:14

وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ بَابًا مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوْا فِیْهِ یَعْرُجُوْنَ ۟ۙ

Wa-law fataḥnaa ʻalayhim baabam minas samaaaʹi faz̤̣alloo feehi yaʻrujoon.

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

Verse 15:15

لَقَالُوْۤا اِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ اَبْصَارُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُوْرُوْنَ ۟۠

Laq̣aalooo ʹinnamaa sukkirat ʹabṣaarunaa bal naḥnu q̣awmum masḥooroon.

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

Verse 15:16

وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِی السَّمَآءِ بُرُوْجًا وَّزَیَّنّٰهَا لِلنّٰظِرِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Wa-laq̣ad jaʻalnaa fis samaaaʹi Buroojañw Wazayyannaahaa linnaaz̤̣ireen;

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

Verse 15:17

وَحَفِظْنٰهَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَیْطٰنٍ رَّجِیْمٍ ۟ۙ

Wa-hafiz̤̣naahaa miñ kulli Shayṭaanir rajeem:

And We protected it from every accursed devil,

Verse 15:18

اِلَّا مَنِ اسْتَرَقَ السَّمْعَ فَاَتْبَعَهٗ شِهَابٌ مُّبِیْنٌ ۟

ʹIllaa manis taraq̣as samʻa faʹatbaʻahoo shihaabum mubeen.

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

Verse 15:19

وَالْاَرْضَ مَدَدْنٰهَا وَاَلْقَیْنَا فِیْهَا رَوَاسِیَ وَاَنْۢبَتْنَا فِیْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَیْءٍ مَّوْزُوْنٍ ۟

Wal-ʹarḍa madadnaahaa wa-ʹalq̣aynaa feehaa rawaasiya wa-ʹambatnaa feehaa miñ kulli shayʹim mawzoon.

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

Verse 15:20

وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِیْهَا مَعَایِشَ وَمَنْ لَّسْتُمْ لَهٗ بِرٰزِقِیْنَ ۟

Wa-jaʻalnaa lakum feehaa maʻaayisha wa-mal lastum lahoo biraaziq̣een.

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

Verse 15:21

وَاِنْ مِّنْ شَیْءٍ اِلَّا عِنْدَنَا خَزَآىِٕنُهٗ ؗ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهٗۤ اِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُوْمٍ ۟

Wa-ʹim miñ shayʹin ʹillaa ʻiñdanaa khazaaaʹinuh; wa-maa nunazziluhooo ʹillaa biq̣adarim maʻloom.

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

Verse 15:22

وَاَرْسَلْنَا الرِّیٰحَ لَوَاقِحَ فَاَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَاَسْقَیْنٰكُمُوْهُ ۚ وَمَاۤ اَنْتُمْ لَهٗ بِخٰزِنِیْنَ ۟

Wa-ʹarsalnar riyaaḥa lawaaq̣iḥa faʹañzalnaa minas samaaaʹi maaaʹañ faʹasq̣aynaakumooh: wa-maaa ʹañtum lahoo bikhaazineen.

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

Verse 15:23

وَاِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْیٖ وَنُمِیْتُ وَنَحْنُ الْوٰرِثُوْنَ ۟

Wa-ʹinnaa lanaḥnu nuḥyee wa-numeetu wa-naḥnul waaris̤oon.

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

Verse 15:24

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَقْدِمِیْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَاْخِرِیْنَ ۟

Wa-laq̣ad ʻalimnal mustaq̣dimeena miñkum wa-laq̣ad ʻalimnal mustaʹkhireen.

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

Verse 15:25

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ یَحْشُرُهُمْ ؕ اِنَّهٗ حَكِیْمٌ عَلِیْمٌ ۟۠

Wa-ʹinna Rabbaka Huwa yaḥshuruhum: ʹinnahoo Ḥakeemun ʻAleem.

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

Verse 15:26

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَاٍ مَّسْنُوْنٍ ۟ۚ

Wa-laq̣ad khalaq̣nal ʹiñsaana miñ ṣalṣaalim min ḥamaʹim masnoon:

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

Verse 15:27

وَالْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنٰهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ مِنْ نَّارِ السَّمُوْمِ ۟

Waljaaanna khalaq̣naahu miñ q̣ablu min naaris samoom.

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

Verse 15:28

وَاِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةِ اِنِّیْ خَالِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَاٍ مَّسْنُوْنٍ ۟

Wa-ʹiẓ q̣aala Rabbuka lilmalaaaʹikati ʹinnee khaaliq̣um basharam miñ ṣalṣaalim min ḥamaʹim masnoon;

˹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.

Verse 15:29

فَاِذَا سَوَّیْتُهٗ وَنَفَخْتُ فِیْهِ مِنْ رُّوْحِیْ فَقَعُوْا لَهٗ سٰجِدِیْنَ ۟

Faʹiẓaa sawwaytuhoo wa-nafakhtu feehi mir Rooḥee faq̣aʻoo lahoo saajideen.

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

Verse 15:30

فَسَجَدَ الْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ اَجْمَعُوْنَ ۟ۙ

Fasajadal malaaaʹikatu kulluhum ʹajmaʻoon.

So the angels prostrated all together—

Verse 15:31

اِلَّاۤ اِبْلِیْسَ ؕ اَبٰۤی اَنْ یَّكُوْنَ مَعَ السّٰجِدِیْنَ ۟

ʹIllaaa ʹIblees: ʹabaaa ʹañy yakoona maʻas Saajideen.

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

Verse 15:32

قَالَ یٰۤاِبْلِیْسُ مَا لَكَ اَلَّا تَكُوْنَ مَعَ السّٰجِدِیْنَ ۟

Q̣aala yaaaʹIbleesu maa- laka ʹallaa takoona maʻas Saajideen?

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

Verse 15:33

قَالَ لَمْ اَكُنْ لِّاَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهٗ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَاٍ مَّسْنُوْنٍ ۟

Q̣aala lam ʹakul liʹasjuda libasharin khalaq̣tahoo miñ ṣalṣaalim min ḥamaʹim masnoon.

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

Verse 15:34

قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَاِنَّكَ رَجِیْمٌ ۟ۙ

Q̣aala fakhruj minhaa faʹinnaka rajeem.

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

Verse 15:35

وَّاِنَّ عَلَیْكَ اللَّعْنَةَ اِلٰی یَوْمِ الدِّیْنِ ۟

Wa-ʹinna ʻalaykal laʻnata ʹilaa Yawmid Deen.

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

Verse 15:36

قَالَ رَبِّ فَاَنْظِرْنِیْۤ اِلٰی یَوْمِ یُبْعَثُوْنَ ۟

Q̣aala Rabbi faʹañz̤̣irneee ʹilaa Yawmi yubʻas̤oon.

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

Verse 15:37

قَالَ فَاِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Q̣aala faʹinnaka minal muñz̤̣areen―

Allah said, “You will be delayed

Verse 15:38

اِلٰی یَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُوْمِ ۟

ʹIlaa Yawmil Waq̣til Maʻloom.

until the appointed Day.”

Verse 15:39

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَاۤ اَغْوَیْتَنِیْ لَاُزَیِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِی الْاَرْضِ وَلَاُغْوِیَنَّهُمْ اَجْمَعِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Q̣aala Rabbi bimaaa ʹag̣waytanee laʹuzayyinanna lahum fil ʹarḍi walaʹug̣wiyannahum ʹajmaʻeen,―

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

Verse 15:40

اِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِیْنَ ۟

ʹIllaa ʻibaadaka minhumul Mukhlaṣeen.

except Your chosen servants among them.”

Verse 15:41

قَالَ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ عَلَیَّ مُسْتَقِیْمٌ ۟

Q̣aala haaẓaa Ṣiraaṭun ʻalayya Mustaq̣eem.

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

Verse 15:42

اِنَّ عِبَادِیْ لَیْسَ لَكَ عَلَیْهِمْ سُلْطٰنٌ اِلَّا مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغٰوِیْنَ ۟

ʹInna ʻibaadee laysa laka ʻalayhim sulṭaanun ʹillaa manit tabaʻaka minal g̣aaween.

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

Verse 15:43

وَاِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ اَجْمَعِیْنَ ۟۫ۙ

Wa-ʹinna Jahannama lamawʻiduhum ʹajmaʻeen!

and surely Hell is their destined place, all together.

Verse 15:44

لَهَا سَبْعَةُ اَبْوَابٍ ؕ لِكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُوْمٌ ۟۠

Lahaa sabʻatu ʹAbwaab: likulli Baabim minhum juzʹum maq̣soom.

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

Verse 15:45

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِیْنَ فِیْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُیُوْنٍ ۟ؕ

ʹInnal Muttaq̣eena fee Jannaatiñw Waʻuyoon.

Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs.

Verse 15:46

اُدْخُلُوْهَا بِسَلٰمٍ اٰمِنِیْنَ ۟

ʹUdkhuloohaa bi-Salaamin ʹAamineen.

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

Verse 15:47

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِیْ صُدُوْرِهِمْ مِّنْ غِلٍّ اِخْوَانًا عَلٰی سُرُرٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِیْنَ ۟

Wanazaʻnaa maa- fee ṣudoorihim min g̣illin ʹikhwaanan ʻalaa sururim mutaq̣aabileen.

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

Verse 15:48

لَا یَمَسُّهُمْ فِیْهَا نَصَبٌ وَّمَا هُمْ مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِیْنَ ۟

Laa- yamassuhum feehaa naṣabuñw wamaa hum minhaa bimukhrajeen.

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

Verse 15:49

نَبِّئْ عِبَادِیْۤ اَنِّیْۤ اَنَا الْغَفُوْرُ الرَّحِیْمُ ۟ۙ

Nabbiʹ ʻibaadeee ʹanneee ʹan al-G̣afoorur Raḥeem;

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

Verse 15:50

وَاَنَّ عَذَابِیْ هُوَ الْعَذَابُ الْاَلِیْمُ ۟

Wa-ʹanna ʻAẓaabee huwal ʻAẓaabul ʹaleem.

and that My torment is indeed the most painful.

Verse 15:51

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَنْ ضَیْفِ اِبْرٰهِیْمَ ۟ۘ

Wa-nabbiʹhum ʻañ ḍayfi ʹIbraaheem.

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

Verse 15:52

اِذْ دَخَلُوْا عَلَیْهِ فَقَالُوْا سَلٰمًا ؕ قَالَ اِنَّا مِنْكُمْ وَجِلُوْنَ ۟

ʹIẓ dakhaloo ʻalayhi faq̣aaloo Salaamaa! Q̣aala ʹinnaa miñkum wajiloon!

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

Verse 15:53

قَالُوْا لَا تَوْجَلْ اِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلٰمٍ عَلِیْمٍ ۟

Q̣aaloo laa- tawjal ʹinnaa nubashshiruka big̣ulaamin ʻaleem.

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

Verse 15:54

قَالَ اَبَشَّرْتُمُوْنِیْ عَلٰۤی اَنْ مَّسَّنِیَ الْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُوْنَ ۟

Q̣aala ʹabashshartumoonee ʻalaaa ʹam massaniyal kibaru fabima tubashshiroon?

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

Verse 15:55

قَالُوْا بَشَّرْنٰكَ بِالْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُنْ مِّنَ الْقٰنِطِیْنَ ۟

Q̣aaloo bashsharnaaka bilḥaq̣q̣i falaa takum minal q̣aaniṭeen!

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

Verse 15:56

قَالَ وَمَنْ یَّقْنَطُ مِنْ رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهٖۤ اِلَّا الضَّآلُّوْنَ ۟

Q̣aala wa-mañy yaq̣naṭu mir Raḥmati Rabbiheee ʹillaḍ ḍaaalloon?

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

Verse 15:57

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ اَیُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُوْنَ ۟

Q̣aala famaa khaṭbukum ʹayyuhal Mursaloon?

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

Verse 15:58

قَالُوْۤا اِنَّاۤ اُرْسِلْنَاۤ اِلٰی قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Q̣aalooo ʹinnaaa ʹursilnaaa ʹilaa q̣awmim mujrimeen.

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

Verse 15:59

اِلَّاۤ اٰلَ لُوْطٍ ؕ اِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوْهُمْ اَجْمَعِیْنَ ۟ۙ

ʹIllaa ʹAala Looṭ: ʹinnaa lamunajjoohum ʹajmaʻeen,―

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

Verse 15:60

اِلَّا امْرَاَتَهٗ قَدَّرْنَاۤ ۙ اِنَّهَا لَمِنَ الْغٰبِرِیْنَ ۟۠

ʹIllam raʹatahoo q̣addarnaaa ʹinnahaa laminal g̣aabireen.

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

Verse 15:61

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ اٰلَ لُوْطِ لْمُرْسَلُوْنَ ۟ۙ

Falammaa jaaaʹa ʹAala Looṭinil mursaloon.

So when the messengers came to the family of Lot,

Verse 15:62

قَالَ اِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنْكَرُوْنَ ۟

Q̣aala ʹinnakum q̣awmum muñkaroon.

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

Verse 15:63

قَالُوْا بَلْ جِئْنٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوْا فِیْهِ یَمْتَرُوْنَ ۟

Q̣aaloo bal jiʹnaaka bimaa kaanoo feehi yamtaroon.

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

Verse 15:64

وَاَتَیْنٰكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَاِنَّا لَصٰدِقُوْنَ ۟

Wa-ʹataynaaka bil-Ḥaq̣q̣i wa-ʹinnaa laṣaadiq̣oon.

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

Verse 15:65

فَاَسْرِ بِاَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ الَّیْلِ وَاتَّبِعْ اَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَا یَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ اَحَدٌ وَّامْضُوْا حَیْثُ تُؤْمَرُوْنَ ۟

Faʹasri biʹahlika biq̣iṭʻim minal layli wattabiʻ adbaarahum wa-laa yaltafit miñkum ʹaḥaduñw wamḍoo ḥays̤u tuʹmaroon.

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 15:66

وَقَضَیْنَاۤ اِلَیْهِ ذٰلِكَ الْاَمْرَ اَنَّ دَابِرَ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوْعٌ مُّصْبِحِیْنَ ۟

Wa-q̣aḍaynaaa ʹilayhi ẓaalikal ʹamra ʹanna daabira haaaʹulaaaʹi maq̣ṭooʻum muṣbiḥeen.

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

Verse 15:67

وَجَآءَ اَهْلُ الْمَدِیْنَةِ یَسْتَبْشِرُوْنَ ۟

Wa-jaaaʹa ʹahlul Madeenati yastabshiroon.

And there came the men of the city, rejoicing.

Verse 15:68

قَالَ اِنَّ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ ضَیْفِیْ فَلَا تَفْضَحُوْنِ ۟ۙ

Q̣aala ʹinna haaaʹulaaaʹi ḍayfee falaa tafḍaḥoon:

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

Verse 15:69

وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَلَا تُخْزُوْنِ ۟

Wattaq̣ul laaha wa-laa tukhzoon.

Fear Allah and do not humiliate me.”

Verse 15:70

قَالُوْۤا اَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْعٰلَمِیْنَ ۟

Q̣aalooo ʹawalam nanhaka ʻanil ʻaalameen?

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

Verse 15:71

قَالَ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ بَنٰتِیْۤ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ فٰعِلِیْنَ ۟ؕ

Q̣aala haaaʹulaaaʹi banaateee ʹiñ kuñtum faaʻileen.

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

Verse 15:72

لَعَمْرُكَ اِنَّهُمْ لَفِیْ سَكْرَتِهِمْ یَعْمَهُوْنَ ۟

Laʻamruka ʹinnahum lafee sakratihim yaʻmahoon.

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

Verse 15:73

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّیْحَةُ مُشْرِقِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Faʹakhaẓathumuṣ Ṣayḥatu mushriq̣een.

So the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them at sunrise.

Verse 15:74

فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِیَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَاَمْطَرْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّنْ سِجِّیْلٍ ۟ؕ

Fajaʻalnaa ʻaaliyahaa saafilahaa wa-ʹamṭarnaa ʻalayhim ḥijaaratam miñ sijjeel.

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

Verse 15:75

اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیٰتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِیْنَ ۟

ʹInna fee ẓaalika laʹAayaatil lilmutawassimeen.

Surely in this are signs for those who contemplate.

Verse 15:76

وَاِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِیْلٍ مُّقِیْمٍ ۟

Wa-ʹinnahaa labisabeelim muq̣eem.

Their ruins still lie along a known route.

Verse 15:77

اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ ۟ؕ

ʹInna fee ẓaalika laʹAayatal lil-Muʹmineen.

Surely in this is a sign for those who believe.

Verse 15:78

وَاِنْ كَانَ اَصْحٰبُ الْاَیْكَةِ لَظٰلِمِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Wa-ʹiñ kaana ʹAṣḥaabul ʹAykati laz̤̣aalimeen.

And the residents of the Forest were truly wrongdoers,

Verse 15:79

فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۘ وَاِنَّهُمَا لَبِاِمَامٍ مُّبِیْنٍ ۟ؕ۠

Fañtaq̣amnaa minhum. Wa-ʹinnahumaa labiʹimaamim mubeen.

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

Verse 15:80

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ اَصْحٰبُ الْحِجْرِ الْمُرْسَلِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Wa-laq̣ad kaẓẓaba ʻAṣḥaabul ḤIJRIL mursaleen:

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

Verse 15:81

وَاٰتَیْنٰهُمْ اٰیٰتِنَا فَكَانُوْا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Wa-ʹaataynaahum ʹAayaatinaa fakaanoo ʻanhaa muʻriḍeen.

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

Verse 15:82

وَكَانُوْا یَنْحِتُوْنَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُیُوْتًا اٰمِنِیْنَ ۟

Wa-kaanoo yanḥitoona minal jibaali buyootan ʹaamineen.

They carved their homes in the mountains, feeling secure.

Verse 15:83

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّیْحَةُ مُصْبِحِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Faʹakhaẓathumuṣ Ṣayḥatu muṣbiḥeen.

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

Verse 15:84

فَمَاۤ اَغْنٰی عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُوْا یَكْسِبُوْنَ ۟ؕ

Famaaa ʹag̣naa ʻanhum maa kaanoo yaksiboon!

and all they achieved was of no help to them.

Verse 15:85

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَیْنَهُمَاۤ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ؕ وَاِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَاٰتِیَةٌ فَاصْفَحِ الصَّفْحَ الْجَمِیْلَ ۟

Wa-maa khalaq̣nas samaawaati wal-ʹarḍa wa-maa baynahumaaa ʹillaa bilḥaq̣q̣. Wa-ʹinnas Saaʻata laʹaatiyatuñ faṣfaḥiṣ ṣafḥal jameel.

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 15:86

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْخَلّٰقُ الْعَلِیْمُ ۟

ʹInna Rabbaka Huwal Khallaaq̣ul ʻAleem.

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

Verse 15:87

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَیْنٰكَ سَبْعًا مِّنَ الْمَثَانِیْ وَالْقُرْاٰنَ الْعَظِیْمَ ۟

Wa-laq̣ad ʹaataynaaka Sabʻam minal mas̤aanee wal-Q̣urʹaanal ʻAz̤̣eem.

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

Verse 15:88

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَیْنَیْكَ اِلٰی مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهٖۤ اَزْوَاجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَیْهِمْ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ ۟

Laa- tamuddanna ʻaynayka ʹilaa maa- mattaʻnaa biheee ʹazwaajam minhum wa-laa taḥzan ʻalayhim wakhfiḍ janaaḥaka lil-Muʹmineen.

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 15:89

وَقُلْ اِنِّیْۤ اَنَا النَّذِیْرُ الْمُبِیْنُ ۟ۚ

Wa-q̣ul ʹinneee ʹanan naẓeerul mubeen,―

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

Verse 15:90

كَمَاۤ اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَی الْمُقْتَسِمِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Kamaaa ʹañzalnaa ʻalal muq̣tasimeen,―

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

Verse 15:91

الَّذِیْنَ جَعَلُوا الْقُرْاٰنَ عِضِیْنَ ۟

ʹAllaẓeena jaʻalul Q̣urʹaana ʻi-ḍeen.

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

Verse 15:92

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْ اَجْمَعِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Fawa-Rabbika lanasʹalannahum ʹajmaʻeen.

So by your Lord! We will certainly question them all

Verse 15:93

عَمَّا كَانُوْا یَعْمَلُوْنَ ۟

ʻAmmaa kaanoo yaʻmaloon.

about what they used to do.

Verse 15:94

فَاصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَاَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْمُشْرِكِیْنَ ۟

Faṣdaʻ bimaa tuʹmaru wa-ʹaʻriḍ ʻanil mushrikeen.

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

Verse 15:95

اِنَّا كَفَیْنٰكَ الْمُسْتَهْزِءِیْنَ ۟ۙ

ʹInnaa kafaynaakal mustahziʹeen.

Surely We will be sufficient for you against the mockers,

Verse 15:96

الَّذِیْنَ یَجْعَلُوْنَ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَ ۚ فَسَوْفَ یَعْلَمُوْنَ ۟

ʹAllaẓeena yajʻaloona maʻal laahi ʹilaahan ʹaakhar: fasawfa yaʻlamoon.

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

Verse 15:97

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ اَنَّكَ یَضِیْقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا یَقُوْلُوْنَ ۟ۙ

Wa-laq̣ad naʻlamu ʹannaka yaḍeeq̣u ṣadruka bimaa yaq̣ooloon.

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

Verse 15:98

فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُنْ مِّنَ السّٰجِدِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Fasabbiḥ biḥamdi Rabbika wa-kum minas Saajideen.

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

Verse 15:99

وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتّٰی یَاْتِیَكَ الْیَقِیْنُ ۟۠

Waʻbud Rabbaka ḥattaa yaʹtiyakal yaq̣een.

and worship your Lord until the inevitable comes your way.