Al-Hijr

الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَقُرْءَانٍ مُّبِينٍ

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

Alif, Lām, Rā. These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].

رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ

Rubamaa yawaddul laẓeena kafaroo law kaanoo Muslimeen.

Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims.

ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

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

Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

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

And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.

مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ

Maa- tasbiq̣u min ʹummatin ʹAjalahaa wa-maa yastaʹkhiroon.

No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.

وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ

Wa-q̣aaloo yaaaʹayyuhal laẓee nuzzila ʻalayhiẓ Ẓikru ʹinnaka lamajnoon.

And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.

لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

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

Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"

مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ

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

We do not send down the angels except with truth; and they [i.e., the disbelievers] would not then be reprieved.

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ

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

Indeed, it is We who sent down the message [i.e., the Qur’ān], and indeed, We will be its guardian.

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Wa-laq̣ad ʹarsalnaa miñ q̣ablika fee shiyaʻil ʹawwaleen:

And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muḥammad], among the sects of the former peoples.

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Wa-maa yaʹteehim mir rasoolin ʹillaa kaanoo bihee yastahziʹoon.

And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.

كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Kaẓaalika naslukuhoo fee q̣uloobil mujrimeen―

Thus do We insert it [i.e., denial] into the hearts of the criminals.

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Laa- yuʹminoona bihee wa-q̣ad khalat sunnatul ʹawwaleen.

They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.

وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ

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

And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,

لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَـٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ

Laq̣aalooo ʹinnamaa sukkirat ʹabṣaarunaa bal naḥnu q̣awmum masḥooroon.

They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."

وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ

Wa-laq̣ad jaʻalnaa fis samaaaʹi Buroojañw Wazayyannaahaa linnaaz̤̣ireen;

And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.

وَحَفِظْنَـٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Wa-hafiz̤̣naahaa miñ kulli Shayṭaanir rajeem:

And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allāh]

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ

ʹIllaa manis taraq̣as samʻa faʹatbaʻahoo shihaabum mubeen.

Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.

وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مَّوْزُونٍ

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

And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.

وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَـٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ

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

And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers.

وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

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

And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known [i.e., specified] measure.

وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَسْقَيْنَـٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ لَهُۥ بِخَـٰزِنِينَ

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

And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ

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

And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَـْٔخِرِينَ

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

And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ

Wa-ʹinna Rabbaka Huwa yaḥshuruhum: ʹinnahoo Ḥakeemun ʻAleem.

And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

Wa-laq̣ad khalaq̣nal ʹiñsaana miñ ṣalṣaalim min ḥamaʹim masnoon:

And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.

وَٱلْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَـٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ

Waljaaanna khalaq̣naahu miñ q̣ablu min naaris samoom.

And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَـٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

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

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِينَ

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

And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."

فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ

Fasajadal malaaaʹikatu kulluhum ʹajmaʻoon.

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ

ʹIllaaa ʹIblees: ʹabaaa ʹañy yakoona maʻas Saajideen.

Except Iblees; he refused to be with those who prostrated.

قَالَ يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ

Q̣aala yaaaʹIbleesu maa- laka ʹallaa takoona maʻas Saajideen?

[Allāh] said, "O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?"

قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

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

He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."

قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

Q̣aala fakhruj minhaa faʹinnaka rajeem.

[Allāh] said, "Then depart from it, for indeed, you are expelled.

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Wa-ʹinna ʻalaykal laʻnata ʹilaa Yawmid Deen.

And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense."

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

Q̣aala Rabbi faʹañz̤̣irneee ʹilaa Yawmi yubʻas̤oon.

He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ

Q̣aala faʹinnaka minal muñz̤̣areen―

[Allāh] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved

إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ

ʹIlaa Yawmil Waq̣til Maʻloom.

Until the Day of the time well-known."

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

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

[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them [i.e., mankind] on earth, and I will mislead them all

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

ʹIllaa ʻibaadaka minhumul Mukhlaṣeen.

Except, among them, Your chosen servants."

قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَىَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ

Q̣aala haaẓaa Ṣiraaṭun ʻalayya Mustaq̣eem.

[Allāh] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.

إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَـٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ

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

Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.

وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Wa-ʹinna Jahannama lamawʻiduhum ʹajmaʻeen!

And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all.

لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَٰبٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌ

Lahaa sabʻatu ʹAbwaab: likulli Baabim minhum juzʹum maq̣soom.

It has seven gates; for every gate is of them [i.e., Satan's followers] a portion designated."

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

ʹInnal Muttaq̣eena fee Jannaatiñw Waʻuyoon.

Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs,

ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ

ʹUdkhuloohaa bi-Salaamin ʹAamineen.

[Having been told], "Enter it in peace, safe [and secure]."

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ

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

And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment, [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other.

لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ

Laa- yamassuhum feehaa naṣabuñw wamaa hum minhaa bimukhrajeen.

No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed.

۞ نَبِّئْ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Nabbiʹ ʻibaadeee ʹanneee ʹan al-G̣afoorur Raḥeem;

[O Muḥammad], inform My servants that it is I who am the Forgiving, the Merciful,

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ

Wa-ʹanna ʻAẓaabee huwal ʻAẓaabul ʹaleem.

And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment.

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

Wa-nabbiʹhum ʻañ ḍayfi ʹIbraaheem.

And inform them about the guests of Abraham,

إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ

ʹIẓ dakhaloo ʻalayhi faq̣aaloo Salaamaa! Q̣aala ʹinnaa miñkum wajiloon!

When they entered upon him and said, "Peace." [Abraham] said, "Indeed, we are fearful [i.e., apprehensive] of you."

قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ

Q̣aaloo laa- tawjal ʹinnaa nubashshiruka big̣ulaamin ʻaleem.

[The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy."

قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِى عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ

Q̣aala ʹabashshartumoonee ʻalaaa ʹam massaniyal kibaru fabima tubashshiroon?

He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?"

قَالُوا۟ بَشَّرْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْقَـٰنِطِينَ

Q̣aaloo bashsharnaaka bilḥaq̣q̣i falaa takum minal q̣aaniṭeen!

They said, "We have given you good tidings in truth, so do not be of the despairing."

قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ

Q̣aala wa-mañy yaq̣naṭu mir Raḥmati Rabbiheee ʹillaḍ ḍaaalloon?

He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

Q̣aala famaa khaṭbukum ʹayyuhal Mursaloon?

[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ

Q̣aalooo ʹinnaaa ʹursilnaaa ʹilaa q̣awmim mujrimeen.

They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals,

إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

ʹIllaa ʹAala Looṭ: ʹinnaa lamunajjoohum ʹajmaʻeen,―

Except the family of Lot; indeed, we will save them all

إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ

ʹIllam raʹatahoo q̣addarnaaa ʹinnahaa laminal g̣aabireen.

Except his wife." We [i.e., Allāh] decreed that she is of those who remain behind.

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

Falammaa jaaaʹa ʹAala Looṭinil mursaloon.

And when the messengers came to the family of Lot,

قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ

Q̣aala ʹinnakum q̣awmum muñkaroon.

He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown."

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ جِئْنَـٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ

Q̣aaloo bal jiʹnaaka bimaa kaanoo feehi yamtaroon.

They said, "But we have come to you with that about which they were disputing,

وَأَتَيْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ

Wa-ʹataynaaka bil-Ḥaq̣q̣i wa-ʹinnaa laṣaadiq̣oon.

And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful.

فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَـٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

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

So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded."

وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ

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

And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.

وَجَآءَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ

Wa-jaaaʹa ʹahlul Madeenati yastabshiroon.

And the people of the city came rejoicing.

قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيْفِى فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ

Q̣aala ʹinna haaaʹulaaaʹi ḍayfee falaa tafḍaḥoon:

[Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ

Wattaq̣ul laaha wa-laa tukhzoon.

And fear Allāh and do not disgrace me."

قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Q̣aalooo ʹawalam nanhaka ʻanil ʻaalameen?

They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"

قَالَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ

Q̣aala haaaʹulaaaʹi banaateee ʹiñ kuñtum faaʻileen.

[Lot] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."

لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

Laʻamruka ʹinnahum lafee sakratihim yaʻmahoon.

By your life, [O Muḥammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

Faʹakhaẓathumuṣ Ṣayḥatu mushriq̣een.

So the shriek seized them at sunrise.

فَجَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

Fajaʻalnaa ʻaaliyahaa saafilahaa wa-ʹamṭarnaa ʻalayhim ḥijaaratam miñ sijjeel.

And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ

ʹInna fee ẓaalika laʹAayaatil lilmutawassimeen.

Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ

Wa-ʹinnahaa labisabeelim muq̣eem.

And indeed, they [i.e., those cities] are [situated] on an established road.

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

ʹInna fee ẓaalika laʹAayatal lil-Muʹmineen.

Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَـٰلِمِينَ

Wa-ʹiñ kaana ʹAṣḥaabul ʹAykati laz̤̣aalimeen.

And the companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] were [also] wrongdoers,

فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ

Fañtaq̣amnaa minhum. Wa-ʹinnahumaa labiʹimaamim mubeen.

So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway.

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْحِجْرِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Wa-laq̣ad kaẓẓaba ʻAṣḥaabul ḤIJRIL mursaleen:

And certainly did the companions of al-Ḥijr [i.e., the Thamūd] deny the messengers.

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ

Wa-ʹaataynaahum ʹAayaatinaa fakaanoo ʻanhaa muʻriḍeen.

And We gave them Our signs, but from them they were turning away.

وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ

Wa-kaanoo yanḥitoona minal jibaali buyootan ʹaamineen.

And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

Faʹakhaẓathumuṣ Ṣayḥatu muṣbiḥeen.

But the shriek seized them at early morning,

فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

Famaaa ʹag̣naa ʻanhum maa kaanoo yaksiboon!

So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn.

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَـَٔاتِيَةٌ ۖ فَٱصْفَحِ ٱلصَّفْحَ ٱلْجَمِيلَ

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

And We have not created the heavens and earth and that between them except in truth. And indeed, the Hour is coming; so forgive with gracious forgiveness.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْخَلَّـٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

ʹInna Rabbaka Huwal Khallaaq̣ul ʻAleem.

Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator.

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكَ سَبْعًا مِّنَ ٱلْمَثَانِى وَٱلْقُرْءَانَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ

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

And We have certainly given you, [O Muḥammad], seven of the often repeated [verses] and the great Qur’ān.

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

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

Do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of them [i.e., the disbelievers], and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing [i.e., show kindness] to the believers.

وَقُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

Wa-q̣ul ʹinneee ʹanan naẓeerul mubeen,―

And say, "Indeed, I am the clear warner" -

كَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْمُقْتَسِمِينَ

Kamaaa ʹañzalnaa ʻalal muq̣tasimeen,―

Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separators

ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عِضِينَ

ʹAllaẓeena jaʻalul Q̣urʹaana ʻi-ḍeen.

Who have made the Qur’ān into portions.

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Fawa-Rabbika lanasʹalannahum ʹajmaʻeen.

So by your Lord, We will surely question them all

عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

ʻAmmaa kaanoo yaʻmaloon.

About what they used to do.

فَٱصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Faṣdaʻ bimaa tuʹmaru wa-ʹaʻriḍ ʻanil mushrikeen.

Then declare what you are commanded and turn away from the polytheists.

إِنَّا كَفَيْنَـٰكَ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَ

ʹInnaa kafaynaakal mustahziʹeen.

Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers

ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

ʹAllaẓeena yajʻaloona maʻal laahi ʹilaahan ʹaakhar: fasawfa yaʻlamoon.

Who make [equal] with Allāh another deity. But they are going to know.

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ

Wa-laq̣ad naʻlamu ʹannaka yaḍeeq̣u ṣadruka bimaa yaq̣ooloon.

And We already know that your breast is constrained by what they say.

فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ

Fasabbiḥ biḥamdi Rabbika wa-kum minas Saajideen.

So exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord and be of those who prostrate [to Him].

وَٱعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ ٱلْيَقِينُ

Waʻbud Rabbaka ḥattaa yaʹtiyakal yaq̣een.

And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty [i.e., death].