Sura 15: Al-Hijr (The Hijr Valley) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

[15:1] A.L.R.* These (letters) are proofs of this scripture; a profound Quran.

الٓرalif-lam-raA.L.R.تِلْكَtil'kaThese (are)ءَايَـٰتُāyātuproofs (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scriptureوَقُرْءَانٍwaqur'āninand a Quranمُّبِينٍmubīninprofound. ﴿١﴾

*15:1 & *15:9 The divine source and the perfect preservation of the Quran are proven by the Quran's mathematical code (App. 1). God's Messenger of the Covenant was destined to unveil this great miracle. The word "Dhikr" denotes the Quran's code in several verses (15:6, 21:2, 26:5, 38:1, 38:8, 74:31). The value of "Rashad Khalifa" (1230)+15+9=1254, 19x66.

[15:2] Certainly, those who disbelieved will wish they were submitters.

رُّبَمَاrubamāCertainlyيَوَدُّyawaddu[he] will wishٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,لَوْlawifكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereمُسْلِمِينَmus'limīnasubmitters. ﴿٢﴾

[15:3] Let them eat, enjoy, and remain blinded by wishful thinking; they will find out.

ذَرْهُمْdharhumLeave themيَأْكُلُوا۟yakulūthey eatوَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟wayatamattaʿūand [they] enjoy,وَيُلْهِهِمُwayul'hihimuand [it] distracts / amuses themٱلْأَمَلُl-amaluthe hope / wishful thinking,فَسَوْفَfasawfathen soonيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey (will come to) know / find out. ﴿٣﴾

[15:4] We never annihilated any community, except in accordance with a specific, predetermined time.

وَمَآwamāAnd notأَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāwe destroyed / annihilatedمِنminanyقَرْيَةٍqaryatintown / communityإِلَّاillāexceptوَلَهَاwalahāwhile for itكِتَابٌkitābuna record / decreeمَّعْلُومٌmaʿlūmunknown. ﴿٤﴾

[15:5] The end of any community can never be advanced, nor delayed.

مَّاmāNotتَسْبِقُtasbiquit (can) advanceمِنْminanyأُمَّةٍummatincommunityأَجَلَهَاajalahāits termوَمَاwamāand notيَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَyastakhirūnathey can delay (it). ﴿٥﴾

[15:6] They said, "O you who received this reminder, you are crazy.

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā"Oٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoنُزِّلَnuzzilait was sent downعَلَيْهِʿalayhito himٱلذِّكْرُl-dhik'ruthe reminder,إِنَّكَinnakaindeed, you (are)لَمَجْنُونٌlamajnūnunsurely one who is crazy. ﴿٦﴾

[15:7] "Why do you not bring down the angels, if you are truthful?"

لَّوْlaw"Ifمَاmānotتَأْتِينَاtatīnāyou bring to usبِٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِbil-malāikatiof the angels,إِنinifكُنتَkuntayou wereمِنَminaofٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful ones?" ﴿٧﴾

[15:8] We do not send down the angels except for specific functions. Otherwise, no one will be respited.

مَاmāNotنُنَزِّلُnunazziluwe send downٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikatathe angelsإِلَّاillāexceptبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truth;وَمَاwamāand notكَانُوٓا۟kānūthey wereإِذًاidhanthenمُّنظَرِينَmunẓarīnaones given respite. ﴿٨﴾

[15:9] Absolutely, we have revealed the reminder, and, absolutely, we will preserve it.*

إِنَّاinnāIndeed, [we]نَحْنُnaḥnuweنَزَّلْنَاnazzalnā[we] sent downٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe reminder,وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, weلَهُۥlahuof it (are)لَحَـٰفِظُونَlaḥāfiẓūnasurely guardians / protectors / preservers. ﴿٩﴾

[15:10] We have sent (messengers) before you to the communities in the past.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāwe sentمِنminfromقَبْلِكَqablikabefore youفِىfīofشِيَعِshiyaʿigroups / communities (of)ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnathe former / past [ones]. ﴿١٠﴾

[15:11] Every time a messenger went to them, they ridiculed him.

وَمَاwamāAnd notيَأْتِيهِمyatīhimit comes to themمِّنminanyرَّسُولٍrasūlinmessengerإِلَّاillāexceptكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toبِهِۦbihiat himيَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna[they] mock / ridicule. ﴿١١﴾

[15:12] We thus control the minds of the guilty.

كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusنَسْلُكُهُۥnaslukuhuwe let it enter / we inserted itفِىfīinقُلُوبِqulūbi(the) hearts / minds (of)ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīnathe guilty ones. ﴿١٢﴾

[15:13] Consequently, they cannot believe in him. This has been the system since the past generations.

لَاlāNotيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believeبِهِۦbihiin it,وَقَدْwaqadand verilyخَلَتْkhalat[it] passedسُنَّةُsunnatu(the) system / precedent (of)ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnathe former [ones] (people) / past generations. ﴿١٣﴾

[15:14] Even if we opened for them a gate into the sky, through which they climb;

وَلَوْwalawEven ifفَتَحْنَاfataḥnāwe openedعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimfor themبَابًاbābana gateمِّنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven,فَظَلُّوا۟faẓallūand they continuedفِيهِfīhithereinيَعْرُجُونَyaʿrujūnathey (to) ascend. ﴿١٤﴾

[15:15] they will say, "Our eyes have been deceived. We have been bewitched."

لَقَالُوٓا۟laqālūSurely they would have said,إِنَّمَاinnamā"Onlyسُكِّرَتْsukkirat[it] was dazzled (deceived)أَبْصَـٰرُنَاabṣārunāour eyes.بَلْbalNay,نَحْنُnaḥnuwe (are)قَوْمٌqawmuna peopleمَّسْحُورُونَmasḥūrūnabewitched [ones]." ﴿١٥﴾

[15:16] We placed galaxies in the sky, and adorned it for the beholders.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verilyجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāwe placedفِىfīinٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyبُرُوجًاburūjantowers of stars / galaxiesوَزَيَّنَّـٰهَاwazayyannāhāand we adorned itلِلنَّـٰظِرِينَlilnnāẓirīnafor the observers. ﴿١٦﴾

[15:17] And we guarded it against every rejected devil.

وَحَفِظْنَـٰهَاwaḥafiẓ'nāhāAnd we protected itمِنminfromكُلِّkullieveryشَيْطَـٰنٍshayṭānindevilرَّجِيمٍrajīminrejected. ﴿١٧﴾

[15:18] If any of them sneaks around to listen, a mighty projectile will chase him back.

إِلَّاillāExceptمَنِmani(one) whoٱسْتَرَقَis'taraqahe stole*ٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿathe hearing (*sneaks to listen),فَأَتْبَعَهُۥfa-atbaʿahuthen [it] followed him / chased himشِهَابٌshihābuna burning flame / projectileمُّبِينٌmubīnunmanifest / profound. ﴿١٨﴾

[15:19] As for the earth, we constructed it, and placed on it stabilizers (mountains), and we grew on it a perfect balance of everything.

وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaAnd the earth,مَدَدْنَـٰهَاmadadnāhāwe spread it / laid it out (constructed)وَأَلْقَيْنَاwa-alqaynāand we made to meet / cast / placedفِيهَاfīhāthereinرَوَٰسِىَrawāsiyastabilizers (mountains)وَأَنۢبَتْنَاwa-anbatnāand [we] caused to growفِيهَاfīhāthereinمِنminofكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingمَّوْزُونٍmawzūninwell-balanced. ﴿١٩﴾

[15:20] We made it habitable for you,* and for creatures you do not provide for.

وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd we madeلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]فِيهَاfīhāthereinمَعَـٰيِشَmaʿāyishameans of livingوَمَنwamanand whomلَّسْتُمْlastumyou [all] were notلَهُۥlahufor itبِرَٰزِقِينَbirāziqīnaever providers. ﴿٢٠﴾

*15:20 When we send astronauts into space, we provide them with precisely measured quantities of food, water, and oxygen. God created the spaceship Earth with billions of astronauts who work and reproduce; He supplied them with a self-supporting system that generates oxygen, fresh water, and a great variety of delicious foods and drinks.

[15:21] There is nothing that we do not own infinite amounts thereof. But we send it down in precise measure.

وَإِنwa-inAnd not (is)مِّنminanyشَىْءٍshayinthingإِلَّاillābutعِندَنَاʿindanāwith us (are)خَزَآئِنُهُۥkhazāinuhuits treasures,وَمَاwamāand notنُنَزِّلُهُۥٓnunazziluhuwe send it downإِلَّاillāexceptبِقَدَرٍbiqadarinin a precise measureمَّعْلُومٍmaʿlūminknown / determined / fixed (precise). ﴿٢١﴾

[15:22] And we send the winds as pollinators, and cause water to come down from the sky for you to drink. Otherwise, you could not keep it palatable.

وَأَرْسَلْنَاwa-arsalnāAnd we sentٱلرِّيَـٰحَl-riyāḥathe windsلَوَٰقِحَlawāqiḥapollinating,فَأَنزَلْنَاfa-anzalnāand we sent downمِنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyمَآءًmāanwater,فَأَسْقَيْنَـٰكُمُوهُfa-asqaynākumūhuand we gave it to you [all] to drink.وَمَآwamāAnd notأَنتُمْantumyou [all]لَهُۥlahuof it (are)بِخَـٰزِنِينَbikhāzinīnaever keepers / treasurers. ﴿٢٢﴾

[15:23] It is we who control life and death, and we are the ultimate inheritors.

وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, [we]لَنَحْنُlanaḥnusurely weنُحْىِۦnuḥ'yī[we] give lifeوَنُمِيتُwanumītuand we cause death,وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuand we (are)ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَl-wārithūnathe inheritors. ﴿٢٣﴾

[15:24] And we fully know those among you who advance, and we fully know those who regress.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verilyعَلِمْنَاʿalim'nāwe knewٱلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَl-mus'taqdimīnathose who seek to go forward / advanceمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]وَلَقَدْwalaqadand verily,عَلِمْنَاʿalim'nāwe knewٱلْمُسْتَـْٔخِرِينَl-mus'takhirīnathose who seek to go back / regress. ﴿٢٤﴾

[15:25] Your Lord will surely summon them. He is Most Wise, Omniscient.

وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord,هُوَhuwaHeيَحْشُرُهُمْyaḥshuruhum[He] will summon them.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He (is)حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient. ﴿٢٥﴾

[15:26] We created the human being from aged mud, like the potter's clay.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily,خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāwe createdٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānathe human beingمِنmin(out) ofصَلْصَـٰلٍṣalṣālinaged clayمِّنْminfromحَمَإٍḥama-inwet mud / clayمَّسْنُونٍmasnūninmolded into shape. ﴿٢٦﴾

[15:27] As for the jinns, we created them, before that, from blazing fire.

وَٱلْجَآنَّwal-jānaAnd the jinnsخَلَقْنَـٰهُkhalaqnāhuwe created themمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore,مِنminfromنَّارِnārifireٱلسَّمُومِl-samūmi[the] scorching / blazing. ﴿٢٧﴾

[15:28] Your Lord said to the angels, "I am creating a human being from aged mud, like the potter's clay.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقَالَqāla[He] saidرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lordلِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the angels,إِنِّىinnī"Indeed, I amخَـٰلِقٌۢkhāliquncreatingبَشَرًاbasharana human beingمِّنmin(out) ofصَلْصَـٰلٍṣalṣālinaged mudمِّنْminfromحَمَإٍḥama-inwet mud / clayمَّسْنُونٍmasnūninmolded into shape. ﴿٢٨﴾

[15:29] "Once I perfect him, and blow into him from My spirit, you shall fall prostrate before him."

فَإِذَاfa-idhā"So, whenسَوَّيْتُهُۥsawwaytuhuI fashioned / made himوَنَفَخْتُwanafakhtuand [I] breathedفِيهِfīhiinto himمِنminofرُّوحِىrūḥīMy spirit,فَقَعُوا۟faqaʿūthen fall down [you all]لَهُۥlahuto himسَـٰجِدِينَsājidīna[ones] prostrating." ﴿٢٩﴾

[15:30] The angels fell prostrate; all of them,

فَسَجَدَfasajadaSo [it] prostratedٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe angelsكُلُّهُمْkulluhumall of themأَجْمَعُونَajmaʿūnaall together, ﴿٣٠﴾

[15:31] except Iblis (Satan). He refused to be with the prostrators.

إِلَّآillāExceptإِبْلِيسَib'līsaIblis (Satan).أَبَىٰٓabāHe refusedأَنanthatيَكُونَyakūnahe beمَعَmaʿawithٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَl-sājidīnathe ones prostrating. ﴿٣١﴾

[15:32] He said, "O Iblis (Satan), why are you not with the prostrators?"

قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُyāib'līsu"O Iblis (Satan)!مَاmāWhat (is)لَكَlakafor youأَلَّاallāthat notتَكُونَtakūnayou areمَعَmaʿawithٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَl-sājidīnathe ones prostrating?" ﴿٣٢﴾

[15:33] He said, "I am not to prostrate before a human being, whom You created from aged mud, like the potter's clay."

قَالَqālaHe said,لَمْlam"notأَكُنakun"I amلِّأَسْجُدَli-asjuda[I] to prostrateلِبَشَرٍlibasharinto a humanخَلَقْتَهُۥkhalaqtahu(whom) You created himمِنmin(out) ofصَلْصَـٰلٍṣalṣālinaged mudمِّنْminfromحَمَإٍḥama-inwet mud / clayمَّسْنُونٍmasnūninmolded into shape." ﴿٣٣﴾

[15:34] He said, "Therefore, you must get out; you are banished.

قَالَqālaHe said,فَٱخْرُجْfa-ukh'ruj"Then get outمِنْهَاmin'hātherefrom,فَإِنَّكَfa-innakafor indeed, you (are)رَجِيمٌrajīmunexpelled / banished. ﴿٣٤﴾

[15:35] "You have incurred My condemnation until the Day of Judgment."

وَإِنَّwa-inna"And indeed,عَلَيْكَʿalaykaupon youٱللَّعْنَةَl-laʿnata(will be) the curseإِلَىٰilātillيَوْمِyawmi(the) Day (of)ٱلدِّينِl-dīni[the] Judgment." ﴿٣٥﴾

[15:36] He said, "My Lord, respite me until the day they are resurrected."

قَالَqālaHe said,رَبِّrabbi"My Lord!فَأَنظِرْنِىٓfa-anẓir'nīThen respite meإِلَىٰilātillيَوْمِyawmi(the) Dayيُبْعَثُونَyub'ʿathūnathey are resurrected." ﴿٣٦﴾

[15:37] He said, "You are respited.

قَالَqālaHe said,فَإِنَّكَfa-innaka"Then indeed you (are)مِنَminaofٱلْمُنظَرِينَl-munẓarīnathe ones given respite. ﴿٣٧﴾

[15:38] "Until the specified day and time."

إِلَىٰilā"Tillيَوْمِyawmi(the) Day (of)ٱلْوَقْتِl-waqtithe timeٱلْمَعْلُومِl-maʿlūmithe known / specified." ﴿٣٨﴾

[15:39] He said, "My Lord, since You have willed that I go astray, I will surely entice them on earth; I will send them all astray.

قَالَqālaHe said,رَبِّrabbi"My Lord!بِمَآbimāBecauseأَغْوَيْتَنِىaghwaytanīYou misled me / willed that I go astrayلَأُزَيِّنَنَّla-uzayyinannasurely I will make (evil) adorning / enticeلَهُمْlahumfor themفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthوَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْwala-ugh'wiyannahumand surely I will mislead themأَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall together. ﴿٣٩﴾

[15:40] "Except those among Your worshipers who are devoted absolutely to You alone."

إِلَّاillā"Except,عِبَادَكَʿibādakaYour worshipersمِنْهُمُmin'humuamong themٱلْمُخْلَصِينَl-mukh'laṣīnathose who are truly sincere / exclusively and absolutely devoted." ﴿٤٠﴾

[15:41] He said, "This is a law that is inviolable.

قَالَqālaHe said,هَـٰذَاhādhā"This (is)صِرَٰطٌṣirāṭun(the) path / wayعَلَىَّʿalayyato / for Me;مُسْتَقِيمٌmus'taqīmunstraight / upright. ﴿٤١﴾

[15:42] "You have no power over My servants. You only have power over the strayers who follow you.

إِنَّinna"Indeed,عِبَادِىʿibādīMy worshipers,لَيْسَlaysanotلَكَlakafor youعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover themسُلْطَـٰنٌsul'ṭānun(any) authority / power,إِلَّاillāexceptمَنِmanithose whoٱتَّبَعَكَittabaʿaka[he] followed you,مِنَminaamongٱلْغَاوِينَl-ghāwīnathe strayers. ﴿٤٢﴾

[15:43] "And Hell awaits them all.

وَإِنَّwa-inna"And indeed,جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell (is)لَمَوْعِدُهُمْlamawʿiduhumsurely their promised placeأَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall. ﴿٤٣﴾

[15:44] "It will have seven gates. Each gate will get a specific share of them."

لَهَاlahā"For it (are)سَبْعَةُsabʿatusevenأَبْوَٰبٍabwābingates,لِّكُلِّlikullifor eachبَابٍbābingateمِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them (is)جُزْءٌjuz'ona shareمَّقْسُومٌmaqsūmunassigned / specified." ﴿٤٤﴾

[15:45] As for the righteous, they will enjoy gardens and springs.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous [ones]فِىfī(will be) inجَنَّـٰتٍjannātingardensوَعُيُونٍwaʿuyūninand water springs. ﴿٤٥﴾

[15:46] Enter therein, peaceful and secure.

ٱدْخُلُوهَاud'khulūhāEnter it [you all]بِسَلَـٰمٍbisalāminin peace,ءَامِنِينَāminīna[ones] peaceful and secure. ﴿٤٦﴾

[15:47] We remove all jealousy from their hearts. Like one family, they will be on adjacent furnishings.

وَنَزَعْنَاwanazaʿnāAnd we (will) removeمَاmāwhat (is)فِىfīinصُدُورِهِمṣudūrihimtheir heartsمِّنْminofغِلٍّghillinbitterness / resentfulness / jealousy.إِخْوَٰنًاikh'wānan(As) brethren / familyعَلَىٰʿalāonسُرُرٍsururinthrones / furnishingsمُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَmutaqābilīna[ones] facing each other / adjacent. ﴿٤٧﴾

[15:48] Never will they suffer any fatigue therein; never will they be evicted therefrom.

لَاlāNotيَمَسُّهُمْyamassuhum[it] touches themفِيهَاfīhāin it / thereinنَصَبٌnaṣabunfatigue,وَمَاwamāand notهُمhumtheyمِّنْهَاmin'hāfrom it (will be)بِمُخْرَجِينَbimukh'rajīnaever those evicted. ﴿٤٨﴾

[15:49] Inform My servants that I am the Forgiver, Most Merciful.

نَبِّئْnabbiInformعِبَادِىٓʿibādīMy servantsأَنِّىٓannīindeed [I],أَنَاanāI amٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūruthe Forgiving,ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuMost Merciful. ﴿٤٩﴾

[15:50] And that My retribution is the most painful retribution.

وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd thatعَذَابِىʿadhābīMy retribution,هُوَhuwait (is)ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe retributionٱلْأَلِيمُl-alīmuthe painful. ﴿٥٠﴾

[15:51] Inform them about Abraham's guests.

وَنَبِّئْهُمْwanabbi'humAnd inform themعَنʿanaboutضَيْفِḍayfi(the) guests (of)إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbraham. ﴿٥١﴾

[15:52] When they entered his quarters, they said, "Peace." He said, "We are apprehensive about you."

إِذْidhWhenدَخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey enteredعَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon himفَقَالُوا۟faqālūand they said,سَلَـٰمًاsalāman"Peace."قَالَqālaHe said,إِنَّاinnā"Indeed, we (are)مِنكُمْminkumof you [all]وَجِلُونَwajilūna[ones] afraid / apprehensive." ﴿٥٢﴾

[15:53] They said, "Do not be apprehensive. We have good news for you: an enlightened son."

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,لَاlā"(Do) notتَوْجَلْtawjalyou be afraid / apprehensive,إِنَّاinnāindeed, weنُبَشِّرُكَnubashiruka[we] bring good news to youبِغُلَـٰمٍbighulāminof a boyعَلِيمٍʿalīminlearned / enlightened." ﴿٥٣﴾

[15:54] He said, "How can you give me such good news, when I am so old? Do you still give me this good news?"

قَالَqālaHe said,أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِىabashartumūnī "Do you [all] give me good newsعَلَىٰٓʿalāin spite of أَنanthatمَّسَّنِىَmassaniya[it] afflicted meٱلْكِبَرُl-kibaru[the] old age?فَبِمَfabimaThen about whatتُبَشِّرُونَtubashirūnayou [all] give good news?" ﴿٥٤﴾

[15:55] They said, "The good news we give you is true; do not despair."

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,بَشَّرْنَـٰكَbasharnāka"We give you good newsبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin [the] truth (*truthfully),فَلَاfalāso (do) notتَكُنtakunyou beمِّنَminaofٱلْقَـٰنِطِينَl-qāniṭīnathe despairing [ones]." ﴿٥٥﴾

[15:56] He said, "None despairs of his Lord's mercy, except the strayers."

قَالَqālaHe said,وَمَنwaman"And whoيَقْنَطُyaqnaṭuhe despairsمِنminofرَّحْمَةِraḥmati(the) mercyرَبِّهِۦٓrabbihi(of) his Lordإِلَّاillāexceptٱلضَّآلُّونَl-ḍālūnathe ones astray. ﴿٥٦﴾

[15:57] He said, "What is your mission, O messengers?"

قَالَqālaHe said,فَمَاfamā"Then what (is)خَطْبُكُمْkhaṭbukumyour declaration / mission,أَيُّهَاayyuhā Oٱلْمُرْسَلُونَl-mur'salūna[the] messengers?" ﴿٥٧﴾

[15:58] They said, "We are being dispatched to guilty people.

قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,إِنَّآinnā"Indeed, weأُرْسِلْنَآur'sil'nā[we] were sentإِلَىٰilātoقَوْمٍqawmina peopleمُّجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnaguilty ones. ﴿٥٨﴾

[15:59] "As for Lot's family, we will save them all.

إِلَّآillā"Exceptءَالَāla(the) family (of)لُوطٍlūṭinLot;إِنَّاinnāindeed, we (are)لَمُنَجُّوهُمْlamunajjūhumsurely those who save themأَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall. ﴿٥٩﴾

[15:60] "But not his wife; she is destined to be with the doomed."

إِلَّاillā"Exceptٱمْرَأَتَهُۥim'ra-atahuhis wife.قَدَّرْنَآqaddarnāWe decreedإِنَّهَاinnahāindeed she (is)لَمِنَlaminasurely ofٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَl-ghābirīnathose who remained behind." ﴿٦٠﴾

[15:61] The messengers went to Lot's town.

فَلَمَّاfalammāAnd whenجَآءَjāa[it] came (to)ءَالَāla(the) family (of)لُوطٍlūṭinLotٱلْمُرْسَلُونَl-mur'salūnathe messengers, ﴿٦١﴾

[15:62] He said, "You are unknown people."

قَالَqālaHe said,إِنَّكُمْinnakum"Indeed, you [all] (are)قَوْمٌqawmuna peopleمُّنكَرُونَmunkarūnathose who are not recognized / unknown." ﴿٦٢﴾

[15:63] They said, "We bring to you what they have been doubting.

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,بَلْbal"Nay,جِئْنَـٰكَji'nākawe brought youبِمَاbimāwith whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereفِيهِfīhiin it / thereinيَمْتَرُونَyamtarūna[they] disputing / doubting. ﴿٦٣﴾

[15:64] "We bring to you the truth; we are truthful.

وَأَتَيْنَـٰكَwa-ataynāka"And we come to youبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truth,وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we (are)لَصَـٰدِقُونَlaṣādiqūnasurely truthful [ones]. ﴿٦٤﴾

[15:65] "You shall take your family during the night. Stay behind them, and make sure that none of you looks back. Go straight as commanded."

فَأَسْرِfa-asri"So travel [at night]بِأَهْلِكَbi-ahlikawith your familyبِقِطْعٍbiqiṭ'ʿinin a later partمِّنَminaofٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe nightوَٱتَّبِعْwa-ittabiʿand followأَدْبَـٰرَهُمْadbārahumtheir backs,وَلَاwalāand (do) notيَلْتَفِتْyaltafit[he] look backمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]أَحَدٌaḥadunanyone,وَٱمْضُوا۟wa-im'ḍūand go on [you all]حَيْثُḥaythuwhereتُؤْمَرُونَtu'marūnayou [all] are ordered." ﴿٦٥﴾

[15:66] We delivered to him this command: those people are to be annihilated in the morning.

وَقَضَيْنَآwaqaḍaynāAnd we decreedإِلَيْهِilayhifor himذَٰلِكَdhālika[that]ٱلْأَمْرَl-amrathe commandأَنَّannathatدَابِرَdābira(the) last remnant rootهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi(of) theseمَقْطُوعٌmaqṭūʿunto be cut offمُّصْبِحِينَmuṣ'biḥīna(by) early morning. ﴿٦٦﴾

[15:67] The people of the city came joyfully.

وَجَآءَwajāaAnd [it] cameأَهْلُahlu(the) people (of)ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe city,يَسْتَبْشِرُونَyastabshirūnathey (were) rejoicing / joyful. ﴿٦٧﴾

[15:68] He said, "These are my guests; do not embarrass me.

قَالَqālaHe said,إِنَّinna"Indeed,هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese (are)ضَيْفِىḍayfīmy guests,فَلَاfalāso (do) notتَفْضَحُونِtafḍaḥūni[you all] shame / disgrace / embarrass me. ﴿٦٨﴾

[15:69] "Fear GOD, and do not shame me."

وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqū"And fear [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,وَلَاwalāand (do) notتُخْزُونِtukh'zūni[you all] shame / disgrace me." ﴿٦٩﴾

[15:70] They said, "Did we not enjoin you from contacting anyone?"

قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,أَوَلَمْawalam"Did notنَنْهَكَnanhakawe forbid youعَنِʿanifromٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnaall people (contacting anyone)?" ﴿٧٠﴾

[15:71] He said, "Here are my daughters, if you must."

قَالَqālaHe said,هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi"These (are)بَنَاتِىٓbanātīmy daughtersإِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] would beفَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīnadoers." ﴿٧١﴾

[15:72] But, alas, they were totally blinded by their lust.

لَعَمْرُكَlaʿamrukaBy your life,إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, theyلَفِىlafīsurely (were) inسَكْرَتِهِمْsakratihimtheir intoxication (lust),يَعْمَهُونَyaʿmahūna[they] wander blindly / blunder. ﴿٧٢﴾

[15:73] Consequently, the disaster struck them in the morning.

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuSo [it] struck themٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatu[the] blast / disasterمُشْرِقِينَmush'riqīna(while they were) ones rising up (*in the morning). ﴿٧٣﴾

[15:74] We turned it upside down, and showered them with devastating rocks.

فَجَعَلْنَاfajaʿalnāAnd we madeعَـٰلِيَهَاʿāliyahāits upside*سَافِلَهَاsāfilahāits downside (*turned it upside down)وَأَمْطَرْنَاwa-amṭarnāand we rainedعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon themحِجَارَةًḥijāratanrocksمِّنminofسِجِّيلٍsijjīlinstones of clay. ﴿٧٤﴾

[15:75] This is a lesson for those who possess intelligence.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (are)لَـَٔايَـٰتٍlaāyātinsurely signs / proofs / lessonsلِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَlil'mutawassimīnafor those who can interpret and read the signs / intelligent ones. ﴿٧٥﴾

[15:76] This will always be the system.

وَإِنَّهَاwa-innahāAnd indeed, it (is)لَبِسَبِيلٍlabisabīlinsurely of a road / way / systemمُّقِيمٍmuqīmineverlasting. ﴿٧٦﴾

[15:77] This is a sign for the believers.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (is)لَـَٔايَةًlaāyatansurely a signلِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnafor the believers. ﴿٧٧﴾

[15:78] The people of the woods also were transgressors.

وَإِنwa-inAnd indeedكَانَkānawereأَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions (of)ٱلْأَيْكَةِl-aykatithe forests / woodsلَظَـٰلِمِينَlaẓālimīnasurely wrongdoers / transgressors. ﴿٧٨﴾

[15:79] Consequently, we avenged from them, and both communities are fully documented.

فَٱنتَقَمْنَاfa-intaqamnāSo we avengedمِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them,وَإِنَّهُمَاwa-innahumāand indeed, they both (were)لَبِإِمَامٍlabi-imāminsurely in a recordمُّبِينٍmubīninclear. ﴿٧٩﴾

[15:80] The people of Al-Hijr disbelieved the messengers.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyكَذَّبَkadhaba[he] denied / disbelievedأَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions (of)ٱلْحِجْرِl-ḥij'rithe Rocky Tract / Al-Hijr,ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe messengers. ﴿٨٠﴾

[15:81] We gave them our revelations, but they disregarded them.

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْwaātaynāhumAnd we gave themءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināour signs / revelations,فَكَانُوا۟fakānūbut they wereعَنْهَاʿanhāconcerning itمُعْرِضِينَmuʿ'riḍīna[those who are] turning away / averting (disregarding). ﴿٨١﴾

[15:82] They used to carve secure homes out of the mountains.

وَكَانُوا۟wakānūAnd they used toيَنْحِتُونَyanḥitūna[they] carveمِنَminafromٱلْجِبَالِl-jibālithe mountains,بُيُوتًاbuyūtanhouses,ءَامِنِينَāminīna[ones] secure. ﴿٨٢﴾

[15:83] The disaster hit them in the morning.

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuSo [it] struck themٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatu[the] blast / disasterمُصْبِحِينَmuṣ'biḥīna(at) early morning, ﴿٨٣﴾

[15:84] What they hoarded did not help them.

فَمَآfamāAnd notأَغْنَىٰaghnāit availedعَنْهُمʿanhumfor themمَّاmāwhatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَكْسِبُونَyaksibūna[they] earn. ﴿٨٤﴾

[15:85] We did not create the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, except for a specific purpose. The end of the world will come, so treat them with benign neglect.

وَمَاwamāAnd notخَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāwe createdٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earthوَمَاwamāand whatever (is)بَيْنَهُمَآbaynahumābetween both of themإِلَّاillāexceptبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin the truth (*truthfully).وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿatathe Hourلَـَٔاتِيَةٌlaātiyatun(is) surely coming.فَٱصْفَحِfa-iṣ'faḥiSo turn away / forbearٱلصَّفْحَl-ṣafḥa[the] forbearanceٱلْجَمِيلَl-jamīla[the] honorable / gracious / benign. ﴿٨٥﴾

*15:85-88 One of the functions of God's Messenger of the Covenant is to deliver the Quranic assertion that the world will end in AD 2280 (20:15, 72:27 & Appendix 25).

[15:86] Your Lord is the Creator, the Omniscient.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord,هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلْخَلَّـٰقُl-khalāquthe Creatorٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe Omniscient. ﴿٨٦﴾

[15:87] We have given you the seven pairs, and the great Quran.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly,ءَاتَيْنَـٰكَātaynākawe gave youسَبْعًاsabʿansevenمِّنَminaofٱلْمَثَانِىl-mathānīthe pairsوَٱلْقُرْءَانَwal-qur'ānaand the Quranٱلْعَظِيمَl-ʿaẓīmathe great. ﴿٨٧﴾

[15:88] Do not be jealous of what we bestowed upon the other (messengers), and do not be saddened (by the disbelievers), and lower your wing for the believers.

لَاlā(Do) notتَمُدَّنَّtamuddanna[you] extend / stretch*عَيْنَيْكَʿaynaykayour eyes (*be jealous)إِلَىٰilātoمَاmāwhatمَتَّعْنَاmattaʿnāwe providedبِهِۦٓbihithereinأَزْوَٰجًاazwājan(to) counterpartsمِّنْهُمْmin'humfrom themوَلَاwalāand (do) notتَحْزَنْtaḥzanyou grieveعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them.وَٱخْفِضْwa-ikh'fiḍAnd lowerجَنَاحَكَjanāḥakayour wingلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnafor the believers. ﴿٨٨﴾

[15:89] And proclaim: "I am the manifest warner."

وَقُلْwaqulAnd say,إِنِّىٓinnī"Indeed, [I]أَنَاanāI amٱلنَّذِيرُl-nadhīru[the] warnerٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuthe manifest." ﴿٨٩﴾

[15:90] We will deal with the dividers.

كَمَآkamāAsأَنزَلْنَاanzalnāwe sent down / settledعَلَىʿalāagainstٱلْمُقْتَسِمِينَl-muq'tasimīnathe dividers. ﴿٩٠﴾

[15:91] They accept the Quran only partially.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoجَعَلُوا۟jaʿalūthey madeٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quranعِضِينَʿiḍīna(in) separate parts. ﴿٩١﴾

[15:92] By your Lord, we will question them all,

فَوَرَبِّكَfawarabbikaSo by your Lord,لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْlanasalannahumsurely we will question themأَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall, ﴿٩٢﴾

[15:93] about everything they have done.

عَمَّاʿammāabout whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿٩٣﴾

[15:94] Therefore, carry out the orders given to you, and disregard the idol worshipers.

فَٱصْدَعْfa-iṣ'daʿSo proclaimبِمَاbimāin whatتُؤْمَرُtu'maruyou are orderedوَأَعْرِضْwa-aʿriḍand turn away / disregardعَنِʿanifromٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists / idol worshipers. ﴿٩٤﴾

[15:95] We will spare you the mockers,

إِنَّاinnāIndeed, weكَفَيْنَـٰكَkafaynāka[we] spared youٱلْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَl-mus'tahziīnathe mockers. ﴿٩٥﴾

[15:96] who set up another god beside GOD. They will surely find out.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيَجْعَلُونَyajʿalūnathey set upمَعَmaʿawithٱللَّهِl-lahiGodإِلَـٰهًاilāhangodءَاخَرَākharaanother.فَسَوْفَfasawfaBut soonيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey (will) know. ﴿٩٦﴾

[15:97] We know full well that you may be annoyed by their utterances.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily,نَعْلَمُnaʿlamuwe knowأَنَّكَannakathat [you]يَضِيقُyaḍīqu[it] straitenedصَدْرُكَṣadrukayour chestبِمَاbimāby whatيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say. ﴿٩٧﴾

[15:98] You shall sing the praises of your Lord, and be with the prostrators.

فَسَبِّحْfasabbiḥSo glorifyبِحَمْدِbiḥamdiwith praiseرَبِّكَrabbika(for) your Lordوَكُنwakunand beمِّنَminaofٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَl-sājidīnathe ones prostrating. ﴿٩٨﴾

[15:99] And worship your Lord, in order to attain certainty.*

وَٱعْبُدْwa-uʿ'budAnd worshipرَبَّكَrabbakayour Lordحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَأْتِيَكَyatiyaka[it] comes to youٱلْيَقِينُl-yaqīnuthe certainty. ﴿٩٩﴾

*15:99 The practices of worship are our means of attaining certainty (Appendix 15).

Sura 15: Al-Hijr (The Hijr Valley) الحجر

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