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الحجر

Surah AL-HIJR / The Rocky Tract phonetic | Surah 15

AL-HIJR · 99 verses

Bismi Allāhi Ar-Raĥmāni Ar-Raĥīmi

1 'Alif-Lām-Rā Tilka 'Āyātu Al-Kitābi Wa Qur'ānin Mubīnin

2 Rubamā Yawaddu Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Law Kānū Muslimīna

3 Dharhum Ya'kulū Wa Yatamatta`ū Wa Yulhihimu Al-'Amalu Fasawfa Ya`lamūna

4 Wa Mā 'Ahlaknā Min Qaryatin 'Illā Wa Lahā Kitābun Ma`lūmun

5 Mā Tasbiqu Min 'Ummatin 'Ajalahā Wa Mā Yasta'khirūna

6 Wa Qālū Yā 'Ayyuhā Al-Ladhī Nuzzila `Alayhi Adh-Dhikru 'Innaka Lamajnūnun

7 Law Mā Ta'tīnā Bil-Malā'ikati 'In Kunta Mina Aş-Şādiqīna

8 Mā Nunazzilu Al-Malā'ikata 'Illā Bil-Ĥaqqi Wa Mā Kānū 'Idhāan Munžarīna

9 'Innā Naĥnu Nazzalnā Adh-Dhikra Wa 'Innā Lahu Laĥāfižūna

10 Wa Laqad 'Arsalnā Min Qablika Fī Shiya`i Al-'Awwalīna

11 Wa Mā Ya'tīhim Min Rasūlin 'Illā Kānū Bihi Yastahzi'ūna

12 Kadhālika Naslukuhu Fī Qulūbi Al-Mujrimīna

13 Lā Yu'uminūna Bihi Wa Qad Khalat Sunnatu Al-'Awwalīna

14 Wa Law Fataĥnā `Alayhim Bābāan Mina As-Samā'i Fažallū Fīhi Ya`rujūna

15 Laqālū 'Innamā Sukkirat 'Abşārunā Bal Naĥnu Qawmun Masĥūrūna

16 Wa Laqad Ja`alnā Fī As-Samā'i Burūjāan Wa Zayyannāhā Lilnnāžirīna

17 Wa Ĥafižnāhā Min Kulli Shayţānin Rajīmin

18 'Illā Mani Astaraqa As-Sam`a Fa'atba`ahu Shihābun Mubīnun

19 Wa Al-'Arđa Madadnāhā Wa 'Alqaynā Fīhā Rawāsiya Wa 'Anbatnā Fīhā Min Kulli Shay'in Mawzūnin

20 Wa Ja`alnā Lakum Fīhā Ma`āyisha Wa Man Lastum Lahu Birāziqīna

21 Wa 'In Min Shay'in 'Illā `Indanā Khazā'inuhu Wa Mā Nunazziluhu 'Illā Biqadarin Ma`lūmin

22 Wa 'Arsalnā Ar-Riyāĥa Lawāqiĥa Fa'anzalnā Mina As-Samā'i Mā'an Fa'asqaynākumūhu Wa Mā 'Antum Lahu Bikhāzinīna

23 Wa 'Innā Lanaĥnu Nuĥyī Wa Numītu Wa Naĥnu Al-Wārithūna

24 Wa Laqad `Alimnā Al-Mustaqdimīna Minkum Wa Laqad `Alimnā Al-Musta'khirīna

25 Wa 'Inna Rabbaka Huwa Yaĥshuruhum 'Innahu Ĥakīmun `Alīmun

26 Wa Laqad Khalaqnā Al-'Insāna Min Şalşālin Min Ĥama'iin Masnūnin

27 Wa Al-Jānna Khalaqnāhu Min Qablu Min Nāri As-Samūmi

28 Wa 'Idh Qāla Rabbuka Lilmalā'ikati 'Innī Khāliqun Basharāan Min Şalşālin Min Ĥama'iin Masnūnin

29 Fa'idhā Sawwaytuhu Wa Nafakhtu Fīhi Min Rūĥī Faqa`ū Lahu Sājidīna

30 Fasajada Al-Malā'ikatu Kulluhum 'Ajma`ūna

31 'Illā 'Iblīsa 'Abá 'An Yakūna Ma`a As-Sājidīna

32 Qāla Yā 'Iblīsu Mā Laka 'Allā Takūna Ma`a As-Sājidīna

33 Qāla Lam 'Akun Li'sjuda Libasharin Khalaqtahu Min Şalşālin Min Ĥama'iin Masnūnin

34 Qāla Fākhruj Minhā Fa'innaka Rajīmun

35 Wa 'Inna `Alayka Al-La`nata 'Ilá Yawmi Ad-Dīni

36 Qāla Rabbi Fa'anžirnī 'Ilá Yawmi Yub`athūna

37 Qāla Fa'innaka Mina Al-Munžarīna

38 'Ilá Yawmi Al-Waqti Al-Ma`lūmi

39 Qāla Rabbi Bimā 'Aghwaytanī La'uzayyinanna Lahum Fī Al-'Arđi Wa La'ughwiyannahum 'Ajma`īna

40 'Illā `Ibādaka Minhumu Al-Mukhlaşīna

41 Qāla Hādhā Şirāţun `Alayya Mustaqīmun

42 'Inna `Ibādī Laysa Laka `Alayhim Sulţānun 'Illā Mani Attaba`aka Mina Al-Ghāwīna

43 Wa 'Inna Jahannama Lamaw`iduhum 'Ajma`īna

44 Lahā Sab`atu 'Abwābin Likulli Bābin Minhum Juz'un Maqsūmun

45 'Inna Al-Muttaqīna Fī Jannātin Wa `Uyūnin

46 Adkhulūhā Bisalāmin 'Āminīna

47 Wa Naza`nā Mā Fī Şudūrihim Min Ghillin 'Ikhwānāan `Alá Sururin Mutaqābilīna

48 Lā Yamassuhum Fīhā Naşabun Wa Mā Hum Minhā Bimukhrajīna

49 Nabbi' `Ibādī 'Annī 'Anā Al-Ghafūru Ar-Raĥīmu

50 Wa 'Anna `Adhābī Huwa Al-`Adhābu Al-'Alīmu

51 Wa Nabbi'hum `An Đayfi 'Ibrāhīma

52 'Idh Dakhalū `Alayhi Faqālū Salāmāan Qāla 'Innā Minkum Wajilūna

53 Qālū Lā Tawjal 'Innā Nubashiruka Bighulāmin `Alīmin

54 Qāla 'Abashartumūnī `Alá 'An Massaniya Al-Kibaru Fabima Tubashirūna

55 Qālū Basharnāka Bil-Ĥaqqi Falā Takun Mina Al-Qāniţīna

56 Qāla Wa Man Yaqnaţu Min Raĥmati Rabbihi 'Illā Ađ-Đāllūna

57 Qāla Famā Khaţbukum 'Ayyuhā Al-Mursalūna

58 Qālū 'Innā 'Ursilnā 'Ilá Qawmin Mujrimīna

59 'Illā 'Āla Lūţin 'Innā Lamunajjūhum 'Ajma`īna

60 'Illā Amra'atahu Qaddarnā 'Innahā Lamina Al-Ghābirīna

61 Falammā Jā'a 'Āla Lūţin Al-Mursalūna

62 Qāla 'Innakum Qawmun Munkarūna

63 Qālū Bal Ji'nāka Bimā Kānū Fīhi Yamtarūna

64 Wa 'Ataynāka Bil-Ĥaqqi Wa 'Innā Laşādiqūna

65 Fa'asri Bi'ahlika Biqiţ`in Mina Al-Layli Wa Attabi` 'Adbārahum Wa Lā Yaltafit Minkum 'Aĥadun Wa Amđū Ĥaythu Tu'umarūna

66 Wa Qađaynā 'Ilayhi Dhālika Al-'Amra 'Anna Dābira Hā'uulā' Maqţū`un Muşbiĥīna

67 Wa Jā'a 'Ahlu Al-Madīnati Yastabshirūna

68 Qāla 'Inna Hā'uulā' Đayfī Falā Tafđaĥūni

69 Wa Attaqū Allāha Wa Lā Tukhzūni

70 Qālū 'Awalam Nanhaka `Ani Al-`Ālamīna

71 Qāla Hā'uulā' Banātī 'In Kuntum Fā`ilīna

72 La`amruka 'Innahum Lafī Sakratihim Ya`mahūna

73 Fa'akhadhat/humu Aş-Şayĥatu Mushriqīna

74 Faja`alnā `Āliyahā Sāfilahā Wa 'Amţarnā `Alayhim Ĥijāratan Min Sijjīlin

75 'Inna Fī Dhālika La'āyātin Lilmutawassimīna

76 Wa 'Innahā Labisabīlin Muqīmin

77 'Inna Fī Dhālika La'āyatan Lilmu'uminīna

78 Wa 'In Kāna 'Aşĥābu Al-'Aykati Lažālimīna

79 Fāntaqamnā Minhum Wa 'Innahumā Labi'imāmin Mubīnin

80 Wa Laqad Kadhaba 'Aşĥābu Al-Ĥijri Al-Mursalīna

81 Wa 'Ātaynāhum 'Āyātinā Fakānū `Anhā Mu`riđīna

82 Wa Kānū Yanĥitūna Mina Al-Jibāli Buyūtāan 'Āminīna

83 Fa'akhadhat/humu Aş-Şayĥatu Muşbiĥīna

84 Famā 'Aghná `Anhum Mā Kānū Yaksibūna

85 Wa Mā Khalaqnā As-Samāwāti Wa Al-'Arđa Wa Mā Baynahumā 'Illā Bil-Ĥaqqi Wa 'Inna As-Sā`ata La'ātiyatun Fāşfaĥi Aş-Şafĥa Al-Jamīla

86 'Inna Rabbaka Huwa Al-Khallāqu Al-`Alīmu

87 Wa Laqad 'Ātaynāka Sab`āan Mina Al-Mathānī Wa Al-Qur'āna Al-`Ažīma

88 Lā Tamuddanna `Aynayka 'Ilá Mā Matta`nā Bihi 'Azwājāan Minhum Wa Lā Taĥzan `Alayhim Wa Akhfiđ Janāĥaka Lilmu'uminīna

89 Wa Qul 'Innī 'Anā An-Nadhīru Al-Mubīnu

90 Kamā 'Anzalnā `Alá Al-Muqtasimīna

91 Al-Ladhīna Ja`alū Al-Qur'āna `Iđīna

92 Fawarabbika Lanas'alannahum 'Ajma`īna

93 `Ammā Kānū Ya`malūna

94 Fāşda` Bimā Tu'umaru Wa 'A`riđ `Ani Al-Mushrikīna

95 'Innā Kafaynāka Al-Mustahzi'īna

96 Al-Ladhīna Yaj`alūna Ma`a Allāhi 'Ilahāan 'Ākhara Fasawfa Ya`lamūna

97 Wa Laqad Na`lamu 'Annaka Yađīqu Şadruka Bimā Yaqūlūna

98 Fasabbiĥ Biĥamdi Rabbika Wa Kun Mina As-Sājidīna

99 Wa A`bud Rabbaka Ĥattá Ya'tiyaka Al-Yaqīnu

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Tafsir

Verse 1

Alif lām rā’: God knows best what He means by these [letters]. Those — these verses — are the verses of the Book, the Qur’ān (āyātu’l-kitābi: this annexation functions in the sense of min, ‘from’) and of a manifest Qur’ān, one that makes evident what is truth and what is falsehood (wa-qur’ānin mubīnin is [made up of] a supplement with an added adjectival qualification).

Verse 2

It may be that (read rubbamā or rubamā) those who disbelieve, on the Day of Resurrection, when they witness their predicament and that of the Muslims, will wish that they had been muslims (rubba here is used to indicate ‘many’, since many of them will wish this; but it is also said to indicate ‘few’, since they will be so stupefied by the terrors that they will not come out of their stupor to wish such a thing, except on a few occasions:

Verse 3

Leave them, the disbelievers, O Muhammad (s), to eat and to enjoy, this world of theirs, and that they be diverted, distracted, by hope, of a long life and other [such] matters, [that keep them] away from faith, for they will come to know, the sequel of their affair — this was [revealed] before the command to fight [them].

Verse 4

And We did not destroy any town (min qaryatin: min is extra), meaning, its inhabitants, but that it had a known decree, a [pre-]determined term, after which it would be destroyed.

Verse 5

No community (min ummatin: min is extra) can outstrip its [predetermined] term nor can they [seek to] delay it, [nor can they] put it off.

Verse 6

And they, that is, the disbelievers of Mecca, say, to the Prophet (s): ‘O you, to whom the Remembrance, the Qur’ān — as you claim — has been revealed, lo! you are indeed possessed!

Verse 7

Why do you not bring us the angels, if you are of the truthful?’, in saying that you are a prophet and that this Qur’ān is from God.

Verse 8

God, exalted be He, says: The angels do not descend (tanazzalu: one of the two tā’ letters [of tatanazzalu] has been omitted) save with the truth, with the chastisement; and then, that is, upon the descent of the angels with the chastisement, they [the disbelievers] would not be reprieved, [would not] be granted respite.

Verse 9

Verily it is We (nahnu emphasises the subject of inna, or [functions as] a separating pronoun) Who have revealed the Remembrance, the Qur’ān, and assuredly We will preserve it, against substitution, distortion, additions and omissions.

Verse 10

And verily We sent before you, messengers, to former factions, sects.

Verse 11

And never did a messenger come to them but that they mocked him, in the same way that your people have mocked you — this is meant to comfort the Prophet (s).

Verse 12

Thus We cause it to find its way, in other words, in the same way that We have caused denial to enter the hearts of those [individuals], We cause it to enter, into the hearts of the sinners, that is, the disbelievers of Mecca.

Verse 13

They do not believe in him, in the Prophet (s), even though the example of the men of old has already gone before, that is, the way of God [in dealing] with them [those of old], by chastising them for denying [the truthfulness of] their prophets: those [Meccans] are like these former.

Verse 14

And even if We were to open for them a gate from the heaven, and they were to continue ascending through it, the gate,

Verse 15

they would say, ‘It is merely that our eyes have been dazzled, they have been shut. Nay, we are a folk bewitched!’, imagining this.

Verse 16

And verily We have placed in the heaven constellations, twelve [of them]: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo (al-sunbula), Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces, which are the mansions of the seven orbiting planets: Mars rules Aries and Scorpio, Venus: Taurus and Libra, Mercury: Gemini and Virgo, the Moon: Cancer, the Sun: Leo, Jupiter: Sagittarius and Pisces, and Saturn: Capricorn and Aquarius; and We have adorned it, with [these] planets, for beholders;

Verse 17

and We have guarded them, with meteors, from every outcast devil;

Verse 18

except the one who listens by stealth — he is pursued by a clear flame, a shining meteor that burns him, or pierces him or drives him insane.

Verse 19

And the earth We have stretched it out, spread it flat, and cast therein firm mountains, lest it should sway beneath its inhabitants, and caused to grow therein every kind of balanced thing, [every kind of thing] known and determined.

Verse 20

And We have made for you therein [means of] livelihood (read ma‘āyish), such as fruits and grains, and, We have made [this] for you, those for whom you do not provide, such as servants, [crawling] creatures and cattle; it is God Who provides for them.

Verse 21

And there is not a thing but that the stores thereof, the keys to its stores, are with Us, and We do not send it down except in a known measure, according to the benefits [of all creatures].

Verse 22

And We send the winds as fertilisers, to fertilise the clouds, whereupon they fill up with water, and send down out of the heaven, [out of] the clouds, water, rain, so that We give it to you to drink, for you are not the storers thereof, that is, the stores thereof are not in your control.

Verse 23

Indeed it is We Who give life and bring death, and We are the heirs, Who shall endure, inheriting all creation.

Verse 24

And verily We know the predecessors among you, that is, those creatures from Adam who have already passed, and verily We know the successors, those who will come afterwards, until the Day of Resurrection.

Verse 25

And it is indeed your Lord Who will gather them, lo! He is Wise, in His actions, Knower, of His creatures.

Verse 26

And verily We created man, Adam, out of a dry [clinking] clay, that gives off a clinking sound when it is tapped, of malleable mud, black [mud].

Verse 27

And the jānn, the father of the jinn, namely, Iblīs, We created beforehand — that is, before the creation of Adam — out of the permeative fire, a smokeless fire that can escape through openings.

Verse 28

And, mention, when your Lord said to the angels, ‘Indeed I am going to create a mortal out of a dry clay [drawn] from a malleable mud.

Verse 29

So, when I have proportioned him, completed him, and breathed, caused to flow, of My Spirit in him, so that he becomes a living thing — the annexation of ‘the Spirit’ to him is a conferring of honour upon Adam — fall down in prostration before him!’, a prostration [meant as an act] of salutation by bowing.

Verse 30

And so the angels prostrated, all of them together (kulluhum ajma‘ūn contains two elements of emphasis),

Verse 31

except Iblīs, the father of the jinn — he was [standing] among the angels: he refused to be among those prostrating.

Verse 32

He, [God] exalted be He: ‘O Iblīs what is wrong with you, what prevents you, that you are not among those prostrating?’

Verse 33

Said he, ‘I was not about to prostrate myself, I should not prostrate myself, before a mortal whom You have created out of a dry clay [drawn] from malleable mud’.

Verse 34

Said He, ‘Then be gone from hence, that is, from the Garden — but it is also said, from the heavens — for you are indeed accursed, outcast.

Verse 35

And indeed the curse shall rest upon you until the Day of Judgement’, [the Day] of Requital.

Verse 36

Said he, ‘My Lord! Reprieve me until the day when they, mankind, shall be resurrected’.

Verse 37

Said He, ‘Then lo! you are of those reprieved,

Verse 38

until the day of the known time’, the time of [the blowing of] the First Trumpet.

Verse 39

Said he, ‘My Lord, because You have lead me astray (bi-mā, ‘because’, the bi- is for oaths, the response for which is [what follows]) I shall adorn for them [evil acts], acts of disobedience, in the earth and I shall lead them astray, all of them;

Verse 40

except those servants of Yours who are sincerely devoted [to You]’, namely, believers.

Verse 41

He, [God] exalted be He, said, ‘This is a straight path [leading] to Me,

Verse 42

in other words, truly over My servants, that is, believers, you shall have no warrant, [no] power, except those who follow you from among the perverse, the disbelievers.

Verse 43

And truly Hell shall be their tryst, all of them, that is, all those who follow you, shall be with you [in Hell].

Verse 44

It has seven gates, [seven] layers — to each gate, therein, belongs an appointed portion, lot, of them.

Verse 45

Truly the God-fearing shall be amidst gardens, orchards, and springs’, flowing through them.

Verse 46

And it shall be said to them: ‘Enter them in peace, that is, safe from all danger — or [it means enter] with [the greeting of] ‘Peace!’, in other words: say, ‘Peace’ and then enter, secure!’, from all terror.

Verse 47

And We remove whatever rancour, spite, may be in their breasts. As brethren (ikhwānan is a circumstantial qualifier referring to them), [they shall recline] upon couches, facing one another (mutaqābilīn is also a circumstantial qualifier), in other words, they do not look upon each other’s backs, because the couches revolve with them in them.

Verse 48

No toil, [no] weariness, will touch them, nor will they be expelled from thence, ever.

Verse 49

Tell, inform, O Muhammad (s), My servants that verily I am the Forgiving, of believers, the Merciful, to them,

Verse 50

and that My chastisement, of those who are disobedient, is the painful chastisement.

Verse 51

And tell them of the guests of Abraham, that is, the angels — there were twelve, ten or three of them, among them Gabriel;

Verse 52

[how] when they entered unto him, and said, ‘Peace!’, that is, [they said] this very word (salām). He, Abraham, said, after having offered them food which they did not eat: ‘Lo! we are afraid of you’.

Verse 53

They said, ‘Do not be afraid; lo!, we, are the messengers of your Lord [sent to], give you good tidings of a knowledgeable boy’, one very knowledgeable [boy], namely, Isaac — as we mentioned in sūrat Hūd [Q. 11:69].

Verse 54

He said, ‘Do you give me good tidings, of a boy, when old age has befallen me?’ (‘alā an massaniya l-kibaru is a circumstantial qualifier), in other words, despite the fact of its having befallen me? So, of what, thing, do you give me good tidings?’ (an interrogative meant to indicate amazement).

Verse 55

They said, ‘We give you good tidings in truth, sincerely; so do not be of the despairing’, the despondent.

Verse 56

He said, ‘And who — in other words, no one — despairs (read yaqnitu or yaqnatu) of the mercy of his Lord, save those who are astray?’, [save] disbelievers.

Verse 57

He said, ‘So what is your business, O you who have been sent [by God]?’

Verse 58

They said, ‘We have been sent to a sinning folk, a disbelieving [folk], namely, the people of Lot, in order to destroy them;

Verse 59

[all] except the family of Lot; indeed we shall save them, all of them, because of their faith,

Verse 60

except his wife — We have decreed that she indeed should be of those who will remain behind’, [of] those who will stay behind in the chastisement, because of her unbelief.

Verse 61

And when those who had been sent [by God] came to the family of Lot, that is, to Lot [himself],

Verse 62

he said, to them, ‘Indeed you are strangers’, that is, I do not know you.

Verse 63

They said, ‘Rather, we have come to you because of that which they, your people, used to doubt, namely, the chastisement.

Verse 64

And we have brought you the Truth and indeed we speak truthfully, in what we say.

Verse 65

So travel with your family in a portion of the night and follow their rear, walk behind them; and let none of you turn round, lest he see the dreadful nature of that [punishment] which will be sent down on them, and go whither you are commanded’, namely, [to] Syria.

Verse 66

And We conveyed, We revealed, to him the matter, which was, that these [sinners] was to be eradicated by morning (musbihīn is a circumstantial qualifier,), in other words, their annihilation will take place in the morning.

Verse 67

And then came the people of the city, the city of Sodom, that is, the people of Lot, upon being told that there were handsome clean-shaven individuals — namely, the angels — in the house of Lot, rejoicing (yastabshirūn is a circumstantial qualifier), desiring to commit an abomination with them.

Verse 68

He, Lot, said, ‘Lo! these are my guests, so do not disgrace me;

Verse 69

and fear God, and do not humiliate me’, by seeking them to commit an abomination with them.

Verse 70

They said, ‘Have we not forbidden you from [entertaining] anyone?’, from offering them hospitality?

Verse 71

He said, ‘These here are my daughters, if you must be doing’, what you desire [to do] in the way of satisfying your lust, then marry them. God, exalted be He, says:

Verse 72

By your life — this is an address to the Prophet (s) — in their drunkenness they were bewildered, hesitant.

Verse 73

Then the Cry, the Cry of Gabriel, seized them at sunrise.

Verse 74

And We made their, that is, their cities’, topmost part their nethermost, by Gabriel’s raising them [the cities] to the heaven and dropping them face down onto the earth, and We rained on them stones of baked clay, clay baked in fire.

Verse 75

Indeed in that, which is mentioned, there are signs, indications of God’s Oneness, for those who take note, [those who] observe and take heed.

Verse 76

And indeed they, that is, the cities of the people of Lot, are on a road that [still] remains, Quraysh’s route to Syria, [one] not yet effaced: so why do they not take heed from their example?

Verse 77

There is indeed a sign, a lesson, in that for believers.

Verse 78

And certainly (in has been softened, in other words [understand it as being] innahu) the dwellers in the wood, a huddle of trees near Midian — these were the people of [the prophet] Shu‘ayb — were evildoers, for denying Shu‘ayb.

Verse 79

So We exacted retribution from them, by destroying them through extreme heat. And certainly both of them, that is, the cities of the people of Lot and those of [the dwellers in] the wood, are upon a open road, plain [to see]: so will you not take heed from their example, O people of Mecca?

Verse 80

And verily the dwellers in al-Hijr — a valley between Medina and Syria — namely, [the tribe of] Thamūd, denied those who had been sent [by God], when they denied [the prophet] Sālih, as this constituted a denial of the other messengers, since they all shared the fact that they came with [the Message proclaiming] the Oneness of God.

Verse 81

And We brought them Our signs, by way of the she-camel [of Sālih], but they were averse [to them], refusing to reflect on them.

Verse 82

And they used to hew out dwellings from the mountains, feeling secure.

Verse 83

But the Cry seized them in the morning.

Verse 84

And so that which they used to count as gain, in the way of building fortresses and amassing riches, did not avail, [did not] protect, them, from the chastisement.

Verse 85

We did not create the heavens and the earth and all that is between them save with the Truth. And truly the Hour shall come, without doubt, whereupon every person will be requited according to his deeds. So be forgiving, O Muhammad (s), to your people, with gracious forgiveness: turn away from them without [any feeling of] anxiety — this was abrogated by the ‘sword’ verse [Q. 9:5].

Verse 86

Truly your Lord, He is the Creator, of everything, the Knowing, of everything.

Verse 87

And verily We have given you seven of the oft-repeated [verses] — the Prophet (s) said that this meant [sūrat] al-Fātiha, as reported by the two Shaykhs [Bukhārī and Muslim], since it is repeated in every unit of prayer (rak‘a) — and the great Qur’ān.

Verse 88

Do not extend your glance toward that which We have given different groups of them to enjoy, and do not grieve for them, should they not believe, and lower your wing, temper your nature, for the believers.

Verse 89

And say: ‘Indeed, I am the warner, of God’s chastisement, lest it be sent down on you, the clear [warner], clear in [his] warning.

Verse 90

Even as We sent down, chastisement, on those who make division, the Jews and the Christians,

Verse 91

those who have reduced the Recitation, namely, those scriptures revealed to them, to parts, believing in some and disbelieving in others. It is [alternatively] said that the individuals meant here were those who ‘divided up’ among themselves the roads to Mecca, barring people from Islam. Some of them said that the Qur’ān was sorcery, some that it was soothsaying, and others that it was poetry.

Verse 92

By your Lord, We shall question them all — a questioning involving rebuke —

Verse 93

about what they used to do.

Verse 94

So proclaim, O Muhammad (s), what you have been commanded, to [proclaim], in other words, declare it openly and carry it out, and turn away from the idolaters — this was [revealed] before the command to struggle [against the idolaters].

Verse 95

Indeed We have sufficed you against the mockers, [who mocked] you, by Our having destroyed each one of them through some harm, and these were: al-Walīd b. al-Mughīra, al-‘Āsī b. Wā’il, ‘Udayy b. Qays, al-Aswad b. al-Muttalib and al-Aswad b. ‘Abd Yaghūth,

Verse 96

those [mockers] who set up besides God another god: (this [entire clause] is an adjectival qualification; but it is also said to be the subject, and because there is an implicit conditional meaning [in the above-mentioned clause], the [particle] fā’ has been inserted into the predicate, which is [the following]) soon they will know, the sequel of their affair.

Verse 97

And verily (wa-laqad is for confirmation) We know that your breast is [at times] oppressed by what they say, in the way of mockery and denial.

Verse 98

So glorify, intimately [repeating], the praise of your Lord, in other words, say subhāna’Llāhi wa-bi-hamdihi — and be of those who prostrate themselves, those who pray;

Verse 99

and worship your Lord until Certainty — Death — comes to you.
Surah AL-HIJR Phonetic listening · 99 verses