THE ROCK (al-Hijr)

In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.

^1.Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the Verses of the Book, a Quran that makes things clear.

^2.Perhaps those who disbelieve would like to become Muslims.

^3.Leave them to eat, and enjoy, and be lulled by hope. They will find out.

^4.We have never destroyed a town unless it had a set time.

^5.No nation can bring its time forward, nor can they delay it.

^6.And they said, “O you who received the message, you are insane.”

^7.Why do you not bring us the angels, if you are truthful?”

^8.We do not send the angels down except with reason, and they will not be held back.

^9.Surely We revealed the message, and We will surely preserve it.

^10.We sent others before you, to the for-mer communities.

^11.But no messenger came to them, but they ridiculed him.

^12.Thus We slip it into the hearts of the guilty.

^13.They do not believe in it, though the ways of the ancients have passed away.

^14.Even if We opened for them a gateway into the sky, and they began to ascend through it.

^15.They would still say, “Our eyes are hal-lucinating; in fact, we are people be-witched.”

^16.We placed constellations in the sky, and made them beautiful to the beholders.

^17.And We guarded them from every out-cast devil.

^18.Except one who steals a hearing, and is followed by a visible projectile.

^19.We spread the earth, and placed stabi-lizers in it, and in it We grew all things in proper measure.

^20.And in it We created livelihoods for you, and for those for whom you are not the providers.

^21.There is not a thing but with Us are its stores, and We send it down only in pre-cise measure.

^22.And We send the fertilizing winds; and send down water from the sky, and give it to you to drink; and you are not the ones who store it.

^23.It is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritors.

^24.And We know those of you who go forward, and We know those who lag be-hind.

^25.It is your Lord who will gather them together. He is the Wise, the Knowing.

^26.We created the human being from clay, from molded mud.

^27.And the jinn We created before, from piercing fire.

^28.Your Lord said to the angels, “I am cre-ating a human being, from clay, from molded mud.”

^29.“When I have formed him, and breathed into him of My spirit, fall down prostrating before him.”

^30.So the angels prostrated themselves, all together.

^31.Except for Satan. He refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.

^32.He said, “O Satan, what kept you from being among those who prostrated them-selves?”

^33.He said, “I am not about to prostrate myself before a human being, whom You created from clay, from molded mud.”

^34.He said, “Then get out of here, for you are an outcast”.

^35.“And the curse will be upon you until the Day of Judgment.”

^36.He said, “My Lord, reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected.”

^37.He said, “You are of those reprieved.”

^38.“Until the Day of the time appointed.”

^39.He said, “My Lord, since You have lured me away, I will glamorize for them on earth, and I will lure them all away.”

^40.“Except for Your sincere servants among them.”

^41.He said, “This is a right way with Me.”

^42.“Over My servants you have no author-ity, except for the sinners who follow you.”

^43.And Hell is the meeting-place for them all.

^44.“It has seven doors; for each door is an assigned class.”

^45.But the righteous will be in gardens with springs.

^46.“Enter it in peace and security.”

^47.And We will remove all ill-feelings from their hearts—brothers and sisters, on couches facing one another.

^48.No fatigue will ever touch them therein, nor will they be asked to leave it.

^49.Inform My servants that I am the For-giver, the Merciful.

^50.And that My punishment is the painful punishment.

^51.And inform them of the guests of Abraham.

^52.When they entered upon him, and said, “Peace.” He said, “We are wary of you.”

^53.They said, “Do not fear; we bring you good news of a boy endowed with knowledge.”

^54.He said, “Do you bring me good news, when old age has overtaken me? What good news do you bring?”

^55.They said, “We bring you good news in truth, so do not despair.”

^56.He said, “And who despairs of his Lord’s mercy but the lost?”

^57.He said, “So what is your business, O envoys?”

^58.They said, “We were sent to a sinful people.”

^59.“Except for the family of Lot; we will save them all.”

^60.“Except for his wife.” We have deter-mined that she will be of those who lag behind.

^61.And when the envoys came to the fami-ly of Lot.

^62.He said, “You are a people unknown to me.”

^63.They said, “We bring you what they have doubts about.”

^64.“We bring you the truth, and we are truthful.”

^65.“Travel with your family at the dead of the night, and follow up behind them, and let none of you look back, and proceed as commanded.”

^66.And We informed him of Our decree: the last remnant of these will be uprooted by early morning.

^67.And the people of the town came joy-fully.

^68.He said, “These are my guests, so do not embarrass me.”

^69.“And fear God, and do not disgrace me.”

^70.They said, “Did we not forbid you from strangers?”

^71.He said, “These are my daughters, if you must.”

^72.By your life, they were blundering in their drunkenness.

^73.So the Blast struck them at sunrise.

^74.And We turned it upside down, and rained down upon them stones of baked clay.

^75.Surely in that is a lesson for those who read signs.

^76.And it is on an existing road.

^77.Surely in that is a sign for the believers.

^78.The people of the Woods were also wrongdoers.

^79.So We took revenge upon them. Both are clearly documented.

^80.And the people of the Rock also reject-ed the messengers.

^81.We gave them Our revelations, but they turned away from them.

^82.They used to carve homes in the moun-tains, feeling secure.

^83.But the Blast struck them in the morn-ing.

^84.All they had acquired was of no avail to them.

^85.We did not create the heavens and the earth, and what lies between them, except with truth. The Hour is coming, so forgive with gracious forgiveness.

^86.Your Lord is the All-Knowing Creator.

^87.We have given you seven of the pairs, and the Grand Quran.

^88.Do not extend your eyes towards what We have bestowed on some couples of them to enjoy, and do not grieve over them, and lower your wing to the believ-ers.

^89.And say, “I am the clear warner.”

^90.Just as We sent down to the separatists.

^91.Those who made the Quran obsolete.

^92.By your Lord, we will question them all.

^93.About what they used to do.

^94.So proclaim openly what you are com-manded, and turn away from the polythe-ists.

^95.We are enough for you against the mockers.

^96.Those who set up another god with God. They will come to know.

^97.We are aware that your heart is strained by what they say.

^98.So glorify the praise of your Lord, and be among those who bow down.