15. THE ROCK (al-Hijr)

In the name of Allah,
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 former
    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 hallucinating; in fact, we are people bewitched.”
16. We placed constellations in the sky, and
    made them beautiful to the beholders.
17. And We guarded them from every outcast
    devil.
18. Except one who steals a hearing, and is followed by a visible projectile.
19. We spread the earth, and placed stabilizers
    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 precise
    measure.
22. 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 behind.
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 creating
    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 themselves?”
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 authority,
    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 Forgiver,
    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 determined
    that she will be of those who lag behind.
61. And when the envoys came to the family 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 joyfully.
68. He said, “These are my guests, so do not
    embarrass me.”
69. “And fear Allah, 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 are lessons 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. The people of the Rock also rejected the
    messengers.
81. We gave them Our revelations, but they
    turned away from them.
82. They used to carve homes in the mountains, feeling secure.
83. But the Blast struck them in the morning.
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 believers.
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 commanded, and turn away from the polytheists.
95. We are enough for you against the mockers.
96. Those who set up another god with Allah.
    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.
99. And worship your Lord in order to attain
    certainty.