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الحجر
Al-Hijr
The Rocky Tract99 Verses3 Hadithsmakkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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15:1
الٓ رۚ
Alif Laam Ra
تِلۡكَ
These
ءَايَـٰ تُ
(are) the Verses
(of) the Book
وَقُرۡءَانٍ
and Quran
clear
Alif, Lām, Rā.1 These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].
15:2
رُّبَمَا
Perhaps
يَوَدُّ
will wish
those who
كَفَرُواۡ
disbelieved
لَوۡ
if
كَانُواۡ
they had been
مُسۡلِمِي نَ
٢Muslims
Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish1 that they had been Muslims.
15:3
ذَرۡهُمۡ
Leave them
يَأۡكُلُواۡ
(to) eat
وَيَتَمَتَّعُواۡ
and enjoy
وَيُلۡهِهِمُ
and diverted them
the hope
فَسَوۡفَ
then soon
يَعۡلَمُو نَ
٣they will come to know
Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.
15:4
وَمَآ
And not
أَهۡلَكۡنَا
We destroyed
مِن
any
town
إِلَّا
but
وَلَهَا
(there was) for it
كِتَابٌ
a decree
known
And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.
15:5
مَّا
Not
تَسۡبِقُ
(can) advance
مِنۡ
any
أُمّ َةٍ
nation
أَجَلَهَا
its term
وَمَا
and not
يَسۡتَــٔۡخِرُو نَ
٥(can) delay it
No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.
15:6
وَقَالُواۡ
And they say
يَـٰٓ أَيُّهَا
O you
(to) whom
نُزِّلَ
has been sent down
عَلَيۡهِ
[on him]
the Reminder
إِنّ َكَ
indeed, you
لَمَجۡ نُو نٌ
٦(are) surely mad
And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.1
15:7
لَّوۡ
Why
مَا
not
تَأۡتِينَا
you bring to us
بِٱ لۡمَلَـٰٓ ئِكَةِ
the Angels
إِن
if
you are
مِنَ
of
the truthful
Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"
15:8
مَا
Not
نُنَزِّلُ
We send down
the Angels
إِلَّا
except
بِٱ لۡحَقِّ
with the truth
وَمَا
and not
كَانُوٓ اۡ
they would be
إِذًا
then
given respite
We do not send down the angels except with truth;1 and they [i.e., the disbelievers] would not then be reprieved.
15:9
إِنّ َا
Indeed, We
نَحۡنُ
We
نَزَّلۡنَا
have sent down
the Reminder
وَإِنّ َا
and indeed, We
لَهُۥ
of it
لَحَـٰ فِظُو نَ
٩(are) surely Guardians
Indeed, it is We who sent down the message [i.e., the Qur’ān], and indeed, We will be its guardian.
15:10
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
أَرۡسَلۡنَا
We (had) sent
مِن
before you
before you
فِى
in
شِيَعِ
the sects
(of) the former (people)
And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muḥammad], among the sects of the former peoples.
15:11
وَمَا
And not
يَأۡتِيهِم
came to them
any
Messenger
إِلَّا
but
كَانُواۡ
they did
بِهِۦ
at him
يَسۡتَهۡزِءُو نَ
١١mock
And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.
15:12
كَذٰ لِكَ
Thus
نَسۡلُكُهُۥ
We let it enter
فِى
in
قُلُوبِ
(the) hearts
(of) the criminals
Thus do We insert it [i.e., denial] into the hearts of the criminals.
15:13
لَا
Not
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
they believe
بِهِۦ ۖ
in it
وَقَدۡ
and verily
خَلَتۡ
have passed
سُنّ َةُ
the way(s)
(of) the former (people)
They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.
15:14
وَلَوۡ
And (even) if
فَتَحۡنَا
We opened
عَلَيۡهِم
to them
a gate
from
the heaven
فَظَلُّواۡ
and they were to continue
فِيهِ
therein
يَعۡرُجُو نَ
١٤(to) ascend
And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,
15:15
لَقَالُوٓ اۡ
They would surely say
إِنّ َمَا
Only
سُكِّرَتۡ
have been dazzled
أَبۡ صَـٰ رُنَا
our eyes
بَلۡ
Nay
نَحۡنُ
we
قَوۡمٌ
(are) a people
bewitched
They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."
15:16
وَلَقَدۡ
And verily
جَعَلۡنَا
We have placed
فِى
in
the heavens
بُرُوجًا
constellations
and We have beautified it
لِلنّ َـٰ ظِرِي نَ
١٦for the observers
And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.
15:17
وَحَفِظۡنَـٰ هَا
And We have protected it
مِن
from
every
شَيۡطَـٰ نٍ
devil
accursed
And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allāh]
15:18
إِلَّا
Except
مَنِ
(one) who
steals
the hearing
فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ
then follows him
شِهَابٌ
a burning flame
clear
Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.
15:19
وَٱ لۡأَرۡضَ
And the earth
مَدَدۡ نَـٰ هَا
We have spread it
وَأَلۡقَيۡنَا
and [We] cast
فِيهَا
therein
رَوٰ سِىَ
firm mountains
وَأَنۢب َتۡنَا
and [We] caused to grow
فِيهَا
therein
مِن
of
every
شَىۡءٍ
thing
well-balanced
And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.
15:20
وَجَعَلۡنَا
And We have made
لَكُمۡ
for you
فِيهَا
therein
مَعَـٰ يِشَ
means of living
وَمَن
and whom
you are not
لَهُۥ
for him
بِرٰ زِقِي نَ
٢٠providers
And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers.1
15:21
وَإِن
And not
(is) any
thing
إِلَّا
but
عِند َنَا
with Us
خَزَا ٓئِنُهُۥ
(are) its treasures
وَمَا
and not
نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ
We send it down
إِلَّا
except
بِقَدَرٍ
in a measure
known
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.
15:22
وَأَرۡسَلۡنَا
And We have sent
the winds
لَوٰ قِحَ
fertilizing
فَأَنز َلۡنَا
and We sent down
مِنَ
from
the sky
مَا ٓءً
water
and We gave it to you to drink
وَمَآ
And not
أَنت ُمۡ
you
لَهُۥ
of it
بِخَـٰ زِنِي نَ
٢٢(are) retainers
And We have sent the fertilizing winds1 and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.
15:23
وَإِنّ َا
And indeed, We
لَنَحۡنُ
surely [We]
نُحۡىِۦ
We give life
وَنُمِيتُ
and We cause death
وَنَحۡنُ
and We
(are) the Inheritors
And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.1
15:24
وَلَقَدۡ
And verily
عَلِمۡنَا
We know
the preceding ones
مِنك ُمۡ
among you
وَلَقَدۡ
and verily
عَلِمۡنَا
We know
the later ones
And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].
15:25
وَإِنّ َ
And indeed
رَبَّكَ
your Lord
هُوَ
He
يَحۡشُرُهُمۡۚ
will gather them
إِنّ َهُۥ
Indeed, He
حَكِيمٌ
(is) All-Wise
عَلِي مٌ
٢٥All-Knowing
And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.
15:26
وَلَقَدۡ
And verily
خَلَقۡ نَا
We created
humankind
مِن
(out) of
sounding clay
from
حَمَإٍ
black mud
altered
And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.
15:27
وَٱ لۡجَا ٓنّ َ
And the jinn
خَلَقۡ نَـٰ هُ
We created it
مِن
before
before
مِن
from
fire
scorching
And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.
15:28
وَإِذۡ
And when
قَالَ
your Lord said
رَبُّكَ
your Lord said
لِلۡمَلَـٰٓ ئِكَةِ
to the Angels
إِنّ ِى
Indeed, I
خَـٰ لِقُۢ
(will) create
a human being
(out) of
clay
from
حَمَإٍ
black mud
altered
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.
15:29
فَإِذَا
So, when
سَوَّيۡتُهُۥ
I have fashioned him
وَنَفَخۡتُ
and [I] breathed
فِيهِ
into him
مِن
of
My spirit
فَقَعُواۡ
then fall down
لَهُۥ
to him
سَـٰ جِدِي نَ
٢٩prostrating
And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul,1 then fall down to him in prostration."
15:30
فَسَجَدَ
So prostrated
the Angels
كُلُّهُمۡ
all of them
أَجۡ مَعُو نَ
٣٠together
So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,
15:31
إِلَّآ
Except
إِبۡ لِيسَ
Iblis
أَبَىٰٓ
He refused
أَن
to
be
مَعَ
with
those who prostrated
Except Iblees;1 he refused to be with those who prostrated.
15:32
قَالَ
He said
يَـٰٓ إِبۡ لِيسُ
O Iblis
مَا
What
لَكَ
(is) for you
أَلَّا
that not
تَكُونَ
you are
مَعَ
with
those who prostrated
[Allāh] said, "O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?"
15:33
قَالَ
He said
لَمۡ
I am not
أَكُن
I am not
(one) to prostrate
لِبَشَرٍ
to a human
خَلَقۡ تَهُۥ
whom You created
مِن
(out) of
clay
from
حَمَإٍ
black mud
altered
He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."
15:34
قَالَ
He said
فَٱ خۡرُجۡ
Then get out
مِنۡهَا
of it
فَإِنّ َكَ
for indeed, you
رَجِي مٌ
٣٤(are) expelled
[Allāh] said, "Then depart from it,1 for indeed, you are expelled.
15:35
وَإِنّ َ
And indeed
عَلَيۡكَ
upon you
(will be) the curse
إِلَىٰ
till
يَوۡمِ
(the) Day
(of) [the] Judgment
And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense."
15:36
قَالَ
He said
رَبِّ
O my Lord
فَأَنظ ِرۡنِىٓ
Then give me respite
إِلَىٰ
till
يَوۡمِ
(the) Day
يُبۡ عَثُو نَ
٣٦they are raised
He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."
15:37
قَالَ
He said
فَإِنّ َكَ
Then indeed you
مِنَ
(are) of
the ones given respite
[Allāh] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved
15:38
إِلَىٰ
Till
يَوۡمِ
the Day
(of) the time
well-known
Until the Day of the time well-known."
15:39
قَالَ
He said
رَبِّ
My Lord
بِمَآ
Because
أَغۡوَيۡتَنِى
You misled me
لَأُزَيِّنَنّ َ
surely, I will make (evil) fair-seeming
لَهُمۡ
to them
فِى
in
the earth
وَلَأُغۡوِيَنّ َهُمۡ
and I will mislead them
أَجۡ مَعِي نَ
٣٩all
[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
15:40
إِلَّا
Except
عِبَادَكَ
Your slaves
مِنۡهُمُ
among them
the ones who are sincere
Except, among them, Your chosen servants."
15:41
قَالَ
He said
هَـٰ ذَا
This
صِرٰ طٌ
(is) the way
عَلَىَّ
to Me
مُسۡتَقِي مٌ
٤١straight
[Allāh] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.
15:42
إِنّ َ
Indeed
عِبَادِى
My slaves
لَيۡسَ
not
لَكَ
you have
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
over them
سُلۡطَـٰ نٌ
any authority
إِلَّا
except
مَنِ
those who
follow you
مِنَ
of
the ones who go astray
Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.
15:43
وَإِنّ َ
And indeed
جَهَنّ َمَ
Hell
لَمَوۡعِدُهُمۡ
(is) surely the promised place for them
أَجۡ مَعِي نَ
٤٣all
And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all.
15:44
لَهَا
For it
سَبۡ عَةُ
(are) seven
أَبۡ وٰ بٍ
gates
for each
بَابٍ
gate
among them
جُزۡءٌ
(is) a portion
assigned
It has seven gates; for every gate is of them [i.e., Satan's followers] a portion designated."
15:45
إِنّ َ
Indeed
the righteous
فِى
(will be) in
جَنّ َـٰ تٍ
Gardens
and water springs
Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs,
15:46
ٱدۡ خُلُوهَا
Enter it
بِسَلَـٰ مٍ
in peace
ءَامِنِي نَ
٤٦secure
[Having been told], "Enter it in peace, safe [and secure]."
15:47
وَنَزَعۡنَا
And We (will) remove
مَا
what
فِى
(is) in
صُدُورِهِم
their breasts
of
غِلٍّ
rancor
إِخۡوٰ نًا
(they will be) brothers
عَلَىٰ
on
سُرُرٍ
thrones
facing each other
And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment,1 [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other.
15:48
لَا
Not
يَمَسُّهُمۡ
will touch them
فِيهَا
therein
نَصَبٌ
fatigue
and not
هُم
they
from it
بِمُخۡرَجِي نَ
٤٨will be removed
No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed.
15:49
۞نَبِّئۡ
Inform
عِبَادِىٓ
My slaves
أَنّ ِىٓ
that I
أَنَا
I am
the Oft-Forgiving
the Most Merciful
[O Muḥammad], inform My servants that it is I who am the Forgiving, the Merciful,
15:50
وَأَنّ َ
And that
عَذَابِى
My punishment
هُوَ
it
(is) the punishment
the most painful
And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment.
15:51
وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ
And inform them
عَن
about
(the) guests
إِبۡ رٰ هِي مَ
٥١(of) Ibrahim
And inform them about the guests of Abraham,
15:52
إِذۡ
When
دَخَلُواۡ
they entered
عَلَيۡهِ
upon him
فَقَالُواۡ
and said
سَلَـٰ مًا
Peace
He said
إِنّ َا
Indeed, we
مِنك ُمۡ
(are) of you
وَجِلُو نَ
٥٢afraid
When they entered upon him and said, "Peace." [Abraham] said, "Indeed, we are fearful [i.e., apprehensive] of you."
15:53
قَالُواۡ
They said
لَا
(Do) not
تَوۡجَلۡ
be afraid
إِنّ َا
indeed, we
نُبَشِّرُكَ
[we] bring glad tidings to you
بِغُلَـٰ مٍ
of a boy
عَلِي مٍ
٥٣learned
[The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy."
15:54
قَالَ
He said
أَبَشَّرۡتُمُونِى
Do you give me glad tidings
عَلَىٰٓ
Do you give me glad tidings
أَن
although
has overtaken me
old age
فَبِمَ
Then about what
تُبَشِّرُو نَ
٥٤you give glad tidings
He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?"
15:55
قَالُواۡ
They said
بَشَّرۡنَـٰ كَ
We give you glad tidings
بِٱ لۡحَقِّ
in truth
فَلَا
so (do) not
تَكُن
be
of
the despairing
They said, "We have given you good tidings in truth, so do not be of the despairing."
15:56
قَالَ
He said
وَمَن
And who
despairs
مِن
of
(the) Mercy
رَبِّهِۦٓ
(of) his Lord
إِلَّا
except
those who are astray
He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"
15:57
قَالَ
He said
فَمَا
Then what
خَطۡ بُكُمۡ
(is) your business
أَيُّهَا
O messengers
O messengers
[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"
15:58
قَالُوٓ اۡ
They said
إِنّ َآ
Indeed, we
أُرۡسِلۡنَآ
[we] have been sent
إِلَىٰ
to
قَوۡمٍ
a people
criminals
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals,
15:59
إِلَّآ
Except
ءَالَ
the family
لُوطٍ
of Lut
إِنّ َا
indeed, we
لَمُنَجُّوهُمۡ
surely will save them
أَجۡ مَعِي نَ
٥٩all
Except the family of Lot; indeed, we will save them all
15:60
إِلَّا
Except
his wife
قَدَّرۡنَآۙ
We have decreed
إِنّ َهَا
that she
لَمِنَ
(is) surely of
those who remain behind
Except his wife." We [i.e., Allāh] decreed that she is of those who remain behind.1
15:61
فَلَمّ َا
And when
جَا ٓءَ
came
ءَالَ
(to the) family
لُوطٍ
(of) Lut
the messengers
And when the messengers came to the family of Lot,
15:62
قَالَ
He said
إِنّ َكُمۡ
Indeed, you
قَوۡمٌ
(are) a people
unknown
He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown."
15:63
قَالُواۡ
They said
بَلۡ
Nay
جِئۡنَـٰ كَ
we have come to you
بِمَا
with what
كَانُواۡ
they were
فِيهِ
in it
يَمۡتَرُو نَ
٦٣disputing
They said, "But we have come to you with that about which they were disputing,
15:64
وَأَتَيۡنَـٰ كَ
And we have come to you
بِٱ لۡحَقِّ
with the truth
وَإِنّ َا
and indeed, we
لَصَـٰ دِقُو نَ
٦٤surely (are) truthful
And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful.
15:65
فَأَسۡرِ
So travel
بِأَهۡلِكَ
with your family
بِقِطۡ عٍ
in a portion
of
the night
وَٱ تَّبِعۡ
and follow
أَدۡ بَـٰ رَهُمۡ
their backs
وَلَا
and not
يَلۡتَفِتۡ
let look back
مِنك ُمۡ
among you
أَحَدٌ
anyone
and go on
حَيۡثُ
where
تُؤۡمَرُو نَ
٦٥you are ordered
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."
15:66
وَقَضَيۡنَآ
And We conveyed
إِلَيۡهِ
to him
ذٰ لِكَ
[that]
the matter
أَنّ َ
that
دَابِرَ
(the) root
هَـٰٓ ؤُلَا ٓءِ
(of) these
مَقۡ طُوعٌ
would be cut off
(by) early morning
And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.
15:67
وَجَا ٓءَ
And came
أَهۡلُ
(the) people
(of) the city
يَسۡتَبۡ شِرُو نَ
٦٧rejoicing
And the people of the city came rejoicing.1
15:68
قَالَ
He said
إِنّ َ
Indeed
هَـٰٓ ؤُلَا ٓءِ
these
ضَيۡفِى
(are) my guests
فَلَا
so (do) not
تَفۡضَحُو نِ
٦٨shame me
[Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me.
15:69
وَٱ تَّقُواۡ
And fear
Allah
وَلَا
and (do) not
تُخۡزُو نِ
٦٩disgrace me
And fear Allāh and do not disgrace me."
15:70
قَالُوٓ اۡ
They said
أَوَلَمۡ
Did not
نَنۡهَكَ
we forbid you
عَنِ
from
the world
They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"
15:71
قَالَ
He said
هَـٰٓ ؤُلَا ٓءِ
These
بَنَاتِىٓ
(are) my daughters
إِن
if
you would be
فَـٰ عِلِي نَ
٧١doers
[Lot] said, "These are my daughters1 - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."
15:72
لَعَمۡرُكَ
By your life
إِنّ َهُمۡ
indeed, they
لَفِى
were in
سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ
their intoxication
يَعۡمَهُو نَ
٧٢wandering blindly
By your life, [O Muḥammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.
15:73
فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ
So, seized them
the awful cry
مُشۡرِقِي نَ
٧٣at sunrise
So the shriek1 seized them at sunrise.
15:74
فَجَعَلۡنَا
And We made
عَـٰ لِيَهَا
its highest (part)
سَافِلَهَا
its lowest
وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا
and We rained
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
upon them
حِجَارَةً
stones
of
baked clay
And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.
15:75
إِنّ َ
Indeed
فِى
in
ذٰ لِكَ
that
لَأَيَـٰ تٍ
(are) the Signs
for those who discern
Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.
15:76
وَإِنّ َهَا
And indeed, it
لَبِسَبِيلٍ
(is) on a road
established
And indeed, they [i.e., those cities] are [situated] on an established road.
15:77
إِنّ َ
Indeed
فِى
in
ذٰ لِكَ
that
لَأَيَةً
surely (is) a Sign
for the believers
Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.
15:78
وَإِن
And were
And were
أَصۡحَـٰ بُ
(the) companions
(of) the wood
لَظَـٰ لِمِي نَ
٧٨surely wrongdoers
And the companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] were [also] wrongdoers,
15:79
فَٱ نت َقَمۡنَا
So We took retribution
مِنۡهُمۡ
from them
وَإِنّ َهُمَا
and indeed, they both
لَبِإِمَامٍ
(were) on a highway
clear
So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway.
15:80
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
كَذَّبَ
denied
أَصۡحَـٰ بُ
(the) companions
(of) the Rocky Tract
the Messengers
And certainly did the companions of al-Ḥijr1 [i.e., the Thamūd] deny the messengers.
15:81
وَءَاتَيۡنَـٰ هُمۡ
And We gave them
ءَايَـٰ تِنَا
Our Signs
فَكَانُواۡ
but they were
عَنۡهَا
from them
مُعۡرِضِي نَ
٨١turning away
And We gave them Our signs, but from them they were turning away.
15:82
وَكَانُواۡ
And they used (to)
يَنۡحِتُونَ
carve
مِنَ
from
the mountains
بُيُوتًا
houses
ءَامِنِي نَ
٨٢secure
And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.
15:83
فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ
But seized them
the awful cry
مُصۡبِحِي نَ
٨٣(at) early morning
But the shriek seized them at early morning,
15:84
فَمَآ
And not
أَغۡنَىٰ
availed
عَنۡهُم
them
what
كَانُواۡ
they used (to)
يَكۡسِبُو نَ
٨٤earn
So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn.
15:85
وَمَا
And not
خَلَقۡ نَا
We created
the heavens
وَٱ لۡأَرۡضَ
and the earth
وَمَا
and whatever
بَيۡنَهُمَآ
(is) between them
إِلَّا
except
بِٱ لۡحَقِّۗ
in truth
وَإِنّ َ
And indeed
the Hour
لَأَتِيَةٌۖ
(is) surely coming
So overlook
(with) forgiveness
gracious
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.
15:86
إِنّ َ
Indeed
رَبَّكَ
your Lord
هُوَ
He
(is) the Creator
the All-Knower
Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator.
15:87
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
ءَاتَيۡنَـٰ كَ
We have given you
سَبۡ عًا
seven
of
the oft-repeated
وَٱ لۡقُرۡءَانَ
and the Quran
Great
And We have certainly given you, [O Muḥammad], seven of the often repeated [verses]1 and the great Qur’ān.
15:88
لَا
(Do) not
تَمُدَّنّ َ
extend
عَيۡنَيۡكَ
your eyes
إِلَىٰ
towards
مَا
what
مَتَّعۡنَا
We have bestowed
بِهِۦٓ
with it
أَزۡوٰ جًا
(to) categories
of them
وَلَا
and (do) not
تَحۡزَنۡ
grieve
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
over them
وَٱ خۡفِضۡ
And lower
جَنَاحَكَ
your wing
لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِي نَ
٨٨to the believers
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.
15:89
وَقُلۡ
And say
إِنّ ِىٓ
Indeed, I
أَنَا
[I] am
a warner
clear
And say, "Indeed, I am the clear warner" -
15:90
كَمَآ
As
أَنز َلۡنَا
We sent down
عَلَى
on
those who divided
Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separators1
15:91
ٱلَّذِينَ
Those who
جَعَلُواۡ
have made
the Quran
عِضِي نَ
٩١(in) parts
Who have made the Qur’ān into portions.1
15:92
فَوَرَبِّكَ
So by your Lord
لَنَسۡــَٔلَنّ َهُمۡ
surely We will question them
أَجۡ مَعِي نَ
٩٢all
So by your Lord, We will surely question them all
15:93
عَمّ َا
About what
كَانُواۡ
they used (to)
يَعۡمَلُو نَ
٩٣do
About what they used to do.
15:94
فَٱ صۡدَعۡ
So proclaim
بِمَا
of what
تُؤۡمَرُ
you are ordered
وَأَعۡرِضۡ
and turn away
عَنِ
from
the polytheists
Then declare what you are commanded1 and turn away from the polytheists.2
15:95
إِنّ َا
Indeed, We
كَفَيۡنَـٰ كَ
[We] are sufficient for you
(against) the mockers
Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers
15:96
ٱلَّذِينَ
Those who
يَجۡ عَلُونَ
set up
مَعَ
with
Allah
إِلَـٰ هًا
god
ءَاخَرَۚ
another
فَسَوۡفَ
But soon
يَعۡلَمُو نَ
٩٦they will come to know
Who make [equal] with Allāh another deity. But they are going to know.
15:97
وَلَقَدۡ
And verily
نَعۡلَمُ
We know
أَنّ َكَ
that [you]
يَضِيقُ
(is) straitened
صَدۡ رُكَ
your breast
بِمَا
by what
يَقُولُو نَ
٩٧they say
And We already know that your breast is constrained by what they say.
15:98
فَسَبِّحۡ
So glorify
بِحَمۡدِ
with the praise
رَبِّكَ
(of) your Lord
وَكُن
and be
of
those who prostrate
So exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord and be of those who prostrate [to Him].
15:99
وَٱ عۡبُدۡ
And worship
رَبَّكَ
your Lord
حَتَّىٰ
until
يَأۡتِيَكَ
comes to you
the certainty
And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty [i.e., death].