The Qur'an · Pickthall Translation

15. Al-Hijr

Pickthall translation · 99 verses

Surah Al-Hijr (15) of the Holy Qur'an, in the respected public domain Pickthall translation. It opens: “Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture and a plain Reading” — the complete text of all 99 verses is below, free to read online, no account needed.

1Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture and a plain Reading

2It may be that those who disbelieve wish ardently that they were Muslims

3Let them eat and enjoy life, and let (false) hope beguile them. They will come to know

4And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it

5No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind

6And they say: O thou unto whom the Reminder is revealed, lo! thou art indeed a madman

7Why bringest thou not angels unto us, if thou art of the truthful

8We send not down the angels save with the Fact, and in that case (the disbelievers) would not be tolerated

9Lo! We, even We, reveal the Reminder, and lo! We verily are its Guardian

10We verily sent (messengers) before thee among the factions of the men of old

11And never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him

12Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty

13They believe not therein, though the example of the men of old hath gone before

14And even if We opened unto them a gate of heaven and they kept mounting through it

15They would say: Our sight is wrong - nay, but we are folk bewitched

16And verily in the heaven we have set mansions of the stars, and We have beautified it for beholders

17And We have guarded it from every outcast devil

18Save him who stealeth the hearing, and them doth a clear flame pursue

19And the earth have We spread out, and placed therein firm hills, and caused each seemly thing to grow therein

20And we have given unto you livelihoods therein, and unto those for whom ye provide not

21And there is not a thing but with Us are the stores thereof. And we send it not down save in appointed measure

22And We send the winds fertilising, and cause water to descend from the sky, and give it you to drink. It is not ye who are the holders of the store thereof

23Lo! and it is We, even We, Who quicken and give death, and We are the Inheritor

24And verily We know the eager among you and verily We know the laggards

25Lo! thy Lord will gather them together. Lo! He is Wise, Aware

26Verily We created man of potter's clay of black mud altered

27And the jinn did We create aforetime of essential fire

28And (remember) when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am creating a mortal out of potter's clay of black mud altered

29So, when I have made him and have breathed into him of My Spirit, do ye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him

30So the angels fell prostrate, all of them together

31Save Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate

32He said: O Iblis! What aileth thee that thou art not among the prostrate

33He said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast created out of potter's clay of black mud altered

34He said: Then go thou forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast

35And lo! the curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Judgment

36He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised

37He said: Then lo! thou art of those reprieved

38Till the Day of appointed time

39He said: My Lord! Because Thou hast sent me astray, I verily shall adorn the path of error for them in the earth, and shall mislead them every one

40Save such of them as are Thy perfectly devoted slaves

41He said: This is a right course incumbent upon Me

42Lo! as for My slaves, thou hast no power over any of them save such of the froward as follow thee

43And lo! for all such, hell will be the promised place

44It hath seven gates, and each gate hath an appointed portion

45Lo! those who ward off (evil) are among gardens and watersprings

46(And it is said unto them): Enter them in peace, secure

47And We remove whatever rancour may be in their breasts. As brethren, face to face, (they rest) on couches raised

48Toil cometh not unto them there, nor will they be expelled from thence

49Announce, (O Muhammad) unto My slaves that verily I am the Forgiving, the Merciful

50And that My doom is the dolorous doom

51And tell them of Abraham's guests

52(How) when they came in unto him, and said: Peace. He said: Lo! we are afraid of you

53They said: Be not afraid! Lo! we bring thee good tidings of a boy possessing wisdom

54He said: Bring ye me good tidings (of a son) when old age hath overtaken me? Of what then can ye bring good tidings

55They said: We bring thee good tidings in truth. So be not thou of the despairing

56He said: And who despaireth of the mercy of his Lord save those who are astray

57He said: And afterward what is your business, O ye messengers (of Allah)

58They said: We have been sent unto a guilty folk

59(All) save the family of Lot. Them we shall deliver every one

60Except his wife, of whom We had decreed that she should be of those who stay behind

61And when the messengers came unto the family of Lot

62He said: Lo! ye are folk unknown (to me)

63They said: Nay, but we bring thee that concerning which they keep disputing

64And bring thee the Truth, and lo! we are truth-tellers

65So travel with thy household in a portion of the night, and follow thou their backs. Let none of you turn round, but go whither ye are commanded

66And We made plain the case to him, that the root of them (who did wrong) was to be cut at early morn

67And the people of the city came, rejoicing at the news (of new arrivals)

68He said: Lo! they are my guests. Affront me not

69And keep your duty to Allah, and shame me not

70They said; Have we not forbidden you from (entertaining) anyone

71He said: Here are my daughters, if ye must be doing (so)

72By thy life (O Muhammad) they moved blindly in the frenzy of approaching death

73Then the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the sunrise

74And We utterly confounded them, and We rained upon them stones of heated clay

75Lo! therein verily are portents for those who read the signs

76And lo! it is upon a road still uneffaced

77Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers

78And the dwellers in the wood indeed were evil-doers

79So we took vengeance on them; and lo! they both are on a high-road plain to see

80And the dwellers in Al-Hijr denied (Our) messengers

81And we gave them Our revelations, but they were averse to them

82And they used to hew out dwellings from the hills, (wherein they dwelt) secure

83But the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the morning hour

84And that which they were wont to count as gain availed them not

85We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them save with truth, and lo! the Hour is surely coming. So forgive, (O Muhammad), with a gracious forgiveness

86Lo! Thy Lord! He is the All-Wise Creator

87We have given thee seven of the oft-repeated (verses) and the great Qur'an

88Strain not thine eyes toward that which We cause some wedded pairs among them to enjoin, and be not grieved on their account, and lower thy wing (in tenderness) for the believers

89And say: Lo! I, even I, am a plain warner

90Such as We send down for those who make division

91Those who break the Qur'an into parts

92Them, by thy Lord, We shall question, every one

93Of what they used to do

94So proclaim that which thou art commanded, and withdraw from the idolaters

95Lo! We defend thee from the scoffers

96Who set some other god along with Allah. But they will come to know

97Well know We that thy bosom is oppressed by what they say

98But hymn the praise of thy Lord, and be of those who make prostration (unto Him)

99And serve thy Lord till the Inevitable cometh unto thee

99 verses · Pickthall translation (public domain)

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