Surah Al-Hijr English Translation & Transliteration

¹Alif Lam Ra! These are the verses of the Quran, which sets forth the truth of divine revelation in a clear and understandable way.

²The day will come when the disbelievers who cover up the truth will lament: "If only we had been Muslims!"

³Leave them to themselves; let them eat and drink,(1) let them enjoy worldly blessings a little longer, and let their endless desires keep them occupied; they will soon learn the truth anyway (2)

⁴We have never destroyed any land without first giving it understandable revelation.

⁵For no community can either put off or bring forward the term appointed for it.

⁶And so they said: "O you to whom the reminder (dhikr) has been sent down, you are surely someone inspired by the jinn!

⁷If you are telling the truth, should you not have come to us with angels of punishment?"

⁸We send down the angels only for a just cause, and then they are given no respite.

⁹It is surely We who have sent down this reminder/the Quran,(1) and it is surely We who will preserve it.(2)

¹⁰For We also sent messengers to the communities that came and went before you.

¹¹But no messenger was ever sent to them without being mocked.

¹²And so We let the revelation pass through the hearts of the sinners without having any effect...

¹³They do not believe in it. The divine sunnah/law has always operated in this way with those of old too.

¹⁴Even if We opened a gate in the sky for them, and they kept ascending through it,

¹⁵they would surely say: "Our eyes have been deceived; it seems we have all been bewitched."

¹⁶Yet We have brought into being star clusters in space and adorned them for those who behold them.

¹⁷And We have protected this revelation from every satanic force excluded from divine mercy,

¹⁸so that, if anyone tries to eavesdrop on the revelation, a blazing flame pursues him.

¹⁹And We spread out the earth and set firm, immovable mountains on it (1) and so caused every kind of plant to grow there in balance.(2)

²⁰And there We have created means of livelihood both for you and for the creatures whose provision does not rest with you.

²¹For the source of everything that beings need lies with Us, but We send it down according to a set destiny/measure.

²²We send the winds to fertilize the clouds and load them with rain. In this way We send down rain from the sky and meet your need for water with it. You are not the owners of the source of this mercy.

²³It is surely We who give life and We who cause death. For We are the true heir of all things.

²⁴There is no doubt that just as We know those who have gone before you, We also know those who will come after you.

²⁵Have no doubt that your Lord will gather them together to give account. For He knows all things, and His every judgment is right.

²⁶Indeed, We created the human being from dried clay, from mud that had matured.

²⁷And before that We had created the jinn from a scorching fire!

²⁸Your Lord said to the angels: "I am going to create a human being from dried clay, from mud that had matured.

²⁹When I have given him a fine form and breathed into him of My spirit/given him a share of revelation, you will at once prostrate to him/enter his service."

³⁰Thereupon all the angels, every one of them, prostrated,

³¹except Iblis. He refused to be among those who prostrated.

³²Allah said to Iblis: "What is the matter with you, that you are not among those who prostrate?"

³³Iblis said: "I am not one to prostrate to a human being You have created from dried clay!"

³⁴Allah said: "Get out of here, for you are now driven away from mercy!

³⁵The curse will surely be upon you until the Day of Reckoning!"

³⁶Iblis said: "My Lord, then grant me respite until the day of rising again."

³⁷Allah said: "You are among those granted respite,

³⁸until the time whose appointed moment is known."

³⁹Iblis: "My Lord, since You have let me go astray, I will make their sins look good to them on the earth (1) and lead them all into excess and astray," he said.(2)

⁴⁰"—except those among them who are Your servants devoted to You alone in faith."

⁴¹Allah said: "It is for Me to guide to this straight path.

⁴²For you have no power whatsoever over My servants who are devoted to Me alone in faith; you can sway only the insolent who follow you."

⁴³Hell will surely be the meeting place of them all.

⁴⁴It has seven gates. For each gate, who will enter it has been allotted according to their sins.

⁴⁵As for those who guard themselves against following Satan, they will be in gardens and beside springs.

⁴⁶They will be told: "Enter them in peace and security!"

⁴⁷We will have removed from their hearts every negative feeling and thought. There they are brothers, seated on raised thrones facing one another.

⁴⁸No hardship or toil will touch them there, and they will never be expelled from it.

⁴⁹Inform My servants that I am the One who forgives much, and that I am most merciful toward them.

⁵⁰And as for My punishment, it is a most painful punishment.

⁵¹And inform them about Abraham's guests.

⁵²Recall when they came in to him and said: "Peace!" He said: "We are indeed afraid of you."

⁵³They said: "Do not be afraid! We bring you good news of a son endowed with knowledge."

⁵⁴He said: "Do you bring this good news to someone like me, upon whom old age has come? On what basis, then, do you give this good news?"

⁵⁵They said: "We give you good news of something true. So do not be among those who despair!"

⁵⁶He said: "Who but those who have gone astray would lose hope of his Lord's mercy?"

⁵⁷He said: "Then, O messengers, what is your real mission?"

⁵⁸"We have been sent to a sinful people,

⁵⁹except the family of Lot; we will save all of them,

⁶⁰except, from among them, Lot's wife; we have determined that she will stay behind and perish."

⁶¹When the appointed angels came to Lot's house,

⁶²Lot said: "You do not seem to have come for any good purpose."

⁶³"Yes, we have brought you that punishment which they would never believe in.

⁶⁴And we have brought you news that will come true; we are surely telling the truth.

⁶⁵So set out with your family at some hour of the night, and follow behind them yourself. Let none of you look back; go where you are commanded!"

⁶⁶And We made known to him this decisive judgment of Ours: toward morning, these sinful people will be rooted out, every one of them.

⁶⁷The people of the city came crowding to the door, shouting with glee.

⁶⁸Lot said: "Look, these are my guests; do not disgrace me!

⁶⁹Fear Allah and do not put me to shame!"

⁷⁰Lot's people said: "Did we not forbid you to meddle in other people's affairs?"

⁷¹Lot said: "If you must do this thing, here are my (our) daughters!"

⁷²(The angels:) By your life, in their drunkenness of lust they do not know what they are doing.

⁷³At last, with the rising of the sun, a terrible cry seized them.

⁷⁴We turned the city upside down and rained down upon them baked (volcanic) stones like rain.

⁷⁵There are surely many lessons in this for those who see the truths.

⁷⁶The ruins of that city still stand on a road that people pass along.

⁷⁷In this too there is evidence of the truth for the believers.

⁷⁸The people of Aykah too, by rejecting their messengers, became wrongdoers.

⁷⁹So We made them taste the bitter consequence of what they did. The evidence in these two cities is still plain to see.

⁸⁰Indeed, the people of al-Hijr also rejected the messengers sent to them.

⁸¹We had conveyed Our verses to them, but they turned away from Our verses.

⁸²They carved out the mountains to build houses they thought were secure.

⁸³But at the first light of morning a terrible cry seized them.

⁸⁴The solid houses they had built were of no use to them.

⁸⁵We created the heavens, the earth, and all that is between them only for a true purpose. It is a fact that the Hour, the end of this world, will surely come. So pay no heed to their attitude, and respond with grace.

⁸⁶For your Lord is a magnificent Creator who knows all things.

⁸⁷Indeed, We have given you the seven oft-repeated verses (al-Fatiha) and the exalted Quran.

⁸⁸So do not look with envy at the fleeting worldly blessings We have given some of them! Do not grieve because they do not believe; but spread your wings of tenderness over the believers and protect them!

⁸⁹And declare: "I—yes, I—am only a clear warner!"

⁹⁰Just as We sent down to those who split the revelation into pieces,

⁹¹those who regard the revelation/the Quran as disconnected messages.

⁹²(92-93) By your Lord, We will surely call them all to account for what they have done.

⁹³(92-93) By your Lord, We will surely call them all to account for what they have done.

⁹⁴So proclaim openly the revelation you have been commanded to convey, and pay no heed to those who associate partners with Allah!

⁹⁵Do not forget: We are sufficient for you against those who mock you,

⁹⁶those who acknowledge another god alongside Allah. They will soon learn the truth anyway!

⁹⁷We surely know that your heart is distressed by what they say.

⁹⁸So proclaim the glory of your Lord with praise, and be among those who prostrate to Him!

⁹⁹And go on serving your Lord until death comes to you!