Chapter 15: AI Hijr (A Place).
Total. 99 Verses.
Part 14
‘Hijr’ is name of the place where the people of ‘Tamud’ lived. As it is mentioned about these people in 82 – 84 verses of this chapter , it is given this name.
In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent and the most Merciful.
1. Alif,Lam,Ra 2. These are the verses of the Quran,the Book.
2. The disbelievers will desire at times,”We should also have been muslims.”
3. Leave them to eat, enjoy and let them be misdirected by the desire.Then they will know.
4. And We have destroyed any place only according to the time fixed for it.
5. No generation shall neither advance nor delay the time fixed for it.
6. And they say,”O messenger, indeed, you are mad468.”
7. Also say,” Should you have not brought the angel to us if you were truthful?”
8. (We will) send the angels only with proper reason(153) .Then they will not be given time.
9. Indeed, it is We who sent down the message.We shall be its protector.143
10. And (O Muhammad),We had certainly sent messengers to many generations who went before.
11. And they did not spare any messenger, who had come, from mockery.
12. Thus We put into the minds of the sinners.
13. They will not believe this. The action, (taken on) the fore-fathers,has set a precedence before.
14,15. And even if a door was opened in in the heaven507 for them and they ascended through that ,they would say(26), “ Our sights have been charmed. No, we have become the people affected by the magic.”
16. And We placed the stars in the heaven507. We made it beautiful for the observers.
17.18. And We have protected , from every outcast Shaitan, from approaching it except the eavesdropper. A bright blazing fire will chase(26) him.
19. And We spread the earth. We fixed the pegs on it(248). We made everything, well balanced , grow in that.
20. And We placed on it , whatever necessary for living, for you and also for those who are not providers of food.
21. And We only have the stores of whatever may be the things.We send down only in a fixed measure.
22. And We send fertilizing winds. We send down water from the heavens507 and make you drink. You are not the one who stores (in heaven)
23. And indeed, We give life and death. We are the owners.
24. And We know those who went before. We also know those who will come after.
25. And indeed, your God will gather them. He is the Wise, the Knowing.
26. And We created man, designed with the black clay503 from mud(368).
27. And We created ‘Jinn’ from severe scorching fire, before this.
28. And remind368 what God said to the Angels , “ I am going to create man designed with the black clay of mud503 .”
29. And (He said) , “ When I perfected him and breathed My soul into him90 , then (said), do ‘sajda’ to him(Adam).”
30,31. All the angels together except ‘Iblis’509 prostrated. He refused to be with those who had prostrated26.
32. (God) asked , “ O Iblis, why do you not join those who have prostrated?”
33. He said, “ I am not to prostrate the man who is created by you, designed with the black clay of the mud.503”
34. You get out of here. Indeed, you are an outcast.
35. (God said), “ And indeed, curse is on you till the judgment day11.
36. He asked, “ O God, give time for me until the fixed time of the day11.
37,38. (God) said26, “ Indeed , you have been given time until the fixed time of the day(1) .
39,40. (He) said26, “ O my God, as you have let me go astray , I will make (bad deeds) attractive on the earth. Among them, I will mislead your servants except those who have been selected by you.”
41. God (said), “ Here, the right way is with me.”
42. Indeed, you have no power over my servants, other than the misguided , who followed you.
43. And indeed, hell is the place (about which) warning has been given to all of them.
44. There are seven gates for it. For the each gate a portion of them is assigned.
45. Indeed, those who fear (God) will be in the gardens of paradise and by (the side of ) springs .
46. ( It will be said), “ Enter into them without fear and in peace.”
47. And We remove the ill-feeling from their minds. They will be on the couches facing each others as brothers.
48. They will have no difficulty there. They will not be sent out it.
49. Tell My servants, “ I am the Forgiving and the Merciful”
50. And also say, “ And it is My torment which is the painful suffering.”
51. And tell them about the guests of Ibrahim.
52. They went to him and conveyed ‘Salam’159 . In reply,he said , “ Indeed, we fear you.”
53. They said , “ You do not fear . Indeed , we give good news to you about the wise male – child.”
54. He asked , “ Do you give good news , when old age has come to me? And on what basis you give the good news?”.
55. They said, “ We give the good news to you on the basis of the truth. You do not be of the one who has lost hope.”
56. He asked, “ Who will lose hope on his God’s mercy except those who are mislead?471”
57. (He) also asked , “ O messengers (Angels)(161), what is your news ? “.
58. Indeed , we have been sent to the people who have committed sins.
59,60. They said26 , “ We will save all of them except his wife from the family of Lut. We have decided that she should be destroyed”.
61,62. And when those messengers (Angels) 161 came to the family of Lut, he said , “ Indeed, you are strangers”.
63,64,65. They said26, “ Not so. We have brought to you about the doubt they raised. We brought to you only truth. Indeed, we are speakers of truth. Depart with your family during the part of the night. You follow them from behind. Nobody from you should look back. You obey as your ordered.”
66. And We informed him the judgment , “ All of them will be uprooted in the morning time”.
67. And the people of that place came with happiness.
68,69. Lut said26 , “ Indeed, these are my guests. So do not cause me disrespect. And fear Allah. Do not humiliate me.”
70. They asked , “ Have we not prevented you from (giving feast) to people the of world?”.
71. He said , “ If you want to do anything, here are my daughters.
72. By the promise on your life, Indeed, they wandered blindly in their intoxication (of lust) .
73. When they approached the light, a loud sound attacked them.
74. And We made the upper surface of the place into the lower surface by raining the heated stones on them.
75. Indeed, for those who think, there are many signs in this.
76. And indeed, that place remains in the established road (which you used).
77. Indeed, there is a sign in this for the believers.
78. And those (the people of Madyan) who lived in the thicket caused injustice.
79. We also punished them, both the places are on the ways known (to everybody).
80. And the people of ‘Hijr’ ( who are called the people of Tamud) considered their messengers as liars.
81. And We gave them Our signs. They turned away from them.
82. And they carved the mountains into houses and remained unafraid.
83. In the early morning a loud sound attacked them.
84. Whatever they have been doing has not saved them.
85. And We have only created the heavens507 and the earth and that between them with proper reasons. Certainly, that time(1) will come. So, in a polite manner, ignore them.
86. Indeed , your God ,is creator of perfection and the knowing.
87. And (O Muhammad) , We have revealed250 the seven, often recited, verses and the great Quran.
88. Do not turn your eyes towards what we have given to various (groups) of people among them, for enjoyment. You do not grieve for them. You lower your wings ( Show kindness) for the believers251.
89,90,91. And say (O Muhammad), “ Indeed I am clear warner”. We will (also punish them)26 as We have sent down Our suffering on those who, considering the Book as lies, divided it into sections.
92,93. By the promise on Allah, all of them will be enquired26, about what they have been doing.
94. You convey without any restraint (hesitation) what you have been ordered. You turn away from the polytheists (those who associate others to Allah).
95. Indeed, We will save you from the mockers.
96. They presume other gods with Allah. Then they will understand.
97 We know that your mind gets troubled by what they say.
98. You glorify and praise your God and prostrate.
99. You worship252 your God until the certainty (of death) comes.
