Al-Hijr

Alif Lam Ra These are the verses of the Scripture, a Quran that makes things clear.

الر ۚ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ وَقُرْآنٍ مُبِينٍ

alif-lam-ra til'ka āyātu l-kitābi waqur'ānin mubīnin

The disbelievers may well come to wish they had submitted to God,

رُبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ

rubamā yawaddu alladhīna kafarū law kānū mus'limīna

so [Prophet] leave them to eat and enjoy themselves. Let [false] hopes distract them: they will come to know.

ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

dharhum yakulū wayatamattaʿū wayul'hihimu l-amalu fasawfa yaʿlamūna

Never have We destroyed a community that did not have a set time;

وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَعْلُومٌ

wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā walahā kitābun maʿlūmun

no community can bring its time forward, nor delay it.

مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ

mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wamā yastakhirūna

They say, ‘Receiver of this Quran! You are definitely mad.

وَقَالُوا يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ

waqālū yāayyuhā alladhī nuzzila ʿalayhi l-dhik'ru innaka lamajnūnun

Why do you not bring us the angels, if you are telling the truth?’

لَوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِالْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

law mā tatīnā bil-malāikati in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna

But We send down the angels only to bring justice and then these people will not be reprieved.

مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوا إِذًا مُنْظَرِينَ

mā nunazzilu l-malāikata illā bil-ḥaqi wamā kānū idhan munẓarīna

We have sent down the Quran Ourself, and We Ourself will guard it. Even before you [Prophet],

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ

innā naḥnu nazzalnā l-dhik'ra wa-innā lahu laḥāfiẓūna

We sent messengers among the various communities of old,

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ

walaqad arsalnā min qablika fī shiyaʿi l-awalīna

but they mocked every single messenger that came to them:

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

wamā yatīhim min rasūlin illā kānū bihi yastahziūna

in this way We make the message slip through the hearts of evildoers.

كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

kadhālika naslukuhu fī qulūbi l-muj'rimīna

They will not believe in it. That was what happened with the peoples of long ago,

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

lā yu'minūna bihi waqad khalat sunnatu l-awalīna

and even if We opened a gateway into Heaven for them and they rose through it, higher and higher,

وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَابًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَظَلُّوا فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ

walaw fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban mina l-samāi faẓallū fīhi yaʿrujūna

they would still say, ‘Our eyes are hallucinating. We are bewitched.’

لَقَالُوا إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَارُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَسْحُورُونَ

laqālū innamā sukkirat abṣārunā bal naḥnu qawmun masḥūrūna

We have set constellations up in the sky and made it beautiful for all to see,

وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِي السَّمَاءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّاهَا لِلنَّاظِرِينَ

walaqad jaʿalnā fī l-samāi burūjan wazayyannāhā lilnnāẓirīna

and guarded it from every stoned satan:

وَحَفِظْنَاهَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ

waḥafiẓ'nāhā min kulli shayṭānin rajīmin

any eavesdropper will be pursued by a clearly visible flame.

إِلَّا مَنِ اسْتَرَقَ السَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ مُبِينٌ

illā mani is'taraqa l-samʿa fa-atbaʿahu shihābun mubīnun

As for the earth, We have spread it out, set firm mountains on it, and made everything grow there in due balance.

وَالْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَاهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَأَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَوْزُونٍ

wal-arḍa madadnāhā wa-alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa-anbatnā fīhā min kulli shayin mawzūnin

We have provided sustenance in it for you and for all those creatures for whom you do not provide.

وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَايِشَ وَمَنْ لَسْتُمْ لَهُ بِرَازِقِينَ

wajaʿalnā lakum fīhā maʿāyisha waman lastum lahu birāziqīna

There is not a thing whose storehouses are not with Us. We send it down only according to a well-defined measure:

وَإِنْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا عِنْدَنَا خَزَائِنُهُ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَعْلُومٍ

wa-in min shayin illā ʿindanā khazāinuhu wamā nunazziluhu illā biqadarin maʿlūmin

We send the winds to fertilize, and We bring down water from the sky for you to drink- you do not control its sources.

وَأَرْسَلْنَا الرِّيَاحَ لَوَاقِحَ فَأَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَسْقَيْنَاكُمُوهُ وَمَا أَنْتُمْ لَهُ بِخَازِنِينَ

wa-arsalnā l-riyāḥa lawāqiḥa fa-anzalnā mina l-samāi māan fa-asqaynākumūhu wamā antum lahu bikhāzinīna

It is We who give life and death; it is We who inherit [everything].

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْيِي وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ الْوَارِثُونَ

wa-innā lanaḥnu nuḥ'yī wanumītu wanaḥnu l-wārithūna

We know exactly those of you who come first and those who come later.

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنْكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَأْخِرِينَ

walaqad ʿalim'nā l-mus'taqdimīna minkum walaqad ʿalim'nā l-mus'takhirīna

[Prophet], it is your Lord who will gather them all together: He is all wise, all knowing.

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ

wa-inna rabbaka huwa yaḥshuruhum innahu ḥakīmun ʿalīmun

We created man out of dried clay formed from dark mud-

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَإٍ مَسْنُونٍ

walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin

the jinn We created before, from the fire of scorching wind.

وَالْجَانَّ خَلَقْنَاهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ مِنْ نَارِ السَّمُومِ

wal-jāna khalaqnāhu min qablu min nāri l-samūmi

Your Lord said to the angels, ‘I will create a mortal out of dried clay, formed from dark mud.

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَإٍ مَسْنُونٍ

wa-idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin

When I have fashioned him and breathed My spirit into him, bow down before him,’

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِنْ رُوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ

fa-idhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīna

and the angels all did so.

فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ

fasajada l-malāikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūna

But not Iblis: he refused to bow down like the others.

إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ

illā ib'līsa abā an yakūna maʿa l-sājidīna

God said, ‘Iblis, why did you not bow down like the others?’

قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ

qāla yāib'līsu mā laka allā takūna maʿa l-sājidīna

and he answered, ‘I will not bow to a mortal You created from dried clay, formed from dark mud.’

قَالَ لَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَإٍ مَسْنُونٍ

qāla lam akun li-asjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin

‘Get out of here!’ said God. ‘You are an outcast,

قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

qāla fa-ukh'ruj min'hā fa-innaka rajīmun

rejected until the Day of Judgement.’

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ اللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ

wa-inna ʿalayka l-laʿnata ilā yawmi l-dīni

Iblis said, ‘My Lord, give me respite until the Day when they are raised from the dead.’

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنْظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

qāla rabbi fa-anẓir'nī ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna

‘You have respite,’ said God,

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِينَ

qāla fa-innaka mina l-munẓarīna

‘until the Day of the Appointed Time.’

إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ

ilā yawmi l-waqti l-maʿlūmi

Iblis then said to God, ‘Because You have put me in the wrong, I will lure mankind on earth and put them in the wrong,

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

qāla rabbi bimā aghwaytanī la-uzayyinanna lahum fī l-arḍi wala-ugh'wiyannahum ajmaʿīna

all except Your devoted servants.’

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

illā ʿibādaka min'humu l-mukh'laṣīna

God said, ‘[Devotion] is a straight path to Me:

قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَاطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ

qāla hādhā ṣirāṭun ʿalayya mus'taqīmun

you will have no power over My servants, only over the ones who go astray and follow you.

إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ

inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sul'ṭānun illā mani ittabaʿaka mina l-ghāwīna

Hell is the promised place for all these,

وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

wa-inna jahannama lamawʿiduhum ajmaʿīna

with seven gates, each gate having its allotted share of them.

لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَابٍ لِكُلِّ بَابٍ مِنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَقْسُومٌ

lahā sabʿatu abwābin likulli bābin min'hum juz'on maqsūmun

But the righteous will be in Gardens with springs-

إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin waʿuyūnin

“Enter them in peace and safety!”––

ادْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَامٍ آمِنِينَ

ud'khulūhā bisalāmin āminīna

and We shall remove any bitterness from their hearts: [they will be like] brothers, sitting on couches, face to face.

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَانًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ

wanazaʿnā mā fī ṣudūrihim min ghillin ikh'wānan ʿalā sururin mutaqābilīna

No weariness will ever touch them there, nor will they ever be expelled.’

لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُمْ مِنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ

lā yamassuhum fīhā naṣabun wamā hum min'hā bimukh'rajīna

[Prophet], tell My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful,

نَبِّئْ عِبَادِي أَنِّي أَنَا الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

nabbi ʿibādī annī anā l-ghafūru l-raḥīmu

but My torment is the truly painful one.

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِي هُوَ الْعَذَابُ الْأَلِيمُ

wa-anna ʿadhābī huwa l-ʿadhābu l-alīmu

Tell them too about Abraham’s guests:

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَنْ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

wanabbi'hum ʿan ḍayfi ib'rāhīma

when they came to him and said, ‘Peace,’ he said, ‘We are afraid of you.’

إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنْكُمْ وَجِلُونَ

idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla innā minkum wajilūna

‘Do not be afraid,’ they said, ‘We bring you good news of a son who will have great knowledge.’

قَالُوا لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ

qālū lā tawjal innā nubashiruka bighulāmin ʿalīmin

He said, ‘How can you give me such news when old age has come to me? What sort of news is this?’

قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِي عَلَىٰ أَنْ مَسَّنِيَ الْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ

qāla abashartumūnī ʿalā an massaniya l-kibaru fabima tubashirūna

They said, ‘We have told you the truth, so do not despair.’

قَالُوا بَشَّرْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُنْ مِنَ الْقَانِطِينَ

qālū basharnāka bil-ḥaqi falā takun mina l-qāniṭīna

He said, ‘Who but the misguided despair of the mercy of their Lord?’

قَالَ وَمَنْ يَقْنَطُ مِنْ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّهِ إِلَّا الضَّالُّونَ

qāla waman yaqnaṭu min raḥmati rabbihi illā l-ḍālūna

and then asked, ‘Messengers, what is your errand?’

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ

qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā l-mur'salūna

They replied, ‘We have been sent to a people who are guilty.’

قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُجْرِمِينَ

qālū innā ur'sil'nā ilā qawmin muj'rimīna

But We shall save the household of Lot,

إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

illā āla lūṭin innā lamunajjūhum ajmaʿīna

all except his wife: We have decreed that she will be one of those who stay behind.

إِلَّا امْرَأَتَهُ قَدَّرْنَا ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ الْغَابِرِينَ

illā im'ra-atahu qaddarnā innahā lamina l-ghābirīna

When the messengers came to the household of Lot,

فَلَمَّا جَاءَ آلَ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلُونَ

falammā jāa āla lūṭin l-mur'salūna

he said, ‘You are strangers.’

قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُنْكَرُونَ

qāla innakum qawmun munkarūna

They said, ‘We have brought you what they said would never happen:

قَالُوا بَلْ جِئْنَاكَ بِمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ

qālū bal ji'nāka bimā kānū fīhi yamtarūna

we have brought you the Truth. We speak truly,

وَأَتَيْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ

wa-ataynāka bil-ḥaqi wa-innā laṣādiqūna

so leave in the dead of the night with your household, and walk behind them. Let none of you look back. Go where you are commanded.’

فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِعْ أَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

fa-asri bi-ahlika biqiṭ'ʿin mina al-layli wa-ittabiʿ adbārahum walā yaltafit minkum aḥadun wa-im'ḍū ḥaythu tu'marūna

We made this decree known to him: the last remnants of those people would be wiped out in the morning.

وَقَضَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ الْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُصْبِحِينَ

waqaḍaynā ilayhi dhālika l-amra anna dābira hāulāi maqṭūʿun muṣ'biḥīna

The people of the town came along, revelling,

وَجَاءَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ

wajāa ahlu l-madīnati yastabshirūna

and he told them, ‘These are my guests, do not disgrace me.

قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ ضَيْفِي فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ

qāla inna hāulāi ḍayfī falā tafḍaḥūni

Fear God, and do not shame me.’

وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ

wa-ittaqū l-laha walā tukh'zūni

They answered, ‘Have we not told you not to interfere [between us and] anyone else?’

قَالُوا أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ

qālū awalam nanhaka ʿani l-ʿālamīna

He said, ‘My daughters are here, if you must.’

قَالَ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ بَنَاتِي إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ

qāla hāulāi banātī in kuntum fāʿilīna

By your life [Prophet], they wandered on in their wild intoxication

لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

laʿamruka innahum lafī sakratihim yaʿmahūna

and the blast overtook them at sunrise:

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu mush'riqīna

We turned their city upside down and rained on them a shower of clay stones.

فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِنْ سِجِّيلٍ

fajaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min sijjīlin

There truly is a sign in this for those who can learn-

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ

inna fī dhālika laāyātin lil'mutawassimīna

it is still there on the highway-

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُقِيمٍ

wa-innahā labisabīlin muqīmin

there truly is a sign in this for those who believe.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

inna fī dhālika laāyatan lil'mu'minīna

The forest-dwellers, too, were wrongdoers

وَإِنْ كَانَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ لَظَالِمِينَ

wa-in kāna aṣḥābu l-aykati laẓālimīna

and We took retribution on them; both are still there on the highway, plain for all to see.

فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُبِينٍ

fa-intaqamnā min'hum wa-innahumā labi-imāmin mubīnin

The people of al-Hijr also rejected Our messengers:

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْحِجْرِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

walaqad kadhaba aṣḥābu l-ḥij'ri l-mur'salīna

We gave them Our signs, but they turned their backs.

وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ آيَاتِنَا فَكَانُوا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ

waātaynāhum āyātinā fakānū ʿanhā muʿ'riḍīna

They carved out dwellings in the mountains, and lived in security-

وَكَانُوا يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا آمِنِينَ

wakānū yanḥitūna mina l-jibāli buyūtan āminīna

the blast overwhelmed them early in the morning.

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu muṣ'biḥīna

What they had gained was of no use to them.

فَمَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

famā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yaksibūna

We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them without a true purpose: the Hour will certainly come, so [Prophet] bear with them graciously.

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَآتِيَةٌ ۖ فَاصْفَحِ الصَّفْحَ الْجَمِيلَ

wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā illā bil-ḥaqi wa-inna l-sāʿata laātiyatun fa-iṣ'faḥi l-ṣafḥa l-jamīla

Your Lord is the All Knowing Creator.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْخَلَّاقُ الْعَلِيمُ

inna rabbaka huwa l-khalāqu l-ʿalīmu

We have given you the seven oft-recited versesand the whole glorious Quran.

وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ سَبْعًا مِنَ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنَ الْعَظِيمَ

walaqad ātaynāka sabʿan mina l-mathānī wal-qur'āna l-ʿaẓīma

Do not look longingly at the good things We have given some to enjoy. Do not grieve over the [disbelievers], but lower your wings over the believers

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

lā tamuddanna ʿaynayka ilā mā mattaʿnā bihi azwājan min'hum walā taḥzan ʿalayhim wa-ikh'fiḍ janāḥaka lil'mu'minīna

and say, ‘I am here to give plain warning,’

وَقُلْ إِنِّي أَنَا النَّذِيرُ الْمُبِينُ

waqul innī anā l-nadhīru l-mubīnu

like the [warning] We have sent down for those who divide themselves into bands

كَمَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَى الْمُقْتَسِمِينَ

kamā anzalnā ʿalā l-muq'tasimīna

and abuse the Quran––

الَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا الْقُرْآنَ عِضِينَ

alladhīna jaʿalū l-qur'āna ʿiḍīna

by your Lord, We will question them all

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْأَلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

fawarabbika lanasalannahum ajmaʿīna

about their deeds.

عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

ʿammā kānū yaʿmalūna

So proclaim openly what you have been commanded [to say], and ignore the idolaters.

فَاصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

fa-iṣ'daʿ bimā tu'maru wa-aʿriḍ ʿani l-mush'rikīna

We are enough for you against all those who ridicule your message,

إِنَّا كَفَيْنَاكَ الْمُسْتَهْزِئِينَ

innā kafaynāka l-mus'tahziīna

who set up another god beside God- they will come to know.

الَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا آخَرَ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

alladhīna yajʿalūna maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fasawfa yaʿlamūna

We are well aware that your heart is weighed down by what they say.

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ

walaqad naʿlamu annaka yaḍīqu ṣadruka bimā yaqūlūna

Celebrate the glory of your Lord and be among those who bow down to Him:

فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُنْ مِنَ السَّاجِدِينَ

fasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika wakun mina l-sājidīna

worship your Lord until what is certain comes to you.

وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينُ

wa-uʿ'bud rabbaka ḥattā yatiyaka l-yaqīnu