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سورة الحجر

Al-Hijr · The Rocky Tract

99 ayahs Makki Pages 262–267 Juz 14
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَقُرْءَانٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAlif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture and a plain Reading.

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رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt may be that those who disbelieve wish ardently that they were Muslims.

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ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLet them eat and enjoy life, and let (false) hope beguile them. They will come to know!

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وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it.

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مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNo nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind.

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وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they say: O thou unto whom the Reminder is revealed, lo! thou art indeed a madman!

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لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhy bringest thou not angels unto us, if thou art of the truthful?

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مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe send not down the angels save with the Fact, and in that case (the disbelievers) would not be tolerated.

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إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! We, even We, reveal the Reminder, and lo! We verily are its Guardian.

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وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe verily sent (messengers) before thee among the factions of the men of old.

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وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him.

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كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty:

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لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey believe not therein, though the example of the men of old hath gone before.

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وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd even if We opened unto them a gate of heaven and they kept mounting through it,

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لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَـٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey would say: Our sight is wrong - nay, but we are folk bewitched.

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وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ ﴿١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd verily in the heaven we have set mansions of the stars, and We have beautified it for beholders.

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وَحَفِظْنَـٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ﴿١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We have guarded it from every outcast devil,

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إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave him who stealeth the hearing, and them doth a clear flame pursue.

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وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مَّوْزُونٍ ﴿١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the earth have We spread out, and placed therein firm hills, and caused each seemly thing to grow therein.

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وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَـٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ ﴿٢٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd we have given unto you livelihoods therein, and unto those for whom ye provide not.

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وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ ﴿٢١﴾

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

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وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَسْقَيْنَـٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ لَهُۥ بِخَـٰزِنِينَ ﴿٢٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd 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.

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وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! and it is We, even We, Who quicken and give death, and We are the Inheritor.

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وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَـْٔخِرِينَ ﴿٢٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd verily We know the eager among you and verily We know the laggards.

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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! thy Lord will gather them together. Lo! He is Wise, Aware.

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وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ﴿٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallVerily We created man of potter's clay of black mud altered,

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وَٱلْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَـٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ ﴿٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the jinn did We create aforetime of essential fire.

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وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَـٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ﴿٢٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd (remember) when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am creating a mortal out of potter's clay of black mud altered,

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فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo, when I have made him and have breathed into him of My Spirit, do ye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him.

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فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo the angels fell prostrate, all of them together

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إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate.

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قَالَ يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ ﴿٣٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: O Iblis! What aileth thee that thou art not among the prostrate?

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قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ ﴿٣٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast created out of potter's clay of black mud altered!

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قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ ﴿٣٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Then go thou forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast.

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وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٣٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! the curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Judgment.

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قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.

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قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Then lo! thou art of those reprieved

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إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ ﴿٣٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTill the Day of appointed time.

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قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٣٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe 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,

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إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave such of them as are Thy perfectly devoted slaves.

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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).