The Holy Quran, Chapter Al-Hijr - الحجر

Verse
1
الَرَ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ وَقُرْآنٍ مُّبِينٍ
Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture and a plain Reading.
2
رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوْ كَانُواْ مُسْلِمِينَ
It may be that those who disbelieve wish ardently that they were Muslims.
3
ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُواْ وَيَتَمَتَّعُواْ وَيُلْهِهِمُ الأَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
Let them eat and enjoy life, and let (false) hope beguile them. They will come to know!
4
وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلاَّ وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ
And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it.
5
مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ
No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind.
6
وَقَالُواْ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ
And they say: O thou unto whom the Reminder is revealed, lo! thou art indeed a madman!
7
لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِالْمَلائِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
Why bringest thou not angels unto Us, if thou art of the truthful?
8
مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلائِكَةَ إِلاَّ بِالحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُواْ إِذاً مُّنظَرِينَ
We send not down the angels save with the Fact, and that case (the disbelievers) would not be tolerated.
9
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ
Lo! We, even We, reveal the Reminder, and lo! We verily are it's Guardian.
10
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ الأَوَّلِينَ
We verily sent (messengers) before thee among the factions of the men of old.
11
وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
And never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him.
12
كَذَلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty:
13
لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الأَوَّلِينَ
They believe not therein, though the example of the men of old hath gone before.
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