Sūra XV.: Al-Hijr, or The Rocky Tract.

Section 1

1. Alif-lam-ra tilka ayatu alkitabi waqur-anin mubeenin

1. A. L. R. These are
The Āyats of Revelation,—
Of a Qur-ān
That makes things clear.

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2. Rubama yawaddu allatheena kafaroo law kanoo muslimeena

2. Again and again will those
Who disbelieve, wish that they
Had bowed (to God's Will)
In Islam.

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3. Tharhum ya/kuloo wayatamattaAAoo wayulhihimu al-amalu fasawfa yaAAlamoona

3. Leave them alone, to enjoy
(The good things of this life)
And to please themselves:
Let (false) Hope amuse them: soon
Will knowledge (undeceive them).

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4. Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illa walaha kitabun maAAloomun

4. Never did We destroy
A population that had not
A term decreed and assigned
Beforehand.

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5. Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalaha wama yasta/khiroona

5. Neither can a people anticipate
Its Term, nor delay it.

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6. Waqaloo ya ayyuha allathee nuzzila AAalayhi alththikru innaka lamajnoonun

6. They say: "O thou to whom
The Message is being revealed!
Truly thou art mad (or possessed)!

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7. Law ma ta/teena bialmala-ikati in kunta mina alssadiqeena

7. "Why bringest thou not
Angels to us if it be
That thou hast the Truth?"

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8. Ma nunazzilu almala-ikata illa bialhaqqi wama kanoo ithan munthareena

8. We send not the angels
Down except for just cause:
If they came (to the ungodly),
Behold! no respite would they have!

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9. Inna nahnu nazzalna alththikra wa-inna lahu lahafithoona

9. We have, without doubt,
Sent down the Message;
And We will assuredly
Guard it (from corruption).

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10. Walaqad arsalna min qablika fee shiyaAAi al-awwaleena

10. We did send apostles before thee
Amongst the religious sects
Of old:

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11. Wama ya/teehim min rasoolin illa kanoo bihi yastahzi-oona

11. But never came an apostle
To them but they mocked him.

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12. Kathalika naslukuhu fee quloobi almujrimeena

12. Even so do we let it creep
Into the hearts of the sinners—

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13. La yu/minoona bihi waqad khalat sunnatu al-awwaleena

13. That they should not believe
In the (Message); but the ways
Of the ancients have passed away.

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14. Walaw fatahna AAalayhim baban mina alssama-i fathalloo feehi yaAArujoona

14. Even if We opened out to them
A gate from heaven,
And they were to continue
(All day) ascending therein,

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15. Laqaloo innama sukkirat absaruna bal nahnu qawmun mashooroona

15. They would only say:
"Our eyes have been intoxicated:
Nay, we have been bewitched
By sorcery."