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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَقُرْءَانٍ مُّبِينٍ

Alif L'am Ra. These are the verses of the Divine Book, the Glorious Qur'an which makes the things clear.

1

رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ

The Day will come when the unbelievers will wish that they were Muslims.

2

ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

Leave them alone to eat and enjoy themselves and be deluded by false hopes, for soon they will find out the Truth.

3

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

Never did We destroy a town whose term of life was not ordained beforehand.

4

مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ

No people can forestall their doom, nor can they postpone it.

5

وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ

They say: "O you to whom the reminder (The Qur'an) is being revealed! You are surely insane.

6

لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

Why don't you bring us the angels, if you are of the truthful ones?"

7

مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ

O Muhammad, tell them: "We do not send down the angels except for just cause (to execute Our scourge), and when they come, people are not given respite.

8

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ

Surely We have revealed this reminder (The Qur'an); and We will surely preserve it Ourself.

9

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Certainly We sent Rasools before you among the early nations;

10

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

but whenever a Rasool came to them, they mocked him.

11

كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Thus do We let doubt creep into the hearts of the criminals;

12

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

that they do not believe in it (The Qur'an), despite the examples of the people who passed before them.

13

وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ

Even if we had opened a gate in Heaven and they ascend through it and keep on ascending,

14

لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَـٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ

still they would have said, 'Our eyes have been dazzled; rather we have been bewitched.'"

15

وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ

It is We who have decked the heavens with constellations and made them good looking for the beholders;

16

وَحَفِظْنَـٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

and We have guarded them from every accursed shaitan.

17

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ

Any shaitan that steals a hearing, there follows him a fiery comet.

18

وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مَّوْزُونٍ

We have spread out the earth and set mountains upon it; and caused to grow every suitable thing therein,

19

وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَـٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ

and We provided therein means of sustenance for you and many other creatures to whom you do not provide.

20

وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

There is nothing which is not in Our inexhaustible treasure and sent down in appropriate measure.

21

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

We send the fertilizing winds and send down water from the sky for you to drink; it is not you who hold the storage of this wealth.

22

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ

Certainly it is We Who give life and cause to die, and We are the inheritors of all.

23

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَـْٔخِرِينَ

Certainly We have full knowledge of those who have gone before you and certainly We know those who will come later.

24

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ

Surely your Rabb will gather them together; surely He is Wise, Knowledgeable.

25

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

We created man from sounding clay, black mud moulded into shape;

26

وَٱلْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَـٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ

while before him We had created Jinn from smokeless fire.

27

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

Remember when your Rabb said to the angels: "I am about to create a man from sounding clay, black mud moulded into shape;

28

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِينَ

when I complete his moulding and breath into him of My spirit, kneel down and prostrate before him."

29

فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ

Accordingly the angels prostrated altogether,

30

إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ

except Iblees (The Satan); he refused to join those who prostrated.

31

قَالَ يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ

Allah asked: "O Iblees! What is the matter with you that you did not join those who prostrated?"

32

قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

He replied: "It does not behoove me to prostrate myself to this man whom You have created from sounding clay, black mud moulded into shape."

33

قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

Allah said: "Get out of here, you are accursed.

34

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

The curse will remain on you till the Day of Judgement."

35

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

At this Iblees requested: "Rabb! Give me respite till the Day of Resurrection."

36

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ

Allah said: "All right! You are given the respite

37

إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ

till the Day of appointed time."

38

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Iblees said: "Rabb! Since You let me go astray, I will make evil fair-seeming to them on earth and I will seduce them all

39

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

except those of them who are Your sincere devotees."

40

قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَىَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ

Allah said: "This course of action is all right with Me

41

إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَـٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ

- you will not have any authority over My devotees except those misguided ones who follow you.

42

وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

They will be all destined for Hell,

43

لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَٰبٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌ

which has seven gates, each gate will be assigned to a separate group from among them."

44

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

The righteous will be in the midst of the gardens and fountains of paradise

45

ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ

and it will be said to them: "Enter into these in peace and security."

46

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ

We shall remove all hatred from their hearts - they will become like brothers and sit on couches face to face.

47

لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ

No fatigue will touch them in there, not will they ever be asked to leave.

48

نَبِّئْ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

O Prophet! Tell My devotees that I am indeed the Forgiving, the Merciful;

49

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ

but at the same time My punishment is also the most painful punishment.

50

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

Tell them about the guests of Ibrahim (Abraham).

51

إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ

They entered upon them and said: "Peace be upon you!" But he replied: "Surely we are afraid of you."

52

قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ

They answered: "Do not be afraid of us! We have come to you with good news of a son endowed with knowledge."

53

قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِى عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ

He said: "Are you giving me the good news of a son when I have become old? What kind of good news you are giving?"

54

قَالُوا۟ بَشَّرْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْقَـٰنِطِينَ

They replied: "We are giving you true good news; you should not be of those who despair."

55

قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ

He said: "Who would despair of the mercy of his Rabb except one who goes astray?"

56

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

Then he asked: "On what expedition you have been sent, O emissaries of Allah?"

57

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ

They replied: "We have been sent to punish a criminal nation,

58

إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

with the exception of Lut's (Lot's) family; we will certainly rescue them all

59

إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ

except his wife, who, Allah says, has been destined to remain with those who will stay behind."

60

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

So when the emissaries came to the family of Lut,

61

قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ

he said: " You appear to be strangers."

62

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ جِئْنَـٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ

They said: "We have come to you with that concerning which these people had doubts.

63

وَأَتَيْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ

We have come to you with the Truth of Allah's decree and we are telling you the truth.

64

فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَـٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

You should, therefore, depart with your family during the last hours of the night and you yourself should follow them at their rear; let no one of you look back, keep on going where you are commanded to go."

65

وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ

We informed him about this decree of Ours that the roots of the sinners of his city would be cut off by the morning.

66

وَجَآءَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ

The people of the town came rejoicing to the house of Lut when they heard the news of those two young male visitors.

67

قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيْفِى فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ

Lut said: "They are my guests, so do not disgrace me.

68

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ

Have fear of Allah and do not put me to shame."

69

قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

They said: "Have we not forbidden you to plead for the rest of the world?"

70

قَالَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ

He said: "Here are my daughters, if you must act."

71

لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

By your life, O Prophet Muhammad, they were madly blundering in their intoxication of lust!

72

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

So the mighty blast overtook them at sunrise.

73

فَجَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

Thus We turned the town upside down and rained down on them brimstones of baked clay.

74

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ

Surely there are major lessons in this for those who investigate,

75

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ

and this smitten town still lies right on the permanent highway on which the unbelievers travel during their business trips.

76

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Indeed there is a sign in this for the true believers.

77

وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَـٰلِمِينَ

The people of Al-Aikah (the nation of Prophet Shu'aib) were also wrongdoers.

78

فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ

So We inflicted retribution on them. The ruined towns of these two nations are lying on an open road.

79

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْحِجْرِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

The people of Hijr also denied their Rasool.

80

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ

We gave them Our signs, but they ignored them.

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وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ

They hewed their homes in the mountains for safety.

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فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

But the mighty blast seized them one morning.

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فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

And all their labor of building their homes through carving the rocks did not avail them.

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وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَـَٔاتِيَةٌ ۖ فَٱصْفَحِ ٱلصَّفْحَ ٱلْجَمِيلَ

We have not created the Heavens and the Earth, and all that lies between them but to manifest the Truth.The Hour of Doom is sure to come, so overlook their misbehavior in a gracious manner.

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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْخَلَّـٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Surely your Rabb is the All-Knowing Creator.

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وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكَ سَبْعًا مِّنَ ٱلْمَثَانِى وَٱلْقُرْءَانَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ

We have given you the Seven Verses that are worthy of recitation over and over again (Surah Al-Fatiha) and the Glorious Qur'an.

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لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Do not look at the worldly wealth which We have given to different people among them, nor grieve at their condition. Leave them alone, attend to the believers in kindness,

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