15 - The Rock |
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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. |
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| 1 | Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the Book and (of) a Quran that makes (things) clear. |
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| 2 | Often will those who disbelieve wish that they had been Muslims. |
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| 3 | Leave them that they may eat and enjoy themselves and (that) hope may beguile them, for they will soon know. |
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| 4 | And never did We destroy a town but it had a term made known. |
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| 5 | No people can hasten on their doom nor can they postpone (it). |
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| 6 | And they say: O you to whom the Reminder has been revealed! you are most surely insane: |
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| 7 | Why do you not bring to us the angels if you are of the truthful ones? |
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| 8 | We do not send the angels but with truth, and then they would not be respited. |
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| 9 | Surely We have revealed the Reminder and We will most surely be its guardian. |
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| 10 | And certainly We sent (apostles) before you among the nations of yore. |
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| 11 | And there never came an apostle to them but they mocked him. |
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| 12 | Thus do We make it to enter into the hearts of the guilty; |
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| 13 | They do not believe in it, and indeed the example of the former people has already passed. |
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| 14 | And even if We open to them a gateway of heaven, so that they ascend into it all the while, |
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| 15 | They would certainly say: Only our eyes.have been covered over, rather we are an enchanted people. |
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| 16 | And certainly We have made strongholds in the heaven and We have made it fair seeming to the beholders. |
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| 17 | And We guard it against every accursed Shaitan, |
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| 18 | But he who steals a hearing, so there follows him a visible flame. |
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| 19 | And the earth-- We have spread it forth and made in it firm mountains and caused to grow in it of every suitable thing. |
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| 20 | And We have made in it means of subsistence for you and for him for whom you are not the suppliers. |
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| 21 | And there is not a thing but with Us are the treasures of it, and We do not send it down but in a known measure. |
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| 22 | And We send the winds fertilizing, then send down water from the cloud so We give it to you to drink of, nor is it you who store it up. |
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| 23 | And most surely We bring to life and cause to die and We are the heirs. |
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| 24 | And certainly We know those of you who have gone before and We certainly know those who shall come later. |
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| 25 | And surely your Lord will gather them together; surely He is Wise, Knowing. |
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| 26 | And certainly We created man of clay that gives forth sound, of black mud fashioned in shape. |
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| 27 | And the jinn We created before, of intensely hot fire. |
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| 28 | And when your Lord said to the angels: Surely I am going to create a mortal of the essence of black mud fashioned in shape. |
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| 29 | So when I have made him complete and breathed into him of My spirit, fall down making obeisance to him. |
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| 30 | So the angels made obeisance, all of them together, |
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| 31 | But Iblis (did it not); he refused to be with those who made obeisance. |
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| 32 | He said: O Iblis! what excuse have you that you are not with those who make obeisance? |
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| 33 | He said: I am not such that I should make obeisance to a mortal whom Thou hast created of the essence of black mud fashioned in shape. |
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| 34 | He said: Then get out of it, for surely you are driven away: |
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| 35 | And surely on you is curse until the day of judgment. |
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| 36 | He said: My Lord! then respite me till the time when they are raised. |
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| 37 | He said: So surely you are of the respited ones |
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| 38 | Till the period of the time made known. |
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| 39 | He said: My Lord! because Thou hast made life evil to me, I will certainly make (evil) fair-seeming to them on earth, and I will certainly cause them all to deviate |
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| 40 | Except Thy servants from among them, the devoted ones. |
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| 41 | He said: This is a right way with Me: |
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| 42 | Surely. as regards My servants, you have no authority ,over them except those who follow you of the deviators. |
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| 43 | And surely Hell is the promised place of them all: |
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| 44 | It has seven gates; for every gate there shall be a separate party of them. |
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| 45 | Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in the midst of gardens and fountains: |
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| 46 | Enter them in peace, secure. |
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| 47 | And We will root out whatever of rancor is in their breasts-- (they shall be) as brethren, on raised couches, face to face. |
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| 48 | Toil shall not afflict them in it, nor shall they be ever ejected from it. |
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| 49 | Inform My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful, |
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| 50 | And that My punishment-- that is the painful punishment. |
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| 51 | And inform them of the guests of Ibrahim: |
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| 52 | When they entered upon him, they said, Peace. He said: Surely we are afraid of you. |
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| 53 | They said: Be not afraid, surely we give you the good news of a boy, possessing knowledge. |
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| 54 | He said: Do you give me good news (of a son) when old age has come upon me?-- Of what then do you give me good news! |
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| 55 | They said: We give you good news with truth, therefore be not of the despairing. |
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| 56 | He said: And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord but the erring ones? |
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| 57 | He said: What is your business then, O messengers? |
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| 58 | They said: Surely we are sent towards a guilty people, |
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| 59 | Except Lut's followers: We will most surely deliver them all, |
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| 60 | Except his wife; We ordained that she shall surely be of those who remain behind. |
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| 61 | So when the messengers came to Lut's followers, |
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| 62 | He said: Surely you are an unknown people. |
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| 63 | They said: Nay, we have come to you with that about which they disputed. |
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| 64 | And we have come to you with the truth, and we are most surely truthful. |
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| 65 | Therefore go forth with your followers in a part of the night and yourself follow their rear, and let not any one of you turn round, and go forth whither you are commanded. |
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| 66 | And We revealed to him this decree, that the roots of these shall be cut off in the morning. |
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| 67 | And the people of the town came rejoicing. |
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| 68 | He said: Surely these are my guests, therefore do not disgrace me, |
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| 69 | And guard against (the punishment of) Allah and do not put me to shame. |
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| 70 | They said: Have we not forbidden you from (other) people? |
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| 71 | He said: These are my daughters, if you will do (aught). |
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| 72 | By your life! they were blindly wandering on in their intoxication. |
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| 73 | So the rumbling overtook them (while) entering upon the time of sunrise; |
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| 74 | Thus did We turn it upside down, and rained down upon them stones of what had been decreed. |
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| 75 | Surely in this are signs for those who examine. |
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| 76 | And surely it is on a road that still abides. |
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| 77 | Most surely there is a sign in this for the believers. |
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| 78 | And the dwellers of the thicket also were most surely unjust. |
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| 79 | So We inflicted retribution on them, and they are both, indeed, on an open road (still) pursued. |
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| 80 | And the dwellers of the Rock certainly rejected the messengers; |
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| 81 | And We gave them Our communications, but they turned aside from them; |
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| 82 | And they hewed houses in the mountains in security. |
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| 83 | So the rumbling overtook them in the morning; |
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| 84 | And what they earned did not avail them. |
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| 85 | And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them two but in truth; and the hour is most surely coming, so turn away with kindly forgiveness. |
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| 86 | Surely your Lord is the Creator of all things, the Knowing. |
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| 87 | And certainly We have given you seven of the oft-repeated (verses) and the grand Quran. |
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| 88 | Do not strain your eyes after what We have given certain classes of them to enjoy, and do not grieve for them, and make yourself gentle to the believers. |
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| 89 | And say: Surely I am the plain warner. |
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| 90 | Like as We sent down on the dividers |
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| 91 | Those who made the Quran into shreds. |
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| 92 | So, by your Lord, We would most certainly question them all, |
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| 93 | As to what they did. |
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| 94 | Therefore declare openly what you are bidden and turn aside from the polytheists. |
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| 95 | Surely We will suffice you against the scoffers |
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| 96 | Those who set up another god with Allah; so they shall soon know. |
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| 97 | And surely We know that your breast straitens at what they say; |
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| 98 | Therefore celebrate the praise of your Lord, and be of those who make obeisance. |
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| 99 | And serve your Lord until there comes to you that which is certain. |
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