Surah Al-Hijr — The Rocky Tract

الۤرٰ ۗتِلْكَ اٰيٰتُ الْكِتٰبِ وَقُرْاٰنٍ مُّبِيْنٍ ۔

Alif lām rā, tilka āyātul-kitābi wa qur'ānim mubīn(in).

Alif, Lām, Rā. These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].

رُبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَوْ كَانُوْا مُسْلِمِيْنَ

Rubamā yawaddul-lażīna kafarū lau kānū muslimīn(a).

Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims.

ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوْا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوْا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْاَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُوْنَ

Żarhum ya'kulū wa yatamatta‘ū wa yulhihimul-amalu fa saufa ya‘lamūn(a).

Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.

وَمَآ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُوْمٌ

Wa mā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā wa lahā kitābum ma‘lūm(un).

And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.

مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ اُمَّةٍ اَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُوْنَ

Mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wa mā yasta'khirūn(a).

No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.

وَقَالُوْا يٰٓاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْ نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ اِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُوْنٌ ۗ

Wa qālū yā ayyuhal-lażī nuzzila ‘alaihiż-żikru innaka lamajnūn(un).

And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.

لَوْمَا تَأْتِيْنَا بِالْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةِ اِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيْنَ

Lau mā ta'tīnā bil-malā'ikati in kunta minaṣ-ṣādiqīn(a).

Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"

مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةَ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوْٓا اِذًا مُّنْظَرِيْنَ

Mā nunazzilul-malā'ikata illā bil-ḥaqqi wa mā kānū iżam munẓarīn(a).

We do not send down the angels except with truth; and they [i.e., the disbelievers] would not then be reprieved.

اِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَاِنَّا لَهٗ لَحٰفِظُوْنَ

Innā naḥnu nazzalnaż-żikra wa innā lahū laḥāfiẓūn(a).

Indeed, it is We who sent down the message [i.e., the Qur’ān], and indeed, We will be its guardian.

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فِيْ شِيَعِ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ

Wa laqad arsalnā min qablika fī syiya‘il-awwalīn(a).

And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muḥammad], among the sects of the former peoples.

وَمَا يَأْتِيْهِمْ مِّنْ رَّسُوْلٍ اِلَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ يَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ

Wa mā ya'tīhim mir rasūlin illā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn(a).

And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.

كَذٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهٗ فِيْ قُلُوْبِ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَۙ

Każālika naslukuhū fī qulūbil-mujrimīn(a).

Thus do We insert it [i.e., denial] into the hearts of the criminals.

لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِهٖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ

Lā yu'minūna bihī wa qad khalat sunnatul-awwalīn(a).

They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.

وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَابًا مِّنَ السَّمَاۤءِ فَظَلُّوْا فِيْهِ يَعْرُجُوْنَۙ

Wa lau fataḥnā ‘alaihim bābam minas-samā'i fa ẓallū fīhi ya‘rujūn(a).

And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,

لَقَالُوْٓا اِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ اَبْصَارُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُوْرُوْنَ ࣖ

Laqālū innamā sukkirat abṣārunā bal naḥnu qaumum masḥūrūn(a).

They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."

وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى السَّمَاۤءِ بُرُوْجًا وَّزَيَّنّٰهَا لِلنّٰظِرِيْنَۙ

Wa laqad ja‘alnā fis-samā'i burūjaw wa zayyannāhā lin-nāẓirīn(a).

And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.

وَحَفِظْنٰهَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطٰنٍ رَّجِيْمٍۙ

Wa ḥafiẓnāhā min kulli syaiṭānir rajīm(in).

And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allāh]

اِلَّا مَنِ اسْتَرَقَ السَّمْعَ فَاَتْبَعَهٗ شِهَابٌ مُّبِيْنٌ

Illā manistaraqas-sam‘a fa atba‘ahū syihābum mubīn(un).

Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.

وَالْاَرْضَ مَدَدْنٰهَا وَاَلْقَيْنَا فِيْهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَاَنْۢبَتْنَا فِيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَّوْزُوْنٍ

Wal-arḍa madadnāhā wa alqainā fīhā rawāsiya wa ambatnā fīhā min kulli syai'im mauzūn(in).

And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.

وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيْهَا مَعَايِشَ وَمَنْ لَّسْتُمْ لَهٗ بِرٰزِقِيْنَ

Wa ja‘alnā lakum fīhā ma‘āyisya wa mal lastum lahū birāziqīn(a).

And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers.

وَاِنْ مِّنْ شَيْءٍ اِلَّا عِنْدَنَا خَزَاۤىِٕنُهٗ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهٗٓ اِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُوْمٍ

Wa im min syai'in illā ‘indanā khazā'inuhū wa mā nunazziluhū illā biqadarim ma‘lūm(un).

And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known [i.e., specified] measure.

وَاَرْسَلْنَا الرِّيٰحَ لَوَاقِحَ فَاَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءً فَاَسْقَيْنٰكُمُوْهُۚ وَمَآ اَنْتُمْ لَهٗ بِخٰزِنِيْنَ

Wa arsalnar-riyāḥa lawāqiha fa anzalnā minas-samā'i mā'an fa asqainākumūh(u), wa mā antum lahū bikhāzinīn(a).

And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.

وَاِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْيٖ وَنُمِيْتُ وَنَحْنُ الْوٰرِثُوْنَ

Wa innā lanaḥnu nuḥyī wa numītu wa naḥnul-wāriṡūn(a).

And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَقْدِمِيْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَأْخِرِيْنَ

Wa laqad ‘alimnal-mustaqdimīna minkum wa laqad ‘alimnal-musta'khirīn(a).

And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْۗ اِنَّهٗ حَكِيْمٌ عَلِيْمٌ ࣖ

Wa inna rabbaka huwa yaḥsyuruhum, innahū ḥakīmun ‘alīm(un).

And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَاٍ مَّسْنُوْنٍۚ

Wa laqad khalaqnal-insāna min ṣalṣālim min ḥama'im masnūn(in).

And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.

وَالْجَاۤنَّ خَلَقْنٰهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ مِنْ نَّارِ السَّمُوْمِ

Wal-jānna khalaqnāhu min qablu min nāris-samūm(i).

And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.

وَاِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةِ اِنِّيْ خَالِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَاٍ مَّسْنُوْنٍۚ

Wa iż qāla rabbuka lil-malā'ikati innī khāliqum basyaram min ṣalṣālim min ḥama'im masnūn(in).

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.

فَاِذَا سَوَّيْتُهٗ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيْهِ مِنْ رُّوْحِيْ فَقَعُوْا لَهٗ سٰجِدِيْنَ

Fa iżā sawwaituhū wa nafakhtu fīhi mir rūḥī fa qa‘ū lahū sājidīn(a).

And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."

فَسَجَدَ الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ اَجْمَعُوْنَۙ

Fa sajadal-malā'ikatu kulluhum ajma‘ūn(a).

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

اِلَّآ اِبْلِيْسَۗ اَبٰىٓ اَنْ يَّكُوْنَ مَعَ السّٰجِدِيْنَ

Illā iblīs(a), abā ay yakūna ma‘as-sājidīn(a).

Except Iblees; he refused to be with those who prostrated.

قَالَ يٰٓاِبْلِيْسُ مَا لَكَ اَلَّا تَكُوْنَ مَعَ السّٰجِدِيْنَ

Qāla yā iblīsu mā laka allā takūna ma‘as-sājidīn(a).

[Allāh] said, "O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?"

قَالَ لَمْ اَكُنْ لِّاَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهٗ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَاٍ مَّسْنُوْنٍ

Qāla lam akul li'asjuda libasyarin khalaqtahū min ṣalṣālim min ḥama'im masnūn(in).

He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."

قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَاِنَّكَ رَجِيْمٌۙ

Qāla fakhruj minhā fa innaka rajīm(un).

[Allāh] said, "Then depart from it, for indeed, you are expelled.

وَّاِنَّ عَلَيْكَ اللَّعْنَةَ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ

Wa inna ‘alaikal-la‘nata ilā yaumid-dīn(i).

And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense."

قَالَ رَبِّ فَاَنْظِرْنِيْٓ اِلٰى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُوْنَ

Qāla rabbi fa anẓirnī ilā yaumi yub‘aṡūn(a).

He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

قَالَ فَاِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِيْنَۙ

Qāla fa innaka minal-munẓarīn(a).

[Allāh] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved

اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُوْمِ

Ilā yaumil-waqtil-ma‘lūm(i).

Until the Day of the time well-known."

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ اَغْوَيْتَنِيْ لَاُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى الْاَرْضِ وَلَاُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَۙ

Qāla rabbi bimā agwaitanī la'uzayyinanna lahum fil-arḍi wa la'ugwiyannahum ajma‘īn(a).

[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them [i.e., mankind] on earth, and I will mislead them all

اِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِيْنَ

Illā ‘ibādaka minhumul-mukhlaṣīn(a).

Except, among them, Your chosen servants."

قَالَ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسْتَقِيْمٌ

Qāla hāżā ṣirāṭun ‘alayya mustaqīm(un).

[Allāh] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.

اِنَّ عِبَادِيْ لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطٰنٌ اِلَّا مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغَاوِيْنَ

Inna ‘ibādī laisa laka ‘alaihim sulṭānun illā manittaba‘aka minal-gāwīn(a).

Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.

وَاِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَۙ

Wa inna jahannama lamau‘iduhum ajma‘īn(a).

And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all.

لَهَا سَبْعَةُ اَبْوَابٍۗ لِكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُوْمٌ ࣖ

Lahā sab‘atu abwāb(in), likulli bābim minhum juz'um maqsūm(un).

It has seven gates; for every gate is of them [i.e., Satan's followers] a portion designated."

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِيْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍۗ

Innal-muttaqīna fī jannātiw wa ‘uyūn(in).

Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs,

اُدْخُلُوْهَا بِسَلٰمٍ اٰمِنِيْنَ

Udkhulūhā bisalāmin āminīn(a).

[Having been told], "Enter it in peace, safe [and secure]."

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِيْ صُدُوْرِهِمْ مِّنْ غِلٍّ اِخْوَانًا عَلٰى سُرُرٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِيْنَ

Wa naza‘nā mā fī ṣudūrihim min gillin ikhwānan ‘alā sururim mutaqābilīn(a).

And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment, [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other.

لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيْهَا نَصَبٌ وَّمَا هُمْ مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِيْنَ

Lā yamassuhum fīhā naṣabuw wa mā hum minhā bimukhrajīn(a).

No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed.

۞ نَبِّئْ عِبَادِيْٓ اَنِّيْٓ اَنَا الْغَفُوْرُ الرَّحِيْمُۙ

Nabbi' ‘ibādī annī anal-gafūrur-raḥīm(u).

[O Muḥammad], inform My servants that it is I who am the Forgiving, the Merciful,

وَاَنَّ عَذَابِيْ هُوَ الْعَذَابُ الْاَلِيْمُ

Wa anna ‘ażābī huwal-‘ażābul-alīm(u).

And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment.

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَنْ ضَيْفِ اِبْرٰهِيْمَۘ

Wa nabbi'hum ‘an ḍaifi ibrāhīm(a).

And inform them about the guests of Abraham,

اِذْ دَخَلُوْا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوْا سَلٰمًاۗ قَالَ اِنَّا مِنْكُمْ وَجِلُوْنَ

Iż dakhalū ‘alaihi fa qālū salāmā(n), qāla innā minkum wajilūn(a).

When they entered upon him and said, "Peace." [Abraham] said, "Indeed, we are fearful [i.e., apprehensive] of you."

قَالُوْا لَا تَوْجَلْ اِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلٰمٍ عَلِيْمٍ

Qālū lā taujal innā nubasysyiruka bigulāmin ‘alīm(in).

[The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy."

قَالَ اَبَشَّرْتُمُوْنِيْ عَلٰٓى اَنْ مَّسَّنِيَ الْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُوْنَ

Qāla abasysyartumūnī ‘alā am massaniyal-kibaru fa bima tubasysyirūn(a).

He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?"

قَالُوْا بَشَّرْنٰكَ بِالْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُنْ مِّنَ الْقٰنِطِيْنَ

Qālū basysyarnāka bil-ḥaqqi falā takum minal-qāniṭīn(a).

They said, "We have given you good tidings in truth, so do not be of the despairing."

قَالَ وَمَنْ يَّقْنَطُ مِنْ رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهٖٓ اِلَّا الضَّاۤلُّوْنَ

Qāla wa may yaqnaṭu mir raḥmati rabbihī illaḍ-ḍāllūn(a).

He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ اَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُوْنَ

Qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhal-mursalūn(a).

[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

قَالُوْٓا اِنَّآ اُرْسِلْنَآ اِلٰى قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِيْنَۙ

Qālū innā ursilnā ilā qaumim mujrimīn(a).

They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals,

اِلَّآ اٰلَ لُوْطٍۗ اِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوْهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَۙ

Illā āla lūṭ(in), innā lamunajjūhum ajma‘īn(a).

Except the family of Lot; indeed, we will save them all

اِلَّا امْرَاَتَهٗ قَدَّرْنَآ اِنَّهَا لَمِنَ الْغٰبِرِيْنَ ࣖ

Illamra'atahū qaddarnā innahā laminal-gābirīn(a).

Except his wife." We [i.e., Allāh] decreed that she is of those who remain behind.

فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ اٰلَ لُوْطِ ِۨالْمُرْسَلُوْنَۙ

Falammā jā'a āla lūṭinil-mursalūn(a).

And when the messengers came to the family of Lot,

قَالَ اِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنْكَرُوْنَ

Qāla innakum qaumum munkarūn(a).

He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown."

قَالُوْا بَلْ جِئْنٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوْا فِيْهِ يَمْتَرُوْنَ

Qālū bal ji'nāka bimā kānū fīhi yamtarūn(a).

They said, "But we have come to you with that about which they were disputing,

وَاَتَيْنٰكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَاِنَّا لَصٰدِقُوْنَ

Wa ataināka bil-ḥaqqi wa innā laṣādiqūn(a).

And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful.

فَاَسْرِ بِاَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ الَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِعْ اَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ اَحَدٌ وَّامْضُوْا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُوْنَ

Fa asri bi'ahlika biqiṭ‘im minal-laili wattabi‘ adbārahum wa lā yaltafit minkum aḥaduw wamḍū ḥaiṡu tu'marūn(a).

So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded."

وَقَضَيْنَآ اِلَيْهِ ذٰلِكَ الْاَمْرَ اَنَّ دَابِرَ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ مَقْطُوْعٌ مُّصْبِحِيْنَ

Wa qaḍainā ilaihi żālikal-amra anna dābira hā'ulā'i maqṭū‘um muṣbiḥīn(a).

And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.

وَجَاۤءَ اَهْلُ الْمَدِيْنَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُوْنَ

Wa jā'a ahlul-madīnati yastabsyirūn(a).

And the people of the city came rejoicing.

قَالَ اِنَّ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ ضَيْفِيْ فَلَا تَفْضَحُوْنِۙ

Qāla inna hā'ulā'i ḍaifī falā tafḍaḥūn(i).

[Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me.

وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَلَا تُخْزُوْنِ

Wattaqullāha wa lā tukhzūn(i).

And fear Allāh and do not disgrace me."

قَالُوْٓا اَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ

Qālū awalam nanhaka ‘anil-‘ālamīn(a).

They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"

قَالَ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ بَنٰتِيْٓ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ فٰعِلِيْنَۗ

Qāla hā'ulā'i banātī in kuntum fā‘ilīn(a).

[Lot] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."

لَعَمْرُكَ اِنَّهُمْ لَفِيْ سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُوْنَ

La‘amruka innahum lafī sakratihim ya‘mahūn(a).

By your life, [O Muḥammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِيْنَۙ

Fa akhażathumuṣ-ṣaiḥatu musyriqīn(a).

So the shriek seized them at sunrise.

فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَاَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّنْ سِجِّيْلٍ

Fa ja‘alnā ‘āliyahā sāfilahā wa amṭarnā ‘alaihim ḥijāratam min sijjīl(in).

And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.

اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيٰتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِيْنَۙ

Inna fī żālika la'āyātil lil-mutawassimīn(a).

Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.

وَاِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيْلٍ مُّقِيْمٍ

Wa innahā labisabīlim muqīm(in).

And indeed, they [i.e., those cities] are [situated] on an established road.

اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَۗ

Inna fī żālika la'āyatal lil-mu'minīn(a).

Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

وَاِنْ كَانَ اَصْحٰبُ الْاَيْكَةِ لَظٰلِمِيْنَۙ

Wa in kāna aṣḥābul-aikati laẓālimīn(a).

And the companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] were [also] wrongdoers,

فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْۘ وَاِنَّهُمَا لَبِاِمَامٍ مُّبِيْنٍۗ ࣖ

Fantaqamnā minhum, wa innahumā labi'imāmim mubīn(in).

So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway.

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ اَصْحٰبُ الْحِجْرِ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَۙ

Wa laqad każżaba aṣḥābul-ḥijril-mursalīn(a).

And certainly did the companions of al-Ḥijr [i.e., the Thamūd] deny the messengers.

وَاٰتَيْنٰهُمْ اٰيٰتِنَا فَكَانُوْا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِيْنَۙ

Wa ātaināhum āyātinā fa kānū ‘anhā mu‘riḍīn(a).

And We gave them Our signs, but from them they were turning away.

وَكَانُوْا يَنْحِتُوْنَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوْتًا اٰمِنِيْنَ

Wa kānū yanḥitūna minal-jibāli buyūtan āminīn(a).

And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِيْنَۙ

Fa akhażathumuṣ-ṣaiḥatu muṣbiḥīn(a).

But the shriek seized them at early morning,

فَمَآ اَغْنٰى عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُوْا يَكْسِبُوْنَۗ

Famā agnā ‘anhum mā kānū yaksibūn(a).

So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn.

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّۗ وَاِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَاٰتِيَةٌ فَاصْفَحِ الصَّفْحَ الْجَمِيْلَ

Wa mā khalaqnas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa mā bainahumā illā bil-ḥaqq(i), wa innas-sā‘ata la'ātiyatun faṣfaḥiṣ-ṣafḥal-jamīl(a).

And We have not created the heavens and earth and that between them except in truth. And indeed, the Hour is coming; so forgive with gracious forgiveness.

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْخَلّٰقُ الْعَلِيْمُ

Inna rabbaka huwal-khallāqul-‘alīm(u).

Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator.

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنٰكَ سَبْعًا مِّنَ الْمَثَانِيْ وَالْقُرْاٰنَ الْعَظِيْمَ

Wa laqad ātaināka sab‘am minal-maṡānī wal-qur'ānal-‘aẓīm(a).

And We have certainly given you, [O Muḥammad], seven of the often repeated [verses] and the great Qur’ān.

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ اِلٰى مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهٖٓ اَزْوَاجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ

Lā tamuddanna ‘ainaika ilā mā matta‘nā bihī azwājam minhum wa lā taḥzan ‘alaihim wakhfiḍ janāḥaka lil-mu'minīn(a).

Do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of them [i.e., the disbelievers], and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing [i.e., show kindness] to the believers.

وَقُلْ اِنِّيْٓ اَنَا النَّذِيْرُ الْمُبِيْنُۚ

Wa qul innī anan-nażīrul-mubīn(u).

And say, "Indeed, I am the clear warner" -

كَمَآ اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَى الْمُقْتَسِمِيْنَۙ

Kamā anzalnā ‘alal-muqtasimīn(a).

Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separators

الَّذِيْنَ جَعَلُوا الْقُرْاٰنَ عِضِيْنَ

Allażīna ja‘alul-qur'āna ‘iḍīn(a).

Who have made the Qur’ān into portions.

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَۙ

Fa wa rabbika lanas'alannahum ajma‘īn(a).

So by your Lord, We will surely question them all

عَمَّا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ

‘Ammā kānū ya‘malūn(a).

About what they used to do.

فَاصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَاَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْمُشْرِكِيْنَ

Faṣda‘ bimā tu'maru wa a‘riḍ ‘anil-musyrikīn(a).

Then declare what you are commanded and turn away from the polytheists.

اِنَّا كَفَيْنٰكَ الْمُسْتَهْزِءِيْنَۙ

Innā kafainākal-mustahzi'īn(a).

Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers

الَّذِيْنَ يَجْعَلُوْنَ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُوْنَ

Allażīna yaj‘alūna ma‘allāhi ilāhan ākhar(a), fa saufa ya‘lamūn(a).

Who make [equal] with Allāh another deity. But they are going to know.

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ اَنَّكَ يَضِيْقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُوْلُوْنَۙ

Wa laqad na‘lamu annaka yaḍīqu ṣadruka bimā yaqūlūn(a).

And We already know that your breast is constrained by what they say.

فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُنْ مِّنَ السّٰجِدِيْنَۙ

Fa sabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika wa kum minas-sājidīn(a).

So exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord and be of those who prostrate [to Him].

وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتّٰى يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِيْنُ ࣖࣖ

Wa‘bud rabbaka ḥattā ya'tiyakal-yaqīn(u).

And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty [i.e., death].