Verse 15:14 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
10
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِی شِیَعِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ١٠
walaqad arsalnā min qablika fī shiyaʿi l-awalīn
We sent messengers among the various communities of old
11
وَمَا یَأۡتِیهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ یَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ١١
wamā yatīhim min rasūlin illā kānū bihi yastahziūn
but they mocked every single messenger that came to them
12
كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَسۡلُكُهُۥ فِی قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ١٢
kadhālika naslukuhu fī qulūbi l-muj'rimīn
in this way We make the message slip through the hearts of evildoers
13
لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدۡ خَلَتۡ سُنَّةُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ١٣
lā yu'minūna bihi waqad khalat sunnatu l-awalīn
They will not believe in it. That was what happened with the peoples of long ago
14
وَلَوۡ فَتَحۡنَا عَلَیۡهِم بَابࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِیهِ یَعۡرُجُونَ ١٤
walaw fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban mina l-samāi faẓallū fīhi yaʿrujūn
and even if We opened a gateway into Heaven for them and they rose through it, higher and higher
15
لَقَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتۡ أَبۡصَـٰرُنَا بَلۡ نَحۡنُ قَوۡمࣱ مَّسۡحُورُونَ ١٥
laqālū innamā sukkirat abṣārunā bal naḥnu qawmun masḥūrūn
they would still say, ‘Our eyes are hallucinating. We are bewitched.’
16
وَلَقَدۡ جَعَلۡنَا فِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ بُرُوجࣰا وَزَیَّنَّـٰهَا لِلنَّـٰظِرِینَ ١٦
walaqad jaʿalnā fī l-samāi burūjan wazayyannāhā lilnnāẓirīn
We have set constellations up in the sky and made it beautiful for all to see
17
وَحَفِظۡنَـٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَیۡطَـٰنࣲ رَّجِیمٍ ١٧
waḥafiẓ'nāhā min kulli shayṭānin rajīmi
and guarded it from every stoned satan
18
إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ١٨
illā mani is'taraqa l-samʿa fa-atbaʿahu shihābun mubīnu
any eavesdropper will be pursued by a clearly visible flame
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