Verse 15:18 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem

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

19 وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنَـٰهَا وَأَلۡقَیۡنَا فِیهَا رَوَ ٰسِیَ وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِیهَا مِن كُلِّ شَیۡءࣲ مَّوۡزُونࣲ ۝١٩ wal-arḍa madadnāhā wa-alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa-anbatnā fīhā min kulli shayin mawzūni As for the earth, We have spread it out, set firm mountains on it, and made everything grow there in due balance 20 وَجَعَلۡنَا لَكُمۡ فِیهَا مَعَـٰیِشَ وَمَن لَّسۡتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِرَ ٰزِقِینَ ۝٢٠ wajaʿalnā lakum fīhā maʿāyisha waman lastum lahu birāziqīn We have provided sustenance in it for you and for all those creatures for whom you do not provide 21 وَإِن مِّن شَیۡءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَاۤىِٕنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥۤ إِلَّا بِقَدَرࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ۝٢١ wa-in min shayin illā ʿindanā khazāinuhu wamā nunazziluhu illā biqadarin maʿlūmi There is not a thing whose storehouses are not with Us. We send it down only according to a well-defined measure 22 وَأَرۡسَلۡنَا ٱلرِّیَـٰحَ لَوَ ٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءࣰ فَأَسۡقَیۡنَـٰكُمُوهُ وَمَاۤ أَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِخَـٰزِنِینَ ۝٢٢ wa-arsalnā l-riyāḥa lawāqiḥa fa-anzalnā mina l-samāi māan fa-asqaynākumūhu wamā antum lahu bikhāzinīn We send the winds to fertilize, and We bring down water from the sky for you to drink- you do not control its sources