The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City — Mustafa Khattab 2018 Translation

15:1

۞ الۤرۚ تِلۡكَ ءَایَـٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ وَقُرۡءَانࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ۝١

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Alif-Lãm-Ra. These are the verses of the Book; the clear Quran.

alif-lam-ra til'ka āyātu l-kitābi waqur'ānin mubīni

15:2

رُّبَمَا یَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوۡ كَانُوا۟ مُسۡلِمِینَ ۝٢

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˹The day will come when˺ the disbelievers will certainly wish they had submitted ˹to Allah˺.

rubamā yawaddu alladhīna kafarū law kānū mus'limīn

15:3

ذَرۡهُمۡ یَأۡكُلُوا۟ وَیَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَیُلۡهِهِمُ ٱلۡأَمَلُۖ فَسَوۡفَ یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٣

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˹So˺ let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by ˹false˺ hope, for they will soon know.

dharhum yakulū wayatamattaʿū wayul'hihimu l-amalu fasawfa yaʿlamūn

15:4

وَمَاۤ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡیَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابࣱ مَّعۡلُومࣱ ۝٤

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We have never destroyed a society without a destined term.

wamā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā walahā kitābun maʿlūmu

15:5

مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا یَسۡتَءۡخِرُونَ ۝٥

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No people can advance their doom, nor can they delay it.

mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wamā yastakhirūn

15:6

وَقَالُوا۟ یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلَّذِی نُزِّلَ عَلَیۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجۡنُونࣱ ۝٦

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They say, “O you to whom the Reminder is revealed! You must be insane!

waqālū yāayyuhā alladhī nuzzila ʿalayhi l-dhik'ru innaka lamajnūnu

15:7

لَّوۡ مَا تَأۡتِینَا بِٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِینَ ۝٧

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Why do you not bring us the angels, if what you say is true?”

law mā tatīnā bil-malāikati in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīn

15:8

مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوۤا۟ إِذࣰا مُّنظَرِینَ ۝٨

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We do not send the angels down except for a just cause, and then ˹the end of˺ the disbelievers will not be delayed.

mā nunazzilu l-malāikata illā bil-ḥaqi wamā kānū idhan munẓarīn

15:9

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ ۝٩

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It is certainly We Who have revealed the Reminder, and it is certainly We Who will preserve it.

innā naḥnu nazzalnā l-dhik'ra wa-innā lahu laḥāfiẓūn

15:10

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِی شِیَعِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٠

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Indeed, We sent messengers before you ˹O Prophet˺ among the groups of early peoples,

walaqad arsalnā min qablika fī shiyaʿi l-awalīn

15:11

وَمَا یَأۡتِیهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ یَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ۝١١

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but no messenger ever came to them without being mocked.

wamā yatīhim min rasūlin illā kānū bihi yastahziūn

15:12

كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَسۡلُكُهُۥ فِی قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ۝١٢

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This is how We allow disbelief ˹to steep˺ into the hearts of the wicked.

kadhālika naslukuhu fī qulūbi l-muj'rimīn

15:13

لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدۡ خَلَتۡ سُنَّةُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٣

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They would not believe in this ˹Quran˺ despite the ˹many˺ examples of those ˹destroyed˺ before.

lā yu'minūna bihi waqad khalat sunnatu l-awalīn

15:14

وَلَوۡ فَتَحۡنَا عَلَیۡهِم بَابࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِیهِ یَعۡرُجُونَ ۝١٤

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And even if We opened for them a gate to heaven, through which they continued to ascend,

walaw fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban mina l-samāi faẓallū fīhi yaʿrujūn

15:15

لَقَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتۡ أَبۡصَـٰرُنَا بَلۡ نَحۡنُ قَوۡمࣱ مَّسۡحُورُونَ ۝١٥

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still they would say, “Our eyes have truly been dazzled! In fact, we must have been bewitched.”

laqālū innamā sukkirat abṣārunā bal naḥnu qawmun masḥūrūn

15:16

وَلَقَدۡ جَعَلۡنَا فِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ بُرُوجࣰا وَزَیَّنَّـٰهَا لِلنَّـٰظِرِینَ ۝١٦

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Indeed, We have placed constellations in the sky, and adorned it for all to see.

walaqad jaʿalnā fī l-samāi burūjan wazayyannāhā lilnnāẓirīn

15:17

وَحَفِظۡنَـٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَیۡطَـٰنࣲ رَّجِیمٍ ۝١٧

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And We protected it from every accursed devil,

waḥafiẓ'nāhā min kulli shayṭānin rajīmi

15:18

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝١٨

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except the one eavesdropping, who is then pursued by a visible flare.

illā mani is'taraqa l-samʿa fa-atbaʿahu shihābun mubīnu

15:19

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنَـٰهَا وَأَلۡقَیۡنَا فِیهَا رَوَ ٰسِیَ وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِیهَا مِن كُلِّ شَیۡءࣲ مَّوۡزُونࣲ ۝١٩

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As for the earth, We spread it out and placed upon it firm mountains, and caused everything to grow there in perfect balance.

wal-arḍa madadnāhā wa-alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa-anbatnā fīhā min kulli shayin mawzūni

15:20

وَجَعَلۡنَا لَكُمۡ فِیهَا مَعَـٰیِشَ وَمَن لَّسۡتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِرَ ٰزِقِینَ ۝٢٠

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And We made in it means of sustenance for you and others, who you do not provide for.

wajaʿalnā lakum fīhā maʿāyisha waman lastum lahu birāziqīn

15:21

وَإِن مِّن شَیۡءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَاۤىِٕنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥۤ إِلَّا بِقَدَرࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ ۝٢١

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There is not any means ˹of sustenance˺ whose reserves We do not hold, only bringing it forth in precise measure.

wa-in min shayin illā ʿindanā khazāinuhu wamā nunazziluhu illā biqadarin maʿlūmi

15:22

وَأَرۡسَلۡنَا ٱلرِّیَـٰحَ لَوَ ٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءࣰ فَأَسۡقَیۡنَـٰكُمُوهُ وَمَاۤ أَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِخَـٰزِنِینَ ۝٢٢

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We send fertilizing winds, and bring down rain from the sky for you to drink. It is not you who hold its reserves.

wa-arsalnā l-riyāḥa lawāqiḥa fa-anzalnā mina l-samāi māan fa-asqaynākumūhu wamā antum lahu bikhāzinīn

15:23

وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ نُحۡیِۦ وَنُمِیتُ وَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡوَ ٰرِثُونَ ۝٢٣

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Surely it is We Who give life and cause death. And We are the ˹Eternal˺ Successor.

wa-innā lanaḥnu nuḥ'yī wanumītu wanaḥnu l-wārithūn

15:24

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡتَقۡدِمِینَ مِنكُمۡ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡتَءۡخِرِینَ ۝٢٤

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We certainly know those who have gone before you and those who will come after ˹you˺.

walaqad ʿalim'nā l-mus'taqdimīna minkum walaqad ʿalim'nā l-mus'takhirīn

15:25

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ یَحۡشُرُهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِیمٌ عَلِیمࣱ ۝٢٥

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Surely your Lord ˹alone˺ will gather them together ˹for judgment˺. He is truly All-Wise, All-Knowing.

wa-inna rabbaka huwa yaḥshuruhum innahu ḥakīmun ʿalīmu

15:26

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ مِّنۡ حَمَإࣲ مَّسۡنُونࣲ ۝٢٦

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Indeed, We created man from sounding clay moulded from black mud.

walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūni

15:27

وَٱلۡجَاۤنَّ خَلَقۡنَـٰهُ مِن قَبۡلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ ۝٢٧

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As for the jinn, We created them earlier from smokeless fire.

wal-jāna khalaqnāhu min qablu min nāri l-samūm

15:28

وَإِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةِ إِنِّی خَـٰلِقُۢ بَشَرࣰا مِّن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ مِّنۡ حَمَإࣲ مَّسۡنُونࣲ ۝٢٨

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˹Remember, O Prophet˺ when your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create a human being from sounding clay moulded from black mud.

wa-idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūni

15:29

فَإِذَا سَوَّیۡتُهُۥ وَنَفَخۡتُ فِیهِ مِن رُّوحِی فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِینَ ۝٢٩

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So when I have fashioned him and had a spirit of My Own ˹creation˺ breathed into him, fall down in prostration to him.”

fa-idhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīn

15:30

فَسَجَدَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةُ كُلُّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعُونَ ۝٣٠

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So the angels prostrated all together—

fasajada l-malāikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūn

15:31

إِلَّاۤ إِبۡلِیسَ أَبَىٰۤ أَن یَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ ۝٣١

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but not Iblîs, who refused to prostrate with the others.

illā ib'līsa abā an yakūna maʿa l-sājidīn

15:32

قَالَ یَـٰۤإِبۡلِیسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ ۝٣٢

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Allah asked, “O Iblîs! What is the matter with you that you did not join others in prostration?”

qāla yāib'līsu mā laka allā takūna maʿa l-sājidīn

15:33

قَالَ لَمۡ أَكُن لِّأَسۡجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ مِّنۡ حَمَإࣲ مَّسۡنُونࣲ ۝٣٣

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He replied, “It is not for me to prostrate to a human You created from sounding clay moulded from black mud.”

qāla lam akun li-asjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūni

15:34

قَالَ فَٱخۡرُجۡ مِنۡهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِیمࣱ ۝٣٤

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Allah commanded, “Then get out of Paradise, for you are truly cursed.

qāla fa-ukh'ruj min'hā fa-innaka rajīmu

15:35

وَإِنَّ عَلَیۡكَ ٱللَّعۡنَةَ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ ٱلدِّینِ ۝٣٥

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And surely upon you is condemnation until the Day of Judgment.”

wa-inna ʿalayka l-laʿnata ilā yawmi l-dīn

15:36

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرۡنِیۤ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ یُبۡعَثُونَ ۝٣٦

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Satan appealed, “My Lord! Then delay my end until the Day of their resurrection.”

qāla rabbi fa-anẓir'nī ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūn

15:37

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنظَرِینَ ۝٣٧

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Allah said, “You will be delayed

qāla fa-innaka mina l-munẓarīn

15:38

إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ ٱلۡوَقۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡلُومِ ۝٣٨

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until the appointed Day.”

ilā yawmi l-waqti l-maʿlūm

15:39

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَاۤ أَغۡوَیۡتَنِی لَأُزَیِّنَنَّ لَهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَأُغۡوِیَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ۝٣٩

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Satan responded, “My Lord! For allowing me to stray I will surely tempt them on earth and mislead them all together,

qāla rabbi bimā aghwaytanī la-uzayyinanna lahum fī l-arḍi wala-ugh'wiyannahum ajmaʿīn

15:40

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِینَ ۝٤٠

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except Your chosen servants among them.”

illā ʿibādaka min'humu l-mukh'laṣīn

15:41

قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَ ٰطٌ عَلَیَّ مُسۡتَقِیمٌ ۝٤١

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Allah said, “This is the Way, binding on Me:

qāla hādhā ṣirāṭun ʿalayya mus'taqīmu

15:42

إِنَّ عِبَادِی لَیۡسَ لَكَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ سُلۡطَـٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَاوِینَ ۝٤٢

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you will certainly have no authority over My servants, except the deviant who follow you,

inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sul'ṭānun illā mani ittabaʿaka mina l-ghāwīn

15:43

وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوۡعِدُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ۝٤٣

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and surely Hell is their destined place, all together.

wa-inna jahannama lamawʿiduhum ajmaʿīn

15:44

لَهَا سَبۡعَةُ أَبۡوَ ٰبࣲ لِّكُلِّ بَابࣲ مِّنۡهُمۡ جُزۡءࣱ مَّقۡسُومٌ ۝٤٤

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It has seven gates, to each a group of them is designated.”

lahā sabʿatu abwābin likulli bābin min'hum juz'on maqsūmu

15:45

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونٍ ۝٤٥

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Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs.

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin waʿuyūni

15:46

ٱدۡخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ءَامِنِینَ ۝٤٦

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˹It will be said to them,˺ “Enter in peace and security.”

ud'khulūhā bisalāmin āminīn

15:47

وَنَزَعۡنَا مَا فِی صُدُورِهِم مِّنۡ غِلٍّ إِخۡوَ ٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِینَ ۝٤٧

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We will remove whatever bitterness they had in their hearts. In a friendly manner, they will be on thrones, facing one another.

wanazaʿnā mā fī ṣudūrihim min ghillin ikh'wānan ʿalā sururin mutaqābilīn

15:48

لَا یَمَسُّهُمۡ فِیهَا نَصَبࣱ وَمَا هُم مِّنۡهَا بِمُخۡرَجِینَ ۝٤٨

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No fatigue will touch them there, nor will they ever be asked to leave.

lā yamassuhum fīhā naṣabun wamā hum min'hā bimukh'rajīn

15:49

۞ نَبِّئۡ عِبَادِیۤ أَنِّیۤ أَنَا ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝٤٩

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Inform My servants ˹O Prophet˺ that I am truly the All-Forgiving, Most Merciful,

nabbi ʿibādī annī anā l-ghafūru l-raḥīm

15:50

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِی هُوَ ٱلۡعَذَابُ ٱلۡأَلِیمُ ۝٥٠

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and that My torment is indeed the most painful.

wa-anna ʿadhābī huwa l-ʿadhābu l-alīm

15:51

وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ عَن ضَیۡفِ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ ۝٥١

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And inform them ˹O Prophet˺ about Abraham’s guests

wanabbi'hum ʿan ḍayfi ib'rāhīm

15:52

إِذۡ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَیۡهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمࣰا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمۡ وَجِلُونَ ۝٥٢

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who entered upon him and greeted ˹him with˺, “Peace!” He ˹later˺ said, “Surely we are afraid of you.”

idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla innā minkum wajilūn

15:53

قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوۡجَلۡ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِیمࣲ ۝٥٣

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They reassured ˹him˺, “Do not be afraid! Surely we give you good news of a knowledgeable son.”

qālū lā tawjal innā nubashiruka bighulāmin ʿalīmi

15:54

قَالَ أَبَشَّرۡتُمُونِی عَلَىٰۤ أَن مَّسَّنِیَ ٱلۡكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ ۝٥٤

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He wondered, “Do you give me good news despite my old age? What unlikely news!”

qāla abashartumūnī ʿalā an massaniya l-kibaru fabima tubashirūn

15:55

قَالُوا۟ بَشَّرۡنَـٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡقَـٰنِطِینَ ۝٥٥

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They responded, “We give you good news in all truth, so do not be one of those who despair.”

qālū basharnāka bil-ḥaqi falā takun mina l-qāniṭīn

15:56

قَالَ وَمَن یَقۡنَطُ مِن رَّحۡمَةِ رَبِّهِۦۤ إِلَّا ٱلضَّاۤلُّونَ ۝٥٦

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He exclaimed, “Who would despair of the mercy of their Lord except the misguided?”

qāla waman yaqnaṭu min raḥmati rabbihi illā l-ḍālūn

15:57

قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَیُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ۝٥٧

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He ˹then˺ added, “What is your mission, O messenger-angels?”

qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā l-mur'salūn

15:58

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّاۤ أُرۡسِلۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمࣲ مُّجۡرِمِینَ ۝٥٨

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They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people.

qālū innā ur'sil'nā ilā qawmin muj'rimīn

15:59

إِلَّاۤ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ۝٥٩

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As for the family of Lot, we will certainly deliver them all,

illā āla lūṭin innā lamunajjūhum ajmaʿīn

15:60

إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرۡنَاۤ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلۡغَـٰبِرِینَ ۝٦٠

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except his wife. We have determined that she will be one of the doomed.”

illā im'ra-atahu qaddarnā innahā lamina l-ghābirīn

15:61

فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ۝٦١

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So when the messengers came to the family of Lot,

falammā jāa āla lūṭin l-mur'salūn

15:62

قَالَ إِنَّكُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ مُّنكَرُونَ ۝٦٢

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he said, “You are surely an unfamiliar people!”

qāla innakum qawmun munkarūn

15:63

قَالُوا۟ بَلۡ جِئۡنَـٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِیهِ یَمۡتَرُونَ ۝٦٣

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They responded, “We have come to you with that ˹torment˺ which they have doubted.

qālū bal ji'nāka bimā kānū fīhi yamtarūn

15:64

وَأَتَیۡنَـٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ ۝٦٤

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We come to you with the truth, and we are certainly truthful.

wa-ataynāka bil-ḥaqi wa-innā laṣādiqūn

15:65

فَأَسۡرِ بِأَهۡلِكَ بِقِطۡعࣲ مِّنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ وَٱتَّبِعۡ أَدۡبَـٰرَهُمۡ وَلَا یَلۡتَفِتۡ مِنكُمۡ أَحَدࣱ وَٱمۡضُوا۟ حَیۡثُ تُؤۡمَرُونَ ۝٦٥

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So travel with your family in the dark of night, and follow ˹closely˺ behind them. Do not let any of you look back, and go where you are commanded.”

fa-asri bi-ahlika biqiṭ'ʿin mina al-layli wa-ittabiʿ adbārahum walā yaltafit minkum aḥadun wa-im'ḍū ḥaythu tu'marūn

15:66

وَقَضَیۡنَاۤ إِلَیۡهِ ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ مَقۡطُوعࣱ مُّصۡبِحِینَ ۝٦٦

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We revealed to him this decree: “Those ˹sinners˺ will be uprooted in the morning.”

waqaḍaynā ilayhi dhālika l-amra anna dābira hāulāi maqṭūʿun muṣ'biḥīn

15:67

وَجَاۤءَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَدِینَةِ یَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ ۝٦٧

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And there came the men of the city, rejoicing.

wajāa ahlu l-madīnati yastabshirūn

15:68

قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ ضَیۡفِی فَلَا تَفۡضَحُونِ ۝٦٨

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Lot pleaded, “Indeed, these are my guests, so do not embarrass me.

qāla inna hāulāi ḍayfī falā tafḍaḥūn

15:69

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخۡزُونِ ۝٦٩

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Fear Allah and do not humiliate me.”

wa-ittaqū l-laha walā tukh'zūn

15:70

قَالُوۤا۟ أَوَ لَمۡ نَنۡهَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٧٠

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They responded, “Have we not forbidden you from protecting anyone?”

qālū awalam nanhaka ʿani l-ʿālamīn

15:71

قَالَ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ بَنَاتِیۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ فَـٰعِلِینَ ۝٧١

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He said, “O my people! Here are my daughters ˹so marry them˺ if you wish to do so.”

qāla hāulāi banātī in kuntum fāʿilīn

15:72

لَعَمۡرُكَ إِنَّهُمۡ لَفِی سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ یَعۡمَهُونَ ۝٧٢

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By your life ˹O Prophet˺, they certainly wandered blindly, intoxicated ˹by lust˺.

laʿamruka innahum lafī sakratihim yaʿmahūn

15:73

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّیۡحَةُ مُشۡرِقِینَ ۝٧٣

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So the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them at sunrise.

fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu mush'riqīn

15:74

فَجَعَلۡنَا عَـٰلِیَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةࣰ مِّن سِجِّیلٍ ۝٧٤

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And We turned the cities ˹of Sodom and Gomorrah˺ upside down and rained upon them stones of baked clay.

fajaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min sijjīli

15:75

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَـٰتࣲ لِّلۡمُتَوَسِّمِینَ ۝٧٥

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Surely in this are signs for those who contemplate.

inna fī dhālika laāyātin lil'mutawassimīn

15:76

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِیلࣲ مُّقِیمٍ ۝٧٦

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Their ruins still lie along a known route.

wa-innahā labisabīlin muqīmi

15:77

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٧٧

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Surely in this is a sign for those who believe.

inna fī dhālika laāyatan lil'mu'minīn

15:78

وَإِن كَانَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡأَیۡكَةِ لَظَـٰلِمِینَ ۝٧٨

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And the residents of the Forest were truly wrongdoers,

wa-in kāna aṣḥābu l-aykati laẓālimīn

15:79

فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ۝٧٩

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so We inflicted punishment upon them. The ruins of both nations still lie on a well-known road.

fa-intaqamnā min'hum wa-innahumā labi-imāmin mubīni

15:80

وَلَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡحِجۡرِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ۝٨٠

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Indeed, the residents of the Stone Valley also denied the messengers.

walaqad kadhaba aṣḥābu l-ḥij'ri l-mur'salīn

15:81

وَءَاتَیۡنَـٰهُمۡ ءَایَـٰتِنَا فَكَانُوا۟ عَنۡهَا مُعۡرِضِینَ ۝٨١

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We gave them Our signs, but they turned away from them.

waātaynāhum āyātinā fakānū ʿanhā muʿ'riḍīn

15:82

وَكَانُوا۟ یَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُیُوتًا ءَامِنِینَ ۝٨٢

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They carved their homes in the mountains, feeling secure.

wakānū yanḥitūna mina l-jibāli buyūtan āminīn

15:83

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّیۡحَةُ مُصۡبِحِینَ ۝٨٣

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But the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them in the morning,

fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu muṣ'biḥīn

15:84

فَمَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ یَكۡسِبُونَ ۝٨٤

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and all they achieved was of no help to them.

famā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yaksibūn

15:85

وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَاۤ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَءَاتِیَةࣱۖ فَٱصۡفَحِ ٱلصَّفۡحَ ٱلۡجَمِیلَ ۝٨٥

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We have not created the heavens and the earth and everything in between except for a purpose. And the Hour is certain to come, so forgive graciously.

wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā illā bil-ḥaqi wa-inna l-sāʿata laātiyatun fa-iṣ'faḥi l-ṣafḥa l-jamīl

15:86

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلۡخَلَّـٰقُ ٱلۡعَلِیمُ ۝٨٦

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Surely your Lord is the Master Creator, All-Knowing.

inna rabbaka huwa l-khalāqu l-ʿalīm

15:87

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَیۡنَـٰكَ سَبۡعࣰا مِّنَ ٱلۡمَثَانِی وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ٱلۡعَظِیمَ ۝٨٧

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We have certainly granted you the seven often-repeated verses and the great Quran.

walaqad ātaynāka sabʿan mina l-mathānī wal-qur'āna l-ʿaẓīm

15:88

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَیۡنَیۡكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعۡنَا بِهِۦۤ أَزۡوَ ٰجࣰا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَلَا تَحۡزَنۡ عَلَیۡهِمۡ وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٨٨

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Do not let your eyes crave the ˹fleeting˺ pleasures We have provided for some of the disbelievers, nor grieve for them. And be gracious to the believers.

lā tamuddanna ʿaynayka ilā mā mattaʿnā bihi azwājan min'hum walā taḥzan ʿalayhim wa-ikh'fiḍ janāḥaka lil'mu'minīn

15:89

وَقُلۡ إِنِّیۤ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِیرُ ٱلۡمُبِینُ ۝٨٩

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And say, “I am truly sent with a clear warning”—

waqul innī anā l-nadhīru l-mubīn

15:90

كَمَاۤ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡمُقۡتَسِمِینَ ۝٩٠

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˹a warning˺ similar to what We sent to those who divided ˹the Scriptures˺,

kamā anzalnā ʿalā l-muq'tasimīn

15:91

ٱلَّذِینَ جَعَلُوا۟ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ عِضِینَ ۝٩١

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who ˹now˺ accept parts of the Quran, rejecting others.

alladhīna jaʿalū l-qur'āna ʿiḍīn

15:92

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسۡءَلَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ۝٩٢

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So by your Lord! We will certainly question them all

fawarabbika lanasalannahum ajmaʿīn

15:93

عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٩٣

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about what they used to do.

fa-iṣ'daʿ bimā tu'maru wa-aʿriḍ ʿani l-mush'rikīn

15:94

فَٱصۡدَعۡ بِمَا تُؤۡمَرُ وَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِینَ ۝٩٤

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So proclaim what you have been commanded, and turn away from the polytheists.

FaisdaAA bima tu/maru waaAArid AAani almushrikeena

15:95

إِنَّا كَفَیۡنَـٰكَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَهۡزِءِینَ ۝٩٥

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Surely We will be sufficient for you against the mockers,

innā kafaynāka l-mus'tahziīn

15:96

ٱلَّذِینَ یَجۡعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَۚ فَسَوۡفَ یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٩٦

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who set up ˹other˺ gods with Allah. They will soon come to know.

alladhīna yajʿalūna maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara fasawfa yaʿlamūn

15:97

وَلَقَدۡ نَعۡلَمُ أَنَّكَ یَضِیقُ صَدۡرُكَ بِمَا یَقُولُونَ ۝٩٧

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We certainly know that your heart is truly distressed by what they say.

walaqad naʿlamu annaka yaḍīqu ṣadruka bimā yaqūlūn

15:98

فَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ ۝٩٨

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So glorify the praises of your Lord and be one of those who ˹always˺ pray,

fasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika wakun mina l-sājidīn

15:99

وَٱعۡبُدۡ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ یَأۡتِیَكَ ٱلۡیَقِینُ ۝٩٩

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and worship your Lord until the inevitable comes to you.

wa-uʿ'bud rabbaka ḥattā yatiyaka l-yaqīn

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