Al-Hijr
قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ32
God said, ‘Iblis, why did you not bow down like the others?’
قَالَ لَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ مِنْ حَمَإٍ مَسْنُونٍ33
and he answered, ‘I will not bow to a mortal You created from dried clay, formed from dark mud.’
قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ34
‘Get out of here!’ said God. ‘You are an outcast
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ اللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ35
rejected until the Day of Judgement.’
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنْظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ36
Iblis said, ‘My Lord, give me respite until the Day when they are raised from the dead.’
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِينَ37
‘You have respite,’ said God
إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ38
‘until the Day of the Appointed Time.’
قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ39
Iblis then said to God, ‘Because You have put me in the wrong, I will lure mankind on earth and put them in the wrong
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ40
all except Your devoted servants.’
قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَاطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ41
God said, ‘[Devotion] is a straight path to Me
إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ42
you will have no power over My servants, only over the ones who go astray and follow you
وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ43
Hell is the promised place for all these
لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَابٍ لِكُلِّ بَابٍ مِنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَقْسُومٌ44
with seven gates, each gate having its allotted share of them
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ45
But the righteous will be in Gardens with springs
ادْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَامٍ آمِنِينَ46
“Enter them in peace and safety!”––
وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَانًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ47
and We shall remove any bitterness from their hearts: [they will be like] brothers, sitting on couches, face to face
لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُمْ مِنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ48
No weariness will ever touch them there, nor will they ever be expelled.’
نَبِّئْ عِبَادِي أَنِّي أَنَا الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ49
[Prophet], tell My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful
وَأَنَّ عَذَابِي هُوَ الْعَذَابُ الْأَلِيمُ50
but My torment is the truly painful one
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَنْ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ51
Tell them too about Abraham’s guests