Al-Hijr
قَالَ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ بَنَاتِي إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ71
He said, ‘My daughters are here, if you must.’
لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ72
By your life [Prophet], they wandered on in their wild intoxication
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ73
and the blast overtook them at sunrise
فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِنْ سِجِّيلٍ74
We turned their city upside down and rained on them a shower of clay stones
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ75
There truly is a sign in this for those who can learn
وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُقِيمٍ76
it is still there on the highway
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ77
there truly is a sign in this for those who believe
وَإِنْ كَانَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ لَظَالِمِينَ78
The forest-dwellers, too, were wrongdoers
فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُبِينٍ79
and We took retribution on them; both are still there on the highway, plain for all to see
وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْحِجْرِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ80
The people of al-Hijr also rejected Our messengers
وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ آيَاتِنَا فَكَانُوا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ81
We gave them Our signs, but they turned their backs
وَكَانُوا يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا آمِنِينَ82
They carved out dwellings in the mountains, and lived in security
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ83
the blast overwhelmed them early in the morning
فَمَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ84
What they had gained was of no use to them
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَآتِيَةٌ ۖ فَاصْفَحِ الصَّفْحَ الْجَمِيلَ85
We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them without a true purpose: the Hour will certainly come, so [Prophet] bear with them graciously
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْخَلَّاقُ الْعَلِيمُ86
Your Lord is the All Knowing Creator
وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ سَبْعًا مِنَ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنَ الْعَظِيمَ87
We have given you the seven oft-recited versesand the whole glorious Quran
لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ88
Do not look longingly at the good things We have given some to enjoy. Do not grieve over the [disbelievers], but lower your wings over the believers
وَقُلْ إِنِّي أَنَا النَّذِيرُ الْمُبِينُ89
and say, ‘I am here to give plain warning,’
كَمَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَى الْمُقْتَسِمِينَ90
like the [warning] We have sent down for those who divide themselves into bands