الحجر Al-Hijr

15:1

الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَقُرْءَانٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ ۝١

Alif-lam-ra tilka ayatualkitabi waqur-anin mubeen

Alif Lām Ra. These are the verses of the Book and of the clear Qur’ān.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the signs of the Book and a manifest Quran.Ali Quli Qarai

Alif, Lām, Rā. These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].Saheeh International

15:2

رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ ۝٢

Rubama yawaddu allatheenakafaroo law kanoo muslimeen

A time will come when perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had become Muslims.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Much will the faithless wish that they had been Muslims.Ali Quli Qarai

Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims.Saheeh International

15:3

ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ۝٣

Tharhum ya/kuloo wayatamattaAAoowayulhihimu al-amalu fasawfa yaAAlamoon

O Muḥammad, leave them to eat and enjoy worldly pleasures and be amused by their vain hope. Soon they will come to know about their outcome.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Leave them to eat and enjoy and to be diverted by longings. Soon they will know.Ali Quli Qarai

Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.Saheeh International

15:4

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ ۝٤

Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illawalaha kitabun maAAloom

We never destroyed a city, but that it had a decreed term of doom.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We did not destroy any town but that it had a known term.Ali Quli Qarai

And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.Saheeh International

15:5

مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَْٔخِرُونَ ۝٥

Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalahawama yasta/khiroon

No nation will be able to put its doom forward, nor will they be able to delay it.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

No nation can advance its time nor can it defer it.Ali Quli Qarai

No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.Saheeh International

15:6

وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ ۝٦

Waqaloo ya ayyuha allatheenuzzila AAalayhi aththikru innaka lamajnoon

The Meccan unbelievers said, “O you to whom the Reminder (i.e., the Qur’ān) has been revealed! You surely are insane.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They said, ‘O you, to whom the Reminder has been sent down, you are indeed crazy.Ali Quli Qarai

And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.Saheeh International

15:7

لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ۝٧

Law ma ta/teena bilmala-ikatiin kunta mina assadiqeen

Why do you not bring us the angels as proof if you are from the truthful ones?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Why do you not bring us the angels should you be truthful?!’Ali Quli Qarai

Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"Saheeh International

15:8

مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًۭا مُّنظَرِينَ ۝٨

Ma nunazzilu almala-ikata illabilhaqqi wama kanoo ithan munthareen

Replying to them, Allah says, “We do not send the angels but with the truth (i.e., the final verdict), and if people still do not believe, then they are not given respite.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We do not send down the angels except with due reason, and then they will not be granted any respite.Ali Quli Qarai

We do not send down the angels except with truth; and they [i.e., the disbelievers] would not then be reprieved.Saheeh International

15:9

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ ۝٩

Inna nahnu nazzalna aththikrawa-inna lahu lahafithoon

“We indeed have revealed the Reminder, and We shall most surely be its Guardian.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed We have sent down the Reminder, and indeed We will preserve it.Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, it is We who sent down the message [i.e., the Qur’ān], and indeed, We will be its guardian.Saheeh International

15:10

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝١٠

Walaqad arsalna min qablika feeshiyaAAi al-awwaleen

O Muḥammad, do not be disappointed by the unbelievers, because We sent many messengers before you among the ancient nations—S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly We sent [apostles] before you to former communities,Ali Quli Qarai

And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muḥammad], among the sects of the former peoples.Saheeh International

15:11

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ۝١١

Wama ya/teehim min rasoolin illakanoo bihi yastahzi-oon

never did a messenger come to them but that they mocked him. Nevertheless, My message was carried on.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and there did not come to them any apostle but that they used to deride him.Ali Quli Qarai

And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.Saheeh International

15:12

كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۝١٢

Kathalika naslukuhu fee quloobialmujrimeen

In the same way, We shall make the truth enter into the hearts of the guilty people,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

That is how We let it pass through the hearts of the guilty:Ali Quli Qarai

Thus do We insert it [i.e., denial] into the hearts of the criminals.Saheeh International

15:13

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝١٣

La yu/minoona bihi waqad khalatsunnatu al-awwaleen

although We know that they will not believe in it despite the example of ancient people that have already passed before them.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

they do not believe in it, and the precedent of the ancients has already passed.Ali Quli Qarai

They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.Saheeh International

15:14

وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ ۝١٤

Walaw fatahna AAalayhim babanmina assama-i fathalloo feehiyaAArujoon

O Muḥammad, they are asking for angels as proof of your truthfulness, but be sure that even if We open a gateway in the heaven for them so that they may continue to ascend into it,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Were We to open for them a gate of the sky, so that they could go on ascending through it,Ali Quli Qarai

And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,Saheeh International

15:15

لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌۭ مَّسْحُورُونَ ۝١٥

Laqaloo innama sukkirat absarunabal nahnu qawmun mashooroon

yet they would say, “Surely our eyes have been dazzled, nay, we are a bewitched people!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

they would surely say, ‘Indeed a spell has been cast on our eyes; indeed, we are a bewitched lot.’Ali Quli Qarai

They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."Saheeh International

15:16

وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًۭا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ ۝١٦

Walaqad jaAAalna fee assama-iburoojan wazayyannaha linnathireen

We have made constellations for the sun and the moon in the heaven, and We have decorated it with stars for the beholders,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly We have appointed houses in the sky and adorned them for the onlookers,Ali Quli Qarai

And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.Saheeh International

15:17

وَحَفِظْنَٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍ ۝١٧

Wahafithnahamin kulli shaytanin rajeem

and We guard it against every accursed SatanS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and We have guarded them from every outcast Satan,Ali Quli Qarai

And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allāh]Saheeh International

15:18

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ ۝١٨

Illa mani istaraqa assamAAafaatbaAAahu shihabun mubeen

except the one who listened stealthily to the heavenly talks of the angels, therefore, a manifest flame pursued him.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

except someone who may eavesdrop, whereat there pursues him a manifest flame.Ali Quli Qarai

Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.Saheeh International

15:19

وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ مَّوْزُونٍۢ ۝١٩

Wal-arda madadnahawaalqayna feeha rawasiya waanbatnafeeha min kulli shay-in mawzoon

The earth—We stretched it and placed firm mountains on it, and therein We caused everything to grow in a proper measure.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And We spread out the earth, and cast in it firm mountains, and We grew in it every kind of balanced thing,Ali Quli Qarai

And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.Saheeh International

15:20

وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ ۝٢٠

WajaAAalna lakum feeha maAAayishawaman lastum lahu biraziqeen

And in it We appointed subsistence for you and the other creatures for whom you do not provide.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and made in it [various] means of livelihood for you and for those whom you do not provide for.Ali Quli Qarai

And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers.Saheeh International

15:21

وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ ۝٢١

Wa-in min shay-in illa AAindanakhaza-inuhu wama nunazziluhu illa biqadarinmaAAloom

In short, there is nothing but that with Us are its treasures—and We do not send it down but according to a decreed measure.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

There is not a thing but that its sources are with Us, and We do not send it down except in a known measure.Ali Quli Qarai

And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known [i.e., specified] measure.Saheeh International

15:22

وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ فَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ لَهُۥ بِخَٰزِنِينَ ۝٢٢

Waarsalna arriyaha lawaqihafaanzalna mina assama-i maanfaasqaynakumoohu wama antum lahu bikhazineen

We send the winds as pollinators of the plants, then We send down water from the clouds so that We may give it to you to drink, and you are not able to preserve it when it is in the clouds.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And We send the fertilizing winds and send down water from the sky providing it for you to drink and you are not maintainers of its resources.Ali Quli Qarai

And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.Saheeh International

15:23

وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ ۝٢٣

Wa-inna lanahnu nuhyeewanumeetu wanahnu alwarithoon

Surely it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the inheritors of the universe.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed it is We who give life and bring death and We are the inheritors.Ali Quli Qarai

And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.Saheeh International

15:24

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَْٔخِرِينَ ۝٢٤

Walaqad AAalimna almustaqdimeenaminkum walaqad AAalimna almusta/khireen

We know those who have passed before you, and We certainly know those who will come later.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly We know the predecessors among you and certainly We know the successors,Ali Quli Qarai

And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].Saheeh International

15:25

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌۭ ۝٢٥

Wa-inna rabbaka huwa yahshuruhuminnahu hakeemun AAaleem

Your Lord will gather them all together; surely He is Wise, Knowing.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and indeed it is your Lord who will resurrect them. Indeed, He is all-wise, all-knowing.Ali Quli Qarai

And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.Saheeh International

15:26

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ مِّنْ حَمَإٍۢ مَّسْنُونٍۢ ۝٢٦

Walaqad khalaqna al-insana minsalsalin min hama-in masnoon

We certainly created the first man, i.e., Adam, from the clay of moulded mud;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly We created man out of a dry clay [drawn] from an aging mud,Ali Quli Qarai

And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.Saheeh International

15:27

وَٱلْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ ۝٢٧

Waljanna khalaqnahumin qablu min nari assamoom

and as for the jinn, We created him (before man) from the hot fire.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and We created the jinn earlier, out of a piercing fire.Ali Quli Qarai

And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.Saheeh International

15:28

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًۭا مِّن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ مِّنْ حَمَإٍۢ مَّسْنُونٍۢ ۝٢٨

Wa-ith qala rabbuka lilmala-ikatiinnee khaliqun basharan min salsalin min hama-inmasnoon

When your Lord intended to create Adam, He said to the angels, “I am going to create a human being from the clay of moulded mud.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

When your Lord said to the angels, ‘Indeed I am going to create a human out of a dry clay [drawn] from an aging mud.Ali Quli Qarai

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.Saheeh International

15:29

فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ ۝٢٩

Fa-itha sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehimin roohee faqaAAoo lahu sajideen

So when I have shaped him and breathed My spirit into him, I want you to fall down in prostration before him.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My spirit, then fall down in prostration before him.’Ali Quli Qarai

And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."Saheeh International

15:30

فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ ۝٣٠

Fasajada almala-ikatu kulluhumajmaAAoon

When Adam came to life with Allāh’s spirit, the angels prostrated themselves all togetherS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Thereat the angels prostrated, all of them together,Ali Quli Qarai

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,Saheeh International

15:31

إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ۝٣١

Illa ibleesa aba an yakoonamaAAa assajideen

except Iblīs, Satan—he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves before Adam.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

but not Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated.Ali Quli Qarai

Except Iblees; he refused to be with those who prostrated.Saheeh International

15:32

قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ۝٣٢

Qala ya ibleesu ma lakaalla takoona maAAa assajideen

Allāh said, “O Iblīs! What is the matter with you that you do not want to be among those who prostrated themselves before Adam?!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘O Iblis! What kept you from being among those who have prostrated?’Ali Quli Qarai

[Allāh] said, "O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?"Saheeh International

15:33

قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ مِّنْ حَمَإٍۢ مَّسْنُونٍۢ ۝٣٣

Qala lam akun li-asjuda libasharinkhalaqtahu min salsalin min hama-in masnoon

Iblīs said, “I would never prostrate myself before a human whom You have created from the clay of moulded mud—I am better than him.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Said he, ‘I will not prostrate before a human whom You have created out of a dry clay [drawn] from an aging mud.’Ali Quli Qarai

He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."Saheeh International

15:34

قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌۭ ۝٣٤

Qala fakhruj minhafa-innaka rajeem

Allāh said, “You have disobeyed Me, therefore, get out of this heavenly station because you are accursed!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘Begone hence, for you are indeed an outcast,Ali Quli Qarai

[Allāh] said, "Then depart from it, for indeed, you are expelled.Saheeh International

15:35

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ۝٣٥

Wa-inna AAalayka allaAAnata ila yawmiaddeen

Upon you shall be the curse till the day of judgement!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and indeed the curse shall lie on you until the Day of Retribution.’Ali Quli Qarai

And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense."Saheeh International

15:36

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ ۝٣٦

Qala rabbi faanthirneeila yawmi yubAAathoon

Iblīs said, “O Merciful Lord! I have served you for so long, so please respite me till the day when they are raised up after their death.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘My Lord! Respite me till the day they will be resurrected.’Ali Quli Qarai

He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."Saheeh International

15:37

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ ۝٣٧

Qala fa-innaka mina almunthareen

Allāh said, “You are among the respited onesS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Said He, ‘You are indeed among the reprievedAli Quli Qarai

[Allāh] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprievedSaheeh International

15:38

إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ ۝٣٨

Ila yawmi alwaqti almaAAloom

till the day whose time is known only to Me.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

until the day of the known time.’Ali Quli Qarai

Until the Day of the time well-known."Saheeh International

15:39

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝٣٩

Qala rabbi bima aghwaytaneelaozayyinanna lahum fee al-ardi walaoghwiyannahumajmaAAeen

lblīs said, “O my Lord! As You have caused me to error on account the human being, I will certainly present the evil deeds in a favourable light to them in the earth, and I will certainly mislead them all togetherS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘My Lord! As You have consigned me to perversity, I will surely glamorize [evil] for them on the earth, and I will surely pervert them, allAli Quli Qarai

[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them [i.e., mankind] on earth, and I will mislead them allSaheeh International

15:40

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ ۝٤٠

Illa AAibadaka minhumualmukhlaseen

except the devoted servants of Your’s from among them.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

except Your dedicated servants among them.’Ali Quli Qarai

Except, among them, Your chosen servants."Saheeh International

15:41

قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَىَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ ۝٤١

Qala hatha siratunAAalayya mustaqeem

Allāh said, “It is upon Me to keep this path —of submission— straight.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘This is the path [leading] straight to Me.Ali Quli Qarai

[Allāh] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.Saheeh International

15:42

إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ ۝٤٢

Inna AAibadee laysa laka AAalayhimsultanun illa mani ittabaAAaka mina alghaween

As for My servants, you have no power over them except those who follow you from among the misled people.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed, as for My servants you do not have any authority over them, except the perverse who follow you,Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.Saheeh International

15:43

وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝٤٣

Wa-inna jahannama lamawAAiduhum ajmaAAeen

Surely the promised place of them all is HellS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and indeed hell is the tryst of them all.Ali Quli Qarai

And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all.Saheeh International

15:44

لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَٰبٍۢ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌۭ مَّقْسُومٌ ۝٤٤

Laha sabAAatu abwabin likullibabin minhum juz-on maqsoom

which has seven gates; a separate group of unbelievers shall be assigned to each gate.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

It has seven gates, and to each gate belongs a separate portion of them.’Ali Quli Qarai

It has seven gates; for every gate is of them [i.e., Satan's followers] a portion designated."Saheeh International

15:45

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ ۝٤٥

Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatinwaAAuyoon

Those who guard themselves against displeasing Allah shall be in the midst of gardens and fountains of Paradise.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed the Godwary will be amid gardens and springs.Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs,Saheeh International

15:46

ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ ۝٤٦

Odkhulooha bisalamin amineen

They will be welcomed by the angels: “Enter the gardens in peace and security!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

‘‘Enter it in peace and safety!’’Ali Quli Qarai

[Having been told], "Enter it in peace, safe [and secure]."Saheeh International

15:47

وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ۝٤٧

WanazaAAna ma fee sudoorihimmin ghillin ikhwanan AAala sururin mutaqabileen

We shall remove all hatred that is in their hearts; they shall become as brothers sitting face to face upon raised couches;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We will remove whatever rancour there is in their breasts; [intimate like] brothers, [they will be reclining] on couches, facing one another.Ali Quli Qarai

And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment, [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other.Saheeh International

15:48

لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌۭ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ ۝٤٨

La yamassuhum feeha nasabunwama hum minha bimukhrajeen

therein no fatigue shall overcome them, nor shall they ever be driven out from there.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Therein neither weariness shall touch them, nor will they [ever] be expelled from it.Ali Quli Qarai

No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed.Saheeh International

15:49

۞ نَبِّئْ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝٤٩

Nabbi/ AAibadee annee anaalghafooru arraheem

O Muḥammad, tell My servants that I am the Most Forgiving, the Merciful God,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Inform my servants that I am indeed the All-forgiving, the All-merciful,Ali Quli Qarai

[O Muḥammad], inform My servants that it is I who am the Forgiving, the Merciful,Saheeh International

15:50

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ ۝٥٠

Waanna AAathabee huwa alAAathabual-aleem

but at the same time, they should know that My punishment is a painful punishment.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and that My punishment is a painful punishment.Ali Quli Qarai

And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment.Saheeh International

15:51

وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۝٥١

Wanabbi/hum AAan dayfi ibraheem

O Muḥammad, tell them about the guests of Ibrāhīm. (The guests were the three angels who came to Ibrāhīm in human form.)S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And inform them about the guests of Abraham,Ali Quli Qarai

And inform them about the guests of Abraham,Saheeh International

15:52

إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ ۝٥٢

Ith dakhaloo AAalayhi faqaloosalaman qala inna minkum wajiloon

When the angels entered upon Ibrāhīm, they said, “Peace be upon you.” When he sat down to eat with them, he said, “We are afraid of you.” (See 11:70)S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

when they entered into his presence and said, ‘Peace!’ He said, ‘We are indeed afraid of you.’Ali Quli Qarai

When they entered upon him and said, "Peace." [Abraham] said, "Indeed, we are fearful [i.e., apprehensive] of you."Saheeh International

15:53

قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍۢ ۝٥٣

Qaloo la tawjal innanubashshiruka bighulamin AAaleem

They said, “Do not be afraid; we have come to give you the good tidings of a knowledgeable boy.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They said, ‘Do not be afraid. Indeed we give you the good news of a wise son.’Ali Quli Qarai

[The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy."Saheeh International

15:54

قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِى عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ ۝٥٤

Qala abashshartumoonee AAalaan massaniya alkibaru fabima tubashshiroon

He said, “What! You give me good tidings though old age has already come upon me? What good tidings are you giving me?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘Do you give me good news though old age has befallen me? What is the good news that you bring me?’Ali Quli Qarai

He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?"Saheeh International

15:55

قَالُوا۟ بَشَّرْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْقَٰنِطِينَ ۝٥٥

Qaloo bashsharnaka bilhaqqifala takun mina alqaniteen

They said, “We have given you a true good tiding, therefore, do not be one of those who despair.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They said, ‘We bring you good news in truth; so do not be despondent.’Ali Quli Qarai

They said, "We have given you good tidings in truth, so do not be of the despairing."Saheeh International

15:56

قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ۝٥٦

Qala waman yaqnatu min rahmatirabbihi illa addalloon

He said, “Of course, I am not despaired of Allah’s blessings! Who can despair of his Lord’s mercy except those who have gone astray? I am surprised at this good tiding because of my old age.” Ibrāhīm realized that this good tiding could not have been the only reason for this visit by the angels, therefore,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘Who despairs of his Lord’s mercy except the astray?!’Ali Quli Qarai

He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"Saheeh International

15:57

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ۝٥٧

Qala fama khatbukumayyuha almursaloon

he said, “Then what is your main concern in this visit, O messengers of God?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘O messengers, what is now your errand?’Ali Quli Qarai

[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"Saheeh International

15:58

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ مُّجْرِمِينَ ۝٥٨

Qaloo inna orsilna ilaqawmin mujrimeen

They said, “We have been sent to the guilty people of Lūṭ with orders to root them outS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They said, ‘We have been sent toward a guilty people,Ali Quli Qarai

They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals,Saheeh International

15:59

إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝٥٩

Illa ala lootin innalamunajjoohum ajmaAAeen

except the family of Lūṭ, we shall surely deliver them allS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

[who shall perish] except the family of Lot. We will indeed deliver all of them,Ali Quli Qarai

Except the family of Lot; indeed, we will save them allSaheeh International

15:60

إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ ۝٦٠

Illa imraatahu qaddarna innahalamina alghabireen

except his wife—we know that she shall be among those who will remain behind in the city.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

except his wife, [who], We have ordained, will indeed be among those who remain behind.’Ali Quli Qarai

Except his wife." We [i.e., Allāh] decreed that she is of those who remain behind.Saheeh International

15:61

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ۝٦١

Falamma jaa ala lootinalmursaloon

When the messengers of Allāh came to the family of Lūṭ,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So when the messengers came to Lot’s family,Ali Quli Qarai

And when the messengers came to the family of Lot,Saheeh International

15:62

قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌۭ مُّنكَرُونَ ۝٦٢

Qala innakum qawmun munkaroon

he said to them, “You people are unknown to me.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

he said, ‘You are indeed strangers [to me].’Ali Quli Qarai

He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown."Saheeh International

15:63

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ جِئْنَٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ ۝٦٣

Qaloo bal ji/naka bimakanoo feehi yamtaroon

They said, “Nay, but we have come to you with the chastisement about which your people were doubting;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They said, ‘Indeed, we bring you what they used to doubt.Ali Quli Qarai

They said, "But we have come to you with that about which they were disputing,Saheeh International

15:64

وَأَتَيْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ ۝٦٤

Waataynaka bilhaqqiwa-inna lasadiqoon

we have come to you with the truth, and surely we are truthful ones.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We bring you the truth, and indeed, we speak truly.Ali Quli Qarai

And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful.Saheeh International

15:65

فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌۭ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ ۝٦٥

Faasri bi-ahlika biqitAAin minaallayli wattabiAA adbarahum wala yaltafitminkum ahadun wamdoo haythutu/maroon

Therefore go forth with your family in a part of the night, and you yourself follow after them; and no one from you should turn around to look at the city. Go forth as you have been commanded.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Take your family in a watch of the night; and follow in their rear, and none of you should turn round, and proceed as you are bidden.’Ali Quli Qarai

So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded."Saheeh International

15:66

وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌۭ مُّصْبِحِينَ ۝٦٦

Waqadayna ilayhi thalikaal-amra anna dabira haola-i maqtooAAunmusbiheen

And We revealed to him the decree that these people shall be rooted out in the morning.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We apprised him of the matter that these will be rooted out by dawn.Ali Quli Qarai

And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.Saheeh International

15:67

وَجَآءَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ ۝٦٧

Wajaa ahlu almadeenati yastabshiroon

When the news of the handsome young guests of Prophet Lūṭ spread around, the people of the city came rejoicingly towards them with evil intentions.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The people of the city came, rejoicing.Ali Quli Qarai

And the people of the city came rejoicing.Saheeh International

15:68

قَالَ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيْفِى فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ ۝٦٨

Qala inna haola-i dayfeefala tafdahoon

Lūṭ said, “These people are my guests, therefore please do not disgrace me by trying to fulfill your evil urges through them;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘These are indeed my guests. Do not bring dishonour on me.Ali Quli Qarai

[Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me.Saheeh International

15:69

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ ۝٦٩

Wattaqoo Allaha walatukhzoon

fear Allāh and do not dishonour me.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Be wary of Allah and do not humiliate me.’Ali Quli Qarai

And fear Allāh and do not disgrace me."Saheeh International

15:70

قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٧٠

Qaloo awa lam nanhaka AAani alAAalameen

They said, “Have we not forbidden you from interfering with the people?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They said, ‘Did we not forbid you from [defending ] strangers?’Ali Quli Qarai

They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"Saheeh International

15:71

قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ ۝٧١

Qala haola-i banateein kuntum faAAileen

As a last resort, Lūṭ said, “These are my daughters, marry them and fulfill your urge if you must do what you want to do.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘These are my daughters, [marry them] if you should do anything.’Ali Quli Qarai

[Lot] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."Saheeh International

15:72

لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ ۝٧٢

LaAAamruka innahum lafee sakratihimyaAAmahoona

O Muḥammad, I swear by your life that because of their evil deeds, they wandered blindly in their intoxication.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

By your life, they were bewildered in their drunkenness.Ali Quli Qarai

By your life, [O Muḥammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.Saheeh International

15:73

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ ۝٧٣

Faakhathat-humu assayhatumushriqeen

So the rumbling of the earthquake seized them at the sunrise;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So the Cry seized them at sunrise,Ali Quli Qarai

So the shriek seized them at sunrise.Saheeh International

15:74

فَجَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ۝٧٤

FajaAAalna AAaliyaha safilahawaamtarna AAalayhim hijaratan minsijjeel

and We turned the city upside down and showered them with stones of baked clay.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and We made its topmost part its nethermost, and rained on them stones of shale.Ali Quli Qarai

And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.Saheeh International

15:75

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لََٔايَٰتٍۢ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ ۝٧٥

Inna fee thalika laayatinlilmutawassimeen

In this chastisement of Lūṭ’s city are signs for those who examine it closely,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

There are indeed signs in that for the percipient.Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.Saheeh International

15:76

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍۢ مُّقِيمٍ ۝٧٦

Wa-innaha labisabeelin muqeem

and it is on a road which still exists.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed it is on a standing road,Ali Quli Qarai

And indeed, they [i.e., those cities] are [situated] on an established road.Saheeh International

15:77

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لََٔايَةًۭ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٧٧

Inna fee thalika laayatanlilmu/mineen

Surely there is a sign in it for the believers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and there is indeed a sign in that for the faithful.Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.Saheeh International

15:78

وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ ۝٧٨

Wa-in kana as-habual-aykati lathalimeen

The dwellers of the Aykah were surely unjust,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed the inhabitants of Aykah were [also] wrongdoers.Ali Quli Qarai

And the companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] were [also] wrongdoers,Saheeh International

15:79

فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ ۝٧٩

Fantaqamna minhum wa-innahumalabi-imamin mubeen

so We took revenge on them. And both of them —the cities of Lūṭ and the Aykah— are upon a clear roadway between Medina and Damascus.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So We took vengeance on them, and indeed the two of them are on an open highway.Ali Quli Qarai

So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway.Saheeh International

15:80

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْحِجْرِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝٨٠

Walaqad kaththaba as-habualhijri almursaleen

The dwellers of the Hijr certainly rejected the messengers of God,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly the inhabitants of Hijr denied the apostles.Ali Quli Qarai

And certainly did the companions of al-Ḥijr [i.e., the Thamūd] deny the messengers.Saheeh International

15:81

وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ ۝٨١

Waataynahum ayatinafakanoo AAanha muAArideen

and We gave them Our signs, but they turned away from them.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We had given them Our signs but they disregarded them.Ali Quli Qarai

And We gave them Our signs, but from them they were turning away.Saheeh International

15:82

وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ ۝٨٢

Wakanoo yanhitoona mina aljibalibuyootan amineen

They hewed the mountains to make houses to be secure from natural and divine afflictions.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They used to hew out dwellings from mountains feeling secure.Ali Quli Qarai

And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.Saheeh International

15:83

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ ۝٨٣

Faakhathat-humu assayhatumusbiheen

Then the rumbling of the earthquake seized them in the morning,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So the Cry seized them at dawn,Ali Quli Qarai

But the shriek seized them at early morning,Saheeh International

15:84

فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ۝٨٤

Fama aghna AAanhum ma kanooyaksiboon

and what they had earned in their worldly life did not avail them of anything.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and what they used to earn did not avail them.Ali Quli Qarai

So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn.Saheeh International

15:85

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لََٔاتِيَةٌۭ ۖ فَٱصْفَحِ ٱلصَّفْحَ ٱلْجَمِيلَ ۝٨٥

Wama khalaqna assamawatiwal-arda wama baynahuma illabilhaqqi wa-inna assaAAata laatiyatunfasfahi assafhaaljameel

We have not created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them but with the truth, i.e., with a purpose. And the hour of judgement is sure to come. So, O Muḥammad, turn away from the unbelievers with a gracious pardoning.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We did not create the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them except with consummate wisdom, and indeed the Hour is bound to come. So forbear with a graceful forbearance.Ali Quli Qarai

And We have not created the heavens and earth and that between them except in truth. And indeed, the Hour is coming; so forgive with gracious forgiveness.Saheeh International

15:86

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ۝٨٦

Inna rabbaka huwa alkhallaqualAAaleem

Surely, your Lord is the Creator, the Knowing.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed your Lord is the All-creator, the All-knowing.Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator.Saheeh International

15:87

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَٰكَ سَبْعًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمَثَانِى وَٱلْقُرْءَانَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ ۝٨٧

Walaqad ataynaka sabAAan minaalmathanee walqur-ana alAAatheem

We have certainly given you seven verses of the oft-repeated Chapter al-Fātiḥah and the whole glorious Qur’ān.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly We have given you [the surah of] the seven oft-repeated verses and the great Quran.Ali Quli Qarai

And We have certainly given you, [O Muḥammad], seven of the often repeated [verses] and the great Qur’ān.Saheeh International

15:88

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٨٨

La tamuddanna AAaynayka ila mamattaAAna bihi azwajan minhum wala tahzanAAalayhim wakhfid janahaka lilmu/mineen

O Muḥammad, do not turn your eyes desirously towards the material blessings that We have given to some groups of unbelievers to enjoy in this world and do not be sad for them for their insolence. Rather make yourself more accessible to the believers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Do not extend your glance toward what We have provided to certain groups of them, and do not grieve for them, and lower your wing to the faithful,Ali Quli Qarai

Do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of them [i.e., the disbelievers], and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing [i.e., show kindness] to the believers.Saheeh International

15:89

وَقُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلْمُبِينُ ۝٨٩

Waqul innee ana annatheerualmubeen

O Muḥammad, say, “I surely am a plain warner of Allāh’s punishment.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and say, ‘I am indeed a manifest warner [of punishment from God],’Ali Quli Qarai

And say, "Indeed, I am the clear warner" -Saheeh International

15:90

كَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْمُقْتَسِمِينَ ۝٩٠

Kama anzalna AAalaalmuqtasimeen

Punishment will come upon the unbelievers just like what We sent upon those who divided the revelations among themselves andS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

like that We sent down upon those who split into bands,Ali Quli Qarai

Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separatorsSaheeh International

15:91

ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عِضِينَ ۝٩١

Allatheena jaAAaloo alqur-anaAAideen

tore the Qur’ān to shreds.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

who represented the Quran as magic.Ali Quli Qarai

Who have made the Qur’ān into portions.Saheeh International

15:92

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسَْٔلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝٩٢

Fawarabbika lanas-alannahum ajmaAAeen

So, by your Lord, We shall surely question all of themS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

By your Lord, We will question them allAli Quli Qarai

So by your Lord, We will surely question them allSaheeh International

15:93

عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ۝٩٣

AAamma kanoo yaAAmaloon

about what they were doing;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

concerning what they used to do.Ali Quli Qarai

About what they used to do.Saheeh International

15:94

فَٱصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ۝٩٤

FasdaAA bima tu/maruwaaAArid AAani almushrikeen

herefore, O Muḥammad, you just announce what you have been commanded to announce, and turn away from the polytheists.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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

Then declare what you are commanded and turn away from the polytheists.Saheeh International

15:95

إِنَّا كَفَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَ ۝٩٥

Inna kafaynaka almustahzi-een

We surely suffice you against the mockersS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed We will suffice you against the deridersAli Quli Qarai

Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockersSaheeh International

15:96

ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ۝٩٦

Allatheena yajAAaloona maAAa Allahiilahan akhara fasawfa yaAAlamoon

who set up another god besides Allāh. They shall soon know their outcome.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

—those who set up another deity besides Allah. Soon they will know!Ali Quli Qarai

Who make [equal] with Allāh another deity. But they are going to know.Saheeh International

15:97

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ۝٩٧

Walaqad naAAlamu annaka yadeequ sadrukabima yaqooloon

We certainly know that your heart is straitened and sad by what they say about you, but do not be grieved because We know of their evil deeds and We will surely punish them.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly We know that you become upset because of what they say.Ali Quli Qarai

And We already know that your breast is constrained by what they say.Saheeh International

15:98

فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ۝٩٨

Fasabbih bihamdi rabbika wakunmina assajideen

So sing the praise of your Lord, and be of those who prostrate themselves to Him,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So celebrate the praise of your Lord and be among those who prostrate,Ali Quli Qarai

So exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord and be of those who prostrate [to Him].Saheeh International

15:99

وَٱعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ ٱلْيَقِينُ ۝٩٩

WaAAbud rabbaka hattaya/tiyaka alyaqeen

and serve your Lord until the certain death comes to you.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and worship your Lord until certainty comes to you.Ali Quli Qarai

And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty [i.e., death].Saheeh International