سُورَةُ الحِجۡرِ

الۤرۚ تِلۡكَ ءَایَـٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ وَقُرۡءَانࣲ مُّبِینࣲ (۱)

Alif. Lam. Ra. THESE ARE MESSAGES of revelation -of a discourse clear in itself and clearly showing the truth.

رُّبَمَا یَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوۡ كَانُوا۟ مُسۡلِمِینَ (۲)

And it will come to pass that those who are [now] bent on denying this truth will wish that they had surrendered themselves to God [in their life time].

ذَرۡهُمۡ یَأۡكُلُوا۟ وَیَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَیُلۡهِهِمُ ٱلۡأَمَلُۖ فَسَوۡفَ یَعۡلَمُونَ (۳)

Leave them alone; let them eat and enjoy themselves the while the hope [of vain delights] be guiles them: for in time they will come to know [the truth].

وَمَاۤ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡیَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابࣱ مَّعۡلُومࣱ (۴)

And never have We destroyed any community [for its wrongdoing] unless a divine writ had (previously] been made known to it;

مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا یَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ (۵)

[but remember that] no community can ever forestall [the end of] its term - and neither can they delay [it].

وَقَالُوا۟ یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلَّذِی نُزِّلَ عَلَیۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجۡنُونࣱ (۶)

And yet, they [who deny the truth] say: "O thou unto whom this reminder has [allegedly] been bestowed from on high: verily, thou art mad!

لَّوۡ مَا تَأۡتِینَا بِٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِینَ (۷)

Why dost thou not bring before us angels, if thou art a man of truth?

مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوۤا۟ إِذࣰا مُّنظَرِینَ (۸)

[Yet] We never send down angels otherwise than in accordance with the [demands of] truth; and [were the angels to appear now,] lo! they [who reject this divine writ] would have no further respite!

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ (۹)

Behold, it is We Ourselves who have bestowed from on high, step by step, this reminder? and, behold, it is We who shall truly guard it [from all corruption].

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِی شِیَعِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ (۱۰)

AND, INDEED, [O Prophet,] even before thy time did We send [Our apostles] unto communities of old -

وَمَا یَأۡتِیهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ یَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ (۱۱)

and never yet came an apostle to them without their deriding him.

كَذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ نَسۡلُكُهُۥ فِی قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ (۱۲)

Even so do We [now] cause this [scorn of Our message] to pervade the hearts of those who are lost in sin,

لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدۡ خَلَتۡ سُنَّةُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ (۱۳)

who do not believe in it, although the way which those [evildoers] of olden times had to go has long been within their ken.

وَلَوۡ فَتَحۡنَا عَلَیۡهِم بَابࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِیهِ یَعۡرُجُونَ (۱۴)

Yet even had We opened to them a gateway to heaven and they had ascended, on and on, up to it,

لَقَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتۡ أَبۡصَـٰرُنَا بَلۡ نَحۡنُ قَوۡمࣱ مَّسۡحُورُونَ (۱۵)

they would surely have said, "It is only our eyes that are spellbound! Nay, we have been bewitched!,

وَلَقَدۡ جَعَلۡنَا فِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ بُرُوجࣰا وَزَیَّنَّـٰهَا لِلنَّـٰظِرِینَ (۱۶)

AND, INDEED, We have set up in the heavens great constellations, and endowed them with beauty for all to behold;

وَحَفِظۡنَـٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَیۡطَـٰنࣲ رَّجِیمٍ (۱۷)

and We have made them secure against every satanic force accursed -

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابࣱ مُّبِینࣱ (۱۸)

so that anyone who seeks to learn [the unknowable] by stealth is pursued by a flame clear to see.

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنَـٰهَا وَأَلۡقَیۡنَا فِیهَا رَوَ ٰ⁠سِیَ وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِیهَا مِن كُلِّ شَیۡءࣲ مَّوۡزُونࣲ (۱۹)

And the earth -We have spread it out wide, and placed on it mountains firm, and caused [life] of every kind to grow on it in a balanced manner,

وَجَعَلۡنَا لَكُمۡ فِیهَا مَعَـٰیِشَ وَمَن لَّسۡتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِرَ ٰ⁠زِقِینَ (۲۰)

and provided thereon means of livelihood for you [O men] as well as for all [living beings] whose sustenance does not depend on you.

وَإِن مِّن شَیۡءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَاۤىِٕنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥۤ إِلَّا بِقَدَرࣲ مَّعۡلُومࣲ (۲۱)

For, no single thing exists that does not have its source with Us; and nought do We bestow from on high unless it be in accordance with a measure well-defined.

وَأَرۡسَلۡنَا ٱلرِّیَـٰحَ لَوَ ٰ⁠قِحَ فَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءࣰ فَأَسۡقَیۡنَـٰكُمُوهُ وَمَاۤ أَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِخَـٰزِنِینَ (۲۲)

And We let loose the winds to fertilize [plants] and We send down water from the skies and let you drink thereof: and it is not you who dispose of its source-

وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ نُحۡیِۦ وَنُمِیتُ وَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡوَ ٰ⁠رِثُونَ (۲۳)

for, behold, it is We-We alone -who grant life and deal death, and it is We alone who shall remain after all else will have passed away!

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡتَقۡدِمِینَ مِنكُمۡ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡتَـٔۡخِرِینَ (۲۴)

And well do We know [the hearts and deeds of all human beings - both] those who lived before you and those who will come after you;

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ یَحۡشُرُهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِیمٌ عَلِیمࣱ (۲۵)

and, behold, it is thy Sustainer who will gather them all together [on Judgment Day]: verily, He is wise, all-knowing!

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ مِّنۡ حَمَإࣲ مَّسۡنُونࣲ (۲۶)

AND, INDEED, We have created man out of sounding clay, out of dark-slime transmuted

وَٱلۡجَاۤنَّ خَلَقۡنَـٰهُ مِن قَبۡلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ (۲۷)

whereas the invisible beings We had created, [long] before that, out of the fire of scorching winds.

وَإِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةِ إِنِّی خَـٰلِقُۢ بَشَرࣰا مِّن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ مِّنۡ حَمَإࣲ مَّسۡنُونࣲ (۲۸)

And lo! Thy Sustainer said unto the angels: "Behold, I am about to create mortal man out of sounding clay, out of dark slime transmuted;

فَإِذَا سَوَّیۡتُهُۥ وَنَفَخۡتُ فِیهِ مِن رُّوحِی فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَـٰجِدِینَ (۲۹)

and when I have formed him fully and breathed into him of My spirit, fall down before him in prostration!

فَسَجَدَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةُ كُلُّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعُونَ (۳۰)

Thereupon the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together,

إِلَّاۤ إِبۡلِیسَ أَبَىٰۤ أَن یَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ (۳۱)

save Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.

قَالَ یَـٰۤإِبۡلِیسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ (۳۲)

Said He: "O Iblis! What is thy reason for not being among those who have prostrated themselves?"

قَالَ لَمۡ أَكُن لِّأَسۡجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ مِّنۡ حَمَإࣲ مَّسۡنُونࣲ (۳۳)

[Iblis] replied: "It is not for me to prostrate myself before mortal man whom Thou hast created out of sounding clay, out of dark slime transmuted!"

قَالَ فَٱخۡرُجۡ مِنۡهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِیمࣱ (۳۴)

Said He: "Go forth, then, from this [angelic state]: for, behold, thou art [henceforth] accursed,

وَإِنَّ عَلَیۡكَ ٱللَّعۡنَةَ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ ٱلدِّینِ (۳۵)

and [My] rejection shall be thy due until the Day of Judgment!"

قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرۡنِیۤ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ یُبۡعَثُونَ (۳۶)

Said [Iblis]: "Then, O my Sustainer, grant me a respite till the Day when all shall be raised from the dead!"

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنظَرِینَ (۳۷)

Answered He: "Verily, so be it: thou shalt be among those who are granted respite

إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ ٱلۡوَقۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡلُومِ (۳۸)

till the Day the time whereof is known [to Me alone]."

قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَاۤ أَغۡوَیۡتَنِی لَأُزَیِّنَنَّ لَهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَأُغۡوِیَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ (۳۹)

[Whereupon Iblis] said: "O my Sustainer! Since Thou hast thwarted me, I shall indeed make [all that is evil] on earth seem goodly to them, and shall most certainly beguile them-into grievous error -

إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِینَ (۴۰)

[all] save such of them as are truly Thy servants!"

قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَ ٰ⁠طٌ عَلَیَّ مُسۡتَقِیمٌ (۴۱)

Said He: "This is, with Me. a straight way:

إِنَّ عِبَادِی لَیۡسَ لَكَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ سُلۡطَـٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَاوِینَ (۴۲)

verily, thou shalt have no power over My creatures- unless it be such as are [already] lost in grievous error and follow thee [of their own will]:

وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوۡعِدُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ (۴۳)

and for all such, behold, hell is the promised goal.

لَهَا سَبۡعَةُ أَبۡوَ ٰ⁠بࣲ لِّكُلِّ بَابࣲ مِّنۡهُمۡ جُزۡءࣱ مَّقۡسُومٌ (۴۴)

with seven gates leading into it, each gate receiving its allotted share of sinners. -

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونٍ (۴۵)

VERILY, those who are conscious of God [shall find themselves in the hereafter] amidst gardens and springs,

ٱدۡخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ءَامِنِینَ (۴۶)

[having been received with the greeting,] "Enter here in peace, secure!"

وَنَزَعۡنَا مَا فِی صُدُورِهِم مِّنۡ غِلٍّ إِخۡوَ ٰ⁠نًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِینَ (۴۷)

And [by then] We shall have removed whatever unworthy thoughts or feelings may have been [lingering] in their breasts, [and they shall rest] as brethren, facing one another [in love] upon thrones of happiness.

لَا یَمَسُّهُمۡ فِیهَا نَصَبࣱ وَمَا هُم مِّنۡهَا بِمُخۡرَجِینَ (۴۸)

No weariness shall ever touch them in this [state of bliss], and never shall they have to forgo it.

۞ نَبِّئۡ عِبَادِیۤ أَنِّیۤ أَنَا ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ (۴۹)

Tell My servants that I - I alone - am truly forgiving, a true dispenser of grace;

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِی هُوَ ٱلۡعَذَابُ ٱلۡأَلِیمُ (۵۰)

and [also,] that the suffering which I shall impose [on sinners] will indeed be a suffering most grievous.

وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ عَن ضَیۡفِ إِبۡرَ ٰ⁠هِیمَ (۵۱)

AND TELL THEM [once again] about Abraham's guests -

إِذۡ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَیۡهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمࣰا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمۡ وَجِلُونَ (۵۲)

[how,] when they presented themselves before him and bade him peace, he answered: "Behold, we are afraid of you!"

قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوۡجَلۡ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِیمࣲ (۵۳)

Said they: "Fear not! Behold, we bring thee the glad tiding of [the birth of] a son who will be endowed with deep knowledge."

قَالَ أَبَشَّرۡتُمُونِی عَلَىٰۤ أَن مَّسَّنِیَ ٱلۡكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ (۵۴)

Said he: "Do you give me this glad tiding despite the fact that old age has overtaken me? Of what [strange thing], then, are you giving me a tiding!"

قَالُوا۟ بَشَّرۡنَـٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡقَـٰنِطِینَ (۵۵)

They answered: "We have given thee the glad tiding of something that is bound to come true. - so be not of those who abandon hope!"

قَالَ وَمَن یَقۡنَطُ مِن رَّحۡمَةِ رَبِّهِۦۤ إِلَّا ٱلضَّاۤلُّونَ (۵۶)

[Abraham] exclaimed: "And who-other than those who have utterly lost their way-could ever abandon the hope of his Sustainer's grace?"

قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَیُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ (۵۷)

He added: "And what [else] may you have in view, O you [heavenly] messengers?"

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّاۤ أُرۡسِلۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمࣲ مُّجۡرِمِینَ (۵۸)

They answered: "We are sent to people lost in sin [who are to be destroyed],

إِلَّاۤ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ (۵۹)

barring Lot's household, all of whom, behold, we shall save -

إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرۡنَاۤ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلۡغَـٰبِرِینَ (۶۰)

excepting only his wife, [of whom God says,] `We have ordained [that], behold, she should be among those who stay behind!'

فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ (۶۱)

AND WHEN the messengers [of God] came to the house of Lot,

قَالَ إِنَّكُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ مُّنكَرُونَ (۶۲)

he said: "Behold, you are people unknown [here]!"

قَالُوا۟ بَلۡ جِئۡنَـٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِیهِ یَمۡتَرُونَ (۶۳)

They answered: "Nay, but we have come unto thee with [the announcement of] something that they [who are given to evil] have always been wont to call in question,

وَأَتَیۡنَـٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ (۶۴)

and we are bringing thee the certainty [of its fulfilment]: for, behold, we are speaking the truth indeed.

فَأَسۡرِ بِأَهۡلِكَ بِقِطۡعࣲ مِّنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ وَٱتَّبِعۡ أَدۡبَـٰرَهُمۡ وَلَا یَلۡتَفِتۡ مِنكُمۡ أَحَدࣱ وَٱمۡضُوا۟ حَیۡثُ تُؤۡمَرُونَ (۶۵)

Go, then., with thy household while it is yet night, with thyself following them in the rear; and let none of you look back, but proceed whither you are bidden."

وَقَضَیۡنَاۤ إِلَیۡهِ ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ مَقۡطُوعࣱ مُّصۡبِحِینَ (۶۶)

And [through Our messengers] We revealed unto him this decree: "The last remnant of those [sinners] shall be wiped out" in the morn."

وَجَاۤءَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَدِینَةِ یَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ (۶۷)

And the people of the city came [unto Lot], rejoicing at the glad tiding.

قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ ضَیۡفِی فَلَا تَفۡضَحُونِ (۶۸)

Exclaimed [Lot]: "Behold, these are my guests: so put me not to shame,

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخۡزُونِ (۶۹)

but be conscious of God and disgrace me not!"

قَالُوۤا۟ أَوَلَمۡ نَنۡهَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ (۷۰)

They answered: "Have we not forbidden thee [to offer protection] to any kind of people?"

قَالَ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ بَنَاتِیۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ فَـٰعِلِینَ (۷۱)

[Lot] said: "[Take instead] these daughters of mine, if you must do [whatever you intend to do]!"

لَعَمۡرُكَ إِنَّهُمۡ لَفِی سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ یَعۡمَهُونَ (۷۲)

[But the angels spoke thus:] "As thou livest, [O Lot, they will not listen to thee:] behold, in their delirium [of lust] they are but blindly stumbling to and fro!"

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّیۡحَةُ مُشۡرِقِینَ (۷۳)

And thereupon the blast [of Our punishment] overtook them at the time of sunrise,

فَجَعَلۡنَا عَـٰلِیَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةࣰ مِّن سِجِّیلٍ (۷۴)

and We turned those [sinful towns} upside down, and rained down upon them stone-hard blows of chastisement pre-ordained.

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ لَـَٔایَـٰتࣲ لِّلۡمُتَوَسِّمِینَ (۷۵)

Verily, in all this there are messages indeed for those who can read the signs:

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِیلࣲ مُّقِیمٍ (۷۶)

for, behold, those [towns] stood by a road that still exists.

إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ لَـَٔایَةࣰ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ (۷۷)

Verily, herein lies a message indeed for all who believe [in God].

وَإِن كَانَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡأَیۡكَةِ لَظَـٰلِمِینَ (۷۸)

AND THE DWELLERS of the wooded dales [of Madyan, too,] were inveterate evildoers,

فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامࣲ مُّبِینࣲ (۷۹)

and so We inflicted Our retribution on them. And, behold, both these [sinful communities] lived by a highway, [to this day] plain to see

وَلَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡحِجۡرِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ (۸۰)

AND, [likewise,] indeed, the people of Al-Hijr gave the lie to [Our] message-bearers:

وَءَاتَیۡنَـٰهُمۡ ءَایَـٰتِنَا فَكَانُوا۟ عَنۡهَا مُعۡرِضِینَ (۸۱)

for We did vouchsafe them Our messages, but they obstinately turned their backs upon them-

وَكَانُوا۟ یَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُیُوتًا ءَامِنِینَ (۸۲)

notwithstanding that they had been wont [to enjoy Our blessings and] to hew out dwellings from the mountains, [wherein they could live] in security

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّیۡحَةُ مُصۡبِحِینَ (۸۳)

and so the blast [of Our punishment] overtook them at early morn,

فَمَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ یَكۡسِبُونَ (۸۴)

and of no avail to them was all [the power] that they had acquired.

وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰ⁠تِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَاۤ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَـَٔاتِیَةࣱۖ فَٱصۡفَحِ ٱلصَّفۡحَ ٱلۡجَمِیلَ (۸۵)

AND [remember:] We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them without [an inner] truth; but, behold, the Hour [when this will become clear to all] is indeed yet to come. Hence, forgive [men's failings] with fair forbearance:

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلۡخَلَّـٰقُ ٱلۡعَلِیمُ (۸۶)

verily, thy Sustainer is the all-knowing Creator of all things!

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَیۡنَـٰكَ سَبۡعࣰا مِّنَ ٱلۡمَثَانِی وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ٱلۡعَظِیمَ (۸۷)

AND, INDEED, We have bestowed upon thee seven of the oft repeated [verses], and [have, thus, laid open before thee] this sublime Qur'an:

لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَیۡنَیۡكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعۡنَا بِهِۦۤ أَزۡوَ ٰ⁠جࣰا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَلَا تَحۡزَنۡ عَلَیۡهِمۡ وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ (۸۸)

[so] turn, not thine eyes [longingly] towards the worldly benefits which We have granted unto some of those [that deny the truth]. And neither grieve over those [who refuse to heed thee], but spread the wings of thy tenderness over the believers,

وَقُلۡ إِنِّیۤ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِیرُ ٱلۡمُبِینُ (۸۹)

and say: "Behold, I am indeed the plain warner [promised by God]!

كَمَاۤ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡمُقۡتَسِمِینَ (۹۰)

[For, thou art the bearer of a divine writ] such as We have bestowed from on high upon those who [afterwards] broke it up into parts,

ٱلَّذِینَ جَعَلُوا۟ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ عِضِینَ (۹۱)

[and] who [now] declare this Qur'an to be [a tissue of] falsehoods!

فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسۡـَٔلَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ (۹۲)

But, by thy Sustainer! [On the Day of Judgment] We shall indeed call them to account, one and all,

عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ (۹۳)

for whatever they have done!

فَٱصۡدَعۡ بِمَا تُؤۡمَرُ وَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِینَ (۹۴)

Hence, proclaim openly all that thou hast been bidden [to say], and leave alone all those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God:

إِنَّا كَفَیۡنَـٰكَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَهۡزِءِینَ (۹۵)

verily, We shall suffice thee against all who [now] deride [this message - all]

ٱلَّذِینَ یَجۡعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَۚ فَسَوۡفَ یَعۡلَمُونَ (۹۶)

who assert that there are, side by side with God, other divine powers as well: for in time they will come to know [the truth].

وَلَقَدۡ نَعۡلَمُ أَنَّكَ یَضِیقُ صَدۡرُكَ بِمَا یَقُولُونَ (۹۷)

And well do We know that thy bosom is constricted by the [blasphemous] things that they say:

فَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ (۹۸)

but extol thou thy Sustainer's limitless glory and praise Him, and be of those who prostrate themselves [before Him] in adoration,

وَٱعۡبُدۡ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ یَأۡتِیَكَ ٱلۡیَقِینُ (۹۹)

and worship thy Sustainer till death comes to thee.