Surah Al-Ĥijr (The Rocky Tract) in English

1. قال يا إبليس ما لك ألا تكون مع الساجدين

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

   qāla yā-ʾiblīsu mā laka ʾallā takūna maʿa s-sājidīna

2. قال لم أكن لأسجد لبشر خلقته من صلصال من حمإ مسنون

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

   qāla lam ʾakun li-ʾasjuda li-basharin khalaqtahū min ṣalṣālin min ḥamaʾin masnūnin

3. قال فاخرج منها فإنك رجيم

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

   qāla fa-khruj minhā fa-ʾinnaka rajīmun

4. وإن عليك اللعنة إلى يوم الدين

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

   wa-ʾinna ʿalayka l-laʿnata ʾilā yawmi d-dīni

5. قال رب فأنظرني إلى يوم يبعثون

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

   qāla rabbi fa-ʾanẓirnī ʾilā yawmi yubʿathūna

6. قال فإنك من المنظرين

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   Said He, ‘You are indeed among the reprieved

   qāla fa-ʾinnaka mina l-munẓarīna

7. إلى يوم الوقت المعلوم

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   until the day of the known time.’

   ʾilā yawmi l-waqti l-maʿlūmi

8. قال رب بما أغويتني لأزينن لهم في الأرض ولأغوينهم أجمعين

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   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, all

   qāla rabbi bi-mā ʾaghwaytanī la-ʾuzayyinanna lahum fī l-ʾarḍi wa-la-ʾughwiyannahum ʾajmaʿīna

9. إلا عبادك منهم المخلصين

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   except Your dedicated servants among them.’

   ʾillā ʿibādaka minhumu l-mukhlaṣīna

10. قال هذا صراط علي مستقيم

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

    qāla hādhā ṣirāṭun ʿalayya mustaqīmun

11. إن عبادي ليس لك عليهم سلطان إلا من اتبعك من الغاوين

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

    ʾinna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sulṭānun ʾillā mani ttabaʿaka mina l-ghāwīna

12. وإن جهنم لموعدهم أجمعين

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    and indeed hell is the tryst of them all.

    wa-ʾinna jahannama la-mawʿiduhum ʾajmaʿīna

13. لها سبعة أبواب لكل باب منهم جزء مقسوم

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

    lahā sabʿatu ʾabwābin li-kulli bābin minhum juzʾun maqsūmun

14. إن المتقين في جنات وعيون

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    Indeed the Godwary will be amid gardens and springs.

    ʾinna l-muttaqīna fī jannātin wa-ʿuyūnin-i

15. ادخلوها بسلام آمنين

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    ‘‘Enter it in peace and safety!’’

    udkhulūhā bi-salāmin ʾāminīna

16. ونزعنا ما في صدورهم من غل إخوانا على سرر متقابلين

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

    wa-nazaʿnā mā fī ṣudūrihim min ghillin ʾikhwānan ʿalā sururin mutaqābilīna

17. لا يمسهم فيها نصب وما هم منها بمخرجين

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

    lā yamassuhum fīhā naṣabun wa-mā hum minhā bi-mukhrajīna

18. نبئ عبادي أني أنا الغفور الرحيم

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

    nabbiʾ ʿibādī ʾannī ʾana l-ghafūru r-raḥīmu

19. وأن عذابي هو العذاب الأليم

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    and that My punishment is a painful punishment.

    wa-ʾanna ʿadhābī huwa l-ʿadhābu l-ʾalīmu

20. ونبئهم عن ضيف إبراهيم

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    And inform them about the guests of Abraham,

    wa-nabbiʾhum ʿan ḍayfi ʾibrāhīma