Surah Al-Ĥijr (The Rocky Tract) in English
- Revelation
- Meccan
- Revelation order
- 54
- Pages
- 262–267
- Yuz
- 14
Prostrations
- No prostration
إذ دخلوا عليه فقالوا سلاما قال إنا منكم وجلون
52when they entered into his presence and said, ‘Peace!’ He said, ‘We are indeed afraid of you.’
ʾidh dakhalū ʿalayhi fa-qālū salāman qāla ʾinnā minkum wajilūna
قالوا لا توجل إنا نبشرك بغلام عليم
53They said, ‘Do not be afraid. Indeed we give you the good news of a wise son.’
qālū lā tawjal ʾinnā nubashshiruka bi-ghulāmin ʿalīmin
قال أبشرتموني على أن مسني الكبر فبم تبشرون
54He said, ‘Do you give me good news though old age has befallen me? What is the good news that you bring me?’
qāla ʾa-bashshartumūnī ʿalā ʾan massaniya l-kibaru fa-bi-ma tubashshirūna
قالوا بشرناك بالحق فلا تكن من القانطين
55They said, ‘We bring you good news in truth; so do not be despondent.’
qālū bashsharnāka bi-l-ḥaqqi fa-lā takun mina l-qāniṭīna
قال ومن يقنط من رحمة ربه إلا الضالون
56He said, ‘Who despairs of his Lord’s mercy except the astray?!’
qāla wa-man yaqnaṭu min raḥmati rabbihī ʾillā ḍ-ḍāllūna
قال فما خطبكم أيها المرسلون
57He said, ‘O messengers, what is now your errand?’
qāla fa-mā khaṭbukum ʾayyuhā l-mursalūna
قالوا إنا أرسلنا إلى قوم مجرمين
58They said, ‘We have been sent toward a guilty people,
qālū ʾinnā ʾursilnā ʾilā qawmin mujrimīna
إلا آل لوط إنا لمنجوهم أجمعين
59[who shall perish] except the family of Lot. We will indeed deliver all of them,
ʾillā ʾāla lūṭin ʾinnā la-munajjūhum ʾajmaʿīna
إلا امرأته قدرنا إنها لمن الغابرين
60except his wife, [who], We have ordained, will indeed be among those who remain behind.’
ʾillā mraʾatahū qaddarnā ʾinnahā la-mina l-ghābirīna
فلما جاء آل لوط المرسلون
61So when the messengers came to Lot’s family,
fa-lammā jāʾa ʾāla lūṭin-i l-mursalūna
قال إنكم قوم منكرون
62he said, ‘You are indeed strangers [to me].’
qāla ʾinnakum qawmun munkarūna
قالوا بل جئناك بما كانوا فيه يمترون
63They said, ‘Indeed, we bring you what they used to doubt.
qālū bal jiʾnāka bi-mā kānū fīhi yamtarūna
وأتيناك بالحق وإنا لصادقون
64We bring you the truth, and indeed, we speak truly.
wa-ʾataynāka bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-ʾinnā la-ṣādiqūna
فأسر بأهلك بقطع من الليل واتبع أدبارهم ولا يلتفت منكم أحد وامضوا حيث تؤمرون
65Take 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.’
fa-ʾasri bi-ʾahlika bi-qiṭʿin mina l-layli wa-ttabiʿ ʾadbārahum wa-lā yaltafit minkum ʾaḥadun wa-mḍū ḥaythu tuʾmarūna
وقضينا إليه ذلك الأمر أن دابر هؤلاء مقطوع مصبحين
66We apprised him of the matter that these will be rooted out by dawn.
wa-qaḍaynā ʾilayhi dhālika l-ʾamra ʾanna dābira hāʾulāʾi maqṭūʿun muṣbiḥīna
وجاء أهل المدينة يستبشرون
67The people of the city came, rejoicing.
wa-jāʾa ʾahlu l-madīnati yastabshirūna
قال إن هؤلاء ضيفي فلا تفضحون
68He said, ‘These are indeed my guests. Do not bring dishonour on me.
qāla ʾinna hāʾulāʾi ḍayfī fa-lā tafḍaḥūni
واتقوا الله ولا تخزون
69Be wary of Allah and do not humiliate me.’
wa-ttaqū llāha wa-lā tukhzūni
قالوا أولم ننهك عن العالمين
70They said, ‘Did we not forbid you from [defending ] strangers?’
qālū ʾa-wa-lam nanhaka ʿani l-ʿālamīna