Surah Al-Ĥijr (The Rocky Tract) in English

1. قال هؤلاء بناتي إن كنتم فاعلين

   71

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

   qāla hāʾulāʾi banātī ʾin kuntum fāʿilīna

2. لعمرك إنهم لفي سكرتهم يعمهون

   72

   By your life, they were bewildered in their drunkenness.

   la-ʿamruka ʾinnahum la-fī sakratihim yaʿmahūna

3. فأخذتهم الصيحة مشرقين

   73

   So the Cry seized them at sunrise,

   fa-ʾakhadhathumu ṣ-ṣayḥatu mushriqīna

4. فجعلنا عاليها سافلها وأمطرنا عليهم حجارة من سجيل

   74

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

   fa-jaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā wa-ʾamṭarnā ʿalayhim ḥijāratan min sijjīlin

5. إن في ذلك لآيات للمتوسمين

   75

   There are indeed signs in that for the percipient.

   ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin li-l-mutawassimīna

6. وإنها لبسبيل مقيم

   76

   Indeed it is on a standing road,

   wa-ʾinnahā la-bi-sabīlin muqīmin

7. إن في ذلك لآية للمؤمنين

   77

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

   ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyatan li-l-muʾminīna

8. وإن كان أصحاب الأيكة لظالمين

   78

   Indeed the inhabitants of Aykah were [also] wrongdoers.

   wa-ʾin kāna ʾaṣḥābu l-ʾaykati la-ẓālimīna

9. فانتقمنا منهم وإنهما لبإمام مبين

   79

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

   fa-ntaqamnā minhum wa-ʾinnahumā la-bi-ʾimāmin mubīnin

10. ولقد كذب أصحاب الحجر المرسلين

    80

    Certainly the inhabitants of Hijr denied the apostles.

    wa-la-qad kadhdhaba ʾaṣḥābu l-ḥijri l-mursalīna

11. وآتيناهم آياتنا فكانوا عنها معرضين

    81

    We had given them Our signs but they disregarded them.

    wa-ʾātaynāhum ʾāyātinā fa-kānū ʿanhā muʿriḍīna

12. وكانوا ينحتون من الجبال بيوتا آمنين

    82

    They used to hew out dwellings from mountains feeling secure.

    wa-kānū yanḥitūna mina l-jibāli buyūtan ʾāminīna

13. فأخذتهم الصيحة مصبحين

    83

    So the Cry seized them at dawn,

    fa-ʾakhadhathumu ṣ-ṣayḥatu muṣbiḥīna

14. فما أغنى عنهم ما كانوا يكسبون

    84

    and what they used to earn did not avail them.

    fa-mā ʾaghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yaksibūna

15. وما خلقنا السماوات والأرض وما بينهما إلا بالحق وإن الساعة لآتية فاصفح الصفح الجميل

    85

    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.

    wa-mā khalaqnā s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa wa-mā baynahumā ʾillā bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-ʾinna s-sāʿata la-ʾātiyatun fa-ṣfaḥi ṣ-ṣafḥa l-jamīla

16. إن ربك هو الخلاق العليم

    86

    Indeed your Lord is the All-creator, the All-knowing.

    ʾinna rabbaka huwa l-khallāqu l-ʿalīmu

17. ولقد آتيناك سبعا من المثاني والقرآن العظيم

    87

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

    wa-la-qad ʾātaynāka sabʿan mina l-mathānī wa-l-qurʾāna l-ʿaẓīma

18. لا تمدن عينيك إلى ما متعنا به أزواجا منهم ولا تحزن عليهم واخفض جناحك للمؤمنين

    88

    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,

    lā tamuddanna ʿaynayka ʾilā mā mattaʿnā bihī ʾazwājan minhum wa-lā taḥzan ʿalayhim wa-khfiḍ janāḥaka li-l-muʾminīna

19. وقل إني أنا النذير المبين

    89

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

    wa-qul ʾinnī ʾana n-nadhīru l-mubīnu

20. كما أنزلنا على المقتسمين

    90

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

    ka-mā ʾanzalnā ʿalā l-muqtasimīna