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سورة الحجر

Al-Hijr · The Rocky Tract

99 ayahs Makki Pages 262–267 Juz 14
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
Ayahs 1 – 40
41
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قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَىَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ ﴿٤١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: This is a right course incumbent upon Me:

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إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَـٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ ﴿٤٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! as for My slaves, thou hast no power over any of them save such of the froward as follow thee,

43
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وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٤٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! for all such, hell will be the promised place.

44
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لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَٰبٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌ ﴿٤٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt hath seven gates, and each gate hath an appointed portion.

45
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿٤٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! those who ward off (evil) are among gardens and watersprings.

46
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ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَـٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(And it is said unto them): Enter them in peace, secure.

47
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وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ ﴿٤٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We remove whatever rancour may be in their breasts. As brethren, face to face, (they rest) on couches raised.

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لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ ﴿٤٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallToil cometh not unto them there, nor will they be expelled from thence.

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۞ نَبِّئْ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٤٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnnounce, (O Muhammad) unto My slaves that verily I am the Forgiving, the Merciful,

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وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ ﴿٥٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd that My doom is the dolorous doom.

51
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وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ﴿٥١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd tell them of Abraham's guests,

52
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إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ ﴿٥٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(How) when they came in unto him, and said: Peace. He said: Lo! we are afraid of you.

53
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قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَـٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ ﴿٥٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Be not afraid! Lo! we bring thee good tidings of a boy possessing wisdom.

54
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قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِى عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ ﴿٥٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Bring ye me good tidings (of a son) when old age hath overtaken me? Of what then can ye bring good tidings?

55
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قَالُوا۟ بَشَّرْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْقَـٰنِطِينَ ﴿٥٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: We bring thee good tidings in truth. So be not thou of the despairing.

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قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ﴿٥٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: And who despaireth of the mercy of his Lord save those who are astray?

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قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ﴿٥٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: And afterward what is your business, O ye messengers (of Allah)?

58
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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ ﴿٥٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: We have been sent unto a guilty folk,

59
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إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٥٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(All) save the family of Lot. Them we shall deliver every one,

60
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إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ ﴿٦٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallExcept his wife, of whom We had decreed that she should be of those who stay behind.

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فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ ﴿٦١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the messengers came unto the family of Lot,

62
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قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ ﴿٦٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Lo! ye are folk unknown (to me).

63
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قَالُوا۟ بَلْ جِئْنَـٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ ﴿٦٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Nay, but we bring thee that concerning which they keep disputing,

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وَأَتَيْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ ﴿٦٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd bring thee the Truth, and lo! we are truth-tellers.

65
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فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَـٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ ﴿٦٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo travel with thy household in a portion of the night, and follow thou their backs. Let none of you turn round, but go whither ye are commanded.

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وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ ﴿٦٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We made plain the case to him, that the root of them (who did wrong) was to be cut at early morn.

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وَجَآءَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ ﴿٦٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the people of the city came, rejoicing at the news (of new arrivals).

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قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيْفِى فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ ﴿٦٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Lo! they are my guests. Affront me not!

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وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ ﴿٦٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd keep your duty to Allah, and shame me not!

70
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قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٧٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said; Have we not forbidden you from (entertaining) anyone?

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قَالَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ ﴿٧١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Here are my daughters, if ye must be doing (so).

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لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ ﴿٧٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy thy life (O Muhammad) they moved blindly in the frenzy of approaching death.

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فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ ﴿٧٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the sunrise.

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فَجَعَلْنَا عَـٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ﴿٧٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We utterly confounded them, and We rained upon them stones of heated clay.

75
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ ﴿٧٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! therein verily are portents for those who read the signs.

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وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ ﴿٧٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! it is upon a road still uneffaced.

77
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إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٧٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! therein is indeed a portent for believers.

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وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٧٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the dwellers in the wood indeed were evil-doers.

79
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فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٧٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo we took vengeance on them; and lo! they both are on a high-road plain to see.

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وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْحِجْرِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿٨٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the dwellers in Al-Hijr denied (Our) messengers.

Ayahs 81 – 99
Mishary Rashid AlafasyMurattal · Al-Hijr
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).