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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 – 80
81
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وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ ﴿٨١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd we gave them Our revelations, but they were averse to them.

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وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ ﴿٨٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they used to hew out dwellings from the hills, (wherein they dwelt) secure.

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فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ ﴿٨٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the morning hour,

84
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فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿٨٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd that which they were wont to count as gain availed them not.

85
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وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَـَٔاتِيَةٌ ۖ فَٱصْفَحِ ٱلصَّفْحَ ٱلْجَمِيلَ ﴿٨٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them save with truth, and lo! the Hour is surely coming. So forgive, (O Muhammad), with a gracious forgiveness.

86
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْخَلَّـٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٨٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! Thy Lord! He is the All-Wise Creator.

87
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وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكَ سَبْعًا مِّنَ ٱلْمَثَانِى وَٱلْقُرْءَانَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ ﴿٨٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe have given thee seven of the oft-repeated (verses) and the great Qur'an.

88
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لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٨٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallStrain not thine eyes toward that which We cause some wedded pairs among them to enjoin, and be not grieved on their account, and lower thy wing (in tenderness) for the believers.

89
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وَقُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلْمُبِينُ ﴿٨٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd say: Lo! I, even I, am a plain warner,

90
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كَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْمُقْتَسِمِينَ ﴿٩٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSuch as We send down for those who make division,

91
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ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عِضِينَ ﴿٩١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThose who break the Qur'an into parts.

92
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فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٩٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThem, by thy Lord, We shall question, every one,

93
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عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٩٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOf what they used to do.

94
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فَٱصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴿٩٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo proclaim that which thou art commanded, and withdraw from the idolaters.

95
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إِنَّا كَفَيْنَـٰكَ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَ ﴿٩٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! We defend thee from the scoffers,

96
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ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٩٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho set some other god along with Allah. But they will come to know.

97
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وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ﴿٩٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWell know We that thy bosom is oppressed by what they say,

98
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فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ ﴿٩٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut hymn the praise of thy Lord, and be of those who make prostration (unto Him).

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وَٱعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ ٱلْيَقِينُ ﴿٩٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd serve thy Lord till the Inevitable cometh unto thee.

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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).