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Surah Al-Hijr

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Chapter 15 of 114

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Surah Al-Hijr

Recited by Salaah Bukhaatir

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This Surah takes its name from v. 80.

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Surah 15 of 114

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Salaah Bukhaatir

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<h2>Name</h2>
<p>This Surah takes its name from <a href=/15/80>v. 80</a>.</p>
<h2>Period of Revelation</h2>
<p>It is clear from its topics and style that the period of its revelation is about the same as that of Surah Ibrahim, for two things are quite prominent in its background. First, it appears from the repeated warnings in this Surah that in spite of the fact that the Holy Prophet had been propagating the Message for many years, his people in general had not shown any inclination towards its acceptance nay, they had become more and more obdurate and stubborn in their antagonism, enmity and ridicule with the passage of time. Secondly, by that time the Holy Prophet had begun to feel a little tired of making strenuous efforts to eradicate disbelief and opposition of his people. That is why Allah has consoled and comforted him over and over again by way of encouragement.</p>
<h2>Topics and the Central Theme</h2>
<p>Though the main topics of the surah are:</p>
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<p>warning to those who rejected his Message, opposed it tooth and nail, and ridiculed him, and</p>
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<p>comfort and encouragement to the Holy Prophet,</p>
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<p>It does not mean that this Surah does not contain admonition and instructions. As a matter of fact, the Quran never confines itself to mere warning; rebuke and censure, but resorts to precept in every suitable place. Accordingly, this Surah contains brief arguments for <em>Tauhid</em> on the one hand, and admonition in the story of Adam and Satan on the other.</p>

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Surah Al-Hijr · The Rocky Tract

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. Ayah 1

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الر ۚ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ وَقُرْآنٍ مُّبِينٍ

    A. L. R. These are the Ayats of Revelation,- of a Qur'an that makes things clear.

  2. Ayah 2

    رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ

    Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed (to Allah's will) in Islam.

  3. Ayah 3

    ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

    Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good things of this life) and to please themselves: let (false) hope amuse them: soon will knowledge (undeceive them).

  4. Ayah 4

    وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

    Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.

  5. Ayah 5

    مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ

    Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.

  6. Ayah 6

    وَقَالُوا يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ

    They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)!

  7. Ayah 7

    لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِالْمَلَائِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ

    "Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?"

  8. Ayah 8

    مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوا إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ

    We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!

  9. Ayah 9

    إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ

    We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).

  10. Ayah 10

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ

    We did send messengers before thee amongst the religious sects of old:

  11. Ayah 11

    وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

    But never came a messenger to them but they mocked him.

  12. Ayah 12

    كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

    Even so do we let it creep into the hearts of the sinners -

  13. Ayah 13

    لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

    That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away.

  14. Ayah 14

    وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ فَظَلُّوا فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ

    Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they were to continue (all day) ascending therein,

  15. Ayah 15

    لَقَالُوا إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَارُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ

    They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we have been bewitched by sorcery."

  16. Ayah 16

    وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِي السَّمَاءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّاهَا لِلنَّاظِرِينَ

    It is We Who have set out the zodiacal signs in the heavens, and made them fair-seeming to (all) beholders;

  17. Ayah 17

    وَحَفِظْنَاهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

    And (moreover) We have guarded them from every cursed devil:

  18. Ayah 18

    إِلَّا مَنِ اسْتَرَقَ السَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ

    But any that gains a hearing by stealth, is pursued by a flaming fire, bright (to see).

  19. Ayah 19

    وَالْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَاهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَّوْزُونٍ

    And the earth We have spread out (like a carpet); set thereon mountains firm and immovable; and produced therein all kinds of things in due balance.

  20. Ayah 20

    وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَايِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُ بِرَازِقِينَ

    And We have provided therein means of subsistence,- for you and for those for whose sustenance ye are not responsible.

  21. Ayah 21

    وَإِن مِّن شَيْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَائِنُهُ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

    And there is not a thing but its (sources and) treasures (inexhaustible) are with Us; but We only send down thereof in due and ascertainable measures.

  22. Ayah 22

    وَأَرْسَلْنَا الرِّيَاحَ لَوَاقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَسْقَيْنَاكُمُوهُ وَمَا أَنتُمْ لَهُ بِخَازِنِينَ

    And We send the fecundating winds, then cause the rain to descend from the sky, therewith providing you with water (in abundance), though ye are not the guardians of its stores.

  23. Ayah 23

    وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْيِي وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ الْوَارِثُونَ

    And verily, it is We Who give life, and Who give death: it is We Who remain inheritors (after all else passes away).

  24. Ayah 24

    وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَأْخِرِينَ

    To Us are known those of you who hasten forward, and those who lag behind.

  25. Ayah 25

    وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ

    Assuredly it is thy Lord Who will gather them together: for He is perfect in Wisdom and Knowledge.

  26. Ayah 26

    وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

    We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape;

  27. Ayah 27

    وَالْجَانَّ خَلَقْنَاهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ السَّمُومِ

    And the Jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of a scorching wind.

  28. Ayah 28

    وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

    Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man, from sounding clay from mud moulded into shape;

  29. Ayah 29

    فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ

    "When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."

  30. Ayah 30

    فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ

    So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:

  31. Ayah 31

    إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ

    Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.

  32. Ayah 32

    قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ

    (Allah) said: "O Iblis! what is your reason for not being among those who prostrated themselves?"

  33. Ayah 33

    قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

    (Iblis) said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to man, whom Thou didst create from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape."

  34. Ayah 34

    قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

    (Allah) said: "Then get thee out from here; for thou art rejected, accursed.

  35. Ayah 35

    وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ اللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ

    "And the curse shall be on thee till the day of Judgment."

  36. Ayah 36

    قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

    (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."

  37. Ayah 37

    قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ

    (Allah) said: "Respite is granted thee

  38. Ayah 38

    إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ

    "Till the Day of the Time appointed."

  39. Ayah 39

    قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong, I will make (wrong) fair-seeming to them on the earth, and I will put them all in the wrong,-

  40. Ayah 40

    إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

    "Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."

  41. Ayah 41

    قَالَ هَـٰذَا صِرَاطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ

    (Allah) said: "This (way of My sincere servants) is indeed a way that leads straight to Me.

  42. Ayah 42

    إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ

    "For over My servants no authority shalt thou have, except such as put themselves in the wrong and follow thee."

  43. Ayah 43

    وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all!

  44. Ayah 44

    لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَابٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌ

    To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.

  45. Ayah 45

    إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

    The righteous (will be) amid gardens and fountains (of clear-flowing water).

  46. Ayah 46

    ادْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَامٍ آمِنِينَ

    (Their greeting will be): "Enter ye here in peace and security."

  47. Ayah 47

    وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَانًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَابِلِينَ

    And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury: (they will be) brothers (joyfully) facing each other on thrones (of dignity).

  48. Ayah 48

    لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ

    There no sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave.

  49. Ayah 49

    نَبِّئْ عِبَادِي أَنِّي أَنَا الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

    Tell My servants that I am indeed the Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful;

  50. Ayah 50

    وَأَنَّ عَذَابِي هُوَ الْعَذَابُ الْأَلِيمُ

    And that My Penalty will be indeed the most grievous Penalty.

  51. Ayah 51

    وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

    Tell them about the guests of Abraham.

  52. Ayah 52

    إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ

    When they entered his presence and said, "Peace!" He said, "We feel afraid of you!"

  53. Ayah 53

    قَالُوا لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ

    They said: "Fear not! We give thee glad tidings of a son endowed with wisdom."

  54. Ayah 54

    قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِي عَلَىٰ أَن مَّسَّنِيَ الْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ

    He said: "Do ye give me glad tidings that old age has seized me? Of what, then, is your good news?"

  55. Ayah 55

    قَالُوا بَشَّرْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ الْقَانِطِينَ

    They said: "We give thee glad tidings in truth: be not then in despair!"

  56. Ayah 56

    قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِ إِلَّا الضَّالُّونَ

    He said: "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, but such as go astray?"

  57. Ayah 57

    قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ

    Abraham said: "What then is the business on which ye (have come), O ye messengers (of Allah)?"

  58. Ayah 58

    قَالُوا إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ

    They said: "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin,

  59. Ayah 59

    إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    "Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged) to save (from harm),- All -

  60. Ayah 60

    إِلَّا امْرَأَتَهُ قَدَّرْنَا ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ الْغَابِرِينَ

    "Except his wife, who, We have ascertained, will be among those who will lag behind."

  61. Ayah 61

    فَلَمَّا جَاءَ آلَ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلُونَ

    At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of Lut,

  62. Ayah 62

    قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ

    He said: "Ye appear to be uncommon folk."

  63. Ayah 63

    قَالُوا بَلْ جِئْنَاكَ بِمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ

    They said: "Yea, we have come to thee to accomplish that of which they doubt.

  64. Ayah 64

    وَأَتَيْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ

    "We have brought to thee that which is inevitably due, and assuredly we tell the truth.

  65. Ayah 65

    فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِعْ أَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

    "Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of the night (yet remains), and do thou bring up the rear: let no one amongst you look back, but pass on whither ye are ordered."

  66. Ayah 66

    وَقَضَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ الْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ

    And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants of those (sinners) should be cut off by the morning.

  67. Ayah 67

    وَجَاءَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ

    The inhabitants of the city came in (mad) joy (at news of the young men).

  68. Ayah 68

    قَالَ إِنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ ضَيْفِي فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ

    Lut said: "These are my guests: disgrace me not:

  69. Ayah 69

    وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ

    "But fear Allah, and shame me not."

  70. Ayah 70

    قَالُوا أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ

    They said: "Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry?"

  71. Ayah 71

    قَالَ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ بَنَاتِي إِن كُنتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ

    He said: "There are my daughters (to marry), if ye must act (so)."

  72. Ayah 72

    لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

    Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), in their wild intoxication, they wander in distraction, to and fro.

  73. Ayah 73

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ

    But the (mighty) Blast overtook them before morning,

  74. Ayah 74

    فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

    And We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay.

  75. Ayah 75

    إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ

    Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand.

  76. Ayah 76

    وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ

    And the (cities were) right on the high-road.

  77. Ayah 77

    إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    Behold! in this is a sign for those who believed.

  78. Ayah 78

    وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ لَظَالِمِينَ

    And the Companions of the Wood were also wrong-doers;

  79. Ayah 79

    فَانتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ

    So We exacted retribution from them. They were both on an open highway, plain to see.

  80. Ayah 80

    وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْحِجْرِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

    The Companions of the Rocky Tract also rejected the messengers:

  81. Ayah 81

    وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ آيَاتِنَا فَكَانُوا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ

    We sent them Our Signs, but they persisted in turning away from them.

  82. Ayah 82

    وَكَانُوا يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا آمِنِينَ

    Out of the mountains did they hew (their) edifices, (feeling themselves) secure.

  83. Ayah 83

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ

    But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning,

  84. Ayah 84

    فَمَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

    And of no avail to them was all that they did (with such art and care)!

  85. Ayah 85

    وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَآتِيَةٌ ۖ فَاصْفَحِ الصَّفْحَ الْجَمِيلَ

    We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, but for just ends. And the Hour is surely coming (when this will be manifest). So overlook (any human faults) with gracious forgiveness.

  86. Ayah 86

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْخَلَّاقُ الْعَلِيمُ

    For verily it is thy Lord who is the Master-Creator, knowing all things.

  87. Ayah 87

    وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ سَبْعًا مِّنَ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنَ الْعَظِيمَ

    And We have bestowed upon thee the Seven Oft-repeated (verses) and the Grand Qur'an.

  88. Ayah 88

    لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    Strain not thine eyes. (Wistfully) at what We have bestowed on certain classes of them, nor grieve over them: but lower thy wing (in gentleness) to the believers.

  89. Ayah 89

    وَقُلْ إِنِّي أَنَا النَّذِيرُ الْمُبِينُ

    And say: "I am indeed he that warneth openly and without ambiguity,"-

  90. Ayah 90

    كَمَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى الْمُقْتَسِمِينَ

    (Of just such wrath) as We sent down on those who divided (Scripture into arbitrary parts),-

  91. Ayah 91

    الَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا الْقُرْآنَ عِضِينَ

    (So also on such) as have made Qur'an into shreds (as they please).

  92. Ayah 92

    فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْأَلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    Therefore, by the Lord, We will, of a surety, call them to account,

  93. Ayah 93

    عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

    For all their deeds.

  94. Ayah 94

    فَاصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

    Therefore expound openly what thou art commanded, and turn away from those who join false gods with Allah.

  95. Ayah 95

    إِنَّا كَفَيْنَاكَ الْمُسْتَهْزِئِينَ

    For sufficient are We unto thee against those who scoff,-

  96. Ayah 96

    الَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا آخَرَ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

    Those who adopt, with Allah, another god: but soon will they come to know.

  97. Ayah 97

    وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ

    We do indeed know how thy heart is distressed at what they say.

  98. Ayah 98

    فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ السَّاجِدِينَ

    But celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and be of those who prostrate themselves in adoration.

  99. Ayah 99

    وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينُ

    And serve thy Lord until there come unto thee the Hour that is Certain.

About the Quran

The Quran

The Quran is the holy scripture of Islam. Muslims believe that it is the literal word of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى), revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) over a period of 23 years. The Quran is composed of 114 Surahs (chapters) and contains 6,236 Ayat (verses). Muslim beliefs and practices are based on the Quran and the Sunnah, the teachings and example of the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم).

The Kaaba in Mecca
A mosque in South America

Meccan Surahs

The Meccan Surahs are the earliest revelations sent down to the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم). They were revealed in Mecca, hence their name. These revelations form the foundation of the Islamic faith and contain guidance for Muslims on how to live their lives. The Meccan Surahs are also notable for their poetic beauty and lyrical prose.

Medinan Surahs

The Medinan Surahs are the later Surahs that, according to Islamic tradition, were revealed in Medina after the Prophet Muhammad's (صلى الله عليه وسلم) hijra from Mecca. They were revealed by Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) when the Muslim community was larger and more developed, as opposed to their minority position in Mecca.

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