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الر تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ وَقُرْآنٍ مُّبِينٍ
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1. This sūrah begins with the disconnected letters, the explanation for which has already preceeded in Sūrah Baqarah. These verses are very significant, which indicates that they are revealed from Allah. They are verses of a Qur’ān that clarifies monotheism and sacred laws.
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come forth so that God might requite them etc. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [15:1] Aliflam ra 3 : God knows best what He means by these [letters]. Those — these verses — are the verses of the Book, the Qur’an ( dyatu’l-kitdbi: this annexation functions in the sense of min, ‘from’ 1 ) and of a manifest Qur’an, one that makes evident what is truth and what is falsehood (wa-qur’dnin mubinin is [made up of] a supplement with an added adjedtival qualification).
Open in library →رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ
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2. On the Day of Judgement, when things become clear to them, the disbelievers will wish they were Muslim. The falsity of their ways in the world will be made clear to them.
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alsehood (wa-qur’dnin mubinin is [made up of] a supplement with an added adjedtival qualification). [15:2] It may be that (read rubbamd or rubama) those who disbelieve, on the Day of Resurrection, when they witness their predicament and that of the Muslims, will wish that they had been muslims ( rubba here is used to indicate ‘many’, since many of them will wish this; but it is also said to indicate ‘few’, since they will be so stupefied by the terrors that they will not come out of their stupor to wish such a thing, except on a few occasions:
Open in library →ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
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3. O Messenger, leave these beliers to eat as the beasts eat, and to avail themselves of the finite pleasures of the world and let their hopes distract them from faith and righteous actions. They will come to know the loss they are in when they face Allah on the Day of Judgement.
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errors that they will not come out of their stupor to wish such a thing, except on a few occasions: [15:3] Leave them, the disbelievers, O Muhammad (s), to eat and to enjoy, this world of theirs, and that they be diverted, dis'tratted, by hope, of a long life and other [such] matters, [that keep them] away from faith, for they will come to know, the sequel of their affair — this was [revealed] before the command to fight [them]. [15:4] And We did not destroy any town ( min qaryatin: min is extra), meaning, its inhabitants, but that it had a known decree, a [predetermined term, after whic…
Open in library →وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ
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4. For each oppressive town that became destroyed, Allah already knew of its fixed time. The destruction will neither come before or after its time.
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مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ
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5. A nation will not be destroyed before its appointed time, and its destruction will not be delayed when its time arrives. The wrongdoers should not have hope in Allah delaying their fate.
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وَقَالُوا يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ
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6. The disbelievers from Makkah said to the Messenger (peace be upon him): O you to whom the remembrance was revealed (as the Messenger himself used to claim), your claims make you out to be one who is possessed, and you behave as possessed people do.
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) can outstrip its [predetermined] term nor can they [seek to] delay it, [nor can they] put it off. [15:6] And they, that is, the disbelievers of Mecca, say, to the Prophet (s): ‘Oyou, to whom the Remem¬ brance, the Qur’an — as you claim — has been revealed, lo! you are indeed possessed! [15:7] Why do you not bring us the angels, if you are of the truthful?’, in saying that you are a prophet and that this Qur’an is from God. [15:8] God, exalted be He, says: The angels do not descend ( tanazzalu: one of the two ta letters [of tatanazzalu ] has been omitted) 2 save with the truth, with the…
Open in library →لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِالْمَلَائِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
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7. Why do you not call forth the angels to testify on your behalf, or why do you not ask for us to be destroyed because of our disbelief?
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مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوا إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ
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8. In response to their idea of having the angels brought forth, Allah said: I will not send the angels except when it becomes wise to do so, that is, when your time comes to be penalised. And if the angels were sent and they did not believe, then their punishment would become imminent.
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إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ
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9. I alone revealed this Qur’ān to the heart of Muhammad (peace be upon him) as a reminder for people. I will guard the Qur’ān from anything being added to it or subtracted from it, or anything in it being exchanged or altered.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
h the chastisement, they [the disbelievers] would not be reprieved, [would not] be granted respite. [15:9] Verily it is We ( nahnu emphasises the subjedt of inna, or [functions as] a separating pronoun) Who have revealed the Remembrance, the Qur’an, and assuredly We will preserve it, againSt substitu¬ tion, distortion, additions and omissions. [15:10] And verily We sent before you, messengers, to former fadions, sedts. [15:11] And never did a messenger come to them but that they mocked him, in the same way that your people have mocked you — this is meant to comfort the Prophet (s).
Open in library →وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ
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10. O Messenger, I sent before you messengers to prior groups of disbelievers and they belied them. So you are not an exceptional messenger from the perspective of being made out as a liar by your people.
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وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
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11. Previous groups of disbelievers did not receive a messenger except that they belied and ridiculed him.
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كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
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12. As I left the lies in the hearts of those nations, I will leave it as well in the hearts of the Makkahn idolaters, because of their opposition and stubbornness.
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d him, in the same way that your people have mocked you — this is meant to comfort the Prophet (s). [15:12] Thus We cause it to find its way, in other words, in the same way that We have caused denial to enter the hearts of those [individuals], We cause it to enter, into the hearts of the sinners, that is, the disbelievers of Mecca. [15:13] They do not believe in him, in the Prophet (s), even though the example of the men of old has 1 Thus ayatun minal-kitab, ‘verses from the Book’. 2 This is clearly how the author is reading the verse, although the more common reading is ma nunazzilu, ‘…
Open in library →لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
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13. They do not believe in this Qur’ān that was revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him). Allah’s custom in destroying those who bely their messengers has occurred before, so the beliers should take that into consideration.
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وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ فَظَلُّوا فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ
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14. These liars will remain stubborn even if the truth became obvious to them through clear proofs, even if I opened for them a door from the heavens and they continued to ascend through it.
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لَقَالُوا إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَارُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ
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15. They would not believe, and they said: Our eyes could no longer see, and what we saw was the effects of magic, so we are bewitched.
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وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِي السَّمَاءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّاهَا لِلنَّاظِرِينَ
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16. We placed in the heavens great stars so as to guide people on their travels in the darkness of the desert and the sea. We also created them for those who ponder them, so that they would come to understand the ability of Allah, may He be glorified.
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at our eyes have been dazzled, they have been shut. Nay, we are a folk bewitched!’, imagining this. [15:16] And verily We have placed in the heaven constellations, twelve [of them]: Aries, Taurus, Gemi¬ ni, Cancer, Leo, Virgo ( al-sunbula ), Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces, which are the mansions of the seven orbiting planets: Mars rules Aries and Scorpio, Venus: Taurus and Libra, Mercury: Gemini and Virgo, the Moon: Cancer, the Sun: Leo, Jupiter: Sagittarius and Pisces, and Saturn: Capricorn and Aquarius; and We have adorned it, with [these] planets, for behol…
Open in library →وَحَفِظْنَاهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ
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17. We protected the heavens from every satan that is rejected from Allah’s mercy.
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] planets, for beholders; [15:17] and We have guarded them, with meteors, from every outcast devil; [15:18] except the one who listens by Stealth — he is pursued by a clear flame, a shining meteor that burns him, or pierces him or drives him insane. [15:19] And the earth We have Stretched it out, spread it flat, and caSt therein firm mountains, ledt it should sway beneath its inhabitants, and caused to grow therein every kind of balanced thing, [every kind of thing] known and determined. [15:20] And We have made for you therein [means of] livelihood (read ma’ayish), such as fruits and g…
Open in library →إِلَّا مَنِ اسْتَرَقَ السَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ
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18. Except for those who try to secretly listen to the high realm, they will be struck with a flaming meteor and they will be burned.
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وَالْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَاهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَّوْزُونٍ
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19. I flattened the earth so that people would dwell on it, and we placed sturdy mountains on it so that it (i.e. the earth) would not shake the people, and I planted in it a variety of crops [...]
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وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَايِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُ بِرَازِقِينَ
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20. O people, I have placed for you on the earth foods and drinks that would sustain you so long as you are in the worldly life.
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وَإِن مِّن شَيْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَائِنُهُ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
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21. For all that benefits people and animals I am able to produce it and benefit people with it. I do not provide such things except according to a specific quantity determined by My wisdom and will.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
not provide, such as servants, [crawl¬ ing] creatures and cattle; it is God Who provides for them. [15:21] And there is not a thingbut that the Stores thereof, 4 the keys to its stores, are with Us, and We do not send it down except in a known measure, according to the benefits [of all creatures]. [15:22] And We send the winds as fertilisers, to fertilise the clouds, whereupon they fill up with water, and send down out of the heaven, [out of] the clouds, water, rain, so that We give it to you to drink, for you are not the Storers thereof, that is, the stores thereof are not in your contro…
Open in library →وَأَرْسَلْنَا الرِّيَاحَ لَوَاقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَسْقَيْنَاكُمُوهُ وَمَا أَنتُمْ لَهُ بِخَازِنِينَ
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22. I sent the winds to fertilise the cloud, and I sent rain down from the fertilised clouds and I nourished you from rain water. O people, you are not containers of this water on earth in springs and wells, rather Allah is the One Who contains the water in them.
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وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْيِي وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ الْوَارِثُونَ
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23. I revive the dead by creating them out of nothing and resurrecting them after death. And I cause the living to die when their time comes. I am the One Who will remain and inherit the earth and whatever is upon it.
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وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا الْمُسْتَأْخِرِينَ
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24. I know of who was born and died before you, and of those who will be born and die after. Nothing of that is hidden from Me.
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e Who give life and bring death, and We are the heirs. Who shall endure, inherit¬ ing all creation. [15:24] And verily We know the predecessors among you, that is, those creatures from Adam who have already passed, and verily We know the successors, those who will come afterwards, until the Day of Resurrection. [15:25] And it is indeed your Lord Who will gather them, lo! He is Wise, in His actions, Knower, of His creatures. [15:26] And verily We created man, Adam, out of a dry [clinking] clay, that gives off a clinking sound when it is tapped, 5 of malleable mud, black [mud]. [15:27] A…
Open in library →وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ إِنَّهُ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ
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25. O Messenger, your Lord will gather them all on the Day of Judgment in order to credit the good doer for his good deeds, and the evil doer for his sins. He is Wise in His arrangement and knowledgeable. Nothing is hidden from Him.
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وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ
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26. I created Adam from dried clay, if it is struck it sounds. This clay that he was created from is black and of an altered scent beacuse of the duration it has been left.
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وَالْجَانَّ خَلَقْنَاهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ السَّمُومِ
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27. I created the father of the jinn from scolding fire before I created Adam (upon him be peace).
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وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ
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28. O Messenger, remember when Allah said to the angels and Iblis, who was with them: I will create a being from dried clay that rings when it is hit, it is black and of an altered scent.
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فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ
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29. If I fashion his image and perfect his creation then prostrate to him in obedience to My command and to greet him.
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o the angels, ‘Indeed I am going to create a mortal out of a dry clay [drawn] from a malleable mud. [15:29] So, when I have proportioned him, completed him, and breathed, caused to flow, of My Spirit in him, so that he becomes a living thing — the annexation of ‘the Spirit’ to him is a conferring of honour upon Adam — fall down in prostration before him!’, a prostration [meant as an acft] of salutation by bowing. [15:30] And so the angels prostrated, all of them together (kulluhum ajma’un contains two elements of emphasis), [15:31] except Iblis, the father of the jinn — he was [Standing…
Open in library →فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ
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30. The angels obeyed, so they all prostrated as their Lord commanded them.
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إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ
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31. As for Iblis, who was with the angels but was not one himself, refused to prostrate to Adam along with the angels.
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قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ السَّاجِدِينَ
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32. After Iblis refused to prostrate to Adam, Allah said to him: What kept you and prevented you from prostrating with the angels, who prostrated out of obedience to My command?
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قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُ مِن صَلْصَالٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ
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33. Iblis arrogantly said: It is not proper for me to prostrate to a being You created out of dried clay that used to be black, malleable clay.
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e: ‘O Iblis what is wrong with you, what prevents you, 7 that you are not among those prostrating?’ [15:33] Said he, ‘I was not about to prostrate myself, I should not prostrate myself, before a mortal whom You have created out of a dry clay [drawn] from malleable mud’. [15:34] Said He, ‘Then be gone from hence, that is, from the Garden — but it is also said, from the heav¬ ens — for you are indeed accursed, outcast. [15:35] And indeed the curse shall reSt upon you until the Day of Judgement’, [the Day] of Requital.…
Open in library →قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ
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34. Allah said to Iblis: Exit from paradise, for you are banished.
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وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ اللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ
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35. Upon you is My damnation and banished you are from My mercy until the Day of Judgment.
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قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
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36. Iblis said: O Lord, allow me to live and do not cause me to die until the day that Adam and his offspring are resurrected.
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قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ
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37. Allah (the Exalted) said: You are of those who I will grant a long life.
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إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ
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38. Until the time when all created things will die, upon the first blow of the Horn.
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eprieved, [15:38] until the day of the known time’, the time of [the blowing of] the FirSt Trumpet. [15:39] Said he, ‘My Lord, because You have lead me aStray ( bi-ma, ‘because’, the bi- is for oaths, the response for which is [what follows]) I shall adornfor them [evil aCts], acfts of disobedience, in the earth and I shall lead them aStray, all of them; [15:40] except those servants of Yours who are sincerely devoted [to You]’, namely, believers. [15:41] He, [God] exalted be He, said, ‘This is a Straight path [leading] to Me, [ 15142] in other words, truly over My servants, that is, bel…
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39. Iblis said: O Lord, because You misguided me, I will make sins on earth seem attractive to them, and I will lead them all astray from the straight path.
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the day of the known time’, the time of [the blowing of] the FirSt Trumpet. [15:39] Said he, ‘My Lord, because You have lead me aStray ( bi-ma, ‘because’, the bi- is for oaths, the response for which is [what follows]) I shall adornfor them [evil aCts], acfts of disobedience, in the earth and I shall lead them aStray, all of them; [15:40] except those servants of Yours who are sincerely devoted [to You]’, namely, believers. [15:41] He, [God] exalted be He, said, ‘This is a Straight path [leading] to Me, [ 15142] in other words, truly over My servants, that is, believers, you shall have no…
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40. Except for those servants You select to be worshipful to You.
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قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ
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41. Allah said: This is a straight path that leads to Me.
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إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ
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42. You have no power or sway over tempting My sincere servants, except for those who follow you who are led astray.
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وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
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43. Hellfire is the promised abode of Iblis and all those who follow him who have been led astray.
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have no warrant, [no] power, except those who follow you from among the perverse, the disbelievers. [15:43] And truly Hell shall be their trySt, all of them, that is, all those who follow you, shall be with you [in Hell]. [15:44] It has seven gates, [seven] layers — to each gate, therein, belongs an appointed portion, lot, of them. [15:45] Truly the God-fearing shall be amidst gardens, orchards, and Springs’, flowing through them. [15:46] And it shall be said to them: ‘Enter them in peace, that is, safe from all danger — or [it means
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44. Hellfire has seven doors through which they enter. For each of its doors, there is a known amount of the followers of Iblis who will enter through it.
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إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
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45. Those who were mindful of Allah, by obeying His command and staying away from disobedience will have gardens and springs.
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ادْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَامٍ آمِنِينَ
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46. When they enter, it will be said to them: Enter it with safety from any misfortune and security from any fears.
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وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَانًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَابِلِينَ
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47. I removed what was in their chests of enmity and envy. They are brethren beloved to one another, sitting upon thrones and looked upon one another.
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لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ
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48. Fatigue does not affect them, and they will not be made to leave it. Rather, they will remain in it forever.
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نَبِّئْ عِبَادِي أَنِّي أَنَا الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
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49. O Messenger, inform My servants that I am the Forgiving towards whomever of them repents, and I am Merciful to them.
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وَأَنَّ عَذَابِي هُوَ الْعَذَابُ الْأَلِيمُ
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50. And inform them that My punishment is the severe punishment, so they should repent to Me so they can receive My forgiveness and be safe from My punishment.
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m, O Muhammad (s). My servants that verily I am the Forgiving, of believers, the Merciful, to them, [15:50] and that My chastisement, of those who are disobedient, is the painful chastisement. [r5:5i] And tell them of the gueSts of Abraham, that is, the angels — there were twelve, ten or three of them, among them Gabriel; [15:52] [how] when they entered unto him, and said, ‘Peace!’, that is, [they said] this very word ( saldm ).…
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51. And inform them of the story of the guests of Ibrahim (peace be with him) that were angels who came to give him glad tidings of a child, and news of the destructions of the people of Lot.
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إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ
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52. When they came to him and said, Peace. He answered them with a greeting that was better than theirs and presented them with a roasted calf for them to eat because he thought that they were human. When they did not eat of it he said: We are afraid of you.
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قَالُوا لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ
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53. The Messenger from the Angels said: Do not be afraid! We will tell you something that will make you glad. You are going to have a son with great knowledge.
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قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِي عَلَىٰ أَن مَّسَّنِيَ الْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ
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54. Abraham, being surprised at the good news of a baby boy they gave him, said to them: Do you bring me this good news despite the fact that old age has reached me? What kind of good news are you bringing me?
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geable boy’, one very knowledgeable [boy], namely, Isaac — as we mentioned in surat Hud [Q. 11:69]. [15:54] He said, ‘Do you give me good tidings, of a boy, when old age has befallen me?’ (‘ala an mas- saniya l-kibaru is a circumstantial qualifier), in other words, deSpite the facft of its having befallen me? So, of what, thing, do you give me good tidings?’ (an interrogative meant to indicate amazement). [15:55] They said, ‘We give you good tidings in truth, sincerely; so do not be of the despairing’, the despondent. [15:56] He said, ‘And who — in other words, no one — despairs (read ya…
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55. The Messengers from the Angels said to Abraham: We bring you good news of the truth in which there is no doubt, so do not be among those who despair from the good news we bring you.
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قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِ إِلَّا الضَّالُّونَ
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56. Abraham said: Does anyone despair from the mercy of his Lord but those who have deviated from Allah’s straight path?!
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قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ
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57. Abraham said: What is the matter that has brought you - O Messengers - from Allah?
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save] disbelievers. [15:57] He said, ‘So what is your business, O you who have been sent [by God]?’ [15:58] They said, ‘We have been sent to a sinning folk, a disbelieving [folk], namely, the people of Lot, in order to destroy them; [15:59] [ a ll] except the family of Lot; indeed we shall save them, all of them, because of their faith, [ 15:60] except his wife — We have decreed that she indeed should be of those who will remain behind’, [of] those who will Stay behind in the chastisement, because of her unbelief. [15:61] And when those who had been sent [by God] came to the family of Lo…
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58. The Messenger from the Angels said: Allah has sent us to destroy a people who are guilty of great corruption and evil, the people of Lot.
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He said, ‘So what is your business, O you who have been sent [by God]?’ [15:58] They said, ‘We have been sent to a sinning folk, a disbelieving [folk], namely, the people of Lot, in order to destroy them; [15:59] [ a ll] except the family of Lot; indeed we shall save them, all of them, because of their faith, [ 15:60] except his wife — We have decreed that she indeed should be of those who will remain behind’, [of] those who will Stay behind in the chastisement, because of her unbelief. [15:61] And when those who had been sent [by God] came to the family of Lot, that is, to Lot [himself],…
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59. Except the family of Lot and the believers that follow him for they will not be included in the destruction and We will save them all from it.
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إِلَّا امْرَأَتَهُ قَدَّرْنَا إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ الْغَابِرِينَ
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60. Except for his wife, for We have decreed her to be one of those who stay behind included in the destruction.
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فَلَمَّا جَاءَ آلَ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلُونَ
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61. When the Messengers from the Angels came to the family of Lot in the form of men.
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قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ
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62. Lot (peace be with him) said to them: I do not recognise you, nor do I know who you are.
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to Lot [himself], [15:62] he said, to them, ‘Indeedyou are Strangers’, that is, I do not know you. [15:63] They said, ‘Rather, we have come to you because of that which they, your people, used to doubt, namely, the chastisement. [15:64] And we have brought you the Truth and indeed we Speak truthfully, in what we say. [15:65] So travel with your family in a portion of the night and follow their rear, walk behind them; and let none of you turn round, leSt he see the dreadful nature of that [punishment] which will be sent down on them, and go whither you are commanded’, namely, [to] Syria.…
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63. The Messengers from the Angels said to Lot: Do not fear! We have brought to you - O Lot - the destructive punishment that your people have doubts about.
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وَأَتَيْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ
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64. We have brought to you the truth in which there is no joke, and we are truthful in the information we give you.
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فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِعْ أَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ
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65. So travel with your family after a portion of the night has passed. Travel behind them and let none of you look back to see what happens to them. Proceed to where Allah has instructed you to go.
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وَقَضَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ الْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰؤُلَاءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ
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66. We made known to Lot by means of revelation the matter that We had decreed, which was that those people will be annihilated by the last of them being destroyed when morning comes.
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[15:66] And We conveyed. We revealed, to him the matter, which was, that these [sinners] was to be eradicated by morning (musbihin is a circumstantial qualifier,), in other words, their annihilation will take place in the morning. [15:67] And then came the people of the city, the city of Sodom, that is, the people of Lot, upon being told that there were handsome clean-shaven individuals — namely, the angels — in the house of Lot, rejoicing (yaSlabshirun is a circumstantial qualifier), desiring to commit an abomination with them. [15:68] He, Lot, said, ‘Lo! these are my guests, so do not d…
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67. The people of Sodom came rejoicing at the guests of Lot, with the desire to commit indecency.
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قَالَ إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ ضَيْفِي فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ
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68. Lot said to them: These people are my guests, so do not disgrace me by what you want with them.
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وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ
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69. Fear Allah by leaving this indecent behaviour and do not humiliate me by this heinous act of yours.
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[15:69] and fear God, and do not humiliate me’, by seeking them to commit an abomination with them. [15:70] They said, ‘Have we not forbidden you from [entertaining] anyone?’, from offering them hospitality? [15:71] He said, ‘These here are my daughters, if you muSt be doing’, what you desire [to do] in the way of satisfying your luSt, then marry them. God, exalted be He, says: [15:72] By your life — this is an address to the Prophet (s) — in their drunkenness they were bewildered, hesitant. [15:73] Then the Cry, the Cry of Gabriel, seized them at sunrise.
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70. His people said to him: Did we not forbid you from hosting anyone? One who provides a warning has in effect excused himself for taking someone to account for not abiding by it.
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God, and do not humiliate me’, by seeking them to commit an abomination with them. [15:70] They said, ‘Have we not forbidden you from [entertaining] anyone?’, from offering them hospitality? [15:71] He said, ‘These here are my daughters, if you muSt be doing’, what you desire [to do] in the way of satisfying your luSt, then marry them. God, exalted be He, says: [15:72] By your life — this is an address to the Prophet (s) — in their drunkenness they were bewildered, hesitant.…
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71. Lot (peace be with him) said to them: These are the women of my people, who are like daughters to me. Marry them if you want to satisfy your desires.
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لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
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72. By your life - O Messenger - the people of Lot wander blindly in pursuit of their lusts.
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فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ
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73. The destructive punishment seized them at the time of sunrise.
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s they were bewildered, hesitant. [15:73] Then the Cry, the Cry of Gabriel, seized them at sunrise. [15:74] And We made their, that is, their cities’, topmoSt part their nethermost, by Gabriel’s raising them [the cities] to the heaven and dropping them face down onto the earth, and We rained on them Stones of baked clay, clay baked in fire. [15:75] Indeed in that, which is mentioned, there are signs, indications of God’s Oneness, for those who take note, [those who] observe and take heed. [15:76] And indeed they, that is, the cities of the people of Lot, are on a road that [Still] remain…
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74. We turned their towns upside down and rained on them a shower of petrified clay.
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إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ
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75. In the incident mentioned about the punishment that descended on the people of Lot there are signs for those who ponder.
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the earth, and We rained on them Stones of baked clay, clay baked in fire. [15:75] Indeed in that, which is mentioned, there are signs, indications of God’s Oneness, for those who take note, [those who] observe and take heed. [15:76] And indeed they, that is, the cities of the people of Lot, are on a road that [Still] remains, Quraysh’s route to Syria, [one] not yet effaced: so why do they not take heed from their example? [15:77] There is indeed a sign, a lesson, in that for believers. [15:78] And certainly (in has been softened, in other words [understand it as being] innahu ) the dwell…
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76. The towns of the people of Lot are on an existing road and can be seen by travellers who pass by.
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إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
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77. In that which occurred there is a sign for the believers to take lesson from.
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not take heed from their example? [15:77] There is indeed a sign, a lesson, in that for believers. [15:78] And certainly (in has been softened, in other words [understand it as being] innahu ) the dwellers in the wood, a huddle of trees near Midian — these were the people of [the prophet] Shu'ayb — were evildoers, for denying Shu'ayb. [15:79] So We exacted retribution from them, by destroying them through extreme heat.…
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78. The people of Shuayb, who lived in a town surrounded by intertwined trees, were wrongdoers; because of their denial of Allah and rejection of His Messenger, Shuayb (peace be with him).
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فَانتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ
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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
79. We took retribution from them when the punishment seized them. The towns of the people of Lot and the dwellings of the people of Shuayb are on a path clear to those who pass by.
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— these were the people of [the prophet] Shu'ayb — were evildoers, for denying Shu'ayb. [15:79] So We exacted retribution from them, by destroying them through extreme heat. And certainly both of them, that is, the cities of the people of Lot and those of [the dwellers in] the wood, are upon a open road, plain [to see]: so will you not take heed from their example, O people of Mecca? [15:80] And verily the dwellers in al-Hijr — a valley between Medina and Syria — namely, [the tribe of] Thamud, denied those who had been sent [by God], when they denied [the prophet] $alih, as this con¬ stit…
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80. Indeed the Thamud, who were the people of Hijr (a place between Hijaz and the Levant) had in effect rejected all the Messengers when they rejected their prophet, Salih (peace be with him.)
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upon a open road, plain [to see]: so will you not take heed from their example, O people of Mecca? [15:80] And verily the dwellers in al-Hijr — a valley between Medina and Syria — namely, [the tribe of] Thamud, denied those who had been sent [by God], when they denied [the prophet] $alih, as this con¬ stituted a denial of the other messengers, since they all shared the facft that they came with [the Message proclaiming] the Oneness of God. [15:81] And We brought them Our signs, by way of the she-camel [of Salih], but they were averse [to them], refusing to reflecft on them. [15:82] And…
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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
81. We gave them proofs and signs to indicate his truthfulness in what he brought from his Lord. One of these was the she-camel. But they did not take a lesson from those signs and paid no attention to them.
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all shared the facft that they came with [the Message proclaiming] the Oneness of God. [15:81] And We brought them Our signs, by way of the she-camel [of Salih], but they were averse [to them], refusing to reflecft on them. [15:82] And they used to hew out dwellings from the mountains, feeling secure. [15:83] But the Cry seized them in the morning. [15:84] And so that which they used to count as gain, in the way of building fortresses and amassing riches, did not avail, [did not] protect, them, from the chastisement. [15:85] We did not create the heavens and the earth and all that is bet…
Open in library →وَكَانُوا يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا آمِنِينَ
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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
82. They used to carve out dwellings in the rocks of the mountains in which they lived safe from that which they feared.
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فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ
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83. Then the bolt of the punishment seized them in the morning.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
w out dwellings from the mountains, feeling secure. [15:83] But the Cry seized them in the morning. [15:84] And so that which they used to count as gain, in the way of building fortresses and amassing riches, did not avail, [did not] protect, them, from the chastisement. [15:85] We did not create the heavens and the earth and all that is between them save with the Truth. And truly the Hour shall come, without doubt, whereupon every person will be requited according to his deeds.…
Open in library →فَمَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
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84. The wealth and the dwellings that they had gained did not ward off Allah’s punishment.
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وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَآتِيَةٌ فَاصْفَحِ الصَّفْحَ الْجَمِيلَ
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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
85. We did not create the heavens and the earth and we did not create everything between them in vain without any wisdom. We only created all of that with a true purpose. The Hour will certainly come, so, O Messenger, ignore those who reject you and pardon them graciously.
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْخَلَّاقُ الْعَلِيمُ
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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
86. Your Lord, O Messenger, is the Creator and the Knower of everything.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
se [Q. 9:5]. [15:86] Truly your Lord, He is the Creator, of everything, the Knowing, of everything. [15:87] And verily We have given you seven of the oft-repeated [verses] — the Prophet (s) said that this meant [surat] al-Fatiha, as reported by the two Shaykhs [Bukhari and Muslim], since it is repeated in every unit of prayer ( rak’a) — and the great Qur’an. [15:88] Do not extend your glance toward that which Wehave given different groups of them to en¬ joy, and do not grieve for them, should they not believe, and lower your wing, temper your nature, for the believers. [15:89] And say:…
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87. We have given you ‘The Opening (Sūrah Al-Fātiḥah)’ which consists of seven verses and We have given you the Grand Qur’ān.
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لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
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88. Do not extend your sight to the temporary enjoyments We have given to some classes of disbelievers and do not grieve over their rejection. Be humble with the believers.
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it is repeated in every unit of prayer ( rak’a) — and the great Qur’an. [15:88] Do not extend your glance toward that which Wehave given different groups of them to en¬ joy, and do not grieve for them, should they not believe, and lower your wing, temper your nature, for the believers. [15:89] And say: ‘Indeed, I am the Warner, of God’s chastisement, lest it be sent down on you, the clear [warner], clear in [his] warning. [15:90] Even as We sent down, chastisement, on those who make division, the Jews and the Christians,
Open in library →وَقُلْ إِنِّي أَنَا النَّذِيرُ الْمُبِينُ
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89. Say - O Messenger: I am indeed a warner of the punishment and I make clear that which will guide you.
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كَمَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى الْمُقْتَسِمِينَ
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90. I warn you of a punishment similar to that which Allah sent down on those who formed an alliance to deny the messengers.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
er, of God’s chastisement, lest it be sent down on you, the clear [warner], clear in [his] warning. [15:90] Even as We sent down, chastisement, on those who make division, the Jews and the Christians, [15:91] those who have reduced the Recitation , 8 namely, those scriptures revealed to them, to parts, be¬ lieving in some and disbelieving in others. It is [alternatively] said that the individuals meant here were those who ‘divided up’ among themselves the roads to Mecca, barring people from Islam.…
Open in library →الَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا الْقُرْآنَ عِضِينَ
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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
91. Those who accepts parts of the Qur’ān and allege other parts to be sorcery, soothsaying or poetry.
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as We sent down, chastisement, on those who make division, the Jews and the Christians, [15:91] those who have reduced the Recitation , 8 namely, those scriptures revealed to them, to parts, be¬ lieving in some and disbelieving in others. It is [alternatively] said that the individuals meant here were those who ‘divided up’ among themselves the roads to Mecca, barring people from Islam. Some of them said that the Qur’an was sorcery, some that it was soothsaying, and others that it was poetry. [15:92] By your Lord, We shall question them all — a questioning involving rebuke —
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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
92. By your Lord, O Messenger, I will on the Day of Judgement bring all those who break it into parts to account.
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it was poetry. [15:92] By your Lord, We shall question them all — a questioning involving rebuke — [15:94] So proclaim, O Muhammad (s), what you have been commanded, to [proclaim], in other words, declare it openly and carry it out, and turn away from the idolaters — this was [revealed] before the command to Struggle [againSt the idolaters]. [15:95] Indeed We have sufficed you againft the mockers, [who mocked] you, by Our having destroyed each one of them through some harm, and these were: al-Walldb. al-Mughira, al-‘Asi b. Wa’il, ‘Udayyb. Qays, al-Aswad b. al-Muttalib and al-Aswad b.…
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93. We will question them about the disbelief and sins they committed in the world.
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فَاصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
94. So announce, O Messenger, the invitation towards Allah that He has instructed you to do and do not pay any attention to what the idolaters say and do.
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إِنَّا كَفَيْنَاكَ الْمُسْتَهْزِئِينَ
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95. Do not be afraid of them, for we are enough for you against those leaders of disbelief from the Quraysh who mock at you.
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الَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
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96. Those who take another deity along with Allah. They will soon come to know the evil outcome of their associating partners with Allah.
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al-Mughira, al-‘Asi b. Wa’il, ‘Udayyb. Qays, al-Aswad b. al-Muttalib and al-Aswad b. ‘Abd Yaghuth, [15:96] those [mockers] who set up besides God another god: (this [entire clause] is an adjedival quali¬ fication; but it is also said to be the subjecft, and because there is an implicit conditional meaning [in the above-mentioned clause], 9 the [particle] fa has been inserted into the predicate, which is [the follow¬ ing] ) soon they will know, the sequel of their affair. [15:97] And verily ( wa-laqad is for confirmation) We know that your breaft is [at times] oppressed by what they say,…
Open in library →وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ
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97. We know that your heart, O Messenger, is constrained by the rejection and mockery of you that emanates from them.
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فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ السَّاجِدِينَ
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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
98. So resort to Allah by declaring His transcendence from everything not appropriate for Him, and by praising Him with the attributes of His perfection; and be one of those who worship Allah and pray to Him. In that there is a cure for the strain on your heart.
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e know that your breaft is [at times] oppressed by what they say, in the way of mockery and denial. [15:98] So glorify, intimately [repeating], the praise of your Lord, in other words, say subhana’Llahi wa- bi-hamdihi — and be of those who prostrate themselves, those who pray; [15:99] and worship your Lord until Certainty — Death — comes to you. 8 The author clearly understands Quran here as that scripture revealed to Jews and Christians and which muSt have been ‘recited’, much like the Qur’an is by Muslims. 9 In other words, it is as if the clause read thus: ‘those who, if they set up a…
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Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary
99. Go on worshipping your Lord and continue doing so as long as you live until death comes to you in that state.
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