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Sūra 15: Al-Ḥijr, or The Rocky Tract

Section 3 (26-44)


26. Walaqad khalaqna al-insana min salsalin min hama-in masnoonin

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


27. Waaljanna khalaqnahu min qablu min nari alssamoomi

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


28. Wa-ith qala rabbuka lilmala-ikati innee khaliqun basharan min salsalin min hama-in masnoonin

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


29. Fa-itha sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehi min roohee faqaAAoo lahu sajideena

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


30. Fasajada almala-ikatu kulluhum ajmaAAoona

30. So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:


31. Illa ibleesa aba an yakoona maAAa alssajideena

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


32. Qala ya ibleesu ma laka alla takoona maAAa alssajideena

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


33. Qala lam akun li-asjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min salsalin min hama-in masnoonin

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


34. Qala faokhruj minha fa-innaka rajeemun

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


35. Wa-inna AAalayka allaAAnata ila yawmi alddeeni

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


36. Qala rabbi faanthirnee ila yawmi yubAAathoona

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


37. Qala fa-innaka mina almunthareena

37. ((Allah)) said: "Respite is granted thee


38. Ila yawmi alwaqti almaAAloomi

38. "Till the Day of the Time appointed."


39. Qala rabbi bima aghwaytanee laozayyinanna lahum fee al-ardi walaoghwiyannahum ajmaAAeena

39. (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. Illa AAibadaka minhumu almukhlaseena

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


41. Qala hatha siratun AAalayya mustaqeemun

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


42. Inna AAibadee laysa laka AAalayhim sultanun illa mani ittabaAAaka mina alghaweena

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


43. Wa-inna jahannama lamawAAiduhum ajmaAAeena

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


44. Laha sabAAatu abwabin likulli babin minhum juz-on maqsoomun

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


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