One Allah, and that men
of understanding may take heed.

S: This is a sufficient exposition for the people and that they may be
warned thereby, and that they may know that He is One Allah and that
those possessed of understanding may mind.

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Chapter 15:

AL-HIJR (AL-HIJR, STONELAND, ROCK CITY)
Total Verses: 99 Revealed At: MAKKA

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

015.001
Y: A. L. R. These are the Ayats of Revelation,- of a Qur'an that makes
things clear.

P: Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture and a plain Reading.

S: Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the Book and (of) a Quran that
makes (things) clear.

015.002
Y: Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed
(to Allah's will) in Islam.

P: It may be that those who disbelieve wish ardently that they were
Muslims.

S: Often will those who disbelieve wish that they had been Muslims.

015.003
Y: 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).

P: Let them eat and enjoy life, and let (false) hope beguile them. They
will come to know!

S: Leave them that they may eat and enjoy themselves and (that) hope may
beguile them, for they will soon know.

015.004
Y: Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and
assigned beforehand.

P: And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it.

S: And never did We destroy a town but it had a term made known.

015.005
Y: Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.

P: No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind.

S: No people can hasten on their doom nor can they postpone (it).

015.006
Y: They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou
art mad (or possessed)!"

P: And they say: O thou unto whom the Reminder is revealed, lo! thou art
indeed a madman!

S: And they say: O you to whom the Reminder has been revealed! you are
most surely insane:

015.007
Y: "Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the
Truth?"

P: Why bringest thou not angels unto us, if thou art of the truthful?

S: Why do you not bring to us the angels if you are of the truthful
ones?

015.008
Y: We