Arabic text and English translation

Saheeh International

1. الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَقُرْءَانٍ مُّبِينٍ

   Alif, Lām, Rā. These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].

   الحجر 1

2. رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ

   Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims.

   الحجر 2

3. ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

   Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.

   الحجر 3

4. وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

   And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.

   الحجر 4

5. مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ

   No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.

   الحجر 5

6. وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ

   And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.

   الحجر 6

7. لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

   Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"

   الحجر 7

8. مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ

   We do not send down the angels except with truth; and they [i.e., the disbelievers] would not then be reprieved.

   الحجر 8

9. إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ

   Indeed, it is We who sent down the message [i.e., the Qur’ān], and indeed, We will be its guardian.

   الحجر 9

10. وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muḥammad], among the sects of the former peoples.

    الحجر 10

11. وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.

    الحجر 11

12. كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    Thus do We insert it [i.e., denial] into the hearts of the criminals.

    الحجر 12

13. لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.

    الحجر 13

14. وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ

    And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,

    الحجر 14

15. لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَـٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ

    They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."

    الحجر 15