Sura 15: Al-Hijr Valley
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
2. Certainly, those who disbelieved will wish they were submitters.
3. Let them eat, enjoy, and remain blinded by wishful thinking; they will find out.
4. We never annihilated any com- 5. The end of any community can 6. They said, "O you who received 7. "Why do you not bring down 8. We do not send down the angels God's Messenger of the Covenant*
9. Absolutely, we have revealed the 10. We have sent (messengers) before 11. Every time a messenger went 12. We thus control the minds of 13. Consequently, they cannot believe in him. 14. Even if we opened for them a gate into the sky, through which they climb;
15. they will say, "Our eyes have been deceived. We have been bewitched."
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munity, except in accordance with a
specific, predetermined time.
never be advanced, nor delayed.
this reminder, you are crazy.
the angels, if you are truthful?"
except for specific functions.
Otherwise, no one will be respited.
reminder, and, absolutely, we will
preserve it.*
you to the communities in the past.
to them, they ridiculed him.
the guilty.
This has been the system since the past generations.
*15:1 & *15:9 The divine source and the perfect preservation of the Quran are proven by the Quran's mathematical code (App. 1). God's Messenger of the Covenant was destined to unveil this great miracle. The word "Dhikr" denotes the Quran's code in several verses (15:6, 21:2, 26:5, 38:1, 38:8, 74:31). The value of "Rashad Khalifa" (1230)+15+9=1254, 19x66.
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17. And we guarded it against every rejected devil.
18. If any of them sneaks around to listen, a mighty projectile will chase him back.
19. As for the earth, we constructed it, and placed on it stabilizers (mountains), 20. We made it habitable for you,* and for creatures you do not provide for.
21. There is nothing that we do not own 22. And we send the winds as pollinators, 23. It is we who control life and death, 24. And we fully know those among you 25. Your Lord will surely summon them. The Human Race
26. We created the human being from 27. As for the jinns, we created them, 28. Your Lord said to the angels, 29. "Once I perfect him, and blow into 30. The angels fell prostrate; all of them,
31. except Iblis (Satan). He refused to be with the prostrators.
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16. We placed galaxies in the sky,
and adorned it for the beholders.
and we grew on it a perfect balance of everything.
infinite amounts thereof. But we
send it down in precise measure.
and cause water to come down from
the sky for you to drink. Otherwise,
you could not keep it palatable.
and we are the ultimate inheritors.
who advance, and we fully know
those who regress.
He is Most Wise, Omniscient.
aged mud, like the potter's clay.
before that, from blazing fire.
"I am creating a human being
from aged mud, like the potter's clay.
him from My spirit, you shall fall prostrate before him."
*15:20 When we send astronauts into space, we provide them with precisely measured quantities of food, water, and oxygen. God created the spaceship Earth with billions of astronauts who work and reproduce; He supplied them with a self-supporting system that generates oxygen, fresh water, and a great variety of delicious foods and drinks.
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33. He said, "I am not to prostrate before a human being, 34. He said, "Therefore, you must get out; you are banished.
35. "You have incurred My condemnation until the Day of Judgment."
36. He said, "My Lord, respite me until the day they are resurrected."
37. He said, "You are respited.
38. "Until the specified day and time."
39. He said, "My Lord, since You have 40. "Except those among Your 41. He said, "This is a law 42. "You have no power over My 43. "And Hell awaits them all.
44. "It will have seven gates. Each gate 45. As for the righteous, they will enjoy 46. Enter therein, peaceful and secure.
47. We remove all jealousy from their 48. Never will they suffer any fatigue therein; never will they be evicted therefrom.
49. Inform My servants that I am the Forgiver, Most Merciful.
50. And that My retribution is the most painful retribution.
Angels Visit Abraham
51. Inform them about Abraham's guests.
32. He said, "O Iblis (Satan), why are you not with the prostrators?"
whom You created from aged mud, like the potter's clay."
willed that I go astray, I will surely
entice them on earth;
I will send them all astray.
worshipers who are devoted
absolutely to You alone."
that is inviolable.
servants. You only have power over
the strayers who follow you.
will get a specific share of them."
gardens and springs.
hearts. Like one family, they will be
on adjacent furnishings.
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53. They said, "Do not be apprehensive. 54. He said, "How can you give me such good news, when I am so old? 55. They said, "The good news we give you is true; do not despair."
56. He said, "None despairs of his Lord's 57. He said, "What is your mission, 58. They said, "We are being dispatched 59. "As for Lot's family, we will 60. "But not his wife; she is destined Lot
61. The messengers went to Lot's town.
62. He said, "You are unknown people."
63. They said, "We bring to you 64. "We bring to you the truth; 65. "You shall take your family during 66. We delivered to him this command: 67. The people of the city came joyfully.
68. He said, "These are my guests; 69. "Fear GOD, and do not shame me."
70. They said, "Did we not enjoin you from contacting anyone?"
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52. When they entered his quarters, they said, "Peace."
He said, "We are apprehensive about you."
We have good news for you: an enlightened son."
Do you still give me this good news?"
mercy, except the strayers."
O messengers?"
to guilty people.
save them all.
to be with the doomed."
what they have been doubting.
we are truthful.
the night. Stay behind them, and
make sure that none of you looks
back. Go straight as commanded."
those people are to be annihilated in the morning.
do not embarrass me.
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72. But, alas, they were totally blinded by their lust.
73. Consequently, the disaster struck them in the morning.
74. We turned it upside down, and showered them with devastating rocks.
75. This is a lesson for those who possess intelligence.
76. This will always be the system.
77. This is a sign for the believers.
78. The people of the woods also 79. Consequently, we avenged from 80. The people of Al-Hijr disbelieved 81. We gave them our revelations, 82. They used to carve secure homes 83. The disaster hit them in the morning.
84. What they hoarded did not help End of the World Unveiled*
85. We did not create the heavens and 86. Your Lord is the Creator, the Omniscient.
87. We have given you the seven pairs, and the great Quran.
88. Do not be jealous of what we bestowed upon the other (messengers), and do not 89. And proclaim: "I am the manifest warner."
90. We will deal with the dividers.
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71. He said, "Here are my daughters, if you must."
were transgressors.
them, and both communities are
fully documented.
the messengers.
but they disregarded them.
out of the mountains.
them.
the earth, and everything between
them, except for a specific purpose.
The end of the world will come,
so treat them with benign neglect.
be saddened (by the disbelievers), and lower your wing for the believers.
*15:85-88 One of the functions of God's Messenger of the Covenant is to deliver the Quranic assertion that the world will end in AD 2280 (20:15, 72:27 & Appendix 25).
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92. By your Lord, we will question them all,
93. about everything they have done.
94. Therefore, carry out the orders given to you, and disregard the idol worshipers.
95. We will spare you the mockers,
96. who set up another god beside GOD. They will surely find out.
97. We know full well that you may be 98. You shall sing the praises of your 99. And worship your Lord, _____________________________________________________________________ 1489 87038
91. They accept the Quran only partially.
annoyed by their utterances.
Lord, and be with the prostrators.
in order to attain certainty.*
*15:99 The practices of worship are our means of attaining certainty (Appendix 15).