Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 21-40 — Word by Word
الحجر
The Rocky Tract
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
wa-in min shayin illā ʿindanā khazāinuhu wamā nunazziluhu illā biqadarin maʿlūmin
And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known [i.e., specified] measure.
wa-arsalnā l-riyāḥa lawāqiḥa fa-anzalnā mina l-samāi māan fa-asqaynākumūhu wamā antum lahu bikhāzinīna
And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.
wa-innā lanaḥnu nuḥ'yī wanumītu wanaḥnu l-wārithūna
And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.
walaqad ʿalim'nā l-mus'taqdimīna minkum walaqad ʿalim'nā l-mus'takhirīna
And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].
wa-inna rabbaka huwa yaḥshuruhum innahu ḥakīmun ʿalīmun
And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.
walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin
And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.
wal-jāna khalaqnāhu min qablu min nāri l-samūmi
And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.
wa-idh qāla rabbuka lil'malāikati innī khāliqun basharan min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.
fa-idhā sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu fīhi min rūḥī faqaʿū lahu sājidīna
And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."
fasajada l-malāikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūna
So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,
illā ib'līsa abā an yakūna maʿa l-sājidīna
Except Iblees; he refused to be with those who prostrated.
qāla yāib'līsu mā laka allā takūna maʿa l-sājidīna
[Allāh] said, "O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?"
qāla lam akun li-asjuda libasharin khalaqtahu min ṣalṣālin min ḥama-in masnūnin
He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."
qāla fa-ukh'ruj min'hā fa-innaka rajīmun
[Allāh] said, "Then depart from it, for indeed, you are expelled.
wa-inna ʿalayka l-laʿnata ilā yawmi l-dīni
And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense."
qāla rabbi fa-anẓir'nī ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna
He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."
qāla fa-innaka mina l-munẓarīna
[Allāh] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved
ilā yawmi l-waqti l-maʿlūmi
Until the Day of the time well-known."
qāla rabbi bimā aghwaytanī la-uzayyinanna lahum fī l-arḍi wala-ugh'wiyannahum ajmaʿīna
[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them [i.e., mankind] on earth, and I will mislead them all
illā ʿibādaka min'humu l-mukh'laṣīna
Except, among them, Your chosen servants."