Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 41-60 — 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.
qāla hādhā ṣirāṭun ʿalayya mus'taqīmun
[Allāh] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.
inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sul'ṭānun illā mani ittabaʿaka mina l-ghāwīna
Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.
wa-inna jahannama lamawʿiduhum ajmaʿīna
And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all.
lahā sabʿatu abwābin likulli bābin min'hum juz'on maqsūmun
It has seven gates; for every gate is of them [i.e., Satan's followers] a portion designated."
inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin waʿuyūnin
Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs,
ud'khulūhā bisalāmin āminīna
[Having been told], "Enter it in peace, safe [and secure]."
wanazaʿnā mā fī ṣudūrihim min ghillin ikh'wānan ʿalā sururin mutaqābilīna
And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment, [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other.
lā yamassuhum fīhā naṣabun wamā hum min'hā bimukh'rajīna
No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed.
nabbi ʿibādī annī anā l-ghafūru l-raḥīmu
[O Muḥammad], inform My servants that it is I who am the Forgiving, the Merciful,
wa-anna ʿadhābī huwa l-ʿadhābu l-alīmu
And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment.
wanabbi'hum ʿan ḍayfi ib'rāhīma
And inform them about the guests of Abraham,
idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla innā minkum wajilūna
When they entered upon him and said, "Peace." [Abraham] said, "Indeed, we are fearful [i.e., apprehensive] of you."
qālū lā tawjal innā nubashiruka bighulāmin ʿalīmin
[The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy."
qāla abashartumūnī ʿalā an massaniya l-kibaru fabima tubashirūna
He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?"
qālū basharnāka bil-ḥaqi falā takun mina l-qāniṭīna
They said, "We have given you good tidings in truth, so do not be of the despairing."
qāla waman yaqnaṭu min raḥmati rabbihi illā l-ḍālūna
He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"
qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhā l-mur'salūna
[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"
qālū innā ur'sil'nā ilā qawmin muj'rimīna
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals,
illā āla lūṭin innā lamunajjūhum ajmaʿīna
Except the family of Lot; indeed, we will save them all
illā im'ra-atahu qaddarnā innahā lamina l-ghābirīna
Except his wife." We [i.e., Allāh] decreed that she is of those who remain behind.