surah015
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15:1
الٓرۚ
alif-lam-ra
Alif Laam Ra
تِلۡكَ
til'ka
These
ءَايَٰتُ
ayatu
(are) the Verses
ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
al-kitabi
(of) the Book
وَقُرۡءَانٖ
waqur'anin
and Quran
مُّبِينٖ
mubinin
clear
١

Alif Lam Ra These are the verses of the Scripture, a Quran that makes things clear

Translation 1260

15:2
رُّبَمَا
rubama
Perhaps
يَوَدُّ
yawaddu
will wish
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
كَفَرُواْ
kafaru
disbelieved
لَوۡ
law
if
كَانُواْ
kanu
they had been
مُسۡلِمِينَ
mus'limina
Muslims
٢

The disbelievers may well come to wish they had submitted to God

Translation 1260

15:3
ذَرۡهُمۡ
dharhum
Leave them
يَأۡكُلُواْ
yakulu
(to) eat
وَيَتَمَتَّعُواْ
wayatamatta'u
and enjoy
وَيُلۡهِهِمُ
wayul'hihimu
and diverted them
ٱلۡأَمَلُۖ
al-amalu
the hope
فَسَوۡفَ
fasawfa
then soon
يَعۡلَمُونَ
ya'lamuna
they will come to know
٣

so [Prophet] leave them to eat and enjoy themselves. Let [false] hopes distract them: they will come to know

Translation 1260

15:4
وَمَآ
wama
And not
أَهۡلَكۡنَا
ahlakna
We destroyed
مِن
min
any
قَرۡيَةٍ
qaryatin
town
إِلَّا
illa
but
وَلَهَا
walaha
(there was) for it
كِتَابٞ
kitabun
a decree
مَّعۡلُومٞ
ma'lumun
known
٤

Never have We destroyed a community that did not have a set time

Translation 1260

15:5
مَّا
ma
Not
تَسۡبِقُ
tasbiqu
(can) advance
مِنۡ
min
any
أُمَّةٍ
ummatin
nation
أَجَلَهَا
ajalaha
its term
وَمَا
wama
and not
يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ
yastakhiruna
(can) delay it
٥

no community can bring its time forward, nor delay it

Translation 1260

15:6
وَقَالُواْ
waqalu
And they say
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
yaayyuha
O you
ٱلَّذِي
alladhi
(to) whom
نُزِّلَ
nuzzila
has been sent down
عَلَيۡهِ
alayhi
[on him]
ٱلذِّكۡرُ
al-dhik'ru
the Reminder
إِنَّكَ
innaka
indeed you
لَمَجۡنُونٞ
lamajnunun
(are) surely mad
٦

They say, ‘Receiver of this Quran! You are definitely mad

Translation 1260

15:7
لَّوۡ
law
Why
مَا
ma
not
تَأۡتِينَا
tatina
you bring to us
بِٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ
bil-malaikati
the Angels
إِن
in
if
كُنتَ
kunta
you are
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
al-sadiqina
the truthful
٧

Why do you not bring us the angels, if you are telling the truth?’

Translation 1260

15:8
مَا
ma
Not
نُنَزِّلُ
nunazzilu
We send down
ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ
al-malaikata
the Angels
إِلَّا
illa
except
بِٱلۡحَقِّ
bil-haqi
with the truth
وَمَا
wama
and not
كَانُوٓاْ
kanu
they would be
إِذٗا
idhan
then
مُّنظَرِينَ
munzarina
given respite
٨

But We send down the angels only to bring justice and then these people will not be reprieved

Translation 1260

15:9
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed We
نَحۡنُ
nahnu
We
نَزَّلۡنَا
nazzalna
have sent down
ٱلذِّكۡرَ
al-dhik'ra
the Reminder
وَإِنَّا
wa-inna
and indeed We
لَهُۥ
lahu
of it
لَحَٰفِظُونَ
lahafizuna
(are) surely Guardians
٩

We have sent down the Quran Ourself, and We Ourself will guard it. Even before you [Prophet]

Translation 1260

15:10
وَلَقَدۡ
walaqad
And certainly
أَرۡسَلۡنَا
arsalna
We (had) sent
مِن
min
before you
قَبۡلِكَ
qablika
before you
فِي
fi
in
شِيَعِ
shiya'i
the sects
ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
al-awalina
(of) the former (people)
١٠

We sent messengers among the various communities of old

Translation 1260

15:11
وَمَا
wama
And not
يَأۡتِيهِم
yatihim
came to them
مِّن
min
any
رَّسُولٍ
rasulin
Messenger
إِلَّا
illa
but
كَانُواْ
kanu
they did
بِهِۦ
bihi
at him
يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ
yastahziuna
mock
١١

but they mocked every single messenger that came to them

Translation 1260

15:12
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhalika
Thus
نَسۡلُكُهُۥ
naslukuhu
We let it enter
فِي
fi
in
قُلُوبِ
qulubi
(the) hearts
ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
al-muj'rimina
(of) the criminals
١٢

in this way We make the message slip through the hearts of evildoers

Translation 1260

15:13
لَا
la
Not
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
yu'minuna
they believe
بِهِۦ
bihi
in it
وَقَدۡ
waqad
and verily
خَلَتۡ
khalat
have passed
سُنَّةُ
sunnatu
the way(s)
ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
al-awalina
(of) the former (people)
١٣

They will not believe in it. That was what happened with the peoples of long ago

Translation 1260

15:14
وَلَوۡ
walaw
And (even) if
فَتَحۡنَا
fatahna
We opened
عَلَيۡهِم
alayhim
to them
بَابٗا
baban
a gate
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
al-samai
the heaven
فَظَلُّواْ
fazallu
and they were to continue
فِيهِ
fihi
therein
يَعۡرُجُونَ
ya'rujuna
(to) ascend
١٤

and even if We opened a gateway into Heaven for them and they rose through it, higher and higher

Translation 1260

15:15
لَقَالُوٓاْ
laqalu
They would surely say
إِنَّمَا
innama
Only
سُكِّرَتۡ
sukkirat
have been dazzled
أَبۡصَٰرُنَا
absaruna
our eyes
بَلۡ
bal
Nay
نَحۡنُ
nahnu
we
قَوۡمٞ
qawmun
(are) a people
مَّسۡحُورُونَ
mashuruna
bewitched
١٥

they would still say, ‘Our eyes are hallucinating. We are bewitched.’

Translation 1260