The Rock · Surah 15

Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture and a plain Reading

It may be that those who disbelieve wish ardently that they were Muslims

Let them eat and enjoy life, and let (false) hope beguile them. They will come to know

And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it

No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind

And they say: O thou unto whom the Reminder is revealed, lo! thou art indeed a madman

Why bringest thou not angels unto us, if thou art of the truthful

We send not down the angels save with the Fact, and in that case (the disbelievers) would not be tolerated

Lo! We, even We, reveal the Reminder, and lo! We verily are its Guardian

We verily sent (messengers) before thee among the factions of the men of old

And never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him

Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty

They believe not therein, though the example of the men of old hath gone before

And even if We opened unto them a gate of heaven and they kept mounting through it

They would say: Our sight is wrong - nay, but we are folk bewitched

And verily in the heaven we have set mansions of the stars, and We have beautified it for beholders

And We have guarded it from every outcast devil

Save him who stealeth the hearing, and them doth a clear flame pursue

And the earth have We spread out, and placed therein firm hills, and caused each seemly thing to grow therein

And we have given unto you livelihoods therein, and unto those for whom ye provide not

And there is not a thing but with Us are the stores thereof. And we send it not down save in appointed measure

And We send the winds fertilising, and cause water to descend from the sky, and give it you to drink. It is not ye who are the holders of the store thereof

Lo! and it is We, even We, Who quicken and give death, and We are the Inheritor

And verily We know the eager among you and verily We know the laggards

Lo! thy Lord will gather them together. Lo! He is Wise, Aware

Verily We created man of potter's clay of black mud altered

And the jinn did We create aforetime of essential fire

And (remember) when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am creating a mortal out of potter's clay of black mud altered

So, when I have made him and have breathed into him of My Spirit, do ye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him

So the angels fell prostrate, all of them together

Save Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate

He said: O Iblis! What aileth thee that thou art not among the prostrate

He said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast created out of potter's clay of black mud altered

He said: Then go thou forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast

And lo! the curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Judgment

He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised

He said: Then lo! thou art of those reprieved

Till the Day of appointed time

He said: My Lord! Because Thou hast sent me astray, I verily shall adorn the path of error for them in the earth, and shall mislead them every one

Save such of them as are Thy perfectly devoted slaves