{ "number": 15, "slug": "hijr", "name": "Al-Hijr", "arabicName": "الحجر", "meaning": "The Rocky Tract", "period": "Makkan", "juz": 14, "tagline": "A guarded reminder, mercy amid warning", "overview": "The guarded Reminder stands against mockery. Signs in sky and earth lead into the story of human creation, the limits of temptation, and accounts of earlier peoples. 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"title": "Chapter introduction · Quran.com", "url": "https://quran.com/15/info" }, { "title": "Hijrah year · Encyclopaedia Britannica (1911)", "url": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Hejira" }, { "title": "Hegra Archaeological Site · UNESCO", "url": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1293/" }, { "title": "The seven oft-repeated verses · Sahih al-Bukhari 4704", "url": "https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4704" }, { "title": "Worship until certainty · Ibn Kathir", "url": "https://quran.com/15:99/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "Sahih International · English translation (AlQuran Cloud)", "url": "https://alquran.cloud/quran/en.sahih" } ], "sections": [ { "start": 1, "end": 15, "title": "The Reminder and the resistant listener", "summary": "Mockery and demands for signs meet the assurance that the Reminder is guarded.", "reflection": "What happens when a person decides in advance how every possible sign will be dismissed?" }, { "start": 16, "end": 25, "title": "Sky, earth, and measured provision", "summary": "Celestial beauty, growth, water, life, and death point toward a wise final gathering.", "reflection": "Which familiar gift reveals a dependence that is easy to overlook?" }, { "start": 26, "end": 50, "title": "Creation, temptation, mercy, and warning", "summary": "Iblis’ pride is exposed, his power is bounded, and promised peace stands beside judgment.", "reflection": "How does the pairing of mercy and accountability protect against both despair and complacency?" }, { "start": 51, "end": 77, "title": "Abraham’s guests and Lot’s rescue", "summary": "Good news answers fear, while a threatened household receives instructions to depart before judgment.", "reflection": "Notice the protection of guests, the urgency of departure, and the limits of what the text locates." }, { "start": 78, "end": 84, "title": "Earlier communities and rock-cut security", "summary": "The people of the thicket and Al-Hijr illustrate the failure of wrongdoing and material confidence.", "reflection": "When does useful protection become an illusion of complete safety?" }, { "start": 85, "end": 99, "title": "Gracious pardon and steadfast worship", "summary": "Purposeful creation, the gift of revelation, gentle care, and continued worship answer the hurt of mockery.", "reflection": "How can a clear message be carried with both firmness and tenderness?" } ], "timeline": [ { "title": "Before 622 CE · Makkan classification", "year": 622, "body": "The Makkan classification places the chapter broadly before the Hijrah to Madinah in 622 CE. This marker is a period boundary, not a claimed year or date of revelation. Classification details and any disputed passages are explained in History.", "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Hejira" }, { "title": "Earlier prophetic accounts · no absolute years", "year": null, "body": "The chapter moves from creation to Abraham’s guests, Lot’s household, and earlier communities. These scenes are not provided with calendar dates, and their order is not a complete chronology of ancient history.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/015.htm" }, { "title": "Hegra’s surviving monuments · a separate historical layer", "year": null, "body": "UNESCO identifies the famous monumental tombs as Nabataean, chiefly from the first century BCE to the first century CE. That dated archaeology should not be presented as proof that the visible tombs are the Quran’s earlier rock-cut dwellings.", "source": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1293/" }, { "title": "A command to proclaim · relative context only", "year": null, "body": "Ibn Kathir relates the closing passage to public proclamation and endurance under mockery. This reader preserves that reported context without assigning a precise year to the command.", "source": "https://quran.com/15:99/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" } ], "places": [ { "id": "hijr-hegra", "name": "Hegra / Al-Hijr · archaeological context", "body": "UNESCO documents Nabataean monumental tombs cut into sandstone. They offer real regional architectural context, but their dating does not establish them as the dwellings of the Quranic community. An illustration must preserve that distinction.", "source": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1293/", "image": 4, "lat": 26.783, "lon": 37.953 }, { "id": "hijr-lot-route", "name": "Lot’s route of departure · unlocated", "body": "Night travel and the approaching morning are specified, but a modern road or exact escape route is not. The scene is an imaginative evocation of the account, with no prophet or angel represented.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/015.htm", "image": 3 }, { "id": "hijr-makkah", "name": "Makkah · revelation setting", "body": "The chapter is generally classified as Makkan and addresses mockery surrounding the message. This broad location concerns its reception rather than a verified address where a particular verse was first recited.", "source": "https://quran.com/15/info", "image": 0, "lat": 21.4225, "lon": 39.8262 } ], "people": [ { "id": "adam", "title": "Adam · the first human in the creation account", "body": "The mortal made from clay is honored through the command to the angels. Iblis’ refusal turns material comparison into an excuse for pride. The account gives neither a portrait nor a date for human creation.", "verse": 26, "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/015.htm", "label": "Character and context" }, { "id": "abraham", "title": "Abraham · Ibrahim", "body": "His guests bring reassurance and the promise of a knowledgeable son before explaining another mission. This passage does not name the son. Abraham’s response emphasizes hope in mercy rather than a supplied age or calendar year.", "verse": 51, "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/015.htm", "label": "Character and context" }, { "id": "lot", "title": "Lot · Lut", "body": "Lot seeks to protect his guests and receives instructions for his household’s departure. The scene concerns threatened abuse and coercive community behavior. It is not a mandate for hostility toward contemporary populations or permission for sexual coercion.", "verse": 61, "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/015.htm", "label": "Character and context" }, { "id": "hijr-people", "title": "The people of Al-Hijr", "body": "They reject signs while living securely in rock-cut dwellings. Their building skill cannot provide ultimate refuge. The chapter does not equate a named surviving tomb facade with one of their houses.", "verse": 80, "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/015.htm", "label": "Character and context" } ], "history": [ { "title": "Makkan address, without a precise year", "body": "The chapter introduction describes a Makkan setting. The closing command to proclaim has traditional contextual explanations, but this edition does not treat a reconstructed preaching sequence as an exact date for all 99 verses.", "source": "https://quran.com/15/info" }, { "title": "Scripture and archaeology are different evidence", "body": "Hegra’s celebrated surviving facades are Nabataean tombs. UNESCO’s description supports that historical identification and its broad period, not an identification of those monuments with the earlier dwellings described in verse 82.", "source": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1293/" }, { "title": "The seven oft-repeated verses", "body": "Sahih al-Bukhari 4704 identifies the seven oft-repeated verses with Al-Fatihah. This explanation is a transmitted report accompanying verse 87, whose own wording is retained in the base translation.", "source": "https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4704" }, { "title": "Worship until certainty", "body": "Ibn Kathir interprets the closing certainty as death and rejects the idea that spiritual knowledge ends the duty of worship. The conclusion encourages sustained devotion without claiming access to a hidden date of anyone’s death.", "source": "https://quran.com/15:99/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" } ], "revelationNote": "Generally Makkan. The 622 CE marker is the broad pre-Hijrah boundary, not a date of revelation. Ancient judgments and creation are not assigned speculative years. Hegra’s securely identified Nabataean tombs are distinguished from the Quranic dwellings; no grave, route, or unseen form is invented.", "verses": [ { "n": 1, "arabic": "الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَقُرْءَانٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ", "translation": "Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur'an." }, { "n": 2, "arabic": "رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ", "translation": "Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims." }, { "n": 3, "arabic": "ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ", "translation": "Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know." }, { "n": 4, "arabic": "وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ", "translation": "And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree." }, { "n": 5, "arabic": "مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ", "translation": "No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter." }, { "n": 6, "arabic": "وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ", "translation": "And they say, \"O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad." }, { "n": 7, "arabic": "لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ", "translation": "Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?\"" }, { "n": 8, "arabic": "مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًۭا مُّنظَرِينَ", "translation": "We do not send down the angels except with truth; and the disbelievers would not then be reprieved." }, { "n": 9, "arabic": "إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ", "translation": "Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be its guardian." }, { "n": 10, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ", "translation": "And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples." }, { "n": 11, "arabic": "وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ", "translation": "And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him." }, { "n": 12, "arabic": "كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ", "translation": "Thus do We insert denial into the hearts of the criminals." }, { "n": 13, "arabic": "لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ", "translation": "They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples." }, { "n": 14, "arabic": "وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ", "translation": "And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend," }, { "n": 15, "arabic": "لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌۭ مَّسْحُورُونَ", "translation": "They would say, \"Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic.\"" }, { "n": 16, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًۭا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ", "translation": "And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers." }, { "n": 17, "arabic": "وَحَفِظْنَٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍ", "translation": "And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allah]" }, { "n": 18, "arabic": "إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ", "translation": "Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame." }, { "n": 19, "arabic": "وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ مَّوْزُونٍۢ", "translation": "And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing." }, { "n": 20, "arabic": "وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ", "translation": "And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers." }, { "n": 21, "arabic": "وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ", "translation": "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 measure." }, { "n": 22, "arabic": "وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ فَأَسْقَيْنَٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ لَهُۥ بِخَٰزِنِينَ", "translation": "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." }, { "n": 23, "arabic": "وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ", "translation": "And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor." }, { "n": 24, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَـْٔخِرِينَ", "translation": "And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come]." }, { "n": 25, "arabic": "وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌۭ", "translation": "And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing." }, { "n": 26, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ مِّنْ حَمَإٍۢ مَّسْنُونٍۢ", "translation": "And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud." }, { "n": 27, "arabic": "وَٱلْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ", "translation": "And the jinn We created before from scorching fire." }, { "n": 28, "arabic": "وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًۭا مِّن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ مِّنْ حَمَإٍۢ مَّسْنُونٍۢ", "translation": "And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, \"I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud." }, { "n": 29, "arabic": "فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ", "translation": "And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration.\"" }, { "n": 30, "arabic": "فَسَجَدَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ", "translation": "So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely," }, { "n": 31, "arabic": "إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ", "translation": "Except Iblees, he refused to be with those who prostrated." }, { "n": 32, "arabic": "قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ", "translation": "[Allah] said, O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?\"" }, { "n": 33, "arabic": "قَالَ لَمْ أَكُن لِّأَسْجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ مِّنْ حَمَإٍۢ مَّسْنُونٍۢ", "translation": "He said, \"Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud.\"" }, { "n": 34, "arabic": "قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌۭ", "translation": "[Allah] said, \"Then get out of it, for indeed, you are expelled." }, { "n": 35, "arabic": "وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ", "translation": "And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense.\"" }, { "n": 36, "arabic": "قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ", "translation": "He said, \"My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected.\"" }, { "n": 37, "arabic": "قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ", "translation": "[Allah] said, \"So indeed, you are of those reprieved" }, { "n": 38, "arabic": "إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلْمَعْلُومِ", "translation": "Until the Day of the time well-known.\"" }, { "n": 39, "arabic": "قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ", "translation": "[Iblees] said, \"My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all" }, { "n": 40, "arabic": "إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ", "translation": "Except, among them, Your chosen servants.\"" }, { "n": 41, "arabic": "قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَىَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ", "translation": "[Allah] said, \"This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight." }, { "n": 42, "arabic": "إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ", "translation": "Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators." }, { "n": 43, "arabic": "وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوْعِدُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ", "translation": "And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all." }, { "n": 44, "arabic": "لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَٰبٍۢ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌۭ مَّقْسُومٌ", "translation": "It has seven gates; for every gate is of them a portion designated.\"" }, { "n": 45, "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍ", "translation": "Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs." }, { "n": 46, "arabic": "ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ", "translation": "[Having been told], \"Enter it in peace, safe [and secure].\"" }, { "n": 47, "arabic": "وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ إِخْوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ", "translation": "And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment, [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other." }, { "n": 48, "arabic": "لَا يَمَسُّهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌۭ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَجِينَ", "translation": "No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed." }, { "n": 49, "arabic": "۞ نَبِّئْ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ", "translation": "[O Muhammad], inform My servants that it is I who am the Forgiving, the Merciful." }, { "n": 50, "arabic": "وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ", "translation": "And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment." }, { "n": 51, "arabic": "وَنَبِّئْهُمْ عَن ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ", "translation": "And inform them about the guests of Abraham," }, { "n": 52, "arabic": "إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ", "translation": "When they entered upon him and said, \"Peace.\" [Abraham] said, \"Indeed, we are fearful of you.\"" }, { "n": 53, "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍۢ", "translation": "[The angels] said, \"Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy.\"" }, { "n": 54, "arabic": "قَالَ أَبَشَّرْتُمُونِى عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ", "translation": "He said, \"Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?\"" }, { "n": 55, "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ بَشَّرْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْقَٰنِطِينَ", "translation": "They said, \"We have given you good tidings in truth, so do not be of the despairing.\"" }, { "n": 56, "arabic": "قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ", "translation": "He said, \"And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?\"" }, { "n": 57, "arabic": "قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ", "translation": "[Abraham] said, \"Then what is your business [here], O messengers?\"" }, { "n": 58, "arabic": "قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ مُّجْرِمِينَ", "translation": "They said, \"Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals," }, { "n": 59, "arabic": "إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ", "translation": "Except the family of Lot; indeed, we will save them all" }, { "n": 60, "arabic": "إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَآ ۙ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ", "translation": "Except his wife.\" Allah decreed that she is of those who remain behind." }, { "n": 61, "arabic": "فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ", "translation": "And when the messengers came to the family of Lot," }, { "n": 62, "arabic": "قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌۭ مُّنكَرُونَ", "translation": "He said, \"Indeed, you are people unknown.\"" }, { "n": 63, "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ بَلْ جِئْنَٰكَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ", "translation": "They said, \"But we have come to you with that about which they were disputing," }, { "n": 64, "arabic": "وَأَتَيْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ", "translation": "And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful." }, { "n": 65, "arabic": "فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌۭ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ", "translation": "So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded.\"" }, { "n": 66, "arabic": "وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌۭ مُّصْبِحِينَ", "translation": "And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning." }, { "n": 67, "arabic": "وَجَآءَ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ", "translation": "And the people of the city came rejoicing." }, { "n": 68, "arabic": "قَالَ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيْفِى فَلَا تَفْضَحُونِ", "translation": "[Lot] said, \"Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me." }, { "n": 69, "arabic": "وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ", "translation": "And fear Allah and do not disgrace me.\"" }, { "n": 70, "arabic": "قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ", "translation": "They said, \"Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?\"" }, { "n": 71, "arabic": "قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِىٓ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ", "translation": "[Lot] said, \"These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage].\"" }, { "n": 72, "arabic": "لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ", "translation": "By your life, [O Muhammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly." }, { "n": 73, "arabic": "فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ", "translation": "So the shriek seized them at sunrise." }, { "n": 74, "arabic": "فَجَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ", "translation": "And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay." }, { "n": 75, "arabic": "إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَٰتٍۢ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ", "translation": "Indeed in that are signs for those who discern." }, { "n": 76, "arabic": "وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍۢ مُّقِيمٍ", "translation": "And indeed, those cities are [situated] on an established road." }, { "n": 77, "arabic": "إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ", "translation": "Indeed in that is a sign for the believers." }, { "n": 78, "arabic": "وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ", "translation": "And the companions of the thicket were [also] wrongdoers." }, { "n": 79, "arabic": "فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ", "translation": "So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway." }, { "n": 80, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْحِجْرِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ", "translation": "And certainly did the companions of Thamud deny the messengers." }, { "n": 81, "arabic": "وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ", "translation": "And We gave them Our signs, but from them they were turning away." }, { "n": 82, "arabic": "وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ", "translation": "And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure." }, { "n": 83, "arabic": "فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُصْبِحِينَ", "translation": "But the shriek seized them at early morning." }, { "n": 84, "arabic": "فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ", "translation": "So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn." }, { "n": 85, "arabic": "وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَءَاتِيَةٌۭ ۖ فَٱصْفَحِ ٱلصَّفْحَ ٱلْجَمِيلَ", "translation": "And We have not created the heavens and earth and that between them except in truth. And indeed, the Hour is coming; so forgive with gracious forgiveness." }, { "n": 86, "arabic": "إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ", "translation": "Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator." }, { "n": 87, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَٰكَ سَبْعًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمَثَانِى وَٱلْقُرْءَانَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ", "translation": "And We have certainly given you, [O Muhammad], seven of the often repeated [verses] and the great Qur'an." }, { "n": 88, "arabic": "لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًۭا مِّنْهُمْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ", "translation": "Do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of the disbelievers, and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing to the believers" }, { "n": 89, "arabic": "وَقُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلْمُبِينُ", "translation": "And say, \"Indeed, I am the clear warner\" -" }, { "n": 90, "arabic": "كَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْمُقْتَسِمِينَ", "translation": "Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separators" }, { "n": 91, "arabic": "ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عِضِينَ", "translation": "Who have made the Qur'an into portions." }, { "n": 92, "arabic": "فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ", "translation": "So by your Lord, We will surely question them all" }, { "n": 93, "arabic": "عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ", "translation": "About what they used to do." }, { "n": 94, "arabic": "فَٱصْدَعْ بِمَا تُؤْمَرُ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ", "translation": "Then declare what you are commanded and turn away from the polytheists." }, { "n": 95, "arabic": "إِنَّا كَفَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَ", "translation": "Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers" }, { "n": 96, "arabic": "ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ", "translation": "Who make [equal] with Allah another deity. But they are going to know." }, { "n": 97, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ", "translation": "And We already know that your breast is constrained by what they say." }, { "n": 98, "arabic": "فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ", "translation": "So exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord and be of those who prostrate [to Him]." }, { "n": 99, "arabic": "وَٱعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ ٱلْيَقِينُ", "translation": "And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty (death)." } ], "glosses": [ [ "Alif Laam Ra.", "These", "(are) the Verses", "(of) the Book", "and Quran", "clear." ], [ "Perhaps", "will wish", "those who", "disbelieved,", "if", "they had been", "Muslims." ], [ "Leave them", "(to) eat", "and enjoy", "and diverted them", "the hope,", "then soon", "they will come to know." ], [ "And not", "We destroyed", "any", "town", "but", "(there was) for it", "a decree", "known." ], [ "Not", "(can) advance", "any", "nation", 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], [ "And not", "We created", "the heavens", "and the earth", "and whatever", "(is) between them", "except", "in truth.", "And indeed,", "the Hour", "(is) surely coming.", "So overlook", "(with) forgiveness", "gracious." ], [ "Indeed,", "your Lord,", "He", "(is) the Creator", "the All-Knower." ], [ "And certainly,", "We have given you", "seven", "of", "the oft-repeated", "and the Quran", "Great." ], [ "(Do) not", "extend", "your eyes", "towards", "what", "We have bestowed", "with it", "(to) categories", "of them", "and (do) not", "grieve", "over them.", "And lower", "your wing", "to the believers." ], [ "And say,", "\"Indeed, I", "[I] am", "a warner", "clear.\"" ], [ "As", "We sent down", "on", "those who divided." ], [ "Those who", "have made", "the Quran", "(in) parts." ], [ "So by your Lord,", "surely We will question them", "all" ], [ "About what", "they used (to)", "do." ], [ "So proclaim", "of what", "you are ordered", "and turn away", "from", "the polytheists." ], [ "Indeed, We", "[We] are sufficient for you", "(against) the mockers" ], [ "Those who", "set up", "with", "Allah", "god", "another.", "But soon", "they will come to know." ], [ "And verily,", "We know", "that [you]", "(is) straitened", "your breast", "by what", "they say." ], [ "So glorify", "with the praise", "(of) your Lord", "and be", "of", "those who prostrate." ], [ "And worship", "your Lord", "until", "comes to you", "the certainty." ] ], "titles": [ "A clear recitation", "A future change of perspective", "When hope becomes distraction", "An appointed term for communities", "Neither ahead nor behind", "Mockery directed at the messenger", "A demand for angels", "The seriousness of a decisive sign", "The Reminder's guardian", "The mission has predecessors", "A repeated response of mockery", "Resistance within the heart", "Examples that do not persuade", "Even an opened heaven", "Explaining away what is seen", "The beauty of the heavens", "A guarded unseen realm", "A pursuit beyond ordinary sight", "Earth arranged for growth", "Provision beyond our own dependents", "Resources given in measure", "Wind, rain, and stored water", "Life, death, and inheritance", "None outside divine knowledge", "A gathering with wisdom", "The material beginning of humanity", "A different created origin", "A declared act of creation", "Honor given by command", "A complete response", "A refusal to join", "The refusal questioned", "Material origin made an excuse", "Exclusion after rebellion", "A consequence extending to judgment", "A request for delay", "Reprieve granted", "Time still has a boundary", "Making error look attractive", "An exception acknowledged", "The divine response begins", "No unlimited power over people", "A promised consequence", "The gates of judgment", "Gardens and springs", "An entrance in peace", "Resentment removed", "Rest without expulsion", "Announce forgiveness and mercy", "Do not dismiss the warning", "The guests of Abraham", "A greeting and unease", "Fear answered by good news", "A promise beyond expectation", "Good news given in truth", "Mercy and the rejection of despair", "Another purpose for the visit", "A mission concerning wrongdoing", "A household to be rescued", "Kinship does not settle the outcome", "The messengers reach Lot", "Unknown visitors", "The disputed warning arrives", "An assurance of truth", "Departure during the night", "The morning deadline", "A crowd gathers", "The duty to protect guests", "An appeal to conscience", "Hospitality challenged", "An effort to turn them away", "Confusion at the edge of consequence", "The cry at sunrise", "An overwhelming reversal", "Signs for attentive readers", "A route that remained visible", "A sign received through faith", "The people of the thicket", "Places along a known road", "The people of Al-Hijr", "Signs met with aversion", "Security cut into the rock", "Morning interrupts confidence", "Gains that could not protect", "Truth, the Hour, and gracious pardon", "The Creator who knows", "The seven repeated verses", "Tenderness instead of comparison", "A clear warning", "A warning concerning division", "Breaking the message into pieces", "Every one will be questioned", "The subject is what they did", "Speak what has been commanded", "Protection amid ridicule", "The claim behind the mockery", "The hurt is acknowledged", "Praise and prostration in difficulty", "Worship through the end of life" ], "notes": [ "The chapter begins with separate letters and identifies the verses as Scripture and a clear recitation. The letters are preserved without assigning them a speculative expansion. Attention is directed toward the message that follows and the response it asks of its hearers.", "Those who reject may come to wish they had submitted to God. The verse opens a warning about recognition arriving too late. It invites reflection before present certainty hardens into a choice that can no longer be revised.", "Eating and enjoyment are paired with a hope that deceives. The criticism concerns absorption that postpones responsibility indefinitely, not the mere existence of ordinary pleasures. The warning asks whether a person's expectations are helping them live truthfully or avoid necessary reflection.", "The destruction of a township is placed within a known decree. The verse gives judgment an ordered rather than arbitrary character. It does not supply a calendar through which readers can identify the appointed end of any present community.", "A community cannot move beyond the limits of its appointed term. The short statement qualifies human confidence in controlling collective destiny. Planning and action remain meaningful, but neither power nor impatience grants authority over the final boundaries of time.", "The opponents address the recipient of the Reminder while dismissing him as mad. Their language combines acknowledgment of his claim with ridicule. The verse records an accusation; it does not endorse using illness as an insult or substitute for argument.", "The critics demand visible angels as proof of truthfulness. The next verse challenges their assumption that such a visitation would be merely a spectacle. Their request treats the unseen as something the messenger should produce on demand for their inspection.", "The answer connects the sending of angels with truth and a decisive outcome. A requested sign may carry responsibility beyond what its demanders imagine. The verse redirects curiosity toward the consequences of receiving and then rejecting unmistakable warning.", "God declares the revelation and guardianship of the Reminder. The assurance stands against the mockery and demands surrounding the messenger. The verse grounds confidence in divine protection without supplying a detailed historical account of every manuscript or stage of transmission.", "Messengers were sent among earlier groups before Muhammad. The reminder places his experience within a longer history. Opposition does not automatically show that a mission has failed; the account prepares him to recognize a recurring pattern rather than an isolated ordeal.", "Ridicule appears as a familiar reaction to messengers. Its recurrence gives context to present hostility without making ridicule an argument against the message. The verse invites readers to distinguish social reception from the truth or falsehood of what is being conveyed.", "The passage moves from outward mockery to its inward passage through guilty hearts. The verse is brief and continues into the next statement about disbelief. Its concern is entrenched reception, rather than a visible process that can be described anatomically.", "Earlier precedents have passed before the audience, yet belief does not follow. Information about others' outcomes can be available without changing one's own direction. The verse asks whether history is being considered as a warning or kept at a comfortable distance.", "An imagined gate of heaven pushes the demand for evidence to an extraordinary extreme. The conditional scene prepares the response in the following verse. Its purpose is to expose resistance that can reinterpret even a spectacular experience rather than reconsider its stance.", "The opponents would attribute the experience to impaired sight or enchantment. The imagined response reveals an objection protected from every possible answer. The passage questions whether the demand for evidence is sincere when any result can be dismissed in advance.", "The sky's constellations or stellar stations are presented as beauty for observers. After an imagined supernatural demand, attention turns toward a visible sign already available. Wonder need not wait for a private spectacle when the ordinary heavens invite reflection.", "The heavens are described as protected from every outcast devil. The verse belongs to the Quran's account of unseen realities. It establishes a boundary around access without giving the reader a physical portrait or a map of those beings.", "The account describes an attempt to steal a hearing and a pursuing flame. Its unseen significance is supplied by revelation, not by direct human observation of the beings involved. A picture of a night sky can evoke the passage without pretending to document them.", "Spread land, firm hills, and measured growth bring the reader back to the inhabited earth. The verse joins landscape with provision. Its invitation is to notice order and suitability, rather than derive unsupported technical claims from a brief devotional description.", "Livelihoods are provided for people and for creatures they do not themselves maintain. The field of care is wider than the human household. The verse challenges the assumption that life depends only on the resources people visibly control or distribute.", "Everything is described as having its stores with God and being sent in an appointed measure. Availability is therefore a gift rather than an unlimited human possession. The verse encourages humility toward resources without providing a numerical formula for their distribution.", "Winds and rain support fertility and drinking, while people are reminded that they do not own the ultimate store. The verse makes dependence concrete through water. Human management matters, but it operates within conditions it did not create and cannot command absolutely.", "God gives life and death and remains the inheritor when creatures pass away. The statement places human possession within a limited span. What people hold can be used responsibly, but it cannot become a permanent claim against the Creator.", "Those ahead and those behind are known to God. The compact contrast gathers different human positions within complete awareness. Whether one is prominent, delayed, early, or easily overlooked, the final gathering does not depend on the limits of human observation.", "The Lord will gather people together and is described as wise and aware. Knowledge and judgment are joined in the promise. The verse answers the preceding reminder of life's limits with assurance that the return is neither confused nor without purpose.", "The human being is described through clay and altered earth. This humble material origin prepares the account of Iblis' refusal. The passage invites reflection on creation and dignity without supplying a laboratory sequence or an image of the first human.", "The jinn are described as created earlier from fire. The verse distinguishes origins without making either creature independent of God. It offers no visible anatomy, so illustrations should not pretend that a recognizable body can be reconstructed from this description.", "God announces the making of a mortal from clay to the angels. The narrative foregrounds divine intention before the command that follows. Its significance lies in the Creator's authority, not in an opportunity to portray God, angels, or the prophet Adam.", "After the human being is formed and given life, the angels are commanded to prostrate. The phrase concerning the Spirit belongs to this divine act of creation. It should not be turned into a claim that a human being is part of God.", "The angels' obedience is emphasized through their acting together. The brief verse sets a clear background for the exception that follows. Their submission recognizes the command's source, rather than calculating worth according to the material from which the human was made.", "Iblis refuses to be among those who prostrate. The account isolates his response from the common obedience just described. His refusal becomes the turning point through which pride, blame, temptation, and the limits of his power are explored.", "Iblis is asked why he has not joined the prostration. The question draws his reasoning into the open. The narrative does not leave rebellion as a mute act; it reveals the judgment about another creature through which he attempts to justify it.", "Iblis points to the human being's clay as his reason for refusing. He treats material comparison as more important than the command itself. The verse exposes a pride that reduces another's worth to origin and overlooks the Creator who grants honor.", "The command to depart names Iblis as outcast. His refusal has consequences beyond the moment of disobedience. The verse continues a revealed account of the unseen and gives no basis for assigning a physical location or appearance to the scene.", "The curse is described as lasting until the Day of Judgment. The narrative places rebellion within a larger horizon than immediate defiance. Its warning concerns the seriousness of persistent opposition, without making Iblis an independent power outside divine authority.", "Iblis asks for reprieve until the resurrection. The request seeks time rather than repentance or correction. This distinction matters in the narrative: delay can be desired as an opportunity to continue wrongdoing, not only as a space in which to return.", "The answer grants a delay, continuing into the next verse's qualification. Being allowed time is not the same as being approved. The account helps distinguish divine permission for an event to unfold from endorsement of the intention behind it.", "The reprieve lasts to an appointed time. Iblis does not gain unrestricted control over duration by requesting delay. Even within this account of rebellion, the framework remains divine sovereignty rather than a contest between two equal and independent powers.", "Iblis blames his situation and declares an intention to beautify error for people. The threat concerns persuasion and distorted appearance. The verse encourages scrutiny of attractive wrongdoing, while refusing to let blame replace responsibility for a chosen course.", "The threat itself makes an exception for God's devoted servants. This prepares the reassurance that follows concerning the limits of temptation. The narrative does not present deception as irresistible or portray every human response as already defeated before a choice is made.", "The reply establishes a straight course before explaining the limit on Iblis' authority. This short verse should be read with the next one rather than detached as an isolated slogan. The exchange turns from the tempter's boast to the Lord's assurance.", "Iblis has no authority over God's servants except those who choose to follow his way of error. The emphasis limits the earlier threat. Temptation remains serious, but it does not erase allegiance, responsibility, or the possibility of divine protection.", "Hell is named as the destination of those who persist in that following. The warning describes divine judgment rather than a punishment readers can administer. Its purpose is to expose the end of a path that temptation first presents as attractive.", "Seven gates and an appointed portion are mentioned in the account of Hell. The verse gives a scriptural detail without a visible plan or map. Responsible illustration can suggest warning symbolically while acknowledging that the unseen is not available for reconstruction.", "The narrative turns from warning toward the mindful, surrounded by gardens and flowing water. The contrast gives hope a vivid setting. These images describe promised reward, not a terrestrial location whose boundaries or precise appearance can be verified.", "The welcome joins peace with security. After the account of threat and judgment, the brief greeting offers relief from fear. It conveys a quality of the promised life that matters beyond any attempt to picture its surroundings.", "The promised reward includes the cleansing of rancor and companionship face to face. Peace is therefore relational as well as material. The verse invites reflection on how deeply resentment can burden earthly life and how complete reconciliation would change it.", "Neither exhaustion nor forced departure disturbs the promised inhabitants. The assurance contrasts with the fragility of earthly safety and comfort. Its emphasis is lasting rest, not the accumulation of possessions that must continually be defended from loss.", "The messenger is told to proclaim God's forgiveness and mercy to His servants. The direct announcement stands at the center of the passage's balance. A reader should hear this invitation fully, rather than allow surrounding warnings to erase its hope.", "The assurance of mercy is followed by the seriousness of punishment. The two declarations belong together without canceling one another. Hope need not become complacency, and fear need not become despair when both are held within the revealed message.", "A new narrative begins with visitors to Abraham. The text will disclose their message and mission through conversation. It does not provide their earthly identities or invite a portrait of the prophet or the angelic messengers involved in the account.", "The guests offer peace, while Abraham voices fear. The narrative allows a prophet's concern to be spoken rather than hidden. The next response brings reassurance, showing that the scene's emotional tension is part of the message being conveyed.", "The visitors reassure Abraham and announce a son endowed with knowledge. The promise changes the direction of the encounter from alarm to hope. This verse leaves the son unnamed, so a caption should not add a name as though it appears here.", "Abraham asks about the news in light of his old age. The question gives voice to the distance between ordinary expectation and the announced gift. The narrative presents wonder and inquiry without requiring the reader to invent an exact age.", "The visitors affirm the truth of their announcement and warn against despair. Reassurance addresses the very circumstance that made the promise difficult to imagine. The verse invites openness to mercy without turning this particular miracle into a guarantee of every desired outcome.", "Abraham answers by rejecting despair of his Lord's mercy. The response expresses trust within an extraordinary encounter. It should encourage hope with compassion, rather than become an accusation against people who struggle with grief, depression, or prolonged uncertainty.", "Abraham asks what further mission the messengers carry. The conversation moves beyond his personal good news toward another community. The transition holds mercy and judgment together, continuing the balance announced immediately before the narrative began.", "The messengers describe being sent to a guilty people. The verse introduces judgment without yet detailing the immediate scene. Its language belongs to the particular narrative and should not be generalized into hostility toward modern populations or social groups.", "Lot's family is distinguished from the people facing judgment, and deliverance is promised. The narrative makes a moral distinction within a community rather than treating location alone as decisive. The following exception further shows that household connection is not automatic immunity.", "Lot's wife is excepted from the promised rescue and will remain behind. The verse does not describe every detail of her conduct here. Its place in the account prevents family relationship from being mistaken for a substitute for one's own response.", "The scene shifts from Abraham's conversation to the household of Lot. The transition connects the announced mission with its unfolding events. Little geographical detail is given, so the narrative should not be expanded into a confidently mapped route between ancient homes.", "Lot recognizes the visitors as unfamiliar. His statement gives the meeting an ordinary human beginning before their purpose is explained. The narrative's meaning does not depend on inventing faces or costumes for messengers whose unseen identity is part of the account.", "The visitors say they bring what the people have been disputing. The transition from argument to arrival is central to the warning. Persistent denial has not changed the truth of the announcement, even though its fulfillment had been resisted.", "The messengers affirm the truthfulness of what they bring. The reassurance prepares Lot to act on the instructions that follow. The scene contrasts reliable warning with the community's dispute, making trust consequential in a moment when decisive movement is required.", "Lot is instructed to travel with his household at night and keep them moving as commanded. The verse emphasizes ordered departure under danger. It does not supply a modern escape trail, nor does it authorize inventing additional incidents along the way.", "The coming judgment is made clear to Lot, with morning named as its horizon. This is narrative timing within the event, not an absolute calendar date. The urgency explains the nighttime departure without supporting a precise historical year for the destruction.", "The townspeople arrive excited by news of the visitors. Read with Lot's following appeal, their enthusiasm carries a threatening character. The passage concerns a particular abusive encounter, not a basis for stereotyping everyone who shares some later social label.", "Lot identifies the visitors as his guests and asks the crowd not to disgrace him. Hospitality includes protection from harm. The appeal makes the immediate ethical issue visible: people under his care are being threatened by collective pressure.", "Lot joins concern for his guests with a call to responsibility before God. He asks the crowd to stop an act that would bring shame. The scene presents moral protest against threatened abuse, rather than treating crowd enthusiasm as a source of legitimacy.", "The crowd recalls a prohibition it had imposed on Lot's dealings with others. Their response attempts to control whom he may receive or protect. The verse deepens the picture of coercive social power rather than presenting a neutral disagreement about hosting visitors.", "Lot refers to his daughters while seeking to divert the crowd from his guests. The verse is brief and its fuller interpretation belongs to commentary. It must not be turned into permission to offer anyone for coercion or sexual violence.", "The people are described as moving blindly in their frenzy. The image emphasizes their inability or refusal to recognize the seriousness of the moment. Their collective excitement has become a barrier to judgment rather than evidence that their course is sound.", "The decisive cry overtakes them as the sun rises. The timing answers the earlier announcement to Lot. The verse records the narrative's outcome without supplying scientific measurements or a verified archaeological layer that could independently date the event.", "The destruction is described through overturning and stones of heated clay. This is the Quran's account of a particular judgment, not a human method to imitate. No named modern location or exact ancient date is established by this verse alone.", "The narrative is offered as a sign to those able to observe and discern. Its purpose reaches beyond curiosity about a catastrophe. The reader is asked to recognize the moral pattern in the story rather than merely imagine its dramatic surface.", "The site is described as lying along an enduring road. That reference made the account concrete for its audience, but it does not provide modern coordinates. Any proposed identification requires evidence beyond the verse's brief indication of a traveled route.", "The account's lesson is again called a sign for believers. Repetition brings the narrative back to its purpose after the vivid events. The important response is thoughtful faithfulness, not confidence in a reconstruction of details the text leaves unstated.", "Another community is introduced through wrongdoing and its wooded setting. The verse does not name its town or give a date. Later associations can be discussed as interpretation, while the immediate warning remains the failure of a community to act rightly.", "The account connects judgment with locations visible along a clear route. Travel can become an occasion for remembering earlier peoples. The wording does not justify identifying every ruin beside a modern road as one of the places intended here.", "The chapter's namesake community is described as rejecting the messengers. The verse begins a short account centered on refusal and false security. Nearby surviving monuments should not automatically be identified as the homes of these people without separate historical evidence.", "The community received signs but turned away. Its problem is therefore described as response, not simply lack of information. The verse asks the reader to notice how familiarity with a warning can coexist with continued refusal to take it seriously.", "Hewn dwellings give the people a sense of safety. The image makes their confidence tangible, while the following verses expose its limits. UNESCO dates Hegra's famous monumental tombs to Nabataean times; those tombs are not proof of these particular dwellings.", "The cry reaches the rock-dwelling community in the morning. Their constructed security cannot prevent the announced judgment. The narrative supplies a time within the day, but no absolute date or identifiable archaeological destruction level follows from that detail.", "What the people accumulated fails to help them. The concise conclusion distinguishes usefulness in ordinary life from ultimate protection. Building skill and wealth are not condemned simply for existing; the warning concerns the confidence that treats them as sufficient refuge.", "Creation has truth and purpose, and the Hour is certain; the messenger is therefore told to forgive graciously. The movement is striking: accountability belongs to God, while the immediate human response is shaped by dignified restraint rather than consuming retaliation.", "The Lord is named as the knowing Creator. The statement supports the preceding confidence in purposeful creation and coming judgment. Human uncertainty about outcomes does not imply that events are beyond knowledge, nor does it authorize people to claim that knowledge themselves.", "The gift of seven oft-repeated verses is named alongside the great Quran. Sahih al-Bukhari 4704 identifies these with Al-Fatihah. The transmitted explanation is distinguished from the verse's wording, and the gift redirects attention from opponents' resources toward revelation.", "The messenger is discouraged from longing for others' worldly enjoyments or being consumed by grief over them. He is directed toward tenderness with believers. The verse turns attention from comparative wealth to the quality of care within a faithful community.", "The messenger identifies himself as a plain warner. This keeps his role understandable after narratives of unseen events and earlier peoples. His task is faithful communication, not possession of every worldly advantage or control over how each listener chooses to respond.", "The verse introduces those who divide, continuing into the next description of their treatment of the Quran. Its short wording should remain connected with that context. The passage warns against fragmenting a message in ways that evade its coherent claim.", "The Quran is treated in divided portions by those being warned. The concern is not ordinary study by passages, but a response that fragments the message itself. Readers are invited to consider how individual verses belong within a larger revealed whole.", "The certainty of questioning is emphasized before the next verse specifies its subject. No individual's role disappears into a group identity. The warning brings responsibility back from abstract disputes about the message to the people who choose how to respond.", "The questioning concerns actual conduct. This completes the preceding assurance that all will be called to account. Religious argument does not float apart from moral life; the way people handle a message and treat others belongs to their record.", "The messenger is told to proclaim the command and turn away from the idolaters' obstruction. The instruction emphasizes clarity and persistence. It does not supply an exact year for the beginning of public preaching without additional historical evidence.", "God promises sufficiency against the mockers. The reassurance answers a pressure introduced near the chapter's beginning. It supports continued communication without making every hostile remark the messenger's personal burden to defeat or allowing ridicule to determine the truth of the mission.", "The opponents' association of another deity with God is named, followed by a warning that they will know. The verse connects ridicule with a substantive disagreement about worship. Ultimate disclosure belongs to God rather than to a contest of insults.", "The messenger's constricted chest under hostile speech is explicitly recognized. Steadfastness is not portrayed as emotional numbness. The acknowledgment prepares a compassionate response through worship, showing that pain can be real even when the right direction remains clear.", "Praise and prostration answer the distress just acknowledged. Worship offers a direction for the burdened heart rather than pretending the hurt never occurred. The verse connects resilience with renewed attention to God, not with obsessive engagement in the opponents' words.", "The closing command continues worship until certainty arrives. Ibn Kathir explains this certainty as death, not a spiritual stage that removes the duty to worship. The chapter ends with sustained devotion after its accounts of gifts, warnings, mercy, and opposition." ], "translationNote": "English translation: Sahih International, via AlQuran Cloud. Original source wording is preserved.", "glossNote": "Word meanings follow the Quranic Arabic Corpus. Repeated phrase glosses are divided into individual word senses to match the displayed Arabic; every adjustment is recorded in the source audit. These short hints complement, rather than replace, the complete verse translation." }