Sura 15: The Valley
(Al-Hijr)
Number of verses: 99
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
1. A.L.R. (Alif
Laam Raa)* These (letters) are proofs of this scripture; a
profound Quran.
2. Certainly, those who
disbelieved will wish they were submitters.
3. Let them eat, enjoy, and
remain blinded by wishful thinking; they will find out.
4. We never annihilated any
community, except in accordance with a specific, predetermined
time.
5. The end of
any community can never be advanced, nor delayed.
6. They said, “O you who
received this reminder, you are crazy.
7. “Why do you not bring
down the angels, if you are truthful?”
8. We do not send down the
angels except for specific functions. Otherwise, no one would be given respite.
God's Messenger
of the Covenant*
9. Absolutely, we have revealed
the reminder, and, absolutely, we will preserve it.*
10. We have sent (messengers)
before you to the communities in the past.
11. Every time a messenger went
to them, they ridiculed him.
12. We thus control the minds
of the guilty.
13. Consequently, they cannot
believe in him. This has been the system since the past
generations.
14. Even if we opened for them
a gate into the sky, through which they climb;
15. they will say, “Our
eyes have been deceived. We have been bewitched.”
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*15:1 & *15:9 The divine
source and the perfect preservation of the Quran are proven by
the Quran's mathematical code (App. 1). God's Messenger of the
Covenant was destined to unveil this great miracle. The word
"Dhikr" denotes the Quran's code in several verses
(15:6, 21:2, 26:5, 38:1, 38:8, 74:31). The gematrical value of
"Rashad Khalifa" (1230)+15+9=1254, 19x66. _______________________________________________________________________
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16. We placed
galaxies in the sky, and adorned it for the beholders.
17. And we guarded it against
every rejected devil.
18. If any of them sneaks
around to listen, a mighty projectile will chase him back.
19. As for the earth, we constructed it, and placed on it stabilizers (mountains), and we grew on it a perfect balance of everything.
20. We made it habitable for you,* and for creatures you do not provide for.
21. There is nothing that we do not own infinite amounts thereof. But we send it down in precise measure.
22. And we send the winds as pollinators, and cause water to come down from the sky for you to drink. Otherwise, you could not keep it palatable.
23. It is we
who control life and death, and we are the ultimate inheritors.
24. And we fully know those
among you who advance, and we fully know those who regress.
25. Your Lord will surely
summon them. He is Most Wise, Omniscient.
The Human Race
26. We created the human being
from aged mud, like the potter's clay.
27. As for the jinns, we
created them, before that, from blazing fire.
28. Your Lord said to the
angels, “I am creating a human being from aged mud, like the
potter's clay.
29. “Once I perfect him,
and blow into him from My spirit, you shall fall prostrate before
him.”
30. The angels fell prostrate;
all of them,
31. except Iblis (Satan). He
refused to be with the prostrators.
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*15:20 When we send astronauts
into space, we provide them with precisely measured quantities of
food, water, and oxygen. God created the spaceship Earth with
billions of astronauts who work and reproduce; He supplied them
with a self-supporting system that generates oxygen, fresh water,
and a great variety of delicious foods and drinks.
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32. He said, “O Iblis (Satan), why are you not with the prostrators?”
33. He said, “I am not to prostrate before a human being, whom You created from aged mud, like the potter's clay.”
34. He said,
“Therefore, you must get out; you are banished.
35. “You have incurred My
condemnation until the Day of Judgment.”
36. He said, “My Lord,
respite me until the day they are resurrected.”
37. He said, “You are
respited.
38. “Until the specified
day and time.”
39. He said, “My Lord, since You have willed that I go astray, I will surely entice them on earth; I will send them all astray.
40.
“Except those among Your worshipers who are devoted
absolutely to You alone.”
41. He said, “This is a
law that is inviolable.
42. “You have no power
over My servants. You only have power over the strayers who
follow you.
43. “And Hell awaits them
all.
44. “It will have seven
gates. Each gate will get a specific share of them.”
45. As for the righteous, they
will enjoy gardens and springs.
46. Enter therein, peaceful and
secure.
47. We remove all jealousy from
their hearts. Like one family, they will be on adjacent
furnishings.
48. Never will they suffer any
fatigue therein; never will they be evicted therefrom.
49. Inform My servants that I
am the Forgiver, Most Merciful.
50. And that My retribution is
the most painful retribution.
Angels Visit
Abraham
51. Inform them about Abraham's
guests.
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52. When they
entered his quarters, they said, “Peace.” He said,
“We are apprehensive about you.”
53. They said, “Do not be
apprehensive. We have good news for you: an enlightened
son.”
54. He said, “How can you give me such good news, when I am so old? Do you still give me this good news?”
55. They said,
“The good news we give you is true; do not despair.”
56. He said, “None
despairs of his Lord's mercy, except the strayers.”
57. He said, “What is your
mission, O messengers?”
58. They said, “We are
being dispatched to guilty people.
59. “As for Lot's family,
we will save them all.
60. “But not his wife; she
is destined to be with the doomed.”
Lot
61. The messengers went to
Lot's town.
62. He said, “You are
unknown people.”
63. They said, “We bring
to you what they have been doubting.
64. “We bring to you the
truth; we are truthful.
65. “You shall take your family during the night. Stay behind them, and make sure that none of you looks back. Go straight as commanded.”
66. We
delivered to him this command: those people are to be annihilated
in the morning.
67. The people of the city came
joyfully.
68. He said, “These are my
guests; do not embarrass me.
69. “Fear GOD,
and do not shame me.”
70. They said, “Did we not
enjoin you from contacting anyone?”
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71. He said,
“Here are my daughters, if you must.”
72. But, alas, they were
totally blinded by their lust.
73. Consequently, the disaster
struck them in the morning.
74. We turned it upside down,
and showered them with devastating rocks.
75. This is a lesson for those
who possess intelligence.
76. This will always be the
system.
77. This is a sign for the
believers.
78. The people of the woods
also were transgressors.
79. Consequently, we avenged
from them, and both communities are fully documented.
80. The people of Al-Hijr
disbelieved the messengers.
81. We gave them our
revelations, but they disregarded them.
82. They used to carve secure
homes out of the mountains.
83. The disaster hit them in
the morning.
84. What they hoarded did not
help them.
End of the
World Unveiled*
85. We did not create the
heavens and the earth, and everything between them, except for a
specific purpose. The end of the world will come, so treat them
with benign neglect.
86. Your Lord
is the Creator, the Omniscient.
87. We have given you the seven
pairs, and the great Quran.
88. Do not be jealous of what we bestowed upon the other (messengers), and do not be saddened (by the disbelievers), and lower your wing for the believers.
89. And
proclaim: “I am the manifest warner.”
90. We will deal with the
dividers.
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*15:85-88 One of the functions of
God's Messenger of the Covenant is to deliver the Quranic
assertion that the world will end in AD 2280 (20:15, 72:27 &
Appendix 25).
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91. They accept
the Quran only partially.
92. By your Lord, we will
question them all,
93. about everything they have
done.
94. Therefore, carry out the
orders given to you, and disregard the idol worshipers.
95. We will spare you the
mockers,
96. who set up another god
beside GOD. They will surely find out.
97. We know full well that you
may be annoyed by their utterances.
98. You shall sing the praises
of your Lord, and be with the prostrators.
99. And worship your Lord, in
order to attain certainty.*
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*15:99 The practices of worship
are our means of attaining certainty (Appendix 15).
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