AL-HIJR (AL-HIJR, STONELAND, ROCK CITY) : 1-15
15: 1. A. L. R. These are the Ayats of Revelation,- of a Qur'an that makes things clear.
15: 2. Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed (to Allah's will) in Islam.
15: 3. Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good things of this life) and to please themselves: let (false) hope amuse them: soon will knowledge (undeceive them).
15: 4. Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.
15: 5. Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.
15: 6. They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)!
15: 7. "Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?"
15: 8. We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!
15: 9. We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).
15:10. We did send messengers before thee amongst the religious sects of old:
15:11. But never came a messenger to them but they mocked him.
15:12. Even so do we let it creep into the hearts of the sinners -
15:13. That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away.
15:14. Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they were to continue (all day) ascending therein,
15:15. They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we have been bewitched by sorcery."
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