15. Surah Al-Hijr – Verses 41–80

[Allāh] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.

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Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.

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And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all.

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It has seven gates; for every gate is of them [i.e., Satan's followers] a portion designated."

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Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs,

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[Having been told], "Enter it in peace, safe [and secure]."

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And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment,1 [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other.

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No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed.

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[O Muḥammad], inform My servants that it is I who am the Forgiving, the Merciful,

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And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment.

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And inform them about the guests of Abraham,

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When they entered upon him and said, "Peace." [Abraham] said, "Indeed, we are fearful [i.e., apprehensive] of you."

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[The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy."

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He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?"

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They said, "We have given you good tidings in truth, so do not be of the despairing."

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He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"

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[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

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They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals,

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Except the family of Lot; indeed, we will save them all

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Except his wife." We [i.e., Allāh] decreed that she is of those who remain behind.1

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And when the messengers came to the family of Lot,

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He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown."

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They said, "But we have come to you with that about which they were disputing,

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And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful.

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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."

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And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.

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And the people of the city came rejoicing.1

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[Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me.

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And fear Allāh and do not disgrace me."

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They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"

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[Lot] said, "These are my daughters1 - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."

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By your life, [O Muḥammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.

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So the shriek1 seized them at sunrise.

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And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.

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Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.

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And indeed, they [i.e., those cities] are [situated] on an established road.

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Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

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And the companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] were [also] wrongdoers,

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So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway.

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And certainly did the companions of al-Ḥijr1 [i.e., the Thamūd] deny the messengers.

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