Sura 15 The Hijr (Al-Hijr)

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

[15:1] A.L.R. These are the signs of the Book and a clear Quran.

[15:2] Perhaps those who disbelieved would wish they were Submitters.

[15:3] Leave them to eat and enjoy themselves and be preoccupied with hope, for they will surely come to know.

[15:4] We never annihilated any village without it having a known decree.

[15:5] No nation can advance its appointed term, nor can they delay it.

[15:6] They said, "O you upon whom the Reminder was brought down, you are crazy.

[15:7] Why do you not bring us the angels if you are of the truthful ones?"

[15:8] We do not bring down the angels except with the truth, and then they would not be granted respite.

[15:9] Indeed, it is We who brought down the Reminder, and We will surely preserve it.

[15:10] We have sent others before you to the sects of the previous ones.

[15:11] Never did a messenger come to them without them ridiculing him.

[15:12] Thus do We insert it into the hearts of the criminals.

[15:13] They do not believe in it, even though the precedent of the previous ones has passed away.

[15:14] And if We were to open for them a gate unto the sky, through which they would continue to ascend,

[15:15] they would say, "Our sight has been dazzled. In fact, we are a bewitched people."

[15:16] We have placed constellations in the sky, and We adorned it for the beholders.

[15:17] And We guarded it against every outcast devil,

[15:18] except for one who tries to eavesdrop and is pursued by a clear meteor.