Quran Page 263

Page 263

رُبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا لَوۡ كَانُوۡا مُسۡلِمِيۡنَ ۝٢

15:2It may be that those who disbelieve wish ardently that they were Muslims.

ذَرۡهُمۡ يَاۡكُلُوۡا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوۡا وَيُلۡهِهِمُ الۡاَمَلُ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُوۡنَ ۝٣

15:3Let them eat and enjoy life, and let (false) hope beguile them. They will come to know!

وَمَاۤ اَهۡلَـكۡنَا مِنۡ قَرۡيَةٍ اِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعۡلُوۡمٌ ۝٤

15:4And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it.

مَا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ اُمَّةٍ اَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَاْخِرُوۡنَ ۝٥

15:5No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind.

وَقَالُوۡا يٰۤاَيُّهَا الَّذِىۡ نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ الذِّكۡرُ اِنَّكَ لَمَجۡنُوۡنٌؕ ۝٦

15:6And they say: O thou unto whom the Reminder is revealed, lo! thou art indeed a madman!

لَوۡ مَا تَاۡتِيۡنَا بِالۡمَلٰۤٮِٕكَةِ اِنۡ كُنۡتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيۡنَ ۝٧

15:7Why bringest thou not angels unto us, if thou art of the truthful?

مَا نُنَزِّلُ الۡمَلٰۤٮِٕكَةَ اِلَّا بِالۡحَـقِّ وَمَا كَانُوۡۤا اِذًا مُّنۡظَرِيۡنَ ۝٨

15:8We send not down the angels save with the Fact, and in that case (the disbelievers) would not be tolerated.

اِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا الذِّكۡرَ وَاِنَّا لَهٗ لَحٰـفِظُوۡنَ ۝٩

15:9Lo! We, even We, reveal the Reminder, and lo! We verily are its Guardian.

وَلَـقَدۡ اَرۡسَلۡنَا مِنۡ قَبۡلِكَ فِىۡ شِيَعِ الۡاَوَّلِيۡنَ ۝١٠

15:10We verily sent (messengers) before thee among the factions of the men of old.

وَمَا يَاۡتِيۡهِمۡ مِّنۡ رَّسُوۡلٍ اِلَّا كَانُوۡا بِهٖ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُوۡنَ ۝١١

15:11And never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him.

كَذٰ لِكَ نَسۡلُكُهٗ فِىۡ قُلُوۡبِ الۡمُجۡرِمِيۡنَۙ ۝١٢

15:12Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty:

لَا يُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ بِهٖۚ وَقَدۡ خَلَتۡ سُنَّةُ الۡاَوَّلِيۡنَ ۝١٣

15:13They believe not therein, though the example of the men of old hath gone before.

وَلَوۡ فَتَحۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ بَابًا مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوۡا فِيۡهِ يَعۡرُجُوۡنَۙ ۝١٤

15:14And even if We opened unto them a Gate of heaven and they kept mounting through it,

لَـقَالُوۡۤا اِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتۡ اَبۡصَارُنَا بَلۡ نَحۡنُ قَوۡمٌ مَّسۡحُوۡرُوۡنَ ۝١٥

15:15They would say: Our sight is wrong - nay, but we are folk bewitched.

وَلَـقَدۡ جَعَلۡنَا فِى السَّمَآءِ بُرُوۡجًا وَّزَيَّـنّٰهَا لِلنّٰظِرِيۡنَۙ ۝١٦

15:16And verily in the heaven we have set mansions of the stars, and We have beautified it for beholders.

وَحَفِظۡنٰهَا مِنۡ كُلِّ شَيۡطٰنٍ رَّجِيۡمٍۙ ۝١٧

15:17And We have guarded it from every outcast devil,

اِلَّا مَنِ اسۡتَرَقَ السَّمۡعَ فَاَتۡبَعَهٗ شِهَابٌ مُّبِيۡنٌ ۝١٨

15:18Save him who stealeth the hearing, and them doth a clear flame pursue.