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Sura - 15 Al-Hijr Valley
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[15:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
[15:1] A.L.R.* These
(letters) are proofs of this scripture;
a profound Quran.
[15:2] Certainly, those who disbelieved will wish
they were submitters.
[15:3] Let them eat, enjoy, and remain blinded by
wishful thinking; they will find out.
[15:4] We never annihilated any community, except
in accordance with a specific, predetermined time.
[15:5] The end of any community can never be advanced,
nor delayed.
[15:6] They said, "O you who received this reminder,
you are crazy.
[15:7] "Why do you not bring down the angels, if
you are truthful?"
[15:8] We do not send down the angels except for
specific functions. Otherwise, no one will be respited.
God's Messenger of the
Covenant*
[15:9] Absolutely, we have revealed the reminder,
and, absolutely, we will preserve it.
[15:11] Every time a messenger went to them, they
ridiculed him.
[15:12] We thus control the minds of the
guilty.
[15:13] Consequently, they cannot believe in him.
This has been the system since the past generations.
[15:14] Even if we opened for them a gate into the
sky, through which they climb;
[15:15] 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 value of "Rashad Khalifa"
(1230)+15+9=1254, 19x66.
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[15:16] We placed galaxies in the sky, and adorned it for the beholders.
[15:17] And we guarded it against every rejected devil.
[15:18] If any of them sneaks around to listen, a mighty projectile will chase him back.
[15:19] As for the earth, we constructed it, and placed on it stabilizers (mountains), and we grew on it a perfect balance of everything.
[15:20] We made it habitable for you, and for creatures you do not provide for.
[15:21] There is nothing that we do not own infinite amounts thereof. But we send it down in precise measure.
[15:22] 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.
[15:23] It is we who control life and death, and we are the ultimate inheritors.
[15:24] And we fully know those among you who advance, and we fully know those who regress.
[15:25] Your Lord will surely summon them. He is Most Wise, Omniscient.
The Human Race
[15:26] We created the human being from aged mud,
like the potter's clay.
[15:27] As for the jinns, we created them, before
that, from blazing fire.
[15:28] Your Lord said to the angels, "I am creating
a human being from aged mud, like the potter's clay.
[15:29] "Once I perfect him, and blow into him
from My spirit, you shall fall prostrate before him."
[15:30] The angels fell prostrate; all of
them,
[15:31] except Iblis (Satan). He refused to be
with the prostrators.
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[15:33] He said, "I am not to prostrate before
a human being, whom You created from aged mud, like the potter's
clay."
[15:34] He said, "Therefore, you must get out;
you are banished.
[15:35] "You have incurred My condemnation until
the Day of Judgment."
[15:36] He said, "My Lord, respite me until the
day they are resurrected."
[15:37] He said, "You are respited.
[15:38] "Until the specified day and time."
[15:39] 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.
[15:40] "Except those among Your worshipers who
are devoted absolutely to You alone."
[15:41] He said, "This is a law that is
inviolable.
[15:42] "You have no power over My servants. You
only have power over the strayers who follow you.
[15:43] "And Hell awaits them all.
[15:44] "It will have seven gates. Each gate will
get a specific share of them."
[15:45] As for the righteous, they will enjoy gardens
and springs.
[15:46] Enter therein, peaceful and secure.
[15:47] We remove all jealousy from their hearts.
Like one family, they will be on adjacent furnishings.
[15:48] Never will they suffer any fatigue therein;
never will they be evicted therefrom.
[15:49] Inform My servants that I am the Forgiver,
Most Merciful.
[15:50] And that My retribution is the most painful
retribution.
*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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[15:32] He said, "O Iblis
(Satan), why are you not with the
prostrators?"
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[15:52] When they entered his quarters, they said,
"Peace." He said, "We are apprehensive about you."
[15:53] They said, "Do not be apprehensive. We
have good news for you: an enlightened son."
[15:54] He said, "How can you give me such good
news, when I am so old? Do you still give me this good news?"
[15:55] They said, "The good news we give you is
true; do not despair."
[15:56] He said, "None despairs of his Lord's mercy,
except the strayers."
[15:57] He said, "What is your mission, O
messengers?"
[15:58] They said, "We are being dispatched to
guilty people.
[15:59] "As for Lot's family, we will save them
all.
[15:60] "But not his wife; she is destined to be
with the doomed."
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Lot
[15:61] The messengers went to Lot's town.
[15:62] He said, "You are unknown people."
[15:63] They said, "We bring to you what they have
been doubting.
[15:64] "We bring to you the truth; we are
truthful.
[15:65] "You shall take your family during the
night. Stay behind them, and make sure that none of you looks back. Go straight
as commanded."
[15:66] We delivered to him this command: those
people are to be annihilated in the morning.
[15:67] The people of the city came
joyfully.
[15:68] He said, "These are my guests; do not embarrass
me.
[15:69] "Fear GOD, and do not shame me."
[15:70] They said, "Did we not enjoin you from
contacting anyone?"
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[15:71] He said, "Here are my daughters, if you
must."
[15:72] But, alas, they were totally blinded by
their lust.
[15:73] Consequently, the disaster struck them
in the morning.
[15:74] We turned it upside down, and showered
them with devastating rocks.
[15:75] This is a lesson for those who possess
intelligence.
[15:76] This will always be the system.
[15:77] This is a sign for the believers.
[15:78] The people of the woods also were
transgressors.
[15:79] Consequently, we avenged from them, and
both communities are fully documented.
[15:80] The people of Al-Hijr disbelieved the
messengers.
[15:81] We gave them our revelations, but they
disregarded them.
[15:82] They used to carve secure homes out of
the mountains.
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End of the World
Unveiled*
[15:85] 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.
[15:86] Your Lord is the Creator, the
Omniscient.
[15:87] We have given you the seven pairs, and
the great Quran.
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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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[15:91] They accept the Quran only partially.
[15:92] By your Lord, we will question them
all,
[15:93] about everything they have done.
[15:94] Therefore, carry out the orders given to
you, and disregard the idol worshipers.
[15:95] We will spare you the mockers,
[15:96] who set up another god beside GOD. They
will surely find out.
[15:97] We know full well that you may be annoyed
by their utterances.
[15:98] You shall sing the praises of your Lord,
and be with the prostrators.
[15:99] 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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