الٓرۚ تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَقُرۡءَانٖ مُّبِينٖ
١
Alif-Lam-Ra.
[These letters are one of the miracles of the Quran, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings]. These are the Verses of the Book, and a plain Quran.
(1)
رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡ كَانُواْ مُسۡلِمِينَ
٢
Perhaps
(often) will those who disbelieve wish that they were Muslims
[those who have submitted themselves to Allah's Will in Islam Islamic Monotheism, this will be on the Day of Resurrection when they will see the disbelievers going to Hell and the Muslims going to Paradise].
(2)
ذَرۡهُمۡ يَأۡكُلُواْ وَيَتَمَتَّعُواْ وَيُلۡهِهِمُ ٱلۡأَمَلُۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ
٣
Leave them to eat and enjoy, and let them be preoccupied with
(false) hope. They will come to know!
(3)
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ
٤
And never did We destroy a township but there was a known decree for it.
(4)
مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ
٥
No nation can anticipate its term, nor delay it.
(5)
وَقَالُواْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجۡنُونٞ
٦
And they say: "O you
(Muhammad ﷺ) to whom the Dhikr
(the Quran) has been sent down! Verily, you are a mad man.
(6)
لَّوۡمَا تَأۡتِينَا بِٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
٧
"Why do you not bring angels to us if you are of the truthful ones?"
(7)
مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓاْ إِذٗا مُّنظَرِينَ
٨
We send not the angels down except with the truth
(i.e. for torment, etc.), and in that case, they
(the disbelievers) would have no respite!
(8)
إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ
٩
Verily We: It is We Who have sent down the Dhikr
(i.e. the Quran) and surely, We will guard it
(from corruption).
(9)
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
١٠
Indeed, We sent Messengers before you
(O Muhammad ﷺ) amongst the sects
(communities) of old.
(10)
وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ
١١
And never came a Messenger to them but they did mock him.
(11)
كَذَٰلِكَ نَسۡلُكُهُۥ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
١٢
Thus do We let it
(polytheism and disbelief) enter into the hearts of the Mujrimun
[criminals, polytheists, pagans, etc. (because of their mockery at the Messengers)].
(12)
لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدۡ خَلَتۡ سُنَّةُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
١٣
They would not believe in it
(the Quran), and already the example of
(Allah's punishment of) the ancients
(who disbelieved) has gone forth.
(13)
وَلَوۡ فَتَحۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم بَابٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّواْ فِيهِ يَعۡرُجُونَ
١٤
And even if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they were to continue ascending thereto,
(14)
لَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتۡ أَبۡصَٰرُنَا بَلۡ نَحۡنُ قَوۡمٞ مَّسۡحُورُونَ
١٥
They would surely say: "Our eyes have been
(as if) dazzled. Nay, we are a people bewitched."
(15)