Al-Hijr

These are the verses of a clear Quran. A day will come when the disbelievers wish they had submitted. They call the Prophet ﷺ possessed and demand angels, but “It is We who sent down the Reminder, and We will surely guard it.” Even if a gate opened in the sky and they climbed through it, they would say their eyes were dazzled. The constellations make the sky beautiful, and a bright flame pursues the devil who steals a hearing. The earth is spread out, the winds fertilise, and water is sent down that you could never store. Man is created from dry clay, and the angels bow, all except Iblis, who refuses and swears to make things look fair and lead people astray; over Allah’s servants he has no authority. Hell has seven gates; the righteous are among gardens and springs, with resentment removed from their hearts, on couches facing one another. Tell My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful. Ibrahim’s guests bring news of a son in his old age: “Who despairs of his Lord’s mercy, except those who are astray?” The messengers lead Lut’s family away by night, and the town is overturned. The people of the Thicket and the people of the rock city, who carved houses from the mountains feeling safe, are seized by the blast. The Prophet ﷺ is given the seven oft-repeated verses and the great Quran, and told to lower his wing to the believers and proclaim what he is commanded. So glorify your Lord with praise, be among those who prostrate, and worship your Lord until what is certain comes to you.