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15:1 الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَقُرْءَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
— Alif, Lām, Rā. 1 These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur’ān [i.e., recitation]. 15:2 رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ
— Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish 1 that they had been Muslims. 15:3 ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
— Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know. 15:4 وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ
— And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree. 15:5 مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ
— No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter. 15:6 وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِى نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ
●And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad. 1
15:7 لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
●Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"
15:8 مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ
— We do not send down the angels except with truth; 1 and they [i.e., the disbelievers] would not then be reprieved. 15:9 إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ
— Indeed, it is We who sent down the message [i.e., the Qur’ān], and indeed, We will be its guardian. 15:10 وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
— And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muḥammad], among the sects of the former peoples. 15:11 وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
— And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him. 15:12 كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
— Thus do We insert it [i.e., denial] into the hearts of the criminals. 15:13 لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
— They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples. 15:14 وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ
●And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,
15:15 لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَـٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ
●They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled.
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