Translation of the meanings of the Holy Qur-an
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15. Surah al-Hijr (The Bees)

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31. Except Iblis (Satan), - he refused to be among the prostrators.
   
 
32. (Allah) said: "O Iblis (Satan)! What is your reason for not being among the prostrators?"
   
 
33. [Iblis (Satan)] said: "I am not the one to prostrate myself to a human being, whom You created from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud."
   
 
34. (Allah) said: "Then, get out from here, for verily, you are Rajim (an outcast or a cursed one)." [Tafsir At-Tabari]
   
 
35. "And verily, the curse shall be upon you till the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)."
   
 
36. [Iblis (Satan)] said: "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day they (the dead) will be resurrected."
   
 
37. Allah said: "Then, verily, you are of those reprieved,
   
 
38. "Till the Day of the time appointed."
   
 
39. [Iblis (Satan)] said: "O my Lord! Because you misled me, I shall indeed adorn the path of error for them (mankind) on the earth, and I shall mislead them all.
   
 
40. "Except Your chosen, (guided) slaves among them."
   
 
41. (Allah) said: "This is the Way which will lead straight to Me."
   
 
42. "Certainly, you shall have no authority over My slaves, except those who follow you of the Ghawin (Mushrikun and those who go astray, criminals, polytheists, and evil-doers, etc.).
   
 
43. "And surely, Hell is the promised place for them all.
   
 
44. "It (Hell) has seven gates, for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.
   
 
45. "Truly! The Muttaqun (pious and righteous persons) will be amidst Gardens and water-springs (Paradise).
   
 
46. "(It will be said to them): 'Enter therein (Paradise), in peace and security.'
   
 
47. "And We shall remove from their breasts any sense of injury (that they may have), (So they will be like) brothers facing each other on thrones.
   
 
48. "No sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave it."
   
 
49. Declare [O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)] unto My slaves, that truly, I am the Oft-Forgiving, the Most-Merciful.
   
 
50. And that My Torment is indeed the most painful torment.
   
 
51. And tell them about the guests (the angels) of Ibrahim (Abraham).
   
 
52. When they entered unto him, and said: Salaman (peace)! [Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Indeed! We are afraid of you."
   
 
53. They (the angels) said: "Do not be afraid! We give you glad tidings of a boy (son) possessing much knowledge and wisdom."
   
 
54. [Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Do you give me glad tidings (of a son) when old age has overtaken me? Of what then is your news?"
   
 
55. They (the angels) said: "We give you glad tidings in truth. So be not of the despairing ones."
   
 
56. [Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "And who despairs of the Mercy of his Lord except those who are astray?"
   
 
57. [Ibrahim (Abraham) again] said: "What then is the business on which you have come, O Messengers?"
   
 
58. They (the angels) said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimun (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners).
   
 
59. "(All) except the family of Lut (Lot). Them all we are surely going to save (from destruction).
   
 
60. "Except his wife, of whom We have decreed that she shall be of those who remain behind (i.e. she will be destroyed)."

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