وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ
Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illa walaha kitabun maAAloomun
Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.
15. Hixhr · verses 4–15
سورة الحجرمَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ
Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalaha wama yastakhiroona
Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.
وَقَالُواْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجۡنُونٞ
Waqaloo ya ayyuha allathee nuzzila AAalayhi alththikru innaka lamajnoonun
They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)!
لَّوۡمَا تَأۡتِينَا بِٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
Law ma tateena bialmalaikati in kunta mina alssadiqeena
"Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?"
مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓاْ إِذٗا مُّنظَرِينَ
Ma nunazzilu almalaikata illa bialhaqqi wama kanoo ithan munthareena
We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!
إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ
Inna nahnu nazzalna alththikra wainna lahu lahafithoona
We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
Walaqad arsalna min qablika fee shiyaAAi alawwaleena
We did send messengers before thee amongst the religious sects of old:
وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ
Wama yateehim min rasoolin illa kanoo bihi yastahzioona
But never came a messenger to them but they mocked him.
كَذَٰلِكَ نَسۡلُكُهُۥ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
Kathalika naslukuhu fee quloobi almujrimeena
Even so do we let it creep into the hearts of the sinners -
لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدۡ خَلَتۡ سُنَّةُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
La yuminoona bihi waqad khalat sunnatu alawwaleena
That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away.
وَلَوۡ فَتَحۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم بَابٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّواْ فِيهِ يَعۡرُجُونَ
Walaw fatahna AAalayhim baban mina alssamai fathalloo feehi yaAArujoona
Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they were to continue (all day) ascending therein,
لَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتۡ أَبۡصَٰرُنَا بَلۡ نَحۡنُ قَوۡمٞ مَّسۡحُورُونَ
Laqaloo innama sukkirat absaruna bal nahnu qawmun mashooroona
They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we have been bewitched by sorcery."
