A part of the 15th chapter of the Noble Quran, the last revelation of Allah (God) to mankind.
Translation:
15:1
Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur'an.
15:2
Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims.
15:3
Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.
15:4
And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.
15:5
No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.
15:6
And they say,"O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.
15:7
Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"
15:8
We do not send down the angels except with truth; and the disbelievers would not then be reprieved.
15:9
Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be its guardian.
15:10
And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples.
15:11
And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.
15:12
Thus do We insert denial into the hearts of the criminals.
15:13
They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.
15:14
And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,
15:15
They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."
15:16
And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.
15:17
And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allah ]
15:18
Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.
15:19
And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.
15:20
And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers.
15:21
And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known measure.
15:22
And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.
15:23
And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.
15:24
And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].
15:25
And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.
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Recitation of Surah Al Hijr by shaykh Yasir Al Filkawi in Masjid Al Kabeer, the grand mosque of Kuwait
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