Surah Al-Hijr

Surah Al-Hijr (Arabic: الحجر, lit. 'The Stoneland'), is the fifteenth surah of the Qur'an, the religious book of Muslims. This Surah was revealed in Makkah and has 99 verses.^[1]

Sura 15 of the Quran

الحجر Al-Ḥijr The Stoneland
Arabic text English translation
Classification	Meccan
Other names	Al-Hijr Valley
Position	Juzʼ 14
Hizb no.	27
No. of Rukus	6
No. of verses	99
Opening muqaṭṭaʻāt	ʾAlif Lām Rā الر
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Mada'in Salih
مَدَائِن صَالِح

Al-Hijr or Mada'in Salih
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Alternate name	Al-Hijr ٱلْحِجْر Hegra
Location	Al Madinah Region, Al-Hejaz, Saudi Arabia
Coordinates	26°47′30″N 37°57′10″E
Type	Settlement
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâ’in Sâlih)
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iii
Designated	2008 (32nd session)
Reference no.	1293
Region	Arab States

Summary

• 1-3 Unbelievers will one day wish themselves Muslims
• 4-5 Every nation has its day of grace
• 6 Muhammad charged with demoniacal possession by the disbelievers (the Quraish)
• 7 The unbelievers say a true prophet would have come with a company of angels
• 8 Angels are not sent to gratify curiosity, but to minister judgment
• 9 God the author and preserver of the Quran
• 10-11 The former prophets were laughed to scorn
• 12-15 The scoffing Quraish judicially blinded
• 16-20 God declares his glory in the heaven and the earth
• 21-22 He is active in every part of Nature
• 23-25 He is the God of life, death, and judgment
• 26-29 God says Men created of clay—the Jinn of fire
• 29-33 Iblís among the angels refuses to worship Adam
• 34-38 He is cursed and respited until the judgment
• 39-40 Satan declares to God his purpose to seduce men
• 41-42 The elect are safe from Satan’s power
• 43-44 The seven gates of hell will receive Satan’s followers
• 45-50 Paradise joys in store for true believers
• 51-77 The story of Abraham and Lot
• 78-79 The unbelieving Midianites are destroyed
• 80-81 The scoffing inhabitants of Al Hajr reject their prophets though accompanied with miracles
• 82-84 Rock-hewn houses fail to save them
• 85-86 The heaven and earth created in righteousness
• 87 Command to repeat the seven verses (Al-Fatiha)
• 88-90 Muhammad not to envy the prosperity of infidels
• 91-93 The enemies of God will surely be punished
• 94-96 Muhammad commanded to preach boldly
• 97-99 He is exhorted to praise and serve God until death ^[2][3]