الر ۚ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ وَقُرْآنٍ مُبِينٍ ١
A. L. R. These are the Ayats of Revelation,- of a Quran that makes things clear.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
15:2
رُبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمِينَ ٢
Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed (to Allah's will) in Islam.
15:3
ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا وَيُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ٣
Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good things of this life) and to please themselves: let (false) hope amuse them: soon will knowledge (undeceive them).
15:4
وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَعْلُومٌ ٤
Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.
15:5
مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ ٥
Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.
15:6
وَقَالُوا يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ ٦
They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)!
15:7
لَوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِالْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ ٧
"Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?"
15:8
مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوا إِذًا مُنْظَرِينَ ٨
We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!
15:9
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ ٩
We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).