Sura al-Ḥijr 15:10

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى شِيَعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

wa-la-qad arsalnā min qablika fī shīaʿi l-awwalīna

We did send messengers before thee amongst the religious sects of old:

Sura al-Ḥijr 15:11

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

wa-mā yaʾtīhim min rrasūlin illā kānū bihi yastahziʾūna

But never came a messenger to them but they mocked him.

Sura al-Ḥijr 15:12

كَذَٰلِكَ نَسْلُكُهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

ka-dhālika naslukuhu fī qulūbi l-mujrimīna

Even so do we let it creep into the hearts of the sinners -

Sura al-Ḥijr 15:13

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

lā yuʾminūna bihi wa-qad khalat sunnatu l-awwalīna

That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away.

Sura al-Ḥijr 15:14

وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ

wa-law fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban mina l-samāʾi fa-ẓallū fīhi yaʿrujūna

Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they were to continue (all day) ascending therein,

Sura al-Ḥijr 15:15

لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ

la-qālū innamā sukkirat abṣārunā bal naḥnu qawmun masḥūrūna

They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we have been bewitched by sorcery."

Sura al-Ḥijr 15:16

وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ

wa-la-qad jaʿalnā fī l-samāʾi burūjan wa-zayyannāhā lil-nāẓirīna

It is We Who have set out the zodiacal signs in the heavens, and made them fair-seeming to (all) beholders;