الَرَ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ وَقُرْآنٍ مُّبِينٍ   

15.1 . Alif . Lam . Ra . These are verses of the Scripture and a plain Reading .

رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوْ كَانُواْ مُسْلِمِينَ   

15.2 . It may be that those who disbelieve wish ardently that they were Muslims .

ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُواْ وَيَتَمَتَّعُواْ وَيُلْهِهِمُ الأَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ   

15.3 . Let them eat and enjoy life , and let ( false ) hope beguile them . They will come to know!

وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلاَّ وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ   

15.4 . And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it .

مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ   

15.5 . No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind .

وَقَالُواْ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجْنُونٌ   

15.6 . And they say : O thou unto whom the Reminder is revealed , lo! thou art indeed a madman!

لَّوْ مَا تَأْتِينَا بِالْمَلائِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ   

15.7 . Why bringest thou not angels unto Us , if thou art of the truthful?

مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلائِكَةَ إِلاَّ بِالحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُواْ إِذاً مُّنظَرِينَ   

15.8 . We send not down the angels save with the Fact , and that case ( the disbelievers ) would not be tolerated .

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ   

15.9 . Lo! We , even We , reveal the Reminder , and lo! We verily are it ' s Guardian .

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ الأَوَّلِينَ   

15.10 . We verily sent ( messengers ) before thee among the factions of the men of old .