Surah 15 · verse 16

Al-Hijr 15:16

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وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِي السَّمَاءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّاهَا لِلنَّاظِرِينَ

wa-laqad ja'alna fi as-sama bujuran wa-zayyannaha li-n-nazirin

And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.

Saheeh International translation

Context in the surah

Verse 13

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ ۖ وَقَدْ خَلَتْ سُنَّةُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.

Verse 14

وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ فَظَلُّوا فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ

And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,

Verse 15

لَقَالُوا إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَارُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ

They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."

Verse 16

وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِي السَّمَاءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّاهَا لِلنَّاظِرِينَ

And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.

Verse 17

وَحَفِظْنَاهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allah]

Verse 18

إِلَّا مَنِ اسْتَرَقَ السَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ

Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.

Verse 19

وَالْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَاهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَّوْزُونٍ

And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.