| Name Of Surah: | Al-Ḥijr |
| Arabic Name: | الحِجْرْ |
| Classification: | Makkan |
| Meaning Of The Name: | The Stoneland |
| Other Names: | Al-Hijr Valley |
| Sura Number: | 15 |
| Number Of Verses: | 99 |
| Juz' Number: | 14 |
| Hizb Number: | 27 |
| Number Of Rukus: | 6 |
| Number Of Words: | 657 |
| Number Of Letters: | 2882 |
| Harf-E-Mukatta'at: | ʾAlif Lām Rā الر |
| Previous Sura: | Quran 14 |
| Next Sura: | Quran 16 |
| Sound: | Chapter 15, Al-Hijr (Mujawwad) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3 |
| Mada'in Salih Arabic: مَدَائِن صَالِح | |
| Alternate Name: | Al-Hijr Arabic: ٱلْحِجْر Hegra |
| Map Type: | Saudi Arabia |
| Coordinates: | 26.7917°N 37.9528°W |
| Type: | Settlement |
| Designation1: | WHS |
| Designation1 Offname: | Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâ’in Sâlih) |
| Designation1 Date: | 2008 (32nd session) |
| Designation1 Number: | 1293 |
| Designation1 Criteria: | ii, iii |
| Designation1 Type: | Cultural |
| Designation1 Free1name: | Region |
| Designation1 Free1value: | Arab States |
Al-Ḥijr (Arabic: الحِجْرْ|lit=The [[Hegra (Mada'in Salih)|Stoneland]])[1] is the 15th sūrah (chapter of the Quran). It has 99 āyāt (verses).
Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier Meccan surah, received by Muhammad shortly after chapter 12, Yusuf, during his last year in Mecca. Like other surahs of this period, it praises God. Parts of Q15:4-74 are preserved in the Ṣan‘ā’1 lower text.[2]
This surah takes its name from 80th verse (āyah),[3] which refers to Mada'in Saleh, a pre-Islamic archaeological site, also called Hegra (from Arabic: الحِجَارَة|al-ḥijāra|the Stones) or al-Ḥijr (Arabic: الحِجر|al-ḥijr|the Stone).
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 Quraysh)
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 revealer and preserver of the Quran
10-11 The former prophets were laughed to scorn
12-15 The scoffing Quraysh 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 Iblis, unlike the angels, refuses to prostrate to 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
78-79 The unbelieving Midianites are destroyed
80-81 The scoffing inhabitants of al Hijr 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 consider 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 [4]
This surah contains brief mentions of Tawhid, and provides an admonition to the disbelievers. The primary subjects of the surah are:
The Quran never limits itself to mere rebuke; reproach and reprimand. It depends on its statute. The surah contains brief contentions for Tawhid and admonition in the tale of Adam and Satan.[5]
Ibn Kathir says, "God, may He be exalted, stated that He is the One Who revealed the Dhikr to him, which is the Qur'an, and He is protecting it from being changed or altered".[1]