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Book: The Qur'an

Chapter: 15. Al-Ḥijr

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.43747

Blurb:

This sūra contains accounts of the rebellion of Iblīs (Q15.26–48) and the angels’ visits to Abraham and Lot (Q15.49–77). Two short stories of punishment follow: the people of ‘the Grove’ and the inhabitants of ‘al-Ḥijr’ (Q15.78–84). Q15 concludes with a series of admonitions to the Prophet.

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