English - Chapter 44 - Ad-Dukhan

Ha-Mim

By the clear book (the Qur’an)

Surely We sent it (this Qur’an) down in a blessed night (of Qadr in the month of Ramadan). Surely, We are ever warning (mankind)

in it (that night) every matter is decided wisely

by a command from Us. Surely, We have ever sending (the Messengers)

(as) Mercy from your Lord. Surely! He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower

The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if you have faith with certainty

There is no true one worthy of worship but He. It is He Who gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers

Nay! They play in doubt

Then you wait for the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke

covering the people, this will be a painful punishment

(People will say): “Our Lord! Remove the punishment from us, really we have become believers!”

How can there be an admonition (at the time when the punishment has reached) for them when a Messenger explaining things clearly has already come to them

Yet, they turn away from him (Muhammad) and said: “He (Muhammad) is a madman, taught (by others)!”

Surely, We shall remove the punishment (famine) for a while. But you will return (to disbelief)

On the Day We shall seize you with the greatest grasp. Surely, We will take retribution

And indeed We tried Pharaoh’s people before them, when a noble Messenger (Moses) came to them

saying: “Deliver the servants of Allah (the children of Israel) to me. Surely! I am a Messenger to you worthy of all trust

And don’t exalt (yourselves) against Allah. Truly, I have come to you with a clear authority

And truly, I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me

But if you don’t believe me, then keep away from me and leave me alone.”

So he (Moses) called upon (when they were aggressive) his Lord (saying) indeed: “These are criminal people.”

(Allah said): “You depart with My servants by night. Surely, you will be pursued

And (when you have crossed the sea with your people), then leave the sea as it is (quiet and divided). Surely, they are a host to be drowned.”

How many gardens and springs did they (Pharaoh’s people) leave behind

and corn-fields and goodly places

and comforts (of life) they used to take delight in it

Thus We made other people inherit them (the children of Israel inherit the kingdom of Egypt)

And neither the heavens and the earth did weep for them, nor were they given a respite

And indeed We saved the children of Israel from the humiliating punishment

from Pharaoh. Surely! He was arrogant and was one of the transgressors

and surely, We chose them (the children of Israel) above the worlds (during the time of Moses) with knowledge

And granted them signs in which there was a plain trial

Surely, these (people of Quraish) say

“There is nothing after our first death and we shall not be resurrected

Bring back our forefathers if you speak the truth!”

Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were indeed criminals

And We did not create the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, for merely a play

We have not created them but (to reveal) the truth, but most of them don’t know

Surely, the Day of judgment is the time appointed for all of them

the Day when a near relative cannot avail a relative in anything, nor they can receive help

except those on whom Allah will show Mercy. Surely, He is the Mighty, the Merciful

Surely, the tree of Zaqqum (very bitter taste)

will be the food of the sinners

like boiling oil, it will boil in the bellies

like the boiling of scalding water

(It will be said): “Seize and drag him into the midst of blazing fire

then pour from the punishment of boiling water over its head

Surely! This is what you used to doubt about it!”

Surely! The pious will be in place of security (Paradise)

among gardens and springs

dressed in fine silk and also in thick silk, facing each other

So (it will be), and We shall marry them to Houris (fair females) with wide lovely eyes

They will call in it for every kind of fruit in peace and security

they will never taste death in it except the first death (of this world), and He will save them from the punishment of the blazing fire

as a Bounty from your Lord! That will be the supreme success

Certainly, We have made this (Qur’an) easy in your tongue in order that they may remember

Wait then (O Muhammad); surely, they too are waiting