English - Chapter 44 - Ad-Dukhan

Ha. Mim

By the luminious Book

Verily We have sent it down on a blessed night, verily We were to become warners

Therein is decreed every affair of wisdom

As a command from before Us. Verily We were to become senders

A mercy from thy Lord. Verily He! He is the Hearer, the Knower

Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is in- between the twain, if only ye would be convinced

There is no god but He. He quickeneth and causeth to die: your Lord and Lord of your forefathers

Aye! they're in doubt sporting

So wait thou day whereon the heaven will bring forth a manifest smoke

Our Lord! remove from us the torment, verily we shall become believers

How can there be an admonition Unto them, when surely there came Unto them an apostle manifest

Yet they turned away from him and said: one tutored, one distraced

Verily We shall remove the torment for a while; but verily ye shall revert

On the Day whereon We assault them with the greatest assault, verily We shall take vengeance

And assuredly afore them We proved Fir'awn's people, and there came Unto them an apostle honoured

Saying: restore to me the bondmen of Allah, verily I am Unto you an apostle trusted

And saying exalt not yourselves against Allah; verily I have come Unto you with an authority manifest

And verily I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me

And if ye will not believe in me, then let me alone

Then he called upon his Lord. these are a people guilty

So depart thou with My bondmen by night; verily ye shall be pursued

And leave thou the sea divided: verily they are a host to be drowned

They left - how many! - of gardens and springs

And cornfields and goodly positions

And the delights which they had been enjoying

Even so And We caused to inherit them another people

And the heavens and the earth wept not over them, nor were they respited

And assuredly We delivered the Children of Isra'il from an ignominous torment

From Fir'awn; verily he was haughty and of the extravagant

And assuredly We elected them with knowledge above the worlds

And We vouchsafed Unto them signs wherein was a manifest favour

Verily these! they say

There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again

Bring then our fathers if ye say so

Are they better Or the people of Tubba and those afore them? We destroyed them; verily they were culprits

And We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is in-between the twain sporting

We created them not save with a purpose but most of them know not

Verily the Day of Distinction is the term appointed for all of them

A Day whereon a friend shall not avail a friend at all, nor shall they be helped

Save those on whom Allah will have mercy. Verily He! He is the Mighty, the Merciful

Verily the tree of Zaqqum

Food of the sinner

Like the dregs of all! It shall seethe in the bellies

As the seething of boiling water

Lay hold of him, and drag him Unto the midst of the Flaming Fire

Then pour upon his head the torment of balling water

Taste thou! thou art indeed mighty, honoured

Verily this is that whereof ye were wont to doubt

Verily the God-fearing will be in a place secure

Amidst gardens and springs

Attired in fine silk and brocade, facing each other

Even so. And We shall pair them with fair damsels large- eyed

They will call therein for every kind of fruit in security

They will not taste death therein, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the torment of the Flaming Fire

A bounty from thy Lord. That! that is the supreme achievement

And We have made it easy in thy language; they might haply be admonished

Wait thou then; verily they also are waiting