English - Chapter 44 - Ad-Dukhan

Ha Mim

By the Book which makes things clear

We sent it down on a blessed night; We are constantly giving warning

During it every wise decree is specified

by a command from Our presence. We are constantly sending out

as a mercy from your Lord. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing

the Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything in between them, if you are people with certainty

There is no god but Him — He gives life and causes to die — your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers, the previous peoples

Yet they play around in doubt

So be on the watch for a day when heaven brings forth a distinctive smoke

which enshrouds mankind. ´This is a painful punishment

Our Lord, remove the punishment from us. We are really muminun.´

How can they expect a Reminder when a clear Messenger has already come to them

But then they turned away from him and said, ´He is an instructed madman!´

We remove the punishment a little, and you revert

On the day We launch the Great Assault We will certainly take Our revenge

Before them We put Pharaoh´s people to the test when a noble Messenger came to them, saying

´Hand over to me the slaves of Allah. I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.´

And: ´Do not exalt yourselves above Allah. I come to you with clear authority

I have sought refuge with my Lord and your Lord against your stoning me

If you do not have iman in me, then at least leave me alone.´

He called out to his Lord, ´These are evildoing people.´

´Set out with My slaves by night. You will certainly be pursued

Leave the sea divided as it is. They are an army who will be drowned.´

How many gardens and fountains they left behind

and ripe crops and noble residences

What comfort and ease they had delighted in

So it was. Yet We bequeathed these things to another people

Neither heaven nor earth shed any tears for them and they were granted no reprieve

We rescued the tribe of Israel from the humiliating punishment

We chose them knowingly above all other people

and We gave them Signs containing a clear trial

These people say

´There is nothing more than our first death. We will not be raised up a second time

Bring us our fathers if you are telling the truth.´

Are they better or the people of Tubba´ and those before them whom We destroyed? They were certainly evildoers

We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them as a game

We did not create them except with truth but most of them do not know it

The Day of Decision will be their appointment all together

the Day when friends will be of no use at all to one another, and they will not be helped —

except for those Allah has mercy on. He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful

The Tree of az-Zaqqum

is the food of the wicked

seething in the belly like molten brass

as boiling water bubbles and seethes

´Seize him and drag him bodily into the middle of the Blazing Fire

Then pour the punishment of boiling water on his head.´

´Taste that! You are the mighty one, the noble one

This is the very thing you used to doubt.´

The people who have taqwa will be in a safe place

amid gardens and fountains

wearing fine silk and rich brocade, face to face with one another

So it will be. We will marry them to dark-eyed maidens

They will call there for fruit of every kind, in complete security

They will not taste any death there — except for the first one. He will safeguard them from the punishment of the Blazing Fire

A favour from your Lord. That is the Great Victory

We have made it easy in your own tongue so that hopefully they will pay heed

So watch and wait. They too are waiting