English - Chapter 44 - Ad-Dukhan

By the Clear Book

We have sent it down in a blessed night (We are ever warning)

therein every wise bidding

determined as a bidding from Us, (We are ever sending)

as a mercy from thy Lord (surely He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing)

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

There is no god but He; He gives life and makes to die; your Lord and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients

Nay, but they are in doubt, playing

So be on the watch for a day when heaven shall bring a manifest smoke

covering the people; this is a painful chastisement

O our Lord, remove Thou from us the chastisement; we are believers

How should they have the Reminder, seeing a clear Messenger already came to them

then they turned away from him and said, 'A man tutored, possessed

Behold, We are removing the chastisement a little; behold, you revert

Upon the day when We shall assault most mightily, then We shall take Our vengeance

Already before them We tried the people of Pharaoh, and a noble Messenger came unto them

saying, 'Deliver to me God's servants; I am for you a faithful Messenger

and, 'Rise not up against God; behold, I come to you with a clear authority

and I take refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you should stone me

But if so be that you believe me not, go you apart from me

And he called to his Lord, saying, 'These are a sinful people

Then set thou forth with My servants in a watch of the night; surely you will be followed

And leave the sea becalmed; they are a drowned host

They left how many gardens and fountains

sown fields, and how noble a station

and what prosperity they had rejoiced in

Even so; and We bequeathed them upon another people

Neither heaven nor earth wept for them, nor were they respited

and We delivered the Children of Israel from the humbling chastisement

from Pharaoh; surely he was a high One, of the prodigals

and We chose them, out of a knowledge, above all beings

and gave them signs wherein there was a manifest trial

These men do say

There is nothing but our first death; we shall not be revived

Bring us our fathers, if you speak truly

Are they better, or the people of Tubba' and those before them whom We destroyed? They were surely sinners

We created not the heavens and earth, and all that between them is, in play

We created them not save in truth; but most of them know it not

Surely the Day of Decision shall be their appointed time, all together

the day a master shall avail nothing a client, and they shall not be helped

save him upon whom God has mercy; He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate

Lo, the Tree of Ez-Zakkoum

is the food of the guilty

like molten copper, bubbling in the belly

as boiling water bubbles

Take him, and thrust him into the midst of Hell

then pour over his head the chastisement of boiling water

Taste! Surely thou art the mighty, the noble

This is that concerning which you were doubting

Surely the godfearing shall be in a station secure

among gardens and fountains

robed in silk and brocade, set face to face

Even so; and We shall espouse them to wide-eyed houris

therein calling for every fruit, secure

They shall not taste therein of death, save the first death, And He shall guard them against the chastisement of Hell

a bounty from thy Lord; that is the mighty triumph

Now We have made it easy by thy tongue, that haply they may remember

So be on the watch; they too are on the watch