English - Chapter 44 - Ad-Dukhan

Ha Mim

By the manifest Book

We have sent it down in a blessed night, (because) We had to warn (people)

In that (night), every wise matter is allocated

through a command from Us. We were to send the Messenger

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

the Lord of the heavens and the earth and of whatever there is between them, if you are to believe

There is no god, but He. He gives life and brings death. He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers

But they, being in doubt, are playing around

So, wait for a day when the sky will come up with a visible smoke

that will envelop people. This is a painful punishment

(Then they will say,) .O our Lord, remove from us the punishment; we will truly believe

How will they take lesson, while there has already come to them a messenger making things clear

Then they turned away from him, and said, .(He is) tutored, crazy

(Well,) We are going to remove the punishment for a while, (but) you will certainly go back (to your original position)

(Then,) the day We will seize (you) with the greatest seizure, We will take vengeance

And We tested the people of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) prior to them, and a noble messenger came to them

saying, .Deliver to me the servants of Allah. I am an honest messenger to you

and saying, .Do not be haughty against Allah. I bring to you a clear proof

And I have sought refuge with my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me to death

And if you do not believe in me, then keep away from me

(So, Allah answered his prayer saying,) .Now, take away my servants at night. You will certainly be chased

and leave the sea in the state of stillness; they are an army that is sure to be drowned

How many gardens and fountains have they left behind

and how many fields and noble sites

and how many a luxury they used to rejoice in

This is how it happened. And We made other people inherit all this

So, neither the sky and earth wept over them, nor were they given a respite

And We delivered the children of Isra‘il from the humiliating punishment

from Fir‘aun. Indeed, he was haughty, one of the transgressors

And We chose them, with knowledge, above all the worlds

And We gave them the clear signs in which there was a manifest blessing

These people say

There is nothing more than our first death, and we are not going to be resurrected

So, (O believers,) bring our fathers, if you are true (in your belief in resurrection)

Are they better or the people of Tubba‘ and those who were before them? We have destroyed them. They were guilty indeed

And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them just as players

We did not create them but with true purpose, but most of them do not know

The Day of Decision is the appointed time for all of them

the day when no close relation will be of any use to any close relation, nor will they be helped

except the One on whom Allah has mercy. Of course, He is the All-Mighty, the Very-Merciful

Indeed the tree of zaqqum

is the food of the sinful

like dregs of oil. It will boil in the bellies

like the boiling of hot water

(It will be said to angels,) .Seize him, and drag him into the midst of the Hell

Then pour on his head some torment of boiling water

Have a taste! You are the ‘man of might‘, the ‘man of honour‘

This is the thing about which you used to be skeptic

Indeed the God-fearing will be in a place free from fear

in gardens and fountains

They will be dressed in fine silk and thick silk, facing each other

Thus (it will happen,) and We will marry them with houris having big dark eyes

They will call therein for every fruit peacefully

They will not taste death therein beyond the first death (they faced in the world). And He (Allah) will save them from the torment of Hell

as a favour from your Lord. That is the great achievement

So, We had made it (the Qur‘an) easy in your tongue, so that they may take lesson

Now wait. They too are waiting