English - Chapter 44 - Ad-Dukhan

Mim

By the clear Book

truly We sent it down on a blessed night—truly We are ever warning

Therein every wise command is made distinct

as a command from Us—truly We are ever sending

as a mercy from thy Lord. Truly He is the Hearing, the Knowing

Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is between them; would that you were certain

There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old

Nay, but they are playing in doubt

So keep watch for a day when the sky brings forth manifest smoke

covering the people. This is a painful punishment

“Our Lord! Remove from us the punishment; truly we are believers.”

How can there be a reminder for them, when a clear messenger had come to them

Then they turned away from him and said, “He is taught, possessed.”

We shall indeed remove the punishment a little. Surely you will revert

On the Day when We strike with a terrible striking, surely We are vengeful

And indeed We tried the people of Pharaoh before them, and a noble messenger came unto them

“Deliver God’s servants unto me! Truly I am a trustworthy messenger unto you

And rise not against God; surely I have come to you with a manifest authority

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

But if you believe me not, then keep away from me.”

Then he called unto his Lord, “These are a guilty people.”

“Set forth with My servants by night; you will indeed be pursued

And leave the sea at rest; truly they will be a drowned host.”

How many gardens and springs did they leave behind

sown fields and a noble dwelling

and prosperity in which they rejoiced

Thus it was. And We bequeathed it unto another people

Neither Heaven nor earth wept for them, nor were they granted respite

And We delivered the Children of Israel from a humiliating punishment—

from Pharaoh. Truly he was foremost among the prodigal

We knowingly chose them over the worlds

And We gave them signs wherein was a manifest trial

“There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be resurrected

Bring us our fathers, if you are truthful.”

Are they better, or the people of Tubba? and those before them? We destroyed them. Truly they were guilty

And We did not create the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is between them in play

We did not create them, save in truth. But most of them know not

Truly the Day of Division is their tryst, all together

The Day when no friend will avail a friend in any way, nor will they be helped

save him unto whom God has been merciful. Truly He is the Mighty, the Merciful

Truly the tree of Zaqqum

is the food of the sinner

like molten lead boiling in their bellies

like the boiling of boiling liquid

“Seize him and thrust him into the midst of Hellfire

Then pour the punishment of boiling liquid upon his head.”

“Taste! Surely you are the mighty, the noble

This is that which you used to doubt.”

Truly the reverent are in a station secure

amid gardens and springs

wearing fine silk and rich brocade, facing one another

Thus it is. And We shall wed them to wide-eyed maidens

Therein they call for every fruit, secure

They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He will shield them from the punishment of Hellfire—

a bounty from thy Lord; that is the great triumph

We have only made this easy upon thy tongue, that haply they may remember

So be on the watch, for they, too, are on the watch