Chapter 44, 59 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Ha. Mim.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم حم
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Ha.-Mim. [These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur'an and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings].
By the Scripture that maketh plain
والكتاب المبين
By the manifest Book (this Qur'an) that makes things clear.
Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -
إنا أنزلناه في ليلة مباركة ۚ إنا كنا منذرين
We sent it (this Qur'an) down on a blessed night [(i.e. night of Al-Qadr, Surah No. 97) in the month of Ramadan - the 9th month of the Islamic calendar]. Verily, We are ever warning [mankind that Our Torment will reach those who disbelieve in Our Oneness of Lordship and in Our Oneness of worship].
Whereon every wise command is made clear
فيها يفرق كل أمر حكيم
Therein (that night) is decreed every matter of ordainments.
As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -
أمرا من عندنا ۚ إنا كنا مرسلين
As a Command (or this Qur'an or the Decree of every matter) from Us. Verily, We are ever sending (the Messengers),
A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,
رحمة من ربك ۚ إنه هو السميع العليم
(As) a Mercy from your Lord. Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.
Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure.
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما ۖ إن كنتم موقنين
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if you (but) have a faith with certainty.
There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.
لا إله إلا هو يحيي ويميت ۖ ربكم ورب آبائكم الأولين
La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). It is He Who gives life and causes death - your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.
Nay, but they play in doubt.
بل هم في شك يلعبون
Nay! They play about in doubt.
But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke
فارتقب يوم تأتي السماء بدخان مبين
Then wait you for the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke,
That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.
يغشى الناس ۖ هذا عذاب أليم
Covering the people: this is a painful torment.
(Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers.
ربنا اكشف عنا العذاب إنا مؤمنون
(They will say): "Our Lord! Remove the torment from us, really we shall become believers!"
How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them,
أنى لهم الذكرى وقد جاءهم رسول مبين
How can there be for them an admonition (at the time when the torment has reached them), when a Messenger explaining things clearly has already come to them.
And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman ?
ثم تولوا عنه وقالوا معلم مجنون
Then they had turned away from him (Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) and said: (He is) one taught (by a human being), a madman!"
Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).
إنا كاشفو العذاب قليلا ۚ إنكم عائدون
Verily, We shall remove the torment for a while. Verily you will revert (to disbelief).
On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.
يوم نبطش البطشة الكبرى إنا منتقمون
On the Day when We shall seize you with the greatest seizure (punishment). Verily, We will exact retribution.
And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,
۞ ولقد فتنا قبلهم قوم فرعون وجاءهم رسول كريم
And indeed We tried before them Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) people, when there came to them a noble Messenger [i.e. Musa (Moses) عليه السلام],
Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.
أن أدوا إلي عباد الله ۖ إني لكم رسول أمين
Saying: "Deliver to me the slaves of Allah (i.e. the Children of Israel). Verily, I am to you a Messenger worthy of all trust.
And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.
وأن لا تعلوا على الله ۖ إني آتيكم بسلطان مبين
"And exalt not yourselves against Allah. Truly, I have come to you with a manifest authority.
And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.
وإني عذت بربي وربكم أن ترجمون
"And truly, I seek refuge with my Lord and your Lord, lest you should stone me (or call me a sorcerer or kill me).
And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.
وإن لم تؤمنوا لي فاعتزلون
"But if you believe me not, then keep away from me and leave me alone."
And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.
فدعا ربه أن هؤلاء قوم مجرمون
(But they were aggressive), so he [Musa (Moses)] called upon his Lord (saying): "These are indeed the people who are Mujrimun (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals)."
Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed,
فأسر بعبادي ليلا إنكم متبعون
(Allah said): "Depart you with My slaves by night. Surely, you will be pursued.
And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.
واترك البحر رهوا ۖ إنهم جند مغرقون
"And leave the sea as it is (quiet and divided). Verily, they are a host to be drowned."
How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,
كم تركوا من جنات وعيون
How many of gardens and springs that they [Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) people] left behind,
And the cornlands and the goodly sites
وزروع ومقام كريم
And green crops (fields) and goodly places,
And pleasant things wherein they took delight!
ونعمة كانوا فيها فاكهين
And comforts of life wherein they used to take delight!
Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;
كذلك ۖ وأورثناها قوما آخرين
Thus (it was)! And We made other people inherit them (i.e. We made the Children of Israel to inherit the kingdom of Egypt).
And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.
فما بكت عليهم السماء والأرض وما كانوا منظرين
And the heavens and the earth wept not for them, nor were they given a respite.
And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;
ولقد نجينا بني إسرائيل من العذاب المهين
And indeed We saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment:
(We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.
من فرعون ۚ إنه كان عاليا من المسرفين
From Fir'aun (Pharaoh); verily he was arrogant and was of the Musrifun (those who transgress beyond bound in spending and other things and commit great sins).
And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.
ولقد اخترناهم على علم على العالمين
And We chose them (the Children of Israel) above the 'Alamin (mankind and jinn) [during the time of Musa (Moses)] with knowledge,
And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.
وآتيناهم من الآيات ما فيه بلاء مبين
And granted them signs in which there was a plain trial.
Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:
إن هؤلاء ليقولون
Verily, these (Quraish) people are saying:
There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
إن هي إلا موتتنا الأولى وما نحن بمنشرين
"There is nothing but our first death, and we shall not be resurrected.
Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!
فأتوا بآبائنا إن كنتم صادقين
"Then bring back our forefathers, if you speak the truth!"
Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them ? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
أهم خير أم قوم تبع والذين من قبلهم ۚ أهلكناهم ۖ إنهم كانوا مجرمين
Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those before them? We destroyed them because they were indeed Mujrimun (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals).
And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.
وما خلقنا السماوات والأرض وما بينهما لاعبين
And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, for mere play.
We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.
ما خلقناهما إلا بالحق ولكن أكثرهم لا يعلمون
We created them not except with truth (i.e. to examine and test those who are obedient and those who are disobedient and then reward the obedient ones and punish the disobedient ones), but most of them know not.
Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,
إن يوم الفصل ميقاتهم أجمعين
Verily, the Day of Judgement (when Allah will judge between the creatures) is the time appointed for all of them -
A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,
يوم لا يغني مولى عن مولى شيئا ولا هم ينصرون
The Day when a Maula (a near relative) cannot avail a Maula (a near relative) in aught, and no help can they receive,
Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
إلا من رحم الله ۚ إنه هو العزيز الرحيم
Except him on whom Allah has Mercy. Verily, He is the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful.
Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,
إن شجرت الزقوم
Verily, the tree of Zaqqum
The food of the sinner!
طعام الأثيم
Will be the food of the sinners.
Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies
كالمهل يغلي في البطون
Like boiling oil, it will boil in the bellies,
As the seething of boiling water.
كغلي الحميم
Like the boiling of scalding water.
(And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,
خذوه فاعتلوه إلى سواء الجحيم
(It will be said) "Seize him and drag him into the midst of blazing Fire,
Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.
ثم صبوا فوق رأسه من عذاب الحميم
"Then pour over his head the torment of boiling water.
(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!
ذق إنك أنت العزيز الكريم
"Taste you (this)! Verily, you were (pretending to be) the mighty, the generous!
Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.
إن هذا ما كنتم به تمترون
"Verily, this is that whereof you used to doubt!"
Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.
إن المتقين في مقام أمين
Verily, the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2), will be in place of Security (Paradise).
Amid gardens and watersprings,
في جنات وعيون
Among Gardens and Springs,
Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.
يلبسون من سندس وإستبرق متقابلين
Dressed in fine silk and (also) in thick silk, facing each other,
Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
كذلك وزوجناهم بحور عين
So (it will be). And We shall marry them to Hur (fair female) with wide, lovely eyes.
They call therein for every fruit in safety.
يدعون فيها بكل فاكهة آمنين
They will call therein for every kind of fruit in peace and security;
They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell,
لا يذوقون فيها الموت إلا الموتة الأولى ۖ ووقاهم عذاب الجحيم
They will never taste death therein except the first death (of this world), and He will save them from the torment of the blazing Fire,
A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.
فضلا من ربك ۚ ذلك هو الفوز العظيم
As a Bounty from your Lord! That will be the supreme success!
And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.
فإنما يسرناه بلسانك لعلهم يتذكرون
Certainly, We have made this (Qur'an) easy in your tongue, in order that they may remember.
Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.
فارتقب إنهم مرتقبون
Wait then (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم); verily, they (too) are waiting.