Chapter 44, 59 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Ha. Mim.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم حم
Ha - Mim.
Hameem
By the Scripture that maketh plain
والكتاب المبين
By the Book that makes things clear; -
Waalkitabi almubeeni
Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -
إنا أنزلناه في ليلة مباركة ۚ إنا كنا منذرين
We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil).
Inna anzalnahu fee laylatin mubarakatin inna kunna munthireena
Whereon every wise command is made clear
فيها يفرق كل أمر حكيم
In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom,
Feeha yufraqu kullu amrin hakeemin
As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -
أمرا من عندنا ۚ إنا كنا مرسلين
By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send (revelations),
Amran min AAindina inna kunna mursileena
A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,
رحمة من ربك ۚ إنه هو السميع العليم
As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);
Rahmatan min rabbika innahu huwa alssameeAAu alAAaleemu
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 between them, if ye (but) have an assured faith.
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma in kuntum mooqineena
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
There is no god but He: It is He Who gives life and gives death, - The Lord and Cherisher to you and your earliest ancestors.
La ilaha illa huwa yuhyee wayumeetu rabbukum warabbu abaikumu alawwaleena
Nay, but they play in doubt.
بل هم في شك يلعبون
Yet they play about in doubt.
Bal hum fee shakkin yalAAaboona
But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke
فارتقب يوم تأتي السماء بدخان مبين
Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible,
Fairtaqib yawma tatee alssamao bidukhanin mubeenin
That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.
يغشى الناس ۖ هذا عذاب أليم
Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.
Yaghsha alnnasa hatha AAathabun aleemun
(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 Penalty from us, for we do really believe!"
Rabbana ikshif AAanna alAAathaba inna muminoona
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 shall the message be (effectual) for them, seeing that an Messenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them, -
Anna lahumu alththikra waqad jaahum rasoolun mubeenun
And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman ?
ثم تولوا عنه وقالوا معلم مجنون
Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!"
Thumma tawallaw AAanhu waqaloo muAAallamun majnoonun
Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).
إنا كاشفو العذاب قليلا ۚ إنكم عائدون
We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while, (but) truly ye will revert (to your ways).
Inna kashifoo alAAathabi qaleelan innakum AAaidoona
On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.
يوم نبطش البطشة الكبرى إنا منتقمون
One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed (then) exact Retribution!
Yawma nabtishu albatshata alkubra inna muntaqimoona
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
We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable,
Walaqad fatanna qablahum qawma firAAawna wajaahum rasoolun kareemun
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: "Restore to me the Servants of Allah: I am to you an messenger worthy of all trust;
An addoo ilayya AAibada Allahi innee lakum rasoolun ameenun
And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.
وأن لا تعلوا على الله ۖ إني آتيكم بسلطان مبين
"And be not arrogant as against Allah: for I come to you with authority manifest.
Waan la taAAloo AAala Allahi innee ateekum bisultanin mubeenin
And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.
وإني عذت بربي وربكم أن ترجمون
"For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me.
Wainnee AAuthtu birabbee warabbikum an tarjumooni
And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.
وإن لم تؤمنوا لي فاعتزلون
"If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."
Wain lam tuminoo lee faiAAtazilooni
And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.
فدعا ربه أن هؤلاء قوم مجرمون
(But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."
FadaAAa rabbahu anna haolai qawmun mujrimoona
Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed,
فأسر بعبادي ليلا إنكم متبعون
(The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.
Faasri biAAibadee laylan innakum muttabaAAoona
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 a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."
Waotruki albahra rahwan innahum jundun mughraqoona
How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,
كم تركوا من جنات وعيون
How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,
Kam tarakoo min jannatin waAAuyoonin
And the cornlands and the goodly sites
وزروع ومقام كريم
And corn - fields and noble buildings,
WazurooAAin wamaqamin kareemin
And pleasant things wherein they took delight!
ونعمة كانوا فيها فاكهين
And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight!
WanaAAmatin kanoo feeha fakiheena
Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;
كذلك ۖ وأورثناها قوما آخرين
Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things)!
Kathalika waawrathnaha qawman akhareena
And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.
فما بكت عليهم السماء والأرض وما كانوا منظرين
And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again).
Fama bakat AAalayhimu alssamao waalardu wama kanoo munthareena
And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;
ولقد نجينا بني إسرائيل من العذاب المهين
We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,
Walaqad najjayna banee israeela mina alAAathabi almuheeni
(We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.
من فرعون ۚ إنه كان عاليا من المسرفين
Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors.
Min firAAawna innahu kana AAaliyan mina almusrifeena
And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.
ولقد اخترناهم على علم على العالمين
And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,
Walaqadi ikhtarnahum AAala AAilmin AAala alAAalameena
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 manifest trial
Waataynahum mina alayati ma feehi balaon mubeenun
Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:
إن هؤلاء ليقولون
As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:
Inna haolai layaqooloona
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 beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
In hiya illa mawtatuna aloola wama nahnu bimunshareena
Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!
فأتوا بآبائنا إن كنتم صادقين
"Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"
Fatoo biabaina in kuntum sadiqeena
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
What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.
Ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaAAin waallatheena min qablihim ahlaknahum innahum kanoo mujrimeena
And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.
وما خلقنا السماوات والأرض وما بينهما لاعبين
We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:
Wama khalaqna alssamawati waalarda wama baynahuma laAAibeena
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 for just ends: but most of them do not understand.
Ma khalaqnahuma illa bialhaqqi walakinna aktharahum la yaAAlamoona
Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,
إن يوم الفصل ميقاتهم أجمعين
Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them, -
Inna yawma alfasli meeqatuhum ajmaAAeena
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 no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,
Yawma la yughnee mawlan AAan mawlan shayan wala hum yunsaroona
Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
إلا من رحم الله ۚ إنه هو العزيز الرحيم
Except such as receive Allah's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
Illa man rahima Allahu innahu huwa alAAazeezu alrraheemu
Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,
إن شجرت الزقوم
Verily the tree of Zaqqum
Inna shajarata alzzaqqoomi
The food of the sinner!
طعام الأثيم
Will be the food of the Sinful, -
TaAAamu alatheemi
Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies
كالمهل يغلي في البطون
Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.
Kaalmuhli yaghlee fee albutooni
As the seething of boiling water.
كغلي الحميم
Like the boiling of scalding water.
Kaghalyi alhameemi
(And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,
خذوه فاعتلوه إلى سواء الجحيم
(A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!
Khuthoohu faiAAtiloohu ila sawai aljaheemi
Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.
ثم صبوا فوق رأسه من عذاب الحميم
"Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,
Thumma subboo fawqa rasihi min AAathabi alhameemi
(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!
ذق إنك أنت العزيز الكريم
"Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!
Thuq innaka anta alAAazeezu alkareemu
Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.
إن هذا ما كنتم به تمترون
"Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"
Inna hatha ma kuntum bihi tamtaroona
Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.
إن المتقين في مقام أمين
As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,
Inna almuttaqeena fee maqamin ameenin
Amid gardens and watersprings,
في جنات وعيون
Among Gardens and Springs;
Fee jannatin waAAuyoonin
Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.
يلبسون من سندس وإستبرق متقابلين
Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;
Yalbasoona min sundusin waistabraqin mutaqabileena
Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
كذلك وزوجناهم بحور عين
So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.
Kathalika wazawwajnahum bihoorin AAeenin
They call therein for every fruit in safety.
يدعون فيها بكل فاكهة آمنين
There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;
YadAAoona feeha bikulli fakihatin amineena
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
Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire, -
La yathooqoona feeha almawta illa almawtata aloola wawaqahum AAathaba aljaheemi
A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.
فضلا من ربك ۚ ذلك هو الفوز العظيم
As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!
Fadlan min rabbika thalika huwa alfawzu alAAatheemu
And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.
فإنما يسرناه بلسانك لعلهم يتذكرون
Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed.
Fainnama yassarnahu bilisanika laAAallahum yatathakkaroona
Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.
فارتقب إنهم مرتقبون
So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.
Fairtaqib innahum murtaqiboona