Chapter 44, 59 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Ha. Mim.
Hameem
Ha - Mim.
By the Scripture that maketh plain
Waalkitabi almubeeni
By the Book that makes things clear; -
Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -
Inna anzalnahu fee laylatin mubarakatin inna kunna munthireena
We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil).
Whereon every wise command is made clear
Feeha yufraqu kullu amrin hakeemin
In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom,
As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -
Amran min AAindina inna kunna mursileena
By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send (revelations),
A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,
Rahmatan min rabbika innahu huwa alssameeAAu alAAaleemu
As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);
Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure.
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma in kuntum mooqineena
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if ye (but) have an assured faith.
There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.
La ilaha illa huwa yuhyee wayumeetu rabbukum warabbu abaikumu alawwaleena
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.
Nay, but they play in doubt.
Bal hum fee shakkin yalAAaboona
Yet they play about in doubt.
But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke
Fairtaqib yawma tatee alssamao bidukhanin mubeenin
Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible,
That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.
Yaghsha alnnasa hatha AAathabun aleemun
Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.
(Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers.
Rabbana ikshif AAanna alAAathaba inna muminoona
(They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us, for we do really believe!"
How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them,
Anna lahumu alththikra waqad jaahum rasoolun mubeenun
How shall the message be (effectual) for them, seeing that an Messenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them, -
And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman ?
Thumma tawallaw AAanhu waqaloo muAAallamun majnoonun
Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!"
Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).
Inna kashifoo alAAathabi qaleelan innakum AAaidoona
We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while, (but) truly ye will revert (to your ways).
On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.
Yawma nabtishu albatshata alkubra inna muntaqimoona
One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed (then) exact Retribution!
And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,
Walaqad fatanna qablahum qawma firAAawna wajaahum rasoolun kareemun
We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable,
Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.
An addoo ilayya AAibada Allahi innee lakum rasoolun ameenun
Saying: "Restore to me the Servants of Allah: I am to you an messenger worthy of all trust;
And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.
Waan la taAAloo AAala Allahi innee ateekum bisultanin mubeenin
"And be not arrogant as against Allah: for I come to you with authority manifest.
And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.
Wainnee AAuthtu birabbee warabbikum an tarjumooni
"For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me.
And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.
Wain lam tuminoo lee faiAAtazilooni
"If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."
And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.
FadaAAa rabbahu anna haolai qawmun mujrimoona
(But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."
Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed,
Faasri biAAibadee laylan innakum muttabaAAoona
(The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.
And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.
Waotruki albahra rahwan innahum jundun mughraqoona
"And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."
How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,
Kam tarakoo min jannatin waAAuyoonin
How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,
And the cornlands and the goodly sites
WazurooAAin wamaqamin kareemin
And corn - fields and noble buildings,
And pleasant things wherein they took delight!
WanaAAmatin kanoo feeha fakiheena
And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight!
Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;
Kathalika waawrathnaha qawman akhareena
Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things)!
And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.
Fama bakat AAalayhimu alssamao waalardu wama kanoo munthareena
And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again).
And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;
Walaqad najjayna banee israeela mina alAAathabi almuheeni
We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,
(We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.
Min firAAawna innahu kana AAaliyan mina almusrifeena
Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors.
And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.
Walaqadi ikhtarnahum AAala AAilmin AAala alAAalameena
And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,
And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.
Waataynahum mina alayati ma feehi balaon mubeenun
And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial
Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:
Inna haolai layaqooloona
As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:
There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
In hiya illa mawtatuna aloola wama nahnu bimunshareena
"There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!
Fatoo biabaina in kuntum sadiqeena
"Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"
Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them ? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
Ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaAAin waallatheena min qablihim ahlaknahum innahum kanoo mujrimeena
What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.
And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.
Wama khalaqna alssamawati waalarda wama baynahuma laAAibeena
We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:
We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.
Ma khalaqnahuma illa bialhaqqi walakinna aktharahum la yaAAlamoona
We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.
Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,
Inna yawma alfasli meeqatuhum ajmaAAeena
Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them, -
A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,
Yawma la yughnee mawlan AAan mawlan shayan wala hum yunsaroona
The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,
Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
Illa man rahima Allahu innahu huwa alAAazeezu alrraheemu
Except such as receive Allah's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,
Inna shajarata alzzaqqoomi
Verily the tree of Zaqqum
The food of the sinner!
TaAAamu alatheemi
Will be the food of the Sinful, -
Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies
Kaalmuhli yaghlee fee albutooni
Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.
As the seething of boiling water.
Kaghalyi alhameemi
Like the boiling of scalding water.
(And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,
Khuthoohu faiAAtiloohu ila sawai aljaheemi
(A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!
Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.
Thumma subboo fawqa rasihi min AAathabi alhameemi
"Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,
(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!
Thuq innaka anta alAAazeezu alkareemu
"Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!
Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.
Inna hatha ma kuntum bihi tamtaroona
"Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"
Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.
Inna almuttaqeena fee maqamin ameenin
As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,
Amid gardens and watersprings,
Fee jannatin waAAuyoonin
Among Gardens and Springs;
Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.
Yalbasoona min sundusin waistabraqin mutaqabileena
Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;
Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
Kathalika wazawwajnahum bihoorin AAeenin
So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.
They call therein for every fruit in safety.
YadAAoona feeha bikulli fakihatin amineena
There can they call 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,
La yathooqoona feeha almawta illa almawtata aloola wawaqahum AAathaba aljaheemi
Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire, -
A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.
Fadlan min rabbika thalika huwa alfawzu alAAatheemu
As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!
And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.
Fainnama yassarnahu bilisanika laAAallahum yatathakkaroona
Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed.
Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.
Fairtaqib innahum murtaqiboona
So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.