Chapter 44, 59 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Ha. Mim.
Ha - Mim.
Hameem
حمٓ
By the Scripture that maketh plain
By the Book that makes things clear; -
Waalkitabi almubeeni
وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -
We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil).
Inna anzalnahu fee laylatin mubarakatin inna kunna munthireena
إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ
Whereon every wise command is made clear
In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom,
Feeha yufraqu kullu amrin hakeemin
فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ
As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -
By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send (revelations),
Amran min AAindina inna kunna mursileena
أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ
A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,
As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);
Rahmatan min rabbika innahu huwa alssameeAAu alAAaleemu
رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure.
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
رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.
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
لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Nay, but they play in doubt.
Yet they play about in doubt.
Bal hum fee shakkin yalAAaboona
بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ
But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke
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
فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.
Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.
Yaghsha alnnasa hatha AAathabun aleemun
يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
(Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers.
(They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us, for we do really believe!"
Rabbana ikshif AAanna alAAathaba inna muminoona
رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ
How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them,
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
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ
And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman ?
Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!"
Thumma tawallaw AAanhu waqaloo muAAallamun majnoonun
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ
Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).
We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while, (but) truly ye will revert (to your ways).
Inna kashifoo alAAathabi qaleelan innakum AAaidoona
إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ
On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.
One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed (then) exact Retribution!
Yawma nabtishu albatshata alkubra inna muntaqimoona
يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ
And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,
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
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ
Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.
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
أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.
"And be not arrogant as against Allah: for I come to you with authority manifest.
Waan la taAAloo AAala Allahi innee ateekum bisultanin mubeenin
وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.
"For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me.
Wainnee AAuthtu birabbee warabbikum an tarjumooni
وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ
And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.
"If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."
Wain lam tuminoo lee faiAAtazilooni
وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ
And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.
(But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."
FadaAAa rabbahu anna haolai qawmun mujrimoona
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ
Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed,
(The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.
Faasri biAAibadee laylan innakum muttabaAAoona
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.
"And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."
Waotruki albahra rahwan innahum jundun mughraqoona
وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ
How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,
How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,
Kam tarakoo min jannatin waAAuyoonin
كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
And the cornlands and the goodly sites
And corn - fields and noble buildings,
WazurooAAin wamaqamin kareemin
وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
And pleasant things wherein they took delight!
And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight!
WanaAAmatin kanoo feeha fakiheena
وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ
Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;
Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things)!
Kathalika waawrathnaha qawman akhareena
كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ
And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.
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
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ
And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;
We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,
Walaqad najjayna banee israeela mina alAAathabi almuheeni
وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ
(We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.
Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors.
Min firAAawna innahu kana AAaliyan mina almusrifeena
مِن فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.
And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,
Walaqadi ikhtarnahum AAala AAilmin AAala alAAalameena
وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.
And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial
Waataynahum mina alayati ma feehi balaon mubeenun
وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ
Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:
As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:
Inna haolai layaqooloona
إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ
There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
"There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
In hiya illa mawtatuna aloola wama nahnu bimunshareena
إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ
Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!
"Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"
Fatoo biabaina in kuntum sadiqeena
فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them ? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
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
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.
We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:
Wama khalaqna alssamawati waalarda wama baynahuma laAAibeena
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ
We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.
We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.
Ma khalaqnahuma illa bialhaqqi walakinna aktharahum la yaAAlamoona
مَا خَلَقْنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,
Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them, -
Inna yawma alfasli meeqatuhum ajmaAAeena
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,
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
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
Except such as receive Allah's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
Illa man rahima Allahu innahu huwa alAAazeezu alrraheemu
إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,
Verily the tree of Zaqqum
Inna shajarata alzzaqqoomi
إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
The food of the sinner!
Will be the food of the Sinful, -
TaAAamu alatheemi
طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ
Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies
Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.
Kaalmuhli yaghlee fee albutooni
كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ
As the seething of boiling water.
Like the boiling of scalding water.
Kaghalyi alhameemi
كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ
(And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,
(A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!
Khuthoohu faiAAtiloohu ila sawai aljaheemi
خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.
"Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,
Thumma subboo fawqa rasihi min AAathabi alhameemi
ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ
(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!
"Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!
Thuq innaka anta alAAazeezu alkareemu
ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ
Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.
"Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"
Inna hatha ma kuntum bihi tamtaroona
إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ
Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.
As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,
Inna almuttaqeena fee maqamin ameenin
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ
Amid gardens and watersprings,
Among Gardens and Springs;
Fee jannatin waAAuyoonin
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.
Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;
Yalbasoona min sundusin waistabraqin mutaqabileena
يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ
Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.
Kathalika wazawwajnahum bihoorin AAeenin
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
They call therein for every fruit in safety.
There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;
YadAAoona feeha bikulli fakihatin amineena
يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ
They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell,
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
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.
As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!
Fadlan min rabbika thalika huwa alfawzu alAAatheemu
فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.
Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed.
Fainnama yassarnahu bilisanika laAAallahum yatathakkaroona
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.
So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.
Fairtaqib innahum murtaqiboona
فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ