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