Chapter 44, 59 verses
Hameem
Ha Mim!
Ha - Mim.
حمٓ
Waalkitabi almubeeni
I swear by the Book that makes manifest (the truth).
By the Book that makes things clear; -
وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Inna anzalnahu fee laylatin mubarakatin inna kunna munthireena
Surely We revealed it on a blessed night surely We are ever warning - -
We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil).
إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ
Feeha yufraqu kullu amrin hakeemin
Therein every wise affair is made distinct,
In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom,
فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ
Amran min AAindina inna kunna mursileena
A command from Us; surely We are the senders (of apostles),
By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send (revelations),
أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ
Rahmatan min rabbika innahu huwa alssameeAAu alAAaleemu
A mercy from your Lord, surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing,
As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);
رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma in kuntum mooqineena
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you would be sure.
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if ye (but) have an assured faith.
رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
La ilaha illa huwa yuhyee wayumeetu rabbukum warabbu abaikumu alawwaleena
There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore.
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.
لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Bal hum fee shakkin yalAAaboona
Nay, they are in doubt, they sport.
Yet they play about in doubt.
بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ
Fairtaqib yawma tatee alssamao bidukhanin mubeenin
Therefore keep waiting for the day when the heaven shall bring an evident smoke,
Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible,
فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
Yaghsha alnnasa hatha AAathabun aleemun
That shall overtake men; this is a painful punishment.
Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.
يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Rabbana ikshif AAanna alAAathaba inna muminoona
Our Lord! remove from us the punishment; surely we are believers.
(They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us, for we do really believe!"
رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ
Anna lahumu alththikra waqad jaahum rasoolun mubeenun
How shall they be reminded, and there came to them an Apostle making clear (the truth),
How shall the message be (effectual) for them, seeing that an Messenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them, -
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ
Thumma tawallaw AAanhu waqaloo muAAallamun majnoonun
Yet they turned their backs on him and said: One taught (by others), a madman.
Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!"
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ
Inna kashifoo alAAathabi qaleelan innakum AAaidoona
Surely We will remove the punishment a little, (but) you will surely return (to evil).
We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while, (but) truly ye will revert (to your ways).
إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ
Yawma nabtishu albatshata alkubra inna muntaqimoona
On the day when We will seize (them) with the most violent seizing; surely We will inflict retribution.
One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed (then) exact Retribution!
يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ
Walaqad fatanna qablahum qawma firAAawna wajaahum rasoolun kareemun
And certainly We tried before them the people of Firon, and there came to them a noble apostle,
We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable,
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ
An addoo ilayya AAibada Allahi innee lakum rasoolun ameenun
Saying: Deliver to me the servants of Allah, surely I am a faithful apostle to you,
Saying: "Restore to me the Servants of Allah: I am to you an messenger worthy of all trust;
أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
Waan la taAAloo AAala Allahi innee ateekum bisultanin mubeenin
And that do not exalt yourselves against Allah, surely I will bring to you a clear authority:
"And be not arrogant as against Allah: for I come to you with authority manifest.
وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
Wainnee AAuthtu birabbee warabbikum an tarjumooni
And surely I take refuge with my Lord and your Lord that you should stone me to death:
"For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me.
وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ
Wain lam tuminoo lee faiAAtazilooni
And if you do not believe in me, then leave me alone.
"If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."
وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ
FadaAAa rabbahu anna haolai qawmun mujrimoona
Then he called upon his Lord: These are a guilty people.
(But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ
Faasri biAAibadee laylan innakum muttabaAAoona
So go forth with My servants by night; surely you will be pursued:
(The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
Waotruki albahra rahwan innahum jundun mughraqoona
And leave the sea intervening; surely they are a host that shall be drowned.
"And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."
وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ
Kam tarakoo min jannatin waAAuyoonin
How many of the gardens and fountains have they left!
How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,
كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
WazurooAAin wamaqamin kareemin
And cornfields and noble places!
And corn - fields and noble buildings,
وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
WanaAAmatin kanoo feeha fakiheena
And goodly things wherein they rejoiced;
And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight!
وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ
Kathalika waawrathnaha qawman akhareena
Thus (it was), and We gave them as a heritage to another people.
Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things)!
كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ
Fama bakat AAalayhimu alssamao waalardu wama kanoo munthareena
So the heaven and the earth did not weep for them, nor were they respited.
And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again).
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ
Walaqad najjayna banee israeela mina alAAathabi almuheeni
And certainly We delivered the children of Israel from the abasing chastisement,
We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,
وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ
Min firAAawna innahu kana AAaliyan mina almusrifeena
From Firon; surely he was haughty, (and) one of the extravagant.
Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors.
مِن فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
Walaqadi ikhtarnahum AAala AAilmin AAala alAAalameena
And certainly We chose them, having knowledge, above the nations.
And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,
وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Waataynahum mina alayati ma feehi balaon mubeenun
And We gave them of the communications wherein was clear blessing.
And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial
وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ
Inna haolai layaqooloona
Most surely these do say:
As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:
إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ
In hiya illa mawtatuna aloola wama nahnu bimunshareena
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.
إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ
Fatoo biabaina in kuntum sadiqeena
So bring our fathers (back), if you are truthful.
"Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"
فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaAAin waallatheena min qablihim ahlaknahum innahum kanoo mujrimeena
Are they better or the people of Tubba 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.
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
Wama khalaqna alssamawati waalarda wama baynahuma laAAibeena
And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them in sport.
We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ
Ma khalaqnahuma illa bialhaqqi walakinna aktharahum la yaAAlamoona
We did not create them both but with the truth, but most of them do not know.
We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.
مَا خَلَقْنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Inna yawma alfasli meeqatuhum ajmaAAeena
Surely the day of separation is their appointed term, of all of them
Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them, -
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Yawma la yughnee mawlan AAan mawlan shayan wala hum yunsaroona
The day on which a friend shall not avail (his) friend aught, nor shall they be helped,
The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
Illa man rahima Allahu innahu huwa alAAazeezu alrraheemu
Save those on whom Allah shall have mercy; surely He is the Mighty the Merciful.
Except such as receive Allah's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Inna shajarata alzzaqqoomi
Surely the tree of the Zaqqum,
Verily the tree of Zaqqum
إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
TaAAamu alatheemi
Is the food of the sinful
Will be the food of the Sinful, -
طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ
Kaalmuhli yaghlee fee albutooni
Like dregs of oil; it shall boil in (their) bellies,
Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.
كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ
Kaghalyi alhameemi
Like the boiling of hot water.
Like the boiling of scalding water.
كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ
Khuthoohu faiAAtiloohu ila sawai aljaheemi
Seize him, then drag him down into the middle of the hell;
(A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!
خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Thumma subboo fawqa rasihi min AAathabi alhameemi
Then pour above his head of the torment of the boiling water:
"Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,
ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ
Thuq innaka anta alAAazeezu alkareemu
Taste; you forsooth are the mighty, the honorable:
"Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!
ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ
Inna hatha ma kuntum bihi tamtaroona
Surely this is what you disputed about.
"Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"
إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ
Inna almuttaqeena fee maqamin ameenin
Surely those who guard (against evil) are in a secure place,
As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ
Fee jannatin waAAuyoonin
In gardens and springs;
Among Gardens and Springs;
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Yalbasoona min sundusin waistabraqin mutaqabileena
They shall wear of fine and thick silk, (sitting) face to face;
Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;
يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ
Kathalika wazawwajnahum bihoorin AAeenin
Thus (shall it be), and We will wed them with Houris pure, beautiful ones.
So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
YadAAoona feeha bikulli fakihatin amineena
They shall call therein for every fruit in security;
There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;
يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ
La yathooqoona feeha almawta illa almawtata aloola wawaqahum AAathaba aljaheemi
They shall not taste therein death except the first death, and He will save them from the punishment of the hell,
Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire, -
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Fadlan min rabbika thalika huwa alfawzu alAAatheemu
A grace from your Lord; this is the great achievement.
As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!
فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
Fainnama yassarnahu bilisanika laAAallahum yatathakkaroona
So have We made it easy in your tongue that they may be mindful.
Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed.
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
Fairtaqib innahum murtaqiboona
Therefore wait; surely they are waiting.
So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.
فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ