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