Chapter 44, 59 verses
Ha - Mim.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم حم
Ha Mim!
By the Book that makes things clear; -
والكتاب المبين
I swear by the Book that makes manifest (the truth).
We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil).
إنا أنزلناه في ليلة مباركة ۚ إنا كنا منذرين
Surely We revealed it on a blessed night surely We are ever warning - -
In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom,
فيها يفرق كل أمر حكيم
Therein every wise affair is made distinct,
By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send (revelations),
أمرا من عندنا ۚ إنا كنا مرسلين
A command from Us; surely We are the senders (of apostles),
As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);
رحمة من ربك ۚ إنه هو السميع العليم
A mercy from your Lord, surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing,
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if ye (but) have an assured faith.
رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما ۖ إن كنتم موقنين
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you would be sure.
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.
لا إله إلا هو يحيي ويميت ۖ ربكم ورب آبائكم الأولين
There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore.
Yet they play about in doubt.
بل هم في شك يلعبون
Nay, they are in doubt, they sport.
Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible,
فارتقب يوم تأتي السماء بدخان مبين
Therefore keep waiting for the day when the heaven shall bring an evident smoke,
Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.
يغشى الناس ۖ هذا عذاب أليم
That shall overtake men; this is a painful punishment.
(They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us, for we do really believe!"
ربنا اكشف عنا العذاب إنا مؤمنون
Our Lord! remove from us the punishment; surely we are believers.
How shall the message be (effectual) for them, seeing that an Messenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them, -
أنى لهم الذكرى وقد جاءهم رسول مبين
How shall they be reminded, and there came to them an Apostle making clear (the truth),
Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!"
ثم تولوا عنه وقالوا معلم مجنون
Yet they turned their backs on him and said: One taught (by others), a madman.
We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while, (but) truly ye will revert (to your ways).
إنا كاشفو العذاب قليلا ۚ إنكم عائدون
Surely We will remove the punishment a little, (but) you will surely return (to evil).
One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed (then) exact Retribution!
يوم نبطش البطشة الكبرى إنا منتقمون
On the day when We will seize (them) with the most violent seizing; surely We will inflict retribution.
We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable,
۞ ولقد فتنا قبلهم قوم فرعون وجاءهم رسول كريم
And certainly We tried before them the people of Firon, and there came to them a noble apostle,
Saying: "Restore to me the Servants of Allah: I am to you an messenger worthy of all trust;
أن أدوا إلي عباد الله ۖ إني لكم رسول أمين
Saying: Deliver to me the servants of Allah, surely I am a faithful apostle to you,
"And be not arrogant as against Allah: for I come to you with authority manifest.
وأن لا تعلوا على الله ۖ إني آتيكم بسلطان مبين
And that do not exalt yourselves against Allah, surely I will bring to you a clear authority:
"For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me.
وإني عذت بربي وربكم أن ترجمون
And surely I take refuge with my Lord and your Lord that you should stone me to death:
"If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."
وإن لم تؤمنوا لي فاعتزلون
And if you do not believe in me, then leave me alone.
(But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."
فدعا ربه أن هؤلاء قوم مجرمون
Then he called upon his Lord: These are a guilty people.
(The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.
فأسر بعبادي ليلا إنكم متبعون
So go forth with My servants by night; surely you will be pursued:
"And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."
واترك البحر رهوا ۖ إنهم جند مغرقون
And leave the sea intervening; surely they are a host that shall be drowned.
How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,
كم تركوا من جنات وعيون
How many of the gardens and fountains have they left!
And corn - fields and noble buildings,
وزروع ومقام كريم
And cornfields and noble places!
And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight!
ونعمة كانوا فيها فاكهين
And goodly things wherein they rejoiced;
Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things)!
كذلك ۖ وأورثناها قوما آخرين
Thus (it was), and We gave them as a heritage to another people.
And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again).
فما بكت عليهم السماء والأرض وما كانوا منظرين
So the heaven and the earth did not weep for them, nor were they respited.
We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,
ولقد نجينا بني إسرائيل من العذاب المهين
And certainly We delivered the children of Israel from the abasing chastisement,
Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors.
من فرعون ۚ إنه كان عاليا من المسرفين
From Firon; surely he was haughty, (and) one of the extravagant.
And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,
ولقد اخترناهم على علم على العالمين
And certainly We chose them, having knowledge, above the nations.
And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial
وآتيناهم من الآيات ما فيه بلاء مبين
And We gave them of the communications wherein was clear blessing.
As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:
إن هؤلاء ليقولون
Most surely these do say:
"There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
إن هي إلا موتتنا الأولى وما نحن بمنشرين
There is naught but our first death and we shall not be raised again.
"Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"
فأتوا بآبائنا إن كنتم صادقين
So bring our fathers (back), if you are truthful.
What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.
أهم خير أم قوم تبع والذين من قبلهم ۚ أهلكناهم ۖ إنهم كانوا مجرمين
Are they better or the people of Tubba and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:
وما خلقنا السماوات والأرض وما بينهما لاعبين
And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them in sport.
We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.
ما خلقناهما إلا بالحق ولكن أكثرهم لا يعلمون
We did not create them both but with the truth, but most of them do not know.
Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them, -
إن يوم الفصل ميقاتهم أجمعين
Surely the day of separation is their appointed term, of all of them
The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,
يوم لا يغني مولى عن مولى شيئا ولا هم ينصرون
The day on which a friend shall not avail (his) friend aught, nor shall they be helped,
Except such as receive Allah's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
إلا من رحم الله ۚ إنه هو العزيز الرحيم
Save those on whom Allah shall have mercy; surely He is the Mighty the Merciful.
Verily the tree of Zaqqum
إن شجرت الزقوم
Surely the tree of the Zaqqum,
Will be the food of the Sinful, -
طعام الأثيم
Is the food of the sinful
Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.
كالمهل يغلي في البطون
Like dregs of oil; it shall boil in (their) bellies,
Like the boiling of scalding water.
كغلي الحميم
Like the boiling of hot water.
(A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!
خذوه فاعتلوه إلى سواء الجحيم
Seize him, then drag him down into the middle of the hell;
"Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,
ثم صبوا فوق رأسه من عذاب الحميم
Then pour above his head of the torment of the boiling water:
"Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!
ذق إنك أنت العزيز الكريم
Taste; you forsooth are the mighty, the honorable:
"Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"
إن هذا ما كنتم به تمترون
Surely this is what you disputed about.
As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,
إن المتقين في مقام أمين
Surely those who guard (against evil) are in a secure place,
Among Gardens and Springs;
في جنات وعيون
In gardens and springs;
Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;
يلبسون من سندس وإستبرق متقابلين
They shall wear of fine and thick silk, (sitting) face to face;
So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.
كذلك وزوجناهم بحور عين
Thus (shall it be), and We will wed them with Houris pure, beautiful ones.
There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;
يدعون فيها بكل فاكهة آمنين
They shall call therein for every fruit in security;
Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire, -
لا يذوقون فيها الموت إلا الموتة الأولى ۖ ووقاهم عذاب الجحيم
They shall not taste therein death except the first death, and He will save them from the punishment of the hell,
As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!
فضلا من ربك ۚ ذلك هو الفوز العظيم
A grace from your Lord; this is the great achievement.
Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed.
فإنما يسرناه بلسانك لعلهم يتذكرون
So have We made it easy in your tongue that they may be mindful.
So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.
فارتقب إنهم مرتقبون
Therefore wait; surely they are waiting.