Chapter 44, 59 verses
Ha - Mim.
Ha Mim!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ حم
By the Book that makes things clear; -
I swear by the Book that makes manifest (the truth).
وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ
We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil).
Surely We revealed it on a blessed night surely We are ever warning - -
إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ
In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom,
Therein every wise affair is made distinct,
فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ
By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send (revelations),
A command from Us; surely We are the senders (of apostles),
أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ
As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);
A mercy from your Lord, surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing,
رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if ye (but) have an assured faith.
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you would be sure.
رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
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 but He; He gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore.
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Yet they play about in doubt.
Nay, they are in doubt, they sport.
بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ
Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible,
Therefore keep waiting for the day when the heaven shall bring an evident smoke,
فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.
That shall overtake men; this is a painful punishment.
يَغْشَى النَّاسَ ۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
(They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us, for we do really believe!"
Our Lord! remove from us the punishment; surely we are believers.
رَّبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ
How shall the message be (effectual) for them, seeing that an Messenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them, -
How shall they be reminded, and there came to them an Apostle making clear (the truth),
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ الذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ
Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!"
Yet they turned their backs on him and said: One taught (by others), a madman.
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ
We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while, (but) truly ye will revert (to your ways).
Surely We will remove the punishment a little, (but) you will surely return (to evil).
إِنَّا كَاشِفُو الْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَائِدُونَ
One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed (then) exact Retribution!
On the day when We will seize (them) with the most violent seizing; surely We will inflict retribution.
يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ
We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable,
And certainly We tried before them the people of Firon, and there came to them a noble apostle,
۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ
Saying: "Restore to me the Servants of Allah: I am to you an messenger worthy of all trust;
Saying: Deliver to me the servants of Allah, surely I am a faithful apostle to you,
أَنْ أَدُّوا إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
"And be not arrogant as against Allah: for I come to you with authority manifest.
And that do not exalt yourselves against Allah, surely I will bring to you a clear authority:
وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي آتِيكُم بِسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
"For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me.
And surely I take refuge with my Lord and your Lord that you should stone me to death:
وَإِنِّي عُذْتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ
"If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."
And if you do not believe in me, then leave me alone.
وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا لِي فَاعْتَزِلُونِ
(But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."
Then he called upon his Lord: These are a guilty people.
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ
(The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.
So go forth with My servants by night; surely you will be pursued:
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
"And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."
And leave the sea intervening; surely they are a host that shall be drowned.
وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ
How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,
How many of the gardens and fountains have they left!
كَمْ تَرَكُوا مِن جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
And corn - fields and noble buildings,
And cornfields and noble places!
وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight!
And goodly things wherein they rejoiced;
وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا فِيهَا فَاكِهِينَ
Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things)!
Thus (it was), and We gave them as a heritage to another people.
كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ
And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again).
So the heaven and the earth did not weep for them, nor were they respited.
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنظَرِينَ
We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,
And certainly We delivered the children of Israel from the abasing chastisement,
وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ
Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors.
From Firon; surely he was haughty, (and) one of the extravagant.
مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ
And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,
And certainly We chose them, having knowledge, above the nations.
وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ
And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial
And We gave them of the communications wherein was clear blessing.
وَآتَيْنَاهُم مِّنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَاءٌ مُّبِينٌ
As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:
Most surely these do say:
إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَيَقُولُونَ
"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 هِيَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ
"Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"
So bring our fathers (back), if you are truthful.
فَأْتُوا بِآبَائِنَا إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
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 people of Tubba and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ
We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:
And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them in sport.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ
We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.
We did not create them both but with the truth, but most of them do not know.
مَا خَلَقْنَاهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them, -
Surely the day of separation is their appointed term, of all of them
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِيقَاتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,
The day on which a friend shall not avail (his) friend aught, nor shall they be helped,
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِي مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْئًا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
Except such as receive Allah's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
Save those on whom Allah shall have mercy; surely He is the Mighty the Merciful.
إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
Verily the tree of Zaqqum
Surely the tree of the Zaqqum,
إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّومِ
Will be the food of the Sinful, -
Is the food of the sinful
طَعَامُ الْأَثِيمِ
Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.
Like dregs of oil; it shall boil in (their) bellies,
كَالْمُهْلِ يَغْلِي فِي الْبُطُونِ
Like the boiling of scalding water.
Like the boiling of hot water.
كَغَلْيِ الْحَمِيمِ
(A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!
Seize him, then drag him down into the middle of the hell;
خُذُوهُ فَاعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ
"Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,
Then pour above his head of the torment of the boiling water:
ثُمَّ صُبُّوا فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِيمِ
"Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!
Taste; you forsooth are the mighty, the honorable:
ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْكَرِيمُ
"Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"
Surely this is what you disputed about.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِ تَمْتَرُونَ
As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,
Surely those who guard (against evil) are in a secure place,
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ
Among Gardens and Springs;
In gardens and springs;
فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;
They shall wear of fine and thick silk, (sitting) face to face;
يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَابِلِينَ
So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.
Thus (shall it be), and We will wed them with Houris pure, beautiful ones.
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;
They shall call therein for every fruit in security;
يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ آمِنِينَ
Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire, -
They shall not taste therein death except the first death, and He will save them from the punishment of the hell,
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا الْمَوْتَ إِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَاهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ
As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!
A grace from your Lord; this is the great achievement.
فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed.
So have We made it easy in your tongue that they may be mindful.
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَاهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.
Therefore wait; surely they are waiting.
فَارْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ