44. Ad-Dukhaan

1 Ha. Mim

2 By the Scripture that maketh plain

3 Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning

4 Whereon every wise command is made clear

5 As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending

6 A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower

7 Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure

8 There is no Allah save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers

9 Nay, but they play in doubt

10 But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke

11 That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment

12 (Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers

13 How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them

14 And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman

15 Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief)

16 On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish

17 And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger

18 Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you

19 And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant

20 And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death

21 And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go

22 And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk

23 Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed

24 And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host

25 How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind

26 And the cornlands and the goodly sites

27 And pleasant things wherein they took delight

28 Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk

29 And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved

30 And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom

31 (We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones

32 And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures

33 And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial

34 Lo! these, forsooth, are saying

35 There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again

36 Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth

37 Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty

38 And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play

39 We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not

40 Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them

41 A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped

42 Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful

43 Lo! the tree of Zaqqum

44 The food of the sinner

45 Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies

46 As the seething of boiling water

47 (And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell

48 Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water

49 (Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble

50 Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt

51 Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured

52 Amid gardens and watersprings

53 Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another

54 Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes

55 They call therein for every fruit in safety

56 They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell

57 A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph

58 And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed

59 Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting