Qur'an

iconSura - 44 The Evident Smoke

1Ha. Mim.
2By the Scripture that maketh plain
3Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -
4Whereon every wise command is made clear
5As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -
6A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,
7Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure.
8There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.
9Nay, but they play in doubt.
10But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke
11That 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.
13How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them,
14And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman ?
15Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).
16On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.
17And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,
18Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.
19And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.
20And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.
21And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.
22And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.
23Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed,
24And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.
25How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,
26And the cornlands and the goodly sites
27And pleasant things wherein they took delight!
28Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;
29And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.
30And 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.
32And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.
33And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.
34Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:
35There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
36Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!
37Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them ? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
38And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.
39We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.
40Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,
41A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,
42Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
43Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,
44The food of the sinner!
45Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies
46As the seething of boiling water.
47(And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,
48Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.
49(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!
50Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.
51Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.
52Amid gardens and watersprings,
53Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.
54Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
55They call therein for every fruit in safety.
56They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell,
57A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.
58And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.
59Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.