IslamAwakened.com Qur'an Tafsir of Surah ad-Dukhan - Smoke, The Evident Smoke as rendered by
N J Dawood (2014)
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ῌā‘ mīm
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By the veritable Book
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We revealed it¹ on a blessed night, intending to give warning
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on a night when every wise commandment was expounde
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as a commandment from Ourself
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We it was who sent it down as a blessing from your Lord: surely He it is who hears all and knows all
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the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them. Mark this, if you are true believers
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There is no god but Him. He ordains life and death; He is your God, and the God of your forefathers
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Yet they divert themselves with doubts
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Watch for the day when the sky will pour down palpable smoke
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enveloping mankind: a woeful scourge
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Then will they say: ‘Lord, lift the scourge from us. We are now believers.&lsquo
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But how will their remembrance help them, when a true apostle did come to the
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and they denied him, and said: ‘A well taught madman!&lsquo
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Yet if We but slightly ease your torment, you will return to unbelief
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On the day We bring down the supreme scourge. We will surely be avenged
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Before them, We tested Pharaoh‘s people. A gracious apostle had come to them
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saying: ‘Hand over to me God‘s servants. I am an honest emissary
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And do not hold yourselves above God. I bring you clear authority
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I adjure you by Him who is my Lord and your Lord not to stone me
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If you have no faith in me, leave me well alone.&lsquo
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Then he cried out to his Lord, saying: ‘Surely these are a sinful people.&lsquo
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Set forth with My servants in the night, for you will be pursued
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Leave the sea at rest behind you. They are warriors doomed to be drowned.&lsquo
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How many gardens and fountains they left behind them
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Cornfields, and noble palaces
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and good things in which they took delight
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All this We gave to others to inherit
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Neither heaven nor earth shed tears for them; nor were they reprieved
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We saved the Israelites from the degrading scourge
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from Pharaoh, who surely was a tyrant and a transgressor
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and chose them knowingly above the nations
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We showed them such miracles as manifestly tested them
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Yet there are those who say
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We shall die but one death, nor shall we ever be raised to life again
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Bring back to us our forefathers, if what you say be true.&lsquo
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Are they better than the people of Tubba‘¹ and those who thrived before them? We destroyed them all, for they too were wicked men
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It was not in jest that We created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them.
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We created them both only to reveal the Truth. But of this the larger part of them have no knowledge
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The Day of Judgement is the appointed time for them all
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On that day no friend shall help a friend; none shall be helpe
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save those to whom God shows mercy. He is the Mighty One, the Compassionate
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The Zaqqūm tre
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shall provide the sinner‘s food
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Like dregs of oil
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like scalding water, it shall simmer in his belly
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Seize him and drag him into the depths of Hell
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Then pour out the scourge of scalding water over his head:
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"Taste this, you illustrious and honourable man
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This is the very fate you always doubted."&lsquo
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Surely the righteous shall be lodged in a mansion secur
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amid gardens and fountains face to face
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arrayed in rich silks and fine brocade
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Even thus; and We shall wed them to dark-eyed houris
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Secure against all ills, they shall call for every kind of fruit
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and, having died once, they shall never die again. Your Lord will in His mercy shield them from the scourge of Hell
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That will be the supreme triumph
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We have made it easy in your own tongue, that they may remember
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Wait, then; they too are waiting
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