| | Arthur John Arberry rendition of Surah Smoke, The Evident Smoke(ad-Dukhan)
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| 44:1 | | Ha Mi |
| 44:2 | | By the Clear Book |
| 44:3 | | We have sent it down in a blessed night (We are ever warning |
| 44:4 | | therein every wise biddin |
| 44:5 | | determined as a bidding from Us, (We are ever sending |
| 44:6 | | as a mercy from thy Lord (surely He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing |
| 44:7 | | Lord of the heavens and earth, and all that between them is if you have faith |
| 44:8 | | There is no god but He; He gives life and makes to die; your Lord and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients |
| 44:9 | | Nay, but they are in doubt, playing |
| 44:10 | | So be on the watch for a day when heaven shall bring a manifest smok |
| 44:11 | | covering the people; this is a painful chastisement |
| 44:12 | | 'O our Lord, remove Thou from us the chastisement; we are believers. |
| 44:13 | | How should they have the Reminder, seeing a clear Messenger already came to them |
| 44:14 | | then they turned away from him and said, 'A man tutored, possessed! |
| 44:15 | | 'Behold, We are removing the chastisement a little; behold, you revert! |
| 44:16 | | Upon the day when We shall assault most mightily, then We shall take Our vengeance |
| 44:17 | | Already before them We tried the people of Pharaoh, and a noble Messenger came unto them |
| 44:18 | | saying, 'Deliver to me God's servants; I am for you a faithful Messenger |
| 44:19 | | and, 'Rise not up against God; behold, I come to you with a clear authority |
| 44:20 | | and I take refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you should stone me |
| 44:21 | | 'But if so be that you believe me not, go you apart from me! |
| 44:22 | | And he called to his Lord, saying, 'These are a sinful people. |
| 44:23 | | 'Then set thou forth with My servants in a watch of the night; surely you will be followed |
| 44:24 | | And leave the sea becalmed; they are a drowned host. |
| 44:25 | | They left how many gardens and fountains |
| 44:26 | | sown fields, and how noble a station |
| 44:27 | | and what prosperity they had rejoiced in |
| 44:28 | | Even so; and We bequeathed them upon another people |
| 44:29 | | Neither heaven nor earth wept for them, nor were they respited |
| 44:30 | | and We delivered the Children of Israel from the humbling chastisement |
| 44:31 | | from Pharaoh; surely he was a high One, of the prodigals |
| 44:32 | | and We chose them, out of a knowledge, above all beings |
| 44:33 | | and gave them signs wherein there was a manifest trial |
| 44:34 | | These men do say |
| 44:35 | | 'There is nothing but our first death; we shall not be revived |
| 44:36 | | Bring us our fathers, if you speak truly! |
| 44:37 | | Are they better, or the people of Tubba' and those before them whom We destroyed? They were surely sinners |
| 44:38 | | We created not the heavens and earth, and all that between them is, in play |
| 44:39 | | We created them not save in truth; but most of them know it not |
| 44:40 | | Surely the Day of Decision shall be their appointed time, all together |
| 44:41 | | the day a master shall avail nothing a client, and they shall not be helped |
| 44:42 | | save him upon whom God has mercy; He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate |
| 44:43 | | Lo, the Tree of Ez-Zakkou |
| 44:44 | | is the food of the guilty |
| 44:45 | | like molten copper, bubbling in the bell |
| 44:46 | | as boiling water bubbles |
| 44:47 | | 'Take him, and thrust him into the midst of Hell |
| 44:48 | | then pour over his head the chastisement of boiling water! |
| 44:49 | | 'Taste! Surely thou art the mighty, the noble |
| 44:50 | | This is that concerning which you were doubting. |
| 44:51 | | Surely the godfearing shall be in a station secur |
| 44:52 | | among gardens and fountains |
| 44:53 | | robed in silk and brocade, set face to face |
| 44:54 | | Even so; and We shall espouse them to wide-eyed houris |
| 44:55 | | therein calling for every fruit, secure |
| 44:56 | | They shall not taste therein of death, save the first death, And He shall guard them against the chastisement of Hell - |
| 44:57 | | a bounty from thy Lord; that is the mighty triumph |
| 44:58 | | Now We have made it easy by thy tongue, that haply they may remember |
| 44:59 | | So be on the watch; they too are on the watch |
