| | John Medows Rodwell rendition of Surah Smoke, The Evident Smoke(ad-Dukhan)
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| 44:1 | | Ha. Mim |
| 44:2 | | By this clear Book |
| 44:3 | | See! on a blessed night have we sent it down, for we would warn mankind |
| 44:4 | | On the night wherein all things are disposed in wisdom |
| 44:5 | | By virtue of our behest. Lo! we have ever sent forth Apostles |
| 44:6 | | A mercy from thy Lord: he truly heareth and knoweth all things |
| 44:7 | | Lord of the Heavens and of the Earth and of all that is between them, - if ye be firm in faith |
| 44:8 | | There is no God but He! - He maketh alive and killeth! - Your Lord and the Lord of your sires of old |
| 44:9 | | Yet with doubts do they disport them |
| 44:10 | | But mark them on the day when the Heaven shall give out a palpable SMOKE |
| 44:11 | | Which shall enshroud mankind: this will be an afflictive torment |
| 44:12 | | They will cry, "Our Lord! relieve us from this torment: see! we are believers." |
| 44:13 | | But how did warning avail them, when an undoubted apostle had come to them |
| 44:14 | | And they turned their backs on him, and said, "Taught by others, possessed?" |
| 44:15 | | Were we to relieve you from the plague even a little, ye would certainly relapse |
| 44:16 | | On the day when we shall fiercely put forth our great fierceness, we will surely take vengeance on them |
| 44:17 | | Of old, before their time, had we proved the people of Pharaoh, when a noble apostle presented himself to them |
| 44:18 | | "Send away with me," cried he, "the servants of God; for I am an apostle worthy of all credit |
| 44:19 | | And exalt not yourselves against God, for I come to you with undoubted power |
| 44:20 | | And I take refuge with Him who is my Lord and your Lord, that ye stone me not |
| 44:21 | | And if ye believe me not, at least separate yourselves from me." |
| 44:22 | | And he cried to his Lord, "That these are a wicked people." |
| 44:23 | | "March forth then, said God, with my servants by night, for ye will be pursued |
| 44:24 | | And leave behind you the cleft sea: they are a drowned host." |
| 44:25 | | How many a garden and fountain did they quit |
| 44:26 | | And corn fields and noble dwellings |
| 44:27 | | And pleasures in which they rejoiced them |
| 44:28 | | So was it: and we gave them as a heritage to another people |
| 44:29 | | Nor Heaven nor Earth wept for them, nor was their sentence respited |
| 44:30 | | And we rescued the children of Israel from a degrading affliction |
| 44:31 | | From Pharaoh, for he was haughty, given to excess |
| 44:32 | | And we chose them, in our prescience, above all peoples |
| 44:33 | | And we shewed them miracles wherein was their clear trial |
| 44:34 | | Yet these infidels say |
| 44:35 | | "There is but our first death, neither shall we be raised again |
| 44:36 | | Bring back our sires, if ye be men of truth." |
| 44:37 | | Are they better than the people of Tobba, And those who flourished before them whom we destroyed for their evil deeds |
| 44:38 | | We have not created the Heavens and the Earth and whatever is between them in sport |
| 44:39 | | We have not created them but for a serious end: but the greater part of them understand it not |
| 44:40 | | Verily the day of severing shall be the appointed time of all |
| 44:41 | | A day when the master shall not at all be aided by the servant, neither shall they be helped |
| 44:42 | | Save those on whom God shall have mercy: for He is the mighty, the merciful |
| 44:43 | | Verily the tree of Ez-Zakkou |
| 44:44 | | Shall be the sinner's food |
| 44:45 | | Like dregs of oil shall it boil up in their bellies |
| 44:46 | | Like the boiling of scalding water |
| 44:47 | | "Seize ye him, and drag him into the mid-fire |
| 44:48 | | Then pour on his head of the tormenting boiling water |
| 44:49 | | - 'Taste this:' for thou forsooth art the mighty, the honourable |
| 44:50 | | Lo! this is that of which ye doubted." |
| 44:51 | | But the pious shall be in a secure place |
| 44:52 | | Amid gardens and fountains |
| 44:53 | | Clothed in silk and richest robes, facing one another |
| 44:54 | | Thus shall it be: and we will wed them to the virgins with large dark eyes |
| 44:55 | | Therein shall they call, secure, for every kind of fruit |
| 44:56 | | Therein, their first death passed, shall they taste death no more; and He shall keep them from the pains of Hell: |
| 44:57 | | 'Tis the gracious bounty of thy Lord! This is the great felicity |
| 44:58 | | We have made this Koran easy for thee in thine own tongue, that they may take the warning |
| 44:59 | | Therefore wait thou, for they are waiting |
