| | Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) rendition of Surah Smoke, The Evident Smoke(ad-Dukhan)
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| 44:1 | | Ha-Mim |
| 44:2 | | By the Book that makes things clear; |
| 44:3 | | We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil) |
| 44:4 | | In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom |
| 44:5 | | By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send (revelations) |
| 44:6 | | As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things) |
| 44:7 | | The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if ye (but) have an assured faith |
| 44:8 | | There is no god but He: It is He Who gives life and gives death,- The Lord and Cherisher to you and your earliest ancestors |
| 44:9 | | Yet they play about in doubt |
| 44:10 | | Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible |
| 44:11 | | Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous |
| 44:12 | | (They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us, for we do really believe!" |
| 44:13 | | How shall the message be (effectual) for them, seeing that an Messenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them, |
| 44:14 | | Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!" |
| 44:15 | | We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while, (but) truly ye will revert (to your ways) |
| 44:16 | | One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed (then) exact Retribution |
| 44:17 | | We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable |
| 44:18 | | Saying: "Restore to me the Servants of Allah: I am to you an messenger worthy of all trust |
| 44:19 | | "And be not arrogant as against Allah: for I come to you with authority manifest |
| 44:20 | | "For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me |
| 44:21 | | "If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me." |
| 44:22 | | (But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin." |
| 44:23 | | (The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued |
| 44:24 | | "And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned." |
| 44:25 | | How many were the gardens and springs they left behind |
| 44:26 | | And corn-fields and noble buildings |
| 44:27 | | And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight |
| 44:28 | | Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things) |
| 44:29 | | And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again) |
| 44:30 | | We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment |
| 44:31 | | Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors |
| 44:32 | | And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly |
| 44:33 | | And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest tria |
| 44:34 | | As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth |
| 44:35 | | "There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again |
| 44:36 | | "Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!" |
| 44:37 | | What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin |
| 44:38 | | We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport |
| 44:39 | | We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand |
| 44:40 | | Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them, |
| 44:41 | | The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive |
| 44:42 | | Except such as receive Allah's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful |
| 44:43 | | Verily the tree of Zaqqu |
| 44:44 | | Will be the food of the Sinful, |
| 44:45 | | Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides |
| 44:46 | | Like the boiling of scalding water |
| 44:47 | | (A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire |
| 44:48 | | "Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water |
| 44:49 | | "Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour |
| 44:50 | | "Truly this is what ye used to doubt!" |
| 44:51 | | As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security |
| 44:52 | | Among Gardens and Springs |
| 44:53 | | Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other |
| 44:54 | | So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes |
| 44:55 | | There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security |
| 44:56 | | Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire, |
| 44:57 | | As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement |
| 44:58 | | Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed |
| 44:59 | | So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting |
