| | Rashad Khalifa rendition of Surah Smoke, The Evident Smoke(ad-Dukhan)
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| 44:1 | | H. M. |
| 44:2 | | And this enlightening scripture. |
| 44:3 | | We have sent it down in a blessed night, for we are to warn. |
| 44:4 | | In it (the scripture), every matter of wisdom is clarified. |
| 44:5 | | It is a predetermined command from us that we send messengers. |
| 44:6 | | This is a mercy from your Lord. He is the Hearer, the Omniscient. |
| 44:7 | | Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them. If only you could be certain! |
| 44:8 | | There is no other god beside Him. He controls life and death; your Lord and the Lord of your ancestors. |
| 44:9 | | Indeed, they are doubtful, heedless. |
| 44:10 | | Therefore, watch for the day when the sky brings a profound smoke. |
| 44:11 | | It will envelope the people; this is a painful retribution. |
| 44:12 | | "Our Lord, relieve this retribution for us; we are believers." |
| 44:13 | | Now that it is too late, they remember! An enlightening messenger had come to them. |
| 44:14 | | But they turned away from him, saying, "Well educated, but crazy!" |
| 44:15 | | We will relieve the retribution for awhile; you will soon revert. |
| 44:16 | | The day we strike the big stroke, we will avenge. |
| 44:17 | | We have tested before them the people of Pharaoh; an honorable messenger went to them. |
| 44:18 | | Proclaiming: "Listen to me, servants of GOD. I am an honest messenger to you." |
| 44:19 | | And, "Do not transgress against GOD. I bring to you powerful proofs. |
| 44:20 | | "I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord, if you oppose me. |
| 44:21 | | "If you do not wish to believe, then simply leave me alone." |
| 44:22 | | Subsequently, he implored his Lord: "These are wicked people." |
| 44:23 | | (God said,) "Travel with My servants during the night; you will be pursued. |
| 44:24 | | "Cross the sea quickly; their troops will be drowned." |
| 44:25 | | Thus, they left behind many gardens and springs. |
| 44:26 | | Crops and a luxurious life. |
| 44:27 | | Blessings that they enjoyed. |
| 44:28 | | All these we caused to be inherited by other people. |
| 44:29 | | Neither the heaven, nor the earth wept over them, and they were not respited. |
| 44:30 | | Meanwhile, we saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating persecution. |
| 44:31 | | From Pharaoh; he was a tyrant. |
| 44:32 | | We have chosen them from among all the people, knowingly. |
| 44:33 | | We showed them so many proofs, which constituted a great test. |
| 44:34 | | The present generations say, |
| 44:35 | | "We only die the first death; we will never be resurrected! |
| 44:36 | | "Bring back our forefathers, if you are truthful." |
| 44:37 | | Are they better than the people of Tubba` and others before them? We annihilated them for their crimes. |
| 44:38 | | We did not create the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, just to play. |
| 44:39 | | We created them for a specific purpose, but most of them do not know. |
| 44:40 | | The Day of Decision awaits them all. |
| 44:41 | | That is the day when no friend can help his friend in any way; no one can be helped. |
| 44:42 | | Only those who attain mercy from GOD. He is the Almighty, Most Merciful. |
| 44:43 | | Surely, the tree of bitterness - |
| 44:44 | | will provide the food for the sinful. |
| 44:45 | | Like lye, it will boil in the stomachs. |
| 44:46 | | Like the boiling of hellish drinks. |
| 44:47 | | Take him and throw him into the center of Hell. |
| 44:48 | | Then pour upon his head the retribution of the Inferno. |
| 44:49 | | "Taste this; you were so powerful, so honorable." |
| 44:50 | | This is what you used to doubt. |
| 44:51 | | The righteous will be in a secure position. |
| 44:52 | | Enjoying gardens and springs. |
| 44:53 | | Wearing velvet and satin; close to each other. |
| 44:54 | | We grant them wonderful spouses. |
| 44:55 | | They enjoy in it all kinds of fruits, in perfect peace. |
| 44:56 | | They do not taste death therein - beyond the first death - and He has spared them the retribution of Hell. |
| 44:57 | | Such is the blessing from your Lord. Such is the great triumph. |
| 44:58 | | We have thus clarified it in your language, that they may take heed. |
| 44:59 | | Therefore, wait; they too will have to wait |
