| | Maududi rendition of Surah Smoke, The Evident Smoke(ad-Dukhan)
--- |
|---|
| 44:1 | | Ha´. Mim |
| 44:2 | | By the Clear Book |
| 44:3 | | We revealed it on a Blessed Night, for We were intent on warning |
| 44:4 | | (We revealed it on the Night) wherein every matter is wisely determine |
| 44:5 | | by Our command. Verily, We were set to send a Messenge |
| 44:6 | | as a Mercy from your Lord. Surely He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing |
| 44:7 | | the Lord of the heavens and the earth and of all that is between them: if you would only have sure faith |
| 44:8 | | There is no god but He: He gives life and causes death. He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers of yore |
| 44:9 | | (But the fact is, they lack certainty) and frolic about in doubt |
| 44:10 | | So watch for the Day when the sky will come down with a pall of smoke |
| 44:11 | | enveloping people. That will be a grievous scourge |
| 44:12 | | (People will then say): "Our Lord, remove this scourge from us; we shall believe." |
| 44:13 | | But how will they take heed? Such are they that a Messenger came to them clearly expounding the Truth |
| 44:14 | | yet they turned away from him and said: "This is a well-tutored madman." |
| 44:15 | | Yet We will hold the scourge back for a while, (but no sooner than We will do so) you will revert to your old ways |
| 44:16 | | The Day when We shall seize them with a mighty seizing, that will be the Day on which We shall inflict upon you full retribution |
| 44:17 | | Indeed before that We subjected the Pharaonites to the same test. A noble Messenger came to the |
| 44:18 | | (and said): "Deliver to me Allah´s servants. I am a trustworthy Messenger to you |
| 44:19 | | and do not exalt yourselves in defiance of Allah. I have come to you with a clear authority (as a Messenger) |
| 44:20 | | I have taken refuge with my Lord and your Lord lest you should attack me with stones |
| 44:21 | | But if you do not believe what I say, leave me alone (and desist from laying hands on me)." |
| 44:22 | | Then he called upon his Lord: "These are a criminal people." |
| 44:23 | | (He was told): "Set out with My servants by night for you will certainly be pursued |
| 44:24 | | And leave the sea behind you as calm as ever. Surely they are an army that is doomed to be drowned." |
| 44:25 | | How many gardens did they leave behind, and how many fountain |
| 44:26 | | and sown fields and splendid mansions |
| 44:27 | | and the life of ease in which they took delight |
| 44:28 | | Thus it was; and We made another people inherit all that |
| 44:29 | | Then neither the sky shed tears over them nor the earth. They were granted no respite |
| 44:30 | | Thus did We deliver the Children of Israel from the humiliating chastisement |
| 44:31 | | from Pharaoh who was most prominent among the prodigals |
| 44:32 | | We knowingly exalted them (i.e., the Children of Israel) above other peoples of the worl |
| 44:33 | | and bestowed upon them the Signs wherein lay an evident test for them |
| 44:34 | | Indeed these people say |
| 44:35 | | "This is our first and only death, and we shall never be raised again |
| 44:36 | | Bring back to us our fathers if you are truthful." |
| 44:37 | | Are these better or the people of Tubba and those who went before them? We destroyed them for they were a criminal people |
| 44:38 | | It was not in idle sport that We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them |
| 44:39 | | We did not create them except in Truth. But most of them do not know |
| 44:40 | | The Day of Final Decision is the appointed time for all |
| 44:41 | | the Day when a friend shall be of no avail to his friend nor shall they be helped |
| 44:42 | | except those to whom Allah shows mercy. He is the Most Mighty, the Most Compassionate |
| 44:43 | | The tree of al-Zaqqu |
| 44:44 | | shall be the food of the sinful |
| 44:45 | | Like dregs of oil, it will boil in their bellie |
| 44:46 | | like boiling water |
| 44:47 | | "Seize him and drag him to the middle of the Blazing Fire |
| 44:48 | | then pour boiling water over his head as chastisement |
| 44:49 | | Taste this, you are a person mighty and noble |
| 44:50 | | This is what you used to doubt." |
| 44:51 | | Verily the God-fearing shall be in a secure plac |
| 44:52 | | amidst gardens and springs |
| 44:53 | | Attired in silk and brocade, they shall be arrayed face to face |
| 44:54 | | Thus shall it be: and We shall espouse them to fair, wide-eyed maidens |
| 44:55 | | While resting in security, they shall call for all kinds of fruit |
| 44:56 | | They shall not taste death except the death in this world. And Allah will save them from the chastisement of Hel |
| 44:57 | | as a favour from your Lord. That is the great triumph |
| 44:58 | | (O Prophet), We have made this Book easy in your tongue so that they may take heed |
| 44:59 | | Wait, then; they too are waiting |
