| | Ahmed Ali rendition of Surah Smoke, The Evident Smoke(ad-Dukhan)
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| 44:1 | | HA MIM |
| 44:2 | | The perspicuous Book is witnes |
| 44:3 | | (That) We sent it down one night of blessing -- so that We could warn - |
| 44:4 | | On which all affairs are sorted out and decide |
| 44:5 | | As commands from Us. It is indeed We who send (messengers) |
| 44:6 | | A mercy from your Lord. Verily He is all-hearing and all-knowing |
| 44:7 | | The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, if you really do believe |
| 44:8 | | There is no god other than He, who gives you life and death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old |
| 44:9 | | Yet they are lost in doubt and play |
| 44:10 | | So watch for the day when the sky begins to emit clear smoke |
| 44:11 | | Which would envelope mankind. That would be a grievous affliction |
| 44:12 | | "O Lord, take away this torment from us," (they will pray); "we have come to believe." |
| 44:13 | | How can a warning benefit them? The Apostle who explained all things clearly had come to them |
| 44:14 | | But they turned away from him, and said: "He is well-instructed, (but) possessed." |
| 44:15 | | If We remove the torment a little, you revert back (to misdeeds) |
| 44:16 | | The day that We shall seize them with a grievous hold, We will indeed castigate them |
| 44:17 | | We had tried the people of Pharaoh before them. A respected prophet had come to them (saying) |
| 44:18 | | "Deliver the creatures of God to me. I am the trusted messenger sent to you |
| 44:19 | | Do not think yourselves to be above God: I have come to you with clear authority |
| 44:20 | | I have taken refuge in my Lord and your Lord against your stoning me to death |
| 44:21 | | If you do not believe in me, leave me alone." |
| 44:22 | | Then he called to his Lord: "These are a sinful people." |
| 44:23 | | "Journey by night with My devotees," (it was said); "you will certainly be pursued |
| 44:24 | | (Cross and) leave the sea undisturbed. The (pursuing) hosts will surely be drowned," |
| 44:25 | | How many gardens and fountains did they leave behind |
| 44:26 | | And fields and stately mansions |
| 44:27 | | And the comfort they enjoyed |
| 44:28 | | Thus it was; and We passed them on to another people |
| 44:29 | | Neither did the heavens weep for them, nor the earth, nor were they granted respite |
| 44:30 | | So We saved the children of Israel from degrading sufferin |
| 44:31 | | They (had experienced) under the Pharaoh. He was certainly a tyrant, guilty of excess |
| 44:32 | | And We exalted them over the other people knowingly |
| 44:33 | | And sent them tokens to bring out the best in them |
| 44:34 | | Even then they say |
| 44:35 | | "There is no dying for us but once; and we shall not be raised again |
| 44:36 | | So bring our ancestors back, if you are truthful." |
| 44:37 | | Are they better than the people of Tubba, and those who had lived before them, whom We destroyed as they were sinners |
| 44:38 | | We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, out of play |
| 44:39 | | We created them with definite purpose; but most of them do not understand |
| 44:40 | | The Day of Judgement is your promised day of meeting |
| 44:41 | | The day when friend will help no friend in the least, nor will they be helped |
| 44:42 | | Apart from those to whom God is kind. He is all-mighty and all-merciful |
| 44:43 | | The tree of Zaqqum will indeed b |
| 44:44 | | The food of sinners |
| 44:45 | | It is like pitch. It will fume in the bell |
| 44:46 | | As does boiling water |
| 44:47 | | "Seize him and drag him into the depths of Hell," (it will be said) |
| 44:48 | | "Then pour over his head the torment of scalding water." |
| 44:49 | | "Taste it," (they will be told). "You were indeed the mighty and noble |
| 44:50 | | This is certainly what you had denied." |
| 44:51 | | Surely those who fear and follow the straight path will be in a place of peace and securit |
| 44:52 | | In the midst of gardens and of springs |
| 44:53 | | Dressed in brocade and shot silk, facing one another |
| 44:54 | | Just like that. We shall pair them with companions with large black eyes |
| 44:55 | | They will call for every kind of fruit with satisfaction |
| 44:56 | | There they will not know any death apart from the first death they had died, and will be kept safe from the torment of Hel |
| 44:57 | | By the beneficence of your Lord. This will be the great success |
| 44:58 | | Therefore We have made this (Qur'an) easy in your tongue. They may haply take a warning |
| 44:59 | | So you wait. They are also waiting |
