| | Linda “iLHam” Barto rendition of Surah Smoke, The Evident Smoke(ad-Dukhan)
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| 44:1 | | Ha. Meem. |
| 44:2 | | Consider the enlightening Book. |
| 44:3 | | We bestowed it during a blessed night for We wanted to forewarn. |
| 44:4 | | Within it, every aspect of wisdom is distinguished. |
| 44:5 | | [It is so] by command from Us, for We grant,… |
| 44:6 | | …as a mercy from your Lord. He truly is the All-hearing, the All-knowing. |
| 44:7 | | [He is] the Lord of Heavens and Earth and all among them. If only you were certain! |
| 44:8 | | No god is there except Him! He gives life, and He gives death –the Lord of you and your earliest ancestors. |
| 44:9 | | Yet, they flit in doubt. |
| 44:10 | | Watch for the day when the sky will erupt in thick smoke. |
| 44:11 | | [The smoke will be] enveloping the people. This will be a wretched penalty! |
| 44:12 | | “Our Lord, remove the penalty from us, for now we really do believe!” |
| 44:13 | | How shall the message solidify for them, seeing that a message clearly explaining had come to them? |
| 44:14 | | Yet they turned away from him and said, “He’s been coached! He’s possessed!” |
| 44:15 | | We shall indeed withdraw the penalty for a while, but truly you [sinners] will lapse [back to your wicked ways]. |
| 44:16 | | One day We will seize you with a mighty onslaught. We will indeed exact retribution. |
| 44:17 | | Before them, We tried the people of Pharaoh. An honorable messenger came to them. |
| 44:18 | | [He was] saying, “Restore to me the servants of Allah. I am for you a trustworthy messenger. |
| 44:19 | | Do not be arrogant against Allah. I come to you with evident authority. |
| 44:20 | | Indeed, I have sought refuge, with my Lord and your Lord, so you will not stone me. |
| 44:21 | | If you do not believe in me, separate yourselves from me.” |
| 44:22 | | [After their aggression], he cried to his Lord, “These people are lost sinners.” |
| 44:23 | | [Allah’s orders:] “March forth with My servants by night, for you will certainly be pursued. |
| 44:24 | | Leave the sea as a furrow, for they [Pharaoh’s army] are a host to be drowned.” |
| 44:25 | | They left behind many gardens and springs. |
| 44:26 | | [They left behind] cornfields and splendid buildings. |
| 44:27 | | [They left behind] luxuries that made them happy. |
| 44:28 | | That’s the way it was. We made other people inheritors [of what they left behind]. |
| 44:29 | | Neither Heaven nor Earth shed a tear for them. They were given no respite. |
| 44:30 | | We delivered the Children of Israel from humiliating suffering. |
| 44:31 | | [The suffering] was inflicted by Pharaoh for he was arrogant among the sinners. |
| 44:32 | | We chose (the Children of Israel), with knowledge, above all other nations. |
| 44:33 | | [We] granted them signs in which there was evident trial. |
| 44:34 | | As for these [Quraysh], they say this:… |
| 44:35 | | …“There is only our first death, and we will not be raised again. |
| 44:36 | | “Return our ancestors if what you say is true.” |
| 44:37 | | Are they any better than the people of Tubba and those who came before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin. |
| 44:38 | | We did not create the skies and Earth and all among them merely for sport. |
| 44:39 | | We did not create them for anything except a purpose. Most of them do not understand. |
| 44:40 | | Truly, the day of distinction is the time appointed for all of them. |
| 44:41 | | [It is] the day when no friend can avail his/her friend at all. They can receive no help. |
| 44:42 | | The exception is those who receive Allah’s mercy. Truly, He is the Victorious, the Most Merciful. |
| 44:43 | | Truly, the Tree of Bitterness… |
| 44:44 | | …will be the food of the sinners. |
| 44:45 | | [It will be] like molten brass. It will boil in their bellies. |
| 44:46 | | [It will be] like the boiling of scalding water. |
| 44:47 | | “Seize him/her. Drag him/her into the midst of the blazing fire. |
| 44:48 | | Pour over his/her head the torment of boiling water. |
| 44:49 | | “Taste! Truly, you were high and mighty! |
| 44:50 | | “Truly, this [Hell] is what you used to doubt.” |
| 44:51 | | The righteous will be in a position of security. |
| 44:52 | | [They will be] among gardens and springs. |
| 44:53 | | [They will be] dressed in fine silk and rich brocade. They will face each other. |
| 44:54 | | Thus shall it be. We shall join them to companions with beautiful, wide, lustrous eyes. |
| 44:55 | | There they can ask for every kind of fruit, in security. |
| 44:56 | | They will never taste death, except the initial death. He will save them from the penalty of Hell. |
| 44:57 | | [That will be] a grace from your Lord. That will be the ultimate achievement! |
| 44:58 | | Truly, We have made this [Qur’an] easy in your tongue so that they may pay attention. |
| 44:59 | | Wait and watch. They also are waiting. |
