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Surah
Al Dukhan
(The Smoke)
1.
Hā-Mīm.
[These letters are one of the miracles of the
Qur'ān and none but Allāh (Alone) knows their meanings].
2.
By
the manifest Book
(this Qur'ān)
that makes things clear,
3.
We
sent it
(this Qur'ān)
down on a blessed night
[(i.e. night of
Qadr, Sūrah No: 97) in the month of Ramadān,, the 9th month
of the Islāmic calendar].
Verily, We are ever warning
[mankind that
Our Torment will reach those who disbelieve in Our Oneness of Lordship and in
Our Oneness of worship].
4.
Therein
(that night)
is decreed every matter of ordainments .
5.
Amran
(i.e. a Command or this Qur'an or the Decree of every
matter) from
Us.
Verily, We are ever sending
(the Messengers),
6.
(As)
a Mercy from your Lord.
Verily! He is
the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.
7.
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if you
(but)
have a faith with certainty.
8.
Lā ilaha illa Huwa
(none has the right to be worshipped but He).
It is He Who
gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fore-fathers.
9.
Nay! They play in doubt.
10.
Then wait you for the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke.
11.
Covering the people,
this is a painful torment.
12.
(They will say):
"Our Lord!
Remove the
torment from us, really we shall become believers!"
13.
How can there be for them an admonition
(at the time when the torment has reached them),
when a Messenger explaining things clearly has already come to them.
14.
Then they had turned away from him
(Messenger
Muhammad) and
said:
"One
(Muhammad) taught
(by a human being), a madman!"
15.
Verily, We shall remove the torment for a while.
Verily! You will revert.
16.
On
the Day when We shall seize you with the greatest grasp. Verily, We will exact
retribution.
17.
And indeed We tried before them
Fir'aun's
(Pharaoh)
people, when there came to them a noble Messenger
[i.e. Mūsa (Moses)],
18.
Saying:
"Restore to me the slaves of Allāh
(i.e. the Children of Israel).
Verily! I am to
you a Messenger worthy of all trust,
19.
"And exalt not
(yourselves)
against Allāh.
Truly, I have
come to you with a manifest authority.
20.
"And truly, I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me
(or call me a
sorcerer or kill me).
21.
"But if you believe me not, then keep away from me and leave me alone."
22.
(But they were
aggressive),
so he
[Mūsa
(Moses)]
called upon his Lord
(saying):
"These are indeed the people who are
Mujrimūn
(disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals, etc.)."
23.
(Allāh said):
"Depart you
with My slaves by night.
Surely, you
will be pursued.
24.
"And leave the sea as it is
(quiet and divided).
Verily, They
are a host to be drowned."
25.
How many of gardens and springs do they
[Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) people]
left.
26.
And green crops
(fields etc.)
and goodly places,
27.
And comforts of life wherein they used to take delight!
28.
Thus
(it
was)!
And We
made other people inherit them
(i.e. We made the Children of Israel to inherit the kingdom of
Egypt).
29.
And the heavens and the earth wept not for them , nor were they given a respite.
30.
And indeed We saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment,
31.
From
Fir'aun
(Pharaoh);
Verily! He was arrogant and was of the Musrifūn
(those who transgress beyond bound in spending and other things and commit great
sins).
32.
And We chose them
(the Children of
Israel) above
the
'Alamīn
(mankind, and jinns)
[during
the time of Mūsa (Moses)]
with knowledge,
33.
And granted them signs in which there was a plain trial.
34.
Verily, these
(Quraish) people are saying:
35.
"There is nothing but our first death, and we shall not be resurrected.
36.
"Then bring back our fore-fathers, if you speak the truth!"
37.
Are they better or the people of
Tubba'
and those before them?
We destroyed them because they were indeed
Mujrimūn
(disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals, etc.).
38.
And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, for
mere play,
39.
We
created them not except with truth
(i.e. to examine and test those who are obedient and those who
are disobedient and then reward the obedient ones and punish the disobedient
ones),
but most of them know not.
40.
Verily, the Day of Judgement
(when Allāh will
judge between the creatures) is the time appointed for all of them,
41.
The Day when
Maulan
(a near relative) cannot avail
Maulan
(a near
relative) in
aught, and no help can they receive,
42.
Except him on whom Allāh has Mercy.
Verily, He is the
All-Mighty, the Most Merciful.
43.
Verily, the tree of
Zaqqūm,
44.
Will be the food of the sinners,
45.
Like boiling oil, it will boil in the bellies,
46.
Like the boiling of scalding water.
47.
(It will be
said)
"Seize him and drag him into the midst of blazing Fire,
48.
"Then pour over his head the torment of boiling water,
49.
"Taste you
(this)!
Verily, you were
(pretending to be)
the mighty, the generous!
50.
"Verily! This is that whereof you used to doubt!"
51.
Verily! The
Muttaqūn
(pious - see V.2:2), will be in place of Security
(Paradise).
52.
Among Gardens and Springs;
53.
Dressed in fine silk and
(also)
in thick silk, facing each other,
54.
So
(it will be),
and We shall marry
them to Houris
(female fair ones)
with wide, lovely eyes.
55.
They will call therein for every kind of fruit in peace and security;
56.
They will never taste death therein except the first death
(of this world), and He will save them from the torment of the blazing Fire,
57.
As
a Bounty from your Lord!
That will be
the supreme success!
58.
Certainly, We have made this
(Qur'ān)
easy in your tongue, in order that they may remember.
59.
Wait then
(O Muhammad);
Verily, they
(too)
are waiting.
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