The Smoke · Surah 44

Ha. Mim

By the Scripture that maketh plain

Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning

Whereon every wise command is made clear

As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending

A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower

Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure

There is no Allah save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers

Nay, but they play in doubt

But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke

That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment

(Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers

How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them

And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman

Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief)

On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish

And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger

Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you

And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant

And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death

And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go

And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk

Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed

And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host

How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind

And the cornlands and the goodly sites

And pleasant things wherein they took delight

Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk

And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved

And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom

(We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones

And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures

And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial

Lo! these, forsooth, are saying

There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again

Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth

Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty

And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play

We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not

Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them

A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped

Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful

Lo! the tree of Zaqqum

The food of the sinner

Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies

As the seething of boiling water

(And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell

Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water

(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble

Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt

Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured

Amid gardens and watersprings

Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another

Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes

They call therein for every fruit in safety

They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell

A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph

And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed

Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting