Ha. Mim
By the luminious Book
Verily We have sent it down on a blessed night, verily We were to become warners
Therein is decreed every affair of wisdom
As a command from before Us. Verily We were to become senders
A mercy from thy Lord. Verily He! He is the Hearer, the Knower
Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is in- between the twain, if only ye would be convinced
There is no god but He. He quickeneth and causeth to die: your Lord and Lord of your forefathers
Aye! they're in doubt sporting
So wait thou day whereon the heaven will bring forth a manifest smoke
Covering the people's this shall be a torment afflictive
Our Lord! remove from us the torment, verily we shall become believers
How can there be an admonition Unto them, when surely there came Unto them an apostle manifest
Yet they turned away from him and said: one tutored, one distraced
Verily We shall remove the torment for a while; but verily ye shall revert
On the Day whereon We assault them with the greatest assault, verily We shall take vengeance
And assuredly afore them We proved Fir'awn's people, and there came Unto them an apostle honoured
Saying: restore to me the bondmen of Allah, verily I am Unto you an apostle trusted
And saying exalt not yourselves against Allah; verily I have come Unto you with an authority manifest
And verily I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me
And if ye will not believe in me, then let me alone
Then he called upon his Lord. these are a people guilty
So depart thou with My bondmen by night; verily ye shall be pursued
And leave thou the sea divided: verily they are a host to be drowned
They left - how many! - of gardens and springs
And cornfields and goodly positions
And the delights which they had been enjoying
Even so And We caused to inherit them another people
And the heavens and the earth wept not over them, nor were they respited
And assuredly We delivered the Children of Isra'il from an ignominous tormen
From Fir'awn; verily he was haughty and of the extravagant
And assuredly We elected them with knowledge above the worlds
And We vouchsafed Unto them signs wherein was a manifest favour
Verily these! they say
There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again
Bring then our fathers if ye say so
Are they better Or the people of Tubba and those afore them? We destroyed them; verily they were culprits
And We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is in-between the twain sporting
We created them not save with a purpose but most of them know not
Verily the Day of Distinction is the term appointed for all of them
A Day whereon a friend shall not avail a friend at all, nor shall they be helped
Save those on whom Allah will have mercy. Verily He! He is the Mighty, the Merciful
Verily the tree of Zaqqum
Food of the sinner
Like the dregs of all! It shall seethe in the bellies
As the seething of boiling water
Lay hold of him, and drag him Unto the midst of the Flaming Fire
Then pour upon his head the torment of balling water
Taste thou! thou art indeed mighty, honoured
Verily this is that whereof ye were wont to doubt
Verily the God-fearing will be in a place secure
Amidst gardens and springs
Attired in fine silk and brocade, facing each other
Even so. And We shall pair them with fair damsels large- eyed
They will call therein for every kind of fruit in security
They will not taste death therein, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the torment of the Flaming Fire
A bounty from thy Lord. That! that is the supreme achievement
And We have made it easy in thy language; they might haply be admonished
Wait thou then; verily they also are waiting