Surah “Smoke, The Evident Smoke”

as rendered by The Study Quran — 59 verses

44:1
?a. Mim
44:2
By the clear Book
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truly We sent it down on a blessed night—truly We are ever warning
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Therein every wise command is made distinct
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as a command from Us—truly We are ever sending
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as a mercy from thy Lord. Truly He is the Hearing, the Knowing
44:7
Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is between them; would that you were certain
44:8
There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old
44:9
Nay, but they are playing in doubt
44:10
So keep watch for a day when the sky brings forth manifest smoke
44:11
covering the people. This is a painful punishment
44:12
“Our Lord! Remove from us the punishment; truly we are believers.
44:13
How can there be a reminder for them, when a clear messenger had come to them
44:14
Then they turned away from him and said, “He is taught, possessed.
44:15
We shall indeed remove the punishment a little. Surely you will revert
44:16
On the Day when We strike with a terrible striking, surely We are vengeful
44:17
And indeed We tried the people of Pharaoh before them, and a noble messenger came unto them
44:18
“Deliver God’s servants unto me! Truly I am a trustworthy messenger unto you
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And rise not against God; surely I have come to you with a manifest authority
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Truly I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me
44:21
But if you believe me not, then keep away from me.
44:22
Then he called unto his Lord, “These are a guilty people.
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“Set forth with My servants by night; you will indeed be pursued
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And leave the sea at rest; truly they will be a drowned host.
44:25
How many gardens and springs did they leave behind
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sown fields and a noble dwelling
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and prosperity in which they rejoiced
44:28
Thus it was. And We bequeathed it unto another people
44:29
Neither Heaven nor earth wept for them, nor were they granted respite
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And We delivered the Children of Israel from a humiliating punishment
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from Pharaoh. Truly he was foremost among the prodigal
44:32
We knowingly chose them over the worlds
44:33
And We gave them signs wherein was a manifest trial
44:34
Truly these say
44:35
“There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be resurrected
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Bring us our fathers, if you are truthful.
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Are they better, or the people of Tubba? and those before them? We destroyed them. Truly they were guilty
44:38
And We did not create the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is between them in play
44:39
We did not create them, save in truth. But most of them know not
44:40
Truly the Day of Division is their tryst, all together
44:41
The Day when no friend will avail a friend in any way, nor will they be helped
44:42
save him unto whom God has been merciful. Truly He is the Mighty, the Merciful
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Truly the tree of Zaqqum
44:44
is the food of the sinner
44:45
like molten lead boiling in their bellies
44:46
like the boiling of boiling liquid
44:47
“Seize him and thrust him into the midst of Hellfire
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Then pour the punishment of boiling liquid upon his head.
44:49
“Taste! Surely you are the mighty, the noble
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This is that which you used to doubt.
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Truly the reverent are in a station secure
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amid gardens and springs
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wearing fine silk and rich brocade, facing one another
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Thus it is. And We shall wed them to wide-eyed maidens
44:55
Therein they call for every fruit, secure
44:56
They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He will shield them from the punishment of Hellfire
44:57
a bounty from thy Lord; that is the great triumph
44:58
We have only made this easy upon thy tongue, that haply they may remember
44:59
So be on the watch, for they, too, are on the watch