Verse 44:11 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
7 رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَاۤۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِینَ ۝٧ rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīn Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything between––if only you people were firm believers–– 8 لَاۤ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ یُحۡیِۦ وَیُمِیتُۖ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَاۤىِٕكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٨ lā ilāha illā huwa yuḥ'yī wayumītu rabbukum warabbu ābāikumu l-awalīn there is no god but Him: He gives life and death––He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers–– 9 بَلۡ هُمۡ فِی شَكࣲّ یَلۡعَبُونَ ۝٩ bal hum fī shakkin yalʿabūn yet in [their state of] doubt they take nothing seriously 10 فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ یَوۡمَ تَأۡتِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ بِدُخَانࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ۝١٠ fa-ir'taqib yawma tatī l-samāu bidukhānin mubīni [Prophet], watch out for the Day when the sky brings forth clouds of smoke for all to see
11 یَغۡشَى ٱلنَّاسَۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِیمࣱ ۝١١ yaghshā l-nāsa hādhā ʿadhābun alīmu It will envelop the people. They will cry, ‘This is a terrible torment
12 رَّبَّنَا ٱكۡشِفۡ عَنَّا ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝١٢ rabbanā ik'shif ʿannā l-ʿadhāba innā mu'minūn Lord relieve us from this torment! We believe!’ 13 أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ وَقَدۡ جَاۤءَهُمۡ رَسُولࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝١٣ annā lahumu l-dhik'rā waqad jāahum rasūlun mubīnu How will this [sudden] faith benefit them? When a prophet came to warn them plainly 14 ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوۡا۟ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمࣱ مَّجۡنُونٌ ۝١٤ thumma tawallaw ʿanhu waqālū muʿallamun majnūnu they turned their backs on him, saying, ‘He is tutored! He is possessed!’ 15 إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلۡعَذَابِ قَلِیلًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ عَاۤىِٕدُونَ ۝١٥ innā kāshifū l-ʿadhābi qalīlan innakum ʿāidūn We shall hold the torment back for a while ––you are sure to return [to Us]––

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