Smoke, The Evident Smoke — Safi Kaskas 2024 Translation

44:1

حمۤ ۝١

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Ha Meem,

hha-mee

44:2

وَٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِینِ ۝٢

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by the Book that makes things clear,

wal-kitābi l-mubīn

44:3

إِنَّاۤ أَنزَلۡنَـٰهُ فِی لَیۡلَةࣲ مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِینَ ۝٣

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We have revealed it on a Blessed Night; We have been warning.

innā anzalnāhu fī laylatin mubārakatin innā kunnā mundhirīn

44:4

فِیهَا یُفۡرَقُ كُلُّ أَمۡرٍ حَكِیمٍ ۝٤

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On that night every matter of wisdom is made distinct.

fīhā yuf'raqu kullu amrin ḥakīmi

44:5

أَمۡرࣰا مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۤۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرۡسِلِینَ ۝٥

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A decree from Us. We have been sending messages

amran min ʿindinā innā kunnā mur'silīn

44:6

رَحۡمَةࣰ مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِیعُ ٱلۡعَلِیمُ ۝٦

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as mercy from your Lord. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

raḥmatan min rabbika innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīm

44:7

رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَاۤۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِینَ ۝٧

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The Sustainer of the heavens and the Earth and everything between them, if you only can grasp this with certainty.

rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīn

44:8

لَاۤ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ یُحۡیِۦ وَیُمِیتُۖ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَاۤىِٕكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٨

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There is no god but Him; He gives life and causes death. [He is] your Sustainer and the Sustainer of your forefathers from the beginning.

lā ilāha illā huwa yuḥ'yī wayumītu rabbukum warabbu ābāikumu l-awalīn

44:9

بَلۡ هُمۡ فِی شَكࣲّ یَلۡعَبُونَ ۝٩

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Yet they who lack certainty toy with their doubts.

bal hum fī shakkin yalʿabūn

44:10

فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ یَوۡمَ تَأۡتِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ بِدُخَانࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ۝١٠

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So watch out for the Day when the sky will bring visible smoke

fa-ir'taqib yawma tatī l-samāu bidukhānin mubīni

44:11

یَغۡشَى ٱلنَّاسَۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِیمࣱ ۝١١

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enveloping all people; “This is a painful punishment.”

yaghshā l-nāsa hādhā ʿadhābun alīmu

44:12

رَّبَّنَا ٱكۡشِفۡ عَنَّا ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝١٢

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[Then they will say], "Our Lord, lift the punishment from us, we now believe."

rabbanā ik'shif ʿannā l-ʿadhāba innā mu'minūn

44:13

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ وَقَدۡ جَاۤءَهُمۡ رَسُولࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝١٣

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But how can this sudden remembrance benefit them? When a messenger explaining things clearly has already come to them,

annā lahumu l-dhik'rā waqad jāahum rasūlun mubīnu

44:14

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوۡا۟ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمࣱ مَّجۡنُونٌ ۝١٤

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and they turned away from him saying, "He is tutored but possessed.”

thumma tawallaw ʿanhu waqālū muʿallamun majnūnu

44:15

إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلۡعَذَابِ قَلِیلًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ عَاۤىِٕدُونَ ۝١٥

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We will postpone the punishment for a while. But you will eventually return to us.

innā kāshifū l-ʿadhābi qalīlan innakum ʿāidūn

44:16

یَوۡمَ نَبۡطِشُ ٱلۡبَطۡشَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰۤ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ۝١٦

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The Day when We will strike with the greatest assault, We will take retribution.

yawma nabṭishu l-baṭshata l-kub'rā innā muntaqimūn

44:17

۞ وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَجَاۤءَهُمۡ رَسُولࣱ كَرِیمٌ ۝١٧

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We had already tested Pharaoh’s people before them, when a noble messenger came to them,

walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'ʿawna wajāahum rasūlun karīmu

44:18

أَنۡ أَدُّوۤا۟ إِلَیَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٨

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[saying], "Hand over to me the servants of God. I am a trustworthy Messenger to you,

an addū ilayya ʿibāda l-lahi innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

44:19

وَأَن لَّا تَعۡلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّیۤ ءَاتِیكُم بِسُلۡطَـٰنࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ۝١٩

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Never be arrogant with God. I come to you with clear authority.

wa-an lā taʿlū ʿalā l-lahi innī ātīkum bisul'ṭānin mubīni

44:20

وَإِنِّی عُذۡتُ بِرَبِّی وَرَبِّكُمۡ أَن تَرۡجُمُونِ ۝٢٠

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I have sought refuge with my Lord and your Lord, against your condemnation.

wa-innī ʿudh'tu birabbī warabbikum an tarjumūn

44:21

وَإِن لَّمۡ تُؤۡمِنُوا۟ لِی فَٱعۡتَزِلُونِ ۝٢١

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If you don’t believe me, then [at least] leave me alone."

wa-in lam tu'minū lī fa-iʿ'tazilūn

44:22

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥۤ أَنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ قَوۡمࣱ مُّجۡرِمُونَ ۝٢٢

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He then called out to his Lord that these were evil people.

fadaʿā rabbahu anna hāulāi qawmun muj'rimūn

44:23

فَأَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِی لَیۡلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ۝٢٣

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[God said], "Then set out with My servants by night. You will be pursued.

fa-asri biʿibādī laylan innakum muttabaʿūn

44:24

وَٱتۡرُكِ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ رَهۡوًاۖ إِنَّهُمۡ جُندࣱ مُّغۡرَقُونَ ۝٢٤

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Cross the sea quickly and leave it as is. They are an army to be drowned."

wa-ut'ruki l-baḥra rahwan innahum jundun mugh'raqūn

44:25

كَمۡ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝٢٥

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How many gardens and fountains did they leave behind?

kam tarakū min jannātin waʿuyūni

44:26

وَزُرُوعࣲ وَمَقَامࣲ كَرِیمࣲ ۝٢٦

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And crops and noble residences

wazurūʿin wamaqāmin karīmi

44:27

وَنَعۡمَةࣲ كَانُوا۟ فِیهَا فَـٰكِهِینَ ۝٢٧

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and that life of ease that they used to enjoy?

wanaʿmatin kānū fīhā fākihīn

44:28

كَذَ ٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَـٰهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِینَ ۝٢٨

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So it was; Yet We passed it on to other people to inherit.

kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā qawman ākharīn

44:29

فَمَا بَكَتۡ عَلَیۡهِمُ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِینَ ۝٢٩

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Neither heaven nor Earth wept for them , nor were they given a reprieve.

famā bakat ʿalayhimu l-samāu wal-arḍu wamā kānū munẓarīn

44:30

وَلَقَدۡ نَجَّیۡنَا بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰۤءِیلَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡمُهِینِ ۝٣٠

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And We saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating persecution

walaqad najjaynā banī is'rāīla mina l-ʿadhābi l-muhīn

44:31

مِن فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِیࣰا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ۝٣١

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from Pharaoh. He was an arrogant transgressor.

min fir'ʿawna innahu kāna ʿāliyan mina l-mus'rifīn

44:32

وَلَقَدِ ٱخۡتَرۡنَـٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ عَلَى ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٣٢

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And We chose them knowingly over all people

walaqadi ikh'tarnāhum ʿalā ʿil'min ʿalā l-ʿālamīn

44:33

وَءَاتَیۡنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡءَایَـٰتِ مَا فِیهِ بَلَـٰۤؤࣱا۟ مُّبِینٌ ۝٣٣

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and We gave them many revelations, that were an obvious trial.

waātaynāhum mina l-āyāti mā fīhi balāon mubīnu

44:34

إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ لَیَقُولُونَ ۝٣٤

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Yet these people say,

inna hāulāi layaqūlūn

44:35

إِنۡ هِیَ إِلَّا مَوۡتَتُنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُنشَرِینَ ۝٣٥

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There is nothing but our one death, and we will not be resurrected.

in hiya illā mawtatunā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimunsharīn

44:36

فَأۡتُوا۟ بِءَابَاۤىِٕنَاۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝٣٦

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Bring back our forefathers, if you are telling the truth."

fatū biābāinā in kuntum ṣādiqīn

44:37

أَهُمۡ خَیۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعࣲ وَٱلَّذِینَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَـٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوا۟ مُجۡرِمِینَ ۝٣٧

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Are they better than the people of Tubba‘ and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] they were among those who rejected our messages and have severed all relations to God,

ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaʿin wa-alladhīna min qablihim ahlaknāhum innahum kānū muj'rimīn

44:38

وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِینَ ۝٣٨

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And We did not create the heavens and Earth and everything between them to play a game.

wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīn

44:39

مَا خَلَقۡنَـٰهُمَاۤ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٣٩

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We created them with the Truth [for a meaningful purpose], but most of them do not know.

mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn

44:40

إِنَّ یَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ مِیقَـٰتُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ۝٤٠

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The Day of Distinction is the appointed time for all of them.

inna yawma l-faṣli mīqātuhum ajmaʿīn

44:41

یَوۡمَ لَا یُغۡنِی مَوۡلًى عَن مَّوۡلࣰى شَیۡءࣰا وَلَا هُمۡ یُنصَرُونَ ۝٤١

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The Day when a friend will not be of any use to his friend, nor will they be helped

yawma lā yugh'nī mawlan ʿan mawlan shayan walā hum yunṣarūn

44:42

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝٤٢

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except those on whom God has mercy. He is the Revered, the Mercy Giver.

illā man raḥima l-lahu innahu huwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm

44:43

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ۝٤٣

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The tree of Zaqqum

inna shajarata l-zaqūm

44:44

طَعَامُ ٱلۡأَثِیمِ ۝٤٤

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is food for the sinner.

ṭaʿāmu l-athīm

44:45

كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ یَغۡلِی فِی ٱلۡبُطُونِ ۝٤٥

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It boils inside bellies like boiling oil,

kal-muh'li yaghlī fī l-buṭūn

44:46

كَغَلۡیِ ٱلۡحَمِیمِ ۝٤٦

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like the boiling of seething water.

kaghalyi l-ḥamīm

44:47

خُذُوهُ فَٱعۡتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَاۤءِ ٱلۡجَحِیمِ ۝٤٧

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Seize him and drag him into the midst of Hell,

khudhūhu fa-iʿ'tilūhu ilā sawāi l-jaḥīm

44:48

ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوۡقَ رَأۡسِهِۦ مِنۡ عَذَابِ ٱلۡحَمِیمِ ۝٤٨

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then pour scalding water over his head as punishment!’

thumma ṣubbū fawqa rasihi min ʿadhābi l-ḥamīm

44:49

ذُقۡ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلۡكَرِیمُ ۝٤٩

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Taste it, you are the revered, the noble,

dhuq innaka anta l-ʿazīzu l-karīm

44:50

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمۡتَرُونَ ۝٥٠

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this is what you used to dispute.

inna hādhā mā kuntum bihi tamtarūn

44:51

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی مَقَامٍ أَمِینࣲ ۝٥١

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But those who were mindful of God will be in a safe place;

inna l-mutaqīna fī maqāmin amīni

44:52

فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝٥٢

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in the midst of Gardens and springs,

fī jannātin waʿuyūni

44:53

یَلۡبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسࣲ وَإِسۡتَبۡرَقࣲ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِینَ ۝٥٣

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wearing fine silk and brocade, facing each other.

yalbasūna min sundusin wa-is'tabraqin mutaqābilīn

44:54

كَذَ ٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجۡنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِینࣲ ۝٥٤

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So it will be. And We shall pair them with Hoor Ein.

kadhālika wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīni

44:55

یَدۡعُونَ فِیهَا بِكُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِینَ ۝٥٥

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Safe and secure, they will call there for every kind of fruit.

yadʿūna fīhā bikulli fākihatin āminīn

44:56

لَا یَذُوقُونَ فِیهَا ٱلۡمَوۡتَ إِلَّا ٱلۡمَوۡتَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِیمِ ۝٥٦

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Except for the first death, they will not taste death there. He will protect them from the punishment of Hell,

lā yadhūqūna fīhā l-mawta illā l-mawtata l-ūlā wawaqāhum ʿadhāba l-jaḥīm

44:57

فَضۡلࣰا مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِیمُ ۝٥٧

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a grace from your Lord. That is the supreme triumph.

faḍlan min rabbika dhālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīm

44:58

فَإِنَّمَا یَسَّرۡنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ یَتَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٥٨

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We have made this Qur’an easy to understand in your own language that they might remember.

fa-innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn

44:59

فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ إِنَّهُم مُّرۡتَقِبُونَ ۝٥٩

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So wait and watch; they are also on their watch.

fa-ir'taqib innahum mur'taqibūn

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