Smoke, The Evident Smoke — Syed Vickar Ahamed Translation

There is no god but He: It is He Who gives life and causes death, your Lord and Sustainer (Rab) and the Lord and Sustainer of your (earliest) ancestors

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

44:9

بَلۡ هُمۡ فِی شَكࣲّ یَلۡعَبُونَ ۝٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Yet, they amuse themselves in doubt

bal hum fī shakkin yalʿabūn

44:10

فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ یَوۡمَ تَأۡتِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ بِدُخَانࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ۝١٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then you watch for the Day on which the sky will bring out a kind of clearly visible smoke (or mist)

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

44:11

یَغۡشَى ٱلنَّاسَۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِیمࣱ ۝١١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Surrounding the people: This will be a painful penalty

yaghshā l-nāsa hādhā ʿadhābun alīmu

44:12

رَّبَّنَا ٱكۡشِفۡ عَنَّا ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝١٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

(They will say:) "Our Lord! Remove the penalty from us, really, we are believers!"

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

44:13

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ وَقَدۡ جَاۤءَهُمۡ رَسُولࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝١٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

How shall the Message be (meaningful) for them, seeing that a Messenger (the Prophet) has (already) come to them— (And is) explaining things clearly

annā lahumu l-dhik'rā waqad jāahum rasūlun mubīnu

44:14

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوۡا۟ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمࣱ مَّجۡنُونٌ ۝١٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Yet they turned away from him and said: "Taught (by others), he is a madman (possessed by evil)!"

thumma tawallaw ʿanhu waqālū muʿallamun majnūnu

44:15

إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلۡعَذَابِ قَلِیلًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ عَاۤىِٕدُونَ ۝١٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Indeed, We shall remove the penalty for a while, (but) truly, you will go back (to your ways)

innā kāshifū l-ʿadhābi qalīlan innakum ʿāidūn

44:16

یَوۡمَ نَبۡطِشُ ٱلۡبَطۡشَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰۤ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ۝١٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

One day We shall get to you with a mighty disaster that will come: (And then) We will truly make (you) suffer the real punishment

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

44:17

۞ وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَجَاۤءَهُمۡ رَسُولࣱ كَرِیمٌ ۝١٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And indeed, We did try the people of Firon (Pharaoh), before them (those who reject the Message); To them came a most honorable messenger (Musa)

walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'ʿawna wajāahum rasūlun karīmu

44:18

أَنۡ أَدُّوۤا۟ إِلَیَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

(Saying:) "Give me the servants of Allah verily, I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust

an addū ilayya ʿibāda l-lahi innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

44:19

وَأَن لَّا تَعۡلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّیۤ ءَاتِیكُم بِسُلۡطَـٰنࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ۝١٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And do not be proud (especially) against Allah: Truly, I have 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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"As for me, I have prayed to my Lord and your Lord, for safety against your injuring (stoning) me

wa-innī ʿudh'tu birabbī warabbikum an tarjumūn

44:21

وَإِن لَّمۡ تُؤۡمِنُوا۟ لِی فَٱعۡتَزِلُونِ ۝٢١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"But if you do not believe, keep yourselves away from me and leave me alone."

wa-in lam tu'minū lī fa-iʿ'tazilūn

44:22

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥۤ أَنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ قَوۡمࣱ مُّجۡرِمُونَ ۝٢٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

(But they were angry and haughty) then he cried to his Lord: "Truly, these are a criminal people used to sin."

fadaʿā rabbahu anna hāulāi qawmun muj'rimūn

44:23

فَأَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِی لَیۡلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ۝٢٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

(The reply came:) "March forth with My servants by night, surely, you will be followed

fa-asri biʿibādī laylan innakum muttabaʿūn

44:24

وَٱتۡرُكِ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ رَهۡوًاۖ إِنَّهُمۡ جُندࣱ مُّغۡرَقُونَ ۝٢٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And leave the sea at the gap (across the ocean bed divided): Verily, they are a group to be drowned."

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

44:25

كَمۡ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝٢٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

How many of the gardens and springs did they leave behind

kam tarakū min jannātin waʿuyūni

44:26

وَزُرُوعࣲ وَمَقَامࣲ كَرِیمࣲ ۝٢٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And green crops (and corn fields) and noble places

wazurūʿin wamaqāmin karīmi

44:27

وَنَعۡمَةࣲ كَانُوا۟ فِیهَا فَـٰكِهِینَ ۝٢٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And wealth (and things of life), in which they had taken such delight

wanaʿmatin kānū fīhā fākihīn

44:28

كَذَ ٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَـٰهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِینَ ۝٢٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Like this (was their end)! And We made other people take over (those things they left behind)

kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā qawman ākharīn

44:29

فَمَا بَكَتۡ عَلَیۡهِمُ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِینَ ۝٢٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear for them: And they were not given any relief (again)

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

44:30

وَلَقَدۡ نَجَّیۡنَا بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰۤءِیلَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡمُهِینِ ۝٣٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And indeed, (before this), We did save the Children of Israel from disgraceful punishment

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

44:31

مِن فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِیࣰا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ۝٣١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Caused by Firon (Pharaoh), indeed he was proud (haughty and arrogant, even) among unruly transgressors

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

44:32

وَلَقَدِ ٱخۡتَرۡنَـٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ عَلَى ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٣٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And We chose them before above the nations, with knowledge

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

44:33

وَءَاتَیۡنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡءَایَـٰتِ مَا فِیهِ بَلَـٰۤؤࣱا۟ مُّبِینٌ ۝٣٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And granted them Signs in which there was an open trial

waātaynāhum mina l-āyāti mā fīhi balāon mubīnu

44:34

إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ لَیَقُولُونَ ۝٣٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Verily, these (People of the Quraish), they openly say

inna hāulāi layaqūlūn

44:35

إِنۡ هِیَ إِلَّا مَوۡتَتُنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُنشَرِینَ ۝٣٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be resurrected

in hiya illā mawtatunā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimunsharīn

44:36

فَأۡتُوا۟ بِءَابَاۤىِٕنَاۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝٣٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then bring (back) our forefathers, if you say the truth!"

fatū biābāinā in kuntum ṣādiqīn

44:37

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Are they better than the people of Tubba' and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were criminals (guilty of sin)

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And We did not create the heavens and the earth, and all between them, just as (an idle) play

wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīn

44:39

مَا خَلَقۡنَـٰهُمَاۤ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٣٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

We did not create them except for true (and noble) ends: But most of them do not understand

mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn

44:40

إِنَّ یَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ مِیقَـٰتُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ۝٤٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Surely, the Day of Sorting Out is the time appointed for all of them—

inna yawma l-faṣli mīqātuhum ajmaʿīn

44:41

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

The Day when the nearest of kin can be of no use to the related one, even the least, and no help can they receive

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

44:42

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝٤٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Except such as those who receive Allah’s Mercy: Verily, He is Exalted in Might (Al-Aziz), Most Merciful (Ar-Raheem)

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

44:43

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ۝٤٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Surely, the (evil) tree of Zaqqu

inna shajarata l-zaqūm

44:44

طَعَامُ ٱلۡأَثِیمِ ۝٤٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Will be the food of the sinful—

ṭaʿāmu l-athīm

44:45

كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ یَغۡلِی فِی ٱلۡبُطُونِ ۝٤٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Like molten brass; It will boil in their bellies

kal-muh'li yaghlī fī l-buṭūn

44:46

كَغَلۡیِ ٱلۡحَمِیمِ ۝٤٦

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Like the boiling of very hot water

kaghalyi l-ḥamīm

44:47

خُذُوهُ فَٱعۡتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَاۤءِ ٱلۡجَحِیمِ ۝٤٧

Syed Vickar Ahamed

(A voice will cry:) "You seize him and drag him into the middle of the blazing Fire

khudhūhu fa-iʿ'tilūhu ilā sawāi l-jaḥīm

44:48

ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوۡقَ رَأۡسِهِۦ مِنۡ عَذَابِ ٱلۡحَمِیمِ ۝٤٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Then pour over his head the penalty of boiling water

thumma ṣubbū fawqa rasihi min ʿadhābi l-ḥamīm

44:49

ذُقۡ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلۡكَرِیمُ ۝٤٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"You taste (this)! Truly were you (all that) mighty, full of honor

dhuq innaka anta l-ʿazīzu l-karīm

44:50

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمۡتَرُونَ ۝٥٠

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"Surely, this is what you used to doubt!"

inna hādhā mā kuntum bihi tamtarūn

44:51

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی مَقَامٍ أَمِینࣲ ۝٥١

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Verily, as to the righteous, (they will be) in a position of security

inna l-mutaqīna fī maqāmin amīni

44:52

فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝٥٢

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Among Gardens and Springs

fī jannātin waʿuyūni

44:53

یَلۡبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسࣲ وَإِسۡتَبۡرَقࣲ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِینَ ۝٥٣

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Dressed in fine silk and in rich lace, they will face each other

yalbasūna min sundusin wa-is'tabraqin mutaqābilīn

44:54

كَذَ ٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجۡنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِینࣲ ۝٥٤

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Like this, (it will be!) We shall enjoin them the companions with beautiful, big and lovely eyes

kadhālika wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīni

44:55

یَدۡعُونَ فِیهَا بِكُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِینَ ۝٥٥

Syed Vickar Ahamed

There they can call for every fruit in peace and security

yadʿūna fīhā bikulli fākihatin āminīn

44:56

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

There, they will not undergo death, except the first death; And He will preserve them from the penalty of the blazing Fire—

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

Syed Vickar Ahamed

As a Gift from your Lord! That will be the supreme achievement

faḍlan min rabbika dhālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīm

44:58

فَإِنَّمَا یَسَّرۡنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ یَتَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٥٨

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Surely, We have made this (Quran) easy, in your tongue, in order that they may remember

fa-innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn

44:59

فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ إِنَّهُم مُّرۡتَقِبُونَ ۝٥٩

Syed Vickar Ahamed

So you wait and watch, verily, they (too) are waiting

fa-ir'taqib innahum mur'taqibūn

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