Smoke, The Evident Smoke — The Study Quran Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Lighter Punishment followed by Severer

The Study Quran

وَٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِینِ ۝٢

The Study Quran

By the clear Book

wal-kitābi l-mubīn

إِنَّاۤ أَنزَلۡنَـٰهُ فِی لَیۡلَةࣲ مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِینَ ۝٣

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truly We sent it down on a blessed night—truly We are ever warning

innā anzalnāhu fī laylatin mubārakatin innā kunnā mundhirīn

فِیهَا یُفۡرَقُ كُلُّ أَمۡرٍ حَكِیمٍ ۝٤

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Therein every wise command is made distinct

fīhā yuf'raqu kullu amrin ḥakīmi

أَمۡرࣰا مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۤۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرۡسِلِینَ ۝٥

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as a command from Us—truly We are ever sending

amran min ʿindinā innā kunnā mur'silīn

رَحۡمَةࣰ مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِیعُ ٱلۡعَلِیمُ ۝٦

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as a mercy from thy Lord. Truly He is the Hearing, the Knowing

raḥmatan min rabbika innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīm

رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَاۤۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِینَ ۝٧

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Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is between them; would that you were certain

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

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

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There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old

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

بَلۡ هُمۡ فِی شَكࣲّ یَلۡعَبُونَ ۝٩

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Nay, but they are playing in doubt

bal hum fī shakkin yalʿabūn

فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ یَوۡمَ تَأۡتِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ بِدُخَانࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ۝١٠

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So keep watch for a day when the sky brings forth manifest smoke

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

یَغۡشَى ٱلنَّاسَۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِیمࣱ ۝١١

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covering the people. This is a painful punishment

yaghshā l-nāsa hādhā ʿadhābun alīmu

رَّبَّنَا ٱكۡشِفۡ عَنَّا ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝١٢

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“Our Lord! Remove from us the punishment; truly we are believers.

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

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ وَقَدۡ جَاۤءَهُمۡ رَسُولࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝١٣

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How can there be a reminder for them, when a clear messenger had come to them

annā lahumu l-dhik'rā waqad jāahum rasūlun mubīnu

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوۡا۟ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمࣱ مَّجۡنُونٌ ۝١٤

The Study Quran

Then they turned away from him and said, “He is taught, possessed.

thumma tawallaw ʿanhu waqālū muʿallamun majnūnu

إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلۡعَذَابِ قَلِیلًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ عَاۤىِٕدُونَ ۝١٥

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We shall indeed remove the punishment a little. Surely you will revert

innā kāshifū l-ʿadhābi qalīlan innakum ʿāidūn

یَوۡمَ نَبۡطِشُ ٱلۡبَطۡشَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰۤ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ۝١٦

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On the Day when We strike with a terrible striking, surely We are vengeful

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

۞ وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَجَاۤءَهُمۡ رَسُولࣱ كَرِیمٌ ۝١٧

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And indeed We tried the people of Pharaoh before them, and a noble messenger came unto them

walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'ʿawna wajāahum rasūlun karīmu

أَنۡ أَدُّوۤا۟ إِلَیَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّی لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِینࣱ ۝١٨

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“Deliver God’s servants unto me! Truly I am a trustworthy messenger unto you

an addū ilayya ʿibāda l-lahi innī lakum rasūlun amīnu

وَأَن لَّا تَعۡلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّیۤ ءَاتِیكُم بِسُلۡطَـٰنࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ۝١٩

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And rise not against God; surely I have come to you with a manifest authority

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

وَإِنِّی عُذۡتُ بِرَبِّی وَرَبِّكُمۡ أَن تَرۡجُمُونِ ۝٢٠

The Study Quran

Truly I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me

wa-innī ʿudh'tu birabbī warabbikum an tarjumūn

وَإِن لَّمۡ تُؤۡمِنُوا۟ لِی فَٱعۡتَزِلُونِ ۝٢١

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But if you believe me not, then keep away from me.

wa-in lam tu'minū lī fa-iʿ'tazilūn

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥۤ أَنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ قَوۡمࣱ مُّجۡرِمُونَ ۝٢٢

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Then he called unto his Lord, “These are a guilty people.

fadaʿā rabbahu anna hāulāi qawmun muj'rimūn

فَأَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِی لَیۡلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ۝٢٣

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“Set forth with My servants by night; you will indeed be pursued

fa-asri biʿibādī laylan innakum muttabaʿūn

وَٱتۡرُكِ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ رَهۡوًاۖ إِنَّهُمۡ جُندࣱ مُّغۡرَقُونَ ۝٢٤

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And leave the sea at rest; truly they will be a drowned host.

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

كَمۡ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝٢٥

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How many gardens and springs did they leave behind

kam tarakū min jannātin waʿuyūni

وَزُرُوعࣲ وَمَقَامࣲ كَرِیمࣲ ۝٢٦

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sown fields and a noble dwelling

wazurūʿin wamaqāmin karīmi

وَنَعۡمَةࣲ كَانُوا۟ فِیهَا فَـٰكِهِینَ ۝٢٧

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and prosperity in which they rejoiced

wanaʿmatin kānū fīhā fākihīn

كَذَ ٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَـٰهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِینَ ۝٢٨

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Thus it was. And We bequeathed it unto another people

kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā qawman ākharīn

فَمَا بَكَتۡ عَلَیۡهِمُ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِینَ ۝٢٩

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Neither Heaven nor earth wept for them, nor were they granted respite

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

2 Good and Evil Rewarded

وَلَقَدۡ نَجَّیۡنَا بَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰۤءِیلَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡمُهِینِ ۝٣٠

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And We delivered the Children of Israel from a humiliating punishment

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

مِن فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِیࣰا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِینَ ۝٣١

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from Pharaoh. Truly he was foremost among the prodigal

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

وَلَقَدِ ٱخۡتَرۡنَـٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ عَلَى ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٣٢

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We knowingly chose them over the worlds

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

وَءَاتَیۡنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡءَایَـٰتِ مَا فِیهِ بَلَـٰۤؤࣱا۟ مُّبِینٌ ۝٣٣

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And We gave them signs wherein was a manifest trial

waātaynāhum mina l-āyāti mā fīhi balāon mubīnu

إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ لَیَقُولُونَ ۝٣٤

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Truly these say

inna hāulāi layaqūlūn

إِنۡ هِیَ إِلَّا مَوۡتَتُنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُنشَرِینَ ۝٣٥

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“There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be resurrected

in hiya illā mawtatunā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimunsharīn

فَأۡتُوا۟ بِءَابَاۤىِٕنَاۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝٣٦

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Bring us our fathers, if you are truthful.

fatū biābāinā in kuntum ṣādiqīn

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

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Are they better, or the people of Tubba? and those before them? We destroyed them. Truly they were guilty

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

وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِینَ ۝٣٨

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And We did not create the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is between them in play

wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīn

مَا خَلَقۡنَـٰهُمَاۤ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٣٩

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We did not create them, save in truth. But most of them know not

mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn

إِنَّ یَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ مِیقَـٰتُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِینَ ۝٤٠

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Truly the Day of Division is their tryst, all together

inna yawma l-faṣli mīqātuhum ajmaʿīn

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

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The Day when no friend will avail a friend in any way, nor will they be helped

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

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝٤٢

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save him unto whom God has been merciful. Truly He is the Mighty, the Merciful

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

3 Good and Evil Rewarded

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ۝٤٣

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Truly the tree of Zaqqu

inna shajarata l-zaqūm

طَعَامُ ٱلۡأَثِیمِ ۝٤٤

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is the food of the sinner

ṭaʿāmu l-athīm

كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ یَغۡلِی فِی ٱلۡبُطُونِ ۝٤٥

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like molten lead boiling in their bellies

kal-muh'li yaghlī fī l-buṭūn

كَغَلۡیِ ٱلۡحَمِیمِ ۝٤٦

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like the boiling of boiling liquid

kaghalyi l-ḥamīm

خُذُوهُ فَٱعۡتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَاۤءِ ٱلۡجَحِیمِ ۝٤٧

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“Seize him and thrust him into the midst of Hellfire

khudhūhu fa-iʿ'tilūhu ilā sawāi l-jaḥīm

ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوۡقَ رَأۡسِهِۦ مِنۡ عَذَابِ ٱلۡحَمِیمِ ۝٤٨

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Then pour the punishment of boiling liquid upon his head.

thumma ṣubbū fawqa rasihi min ʿadhābi l-ḥamīm

ذُقۡ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلۡكَرِیمُ ۝٤٩

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“Taste! Surely you are the mighty, the noble

dhuq innaka anta l-ʿazīzu l-karīm

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمۡتَرُونَ ۝٥٠

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This is that which you used to doubt.

inna hādhā mā kuntum bihi tamtarūn

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی مَقَامٍ أَمِینࣲ ۝٥١

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Truly the reverent are in a station secure

inna l-mutaqīna fī maqāmin amīni

فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَعُیُونࣲ ۝٥٢

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amid gardens and springs

fī jannātin waʿuyūni

یَلۡبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسࣲ وَإِسۡتَبۡرَقࣲ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِینَ ۝٥٣

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wearing fine silk and rich brocade, facing one another

yalbasūna min sundusin wa-is'tabraqin mutaqābilīn

كَذَ ٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجۡنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِینࣲ ۝٥٤

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Thus it is. And We shall wed them to wide-eyed maidens

kadhālika wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīni

یَدۡعُونَ فِیهَا بِكُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِینَ ۝٥٥

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Therein they call for every fruit, secure

yadʿūna fīhā bikulli fākihatin āminīn

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

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They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He will shield them from the punishment of Hellfire

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

فَضۡلࣰا مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِیمُ ۝٥٧

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a bounty from thy Lord; that is the great triumph

faḍlan min rabbika dhālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīm

فَإِنَّمَا یَسَّرۡنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ یَتَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٥٨

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We have only made this easy upon thy tongue, that haply they may remember

fa-innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn

فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ إِنَّهُم مُّرۡتَقِبُونَ ۝٥٩

The Study Quran

So be on the watch, for they, too, are on the watch

fa-ir'taqib innahum mur'taqibūn

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