- Ha. Mim.
- By the Scripture that maketh plain
- Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever
warning -
- Whereon every wise command is made clear
- As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -
- A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the
Knower,
- Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between
them, if ye would be sure.
- There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your
Lord and Lord of your forefathers.
- Nay, but they play in doubt.
- But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will
produce visible smoke
- That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.
- (Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo!
we are believers.
- How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making
plain (the Truth) had already come unto them,
- And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by
others), a madman ?
- Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to
disbelief).
- On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure,
(then) in truth We shall punish.
- And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there
came unto them a noble messenger,
- Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful
messenger unto you.
- And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a
clear warrant.
- And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye
stone me to death.
- And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.
- And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.
- Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo!
ye will be followed,
- And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned
host.
- How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left
behind,
- And the cornlands and the goodly sites
- And pleasant things wherein they took delight!
- Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other
folk;
- And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they
reprieved.
- And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful
doom;
- (We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the
wanton ones.
- And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.
- And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.
- Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:
- There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be
raised again.
- Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!
- Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them ?
We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
- And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is
between them, in play.
- We created them not save with truth; but most of them know
not.
- Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,
- A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be
helped,
- Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the
Merciful.
- Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,
- The food of the sinner!
- Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies
- As the seething of boiling water.
- (And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of
hell,
- Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.
- (Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!
- Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.
- Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.
- Amid gardens and watersprings,
- Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.
- Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones
with wide, lovely eyes.
- They call therein for every fruit in safety.
- They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He
hath saved them from the doom of hell,
- A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.
- And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only
that they may heed.
- Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.