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| 1. * | H.M. |
| 2. * | By the perspicuous book of the Koran; |
| 3. * | verily We have sent down the same on a blessed night, -- for We had engaged so to do, -- |
| 4. * | on the night wherein is distinctly sent down the decree of every determined thing, as a command from Us. |
| 5. * | Verily We have ever used to send Apostles with revelations, at proper intervals, |
| 6. * | as a mercy from thy Lord; for it is He who heareth and knoweth: |
| 7. * | The Lord of heaven and earth, and of whatever is between them; if ye are men of sure knowledge. |
| 8. * | There is no God but He: He giveth life, and He causeth to die; he is your Lord, and the Lord of your fore-fathers. |
| 9. * | Yet do they amuse themselves with doubt. |
| 10. * | But observe them on the day whereon the heaven shall produce a visible smoke, |
| 11. * | which shall cover mankind: This will be a tormenting plague. |
| 12. * | They shall say, O Lord, take this plague from off us: Verily we will become true believers. |
| 13. * | How should an admonition be of avail to them in this condition; when a manifest Apostle came unto them, |
| 14. * | but they retired from him, saying, this man is instructed by others, or is a distracted person? |
| 15. * | We will take the plague from off you, a little: But ye will certainly return to your infidelity. |
| 16. * | On the day whereon We shall fiercely assault them with great power, verily We will take vengeance on them. |
| 17. * | We made trial of the people of Pharaoh before them, and an honourable messenger came unto them, saying, |
| 18. * | send unto me the servants of God; verily I am a faithful messenger unto you: |
| 19. * | And lift not yourselves up against God: For I come unto you with manifest power. |
| 20. * | And I fly for protection unto my Lord, and your Lord, that ye stone me not. |
| 21. * | If ye do not believe me, at least depart from me. |
| 22. * | And when they accused him of imposture, he called upon his Lord, saying, these are a wicked people. |
| 23. * | And God said unto him, march forth with my servants by night; for ye will be pursued: |
| 24. * | And leave the sea divided, that the Egyptians may enter the same; for they are a host doomed to be drowned. |
| 25. * | How many gardens, and fountains, |
| 26. * | and fields of corn, and fair dwellings, |
| 27. * | and advantages which they enjoyed, did they leave behind them? |
| 28. * | Thus We dispossessed them thereof; and We gave the same for an inheritance unto another people. |
| 29. * | Neither heaven nor earth wept for them; neither were they respited any longer. |
| 30. * | And We delivered the children of Israel from a shameful affliction; |
| 31. * | from Pharaoh; for he was haughty, and a transgressor: |
| 32. * | And We chose them, knowingly, above all people; |
| 33. * | and We shewed them several signs, wherein was an evident trial. |
| 34. * | Verily these Meccans say, |
| 35. * | assuredly our final end will be no other than our first natural death; neither shall we be raised again: |
| 36. * | Bring now our forefathers back to life, if ye speak truth. |
| 37. * | Are they better, or the people of Tobba, and those who were before them? We destroyed them, because they wrought wickedness. |
| 38. * | We have not created the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, by way of sport: |
| 39. * | We have created them no otherwise than in truth; but the greater part of them do not understand. |
| 40. * | Verily the day of separation shall be the appointed term of them all; |
| 41. * | a day, whereon the master and the servant shall be of no advantage to one another, neither shall they be helped; |
| 42. * | excepting those on whom God shall have mercy: For He is the mighty, the merciful. |
| 43. * | Verily the fruit of the tree of al Zakkum |
| 44. * | shall be the food of the impious: |
| 45. * | As the dregs of oil shall it boil in the bellies of the damned, |
| 46. * | like the boiling of the hottest water. |
| 47. * | And it shall be said to the tormentors, take him, and drag him into the midst of hell: |
| 48. * | And pour on his head the torture of boiling water, |
| 49. * | saying, taste this; for thou art that mighty and honourable person. |
| 50. * | Verily this is the punishment of which ye doubted. |
| 51. * | But the pious shall be lodged in a place of security; |
| 52. * | among gardens and fountains: |
| 53. * | They shall be cloathed in fine silk, and in satin; and they shall sit facing one another. |
| 54. * | Thus shall it be: And We will espouse them to fair damsels, having large black eyes. |
| 55. * | In that place shall they call for all kinds of fruits, in full security: |
| 56. * | They shall not taste death therein, after the first death; and God shall deliver from the pains of hell: |
| 57. * | Through the gracious bounty of thy Lord. This will be great felicity. |
| 58. * | Moreover We have rendered the Koran easy for thee, by revealing it in thine own tongue: To the end that they may be admonished: |
| 59. * | Wherefore do thou wait the event; for they wait to see some misfortune befall thee. |