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| 1. * | Ha. Mim. |
| 2. * | I swear by the illustrious Book. |
| 3. * | that We have revealed the Quran on a blessed night to warn mankind. |
| 4. * | On this night, every absolute command coming from Us becomes distinguishable. |
| 5. * | The command that We have been sending |
| 6. * | as a mercy (for the human being) from your Lord. Your Lord is All-hearing and All-knowing. |
| 7. * | He is the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if only you would have strong faith. |
| 8. * | There is only One Lord. It is He who gives life and causes things to die. He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers. |
| 9. * | In fact, the unbelievers have doubts because of excessive involvement in worldly affairs. |
| 10. * | Wait for the day (which will come before the Day of Judgment) when the sky will give out dense smoke |
| 11. * | which will smother the people. They will say, "This is a painful torment. |
| 12. * | Lord, remove this torment from us for we are believers". |
| 13. * | How could this punishment bring them to their senses when a Messenger evidently had come to them, |
| 14. * | and they turned away, saying, "He is a trained and insane person". |
| 15. * | We shall remove the torment for a while but you will revert to your old ways. |
| 16. * | However, We shall truly take Our revenge on the day when the great seizure takes place. |
| 17. * | We had certainly tested the people of the Pharaoh before them to whom a noble Messengers had come, saying, |
| 18. * | "Send the servants of God with me. I am a trustworthy Messenger sent to you. |
| 19. * | Do not consider yourselves above God? I shall show you a manifest authority (in support of my truthfulness). |
| 20. * | I seek protection from my Lord and your Lord from your decision of stoning me. |
| 21. * | If you do not want to believe, leave me alone". |
| 22. * | Moses addressed his Lord, saying, "Lord, these people are sinners". |
| 23. * | We told him, "Leave the city with My servants during the night. You will be pursued. |
| 24. * | Cross the sea by cutting a path through it. Pharaoh's army will be drowned. |
| 25. * | How many were the gardens, springs, |
| 26. * | corn-fields, gracious mansions, |
| 27. * | and other bounties which they enjoyed yet left behind! |
| 28. * | We gave these as an inheritance to other people. |
| 29. * | The sky nor the earth cried for them, nor were they given respite. |
| 30. * | We rescued the Israelites from the humiliating torment |
| 31. * | and from the Pharaoh. He was the chief of the transgressors. |
| 32. * | We gave preference to the Israelites over the other people with Our knowledge |
| 33. * | and sent them revelations of which some were a clear trial for them. |
| 34. * | These people say, |
| 35. * | "After we die, we shall never be raised to life again. |
| 36. * | Bring back to life our fathers if what you say is true". |
| 37. * | Are they better than the tribe of Tubba (name of a Yemenite tribal chief) and those who lived before them? We destroyed them. They were criminals. |
| 38. * | We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them for Our own amusement. |
| 39. * | We have created them for a genuine purpose, but most people do not know. |
| 40. * | The appointed time for all of them will be the Day of Judgment |
| 41. * | (when wrong will be distinguished from right). On this day friends will be of no benefit to one another, nor will they receive any help |
| 42. * | except for those to whom God grants mercy. He is Majestic and All-merciful. |
| 43. * | The tree of Zaqqum |
| 44. * | is food for the sinner. |
| 45. * | It will be like molted brass which will boil in the bellies |
| 46. * | like water. |
| 47. * | (It will be said of such sinners), "Seize them and drag them into the middle of hell. |
| 48. * | Then pour unto their heads the boiling water to torment them". |
| 49. * | They will be told, "Suffer the torment. You had thought yourselves to be majestic and honorable. |
| 50. * | This is the torment that you persistently doubted". |
| 51. * | The pious ones will be in a secure place |
| 52. * | amid gardens and springs, |
| 53. * | clothed in fine silk and rich brocade, sitting face to face with one another. |
| 54. * | We shall unite them to maidens with big black and white lovely eyes. |
| 55. * | They will be offered all kinds of fruits, in peace and security. |
| 56. * | They will not experience any death other than that which they have already been through. |
| 57. * | God will protect them from the torment of hell as a favor from your Lord. (Muhammad), this is certainly the greatest triumph. |
| 58. * | We have made the Quran easy for you to recite so that perhaps they may take heed. |
| 59. * | Wait (for God's decree) and they too will be waiting. |