Surah “Smoke, The Evident Smoke”

as rendered by Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah — 59 verses

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HaMee
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By the Clear Boo
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that We sent down during a Blessed Night. We are ever warning
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In it every wise matter is determined
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an order from Us. We are ever sending
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A Mercy from your Lord, He is the Hearer, the Knower
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Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if you are certain (of your faith)
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There is no god except He. He revives and causes to die. (He is) your Lord and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients
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Yet they are in doubt, playing
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Watch for the Day when the heaven will bring clear smoke
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engulfing the people; this will be a painful punishment
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'Our Lord, remove this punishment from us, we are believers.
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But how will they avail themselves of the Reminder, when a clear Messenger had already come to the
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but then they turned away from him, saying: 'He is tutored, mad!
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We are removing the punishment a little, but you revert
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But on that Day We will assault them most mightily, and then We shall revenge
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We tried Pharaoh's nation before them. A noble Messenger came to them
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(saying:) 'Be obedient to me O worshipers of Allah. I am your honest Messenger
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Do not rise up against Allah, I come to you with clear authority
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I take refuge with my Lord and your Lord lest you stone me
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And if you do not believe me, then leave me!
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Then he supplicated to his Lord saying: 'These are sinful people.
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(His Lord answered): 'Set out with My worshipers in the night, for you will surely be followed
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Then leave the sea calm they are an army that will be drowned
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How many gardens and fountains did they leave behind
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and sown fields, fine sitting places
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and good things in which they took delight
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As such (it was). And We made other people inherit them
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Neither heaven nor earth shed tears for them; nor were they respited
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and We saved the Children of Israel from a humiliating punishmen
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from Pharaoh, who ranked high in sin
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and We chose them, out of a knowledge above the nations (of their time)
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And gave signs to them in which there was a clear trial
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Yet these say
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'There is nothing except the first death, we shall never be revived
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Bring us our fathers, if what you say is true.
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Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those who were before them whom We destroyed? Indeed they were sinners
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It was not in play that We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them
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We created them in nothing else except the truth. But most do not know
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The Day of Decision is the appointed time for all
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On that Day no cousin shall help his cousin and they shall not be helped
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except those on whom Allah will have mercy. He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful
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The food of the Zakkum tree
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shall be the food of the guilty sinners
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Like molten copper boiling in the bell
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as the boiling of the hot water
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'Seize him and drag him into the center of Hell
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Then pour the punishment of boiling water over his head
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(Saying): 'Taste, surely you are the mighty and noble
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This is that which you doubted.
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Indeed, for those who feared (Allah) is a secure place
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amidst gardens and fountains
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dressed in silks and brocade, set face to face
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As such, We shall wed them to wideeyed houris (the virgins of Paradise)
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There in security, they will call for every kind of fruit
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There they shall not taste death, except the first death, and He will shield them from the punishment of Hell
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as a bounty from your Lord. That will be the mighty triumph
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We have now made it easy on your tongue, in order that they remember
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So be watchful, they too are watching