Ḥa, Ma«m
By the Manifest Book
Indeed We sent it down on a blessed night, and indeed We have been warning [mankind]
Every definitive matter is resolved in it
as an ordinance from Us. Indeed We have been sending [apostles]
as a mercy from your Lord —indeed He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing—
the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, should you have conviction
There is no god except Him: He gives life and brings death, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers
Rather they play around in doubt
So watch out for the day when the sky brings on a manifest smoke
enveloping the people. [They will cry out:] ‘This is a painful punishment
Our Lord! Remove from us this punishment. Indeed we have believed!’
What will the admonition avail them, when a manifest apostle had already come to them
but they turned away from him, and said, ‘A tutored madman?’
Indeed We will withdraw the punishment a little; but you will indeed revert [to your earlier ways]
The day We shall strike with the most terrible striking, We will indeed take vengeance [on them]
Certainly We tried the people of Pharaoh before them, when a noble apostle came to them
[saying,] ‘Give over the servants of Allah to me; indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you
Do not defy Allah. Indeed I bring you a manifest authority
I seek the protection of my Lord and your Lord, lest you should stone me
And if you do not believe me, keep out of my way.’
Then he invoked his Lord, [saying,] ‘These are indeed a guilty lot.’
[Allah told him,] ‘Set out with My servants by night; for you will indeed be pursued
And leave the sea calmly; they will indeed be a drowned host.’
How many gardens and springs did they leave behind
Fields and splendid places
and the bounties wherein they rejoiced
So it was; and We bequeathed them to another people
So neither the sky wept for them, nor the earth; nor were they granted any respite
Certainly We delivered the Children of Israel from a humiliating torment
from Pharaoh. Indeed he was a tyrant among the profligates
Certainly We chose them knowingly above all the nations
And We gave them some signs in which there was a manifest test
Indeed these ones say
‘It will be just our first death, and we shall not be resurrected
Bring our fathers back [to life], should you be truthful.’
Are they better, or the people of Tubba‘, and those who were before them? We destroyed them; indeed they were guilty
We did not create the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them for play
We did not create them except with reason; but most of them do not know
Indeed the Day of Judgement is the tryst for them all
the day when a friend will not avail a friend in any way, nor will they be helped
except for him on whom Allah has mercy. Indeed He is the All-mighty, the All-merciful
Indeed the tree of Zaqqum
will be the food of the sinful
Like molten copper it will boil in the bellies
boiling like boiling water
‘Seize him and drag him to the middle of hell
then pour over his head the punishment of boiling water.’
‘Taste! Indeed you are the [self-styled] mighty and noble
This is indeed what you used to doubt!’
Indeed the Godwary will be in a secure place
amid gardens and springs
dressed in fine silk and brocade, sitting face to face
So shall it be, and We shall wed them to black-eyed houris
There they will call for every fruit, in safety
There they will not taste death except the first death, and He will save them from the punishment of hel
—a grace from your Lord. That is the great success
Indeed We have made it simple in your language, so that they may take admonition
So wait! Indeed they [too] are waiting