Holy Quran Verses

Holy Quran Verses from Pickthall and Yusufali's Translations

Surah Dukhaan: Smoke

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

044.001
Yusufali:	Ha-Mim.
Pickthall:	Ha. Mim.
044.002
Yusufali:	By the Book that makes things clear;-
Pickthall:	By the Scripture that maketh plain
044.003
Yusufali:	We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil).
Pickthall:	Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -
044.004
Yusufali:	In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom,
Pickthall:	Whereon every wise command is made clear
044.005
Yusufali:	By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send (revelations),
Pickthall:	As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -
044.006
Yusufali:	As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);
Pickthall:	A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,
044.007
Yusufali:	The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if ye (but) have an assured faith.
Pickthall:	Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure.
044.008
Yusufali:	There is no god but He: It is He Who gives life and gives death,- The Lord and Cherisher to you and your earliest ancestors.
Pickthall:	There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.
044.009
Yusufali:	Yet they play about in doubt.
Pickthall:	Nay, but they play in doubt.
044.010
Yusufali:	Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible,
Pickthall:	But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke
044.011
Yusufali:	Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.
Pickthall:	That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.
044.012
Yusufali:	(They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us, for we do really believe!"
Pickthall:	(Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers.
044.013
Yusufali:	How shall the message be (effectual) for them, seeing that an Apostle explaining things clearly has (already) come to them,-
Pickthall:	How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them,
044.014
Yusufali:	Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!"
Pickthall:	And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman?
044.015
Yusufali:	We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while, (but) truly ye will revert (to your ways).
Pickthall:	Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).
044.016
Yusufali:	One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed (then) exact Retribution!
Pickthall:	On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.
044.017
Yusufali:	We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them an apostle most honourable,
Pickthall:	And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,
044.018
Yusufali:	Saying: "Restore to me the Servants of God: I am to you an apostle worthy of all trust;
Pickthall:	Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.
044.019
Yusufali:	"And be not arrogant as against God: for I come to you with authority manifest.
Pickthall:	And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.
044.020
Yusufali:	"For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me.
Pickthall:	And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.
044.021
Yusufali:	"If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."
Pickthall:	And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.
044.022
Yusufali:	(But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."
Pickthall:	And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.
044.023
Yusufali:	(The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.
Pickthall:	Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed,
044.024
Yusufali:	"And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."
Pickthall:	And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.
044.025
Yusufali:	How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,
Pickthall:	How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,
044.026
Yusufali:	And corn-fields and noble buildings,
Pickthall:	And the cornlands and the goodly sites
044.027
Yusufali:	And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight!
Pickthall:	And pleasant things wherein they took delight!
044.028
Yusufali:	Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things)!
Pickthall:	Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;
044.029
Yusufali:	And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again).
Pickthall:	And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.
044.030
Yusufali:	We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,
Pickthall:	And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;
044.031
Yusufali:	Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors.
Pickthall:	(We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.
044.032
Yusufali:	And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,
Pickthall:	And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.
044.033
Yusufali:	And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial
Pickthall:	And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.
044.034
Yusufali:	As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:
Pickthall:	Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:
044.035
Yusufali:	"There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
Pickthall:	There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
044.036
Yusufali:	"Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"
Pickthall:	Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!
044.037
Yusufali:	What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.
Pickthall:	Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
044.038
Yusufali:	We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:
Pickthall:	And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.
044.039
Yusufali:	We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.
Pickthall:	We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.
044.040
Yusufali:	Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them,-
Pickthall:	Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,
044.041
Yusufali:	The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,
Pickthall:	A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,
044.042
Yusufali:	Except such as receive God's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
Pickthall:	Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
044.043
Yusufali:	Verily the tree of Zaqqum
Pickthall:	Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,
044.044
Yusufali:	Will be the food of the Sinful,-
Pickthall:	The food of the sinner!
044.045
Yusufali:	Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.
Pickthall:	Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies
044.046
Yusufali:	Like the boiling of scalding water.
Pickthall:	As the seething of boiling water.
044.047
Yusufali:	(A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!
Pickthall:	(And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,
044.048
Yusufali:	"Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,
Pickthall:	Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.
044.049
Yusufali:	"Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!
Pickthall:	(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!
044.050
Yusufali:	"Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"
Pickthall:	Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.
044.051
Yusufali:	As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,
Pickthall:	Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.
044.052
Yusufali:	Among Gardens and Springs;
Pickthall:	Amid gardens and watersprings,
044.053
Yusufali:	Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;
Pickthall:	Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.
044.054
Yusufali:	So; and We shall join them to Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.
Pickthall:	Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
044.055
Yusufali:	There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;
Pickthall:	They call therein for every fruit in safety.
044.056
Yusufali:	Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire,-
Pickthall:	They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell,
044.057
Yusufali:	As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!
Pickthall:	A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.
044.058
Yusufali:	Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed.
Pickthall:	And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.
044.059
Yusufali:	So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.
Pickthall:	Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.

Let us pray (Sura 20, Ayat 114) 'Ya Rabbi Zidni Ilma!' ('O Lord! Increase me in knowledge.') and seek spiritual help (ta'yid) to understand our great faith.

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