Ad-Dukhan (44)
Verses: 59وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ
If you do not believe me, just let me be.’
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 21
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ
[Moses] cried to his Lord, ‘These people are evildoers!’
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 22
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
[God replied], ‘Escape in the night with My servants, for you are sure to be pursued.
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 23
وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ
Leave the sea behind you parted and their army will be drowned.’
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 24
كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Many a garden and spring they left behind,
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 25
وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهِينَ
many a thing in which they had delighted:
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 27
كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ
We gave these to another people to inherit.
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 28
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ
Neither heavens nor earth shed a tear for them, nor were they given any time.
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 29
وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ
We saved the Children of Israel from their degrading suffering
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 30
مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
at the hands of Pharaoh: he was a tyrant who exceeded all bounds.
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 31
وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
We chose them knowingly above others:
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 32
وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَـٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ
We gave them revelations in which there was a clear test.
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 33
إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ
‘There is nothing beyond our one death: we will not be resurrected.
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 35
فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ
Bring back our forefathers, if what you say is true.’
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 36
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who flourished before them? We destroyed them all- they were guilty.
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 37
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ
We were not playing a pointless game when We created the heavens and earth and everything in between;
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 38
مَا خَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
We created them for a true purpose, but most people do not comprehend.
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 39
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَـٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
The Day of Decision is the time appointed for all;
Ad-Dukhan
- Verse 40