Translations of the Qur - Yusufali - 44. Sayfa

 

Translations of the Qur'an, Chapter 44:

 

AD-DUKHAN (SMOKE)

 

Total Verses: 59

Revealed At: MAKKA

Maududi's introduction

 

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

 

044.001

YUSUFALI: Ha-Mim.

PICKTHAL: Ha. Mim.

SHAKIR: Ha Mim!

 

044.002

YUSUFALI: By the Book that makes things clear;-

PICKTHAL: By the Scripture that maketh plain

SHAKIR: I swear by the Book that makes manifest (the truth).

 

044.003

YUSUFALI: We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil).

PICKTHAL: Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -

SHAKIR: Surely We revealed it on a blessed night surely We are ever warning--

 

044.004

YUSUFALI: In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom,

PICKTHAL: Whereon every wise command is made clear

SHAKIR: Therein every wise affair is made distinct,

 

044.005

YUSUFALI: By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send (revelations),

PICKTHAL: As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -

SHAKIR: A command from Us; surely We are the senders (of messengers),

 

044.006

YUSUFALI: As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);

PICKTHAL: A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,

SHAKIR: A mercy from your Lord, surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing,

 

044.007

YUSUFALI: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if ye (but) have an assured faith.

PICKTHAL: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure.

SHAKIR: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you 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.

PICKTHAL: There is no Allah save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.

SHAKIR: There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore.

 

044.009

YUSUFALI: Yet they play about in doubt.

PICKTHAL: Nay, but they play in doubt.

SHAKIR: Nay, they are in doubt, they sport.

 

044.010

YUSUFALI: Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible,

PICKTHAL: But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke

SHAKIR: Therefore keep waiting for the day when the heaven shall bring an evident smoke,

 

044.011

YUSUFALI: Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.

PICKTHAL: That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.

SHAKIR: That shall overtake men; this is a painful punishment.

 

044.012

YUSUFALI: (They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us, for we do really believe!"

PICKTHAL: (Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers.

SHAKIR: Our Lord! remove from us the punishment; surely we are believers.

 

044.013

YUSUFALI: How shall the message be (effectual) for them, seeing that an Messenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them,-

PICKTHAL: How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them,

SHAKIR: How shall they be reminded, and there came to them an Messenger making clear (the truth),

 

044.014

YUSUFALI: Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!"

PICKTHAL: And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman?

SHAKIR: Yet they turned their backs on 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).

PICKTHAL: Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).

SHAKIR: Surely We will remove the punishment a little, (but) you will surely return (to evil).

 

044.016

YUSUFALI: One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed (then) exact Retribution!

PICKTHAL: On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.

SHAKIR: On the day when We will seize (them) with the most violent seizing; surely We will inflict retribution.

 

044.017

YUSUFALI: We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable,

PICKTHAL: And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,

SHAKIR: And certainly We tried before them the people of Firon, and there came to them a noble messenger,

 

044.018

YUSUFALI: Saying: "Restore to me the Servants of Allah: I am to you an messenger worthy of all trust;

PICKTHAL: Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.

SHAKIR: Saying: Deliver to me the servants of Allah, surely I am a faithful messenger to you,

 

044.019

YUSUFALI: "And be not arrogant as against Allah: for I come to you with authority manifest.

PICKTHAL: And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.

SHAKIR: And that do not exalt yourselves against Allah, surely I will bring to you a clear authority:

 

044.020

YUSUFALI: "For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me.

PICKTHAL: And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.

SHAKIR: And surely I take refuge with my Lord and your Lord that you should stone me to death:

 

044.021

YUSUFALI: "If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."

PICKTHAL: And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.

SHAKIR: And if you do not believe in me, then leave me alone.

 

044.022

YUSUFALI: (But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."

PICKTHAL: And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.

SHAKIR: Then he called upon his Lord: These are a guilty people.

 

044.023

YUSUFALI: (The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.

PICKTHAL: Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed,

SHAKIR: So go forth with My servants by night; surely you will be pursued:

 

044.024

YUSUFALI: "And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."

PICKTHAL: And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.

SHAKIR: And leave the sea intervening; surely they are a host that shall be drowned.

 

044.025

YUSUFALI: How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,

PICKTHAL: How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,

SHAKIR: How many of the gardens and fountains have they left!

 

044.026

YUSUFALI: And corn-fields and noble buildings,

PICKTHAL: And the cornlands and the goodly sites

SHAKIR: And cornfields and noble places!

 

044.027

YUSUFALI: And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight!

PICKTHAL: And pleasant things wherein they took delight!

SHAKIR: And goodly things wherein they rejoiced;

 

044.028

YUSUFALI: Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things)!

PICKTHAL: Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;

SHAKIR: Thus (it was), and We gave them as a heritage to another people.

 

044.029

YUSUFALI: And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again).

PICKTHAL: And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.

SHAKIR: So the heaven and the earth did not weep for them, nor were they respited.

 

044.030

YUSUFALI: We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,

PICKTHAL: And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;

SHAKIR: And certainly We delivered the children of Israel from the abasing chastisement,

 

044.031

YUSUFALI: Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors.

PICKTHAL: (We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.

SHAKIR: From Firon; surely he was haughty, (and) one of the extravagant.

 

044.032

YUSUFALI: And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,

PICKTHAL: And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.

SHAKIR: And certainly We chose them, having knowledge, above the nations.

 

044.033

YUSUFALI: And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial

PICKTHAL: And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.

SHAKIR: And We gave them of the communications wherein was clear blessing.

 

044.034

YUSUFALI: As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:

PICKTHAL: Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:

SHAKIR: Most surely these do say:

 

044.035

YUSUFALI: "There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.

PICKTHAL: There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.

SHAKIR: 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!"

PICKTHAL: Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!

SHAKIR: So bring our fathers (back), if you are truthful.

 

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.

PICKTHAL: Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.

SHAKIR: Are they better or the people of Tubba 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:

PICKTHAL: And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.

SHAKIR: And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them in sport.

 

044.039

YUSUFALI: We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.

PICKTHAL: We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.

SHAKIR: We did not create them both but with the truth, but most of them do not know.

 

044.040

YUSUFALI: Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them,-

PICKTHAL: Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,

SHAKIR: Surely the day of separation is their appointed term, of all of them

 

044.041

YUSUFALI: The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,

PICKTHAL: A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,

SHAKIR: The day on which a friend shall not avail (his) friend aught, nor shall they be helped,

 

044.042

YUSUFALI: Except such as receive Allah's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

PICKTHAL: Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.

SHAKIR: Save those on whom Allah shall have mercy; surely He is the Mighty the Merciful.

 

044.043

YUSUFALI: Verily the tree of Zaqqum

PICKTHAL: Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,

SHAKIR: Surely the tree of the Zaqqum,

 

044.044

YUSUFALI: Will be the food of the Sinful,-

PICKTHAL: The food of the sinner!

SHAKIR: Is the food of the sinful

 

044.045

YUSUFALI: Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.

PICKTHAL: Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies

SHAKIR: Like dregs of oil; it shall boil in (their) bellies,

 

044.046

YUSUFALI: Like the boiling of scalding water.

PICKTHAL: As the seething of boiling water.

SHAKIR: Like the boiling of hot water.

 

044.047

YUSUFALI: (A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!

PICKTHAL: (And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,

SHAKIR: Seize him, then drag him down into the middle of the hell;

 

044.048

YUSUFALI: "Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,

PICKTHAL: Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.

SHAKIR: Then pour above his head of the torment of the boiling water:

 

044.049

YUSUFALI: "Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!

PICKTHAL: (Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!

SHAKIR: Taste; you forsooth are the mighty, the honorable:

 

044.050

YUSUFALI: "Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"

PICKTHAL: Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.

SHAKIR: Surely this is what you disputed about.

 

044.051

YUSUFALI: As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,

PICKTHAL: Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.

SHAKIR: Surely those who guard (against evil) are in a secure place,

 

044.052

YUSUFALI: Among Gardens and Springs;

PICKTHAL: Amid gardens and watersprings,

SHAKIR: In gardens and springs;

 

044.053

YUSUFALI: Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;

PICKTHAL: Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.

SHAKIR: They shall wear of fine and thick silk, (sitting) face to face;

 

044.054

YUSUFALI: So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.

PICKTHAL: Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.

SHAKIR: Thus (shall it be), and We will wed them with Houris pure, beautiful ones.

 

044.055

YUSUFALI: There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;

PICKTHAL: They call therein for every fruit in safety.

SHAKIR: They shall call therein for every fruit in security;

 

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,-

PICKTHAL: They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell,

SHAKIR: They shall not taste therein death except the first death, and He will save them from the punishment of the hell,

 

044.057

YUSUFALI: As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!

PICKTHAL: A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.

SHAKIR: A grace from your Lord; this is the great achievement.

 

044.058

YUSUFALI: Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed.

PICKTHAL: And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.

SHAKIR: So have We made it easy in your tongue that they may be mindful.

 

044.059

YUSUFALI: So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.

PICKTHAL: Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.

SHAKIR: Therefore wait; surely they are waiting.

 

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Translations of the Qur'an, Chapter 44:

 

AD-DUKHAN (SMOKE)

 

Total Verses: 59

Revealed At: MAKKA

Maududi's introduction

 

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

 

044.001

YUSUFALI: Ha-Mim.

PICKTHAL: Ha. Mim.

SHAKIR: Ha Mim!

 

044.002

YUSUFALI: By the Book that makes things clear;-

PICKTHAL: By the Scripture that maketh plain

SHAKIR: I swear by the Book that makes manifest (the truth).

 

044.003

YUSUFALI: We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil).

PICKTHAL: Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -

SHAKIR: Surely We revealed it on a blessed night surely We are ever warning--

 

044.004

YUSUFALI: In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom,

PICKTHAL: Whereon every wise command is made clear

SHAKIR: Therein every wise affair is made distinct,

 

044.005

YUSUFALI: By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send (revelations),

PICKTHAL: As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -

SHAKIR: A command from Us; surely We are the senders (of messengers),

 

044.006

YUSUFALI: As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);

PICKTHAL: A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,

SHAKIR: A mercy from your Lord, surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing,

 

044.007

YUSUFALI: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if ye (but) have an assured faith.

PICKTHAL: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure.

SHAKIR: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you 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.

PICKTHAL: There is no Allah save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.

SHAKIR: There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore.

 

044.009

YUSUFALI: Yet they play about in doubt.

PICKTHAL: Nay, but they play in doubt.

SHAKIR: Nay, they are in doubt, they sport.

 

044.010

YUSUFALI: Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible,

PICKTHAL: But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke

SHAKIR: Therefore keep waiting for the day when the heaven shall bring an evident smoke,

 

044.011

YUSUFALI: Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.

PICKTHAL: That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.

SHAKIR: That shall overtake men; this is a painful punishment.

 

044.012

YUSUFALI: (They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us, for we do really believe!"

PICKTHAL: (Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers.

SHAKIR: Our Lord! remove from us the punishment; surely we are believers.

 

044.013

YUSUFALI: How shall the message be (effectual) for them, seeing that an Messenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them,-

PICKTHAL: How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them,

SHAKIR: How shall they be reminded, and there came to them an Messenger making clear (the truth),

 

044.014

YUSUFALI: Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!"

PICKTHAL: And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman?

SHAKIR: Yet they turned their backs on 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).

PICKTHAL: Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).

SHAKIR: Surely We will remove the punishment a little, (but) you will surely return (to evil).

 

044.016

YUSUFALI: One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed (then) exact Retribution!

PICKTHAL: On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.

SHAKIR: On the day when We will seize (them) with the most violent seizing; surely We will inflict retribution.

 

044.017

YUSUFALI: We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable,

PICKTHAL: And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,

SHAKIR: And certainly We tried before them the people of Firon, and there came to them a noble messenger,

 

044.018

YUSUFALI: Saying: "Restore to me the Servants of Allah: I am to you an messenger worthy of all trust;

PICKTHAL: Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.

SHAKIR: Saying: Deliver to me the servants of Allah, surely I am a faithful messenger to you,

 

044.019

YUSUFALI: "And be not arrogant as against Allah: for I come to you with authority manifest.

PICKTHAL: And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.

SHAKIR: And that do not exalt yourselves against Allah, surely I will bring to you a clear authority:

 

044.020

YUSUFALI: "For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me.

PICKTHAL: And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.

SHAKIR: And surely I take refuge with my Lord and your Lord that you should stone me to death:

 

044.021

YUSUFALI: "If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."

PICKTHAL: And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.

SHAKIR: And if you do not believe in me, then leave me alone.

 

044.022

YUSUFALI: (But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."

PICKTHAL: And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.

SHAKIR: Then he called upon his Lord: These are a guilty people.

 

044.023

YUSUFALI: (The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.

PICKTHAL: Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed,

SHAKIR: So go forth with My servants by night; surely you will be pursued:

 

044.024

YUSUFALI: "And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."

PICKTHAL: And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.

SHAKIR: And leave the sea intervening; surely they are a host that shall be drowned.

 

044.025

YUSUFALI: How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,

PICKTHAL: How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,

SHAKIR: How many of the gardens and fountains have they left!

 

044.026

YUSUFALI: And corn-fields and noble buildings,

PICKTHAL: And the cornlands and the goodly sites

SHAKIR: And cornfields and noble places!

 

044.027

YUSUFALI: And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight!

PICKTHAL: And pleasant things wherein they took delight!

SHAKIR: And goodly things wherein they rejoiced;

 

044.028

YUSUFALI: Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things)!

PICKTHAL: Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;

SHAKIR: Thus (it was), and We gave them as a heritage to another people.

 

044.029

YUSUFALI: And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again).

PICKTHAL: And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.

SHAKIR: So the heaven and the earth did not weep for them, nor were they respited.

 

044.030

YUSUFALI: We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,

PICKTHAL: And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;

SHAKIR: And certainly We delivered the children of Israel from the abasing chastisement,

 

044.031

YUSUFALI: Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors.

PICKTHAL: (We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.

SHAKIR: From Firon; surely he was haughty, (and) one of the extravagant.

 

044.032

YUSUFALI: And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,

PICKTHAL: And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.

SHAKIR: And certainly We chose them, having knowledge, above the nations.

 

044.033

YUSUFALI: And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial

PICKTHAL: And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.

SHAKIR: And We gave them of the communications wherein was clear blessing.

 

044.034

YUSUFALI: As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:

PICKTHAL: Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:

SHAKIR: Most surely these do say:

 

044.035

YUSUFALI: "There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.

PICKTHAL: There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.

SHAKIR: 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!"

PICKTHAL: Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!

SHAKIR: So bring our fathers (back), if you are truthful.

 

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.

PICKTHAL: Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.

SHAKIR: Are they better or the people of Tubba 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:

PICKTHAL: And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.

SHAKIR: And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them in sport.

 

044.039

YUSUFALI: We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.

PICKTHAL: We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.

SHAKIR: We did not create them both but with the truth, but most of them do not know.

 

044.040

YUSUFALI: Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them,-

PICKTHAL: Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,

SHAKIR: Surely the day of separation is their appointed term, of all of them

 

044.041

YUSUFALI: The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,

PICKTHAL: A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,

SHAKIR: The day on which a friend shall not avail (his) friend aught, nor shall they be helped,

 

044.042

YUSUFALI: Except such as receive Allah's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

PICKTHAL: Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.

SHAKIR: Save those on whom Allah shall have mercy; surely He is the Mighty the Merciful.

 

044.043

YUSUFALI: Verily the tree of Zaqqum

PICKTHAL: Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,

SHAKIR: Surely the tree of the Zaqqum,

 

044.044

YUSUFALI: Will be the food of the Sinful,-

PICKTHAL: The food of the sinner!

SHAKIR: Is the food of the sinful

 

044.045

YUSUFALI: Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.

PICKTHAL: Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies

SHAKIR: Like dregs of oil; it shall boil in (their) bellies,

 

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YUSUFALI: Like the boiling of scalding water.

PICKTHAL: As the seething of boiling water.

SHAKIR: Like the boiling of hot water.

 

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YUSUFALI: (A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!

PICKTHAL: (And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,

SHAKIR: Seize him, then drag him down into the middle of the hell;

 

044.048

YUSUFALI: "Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,

PICKTHAL: Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.

SHAKIR: Then pour above his head of the torment of the boiling water:

 

044.049

YUSUFALI: "Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!

PICKTHAL: (Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!

SHAKIR: Taste; you forsooth are the mighty, the honorable:

 

044.050

YUSUFALI: "Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"

PICKTHAL: Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.

SHAKIR: Surely this is what you disputed about.

 

044.051

YUSUFALI: As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,

PICKTHAL: Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.

SHAKIR: Surely those who guard (against evil) are in a secure place,

 

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YUSUFALI: Among Gardens and Springs;

PICKTHAL: Amid gardens and watersprings,

SHAKIR: In gardens and springs;

 

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YUSUFALI: Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;

PICKTHAL: Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.

SHAKIR: They shall wear of fine and thick silk, (sitting) face to face;

 

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YUSUFALI: So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.

PICKTHAL: Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.

SHAKIR: Thus (shall it be), and We will wed them with Houris pure, beautiful ones.

 

044.055

YUSUFALI: There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;

PICKTHAL: They call therein for every fruit in safety.

SHAKIR: They shall call therein for every fruit in security;

 

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,-

PICKTHAL: They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell,

SHAKIR: They shall not taste therein death except the first death, and He will save them from the punishment of the hell,

 

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YUSUFALI: As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!

PICKTHAL: A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.

SHAKIR: A grace from your Lord; this is the great achievement.

 

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YUSUFALI: Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed.

PICKTHAL: And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.

SHAKIR: So have We made it easy in your tongue that they may be mindful.

 

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YUSUFALI: So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.

PICKTHAL: Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.

SHAKIR: Therefore wait; surely they are waiting.

 

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