44. Sūrat al-Dukhān
٤٤۔ سُورَةُ الدُّخان
And We certainly saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment -
وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ
From Pharaoh. Indeed, he was a haughty one among the transgressors.
مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِنَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ
And We certainly chose them by knowledge over ˹all˺ the worlds.
وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ
And We gave them of signs that in which there was a clear trial.
وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَاءٌ مُبِينٌ
إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَيَقُولُونَ
"There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.
إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنْشَرِينَ
Then bring ˹back˺ our forefathers, if you should be truthful."
فَأْتُوا بِآبَائِنَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those before them? We destroyed them, ˹for˺ indeed, they were criminals.
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ
And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ
We did not create them except in truth, but most of them do not know.
مَا خَلَقْنَاهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is the appointed time for them all -
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِيقَاتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
The Day when no relation will avail a relation at all, nor will they be helped -
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِي مَوْلًى عَنْ مَوْلًى شَيْئًا وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ
Except those ˹believers˺ on whom Allah has mercy. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
إِلَّا مَنْ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ