Verses 5–26

أَمْرًۭا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ﴿٥﴾

44:5as an ordinance from Us. We have been sending [apostles]

رَحْمَةًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ﴿٦﴾

44:6as a mercy from your Lord—indeed He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing—

رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ﴿٧﴾

44:7the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, should you have conviction.

لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿٨﴾

44:8There is no god except Him: He gives life and brings death, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.

بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّۢ يَلْعَبُونَ﴿٩﴾

44:9But they play around in doubt.

فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ﴿١٠﴾

44:10So watch out for the day when the sky brings on a manifest smoke,¹

يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ﴿١١﴾

44:11enveloping the people. [They will cry out:] ‘This is a painful punishment.

رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ﴿١٢﴾

44:12Our Lord! Remove this punishment from us. Indeed we have believed!’

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ﴿١٣﴾

44:13What will the admonition avail them, when a manifest apostle had already come to them,

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌۭ مَّجْنُونٌ﴿١٤﴾

44:14but they turned away from him, and said, ‘A tutored madman?’

إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ﴿١٥﴾

44:15Indeed We will withdraw the punishment a little; but you will revert [to your earlier ways].

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ﴿١٦﴾

44:16The day We shall strike with the most terrible striking, We will indeed take vengeance [on them].

۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۭ كَرِيمٌ﴿١٧﴾

44:17Certainly We tried the people of Pharaoh before them, when a noble apostle came to them,

أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ﴿١٨﴾

44:18[saying,] ‘Give over the servants of Allah to me; indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ﴿١٩﴾

44:19Do not defy Allah. Indeed I bring you a manifest authority.

وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ﴿٢٠﴾

44:20I seek the protection of my Lord and your Lord, lest you should stone me.

وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ﴿٢١﴾

44:21And if you do not believe me, keep out of my way.’

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌۭ مُّجْرِمُونَ﴿٢٢﴾

44:22Then he invoked his Lord, [saying,] ‘These are indeed a guilty lot.’

فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ﴿٢٣﴾

44:23[Allah told him,] ‘Set out by night with My servants; for you will be pursued.

وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌۭ مُّغْرَقُونَ﴿٢٤﴾

44:24Leave behind the sea unmoving; for they will be a drowned host.’²

كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ﴿٢٥﴾

44:25How many gardens and springs did they leave behind!

وَزُرُوعٍۢ وَمَقَامٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ﴿٢٦﴾

44:26Fields and splendid places,