English Translation and Commentary of the Holy Quran (2010)
by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Chapter 44: Ad-Dukhan — The Drought (Revealed at Makkah: 3 sections, 59 verses)
Section 3 (Verses 44:43–44:59): Good and Evil Rewarded
Translation:
اِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّوۡمِ ﴿ۙ۴۳﴾
44:43 Surely the tree of Zaqqūm1
طَعَامُ الۡاَثِیۡمِ ﴿ۖۛۚ۴۴﴾
44:44 is the food of the sinful,
کَالۡمُہۡلِ ۚۛ یَغۡلِیۡ فِی الۡبُطُوۡنِ ﴿ۙ۴۵﴾
44:45 like molten brass; it seethes in (their) bellies
کَغَلۡیِ الۡحَمِیۡمِ ﴿۴۶﴾
44:46 like boiling water.
خُذُوۡہُ فَاعۡتِلُوۡہُ اِلٰی سَوَآءِ الۡجَحِیۡمِ ﴿٭ۖ۴۷﴾
44:47 Seize him, then drag him into the midst of hell;
ثُمَّ صُبُّوۡا فَوۡقَ رَاۡسِہٖ مِنۡ عَذَابِ الۡحَمِیۡمِ ﴿ؕ۴۸﴾
44:48 then pour on his head torment of boiling water —
ذُقۡ ۚۙ اِنَّکَ اَنۡتَ الۡعَزِیۡزُ الۡکَرِیۡمُ ﴿۴۹﴾
44:49 Taste — you are the (so-called) mighty, the honourable!2
اِنَّ ہٰذَا مَا کُنۡتُمۡ بِہٖ تَمۡتَرُوۡنَ ﴿۵۰﴾
44:50 Surely this is what you doubted.
اِنَّ الۡمُتَّقِیۡنَ فِیۡ مَقَامٍ اَمِیۡنٍ ﴿ۙ۵۱﴾
44:51 Those who keep their duty are indeed in a secure place —
فِیۡ جَنّٰتٍ وَّ عُیُوۡنٍ ﴿ۚۙ۵۲﴾
44:52 in gardens and springs,
یَّلۡبَسُوۡنَ مِنۡ سُنۡدُسٍ وَّ اِسۡتَبۡرَقٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِیۡنَ ﴿ۚۙ۵۳﴾
44:53 wearing fine silk and thick brocade, facing one another —
کَذٰلِکَ ۟ وَ زَوَّجۡنٰہُمۡ بِحُوۡرٍ عِیۡنٍ ﴿ؕ۵۴﴾
44:54 thus (shall it be). And We shall join them to pure, beautiful ones.3
یَدۡعُوۡنَ فِیۡہَا بِکُلِّ فَاکِہَۃٍ اٰمِنِیۡنَ ﴿ۙ۵۵﴾
44:55 They call therein for every fruit in security —
لَا یَذُوۡقُوۡنَ فِیۡہَا الۡمَوۡتَ اِلَّا الۡمَوۡتَۃَ الۡاُوۡلٰی ۚ وَ وَقٰہُمۡ عَذَابَ الۡجَحِیۡمِ ﴿ۙ۵۶﴾
44:56 they do not taste death therein, except the first death; and He will save them from the punishment of hell —
فَضۡلًا مِّنۡ رَّبِّکَ ؕ ذٰلِکَ ہُوَ الۡفَوۡزُ الۡعَظِیۡمُ ﴿۵۷﴾
44:57 a grace from your Lord. This is the mighty achievement.
فَاِنَّمَا یَسَّرۡنٰہُ بِلِسَانِکَ لَعَلَّہُمۡ یَتَذَکَّرُوۡنَ ﴿۵۸﴾
44:58 So We have made it easy in your tongue that they may be mindful.
فَارۡتَقِبۡ اِنَّہُمۡ مُّرۡتَقِبُوۡنَ ﴿٪۵۹﴾
44:59 Wait then; surely they (too) are waiting.