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1. Ḥā Mīm. The discussion on similar letters has already passed in Sūrah Al-Baqarah.

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2. Allah takes an oath on the Qur’ān which clearly explains the path of guidance towards the truth.

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3. Indeed, I revealed the Qur’ān on the Night of Decree; it is a night of much goodness. Indeed, I warn through this Qur’ān.

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Book, the Qur’an, that clarifies, the one that distinguishes what is lawful from what is unlawful. [44:3] Indeed We revealed it on a blessed night, the Night of Ordainment (laylat al-qadr), or the eve of the middle of Sha'ban, 1 in which it was revealed from the Mother Book, from the seventh heaven to the heaven of this world. Indeed We have been warning.…

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4. On this night every precise matter related to provisions, lifespans etc. are decided which Allah is to make happen that year.

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5. I decide every precise matter of Mine; indeed, I am the one who sends the messengers.

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for the entire year until that same night again [the following year], is distinguished, is decided. [44:5] As an ordinance, a d iSti n guish i n g, /ro m Us. Indeed We have been sending from your Lord, mes¬ sengers, [such as] Muhammad (s) and those before him, [44:6] as a mercy, out of compassion for those to whom these [messengers] have been sent. Surely He is the Hearer, of their sayings, the Knower, of their addons.

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6. O Messenger! I send the messengers through My mercy for those whom they are sent towards. Indeed, may I be glorified I am the Hearer of the statements of My servants, the Knower of their intentions; none of them are hidden from Me.

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7. He is the Lord of the heavens, the earth and whatever lies between them. If you are convinced of that, then bring faith upon my Messenger.

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messengers] have been sent. Surely He is the Hearer, of their sayings, the Knower, of their addons. [44:7] Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them (read rabbu’l-samawati, in the nominative [to understand it] as a third predicate; or read rabbi’l-samawati as a substitution for rabbika, ‘your Lord’), if you should be certain, O people of Mecca, that God, exalted be He, is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, then also be certain that Muhammad (s) is His Messenger. [44:8] There is no god except Him. He gives life and brings death.…

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8. There is no true deity except him. He gives life and causes death; there is no one that does that except Him. He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers before you.

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9. These idolaters are not convinced of that, rather, they are in doubt about it and distract themselves from it with the falsehood they are in.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

e is no god except Him. He gives life and brings death. Your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers. [44:9] Nay, but they linger in doubt, concerning the Resurrection, playing, in mockery of you, O Muhammad (s), and so he said, ‘My God, assist me againSt them with seven [years of drought] like the seven of Joseph’. [44:10] God, exalted be He, says: So watch out for the day when the heaven will produce a visible smoke.…

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10. So O Messenger! Wait for their punishment that will come soon: a day when the sky is clearly filled with smoke.

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11. It will cover the people, and will be said to them, “This punishment that has afflicted you is a painful punishment.”

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12. They will then beg their Lord, asking him, “O our Lord! Turn the punishment that you sent upon us, away from us. If you turn it away from us, we will believe in You and in Your Messenger.”

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13. How can they take heed and repent to their Lord now, when a clear Messenger came to them before, and they knew of his truthfulness and honesty?

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m the chastisement; indeed we have believed’, we have [now] affirmed the sincerity of Your Prophet. [44:13] God, exalted be He, says: How can there be a reminder for them, that is to say, faith will not ben¬ efit them once the chastisement has been sent down, when already there has come to them a manifest Messenger, whose Message is plain [to understand], [44:14] but they turned away from him and said, ‘He has been taught — that is, a human being is teach¬ ing him the Qur’an — [he is] a madman!’ 1 The eve of the 15 th of Sha'ban is usually understood as beginning after sunset on the 14 t…

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14. They turned away from believing in him, and said about him, “He was taught. Other people taught him; he is not a messenger.” They also said, “He is a madman.”

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15. Indeed, when I turn the punishment away from them for a short while, they will return to their disbelief and rejection.

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16. O Messenger! Wait for the day when I will seize the disbelievers with the greatest seizing, by entering them into the hellfire on the Day of Judgement wherein they will live forever. I will take retribution from them for their disbelief in Allah and rejecting His messengers.

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and so it was removed from them. [But] you will indeed revert!’, to your disbelief — and they did. [44:16] Mention, the day when We shall assault with the moil mighty assault — this was the day of [the battle of] Badr — [then] indeed We shall take vengeance, on them ( al-batsh, means ‘to seize violently’). [44:17] And certainly We tried.…

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17. And verily I tested the people of Pharaoh before them, and their noble messenger came to them from Allah calling them towards His oneness and worship. He was Moses (peace be upon him).

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18. Moses said to Pharaoh and his people, “Leave the Israelites to me, because they are the servants of Allah; you have no right to take them as slaves. Indeed, I am a messenger to you from Allah, I am trustworthy in conveying what He has commanded me to convey. I will not take anything away from it nor add anything to it.”

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19. “And do not show arrogance to Allah by leaving His worship and assuming superiority over His servants. Indeed, I will bring to you a clear proof.”

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servants of God; indeed I am for you a messenger [who is] faithful’, in what he has been sent with, [44:19] and, ‘Do not rebel, [do not] try to adt strong, again St God, by neglecting obedience to Him. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant’, [clear] proof of [the sincerity of] my Mission — but they threatened to it one him to death. [44:20] So he said, ‘And truly I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord, left you should Stone me, [to death] with rocks. [44:21] And if you do not believe me, then Slay away from me’, [that is] then refrain from harming me — but they did not refrain from such [acft…

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20. “And I have sought protection in my Lord and your Lord from you killing me by stoning.”

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21. “If you do not believe in whatever I have brought, then leave me alone; do not approach me intending harm.”

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22. Then Moses supplicated to his Lord: “This nation i.e. Pharaoh and his people, are a criminal nation who deserve a swift punishment.”

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cftion]. [44:22] So he called to his Lord, saying, ‘These are indeed a guilty, an idolatrous, lot!’ [44:23] God, exalted be He, said: ‘Then set out (read fa-asri or fa’sri) with My servants, the Children of Israel, by night; for you will assuredly be pursued, [surely] Pharaoh and his people will pursue you. [44:24] And leave the sea behind, once you and your companions have crossed it, at reSt, hf i 11 and calm, until the Egyptians enter it: indeed they will be a drowned hoSt’ — he [Moses] was reassured by this [Statement] — and they were [indeed] drowned. [44:25] How many gardens, orcha…

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23. So Allah commanded Moses to take his people away at night, and informed him that Pharaoh and his people will pursue them.

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So he called to his Lord, saying, ‘These are indeed a guilty, an idolatrous, lot!’ [44:23] God, exalted be He, said: ‘Then set out (read fa-asri or fa’sri) with My servants, the Children of Israel, by night; for you will assuredly be pursued, [surely] Pharaoh and his people will pursue you. [44:24] And leave the sea behind, once you and your companions have crossed it, at reSt, hf i 11 and calm, until the Egyptians enter it: indeed they will be a drowned hoSt’ — he [Moses] was reassured by this [Statement] — and they were [indeed] drowned. [44:25] How many gardens, orchards, and, flowing,…

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24. He also commanded him that when they all cross the sea, to leave it standing as it was, because Pharaoh and his people were to be destroyed by drowning in it.

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25. How many gardens and flowing springs did Pharaoh and his people leave behind!

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26. And how many farms and beautiful places did they leave behind!

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eave behind, [44:26] as well as sown fields and many a glorious residence, [many] a splendid court, [44:27] and the bounty, the comforts, in which they rejoiced!, [in which] they lived luxuriously. [44:28] So [it was] (kadhalika is the predicate of a subject [that is missing], such as ‘the matter was [so]’) and We made these an inheritance, that is to say, their riches, for another people, namely, the Children of Israel. [44:29] So neither the heaven nor the earth wept for them — in contract to the [case with] believers, at the point of whose death weep both their places of prayer on ear…

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27. And how many lives of luxuries they used to live, did they leave behind!

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28. Whatever has been described to you happened to them, and we made another nation i.e. the Israelites inherit their gardens, springs, farms and structures.

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29. Neither the heavens nor the earth cried over Pharaoh and his people when they drowned, nor were they given respite to repent.

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30. And verily I saved the Israelites from the humiliating punishment, because Pharaoh and his people would kill their children and keep their women alive.

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eaven; nor were they reprieved, [nor] were they deferred [until they were able] to make repentance. [44:30] And verily We delivered the Children of Israel from the humiliating chastisement, of having their children slain and their womenfolk taken as servants, [44:31 \ from Pharaoh ( min Fir’awna, is said to be a substitution for al-‘adhabi, on the basis of an implied annexation, that is to say, [min] ‘adhabi [Firawna]; or it is said to be a circumstantial qualifier referring to al-’adhab, ‘the chastisement’).…

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31. I saved them from the punishment of Pharaoh. Indeed, he was an arrogant one from those who transgressed the command and religion of Allah.

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32. And verily I selected the Israelites knowingly over the people of their time, because of their many Prophets.

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33. And I granted them miracles through which I gave strength to Moses, and in which there was an obvious blessing for them, like the Mann and Salwā and other than them.

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ir State, over [all] the worlds, that is, the worlds of their time, [those of] the rational beings. [44:33] And We gave them signs in which there was a manifest trial, an obvious grace, such as the part¬ ing of the sea, [the sending down of] manna and quails and other such [signs], [44:34] Indeed these ones, that is, the Meccan disbelievers, say, [44:35] ‘It, that death after which there is life, is nothing more than our fir ft death, that is, when they were Sjierm-drops, and we shall not be resurrected, [we shall not be] raised alive after the second one. [44:36] Bring us then our fathe…

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34. Indeed, these rejecting idolaters will say, denying the resurrection:

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35. “It is only our first death that we will die; there is no life after that, and we are not going to be resurrected after this death.”

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36. “O Muhammad! If you are truthful in your claim that Allah will resurrect the dead alive for requital and accountability, then bring back to life our forefathers who have died.”

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37. O Messenger! Are these denying idolaters stronger and more resistant, or the people of Tubba‘ and those after them like the ‘Ād and Thamūd? I destroyed them all. Indeed, they were criminals.

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bout our being resurrecfted after we have died, that is to say, that we will be given life [again], [44:37] God, exalted be He, says: Are they better, or the people of Tubba c — [he was] a prophet or a right¬ eous man — and those, communities, before them? We deftroyed, because of their disbelief. In other words: they are not mightier than those, and yet they were destroyed; indeed they were criminals. [44:38] And We did not create the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, [intending] to play, by creating all that ( laibina, ‘to play’, is a circumstantial qualifier).

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38. And I did not create the heavens, the earth and everything between it in jest and amusement.

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39. I only created it due to a profound wisdom, but the majority of idolaters do not know that.

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em, [intending] to play, by creating all that ( laibina, ‘to play’, is a circumstantial qualifier). [44:39] We did not create them, and all that is between them, except with the truth, that is to say, [We created them] rightfully so that one might infer thereby Our power and Our Oneness and other matters; but moft of them, that is, the Meccan disbelievers, do not know. [44:40] Assuredly the Day of Decision, the Day of Resurrection, in which God will decide between serv¬ ants, will be the try ft for all of them, for everlasting chastisement;

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40. The day of judgment in which Allah will decide between the servants is the appointed time for all of the creation in which Allah will gather them.

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41. The day when no relative will benefit his relative or friend benefit his friend nor will they be saved from Allah’s punishment, because authority on that day will be for Allah. Nobody will be able to claim it.

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d will decide between serv¬ ants, will be the try ft for all of them, for everlasting chastisement; [44:41] the day when a friend will not avail a friend, on account of kinship or friendship, that is to say, [the day when] he will not [be able to] ward off from the other, anything, of the chastisement, nor will they be helped — [nor will they] be protected from it ( yawma, ‘the day’, is a substitution for yawma’l-fasl, ‘the Day of Decision’), [44:42] except for him on whom God has mercy — and these are the believers, for they will intercede for one another with God’s permission.…

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42. Except the person Allah has mercy on, for he will benefit from the good action he has sent forward. Allah is the Mighty whom nobody can overpower, Wise in His creation, decree and plan.

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43. The tree of zaqqum which Allah has grown at the bottom of the fire

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indeed the Mighty, the Victor in His retribution of the disbe¬ lievers, the Merciful, to believers. [44:43] Lot the tree of Zaqqum, one of the vileSt of the bitter trees of the Tihama region: God, exalted be He, will make it grow forth in the Hell-fire, [44:44] will be the food of the sinful, Abu Jahl and his companions, the graveSt of sinners. [44:45] Like molten copper, that is to say, like the dregs of black oil ( ka’l-muhli, is the second predicate) it will boil inside the bellies ([if] read taghli, then it is a third predicate; [if] yaghli, then it is a circum¬ stantial qualifier re…

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44. Is the food of the extremely sinful who will eat of its horrible fruit!

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45. Like black oil, boiling in their stomachs due to its intense heat.

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46. Like the boiling of extremely hot water.

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er’), [44:46] as the boiling of boiling water, [hamim means] water of the moSt extreme temperature. [44:47] ‘Seize him, it will be said to the Zabaniya [the Guards of Hell], ‘seize the sinner’, and drag him (read fa’tiluhu or fa tuluhu), haul him away violently and brutally, to the midft of Hell-fire, [al-jahim means] the centre of the Fire. [44:48] Then pour over his head the torture of boiling water!’, that is to say, the boiling water which is ever-torturous (this [use of‘the torture of boiling water’] is rhetorically more intense than what is Stated by the verse: boiling water will b…

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47. It will be said to the keepers of hell: “Grab him, drag him violently and harshly towards the middle of the fire”.

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48. Then pour hot water over the head of this person being punished, so that the punishment does not separate from him.

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49. It will be said to him, mockingly: “Taste this painful punishment. You are the mighty who is not treated unjustly, noble amongst your people.

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ntense than what is Stated by the verse: boiling water will be poured over their heads [Q. 22:19]). [44:49] And it will be said to him: ‘Tafte!, that is, [taSte] the chastisement. Indeed you are the mighty, the noble one!, as you claimed when you used to say, ‘There is nothing between its two mountains [sc.…

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50. This is the punishment you used to doubt will occur on the Day of Judgment, but now your doubt has been removed from you by seeing it”.

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51. Those who are mindful of their Lord through carrying out His commands and refraining from His prohibitions will be in a place of residence, safe from every misfortune that could afflict them.

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52. In gardens and flowing springs.

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seat in which there will be security from [all] fear, [44:52] amid gardens, orchards, and springs, [44:53] dressed in fine silk and [heavy] silk brocade, that is to say, in fine and thick silks ( sundusin wa’Slabraqin, receptively), sitting face to face (mutaqabilina is a circumstantial qualifier), that is to say, they do not look upon each other backs, since the couches revolve with them in them. [44:54] So [shall it be] (an implied al-amru, ‘the matter’, should be read as preceding this); 2 and We shall pair them, either in conjugality or [meaning] We shall join them, with houris of be…

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53. They will wear in Paradise fine and thick silk. They will be facing one another and not see each other’s nape.

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54. Just as I will honour with that which is mentioned, I will marry them in Paradise to beautiful women with beautiful wide eyes.

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55. They will call their attendants therein to bring them every fruit they wish, safe from their being cut off and from their harms.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

them, with houris of beautiful eyes, women of the faireSt complexion with wide and beautiful eyes. [44:55] They will call, they will request from servants, therein, that is, in Paradise, to bring, every fruit, thereof, [remaining] secure, [in their knowledge] that it will not come to an end or cause harm and [se¬ cure] from all danger ( aminina, ‘secure’, is a circumstantial qualifier’). [44:56] They will not taile death therein, other than the firSt death, namely, the one [that came] in this world after they had lived in it (some [scholars] think that ilia, ‘other than, here means bada,…

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56. Living therein forever. They will not taste death therein except the first death in the worldly life, and their Lord will save them from the punishment of the fire.

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57. As a grace and kindness from your Lord to them, O Messenger. That which is mentioned, namely entering them into Paradise and saving them from the fire is the great success which no success can compare with.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

other than, here means bada, ‘after’). And He will shield them from the chastisement of Hell-fire — [44:57] a bounty from your Lord (fadlan is a verbal noun, with the sense of tafaddulan, and is in the accusative [dependent Status] because of an implied [preceding] tafaddala). That is the supreme tri¬ umph. [44:58] For We have made it easy.…

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58. I have made this Qur’ān easy and facilitated it for you by revealing it in your language of Arabic, O Messenger, so that they take heed.

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59. So await your help and their destruction; they are awaiting your destruction.

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