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Surah 44
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Fifty-nine verses on a night in which every wise matter is made distinct, and a smoke that will cover people and be called a painful punishment. Pharaoh's people leaving behind gardens and springs that then belonged to nobody. It is short, and almost entirely about consequence. It opens with disconnected letters.
حمٓ
Easy-read (simplified)haa meem
DIN 31635ḥā mīm
The translators spell these letters differently
Ha, Meem.
Ha. Mim
‘H. M.
Ha. Mim
H. M.
وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Easy-read (simplified)wal-kitaabi l-mubeen
DIN 31635wal-kitābi l-mubīni
The translators word this verse differently
By the Enlightening Scripture.
By the Scripture that maketh plain
By the perspicuous Book
By this clear Book
By the perspicuous book of the Koran
إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)innaa anzalnaahu fee laylatin mubaarakatin innaa kunnaa mundhireen
DIN 31635ʾinnā ʾanzalnāhu fī laylatin mubārakatin ʾinnā kunnā munḏirīna
We have revealed it on a Blessed Night-We have warned.
Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning
verily, we have sent it down on a blessed night;- verily, we had given warning
See! on a blessed night have we sent it down, for we would warn mankind
verily We have sent down the same on a blessed night, -- for We had engaged so to do
فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ
Easy-read (simplified)feehaa yufraqu kullu amrin hakeem
DIN 31635fīhā yufraqu kullu ʾamrin ḥakīmin
The translators word this verse differently
In it is distinguished every wise command.
Whereon every wise command is made clear
wherein is decided every wise affair
On the night wherein all things are disposed in wisdom
on the night wherein is distinctly sent down the decree of every determined thing, as a command from Us
أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)amran min 'indinaa innaa kunnaa mursileen
DIN 31635ʾamran min ʿindinā ʾinnā kunnā mursilīna
The translators word this verse differently
A decree from Us. We have been sending messages.
As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending
as an order from us. Verily, we were sending (apostles)
By virtue of our behest. Lo! we have ever sent forth Apostles
Verily We have ever used to send apostles with revelations, at proper intervals
رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Easy-read (simplified)rahmatan min rabbika innahu huwa s-samee'u l-'aleem
DIN 31635raḥmatan min rabbika ʾinnahu huwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu
As mercy from your Lord. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower
a mercy from thy Lord; verily, He both hears and knows
A mercy from thy Lord: he truly heareth and knoweth all things
as a mercy from thy Lord; for it is He who heareth and knoweth
رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)rabbi s-samaawaati wal-'ardi wamaa baynahumaa in kuntum mooqineen
DIN 31635rabbi s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍi wamā baynahumā ʾin kuntum mūqinīna
Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you know for sure.
Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure
from the Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between the two, if ye were but sure
Lord of the Heavens and of the Earth and of all that is between them, - if ye be firm in faith
The Lord of heaven and earth, and of whatever is between them; if ye are men of sure knowledge
لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)laa ilaaha illaa huwa yuhyee wayumeetu rabbukum warabbu aabaa'ikumu l-'awwaleen
DIN 31635lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa yuḥyī wayumītu rabbukum warabbu ʾābāʾikumu l-ʾawwalīna
There is no god but He. He gives life and causes death-your Lord and Lord of your ancestors of old.
There is no Allah save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers
There is no god but He, He quickens and He kills - your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore
There is no God but He! - He maketh alive and killeth! - Your Lord and the Lord of your sires of old
There is no God but He: He giveth life, and He causeth to die; he is your Lord, and the Lord of your fore-fathers
بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)bal hum fee shakkin yal'aboon
DIN 31635bal hum fī šakkin yalʿabūna
The translators word this verse differently
Yet they play around in doubt.
Nay, but they play in doubt
Nay, they in doubt do play
Yet with doubts do they disport them
Yet do they amuse themselves with doubt
فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
Easy-read (simplified)fartaqib yawma ta'tee s-samaa'u bidukhaanin mubeen
DIN 31635fartaqib yawma taʾtī s-samāʾu biduḫānin mubīnin
The translators word this verse differently
So watch out for the Day when the sky produces a visible smoke.
But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke
But expect thou the day when the heaven shall bring obvious smoke
But mark them on the day when the Heaven shall give out a palpable SMOKE
But observe them on the day whereon the heaven shall produce a visible smoke
Arabic textTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
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Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026
Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com