1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,099 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:04,099 --> 00:00:07,700 Ha, Meem. 3 00:00:07,700 --> 00:00:12,900 By the clear Book, 4 00:00:12,900 --> 00:00:19,899 “Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -” (44:3) 5 00:00:19,899 --> 00:00:26,100 indeed, We have always been warning. 6 00:00:26,100 --> 00:00:31,300 “Whereon every wise command is made clear” (44:4) 7 00:00:31,300 --> 00:00:35,500 A matter decreeing from Us, 8 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:41,899 for indeed, We have always sent messengers, 9 00:00:41,899 --> 00:00:45,439 as a mercy from your Lord. 10 00:00:45,439 --> 00:00:51,740 Truly, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, 11 00:00:51,740 --> 00:00:56,640 Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, 12 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:03,039 if you would only be certain. 13 00:01:03,039 --> 00:01:08,040 There is no deity worthy of worship except Him; He gives life and causes death, 14 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:14,730 your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers. 15 00:01:14,730 --> 00:01:19,930 “Nay, but they play in doubt.” (44:9) 16 00:01:19,930 --> 00:01:28,129 “But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke” (44:10) 17 00:01:28,129 --> 00:01:34,129 “That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.” (44:11) 18 00:01:34,129 --> 00:01:41,730 "Our Lord, relieve us of the punishment; indeed, we will believe." 19 00:01:41,730 --> 00:01:49,730 How can they take heed when there has already come to them a clear messenger, 20 00:01:49,730 --> 00:01:57,129 “And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman?” (44:14) 21 00:01:57,129 --> 00:02:06,930 Indeed, We will remove the punishment a little, but you will surely revert. 22 00:02:06,930 --> 00:02:10,729 “On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.” (44:16) 23 00:02:10,729 --> 00:02:15,930 and indeed, We will exact retribution. 24 00:02:15,930 --> 00:02:20,530 “And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,” (44:17) 25 00:02:20,530 --> 00:02:25,330 and there came to them a noble messenger, 26 00:02:25,330 --> 00:02:29,330 “Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.” (44:18) 27 00:02:29,330 --> 00:02:35,050 "Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger, 28 00:02:35,050 --> 00:02:41,120 “And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.” (44:19) 29 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:47,449 “And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.” (44:19) 30 00:02:47,449 --> 00:02:56,050 “And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.” (44:20) 31 00:02:56,050 --> 00:03:00,449 “And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.” (44:21) 32 00:03:00,449 --> 00:03:09,849 So he called upon his Lord, "These are indeed a criminal people." 33 00:03:09,849 --> 00:03:16,789 "So depart with My servants by night; indeed, you will be pursued, 34 00:03:16,789 --> 00:03:25,789 “And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.” (44:24) 35 00:03:25,789 --> 00:03:32,189 “How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,” (44:25) 36 00:03:32,189 --> 00:03:37,789 and crops, and a noble estate, 37 00:03:37,789 --> 00:03:44,590 “And pleasant things wherein they took delight!” (44:27) 38 00:03:44,590 --> 00:03:50,189 “Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;” (44:28) 39 00:03:50,189 --> 00:03:59,590 “And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.” (44:29) 40 00:03:59,590 --> 00:04:06,789 “And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;” (44:30) 41 00:04:06,789 --> 00:04:09,590 from Pharaoh. 42 00:04:09,590 --> 00:04:15,870 “(We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.” (44:31) 43 00:04:15,870 --> 00:04:21,870 “And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.” (44:32) 44 00:04:21,870 --> 00:04:30,069 “And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.” (44:33) 45 00:04:30,069 --> 00:04:44,079 Indeed, these people say, "There is nothing beyond our first death, and we will not be resurrected." 46 00:04:44,079 --> 00:04:51,970 “Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!” (44:36) 47 00:04:51,970 --> 00:04:59,170 “Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.” (44:37) 48 00:04:59,170 --> 00:05:06,220 “Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.” (44:37) 49 00:05:06,220 --> 00:05:13,819 “And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.” (44:38) 50 00:05:13,819 --> 00:05:23,420 “We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.” (44:39) 51 00:05:23,420 --> 00:05:30,420 Indeed, the Day of Judgement is the appointed time for them all, 52 00:05:30,420 --> 00:05:40,019 the Day when no relation will avail a relation at all, nor will they be helped, 53 00:05:40,019 --> 00:05:48,829 “Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.” (44:42) 54 00:05:48,829 --> 00:05:53,959 Indeed, the tree of Zaqqum 55 00:05:53,959 --> 00:05:57,959 is the food of the sinful, 56 00:05:57,959 --> 00:06:02,759 “Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies” (44:45) 57 00:06:02,759 --> 00:06:05,959 boiling like scalding water. 58 00:06:05,959 --> 00:06:13,360 “(And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,” (44:47) 59 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:21,019 "Then pour over his head the torment of boiling water." 60 00:06:21,019 --> 00:06:27,889 “(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!” (44:49) 61 00:06:27,889 --> 00:06:35,670 “Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.” (44:50) 62 00:06:35,670 --> 00:06:43,329 “Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.” (44:51) 63 00:06:43,329 --> 00:06:49,019 in gardens and springs, 64 00:06:49,019 --> 00:06:57,620 “Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.” (44:53) 65 00:06:57,620 --> 00:07:04,220 “Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.” (44:54) 66 00:07:04,220 --> 00:07:09,819 “They call therein for every fruit in safety.” (44:55) 67 00:07:09,819 --> 00:07:15,620 “They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell,” (44:56) 68 00:07:15,620 --> 00:07:20,019 and He protected them from the torment of Hellfire, 69 00:07:20,019 --> 00:07:23,420 as a bounty from your Lord. 70 00:07:23,420 --> 00:07:28,220 That is indeed the supreme triumph. 71 00:07:28,220 --> 00:07:36,879 “And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.” (44:58) 72 00:07:36,879 --> 00:07:44,899 So wait; indeed, they too are waiting.