حم
Hā. Mīm. (1)
تَنْزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ
THE BESTOWAL from on high of this divine writ issues from God, the Almighty, the Wise. (2)
إِنَّ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ لَآيَاتٍ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Behold, in the heavens as well as on earth there are indeed messages for all who [are willing to] believe. (3)
وَفِي خَلْقِكُمْ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِنْ دَابَّةٍ آيَاتٌ لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ
And in your own nature, and in [that of] all the animals which He scatters [over the earth] there are messages for people who are endowed with inner certainty. (4)
وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ رِزْقٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَتَصْرِيفِ الرِّيَاحِ آيَاتٌ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
And in the succession of night and day, and in the means of subsistence which God sends down from the skies, giving life thereby to the earth after it had been lifeless, and in the change of the winds: [in all this] there are messages for people who use their reason. (5)
تِلْكَ آيَاتُ اللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَ اللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ يُؤْمِنُونَ
These messages of God do We convey unto thee, setting forth the truth. In what other tiding, if not in God's messages, will they, then, believe? (6)
وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ
Woe unto every sinful self-deceiver (7)
يَسْمَعُ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَأَنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهَا فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
who hears God's messages when they are conveyed to him, and yet, as though he had not heard them, persists in his haughty disdain! Hence, announce unto him grievous suffering – (8)
وَإِذَا عَلِمَ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا شَيْئًا اتَّخَذَهَا هُزُوًا أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُهِينٌ
for when he does become aware of any of Our messages, he makes them a target of his mockery! For all such there is shameful suffering in store. (9)
مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَلَا يُغْنِي عَنْهُمْ مَا كَسَبُوا شَيْئًا وَلَا مَا اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ أَوْلِيَاءَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
Hell is ahead of them; and all that they may have gained [in this world] shall be of no avail whatever to them, and neither shall any of those things which, instead of God, they have come to regard as their protectors: for awesome suffering awaits them. (10)
هَٰذَا هُدًى وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِنْ رِجْزٍ أَلِيمٌ
[To pay heed to God's signs and messages:] this is [the meaning of] guidance; on the other hand, for those who are bent on denying the truth of their Sustainer's messages there is grievous suffering in store as an outcome of [their] vileness. (11)
- And when he learns something of Our Signs, he takes them in jest: for such there will be a humiliating Penalty.4743
- 4743 Note that in each of the verses 8-11 the Penalty is characterised by a certain description, which accords with the crime. (1) In verse 8, the man is arrogant about the Signs of Allah's love and care all around him, and his Penalty is "grievous". (2) In verse 9, he ridicules Allah's Signs, and his Penalty is "humiliating": he makes himself a ridiculous fool. (3) and (4) are described in the two following notes.
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And when he learns something of Our Signs, he takes them in jest: for such there will be a humiliating Penalty.
— Abdullah Yusuf Ali -
And when he knoweth aught of Our revelations he maketh it a jest. For such there is a shameful doom.
— Marmaduke Pickthall -
And when he comes to know of any of Our communications, he takes it for a jest; these it is that shall have abasing chastisement.
— M. Habib Shakir -
And when he learns something of Our Verses (this Qur'an), he makes them a jest. For such there will be a humiliating torment.
— Taqiuddin Hilali and M. Mohsin Khan -
And when he cometh to know aught of Our revelations, he taketh it scoffingly. These! theirs shall be a torment ignominous;
— Abdul-Majid Daryabadi -
As for he who knows something of Our verses and then mocks them for those there is a humiliating punishment.
— Hasan Qaribullah and Ahmed Darwish -
And when he learns anything of Our Signs, he takes them in mockery; those shall have a humiliating punishment.
— Ayub Khan -
And when he learns something of Our Signs, he makes a jest of them. For such there is an humiliating punishment.
— Sher Ali -
for when he does become aware of any of Our messages, he makes them a target of his mockery!
For all such there is shameful suffering in store.
— Muhammad Asad -
And when he knows anything of Our signs, he takes them in mockery; those for them awaits a humbling chastisement.
— Arthur Arberry -
Whenever he comes to know anything of Our Signs, he makes them an object of jest.{{10}} For such there awaits a humiliating chastisement.
— Abu'l Ala Maududi