{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_044_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_044_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_044_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/044.htm","summary":"This is Chapter 44 (\"The Smoke\") of the Quran, one of the shorter Meccan surahs, presented here in a 19th-century English translation. The chapter opens by asserting the divine origin of the Quran itself \u2014 revealed on a \"blessed night\" \u2014 and then delivers an eschatological warning: a day is coming when visible smoke will descend as a sign of divine punishment, separating the faithful from those who rejected the message. A substantial portion retells the story of Moses and Pharaoh as a typological example of what befalls those who defy God's apostles, emphasizing the destruction of Egypt's wealth and the deliverance of the Israelites. The surah contrasts the fate of the wicked \u2014 tormented by the Zaqqum tree and boiling water in hell \u2014 against the reward of the pious, who receive gardens, springs, fine garments, and eternal life. A distinctive rhetorical move runs throughout: the disbelievers' own dismissive words (\"taught! mad!\") and their demand for proof are quoted and then answered by pointing to historical precedents of destroyed nations. The chapter closes with a note on the Quran's accessibility \u2014 made easy for the tongue \u2014 and a terse mutual-watching challenge directed at both the Prophet and his opponents.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"044","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":651}