44. Al Dukhan (The Smoke) In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. The theme of this particular Sura is how the worldly pride, arrogance and power are humbled in the dust, if they resist the spiritual forces; and how the Evil and the Good find their true settling in the Hereafter. Revelation explains how worldly arrogance may come to disastrous end even after long odds, against spiritual force of truth. (44:1 to 29). A people may be given all blessings and may fail in its trust; as did Israel: will the Quraish learn the lesson of Good and Evil. (44:30 to 59). 44:1. Ha Mim. (4688) 4688 These Abbreviated Letters are discussed in the Introduction to S. 40, paragraphs 2-4. 44:2. By the Book that (4689) makes things clear;- 4689 The Quran is its own evidence. In the last Surah (43:3) stress was laid on the fact that everyone could understand it. Here the stress is on the fact that it is a Message of Mercy from Allah in that it warns mankind against evil. 33:3. We sent it down during a Blessed Night: (4690) for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil). 4690 Usually taken to be a night in the month of Ramadan, say the 23rd, 25th, or 27th night of that month. It is referred to as the Night of Power in 97:1-2. See also 2:185. But perhaps we need not fix it literally by the calendar. The night that a Message descends from Allah is indeed a blessed night like a day of rain for a parched land.
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