Surah Ad-Dukhan الدخان

حمٓ ١

Hā Mīm

Ḥā, Meem.¹⁴⁵⁸

وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢

Wal-kitābil-mubīn

By the clear Book,

إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ فِي لَيۡلَةٖ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ ٣

Innā anzalnāhu fī laylatim mubārakatin innā kunnā mundhirīn

Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night.¹⁴⁵⁹ Indeed, We were to warn [mankind].

فِيهَا يُفۡرَقُ كُلُّ أَمۡرٍ حَكِيمٍ ٤

Fīhā yufraqu kullu amrin hakīm

Therein [i.e., on that night] is made distinct¹⁴⁶⁰ every precise matter -

أَمۡرٗا مِّنۡ عِندِنَآۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرۡسِلِينَ ٥

Amram min 'indinā innā kunnā mursilīn

[Every] matter [proceeding] from Us. Indeed, We were to send [a messenger]

رَحۡمَةٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٦

Rahmatam mir rabbika innahū huwas-samī'ul-'alīm

As mercy from your Lord. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing,

رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ٧

Rabbis-samāwāti wal-ardi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīn

Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them, if you would be certain.

لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُۖ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٨

Lā ilāha illā huwa yuhyī wayumītu rabbukum warabbu ābā'ikumul-awwalīn

There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death. [He is] your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers.

بَلۡ هُمۡ فِي شَكّٖ يَلۡعَبُونَ ٩

Bal hum fī shakkin yal'abūn

But they are in doubt, amusing themselves.

فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ يَوۡمَ تَأۡتِي ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٖ مُّبِينٖ ١٠

Fartaqib yawma ta'tis-samā'u bidukhānim mubīn

Then watch for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke

يَغۡشَى ٱلنَّاسَۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ١١

Yaghshan-nāsa hādhā 'adhābun alīm

Covering the people; this is a painful torment.

رَّبَّنَا ٱكۡشِفۡ عَنَّا ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤۡمِنُونَ ١٢

Rrabbanakshif 'annal-'adhāba innā mu'minūn

[They will say], "Our Lord, remove from us the torment; indeed, we are believers."

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ وَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٣

Annā lahumudh-dhikrā waqad jā'ahum rasūlum mubīn

How will there be for them a reminder [at that time]? And there had come to them a clear Messenger.

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُواْ مُعَلَّمٞ مَّجۡنُونٌ ١٤

Thumma tawallaw 'anhu waqālū mu'allamum majnūn

Then they turned away from him and said, "[He was] taught [and is] a madman."

إِنَّا كَاشِفُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ قَلِيلًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ عَآئِدُونَ ١٥

Innā kāshiful-'adhābi qalīlan innakum 'ā'idūn

Indeed, We will remove the torment for a little. Indeed, you [disbelievers] will return [to disbelief].

يَوۡمَ نَبۡطِشُ ٱلۡبَطۡشَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ١٦

Yawma nabtishul-batshatal-kubrā innā muntaqimūn

The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.

۞ وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَجَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ كَرِيمٌ ١٧

Walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'awna wajā'ahum rasūlun karīm

And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger [i.e., Moses],

أَنۡ أَدُّوٓاْ إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٨

An addū ilayya 'ibādallāhi innī lakum rasūlun amīn

[Saying], "Render to me the servants of Allāh.¹⁴⁶¹ Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger,"

وَأَن لَّا تَعۡلُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّيٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ ١٩

Wa al lā ta'lū 'alallāhi innī ātīkum bisultānim mubīn

And [saying], "Be not haughty with Allāh. Indeed, I have come to you with clear evidence.

وَإِنِّي عُذۡتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمۡ أَن تَرۡجُمُونِ ٢٠

Wa innī 'udhtu birabbī warabbikum an tarjumūn

And indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me.¹⁴⁶²

وَإِن لَّمۡ تُؤۡمِنُواْ لِي فَٱعۡتَزِلُونِ ٢١

Wa il lam tu'minū lī fa'tazilūn

But if you do not believe me, then leave me alone."

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوۡمٞ مُّجۡرِمُونَ ٢٢

Fada'ā rabbahū anna hā'ulā'i qawmum mujrimūn

And [finally] he called to his Lord that these were a criminal people.

فَأَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيۡلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ٢٣

Fa asri bi'ibādī laylan innakum muttaba'ūn

[Allāh said], "Then set out with My servants by night. Indeed, you are to be pursued.

وَٱتۡرُكِ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ رَهۡوًاۖ إِنَّهُمۡ جُندٞ مُّغۡرَقُونَ ٢٤

Watrukil-bahra rahwan innahum jundum mughraqūn

And leave the sea in stillness.¹⁴⁶³ Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."

كَمۡ تَرَكُواْ مِن جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ٢٥

Kam tarakū min jannātin wa'uyūn

How much they left behind of gardens and springs

وَزُرُوعٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ ٢٦

Wazurū'in wamaqāmin karīm

And crops and noble sites

وَنَعۡمَةٖ كَانُواْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ ٢٧

Wana'matin kānū fīhā fākihīn

And comfort wherein they were amused.

كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ٢٨

Kadhālika wa awrathnāhā qawman ākharīn

Thus. And We caused to inherit it another people.

فَمَا بَكَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنظَرِينَ ٢٩

Famā bakat 'alayhimus-samā'u wal-ardu wamā kānū munzarīn

And the heaven and earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.

وَلَقَدۡ نَجَّيۡنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡمُهِينِ ٣٠

Walaqad najjaynā banī isrā'īla minal-'adhābil-muhīn

And We certainly saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment -

مِن فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ٣١

Min fir'awna innahū kāna 'āliyam minal-musrifīn

From Pharaoh. Indeed, he was a haughty one among the transgressors.

وَلَقَدِ ٱخۡتَرۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٣٢

Walaqadikhtarnāhum 'alā 'ilmin 'alal-'ālamīn

And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.

وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَٰٓؤٞاْ مُّبِينٌ ٣٣

Wa ātaynāhum minal-āyāti mā fīhi balā'um mubīn

And We gave them of signs that in which there was a clear trial.

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ ٣٤

Inna hā'ulā'i layaqūlūn

Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying,

إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوۡتَتُنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ ٣٥

In hiya illā mawtatunal-ūlā wamā nahnu bimunsharīn

"There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.

فَأۡتُواْ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٣٦

Fa tū bi'ābā'inā in kuntum sādiqīn

Then bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."

أَهُمۡ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ ٣٧

Ahum khayrun am qawmu tubba'in walladhīna min qablihim ahlaknāhum innahum kānū mujrimīn

Are they better or the people of Tubbaʿ¹⁴⁶⁴ and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.

وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ ٣٨

Wamā khalaqnas-samāwāti wal-arda wamā baynahumā lā'ibīn

And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play.

مَا خَلَقۡنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٩

Mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-haqqi walākinna aktharahum lā ya'lamūn

We did not create them except in truth, but most of them do not know.

إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٤٠

Inna yawmal-fasli mīqātuhum ajma'īn

Indeed, the Day of Judgement is the appointed time for them all -

يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي مَوۡلًى عَن مَّوۡلٗى شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ٤١

Yawma lā yughnī mawlan 'am mawlan shay'an walā hum yunsarūn

The Day when no relation¹⁴⁶⁵ will avail a relation at all, nor will they be helped -

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٤٢

Illā mar rahimallāhu innahū huwal-'azīzur-rahīm

Except those [believers] on whom Allāh has mercy. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ٤٣

Inna shajarataz-zaqqūm

Indeed, the tree of zaqqūm

طَعَامُ ٱلۡأَثِيمِ ٤٤

Ta'āmul-athīm

Is food for the sinful.

كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ يَغۡلِي فِي ٱلۡبُطُونِ ٤٥

Kal-muhli yaghlī fil-butūn

Like murky oil, it boils within bellies

كَغَلۡيِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ ٤٦

Kaghalyil-hamīm

Like the boiling of scalding water.

خُذُوهُ فَٱعۡتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٤٧

Khudhūhu fa'tilūhu ilā sawā'il-jahīm

[It will be commanded], "Seize him and drag him into the midst of the Hellfire,

ثُمَّ صُبُّواْ فَوۡقَ رَأۡسِهِۦ مِنۡ عَذَابِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ ٤٨

Thumma subbū fawqa ra'sihī min 'adhābil-hamīm

Then pour over his head from the torment of scalding water."

ذُقۡ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡكَرِيمُ ٤٩

Dhuq innaka antal-'azīzul-karīm

[It will be said], "Taste! Indeed, you are the honored, the noble!¹⁴⁶⁶

إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمۡتَرُونَ ٥٠

Inna hādhā mā kuntum bihī tamtarūn

Indeed, this is what you used to dispute."

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٖ ٥١

Innal-muttaqīna fī maqāmin amīn

Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure place:

فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ٥٢

Fī jannātin wa'uyūn

Within gardens and springs,

يَلۡبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٖ وَإِسۡتَبۡرَقٖ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ٥٣

Yalbasūna min sundusin wa istabraqim mutaqābilīn

Wearing [garments of] fine silk and brocade, facing each other.

كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ ٥٤

Kadhālika wazawwajnāhum bihūrin 'īn

Thus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.

يَدۡعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ ٥٥

Yad'ūna fīhā bikulli fākihatin āminīn

They will call therein for every [kind of] fruit - safe and secure.

لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلۡمَوۡتَ إِلَّا ٱلۡمَوۡتَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٥٦

Lā yadhūqūna fīhal-mawta illal-mawtatal-ūlā wawaqāhum 'adhābal-jahīm

They will not taste death therein except the first death, and He will have protected them from the punishment of Hellfire

فَضۡلٗا مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ ٥٧

Fadlam mir rabbika dhālika huwal-fawzul-'azīm

As bounty from your Lord. That is what is the great attainment.

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرۡنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ٥٨

Fa innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika la'allahum yatadhakkarūn

And indeed, We have eased it [i.e., the Qur’ān] in your tongue that they might be reminded.

فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ إِنَّهُم مُّرۡتَقِبُونَ ٥٩

Fartaqib innahum murtaqibūn

So watch, [O Muḥammad]; indeed, they are watching [for your end].