Surah Ad-Dukhan

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. حمٓ١

   44:1

   hha-meem

   Ḥā, Meem.

2. وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ٢

   44:2

   wal-kitābi l-mubīni

   By the clear Book,

3. إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ فِي لَيۡلَةٖ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ٣

   44:3

   innā anzalnāhu fī laylatin mubārakatin innā kunnā mundhirīna

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

4. فِيهَا يُفۡرَقُ كُلُّ أَمۡرٍ حَكِيمٍ٤

   44:4

   fīhā yuf'raqu kullu amrin ḥakīmin

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

5. أَمۡرٗا مِّنۡ عِندِنَآۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرۡسِلِينَ٥

   44:5

   amran min ʿindinā innā kunnā mur'silīna

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

6. رَحۡمَةٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ٦

   44:6

   raḥmatan min rabbika innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

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

7. رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ٧

   44:7

   rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīna

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

8. لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُۖ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ٨

   44:8

   lā ilāha illā huwa yuḥ'yī wayumītu rabbukum warabbu ābāikumu l-awalīna

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

9. بَلۡ هُمۡ فِي شَكّٖ يَلۡعَبُونَ٩

   44:9

   bal hum fī shakkin yalʿabūna

   But they are in doubt, amusing themselves.

10. فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ يَوۡمَ تَأۡتِي ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٖ مُّبِينٖ١٠

    44:10

    fa-ir'taqib yawma tatī l-samāu bidukhānin mubīnin

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

11. يَغۡشَى ٱلنَّاسَۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ١١

    44:11

    yaghshā l-nāsa hādhā ʿadhābun alīmun

    Covering the people; this is a painful torment.

12. رَّبَّنَا ٱكۡشِفۡ عَنَّا ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤۡمِنُونَ١٢

    44:12

    rabbanā ik'shif ʿannā l-ʿadhāba innā mu'minūna

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

13. أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ وَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ مُّبِينٞ١٣

    44:13

    annā lahumu l-dhik'rā waqad jāahum rasūlun mubīnun

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

14. ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُواْ مُعَلَّمٞ مَّجۡنُونٌ١٤

    44:14

    thumma tawallaw ʿanhu waqālū muʿallamun majnūnun

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

15. إِنَّا كَاشِفُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ قَلِيلًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ عَآئِدُونَ١٥

    44:15

    innā kāshifū l-ʿadhābi qalīlan innakum ʿāidūna

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

16. يَوۡمَ نَبۡطِشُ ٱلۡبَطۡشَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ١٦

    44:16

    yawma nabṭishu l-baṭshata l-kub'rā innā muntaqimūna

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

17. ۞ وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَجَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ كَرِيمٌ١٧

    44:17

    walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'ʿawna wajāahum rasūlun karīmun

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

18. أَنۡ أَدُّوٓاْ إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ١٨

    44:18

    an addū ilayya ʿibāda l-lahi innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

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

19. وَأَن لَّا تَعۡلُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّيٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ١٩

    44:19

    wa-an lā taʿlū ʿalā l-lahi innī ātīkum bisul'ṭānin mubīnin

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

20. وَإِنِّي عُذۡتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمۡ أَن تَرۡجُمُونِ٢٠

    44:20

    wa-innī ʿudh'tu birabbī warabbikum an tarjumūni

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

21. وَإِن لَّمۡ تُؤۡمِنُواْ لِي فَٱعۡتَزِلُونِ٢١

    44:21

    wa-in lam tu'minū lī fa-iʿ'tazilūni

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

22. فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوۡمٞ مُّجۡرِمُونَ٢٢

    44:22

    fadaʿā rabbahu anna hāulāi qawmun muj'rimūna

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

23. فَأَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيۡلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ٢٣

    44:23

    fa-asri biʿibādī laylan innakum muttabaʿūna

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

24. وَٱتۡرُكِ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ رَهۡوًاۖ إِنَّهُمۡ جُندٞ مُّغۡرَقُونَ٢٤

    44:24

    wa-ut'ruki l-baḥra rahwan innahum jundun mugh'raqūna

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

25. كَمۡ تَرَكُواْ مِن جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ٢٥

    44:25

    kam tarakū min jannātin waʿuyūnin

    How much they left behind of gardens and springs

26. وَزُرُوعٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ٢٦

    44:26

    wazurūʿin wamaqāmin karīmin

    And crops and noble sites

27. وَنَعۡمَةٖ كَانُواْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ٢٧

    44:27

    wanaʿmatin kānū fīhā fākihīna

    And comfort wherein they were amused.

28. كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ٢٨

    44:28

    kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā qawman ākharīna

    Thus. And We caused to inherit it another people.

29. فَمَا بَكَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنظَرِينَ٢٩

    44:29

    famā bakat ʿalayhimu l-samāu wal-arḍu wamā kānū munẓarīna

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

30. وَلَقَدۡ نَجَّيۡنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡمُهِينِ٣٠

    44:30

    walaqad najjaynā banī is'rāīla mina l-ʿadhābi l-muhīni

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

31. مِن فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ٣١

    44:31

    min fir'ʿawna innahu kāna ʿāliyan mina l-mus'rifīna

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

32. وَلَقَدِ ٱخۡتَرۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ٣٢

    44:32

    walaqadi ikh'tarnāhum ʿalā ʿil'min ʿalā l-ʿālamīna

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

33. وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَٰٓؤٞاْ مُّبِينٌ٣٣

    44:33

    waātaynāhum mina l-āyāti mā fīhi balāon mubīnun

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

34. إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ٣٤

    44:34

    inna hāulāi layaqūlūna

    Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying,

35. إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوۡتَتُنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ٣٥

    44:35

    in hiya illā mawtatunā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimunsharīna

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

36. فَأۡتُواْ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ٣٦

    44:36

    fatū biābāinā in kuntum ṣādiqīna

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

37. أَهُمۡ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ٣٧

    44:37

    ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaʿin wa-alladhīna min qablihim ahlaknāhum innahum kānū muj'rimīna

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

38. وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ٣٨

    44:38

    wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīna

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

39. مَا خَلَقۡنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ٣٩

    44:39

    mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna

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

40. إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ٤٠

    44:40

    inna yawma l-faṣli mīqātuhum ajmaʿīna

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

41. يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي مَوۡلًى عَن مَّوۡلٗى شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ٤١

    44:41

    yawma lā yugh'nī mawlan ʿan mawlan shayan walā hum yunṣarūna

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

42. إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ٤٢

    44:42

    illā man raḥima l-lahu innahu huwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

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

43. إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ٤٣

    44:43

    inna shajarata l-zaqūmi

    Indeed, the tree of zaqqūm

44. طَعَامُ ٱلۡأَثِيمِ٤٤

    44:44

    ṭaʿāmu l-athīmi

    Is food for the sinful.

45. كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ يَغۡلِي فِي ٱلۡبُطُونِ٤٥

    44:45

    kal-muh'li yaghlī fī l-buṭūni

    Like murky oil, it boils within bellies

46. كَغَلۡيِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ٤٦

    44:46

    kaghalyi l-ḥamīmi

    Like the boiling of scalding water.

47. خُذُوهُ فَٱعۡتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ٤٧

    44:47

    khudhūhu fa-iʿ'tilūhu ilā sawāi l-jaḥīmi

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

48. ثُمَّ صُبُّواْ فَوۡقَ رَأۡسِهِۦ مِنۡ عَذَابِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ٤٨

    44:48

    thumma ṣubbū fawqa rasihi min ʿadhābi l-ḥamīmi

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

49. ذُقۡ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡكَرِيمُ٤٩

    44:49

    dhuq innaka anta l-ʿazīzu l-karīmu

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

50. إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمۡتَرُونَ٥٠

    44:50

    inna hādhā mā kuntum bihi tamtarūna

    Indeed, this is what you used to dispute."

51. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٖ٥١

    44:51

    inna l-mutaqīna fī maqāmin amīnin

    Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure place:

52. فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ٥٢

    44:52

    fī jannātin waʿuyūnin

    Within gardens and springs,

53. يَلۡبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٖ وَإِسۡتَبۡرَقٖ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ٥٣

    44:53

    yalbasūna min sundusin wa-is'tabraqin mutaqābilīna

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

54. كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ٥٤

    44:54

    kadhālika wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīnin

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

55. يَدۡعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ٥٥

    44:55

    yadʿūna fīhā bikulli fākihatin āminīna

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

56. لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلۡمَوۡتَ إِلَّا ٱلۡمَوۡتَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ٥٦

    44:56

    lā yadhūqūna fīhā l-mawta illā l-mawtata l-ūlā wawaqāhum ʿadhāba l-jaḥīmi

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

57. فَضۡلٗا مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ٥٧

    44:57

    faḍlan min rabbika dhālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu

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

58. فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرۡنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ٥٨

    44:58

    fa-innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna

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

59. فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ إِنَّهُم مُّرۡتَقِبُونَ٥٩

    44:59

    fa-ir'taqib innahum mur'taqibūna

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