Ad-Dukhan
الدخان
Chapter 44. The Smoke
Ad-Dukhan 44:1
حمٓ
Ha. Mim.
Ad-Dukhan 44:2
وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ
By the Scripture that maketh plain
Ad-Dukhan 44:3
إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ فِي لَيۡلَةٖ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ
Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -
Ad-Dukhan 44:4
فِيهَا يُفۡرَقُ كُلُّ أَمۡرٍ حَكِيمٍ
Whereon every wise command is made clear
Ad-Dukhan 44:5
أَمۡرٗا مِّنۡ عِندِنَآۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرۡسِلِينَ
As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -
Ad-Dukhan 44:6
رَحۡمَةٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ
A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,
Ad-Dukhan 44:7
رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure.
Ad-Dukhan 44:8
لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُۖ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.
Ad-Dukhan 44:9
بَلۡ هُمۡ فِي شَكّٖ يَلۡعَبُونَ
Nay, but they play in doubt.
Ad-Dukhan 44:10
فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ يَوۡمَ تَأۡتِي ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٖ مُّبِينٖ
But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke
Ad-Dukhan 44:11
يَغۡشَى ٱلنَّاسَۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ
That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.
Ad-Dukhan 44:12
رَّبَّنَا ٱكۡشِفۡ عَنَّا ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤۡمِنُونَ
(Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers.
Ad-Dukhan 44:13
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ وَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ مُّبِينٞ
How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them,
Ad-Dukhan 44:14
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُواْ مُعَلَّمٞ مَّجۡنُونٌ
And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman?
Ad-Dukhan 44:15
إِنَّا كَاشِفُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ قَلِيلًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ عَآئِدُونَ
Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).
Ad-Dukhan 44:16
يَوۡمَ نَبۡطِشُ ٱلۡبَطۡشَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ
On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.
Ad-Dukhan 44:17
۞وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَجَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ كَرِيمٌ
And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,
Ad-Dukhan 44:18
أَنۡ أَدُّوٓاْ إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.
Ad-Dukhan 44:19
وَأَن لَّا تَعۡلُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّيٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ
And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.
Ad-Dukhan 44:20
وَإِنِّي عُذۡتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمۡ أَن تَرۡجُمُونِ
And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.
Ad-Dukhan 44:21
وَإِن لَّمۡ تُؤۡمِنُواْ لِي فَٱعۡتَزِلُونِ
And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.
Ad-Dukhan 44:22
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوۡمٞ مُّجۡرِمُونَ
And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.
Ad-Dukhan 44:23
فَأَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيۡلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed,
Ad-Dukhan 44:24
وَٱتۡرُكِ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ رَهۡوًاۖ إِنَّهُمۡ جُندٞ مُّغۡرَقُونَ
And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.
Ad-Dukhan 44:25
كَمۡ تَرَكُواْ مِن جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ
How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,
Ad-Dukhan 44:26
وَزُرُوعٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ
And the cornlands and the goodly sites
Ad-Dukhan 44:27
وَنَعۡمَةٖ كَانُواْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ
And pleasant things wherein they took delight!
Ad-Dukhan 44:28
كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ
Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;
Ad-Dukhan 44:29
فَمَا بَكَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنظَرِينَ
And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.
Ad-Dukhan 44:30
وَلَقَدۡ نَجَّيۡنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡمُهِينِ
And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;
Ad-Dukhan 44:31
مِن فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
(We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.
Ad-Dukhan 44:32
وَلَقَدِ ٱخۡتَرۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.
Ad-Dukhan 44:33
وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَـٰٓؤٞاْ مُّبِينٌ
And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.
Ad-Dukhan 44:34
إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ
Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:
Ad-Dukhan 44:35
إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوۡتَتُنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ
There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
Ad-Dukhan 44:36
فَأۡتُواْ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ
Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!
Ad-Dukhan 44:37
أَهُمۡ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ
Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
Ad-Dukhan 44:38
وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ
And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.
Ad-Dukhan 44:39
مَا خَلَقۡنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ
We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.
Ad-Dukhan 44:40
إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ
Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,
Ad-Dukhan 44:41
يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي مَوۡلًى عَن مَّوۡلٗى شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ
A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,
Ad-Dukhan 44:42
إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
Ad-Dukhan 44:43
إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,
Ad-Dukhan 44:44
طَعَامُ ٱلۡأَثِيمِ
The food of the sinner!
Ad-Dukhan 44:45
كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ يَغۡلِي فِي ٱلۡبُطُونِ
Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies
Ad-Dukhan 44:46
كَغَلۡيِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ
As the seething of boiling water.
Ad-Dukhan 44:47
خُذُوهُ فَٱعۡتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
(And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,
Ad-Dukhan 44:48
ثُمَّ صُبُّواْ فَوۡقَ رَأۡسِهِۦ مِنۡ عَذَابِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ
Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.
Ad-Dukhan 44:49
ذُقۡ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡكَرِيمُ
(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!
Ad-Dukhan 44:50
إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمۡتَرُونَ
Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.
Ad-Dukhan 44:51
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٖ
Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.
Ad-Dukhan 44:52
فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ
Amid gardens and watersprings,
Ad-Dukhan 44:53
يَلۡبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٖ وَإِسۡتَبۡرَقٖ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ
Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.
Ad-Dukhan 44:54
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ
Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
Ad-Dukhan 44:55
يَدۡعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ
They call therein for every fruit in safety.
Ad-Dukhan 44:56
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلۡمَوۡتَ إِلَّا ٱلۡمَوۡتَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell,
Ad-Dukhan 44:57
فَضۡلٗا مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ
A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.
Ad-Dukhan 44:58
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرۡنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.
Ad-Dukhan 44:59
فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ إِنَّهُم مُّرۡتَقِبُونَ
Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.