Surah Ad-Dukhan · The Smoke

حمٓ ۝١

hha-meem

Ḥā, Meem.

وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ۝٢

wal-kitābi l-mubīn

By the clear Book,

إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ ۝٣

innā anzalnāhu fī laylatin mubārakatin innā kunnā mundhirīn

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

فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ ۝٤

fīhā yuf'raqu kullu amrin ḥakīm

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

أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ ۝٥

amran min ʿindinā innā kunnā mur'silīn

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

رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ۝٦

raḥmatan min rabbika innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīm

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

رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ۝٧

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

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

لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝٨

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

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

بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ ۝٩

bal hum fī shakkin yalʿabūn

But they are in doubt, amusing themselves.

فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ ۝١٠

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

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

يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ۝١١

yaghshā l-nāsa hādhā ʿadhābun alīm

Covering the people; this is a painful torment.

رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ ۝١٢

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

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

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ ۝١٣

annā lahumu l-dhik'rā waqad jāahum rasūlun mubīn

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

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ ۝١٤

thumma tawallaw ʿanhu waqālū muʿallamun majnūn

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

إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ ۝١٥

innā kāshifū l-ʿadhābi qalīlan innakum ʿāidūn

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

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ۝١٦

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

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

۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ ۝١٧

walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'ʿawna wajāahum rasūlun karīm

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

أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ۝١٨

an addū ilayya ʿibāda l-lahi innī lakum rasūlun amīn

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

وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ۝١٩

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

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

وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ ۝٢٠

wa-innī ʿudh'tu birabbī warabbikum an tarjumūn

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

وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ ۝٢١

wa-in lam tu'minū lī fa-iʿ'tazilūn

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

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ ۝٢٢

fadaʿā rabbahu anna hāulāi qawmun muj'rimūn

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

فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ۝٢٣

fa-asri biʿibādī laylan innakum muttabaʿūn

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

وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ ۝٢٤

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

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

كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ۝٢٥

kam tarakū min jannātin waʿuyūn

How much they left behind of gardens and springs

وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ ۝٢٦

wazurūʿin wamaqāmin karīm

And crops and noble sites

وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهِينَ ۝٢٧

wanaʿmatin kānū fīhā fākihīn

And comfort wherein they were amused.

كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ۝٢٨

kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā qawman ākharīn

Thus. And We caused to inherit it another people.

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ ۝٢٩

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

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

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ ۝٣٠

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

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

مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ۝٣١

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

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

وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ۝٣٢

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

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

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَـٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ ۝٣٣

waātaynāhum mina l-āyāti mā fīhi balāon mubīn

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

إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ ۝٣٤

inna hāulāi layaqūlūn

Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying,

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ ۝٣٥

in hiya illā mawtatunā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimunsharīn

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

فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ۝٣٦

fatū biābāinā in kuntum ṣādiqīn

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

أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ ۝٣٧

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

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

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ ۝٣٨

wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīn

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

مَا خَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۝٣٩

mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn

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

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَـٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝٤٠

inna yawma l-faṣli mīqātuhum ajmaʿīn

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

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ۝٤١

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

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

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝٤٢

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

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

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ۝٤٣

inna shajarata l-zaqūm

Indeed, the tree of zaqqūm

طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ ۝٤٤

ṭaʿāmu l-athīm

Is food for the sinful.

كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ ۝٤٥

kal-muh'li yaghlī fī l-buṭūn

Like murky oil, it boils within bellies

كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ۝٤٦

kaghalyi l-ḥamīm

Like the boiling of scalding water.

خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝٤٧

khudhūhu fa-iʿ'tilūhu ilā sawāi l-jaḥīm

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

ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ۝٤٨

thumma ṣubbū fawqa rasihi min ʿadhābi l-ḥamīm

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

ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ ۝٤٩

dhuq innaka anta l-ʿazīzu l-karīm

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

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ ۝٥٠

inna hādhā mā kuntum bihi tamtarūn

Indeed, this is what you used to dispute."

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ ۝٥١

inna l-mutaqīna fī maqāmin amīn

Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure place:

فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ۝٥٢

fī jannātin waʿuyūn

Within gardens and springs,

يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ ۝٥٣

yalbasūna min sundusin wa-is'tabraqin mutaqābilīn

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

كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ ۝٥٤

kadhālika wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīn

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

يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ ۝٥٥

yadʿūna fīhā bikulli fākihatin āminīn

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

لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝٥٦

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

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

فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ۝٥٧

faḍlan min rabbika dhālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīm

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

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٥٨

fa-innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn

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

فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ ۝٥٩

fa-ir'taqib innahum mur'taqibūn

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