Ad-Dukhān

حمٓ

Ha-meem

Ha Mim

وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Walkitabi almubeen

By the Scripture that makes things clear,

إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ

Inna anzalnahu fee laylatin mubarakatininna kunna munthireen

truly We sent it down on a blessed night––We have always sent warnings––

فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ

Feeha yufraqu kullu amrin hakeem

a night when every matter of wisdom was made distinct

أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ

Amran min AAindina inna kunnamursileen

at Our command––We have always sent messages to man––

رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Rahmatan min rabbika innahu huwa assameeAAualAAaleem

as a mercy [Prophet] from your Lord who sees and knows all,

رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

Rabbi assamawati wal-ardiwama baynahuma in kuntum mooqineen

Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything between––if only you people were firm believers––

لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

La ilaha illa huwa yuhyeewayumeetu rabbukum warabbu aba-ikumu al-awwaleen

there is no god but Him: He gives life and death––He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers––

بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ

Bal hum fee shakkin yalAAaboon

yet in [their state of] doubt they take nothing seriously.

فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ

Fartaqib yawma ta/tee assamaobidukhanin mubeen

[Prophet], watch out for the Day when the sky brings forth clouds of smoke for all to see.

يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Yaghsha annasa hathaAAathabun aleem

It will envelop the people. They will cry, ‘This is a terrible torment!

رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ

Rabbana ikshif AAanna alAAathabainna mu/minoon

Lord relieve us from this torment! We believe!’

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ

Anna lahumu aththikrawaqad jaahum rasoolun mubeen

How will this [sudden] faith benefit them? When a prophet came to warn them plainly,

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ

Thumma tawallaw AAanhu waqaloomuAAallamun majnoon

they turned their backs on him, saying, ‘He is tutored! He is possessed!’

إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ

Inna kashifoo alAAathabiqaleelan innakum AAa-idoon

We shall hold the torment back for a while ––you are sure to return [to Us]––

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ

Yawma nabtishu albatshataalkubra inna muntaqimoon

and on the Day We seize [them] mightily We shall exact retribution.

۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ

Walaqad fatanna qablahum qawmafirAAawna wajaahum rasoolun kareem

We tested the people of Pharaoh before them: a noble messenger was sent to them,

أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

An addoo ilayya AAibada Allahiinnee lakum rasoolun ameen

saying, ‘Hand the servants of God over to me! I am a faithful messenger who has been sent to you.

وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

Waan la taAAloo AAala Allahiinnee ateekum bisultanin mubeen

Do not consider yourselves to be above God! I come to you with clear authority.

وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ

Wa-innee AAuthtu birabbee warabbikuman tarjumoon

I seek refuge in my Lord and yours against your insults!

وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ

Wa-in lam tu/minoo lee faAAtaziloon

If you do not believe me, just let me be.’

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ

FadaAAa rabbahu anna haola-iqawmun mujrimoon

[Moses] cried to his Lord, ‘These people are evildoers!’

فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

Faasri biAAibadee laylan innakummuttabaAAoon

[God replied], ‘Escape in the night with My servants, for you are sure to be pursued.

وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ

Watruki albahra rahwaninnahum jundun mughraqoon

Leave the sea behind you parted and their army will be drowned.’

كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

Kam tarakoo min jannatin waAAuyoon

Many a garden and spring they left behind,

وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

WazurooAAin wamaqamin kareem

many a cornfield and noble building,

وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهِينَ

WanaAAmatin kanoo feeha fakiheen

many a thing in which they had delighted:

كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ

Kathalika waawrathnahaqawman akhareen

We gave these to another people to inherit.

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ

Fama bakat AAalayhimu assamaowal-ardu wama kanoo munthareen

Neither heavens nor earth shed a tear for them, nor were they given any time.

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ

Walaqad najjayna banee isra-eelamina alAAathabi almuheen

We saved the Children of Israel from their degrading suffering

مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

Min firAAawna innahu kana AAaliyanmina almusrifeen

at the hands of Pharaoh: he was a tyrant who exceeded all bounds.

وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Walaqadi ikhtarnahum AAalaAAilmin AAala alAAalameen

We chose them knowingly above others:

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَـٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ

Waataynahum mina al-ayatima feehi balaon mubeen

We gave them revelations in which there was a clear test.

إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ

Inna haola-i layaqooloon

These people here assert,

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ

In hiya illa mawtatuna al-oolawama nahnu bimunshareen

‘There is nothing beyond our one death: we will not be resurrected.

فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Fa/too bi-aba-ina inkuntum sadiqeen

Bring back our forefathers, if what you say is true.’

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

Ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaAAin wallatheenamin qablihim ahlaknahum innahum kanoo mujrimeen

Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who flourished before them? We destroyed them all- they were guilty.

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ

Wama khalaqna assamawatiwal-arda wama baynahuma laAAibeen

We were not playing a pointless game when We created the heavens and earth and everything in between;

مَا خَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Ma khalaqnahuma illabilhaqqi walakinna aktharahum layaAAlamoon

We created them for a true purpose, but most people do not comprehend.

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَـٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Inna yawma alfasli meeqatuhumajmaAAeen

The Day of Decision is the time appointed for all;

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

Yawma la yughnee mawlan AAan mawlanshay-an wala hum yunsaroon

a Day when no friend can take another’s place.

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Illa man rahima Allahuinnahu huwa alAAazeezu arraheem

No one will receive any help except for those to whom God shows mercy: He is the Mighty, the Merciful Lord.

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ

Inna shajarata azzaqqoom

The tree of Zaqqum

طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ

TaAAamu al-atheem

will be food for the sinners:

كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ

Kalmuhli yaghlee fee albutoon

[hot] as molten metal, it boils in their bellies

كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

Kaghalyi alhameem

like seething water.

خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Khuthoohu faAAtiloohu ilasawa-i aljaheem

‘Take him! Thrust him into the depths of Hell!

ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

Thumma subboo fawqa ra/sihi min AAathabialhameem

Pour scalding water over his head as punishment!’

ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ

Thuq innaka anta alAAazeezu alkareem

‘Taste this, you powerful, respected man!

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ

Inna hatha ma kuntum bihitamtaroon

This is what you doubted.’

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ

Inna almuttaqeena fee maqamin ameen

But those mindful of God will be in a safe place

فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

Fee jannatin waAAuyoon

amid Gardens and springs,

يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ

Yalbasoona min sundusin wa-istabraqin mutaqabileen

clothed in silk and fine brocade, facing one another:

كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

Kathalika wazawwajnahum bihoorinAAeen

so it will be. We shall wed them to maidens with large, dark eyes.

يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ

YadAAoona feeha bikulli fakihatinamineen

Secure and contented, they will call for every kind of fruit.

لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

La yathooqoona feehaalmawta illa almawtata al-oola wawaqahum AAathabaaljaheem

After the one death they will taste death no more. God will guard them from the torment of Hell,

فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

Fadlan min rabbika thalikahuwa alfawzu alAAatheem

a bounty from your Lord. That is the supreme triumph.

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

Fa-innama yassarnahu bilisanikalaAAallahum yatathakkaroon

We have made this Quran easy to understand- in your own language [Prophet]- so that they may take heed.

فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ

Fartaqib innahum murtaqiboon

So wait; the disbelievers too are waiting.