Surah Ad-Dukhan: Arabic, Transliteration & Translation
الدُّخان
- Surah 44
- 59 verses
- Meccan
- Juz 25
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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
اِنَّآ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ فِيْ لَيْلَةٍ مُّبٰرَكَةٍ اِنَّا كُنَّا مُنْذِرِيْنَ
Innaa anzalnaahu fii lailatin mubaarakatin innaa kunnaa mundziriin(a)
We revealed it on a Blessed Night, for We were intent on warning;
فِيْهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ اَمْرٍ حَكِيْمٍۙ
Fiihaa yufraqu kullu amrin hakiimin
(We revealed it on the Night) wherein every matter is wisely determined
اَمْرًا مِّنْ عِنْدِنَاۗ اِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِيْنَۖ
Amran min 'indinaa innaa kunnaa mursiliin(a)
by Our command. Verily, We were set to send a Messenger
رَحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ ۗاِنَّهٗ هُوَ السَّمِيْعُ الْعَلِيْمُۗ
Rahmatan min rabbika innahu huwassamii'ul 'aliim(u)
as a Mercy from your Lord. Surely He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing,
رَبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاۘ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُّوْقِنِيْنَ
Rabbis-samaawaati wal ardhi wamaa bainahumaa in kuntum muuqiniin(a)
the Lord of the heavens and the earth and of all that is between them: if you would only have sure faith.
لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيٖ وَيُمِيْتُ ۗرَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ اٰبَاۤىِٕكُمُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ
Laa ilaha ilaa huwa yuhyii wayumiitu rabbukum warabbu aabaa-ikumul au-waliin(a)
There is no god but He: He gives life and causes death. He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers of yore.
بَلْ هُمْ فِيْ شَكٍّ يَّلْعَبُوْنَ
Bal hum fii syakkin yal'abuun(a)
(But the fact is, they lack certainty) and frolic about in doubt.
فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى السَّمَاۤءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِيْنٍ
Faartaqib yauma ta'tiissamaa-u bidukhaanin mubiinin
So watch for the Day when the sky will come down with a pall of smoke,
يَغْشَى النَّاسَۗ هٰذَا عَذَابٌ اَلِيْمٌ
Yaghsyannaasa hadzaa 'adzaabun aliimun
enveloping people. That will be a grievous scourge.
رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ اِنَّا مُؤْمِنُوْنَ
Rabbanaaaksyif 'annaal 'adzaaba innaa mu'minuun(a)
(People will then say): “Our Lord, remove this scourge from us; we shall believe.”
اَنّٰى لَهُمُ الذِّكْرٰى وَقَدْ جَاۤءَهُمْ رَسُوْلٌ مُّبِيْنٌۙ
Anna lahumudz-dzikra waqad jaa-ahum rasuulun mubiinun
But how will they take heed? Such are they that a Messenger came to them clearly expounding the Truth,
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوْا مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُوْنٌۘ
Tsumma tawallau 'anhu waqaaluuu mu'allamun majnuunun
yet they turned away from him and said: “This is a well-tutored madman.”
اِنَّا كَاشِفُوا الْعَذَابِ قَلِيْلًا اِنَّكُمْ عَاۤىِٕدُوْنَۘ
Innaa kaasyifuul 'adzaabi qaliilaa innakum 'aa-iduun(a)
Yet We will hold the scourge back for a while, (but no sooner than We will do so) you will revert to your old ways.
يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرٰىۚ اِنَّا مُنْتَقِمُوْنَ
Yauma nabthisyul bathsyatal kubra innaa muntaqimuun(a)
The Day when We shall seize them with a mighty seizing, that will be the Day on which We shall inflict upon you full retribution.
۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاۤءَهُمْ رَسُوْلٌ كَرِيْمٌۙ
Walaqad fatannaa qablahum qauma fir'auna wajaa-ahum rasuulun kariimun
Indeed before that We subjected the Pharaonites to the same test. A noble Messenger came to them
اَنْ اَدُّوْٓا اِلَيَّ عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ ۗاِنِّيْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِيْنٌۙ
An adduu ilai-ya 'ibaadallahi innii lakum rasuulun amiinun
(and said): “Deliver to me Allah's servants. I am a trustworthy Messenger to you,
وَّاَنْ لَّا تَعْلُوْا عَلَى اللّٰهِ ۚاِنِّيْٓ اٰتِيْكُمْ بِسُلْطٰنٍ مُّبِيْنٍۚ
Wa-an laa ta'luu 'alallahi innii aatiikum bisulthaanin mubiinin
and do not exalt yourselves in defiance of Allah. I have come to you with a clear authority (as a Messenger).
وَاِنِّيْ عُذْتُ بِرَبِّيْ وَرَبِّكُمْ اَنْ تَرْجُمُوْنِۚ
Wa-innii 'udztu birabbii warabbikum an tarjumuun(i)
I have taken refuge with my Lord and your Lord lest you should attack me with stones.
وَاِنْ لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوْا لِيْ فَاعْتَزِلُوْنِ
Wa-in lam tu'minuu lii faa'taziluun(i)
But if you do not believe what I say, leave me alone (and desist from laying hands on me).”
فَدَعَا رَبَّهٗٓ اَنَّ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُوْنَ
Fada'aa rabbahu anna ha'ulaa-i qaumun mujrimuun(a)
Then he called upon his Lord: “These are a criminal people.”
فَاَسْرِ بِعِبَادِيْ لَيْلًا اِنَّكُمْ مُّتَّبَعُوْنَۙ
Fa-asri bi'ibaadii lailaa innakum muttaba'uun(a)
(He was told): “Set out with My servants by night for you will certainly be pursued.
وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًاۗ اِنَّهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُّغْرَقُوْنَ
Waatrukil bahra rahwan innahum jundun mughraquun(a)
And leave the sea behind you as calm as ever. Surely they are an army that is doomed to be drowned.”
كَمْ تَرَكُوْا مِنْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍۙ
Kam tarakuu min jannaatin wa'uyuunin
How many gardens did they leave behind, and how many fountains
وَّزُرُوْعٍ وَّمَقَامٍ كَرِيْمٍۙ
Wazuruu'in wamaqaamin kariimin
and sown fields and splendid mansions,
وَّنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوْا فِيْهَا فٰكِهِيْنَۙ
Wana'matin kaanuu fiihaa faakihiin(a)
and the life of ease in which they took delight!
كَذٰلِكَ ۗوَاَوْرَثْنٰهَا قَوْمًا اٰخَرِيْنَۚ
Kadzalika wa-auratsnaahaa qauman aakhariin(a)
Thus it was; and We made another people inherit all that.
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاۤءُ وَالْاَرْضُۗ وَمَا كَانُوْا مُنْظَرِيْنَ ࣖ
Famaa bakat 'alaihimussamaa-u wal ardhu wamaa kaanuu munzhariin(a)
Then neither the sky shed tears over them nor the earth. They were granted no respite.
وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِيْنِۙ
Walaqad najjainaa banii israa-iila minal 'adzaabil muhiin(i)
Thus did We deliver the Children of Israel from the humiliating chastisement,
مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ ۗاِنَّهٗ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ الْمُسْرِفِيْنَ
Min fir'auna innahu kaana 'aaliyan minal musrifiin(a)
from Pharaoh who was most prominent among the prodigals.
وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنٰهُمْ عَلٰى عِلْمٍ عَلَى الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۚ
Walaqad-iikhtarnaahum 'ala 'ilmin 'alal 'aalamiin(a)
We knowingly exalted them (i.e., the Children of Israel) above other peoples of the world
وَاٰتَيْنٰهُمْ مِّنَ الْاٰيٰتِ مَا فِيْهِ بَلٰۤـؤٌا مُّبِيْنٌ
Waaatainaahum minaaayaati maa fiihi balaa-un mubiinun
and bestowed upon them the Signs wherein lay an evident test for them.
اِنْ هِيَ اِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْاُوْلٰى وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنْشَرِيْنَ
In hiya ilaa mautatunaal aula wamaa nahnu bimunsyariin(a)
“This is our first and only death, and we shall never be raised again.
فَأْتُوْا بِاٰبَاۤىِٕنَآ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ
Fa'tuu biaabaa-inaa in kuntum shaadiqiin(a)
Bring back to us our fathers if you are truthful.”
اَهُمْ خَيْرٌ اَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍۙ وَّالَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۗ اَهْلَكْنٰهُمْ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا مُجْرِمِيْنَ
Ahum khairun am qaumu tubba'in waal-ladziina min qablihim ahlaknaahum innahum kaanuu mujrimiin(a)
Are these better or the people of Tubba and those who went before them? We destroyed them for they were a criminal people.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لٰعِبِيْنَ
Wamaa khalaqnaas-samaawaati wal ardha wamaa bainahumaa laa'ibiin(a)
It was not in idle sport that We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them.
مَا خَلَقْنٰهُمَآ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ
Maa khalaqnaahumaa ilaa bil haqqi walakinna aktsarahum laa ya'lamuun(a)
We did not create them except in Truth. But most of them do not know.
اِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِيْقَاتُهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَ ۙ
Inna yaumal fashli miiqaatuhum ajma'iin(a)
The Day of Final Decision is the appointed time for all;
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِيْ مَوْلًى عَنْ مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَّلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُوْنَۙ
Yauma laa yughnii maulan 'an maulan syai-an walaa hum yunsharuun(a)
the Day when a friend shall be of no avail to his friend nor shall they be helped,
اِلَّا مَنْ رَّحِمَ اللّٰهُ ۗاِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ
Ilaa man rahimallahu innahu huwal 'aziizur-rahiim(u)
except those to whom Allah shows mercy. He is the Most Mighty, the Most Compassionate.
كَالْمُهْلِ ۛ يَغْلِيْ فِى الْبُطُوْنِۙ
Kal muhli yaghlii fiil buthuun(i)
Like dregs of oil, it will boil in their bellies
خُذُوْهُ فَاعْتِلُوْهُ اِلٰى سَوَاۤءِ الْجَحِيْمِۙ
Khudzuuhu faa'tiluuhu ila sawaa-il jahiim(i)
“Seize him and drag him to the middle of the Blazing Fire,
ثُمَّ صُبُّوْا فَوْقَ رَأْسِهٖ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِيْمِۗ
Tsumma shubbuu fauqa ra'sihi min 'adzaabil hamiim(i)
then pour boiling water over his head as chastisement.
ذُقْۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْكَرِيْمُ
Dzuq innaka antal 'aziizul kariim(u)
Taste this, you are a person mighty and noble!
اِنَّ هٰذَا مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تَمْتَرُوْنَ
Inna hadzaa maa kuntum bihi tamtaruun(a)
This is what you used to doubt.”
اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِيْ مَقَامٍ اَمِيْنٍۙ
Innal muttaqiina fii maqaamin amiinin
Verily the God-fearing shall be in a secure place
يَّلْبَسُوْنَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَّاِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِيْنَۚ
Yalbasuuna min sundusin wa-istabraqin mutaqaabiliin(a)
Attired in silk and brocade, they shall be arrayed face to face.
كَذٰلِكَۗ وَزَوَّجْنٰهُمْ بِحُوْرٍ عِيْنٍۗ
Kadzalika wazau-wajnaahum bihuurin 'iinin
Thus shall it be: and We shall espouse them to fair, wide-eyed maidens.
يَدْعُوْنَ فِيْهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ اٰمِنِيْنَۙ
Yad'uuna fiihaa bikulli faakihatin aaminiin(a)
While resting in security, they shall call for all kinds of fruit.
لَا يَذُوْقُوْنَ فِيْهَا الْمَوْتَ اِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْاُوْلٰىۚ وَوَقٰىهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيْمِۙ
Laa yadzuuquuna fiihaal mauta ilaal mautatal aula wawaqaahum 'adzaabal jahiim(i)
They shall not taste death except the death in this world. And Allah will save them from the chastisement of Hell
فَضْلًا مِّنْ رَّبِّكَۚ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيْمُ
Fadhlaa min rabbika dzalika huwal fauzul 'azhiim(u)
as a favour from your Lord. That is the great triumph.
فَاِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُوْنَ
Fa-innamaa yassarnaahu bilisaanika la'allahum yatadzakkaruun(a)
(O Prophet), We have made this Book easy in your tongue so that they may take heed.
فَارْتَقِبْ اِنَّهُمْ مُّرْتَقِبُوْنَ ࣖࣖ
Faartaqib innahum murtaqibuun(a)
Wait, then; they too are waiting.
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Surah Ad-Dukhan has 59 verses (ayat).
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Surah Ad-Dukhan (الدُّخان) is chapter 44 of the Quran and is found in Juz 25.
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