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Surah 44 · 59 ayat

Ad-Dukhaan

The Smoke

الدخان

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

44:1

حمٓ

PickthallHa. Mim.

44:2

وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

PickthallBy the Scripture that maketh plain

44:3

إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ

PickthallLo! We revealed it on a blessed night – Lo! We are ever warning –

44:4

فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ

PickthallWhereon every wise command is made clear

44:5

أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ

PickthallAs a command from Our presence – Lo! We are ever sending –

44:6

رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

PickthallA mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,

44:7

رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

PickthallLord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure.

44:8

لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

PickthallThere is no God save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.

44:9

بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ

PickthallNay, but they play in doubt.

44:10

فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ

PickthallBut watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke

44:11

يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

PickthallThat will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.

44:12

رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ

Pickthall(Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers.

44:13

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ

PickthallHow can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them,

44:14

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ

PickthallAnd they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman?

44:15

إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ

PickthallLo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).

44:16

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ

PickthallOn the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.

44:17

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ

PickthallAnd verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,

44:18

أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

PickthallSaying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.

44:19

وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

PickthallAnd saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.

44:20

وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ

PickthallAnd lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.

44:21

وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ

PickthallAnd if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.

44:22

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ

PickthallAnd he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.

44:23

فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

PickthallThen (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed,

44:24

وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ

PickthallAnd leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.

44:25

كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

PickthallHow many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,

44:26

وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

PickthallAnd the cornlands and the goodly sites

44:27

وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهِينَ

PickthallAnd pleasant things wherein they took delight!

44:28

كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ

PickthallEven so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;

44:29

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ

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

44:30

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ

PickthallAnd We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;

44:31

مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

Pickthall(We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.

44:32

وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

PickthallAnd We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.

44:33

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَـٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ

PickthallAnd We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.

44:34

إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ

PickthallLo! these, forsooth, are saying:

44:35

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ

PickthallThere is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.

44:36

فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

PickthallBring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!

44:37

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

PickthallAre they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.

44:38

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ

PickthallAnd We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.

44:39

مَا خَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

PickthallWe created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.

44:40

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَـٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

PickthallAssuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,

44:41

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

PickthallA day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,

44:42

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

PickthallSave him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.

44:43

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ

PickthallLo! the tree of Zaqqum,

44:44

طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ

PickthallThe food of the sinner!

44:45

كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ

PickthallLike molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies

44:46

كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

PickthallAs the seething of boiling water.

44:47

خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Pickthall(And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,

44:48

ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

PickthallThen pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.

44:49

ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ

Pickthall(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!

44:50

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ

PickthallLo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.

44:51

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ

PickthallLo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.

44:52

فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

PickthallAmid gardens and watersprings,

44:53

يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ

PickthallAttired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.

44:54

كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

PickthallEven so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.

44:55

يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ

PickthallThey call therein for every fruit in safety.

44:56

لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

PickthallThey taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell,

44:57

فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

PickthallA bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.

44:58

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

PickthallAnd We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.

44:59

فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ

PickthallWait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.