Surah Ad-Dukhan

Verse 44:1

حٰمٓ ۟ۚۛ

Ḥaa-Meeem.

Ḥâ-Mĩm.

Verse 44:2

وَالْكِتٰبِ الْمُبِیْنِ ۟ۙۛ

Wal-Kitaabil Mubeen.

By the clear Book!

Verse 44:3

اِنَّاۤ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ فِیْ لَیْلَةٍ مُّبٰرَكَةٍ اِنَّا كُنَّا مُنْذِرِیْنَ ۟

ʹInnaaa ʹañzalnaahu fee laylatim mubaarakatin ʹinnaa kunnaa muñẓireen.

Indeed, We sent it down on a blessed night, for We always warn ˹against evil˺.

Verse 44:4

فِیْهَا یُفْرَقُ كُلُّ اَمْرٍ حَكِیْمٍ ۟ۙ

Feehaa yufraq̣u kullu ʹamrin ḥakeem,

On that night every matter of wisdom is ordained

Verse 44:5

اَمْرًا مِّنْ عِنْدِنَا ؕ اِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِیْنَ ۟ۚ

ʹAmram min ʻiñdinaa. ʹInnaa kunnaa mursileen―

by a command from Us, for We have always sent ˹messengers˺

Verse 44:6

رَحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ ؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ السَّمِیْعُ الْعَلِیْمُ ۟ۙ

Raḥmatam mir Rabbik: ʹinnahoo Huwas Sameeʻul ʻAleem;

as a mercy from your Lord. He ˹alone˺ is truly the All-Hearing, All-Knowing—

Verse 44:7

رَبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَیْنَهُمَا ۘ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُّوْقِنِیْنَ ۟

Rabbis samaawaati wal-ʹarḍi wa-maa baynahumaa, Iñ kuntum mooq̣ineen.

the Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything in between, if only you had sure faith.

Verse 44:8

لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ یُحْیٖ وَیُمِیْتُ ؕ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ اٰبَآىِٕكُمُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ ۟

Laaa ʹilaaha ʹillaa Huwa yuḥyee wa-yumeet:― Rabbukum wa-Rabbu ʹaabaaaʹikumul ʹawwaleen.

There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him. He ˹alone˺ gives life and causes death. ˹He is˺ your Lord, and the Lord of your forefathers.

Verse 44:9

بَلْ هُمْ فِیْ شَكٍّ یَّلْعَبُوْنَ ۟

Bal hum fee shakkiñy yalʻaboon.

In fact, they are in doubt, amusing themselves.

Verse 44:10

فَارْتَقِبْ یَوْمَ تَاْتِی السَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِیْنٍ ۟ۙ

Fartaq̣ib Yawma taʹtis samaaaʹu bi-DUKHAANIM mubeen,

Wait then ˹O Prophet˺ for the day ˹when˺ the sky will be veiled in haze, clearly visible,

Verse 44:11

یَّغْشَی النَّاسَ ؕ هٰذَا عَذَابٌ اَلِیْمٌ ۟

Yag̣shan naas: haaẓaa ʻAẓaabun ʹaleem.

overwhelming the people. ˹They will cry,˺ “This is a painful torment.

Verse 44:12

رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ اِنَّا مُؤْمِنُوْنَ ۟

Rabbanak shif ʻannal ʻaẓaaba ʹinnaa Muʹminoon!

Our Lord! Remove ˹this˺ torment from us, ˹and˺ we will certainly believe.”

Verse 44:13

اَنّٰی لَهُمُ الذِّكْرٰی وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُوْلٌ مُّبِیْنٌ ۟ۙ

ʹAnnaa lahumuẓ Ẓikraa wa-q̣ad jaaaʹahum Rasoolum mubeen,―

How can they be reminded when a messenger has already come to them, making things clear,

Verse 44:14

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوْا مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُوْنٌ ۟ۘ

S̤umma tawallaw ʻanhu wa-q̣aaloo muʻallamum majnoon.

then they turned away from him, saying, “A madman, taught by others!”?

Verse 44:15

اِنَّا كَاشِفُوا الْعَذَابِ قَلِیْلًا اِنَّكُمْ عَآىِٕدُوْنَ ۟ۘ

ʹInnaa kaashiful ʻaẓaabi q̣aleelan ʹinnakum ʻaaaʹidoon.

Indeed, We will remove ˹that˺ torment for a while, and you ˹Meccans˺ will return ˹to disbelief˺.

Verse 44:16

یَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرٰی ۚ اِنَّا مُنْتَقِمُوْنَ ۟

Yawma nabṭishul baṭshatal kubraa: ʹinnaa muñtaq̣imoon!

˹Then˺ on the Day We will deal ˹you˺ the fiercest blow, We will surely inflict punishment.

Verse 44:17

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُوْلٌ كَرِیْمٌ ۟ۙ

Wa-laq̣ad fatannaa q̣ablahum q̣awma Firʻawna wa-jaaaʹahum Rasooluñ Kareem,

Indeed, before them We tested Pharaoh’s people: a noble messenger came to them,

Verse 44:18

اَنْ اَدُّوْۤا اِلَیَّ عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ ؕ اِنِّیْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِیْنٌ ۟ۙ

ʹAn ʹaddooo ʹilayya ʻibaadal laah: ʹinnee lakum Rasoolun ʹameen;

˹proclaiming,˺ “Hand over the servants of Allah to me. I am truly a trustworthy messenger to you.

Verse 44:19

وَّاَنْ لَّا تَعْلُوْا عَلَی اللّٰهِ ؕ اِنِّیْۤ اٰتِیْكُمْ بِسُلْطٰنٍ مُّبِیْنٍ ۟ۚ

Wa-ʹal laa taʻloo ʻalal laah: ʹinneee ʹaateekum̃ bisulṭaanim mubeen.

And do not be arrogant with Allah. I have certainly come to you with a compelling proof.

Verse 44:20

وَاِنِّیْ عُذْتُ بِرَبِّیْ وَرَبِّكُمْ اَنْ تَرْجُمُوْنِ ۟ؗ

Wa-ʹinnee ʻuẓtu bi-Rabbee wa-Rabbikum ʹañ tarjumoon.

And indeed, I seek refuge with my Lord and your Lord so you do not stone me ˹to death˺.

Verse 44:21

وَاِنْ لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوْا لِیْ فَاعْتَزِلُوْنِ ۟

Wa-ʹil lam tuʹminoo lee faʻtaziloon.

˹But˺ if you do not believe me, then let me be.”

Verse 44:22

فَدَعَا رَبَّهٗۤ اَنَّ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُوْنَ ۟

Fadaʻaa Rabbahooo ʹanna haaaʹulaaaʹi q̣awmum mujrimoon.

Ultimately, he cried out to his Lord, “These are a wicked people!”

Verse 44:23

فَاَسْرِ بِعِبَادِیْ لَیْلًا اِنَّكُمْ مُّتَّبَعُوْنَ ۟ۙ

Faʹasri biʹibaadee laylan ʹinnakum muttabaʻoon.

˹Allah responded,˺ “Leave with My servants at night, for you will surely be pursued.

Verse 44:24

وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ؕ اِنَّهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُّغْرَقُوْنَ ۟

Watrukil baḥra rahwaa: ʹinnahum juñdum mug̣raq̣oon.

And leave the sea parted, for they are certainly an army bound to drown.”

Verse 44:25

كَمْ تَرَكُوْا مِنْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُیُوْنٍ ۟ۙ

Kam tarakoo miñ jannaatiñw waʻuyoon,

˹Imagine˺ how many gardens and springs the tyrants left behind,

Verse 44:26

وَّزُرُوْعٍ وَّمَقَامٍ كَرِیْمٍ ۟ۙ

Wa-zurooʻiñw Wamaq̣aamiñ kareem,

as well as ˹various˺ crops and splendid residences,

Verse 44:27

وَّنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوْا فِیْهَا فٰكِهِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Wa-naʻmatiñ kaanoo feehaa faakiheen!

and luxuries which they fully enjoyed.

Verse 44:28

كَذٰلِكَ ۫ وَاَوْرَثْنٰهَا قَوْمًا اٰخَرِیْنَ ۟

Kaẓaalik! wa-ʹawras̤naahaa q̣awman ʹaakhareen!

So it was. And We awarded it ˹all˺ to another people.

Verse 44:29

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَیْهِمُ السَّمَآءُ وَالْاَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوْا مُنْظَرِیْنَ ۟۠

Famaa bakat ʻalayhimus samaaaʹu wal-ʹarḍu wa-maa kaanoo muñz̤̣areen.

Neither heaven nor earth wept over them, nor was their fate delayed.

Verse 44:30

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّیْنَا بَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِیْنِ ۟ۙ

Wa-laq̣ad najjaynaa Baneee ʹIsraaaʹeela minal ʻaẓaabil muheen.

And We certainly delivered the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment

Verse 44:31

مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ عَالِیًا مِّنَ الْمُسْرِفِیْنَ ۟

Miñ Firʻawn: ʹinnahoo kaana ʻaaliyam minal musrifeen.

of Pharaoh. He was truly a tyrant, a transgressor.

Verse 44:32

وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنٰهُمْ عَلٰی عِلْمٍ عَلَی الْعٰلَمِیْنَ ۟ۚ

Wa-laq̣adikh tarnaahum ʻalaa ʻilmin ʻalal ʻaalameen,

And indeed, We chose the Israelites knowingly above the others.

Verse 44:33

وَاٰتَیْنٰهُمْ مِّنَ الْاٰیٰتِ مَا فِیْهِ بَلٰٓؤٌا مُّبِیْنٌ ۟

Waʹaataynaahum minal ʹAayaati maa- feehi balaaaʹum mubeen.

And We showed them signs in which there was a clear test.

Verse 44:34

اِنَّ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ لَیَقُوْلُوْنَ ۟ۙ

ʹInna haaaʹulaaaʹi layaq̣ooloon,

Indeed, these ˹Meccans˺ say,

Verse 44:35

اِنْ هِیَ اِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْاُوْلٰی وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنْشَرِیْنَ ۟

ʹIn hiya ʹillaa mawtatunal ʹoolaa wa-maa naḥnu bimuñshareen.

“There is nothing beyond our first death, and we will never be resurrected.

Verse 44:36

فَاْتُوْا بِاٰبَآىِٕنَاۤ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِیْنَ ۟

Faʹtoo biʹaabaaaʹinaaa ʹiñ kuñtum ṣaadiq̣een!

Bring ˹back˺ our forefathers, if what you say is true.”

Verse 44:37

اَهُمْ خَیْرٌ اَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ ۙ وَّالَّذِیْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ؕ اَهْلَكْنٰهُمْ ؗ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا مُجْرِمِیْنَ ۟

ʹAhum khayrun ʹam q̣awmu Tubbaʻiñw wallaẓeena miñ q̣ablihim? ʹAhlaknaahum ʹinnahum kaanoo mujrimeen.

Are they superior to the people of Tubba’ and those before them? We destroyed them ˹all˺, ˹for˺ they were truly wicked.

Verse 44:38

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَیْنَهُمَا لٰعِبِیْنَ ۟

Wa-maa khalaq̣nas samaawaati wal-ʹarḍa wa-maa baynahumaa laaʻibeen.

We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything in between for sport.

Verse 44:39

مَا خَلَقْنٰهُمَاۤ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ ۟

Maa- khalaq̣naahumaaa ʹillaa bilḥaq̣q̣i wa-laakinna ʹaks̤arahum laa- yaʻlamoon.

We only created them for a purpose, but most of these ˹pagans˺ do not know.

Verse 44:40

اِنَّ یَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِیْقَاتُهُمْ اَجْمَعِیْنَ ۟ۙ

ʹInna Yawmal faṣli meeq̣aatuhum ʹajmaʻeen.―

Surely the Day of ˹Final˺ Decision is the time appointed for all—

Verse 44:41

یَوْمَ لَا یُغْنِیْ مَوْلًی عَنْ مَّوْلًی شَیْـًٔا وَّلَا هُمْ یُنْصَرُوْنَ ۟ۙ

Yawma laa- yug̣nee mawlan ʻam mawlañ shayʹañw walaa hum yuñṣaroon,

the Day no kith or kin will be of benefit to another whatsoever, nor will they be helped,

Verse 44:42

اِلَّا مَنْ رَّحِمَ اللّٰهُ ؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْعَزِیْزُ الرَّحِیْمُ ۟۠

ʹIllaa mar raḥimal laah: ʹinnahoo Huwal ʻAzeezur Raḥeem.

except those shown mercy by Allah. He is truly the Almighty, Most Merciful.

Verse 44:43

اِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّوْمِ ۟ۙ

ʹInna shajarataz Zaq̣q̣oom,

Surely ˹the fruit of˺ the tree of Zaqqûm

Verse 44:44

طَعَامُ الْاَثِیْمِ ۟

Ṭaʻaamul ʹas̤eem,―

will be the food of the evildoer.

Verse 44:45

كَالْمُهْلِ ۛۚ یَغْلِیْ فِی الْبُطُوْنِ ۟ۙ

Kalmuhli yag̣lee fil buṭoon,

Like molten metal, it will boil in the bellies

Verse 44:46

كَغَلْیِ الْحَمِیْمِ ۟

Kag̣alyil ḥameem.

like the boiling of hot water.

Verse 44:47

خُذُوْهُ فَاعْتِلُوْهُ اِلٰی سَوَآءِ الْجَحِیْمِ ۟ۗۖ

Khuẓoohu faʻtiloohu ʹilaa sawaaaʹil Jaḥeem!

˹It will be said,˺ “Seize them and drag them into the depths of the Hellfire.

Verse 44:48

ثُمَّ صُبُّوْا فَوْقَ رَاْسِهٖ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِیْمِ ۟ؕ

S̤umma ṣubboo fawq̣a raʹsihee min ʻAẓaabil Ḥameem.

Then pour over their heads the torment of boiling water.”

Verse 44:49

ذُقْ ۙۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْعَزِیْزُ الْكَرِیْمُ ۟

Ẓuq̣! ʹinnaka ʹañtal ʻazeezul kareem!

˹The wicked will be told,˺ “Taste this. You mighty, noble one!

Verse 44:50

اِنَّ هٰذَا مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تَمْتَرُوْنَ ۟

ʹInna haaẓaa maa- kuñtum̃ bihee tamtaroon!

This is truly what you ˹all˺ used to doubt.”

Verse 44:51

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِیْنَ فِیْ مَقَامٍ اَمِیْنٍ ۟ۙ

ʹInnal Muttaq̣eena fee maq̣aamin ʹameen,

Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure place,

Verse 44:52

فِیْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُیُوْنٍ ۟ۚۙ

Fee Jannaatiñw Waʻuyoon;

amid Gardens and springs,

Verse 44:53

یَّلْبَسُوْنَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَّاِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِیْنَ ۟ۚۙ

Yalbasoona Miñ suñdusiñw waʹistabraq̣im mutaq̣aabileen;

dressed in fine silk and rich brocade, facing one another.

Verse 44:54

كَذٰلِكَ ۫ وَزَوَّجْنٰهُمْ بِحُوْرٍ عِیْنٍ ۟ؕ

Kaẓaalik; wa-zawwajnaahum̃ biḥoorin ʻeen.

So it will be. And We will pair them to maidens with gorgeous eyes.

Verse 44:55

یَدْعُوْنَ فِیْهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ اٰمِنِیْنَ ۟ۙ

Yadʻoona feeha bikulli faakihatin ʹaamineen;

There they will call for every fruit in serenity.

Verse 44:56

لَا یَذُوْقُوْنَ فِیْهَا الْمَوْتَ اِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْاُوْلٰی ۚ وَوَقٰىهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِیْمِ ۟ۙ

Laa- yaẓooq̣oona feehal Mawta ʹillal mawtatal ʹoolaa; wa-waq̣aahum ʻaẓaabal Jaḥeem,―

There they will never taste death, beyond the first death. And He will protect them from the punishment of the Hellfire—

Verse 44:57

فَضْلًا مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ ؕ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِیْمُ ۟

Faḍlam mir Rabbik! Ẓaalika huwal fawzul ʻaz̤̣eem!

as ˹an act of˺ grace from your Lord. That is ˹truly˺ the ultimate triumph.

Verse 44:58

فَاِنَّمَا یَسَّرْنٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَتَذَكَّرُوْنَ ۟

Faʹinnamaa yassarnaahu bilisaanika laʻallahum yataẓakkaroon.

Indeed, We have made this ˹Quran˺ easy in your own language ˹O Prophet˺ so perhaps they will be mindful.

Verse 44:59

فَارْتَقِبْ اِنَّهُمْ مُّرْتَقِبُوْنَ ۟۠

Fartaq̣ib ʹinnahum murtaq̣iboon.

Wait then! They too are certainly waiting.