سُورَةُ الدُّخَانِ
The Smoke
44:1
حمٓ ١
Ḥā-Mīm.1
44:2
وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢
[This is] the Book that makes [things] clear;
44:3
إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ فِي لَيۡلَةٖ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ ٣
We sent it [the Qur’ān]1down during a blessed night: for We wished to warn [people against Evil].
44:4
فِيهَا يُفۡرَقُ كُلُّ أَمۡرٍ حَكِيمٍ ٤
In that [night] is decided every affair of wisdom,
44:5
أَمۡرٗا مِّنۡ عِندِنَآۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرۡسِلِينَ ٥
By command from Us. For We [ever] sent [Messengers],
44:6
رَحۡمَةٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٦
as a Mercy from your Lord; for He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
44:7
رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ٧
[He is] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all things between them, if you have [an assured] faith.
44:8
لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُۖ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٨
There is no god but He: It is He who gives life and gives death — the Lord and Sustainer to you and your early ancestors.
44:9
بَلۡ هُمۡ فِي شَكّٖ يَلۡعَبُونَ ٩
But they [Rejecters of Truth] play about in doubt.
44:10
فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ يَوۡمَ تَأۡتِي ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٖ مُّبِينٖ ١٠
So wait you for the Day that the sky will bring forth a smoke manifest,
44:11
يَغۡشَى ٱلنَّاسَۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ١١
enveloping the people: This will be a painful Punishment.
44:12
رَّبَّنَا ٱكۡشِفۡ عَنَّا ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤۡمِنُونَ ١٢
[They will cry out:] “Our Lord! Remove the Punishment from us, for we [now] really believe!”
44:13
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ وَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٣
How shall they have admonition [when Punishment overtakes them], [seeing that] a Messenger explaining things clearly had [already] come to them,
44:14
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُواْ مُعَلَّمٞ مَّجۡنُونٌ ١٤
yet they turned away from him and said: “Tutored [by others], [a man] bewitched!”
44:15
إِنَّا كَاشِفُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ قَلِيلًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ عَآئِدُونَ ١٥
We shall indeed remove the Punishment for a little while [but We know that] truly you [Rejecters of Truth] will revert [to your old ways].
44:16
يَوۡمَ نَبۡطِشُ ٱلۡبَطۡشَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ١٦
The day We shall lay hold of them with a great seizure:1We shall indeed [then] exact Retribution!
44:17
وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَجَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ كَرِيمٌ ١٧
We did, before them, test the people of the Pharaoh:1there came to them a Messenger honourable,
44:18
أَنۡ أَدُّوٓاْ إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٨
[telling them:] “Restore to me the servants of Allāh:1I am to you a Messenger worthy of trust;
44:19
وَأَن لَّا تَعۡلُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّيٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ ١٩
“and be not arrogant as against Allāh: I have come to you with authority manifest.
44:20
وَإِنِّي عُذۡتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمۡ أَن تَرۡجُمُونِ ٢٠
“For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your stoning me.
44:21
وَإِن لَّمۡ تُؤۡمِنُواْ لِي فَٱعۡتَزِلُونِ ٢١
“If you believe me not, [at least] keep yourselves away from me.”
44:22
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوۡمٞ مُّجۡرِمُونَ ٢٢
[But they were aggressive:] so he [Mūsā1] prayed to his Lord: “These are indeed a people given to sin.”
44:23
فَأَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيۡلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ٢٣
[The reply came:] “March forth with My servants1by night: for you are sure to be pursued.
44:24
وَٱتۡرُكِ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ رَهۡوًاۖ إِنَّهُمۡ جُندٞ مُّغۡرَقُونَ ٢٤
“And leave the sea as a furrow [still, in dry state]: for they [Pharaoh’s people] are an army [destined] to be drowned.”
44:25
كَمۡ تَرَكُواْ مِن جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ٢٥
How many were the orchards and springs they left behind,
44:26
وَزُرُوعٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ ٢٦
and crops and noble abodes,
44:27
وَنَعۡمَةٖ كَانُواْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ ٢٧
and [Allāh’s] blessings which they were enjoying!
44:28
كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ٢٨
Thus [was their end!] and We made other people inherit [those things]!
44:29
فَمَا بَكَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنظَرِينَ ٢٩
And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite.
44:30
وَلَقَدۡ نَجَّيۡنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡمُهِينِ ٣٠
We did deliver aforetime the Children of Isrā’īl from humiliating Punishment,
44:31
مِن فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ٣١
inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant [even] among transgressors [of just limits].
44:32
وَلَقَدِ ٱخۡتَرۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٣٢
And We, knowingly, chose them1aforetime above the nations,
44:33
وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَٰٓؤٞاْ مُّبِينٌ ٣٣
And We granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial
44:34
إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ ٣٤
These [Quraysh] say indeed:
44:35
إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوۡتَتُنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ ٣٥
“There is nothing but our first death, and we shall not be raised [again].
44:36
فَأۡتُواْ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٣٦
[They also say:] “So, bring [back] our forefathers, if you are truthful!”
44:37
أَهُمۡ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ ٣٧
What! Are they better than the people of Tubba‘1and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were given to sin.
44:38
وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ ٣٨
We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in [idle] sport:
44:39
مَا خَلَقۡنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٩
We created them both only by Truth: but most of them know not.
44:40
إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٤٠
Verily, the Day of Sorting Out1is the time appointed for them all,
44:41
يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي مَوۡلًى عَن مَّوۡلٗى شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ٤١
the Day when no protector will avail his client anything, and they will not be helped,
44:42
إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٤٢
except such as receive Allāh’s Mercy: for He is the Mighty, the Most-Merciful.
44:43
إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ٤٣
Verily, the tree of Zaqqūm1
44:44
طَعَامُ ٱلۡأَثِيمِ ٤٤
[will be] the food of the sinful,
44:45
كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ يَغۡلِي فِي ٱلۡبُطُونِ ٤٥
like molten tar, it will boil in [their] stomachs,
44:46
كَغَلۡيِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ ٤٦
like the boiling of scalding water.
44:47
خُذُوهُ فَٱعۡتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٤٧
[A voice will proclaim:] “Seize him and drag him into the midst of the Hell!
44:48
ثُمَّ صُبُّواْ فَوۡقَ رَأۡسِهِۦ مِنۡ عَذَابِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ ٤٨
“Then pour over his head the Punishment of Boiling Water.”
44:49
ذُقۡ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡكَرِيمُ ٤٩
[He will be told:] “Taste you [this]! Truly you are the mighty, the full-of-honour!1
44:50
إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمۡتَرُونَ ٥٠
“Truly, this is what you used to doubt!”
44:51
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٖ ٥١
As to the [God‐]fearing, [they will be] in a position secure,
44:52
فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ٥٢
in gardens and springs,
44:53
يَلۡبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٖ وَإِسۡتَبۡرَقٖ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ٥٣
dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will [sit] facing each other;
44:54
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ ٥٤
So [it will be]; and We shall wed them to maidens with beautiful, big and lustrous eyes.
44:55
يَدۡعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ ٥٥
There they will call for every kind of fruit, in security;
44:56
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلۡمَوۡتَ إِلَّا ٱلۡمَوۡتَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٥٦
nor will they there [ever] taste death, except the first death [on earth]; and He [Allāh] will save them from the Punishment of Hell,
44:57
فَضۡلٗا مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ ٥٧
as a bounty from your Lord! That will be the Supreme Success!
44:58
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرۡنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ٥٨
Verily, We have made this [Qur’ān] easy, in your tongue, in order that they may receive admonition.
44:59
فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ إِنَّهُم مُّرۡتَقِبُونَ ٥٩
So wait you and watch; for they [too] are waiting.