44: al-Dokhaan الدخان

Text and Translation

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

BISMIL LAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful

حٰمٓ ‌ ۛ‌ۚ‏(1)

HAA MEEEM.

Ha, Meem.

وَالْكِتٰبِ الْمُبِيْنِ ‌ ۛ‌ۙ‏(2)

WAL KETAABIL MOBEEN.

By the Manifest Book!

اِنَّاۤ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ فِىْ لَيْلَةٍ مُّبٰرَكَةٍ‌ اِنَّا كُنَّا مُنْذِرِيْنَ‏(3)

INNAA ANZALNAAHO FEE LAYLATIM MOBAARAKATIN INNAA KUNNAA MUNZEREEN.

We sent it down on a blessed night, and We have been warning [mankind].

فِيْهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ اَمْرٍ حَكِيْمٍۙ‏(4)

FEEHAA YUFRAQO KULLO AMRIN HAKEEMIN.

Every definitive matter is resolved on it,

اَمْرًا مِّنْ عِنْدِنَا‌ؕ اِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِيْنَ‌ۚ‏(5)

AMRAM MIN I’NDENAA, INNAA KUNNAA MURSALEEN.

as an ordinance from Us. We have been sending [apostles]

رَحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ‌ؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ السَّمِيْعُ الْعَلِيْمُۙ‏(6)

RAHMATIM MIR RABBEK, INNAHU HOWAS SAMEE-U’L A’LEEMO.

as a mercy from your Lord—indeed He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing—

رَبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا‌ۘ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُّوْقِنِيْنَ‏(7)

RABBIS SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZE WA MAA BAYNAHOMAA, IN KUNTUM MOOQENEEN.

the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, should you have conviction.

لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىٖ وَيُمِيْتُ‌ؕ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ اٰبَآئِكُمُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ‏(8)

LAA ELAAHA ILLAA HOWA YOHYEE WA YOMEET, RABBOKUM WA RABBO AABAAA-EKOMUL AWWALEEN.

There is no god except Him: He gives life and brings death, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.

بَلْ هُمْ فِىْ شَكٍّ يَّلْعَبُوْنَ‏(9)

BAL HUM FEE SHAKKINY YAL-A’BOON.

But they play around in doubt.

فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَاْتِى السَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِيْنٍۙ‏(10)

FARTAQIB YAWMA TAATIS SAMAAA-O BE-DOKHAANIM MOBEENIY.

So watch out for the day when the sky brings on a manifest smoke,

يَغْشَى النَّاسَ‌ؕ هٰذَا عَذَابٌ اَلِيْمٌ‏(11)

YAGHSHAN NAAS, HAAZAA A’ZAABUN ALEEM.

enveloping the people. [They will cry out:] ‘This is a painful punishment.

رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ اِنَّا مُؤْمِنُوْنَ‏(12)

RABBANAK SHIF A’NNAL A’ZAABA INNAA MOAMENOON.

Our Lord! Remove this punishment from us. Indeed we have believed!’

اَنّٰى لَهُمُ الذِّكْرٰى وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُوْلٌ مُّبِيْنٌۙ‏(13)

ANNAA LAHOMUZ ZIKRAA WA QAD JAAA-AHUM RASOOLUM MOBEENUN.

What will the admonition avail them, when a manifest apostle had already come to them,

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوْا مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُوْنٌ‌ۘ‏(14)

SUMMA TAWALLAW A’NHO WA QAALOO MO-A’LLAMUM MAJNOON.

but they turned away from him, and said, ‘A tutored madman?’

اِنَّا كَاشِفُوا الْعَذَابِ قَلِيْلًا اِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُوْنَ‌ۘ‏(15)

INNAA KAASHEFUL A’ZAABE QALEELAN INNAKUM A’AA-EDOON.

Indeed We will withdraw the punishment a little; but you will revert [to your earlier ways].

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرٰى‌ۚ اِنَّا مُنْتَقِمُوْنَ‏(16)

YAWMA NABTESHUL BATSHATAL KUBRAA, INNAA MUNTAQEMOON.

The day We shall strike with the most terrible striking, We will indeed take vengeance [on them].

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُوْلٌ كَرِيْمٌۙ‏(17)

WA LAQAD FATANNAA QABLAHUM QAWMA FIR-A’WNA WA JAAA-AHUM RASOOLUN KAREEMUN.

Certainly We tried the people of Pharaoh before them, when a noble apostle came to them,

اَنْ اَدُّوْۤا اِلَىَّ عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ‌ؕ اِنِّىْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِيْنٌۙ‏(18)

AN ADDOO ELAYYA E’BAADAL LAAH, INNEE LAKUM RASOOLUN AMEENUNW.

[saying,] ‘Give over the servants of Allah to me; indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

وَّاَنْ لَّا تَعْلُوْا عَلَى اللّٰهِ‌ۚ اِنِّىْۤ اٰتِيْكُمْ بِسُلْطٰنٍ مُّبِيْنٍ‌ۚ‏(19)

WA AL LAA TA’LOO A’LAL LAAH, INNEE AATEEKUM BESULTAANIM MOBEEN.

Do not defy Allah. Indeed I bring you a manifest authority.

وَاِنِّىْ عُذْتُ بِرَبِّىْ وَرَبِّكُمْ اَنْ تَرْجُمُوْنِ ۚ‏(20)

WA INNEE U’ZTO BE-RABBEE WA RABBEKUM AN TARJOMOON.

I seek the protection of my Lord and your Lord, lest you should stone me.

وَاِنْ لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوْا لِىْ فَاعْتَزِلُوْنِ‏(21)

WA IL LAM TOAMENOO LEE FA’TAZELOON.

And if you do not believe me, keep out of my way.’

فَدَعَا رَبَّهٗۤ اَنَّ هٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُوْنَ‏‏(22)

FA-DA-A’A RABBAHU ANNA HAA-OLAAA-E QAWMUM MUJREMOON.

Then he invoked his Lord, [saying,] ‘These are indeed a guilty lot.’

فَاَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىْ لَيْلًا اِنَّكُمْ مُّتَّبَعُوْنَۙ‏(23)

FA-ASRE BE-E’BAADEE LAYLAN INNAKUM MUTTABA-O’ONA.

[Allah told him,] ‘Set out by night with My servants; for you will be pursued.

وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا‌ؕ اِنَّهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُّغْرَقُوْنَ‏(24)

WAT-ROKIL BAHRA RAHWAA, INNAHUM JUNDUM MUGHRAQOON.

Leave behind the sea unmoving; for they will be a drowned host.’

كَمْ تَرَكُوْا مِنْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍۙ‏(25)

KAM TARAKOO MIN JANNAATINW WA O’OYOONINW.

How many gardens and springs did they leave behind!

وَّزُرُوْعٍ وَّمَقَامٍ كَرِيْمٍۙ‏(26)

WA ZOROO-I’NW WA MAQAAMIN KAREEMINW.

Fields and splendid places,

وَّنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوْا فِيْهَا فٰكِهِيْنَۙ‏(27)

WA NA’MATIN KAANOO FEEHAA FAAKEHEENA.

and the affluence wherein they rejoiced!

كَذٰلِكَ‌ وَاَوْرَثْنٰهَا قَوْمًا اٰخَرِيْنَ‏(28)

KAZAALEK, WA AWRASNAAHAA QAWMAN AAKHEREEN.

So it was; and We bequeathed them to another people.

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَآءُ وَالْاَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوْا مُنْظَرِيْنَ‏(29)

FAMAA BAKAT A’LAYHEMUS SAMAAA-O WAL ARZO WA MAA KAANOO MUNZAREEN.

So neither the sky wept for them, nor the earth; nor were they granted any respite.

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىْۤ اِسْرَآءِيْلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِيْنِۙ‏(30)

WA LAQAD NAJJAYNAA BANEE ISRAAEEELA MENAL A’ZAABIL MOHEENE.

Certainly We delivered the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment

مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ‌ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ الْمُسْرِفِيْنَ‏(31)

MIN FIR-A’WN, INNAHU KAANA A’ALEYAM MENAL MUSREFEEN.

of Pharaoh. Indeed, he was a tyrant among the transgressors.

وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنٰهُمْ عَلٰى عِلْمٍ عَلَى الْعٰلَمِيْنَ‌ۚ‏(32)

WA LAQADIKH TARNAAHUM A’LAA I’LMIN A’LAL A’ALAMEEN.

Certainly We chose them knowingly above all the nations,

وَاٰتَيْنٰهُمْ مِّنَ الْاٰيٰتِ مَا فِيْهِ بَلٰٓؤٌا مُّبِيْنٌ‏(33)

WA AATAYNAAHUM MENAL AAYAATE MAA FEEHE BALAAUM MOBEEN.

and We gave them some signs in which there was a manifest test.

اِنَّ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ لَيَقُوْلُوْنَۙ‏(34)

INNA HAA-OLAAA-E LAYAQOOLOONA.

These ones say,

اِنْ هِىَ اِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْاُوْلٰى وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنْشَرِيْنَ‏(35)

IN HEYA ILLAA MAWTATONAL OOLAA WA MAA NAHNO BE-MUNSHAREEN.

‘It will be only our first death, and we shall not be resurrected.

فَاْتُوْا بِاٰبَآئِنَاۤ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ‏(36)

FAATOO BE-AABAAA-ENAA IN KUNTUM SAADEQEEN.

Bring our fathers back [to life], if you are truthful.’

اَهُمْ خَيْرٌ اَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍۙ وَّ الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ‌ؕ اَهْلَكْنٰهُمْ‌ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا مُجْرِمِيْنَ‏(37)

A HUM KHAYRUN AM QAWMO TUBBA-I’NW, WAL LAZEENA MIN QABLEHIM, AHLAKNAAHUM, INNAHUM KAANO MUJREMEEN.

Are they better, or the people of Tubba‘, and those who were before them? We destroyed them; indeed, they were guilty.

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لٰعِبِيْنَ‏(38)

WA MAA KHALAQNAS SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZA WA MAA BAYNAHOMAA LAA-E’BEEN.

We did not create the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them for play.

مَا خَلَقْنٰهُمَاۤ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ‏(39)

MAA KHALAQNAAHOMAA ILLAA BIL-HAQQE WA LAAKINNA AKSARAHUM LAA YA’LAMOON.

We did not create them except with consummate wisdom; but most of them do not know.

اِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِيْقَاتُهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَۙ‏(40)

INNA YAWMAL FASLE MEEQAATOHUM AJMA-E’ENA.

Indeed the Day of Judgement is the tryst for them all,

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِىْ مَوْلًى عَنْ مَّوْلًى شَيْئًا وَّلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُوْنَۙ‏(41)

YAWMA LAA TUGHNEE MAWLAN A’M MAWLAN SHAY-ANW WA LAA HUM YUNSAROONA.

the day when a friend will not avail a friend in any way, nor will they be helped,

اِلَّا مَنْ رَّحِمَ اللّٰهُ‌ؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ‏(42)

ILLAA MAR RAHEMAL LAAH, INNAHU HOWAL A’ZEEZUR RAHEEM.

except for him on whom Allah has mercy. Indeed He is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

اِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّوْمِۙ‏(43)

INNA SHAJARATAZ ZAQQOOME.

Indeed the tree of Zaqqum

طَعَامُ الْاَثِيْمِ ۛۚ ۖ‏(44)

TA-A’AMUL ASEEM.

will be the food of the sinful.

كَالْمُهْلِ ۛۚ يَغْلِىْ فِى الْبُطُوْنِۙ‏(45)

KAL-MOHL, YAGHLEE FIL BOTOONE.

Like molten copper it will boil in their bellies,

كَغَلْىِ الْحَمِيْمِ‏(46)

KA-GHALYIL HAMEEM.

seething like boiling water.

خُذُوْهُ فَاعْتِلُوْهُ اِلٰى سَوَآءِ الْجَحِيْمِ  ۖ‏(47)

KHOZOOHO FA’TELOOHO ELAA SAWAAA-IL JAHEEM.

[The keepers of hell will be told,] ‘Seize him and drag him to the middle of hell,

ثُمَّ صُبُّوْا فَوْقَ رَاْسِهٖ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِيْمِؕ‏(48)

SUMMA SUBBOO FAWQA RAASEHI MIN A’ZAABIL HAMEEM.

then pour over his head boiling water as punishment,

ذُقْ ۖۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْكَرِيْمُ‏(49)

ZUQ, INNAKA ANTAL A’ZEEZUL KAREEM.

[and tell them,] “Taste this! Indeed you are the [self-styled] mighty and noble!

اِنَّ هٰذَا مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تَمْتَرُوْنَ‏(50)

INNA HAAZAA MAA KUNTUM BEHI TAMTAROON.

This is what you used to doubt!’

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِىْ مَقَامٍ اَمِيْنٍۙ‏(51)

INNAL MUTTAQEENA FEE MAQAAMIN AMEENIN.

Indeed the Godwary will be in a safe place,

فِىْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍ ۙ ۚ‏(52)

FEE JANNAATINW WA O’YOONINY.

amid gardens and springs,

يَّلْبَسُوْنَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَّاِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِيْنَۚ ۙ‏(53)

YALBASOONA MIN SUNDOSINW WA ISTABRAQIM MOTAQAABELEENA.

dressed in fine silk and brocade, sitting face to face.

كَذٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنٰهُمْ بِحُوْرٍ عِيْنٍؕ‏(54)

KAZAALEK, WA ZAWWAJNAAHUM BE-HOORIN E’EN.

So shall it be, and We shall wed them to black-eyed houris.

يَدْعُوْنَ فِيْهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ اٰمِنِيْنَۙ‏(55)

YAD-O’ONA FEEHAA BEKULLE FAAKEHATIN AAMENEENA.

Secure [from any kind of harm,] there they will call for every kind of fruit [they wish].

لَا يَذُوْقُوْنَ فِيْهَا الْمَوْتَ اِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْاُوْلٰى‌ ۚ وَوَقٰٮهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيْمِۙ‏(56)

LAA YAZOOQOONA FEEHAL MAWTA ILLAL MAWTATAL OOLAA, WA WAQAAHUM A’ZAABAL JAHEEME.

Other than the first death, they will not taste death therein, and He will save them from the punishment of hell

فَضْلًا مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ ‌ؕ ذٰ لِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيْمُ‏(57)

FAZLAM MIR RABBEK, ZAALEKA HOWAL FAWZUL A’ZEEM.

—a grace from your Lord. That is the great success.

فَاِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُوْنَ‏(58)

FA-INNAMAA YASSARNAAHO BE-LESAANEKA LA-A’LLAHUM YATAZAKKAROON.

Indeed We have made it simple in your language, so that they may take admonition.

فَارْتَقِبْ اِنَّهُمْ مُّرْتَقِبُوْنَ‏(59)

FAR-TAQIB INNAHUM MURTAQEBOON.

So wait! They [too] are waiting.