44. Ad-Dukhan

حمٓ

Ḥā, Meem.1

hha-meem

وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

By the clear Book,

wal-kitābi l-mubīni

إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ

Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night.1 Indeed, We were to warn [mankind].

innā anzalnāhu fī laylatin mubārakatin innā kunnā mundhirīna

فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ

Therein [i.e., on that night] is made distinct1 every precise matter -

fīhā yuf'raqu kullu amrin ḥakīmin

أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ

[Every] matter [proceeding] from Us. Indeed, We were to send [a messenger]

amran min ʿindinā innā kunnā mur'silīna

رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

As mercy from your Lord. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing,

raḥmatan min rabbika innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them, if you would be certain.

rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīna

لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death. [He is] your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers.

lā ilāha illā huwa yuḥ'yī wayumītu rabbukum warabbu ābāikumu l-awalīna

بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ

But they are in doubt, amusing themselves.

bal hum fī shakkin yalʿabūna

فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ

Then watch for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke

fa-ir'taqib yawma tatī l-samāu bidukhānin mubīnin

يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Covering the people; this is a painful torment.

yaghshā l-nāsa hādhā ʿadhābun alīmun

رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ

[They will say], "Our Lord, remove from us the torment; indeed, we are believers."

rabbanā ik'shif ʿannā l-ʿadhāba innā mu'minūna

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ

How will there be for them a reminder [at that time]? And there had come to them a clear Messenger.

annā lahumu l-dhik'rā waqad jāahum rasūlun mubīnun

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ

Then they turned away from him and said, "[He was] taught [and is] a madman."

thumma tawallaw ʿanhu waqālū muʿallamun majnūnun

إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ

Indeed, We will remove the torment for a little. Indeed, you [disbelievers] will return [to disbelief].

innā kāshifū l-ʿadhābi qalīlan innakum ʿāidūna

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ

The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.

yawma nabṭishu l-baṭshata l-kub'rā innā muntaqimūna

۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ

And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger [i.e., Moses],

walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'ʿawna wajāahum rasūlun karīmun

أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

[Saying], "Render to me the servants of Allāh.1 Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger,"

an addū ilayya ʿibāda l-lahi innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

And [saying], "Be not haughty with Allāh. Indeed, I have come to you with clear evidence.

wa-an lā taʿlū ʿalā l-lahi innī ātīkum bisul'ṭānin mubīnin

وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ

And indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me.1

wa-innī ʿudh'tu birabbī warabbikum an tarjumūni

وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ

But if you do not believe me, then leave me alone."

wa-in lam tu'minū lī fa-iʿ'tazilūni

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ

And [finally] he called to his Lord that these were a criminal people.

fadaʿā rabbahu anna hāulāi qawmun muj'rimūna

فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

[Allāh said], "Then set out with My servants by night. Indeed, you are to be pursued.

fa-asri biʿibādī laylan innakum muttabaʿūna

وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ

And leave the sea in stillness.1 Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."

wa-ut'ruki l-baḥra rahwan innahum jundun mugh'raqūna

كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

How much they left behind of gardens and springs

kam tarakū min jannātin waʿuyūnin

وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

And crops and noble sites

wazurūʿin wamaqāmin karīmin

وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهِينَ

And comfort wherein they were amused.

wanaʿmatin kānū fīhā fākihīna

كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ

Thus. And We caused to inherit it another people.

kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā qawman ākharīna

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ

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

famā bakat ʿalayhimu l-samāu wal-arḍu wamā kānū munẓarīna

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ

And We certainly saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment -

walaqad najjaynā banī is'rāīla mina l-ʿadhābi l-muhīni

مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

From Pharaoh. Indeed, he was a haughty one among the transgressors.

min fir'ʿawna innahu kāna ʿāliyan mina l-mus'rifīna

وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.

walaqadi ikh'tarnāhum ʿalā ʿil'min ʿalā l-ʿālamīna

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَـٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ

And We gave them of signs that in which there was a clear trial.

waātaynāhum mina l-āyāti mā fīhi balāon mubīnun

إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ

Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying,

inna hāulāi layaqūlūna

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ

"There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.

in hiya illā mawtatunā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimunsharīna

فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Then bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."

fatū biābāinā in kuntum ṣādiqīna

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

Are they better or the people of Tubbaʿ1 and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.

ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaʿin wa-alladhīna min qablihim ahlaknāhum innahum kānū muj'rimīna

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ

And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play.

wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīna

مَا خَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

We did not create them except in truth, but most of them do not know.

mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَـٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Indeed, the Day of Judgement is the appointed time for them all -

inna yawma l-faṣli mīqātuhum ajmaʿīna

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

The Day when no relation1 will avail a relation at all, nor will they be helped -

yawma lā yugh'nī mawlan ʿan mawlan shayan walā hum yunṣarūna

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Except those [believers] on whom Allāh has mercy. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

illā man raḥima l-lahu innahu huwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ

Indeed, the tree of zaqqūm

inna shajarata l-zaqūmi

طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ

Is food for the sinful.

ṭaʿāmu l-athīmi

كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ

Like murky oil, it boils within bellies

kal-muh'li yaghlī fī l-buṭūni

كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

Like the boiling of scalding water.

kaghalyi l-ḥamīmi

خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

[It will be commanded], "Seize him and drag him into the midst of the Hellfire,

khudhūhu fa-iʿ'tilūhu ilā sawāi l-jaḥīmi

ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

Then pour over his head from the torment of scalding water."

thumma ṣubbū fawqa rasihi min ʿadhābi l-ḥamīmi

ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ

[It will be said], "Taste! Indeed, you are the honored, the noble!1

dhuq innaka anta l-ʿazīzu l-karīmu

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ

Indeed, this is what you used to dispute."

inna hādhā mā kuntum bihi tamtarūna

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ

Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure place:

inna l-mutaqīna fī maqāmin amīnin

فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

Within gardens and springs,

fī jannātin waʿuyūnin

يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ

Wearing [garments of] fine silk and brocade, facing each other.

yalbasūna min sundusin wa-is'tabraqin mutaqābilīna

كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

Thus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.

kadhālika wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīnin

يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ

They will call therein for every [kind of] fruit - safe and secure.

yadʿūna fīhā bikulli fākihatin āminīna

لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

They will not taste death therein except the first death, and He will have protected them from the punishment of Hellfire

lā yadhūqūna fīhā l-mawta illā l-mawtata l-ūlā wawaqāhum ʿadhāba l-jaḥīmi

فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

As bounty from your Lord. That is what is the great attainment.

faḍlan min rabbika dhālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

And indeed, We have eased it [i.e., the Qur’ān] in your tongue that they might be reminded.

fa-innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna

فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ

So watch, [O Muḥammad]; indeed, they are watching [for your end].

fa-ir'taqib innahum mur'taqibūna