Surah Ad-Dukhaan (The Smoke)

حمٓ

Ha-Mim.

Ha. Mim.

وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

By the Book that makes things clear;-

By the Scripture that maketh plain

إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍۢ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ

We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil).

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

فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ

In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom,

Whereon every wise command is made clear

أَمْرًۭا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ

By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send (revelations),

As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -

رَحْمَةًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);

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

رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if ye (but) have an assured faith.

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

لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

There is no god but He: It is He Who gives life and gives death,- The Lord and Cherisher to you and your earliest ancestors.

There is no Allah save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.

بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّۢ يَلْعَبُونَ

Yet they play about in doubt.

Nay, but they play in doubt.

فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible,

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

يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ

Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.

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

رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ

(They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us, for we do really believe!"

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

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ

How shall the message be (effectual) for them, seeing that an Messenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them,-

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

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌۭ مَّجْنُونٌ

Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!"

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

إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ

We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while, (but) truly ye will revert (to your ways).

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

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ

One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed (then) exact Retribution!

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

۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۭ كَرِيمٌ

We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable,

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

أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ

Saying: "Restore to me the Servants of Allah: I am to you an messenger worthy of all trust;

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

وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

"And be not arrogant as against Allah: for I come to you with authority manifest.

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

وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ

"For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me.

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

وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ

"If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."

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

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌۭ مُّجْرِمُونَ

(But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."

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

فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

(The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.

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

وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌۭ مُّغْرَقُونَ

"And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."

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

كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ

How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,

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

وَزُرُوعٍۢ وَمَقَامٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ

And corn-fields and noble buildings,

And the cornlands and the goodly sites

وَنَعْمَةٍۢ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ

And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight!

And pleasant things wherein they took delight!

كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ

Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things)!

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

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ

And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again).

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

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ

We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,

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

مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors.

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

وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,

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

وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَٰٓؤٌۭا۟ مُّبِينٌ

And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial

And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ

As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:

Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ

"There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.

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

فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

"Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"

Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!

أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍۢ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ

What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.

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

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ

We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:

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

مَا خَلَقْنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.

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

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them,-

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

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًۭى شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,

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

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Except such as receive Allah's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

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

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ

Verily the tree of Zaqqum

Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,

طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ

Will be the food of the Sinful,-

The food of the sinner!

كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ

Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.

Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies

كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

Like the boiling of scalding water.

As the seething of boiling water.

خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

(A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!

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

ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

"Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,

Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.

ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ

"Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!

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

إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ

"Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"

Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍۢ

As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,

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

فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ

Among Gardens and Springs;

Amid gardens and watersprings,

يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍۢ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍۢ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;

Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.

كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍۢ

So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.

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

يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ

There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;

They call therein for every fruit in safety.

لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire,-

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

فَضْلًۭا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!

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

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed.

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

فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ

So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.

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