Al-Dukhān · Smoke

The tafsir of this chapter is being written. The Arabic and its translation are here in full.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 44:1

   حمٓ ﴿١﴾

   Ha, Meem.

2. 44:2

   وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢﴾

   By the Manifest Book!

3. 44:3

   إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ ﴿٣﴾

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

4. 44:4

   فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ ﴿٤﴾

   Every definitive matter is resolved on it,

5. 44:5

   أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ ﴿٥﴾

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

6. 44:6

   رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٦﴾

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

7. 44:7

   رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ﴿٧﴾

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

8. 44:8

   لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٨﴾

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

9. 44:9

   بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ ﴿٩﴾

   But they play around in doubt.

10. 44:10

    فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿١٠﴾

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

11. 44:11

    يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿١١﴾

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

12. 44:12

    رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

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

13. 44:13

    أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١٣﴾

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

14. 44:14

    ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ ﴿١٤﴾

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

15. 44:15

    إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

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

16. 44:16

    يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ﴿١٦﴾

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

17. 44:17

    وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ ﴿١٧﴾

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

18. 44:18

    أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ﴿١٨﴾

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

19. 44:19

    وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿١٩﴾

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

20. 44:20

    وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ ﴿٢٠﴾

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

21. 44:21

    وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ ﴿٢١﴾

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

22. 44:22

    فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

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

23. 44:23

    فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

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

24. 44:24

    وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ ﴿٢٤﴾

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

25. 44:25

    كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

    How many gardens and springs did they leave behind!

26. 44:26

    وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿٢٦﴾

    Fields and splendid places,

27. 44:27

    وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾

    and the affluence wherein they rejoiced!

28. 44:28

    كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ﴿٢٨﴾

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

29. 44:29

    فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

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

30. 44:30

    وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ ﴿٣٠﴾

    Certainly We delivered the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment

31. 44:31

    مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

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

32. 44:32

    وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٣٢﴾

    Certainly We chose them knowingly above all the nations,

33. 44:33

    وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٣٣﴾

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

34. 44:34

    إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

    These ones say,

35. 44:35

    إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ ﴿٣٥﴾

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

36. 44:36

    فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾

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

37. 44:37

    أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾

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

38. 44:38

    وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ ﴿٣٨﴾

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

39. 44:39

    مَا خَلَقْنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

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

40. 44:40

    إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾

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

41. 44:41

    يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ﴿٤١﴾

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

42. 44:42

    إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٤٢﴾

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

43. 44:43

    إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ﴿٤٣﴾

    Indeed the tree of Zaqqum

44. 44:44

    طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ ﴿٤٤﴾

    will be the food of the sinful.

45. 44:45

    كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ ﴿٤٥﴾

    Like molten copper it will boil in their bellies,

46. 44:46

    كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ﴿٤٦﴾

    seething like boiling water.

47. 44:47

    خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٤٧﴾

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

48. 44:48

    ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ﴿٤٨﴾

    then pour over his head boiling water as punishment,

49. 44:49

    ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ ﴿٤٩﴾

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

50. 44:50

    إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾

    This is what you used to doubt!’

51. 44:51

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ ﴿٥١﴾

    Indeed the Godwary will be in a safe place,

52. 44:52

    فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿٥٢﴾

    amid gardens and springs,

53. 44:53

    يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ﴿٥٣﴾

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

54. 44:54

    كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ ﴿٥٤﴾

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

55. 44:55

    يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ ﴿٥٥﴾

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

56. 44:56

    لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٥٦﴾

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

57. 44:57

    فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ﴿٥٧﴾

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

58. 44:58

    فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٥٨﴾

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

59. 44:59

    فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ ﴿٥٩﴾

    So wait! They [too] are waiting.