Surah Ad-Dukhan

حمٓ ۝١

Ha Mim.

وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ۝٢

By the Book that makes things clear,

إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ ۝٣

surely We sent it down on a blessed night, We have always sent warnings,

فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ ۝٤

on that night every wise decree is specified

أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ ۝٥

by Our own command -- We have been sending messages,

رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ۝٦

as a mercy from your Lord, He hears all and knows all,

رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ۝٧

He is the Lord of heaven and earth and all that is between them, if only you would really believe,

لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝٨

there is no deity save Him: It is He who gives both life and death -- He is your Lord, and the Lord of your forefathers,

بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ ۝٩

yet, they toy with their doubts.

فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ ۝١٠

Wait, then, for the Day when the sky brings forth plainly visible clouds of smoke.

يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ۝١١

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

رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ ۝١٢

Then they will say, "Lord, relieve us from this torment, for truly we are now believers in You."

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ ۝١٣

How can they benefit from admonition, seeing that a messenger had already come to them explaining things clearly?

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ ۝١٤

Then they turned away from him and said, "He is a madman, taught by others!"

إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ ۝١٥

Were We to ease the torment for a while, you would still revert to denial of the truth.

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ۝١٦

On the Day We inflict the direst scourge upon all sinners, We will certainly exact retribution.

۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ ۝١٧

We tried the people of Pharaoh before them: a noble messenger was sent to them,

أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ۝١٨

saying, "Hand over God's servants to me. I am a trustworthy messenger for you.

وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ۝١٩

Do not set yourselves above God: I bring you clear authority.

وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ ۝٢٠

I have sought refuge with my Lord and your Lord lest you stone me [to death].

وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ ۝٢١

If you do not believe in me, at least keep away from me."

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ ۝٢٢

Then he cried out to his Lord, "These are sinful people."

فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ۝٢٣

God said, "Set out with My servants by night, for you will certainly be pursued.

وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ ۝٢٤

Leave the sea behind you parted; they are a host destined to be drowned."

كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ۝٢٥

How many gardens and fountains they left behind them,

وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ ۝٢٦

and cornfields and splendid buildings,

وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ ۝٢٧

and pleasant things in which they delighted!

كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ۝٢٨

Such was their end, and what had been theirs We gave to other people to inherit.

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ ۝٢٩

Neither heaven nor earth wept for them, nor were they allowed any respite.

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ ۝٣٠

We saved the Children of Israel from their humiliating torment

مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ۝٣١

at the hands of Pharaoh: he was a tyrant who exceeded all bounds.

وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٣٢

We knowingly chose them above all other people

وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ ۝٣٣

and showed them signs in which there was a clear test.

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ ۝٣٤

Yet those who deny the truth say,

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ ۝٣٥

there is nothing beyond our first death; we shall not be raised again.

فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝٣٦

So bring our fathers [back], if what you say is true.

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

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

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ ۝٣٨

We did not idly create the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them;

مَا خَلَقْنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۝٣٩

We did not create them save with a purpose, yet most people have no knowledge of this.

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝٤٠

Truly, the Day of Decision is the appointed time for all of them,

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ۝٤١

the Day when no friend shall be of the least avail to another, nor shall any be helped,

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝٤٢

save those to whom God shows mercy. Surely, He is the Mighty, the Merciful One.

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ۝٤٣

Surely the fruit of the Zaqqum tree

طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ ۝٤٤

shall be food for the sinners:

كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ ۝٤٥

like the dregs of oil, it shall boil in their bellies,

كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ۝٤٦

like the boiling of hot water.

خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝٤٧

[A voice will cry], "Seize him and drag him into the midst of Hell.

ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ۝٤٨

Then pour boiling water over his head as punishment.

ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ ۝٤٩

Taste this; you who considered yourself the mighty, the honourable!

إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ ۝٥٠

This is what you doubted?"

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ ۝٥١

But those mindful of God will be in a safe place,

فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ۝٥٢

among gardens and springs,

يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ۝٥٣

dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, and they will face each other:

كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ ۝٥٤

so it will be. We shall wed them to maidens with large, dark eyes.

يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ ۝٥٥

They will call therein for every kind of fruit, in peace and security.

لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝٥٦

They will not taste death therein, save the first death. God will save them from the torment of Hell

فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ۝٥٧

as an act of grace. That will be the supreme triumph.

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٥٨

We have made this Quran easy to understand, in your own language, so that they may take heed.

فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ ۝٥٩

Wait then; they too are waiting.