Surah Ad-Dukhaan

سورة الدخان

The Smoke

Surah 44 · 59 Ayahs

What Is Surah Ad-Dukhaan?

Surah Ad-Dukhaan is Surah 44 of the Quran. It contains 59 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

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Ayah 1
حمٓ
Meaning
Hā Mīm .
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Ayah 2
وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Meaning
By the manifest Book,
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Ayah 3
إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ
Meaning
We have sent it down in a blessed night, (because) We had to warn (people).
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Ayah 4
فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ
Meaning
In that (night), every wise matter is allocated
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Ayah 5
أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ
Meaning
through a command from Us. We were to send the Messenger
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Ayah 6
رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Meaning
as a mercy from your Lord, -Surely, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing-
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Ayah 7
رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
Meaning
the Lord of the heavens and the earth and of whatever there is between them, if you are to believe.
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Ayah 8
لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Meaning
There is no god, but He. He gives life and brings death. He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.
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Ayah 9
بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ
Meaning
But they, being in doubt, are playing around.
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Ayah 10
فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
Meaning
So, wait for a day when the sky will come up with a visible smoke
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Ayah 11
يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Meaning
that will envelop people. This is a painful punishment.
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Ayah 12
رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ
Meaning
(Then they will say,) “O our Lord, remove from us the punishment; we will truly believe.”
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Ayah 13
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ
Meaning
How will they take lesson, while there has already come to them a messenger making things clear?
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Ayah 14
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ
Meaning
Then they turned away from him, and said, “(He is) tutored, crazy.”
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Ayah 15
إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ
Meaning
(Well,) We are going to remove the punishment for a while, (but) you will certainly go back (to your original position).
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Ayah 16
يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ
Meaning
(Then,) the day We will seize (you) with the greatest seizure, We will take vengeance.
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Ayah 17
۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ
Meaning
And We tested the people of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) prior to them, and a noble messenger came to them
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Ayah 18
أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
Meaning
saying, “Deliver to me the servants of Allah. I am an honest messenger to you,”
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Ayah 19
وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
Meaning
and saying, “Do not be haughty against Allah. I bring to you a clear proof.
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Ayah 20
وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ
Meaning
And I have sought refuge with my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me to death.
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Ayah 21
وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ
Meaning
And if you do not believe in me, then keep away from me.”
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Ayah 22
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ
Meaning
Then he prayed to his Lord saying, “These are a guilty people.”
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Ayah 23
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
Meaning
(So, Allah answered his prayer saying,) “Now, take away my servants at night. You will certainly be chased,
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Ayah 24
وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ
Meaning
and leave the sea in the state of stillness; they are an army that is sure to be drowned.”
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Ayah 25
كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Meaning
How many gardens and fountains have they left behind-
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Ayah 26
وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
Meaning
- and how many fields and noble sites,
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Ayah 27
وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهِينَ
Meaning
and how many a luxury they used to rejoice in!
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Ayah 28
كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ
Meaning
This is how it happened. And We made other people inherit all this.
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Ayah 29
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ
Meaning
So, neither the sky and earth wept over them, nor were they given a respite.
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Ayah 30
وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ
Meaning
And We delivered the children of Isrā’īl from the humiliating punishment,
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Ayah 31
مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
Meaning
from Fir‘aun. Indeed, he was haughty, one of the transgressors.
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Ayah 32
وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
Meaning
And We chose them, with knowledge, above all the worlds.
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Ayah 33
وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَـٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ
Meaning
And We gave them the clear signs in which there was a manifest blessing.
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Ayah 34
إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ
Meaning
These people say,
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Ayah 35
إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ
Meaning
“There is nothing more than our first death, and we are not going to be resurrected.
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Ayah 36
فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ
Meaning
So, (O believers,) bring our fathers, if you are true (in your belief in resurrection.)”
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Ayah 37
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
Meaning
Are they better or the people of Tubba‘ and those who were before them? We have destroyed them. They were guilty indeed.
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Ayah 38
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ
Meaning
And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them just as players.
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Ayah 39
مَا خَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Meaning
We did not create them but with true purpose, but most of them do not know.
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Ayah 40
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَـٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Meaning
The Day of Decision is the appointed time for all of them-
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Ayah 41
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
Meaning
the day when no close relation will be of any use to any close relation, nor will they be helped,
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Ayah 42
إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Meaning
except the One on whom Allah has mercy. Of course, He is the All-Mighty, the Very-Merciful.
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Ayah 43
إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
Meaning
Indeed the tree of zaqqūm
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Ayah 44
طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ
Meaning
is the food of the sinful,
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Ayah 45
كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ
Meaning
like dregs of oil. It will boil in the bellies
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Ayah 46
كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ
Meaning
like the boiling of hot water.
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Ayah 47
خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Meaning
(It will be said to angels,) “Seize him, and drag him into the midst of the Hell.
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Ayah 48
ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ
Meaning
Then pour on his head some torment of boiling water.”
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Ayah 49
ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ
Meaning
“Have a taste! You are the ‘man of might’, the ‘man of honour’.
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Ayah 50
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ
Meaning
This is the thing about which you used to be skeptic.”
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Ayah 51
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ
Meaning
Indeed the God-fearing will be in a place free from fear,
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Ayah 52
فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Meaning
in gardens and fountains.
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Ayah 53
يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ
Meaning
They will be dressed in fine silk and thick silk, facing each other.
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Ayah 54
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
Meaning
Thus (it will happen,) and We will marry them with houris having big dark eyes.
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Ayah 55
يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ
Meaning
They will call therein for every fruit peacefully.
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Ayah 56
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Meaning
They will not taste death therein beyond the first death (they faced in the world). And He (Allah) will save them from the torment of Hell,
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Ayah 57
فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
Meaning
as a favour from your Lord. That is the great achievement.
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Ayah 58
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
Meaning
So, We had made it (the Qur’ān) easy in your tongue, so that they may take lesson.
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Ayah 59
فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ
Meaning
Now wait. They too are waiting.