Surah Ad-Dukhan

حٰمۤ ۚ ۝١

Ḥā mīm

1. Ha, Meem.

وَالْكِتٰبِ الْمُبِيْنِۙ ۝٢

Wal-kitābil-mubīn

2. By the Enlightening Scripture.

اِنَّآ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ فِيْ لَيْلَةٍ مُّبٰرَكَةٍ اِنَّا كُنَّا مُنْذِرِيْنَ ۝٣

Innā anzalnāhu fī lailatim mubārokatin innā kunnā munżirīn

3. We have revealed it on a Blessed Night—We have warned.

فِيْهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ اَمْرٍ حَكِيْمٍۙ ۝٤

Fīhā yufroqu kullu amrin ḥakīm

4. In it is distinguished every wise command.

اَمْرًا مِّنْ عِنْدِنَاۗ اِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِيْنَۖ ۝٥

Amrom min ‘indinā, innā kunnā mursilīn

5. A decree from Us. We have been sending messages.

رَحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ ۗاِنَّهٗ هُوَ السَّمِيْعُ الْعَلِيْمُۗ ۝٦

Roḥmatam mir robbik, innahū huwas-samī‘ul-‘alīm

6. As mercy from your Lord. He is the Hearer, the Knower.

رَبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاۘ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُّوْقِنِيْنَ ۝٧

Robbis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā bainahumā, in kuntum mūqinīn

7. Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you know for sure.

لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيٖ وَيُمِيْتُ ۗرَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ اٰبَاۤىِٕكُمُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۝٨

Lā ilāha illā huwa yuḥyī wa yumīt, robbukum wa robbu ābā-ikumul-awwalīn

8. There is no god but He. He gives life and causes death—your Lord and Lord of your ancestors of old.

بَلْ هُمْ فِيْ شَكٍّ يَّلْعَبُوْنَ ۝٩

Bal hum fī syakkiy yal‘abūn

9. Yet they play around in doubt.

فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى السَّمَاۤءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِيْنٍ ۝١٠

Fartaqib yauma ta'tis-samā-u bidukhōnim mubīn

10. So watch out for the Day when the sky produces a visible smoke.

يَغْشَى النَّاسَۗ هٰذَا عَذَابٌ اَلِيْمٌ ۝١١

Yaghsyan-nās, hāżā ‘ażābun alīm

11. Enveloping mankind; this is a painful punishment.

رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ اِنَّا مُؤْمِنُوْنَ ۝١٢

Robbanaksyif ‘annal-‘ażāba innā mu'minūn

12. “Our Lord, lift the torment from us, we are believers.”

اَنّٰى لَهُمُ الذِّكْرٰى وَقَدْ جَاۤءَهُمْ رَسُوْلٌ مُّبِيْنٌۙ ۝١٣

Annā lahumuż-żikrō wa qod jā-ahum rosūlum mubīn

13. But how can they be reminded? An enlightening messenger has already come to them.

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوْا مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُوْنٌۘ ۝١٤

Ṡumma tawallau ‘anhu wa qōlū mu‘allamum majnūn

14. But they turned away from him, and said, “Educated, but crazy!”

اِنَّا كَاشِفُوا الْعَذَابِ قَلِيْلًا اِنَّكُمْ عَاۤىِٕدُوْنَۘ ۝١٥

Innā kāsyiful-‘ażābi qolīlan innakum ‘ā-idūn

15. We will ease the punishment a little, but you will revert.

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرٰىۚ اِنَّا مُنْتَقِمُوْنَ ۝١٦

Yauma nabṭisyul baṭsyatal kubrō, innā muntaqimūn

16. The Day when We launch the Great Assault—We will avenge.

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاۤءَهُمْ رَسُوْلٌ كَرِيْمٌۙ ۝١٧

Wa laqod fatannā qoblahum qouma fir‘auna wa jā-ahum rosūlun karīm

17. Before them We tested the people of Pharaoh; a noble messenger came to them.

اَنْ اَدُّوْٓا اِلَيَّ عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ ۗاِنِّيْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِيْنٌۙ ۝١٨

An addū ilayya ‘ibādallāh, innī lakum rosūlun amīn

18. Saying, “Hand over Allah’s servants to me. I am an honest messenger to you.”

وَّاَنْ لَّا تَعْلُوْا عَلَى اللّٰهِ ۚاِنِّيْٓ اٰتِيْكُمْ بِسُلْطٰنٍ مُّبِيْنٍۚ ۝١٩

Wa al lā ta‘lū ‘alallāh, innī ātīkum bisulṭōnim mubīn

19. And, “Do not exalt yourselves above Allah. I come to you with clear authority.

وَاِنِّيْ عُذْتُ بِرَبِّيْ وَرَبِّكُمْ اَنْ تَرْجُمُوْنِۚ ۝٢٠

Wa innī ‘użtu birobbī wa robbikum an tarjumūn

20. I have taken refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me.

وَاِنْ لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوْا لِيْ فَاعْتَزِلُوْنِ ۝٢١

Wa il lam tu'minū lī fa‘tazilūn

21. But if you do not believe in me, keep away from me.”

فَدَعَا رَبَّهٗٓ اَنَّ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُوْنَ ۝٢٢

Fa da‘ā robbahū anna hā-ulā-i qoumum mujrimūn

22. He appealed to his Lord: “These are a sinful people.”

فَاَسْرِ بِعِبَادِيْ لَيْلًا اِنَّكُمْ مُّتَّبَعُوْنَۙ ۝٢٣

Fa asri bi‘ibādī lailan innakum muttaba‘ūn

23. “Set out with My servants by night—you will be followed.

وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًاۗ اِنَّهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُّغْرَقُوْنَ ۝٢٤

Watrukil-baḥro rohwā, innahum jundum mughroqūn

24. And cross the sea quickly; they are an army to be drowned.”

كَمْ تَرَكُوْا مِنْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍۙ ۝٢٥

Kam tarokū min jannātiw wa ‘uyūn

25. How many gardens and fountains did they leave behind?

وَّزُرُوْعٍ وَّمَقَامٍ كَرِيْمٍۙ ۝٢٦

Wa zurū‘iw wa maqōmin karīm

26. And plantations, and splendid buildings.

وَّنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوْا فِيْهَا فٰكِهِيْنَۙ ۝٢٧

Wa na‘matin kānū fīhā fākihīn

27. And comforts they used to enjoy.

كَذٰلِكَ ۗوَاَوْرَثْنٰهَا قَوْمًا اٰخَرِيْنَۚ ۝٢٨

Każālik, wa auroṡnāhā qouman ākhorīn

28. So it was; and We passed it on to another people.

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاۤءُ وَالْاَرْضُۗ وَمَا كَانُوْا مُنْظَرِيْنَ ࣖ ۝٢٩

Famā bakat ‘alaihimus-samā-u wal-arḍ, wa mā kānū munẓorīn

29. Neither heaven nor earth wept over them, nor were they reprieved.

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِيْنِۙ ۝٣٠

Wa laqod najjainā banī isrō-īla minal-‘ażābil-muhīn

30. And We delivered the Children of Israel from the humiliating persecution.

مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ ۗاِنَّهٗ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ الْمُسْرِفِيْنَ ۝٣١

Min fir‘aun, innahū kāna ‘āliyam minal-musrifīn

31. From Pharaoh. He was a transgressing tyrant.

وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنٰهُمْ عَلٰى عِلْمٍ عَلَى الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۚ ۝٣٢

Wa laqodikhtarnāhum ‘alā ‘ilmin ‘alal-‘ālamīn

32. And We chose them knowingly over all other people.

وَاٰتَيْنٰهُمْ مِّنَ الْاٰيٰتِ مَا فِيْهِ بَلٰۤـؤٌا مُّبِيْنٌ ۝٣٣

Wa ātaināhum minal-āyāti mā fīhi balā-um mubīn

33. And We gave them many signs, in which was an obvious test.

اِنَّ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ لَيَقُوْلُوْنَۙ ۝٣٤

Inna hā-ulā-i layaqūlūn

34. These people say.

اِنْ هِيَ اِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْاُوْلٰى وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنْشَرِيْنَ ۝٣٥

In hiya illā mautatunal-ūlā wa mā naḥnu bimunsyarīn

35. “There is nothing but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.

فَأْتُوْا بِاٰبَاۤىِٕنَآ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ ۝٣٦

Fa'tū bi'ābā-inā in kuntum ṣōdiqīn

36. Bring back our ancestors, if you are truthful.”

اَهُمْ خَيْرٌ اَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍۙ وَّالَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۗ اَهْلَكْنٰهُمْ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا مُجْرِمِيْنَ ۝٣٧

Ahum khoirun am qoumu tubba‘, wal-lażīna min qoblihim, ahlaknāhum innahum kānū mujrimīn

37. Are they better, or the people of Tubba and those before them? We annihilated them. They were evildoers.

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لٰعِبِيْنَ ۝٣٨

Wa mā kholaqnas-samāwāti wal-arḍo wa mā bainahumā lā‘ibīn

38. We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them to play.

مَا خَلَقْنٰهُمَآ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٣٩

Mā kholaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqqi wa lākinna akṡarohum lā ya‘lamūn

39. We created them only for a specific purpose, but most of them do not know.

اِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِيْقَاتُهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَ ۙ ۝٤٠

Inna yaumal-faṣli mīqōtuhum ajma‘īn

40. The Day of Sorting Out is the appointed time for them all.

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِيْ مَوْلًى عَنْ مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَّلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُوْنَۙ ۝٤١

Yauma lā yughnī maulan ‘am maulan syai'aw wa lā hum yunṣorūn

41. The Day when no friend will avail a friend in any way, and they will not be helped.

اِلَّا مَنْ رَّحِمَ اللّٰهُ ۗاِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ ۝٤٢

Illā mar roḥimallāh, innahū huwal-‘azīzur-roḥīm

42. Except for him upon whom Allah has mercy. He is the Mighty, the Merciful.

اِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّوْمِۙ ۝٤٣

Inna syajarotaz-zaqqūm

43. The Tree of Bitterness.

طَعَامُ الْاَثِيْمِ ۛ ۝٤٤

Ṭo‘āmul-aṡīm

44. The food of the sinner.

كَالْمُهْلِ ۛ يَغْلِيْ فِى الْبُطُوْنِۙ ۝٤٥

Kal-muhl, yaghlī fil-buṭūn

45. Like molten lead; boiling inside the bellies.

كَغَلْيِ الْحَمِيْمِ ۗ ۝٤٦

Kagholyil-ḥamīm

46. Like the boiling of seething water.

خُذُوْهُ فَاعْتِلُوْهُ اِلٰى سَوَاۤءِ الْجَحِيْمِۙ ۝٤٧

Khużūhu fa‘tilūhu ilā sawā-il-jaḥīm

47. Seize him and drag him into the midst of Hell!

ثُمَّ صُبُّوْا فَوْقَ رَأْسِهٖ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِيْمِۗ ۝٤٨

Ṡumma ṣubbū fauqo ro'sihī min ‘azābil-ḥamīm

48. Then pour over his head the suffering of the Inferno!

ذُقْۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْكَرِيْمُ ۝٤٩

Żuq, innaka antal-‘azīzul-karīm

49. Taste! You who were powerful and noble.

اِنَّ هٰذَا مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تَمْتَرُوْنَ ۝٥٠

Inna hāżā mā kuntum bihī tamtarūn

50. This is what you used to doubt.

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِيْ مَقَامٍ اَمِيْنٍۙ ۝٥١

Innal-muttaqīna fī maqōmin amīn

51. As for the righteous, they will be in a secure place.

فِيْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍ ۙ ۝٥٢

Fī jannātiw wa ‘uyūn

52. Amidst gardens and springs.

يَّلْبَسُوْنَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَّاِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِيْنَۚ ۝٥٣

Yalbasūna min sundusiw wa istabroqim mutaqōbilīn

53. Dressed in silk and brocade, facing one another.

كَذٰلِكَۗ وَزَوَّجْنٰهُمْ بِحُوْرٍ عِيْنٍۗ ۝٥٤

Każālik, wa zawwajnāhum biḥūrin ‘īn

54. So it is, and We will wed them to lovely companions.

يَدْعُوْنَ فِيْهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ اٰمِنِيْنَۙ ۝٥٥

Yad‘ūna fīhā bikulli fākihatin āminīn

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

لَا يَذُوْقُوْنَ فِيْهَا الْمَوْتَ اِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْاُوْلٰىۚ وَوَقٰىهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيْمِۙ ۝٥٦

Lā yażūqūna fīhal-mauta illal-mautatal-ūlā, wa waqōhum ‘ażābal-jaḥīm

56. Therein they will not taste death, beyond the first death; and He will protect them from the torment of Hell.

فَضْلًا مِّنْ رَّبِّكَۚ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيْمُ ۝٥٧

Faḍlam mir robbika żālika huwal-fauzul-‘aẓīm

57. A favor from your Lord. That is the supreme salvation.

فَاِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُوْنَ ۝٥٨

Fa innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika la‘allahum yatażakkarūn

58. We made it easy in your language, so that they may remember.

فَارْتَقِبْ اِنَّهُمْ مُّرْتَقِبُوْنَ ࣖࣖ ۝٥٩

Fartaqib innahum murtaqibūn

59. So wait and watch. They too are waiting and watching.