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Surah 44

The Smoke

الدخان

Ad-Dukhan

Meccan59 Verses
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Verse 1

حمٓ

Transliteration

Haa Meeem

Translation

ha-Mĩm.

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Verse 2

وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Transliteration

Wal Kitaabil Mubeen

Translation

By the clear Book!

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Verse 3

إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍۢ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ

Transliteration

Innaaa anzalnaahu fee lailatim mubaarakah; innaa kunnaa munzireen

Translation

Indeed, We sent it down on a blessed night, for We always warn ˹against evil˺.

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Verse 4

فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ

Transliteration

Feehaa yufraqu kullu amrin hakeem

Translation

On that night every matter of wisdom is ordained

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Verse 5

أَمْرًۭا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ

Transliteration

Amram min 'indinaaa; innaa kunnaa mursileen

Translation

by a command from Us, for We have always sent ˹messengers˺

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Verse 6

رَحْمَةًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Transliteration

Rahmatam mir rabbik; innahoo Huwas Samee'ul 'Aleem

Translation

as a mercy from your Lord. He ˹alone˺ is truly the All-Hearing, All-Knowing—

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Verse 7

رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

Transliteration

Rabbis samaawaati wal ardi wa maa bainahumaa; in kuntum mooqineen

Translation

the Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything in between, if only you had sure faith.

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Verse 8

لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Transliteration

Laaa ilaaha illaa Huwa yuhyee wa yumeetu Rabbukum wa Rabbu aabaaa'ikumul awwaleen

Translation

There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him. He ˹alone˺ gives life and causes death. ˹He is˺ your Lord, and the Lord of your forefathers.

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Verse 9

بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّۢ يَلْعَبُونَ

Transliteration

Bal hum fee shakkiny yal'aboon

Translation

In fact, they are in doubt, amusing themselves.

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Verse 10

فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

Transliteration

Fartaqib Yawma ta'tis samaaa'u bi dukhaanin mubeen

Translation

Wait then ˹O Prophet˺ for the day ˹when˺ the sky will be veiled in haze, clearly visible,

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Verse 11

يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ

Transliteration

Yaghshan naasa haazaa 'azaabun aleem

Translation

overwhelming the people. ˹They will cry,˺ “This is a painful torment.

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Verse 12

رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ

Transliteration

Rabbanak shif 'annal 'azaaba innaa mu'minoon

Translation

Our Lord! Remove ˹this˺ torment from us, ˹and˺ we will certainly believe.”

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Verse 13

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ

Transliteration

Annaa lahumuz zikraa wa qad jaaa'ahum Rasoolum mubeen

Translation

How can they be reminded when a messenger has already come to them, making things clear,

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Verse 14

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌۭ مَّجْنُونٌ

Transliteration

Summaa tawallaw 'anhu wa qaaloo mu'allamum majnoon

Translation

then they turned away from him, saying, “A madman, taught by others!”?

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Verse 15

إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ

Transliteration

Innaa kaashiful 'azaabi qaleelaa; innakum 'aaa'idoon

Translation

Indeed, We will remove ˹that˺ torment for a while, and you ˹Meccans˺ will return ˹to disbelief˺.

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Verse 16

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ

Transliteration

Yawma nabtishul batsha tal kubraa innaa muntaqimoon

Translation

˹Then˺ on the Day We will deal ˹you˺ the fiercest blow, We will surely inflict punishment.

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Verse 17

۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۭ كَرِيمٌ

Transliteration

Wa laqad fatannaa qablahum qawma Fir'awna wa jaaa'ahum Rasoolun kareem

Translation

Indeed, before them We tested Pharaoh’s people: a noble messenger came to them,

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Verse 18

أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ

Transliteration

An addooo ilaiya 'ibaadal laahi innee lakum Rasoolun ameen

Translation

˹proclaiming,˺ “Hand over the servants of Allah to me. I am truly a trustworthy messenger to you.

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Verse 19

وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

Transliteration

Wa al laa ta'loo 'alal laahi innee aateekum bisultaanim mubeen

Translation

And do not be arrogant with Allah. I have certainly come to you with a compelling proof.

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Verse 20

وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ

Transliteration

Wa innee 'uztu bi Rabbee wa rabbikum an tarjumoon

Translation

And indeed, I seek refuge with my Lord and your Lord so you do not stone me ˹to death˺.

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Verse 21

وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ

Transliteration

Wa il lam tu'minoo lee fa'taziloon

Translation

˹But˺ if you do not believe me, then let me be.”

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Verse 22

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌۭ مُّجْرِمُونَ

Transliteration

Fada'aa rabbahooo anna haaa'ulaaa'i qawmum mujrimoon

Translation

Ultimately, he cried out to his Lord, “These are a wicked people!”

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Verse 23

فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

Transliteration

Fa asri bi'ibaadee lailan innakum muttaba'oon

Translation

˹Allah responded,˺ “Leave with My servants at night, for you will surely be pursued.

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Verse 24

وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌۭ مُّغْرَقُونَ

Transliteration

Watrukil bahra rahwan innahum jundum mughraqoon

Translation

And leave the sea parted, for they are certainly an army bound to drown.”

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Verse 25

كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ

Transliteration

Kam tarakoo min jannaatinw wa 'uyoon

Translation

˹Imagine˺ how many gardens and springs the tyrants left behind,

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Verse 26

وَزُرُوعٍۢ وَمَقَامٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ

Transliteration

Wa zuroo'inw wa maqaa min kareem

Translation

as well as ˹various˺ crops and splendid residences,

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Verse 27

وَنَعْمَةٍۢ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ

Transliteration

Wa na'matin kaanoo feehaa faakiheen

Translation

and luxuries which they fully enjoyed.

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Verse 28

كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ

Transliteration

Kazaalika wa awrasnaahaa qawman aakhareen

Translation

So it was. And We awarded it ˹all˺ to another people.

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Verse 29

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ

Transliteration

Famaa bakat 'alaihimus samaaa'u wal ardu wa maa kaanoo munzareen

Translation

Neither heaven nor earth wept over them, nor was their fate delayed.

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Verse 30

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ

Transliteration

Wa laqad najjainaa Baneee Israaa'eela minal'azaabil muheen

Translation

And We certainly delivered the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment

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Verse 31

مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

Transliteration

Min Fir'awn; innahoo kaana 'aaliyam minal musrifeen

Translation

of Pharaoh. He was truly a tyrant, a transgressor.

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Verse 32

وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration

Wa laqadikh tarnaahum 'alaa 'ilmin 'alal 'aalameen

Translation

And indeed, We chose the Israelites knowingly above the others.

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Verse 33

وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَٰٓؤٌۭا۟ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration

Wa aatainaahum minal aayaati maa feehi balaaa'um mubeen

Translation

And We showed them signs in which there was a clear test.

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Verse 34

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ

Transliteration

Inna haaa'ulaaa'i la yaqooloon

Translation

Indeed, these ˹Meccans˺ say,

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Verse 35

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ

Transliteration

In hiya illaa mawtatunal oolaa wa maa nahnu bimun shareen

Translation

“There is nothing beyond our first death, and we will never be resurrected.

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Verse 36

فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration

Fa'too bi aabaaa'inaaa inkuntum saadiqeen

Translation

Bring ˹back˺ our forefathers, if what you say is true.”

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Verse 37

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

Transliteration

Ahum khayrun am qawmu Tubba'inw wallazeena min qablihim; ahlaknaahum innahum kaanoo mujrimeen

Translation

Are they superior to the people of Tubba’ and those before them? We destroyed them ˹all˺, ˹for˺ they were truly wicked.

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Verse 38

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ

Transliteration

Wa maa khalaqnas samaawaati wal arda wa maa baina humaa laa'ibeen

Translation

We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything in between for sport.

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Verse 39

مَا خَلَقْنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration

Maa khalaqnaahumaaa illaa bilhaqqi wa laakinna aksarahum laa ya'lamoon

Translation

We only created them for a purpose, but most of these ˹pagans˺ do not know.

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Verse 40

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Transliteration

Inna yawmal fasli meeqaatuhum ajma'een

Translation

Surely the Day of ˹Final˺ Decision is the time appointed for all—

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Verse 41

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًۭى شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

Transliteration

Yawma laa yughnee mawlan 'am mawlan shai'anw wa laa hum yunsaroon

Translation

the Day no kith or kin will be of benefit to another whatsoever, nor will they be helped,

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Verse 42

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Transliteration

Illaa mar rahimal laah' innahoo huwal 'azeezur raheem

Translation

except those shown mercy by Allah. He is truly the Almighty, Most Merciful.

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Verse 43

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ

Transliteration

Inna shajarataz zaqqoom

Translation

Surely ˹the fruit of˺ the tree of Zaqqûm

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Verse 44

طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ

Transliteration

Ta'aamul aseem

Translation

will be the food of the evildoer.

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Verse 45

كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ

Transliteration

Kalmuhli yaghlee filbutoon

Translation

Like molten metal, it will boil in the bellies

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Verse 46

كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

Transliteration

Kaghalyil hameem

Translation

like the boiling of hot water.

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Verse 47

خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Transliteration

Khuzoohu fa'tiloohu ilaa sawaaa'il Jaheem

Translation

˹It will be said,˺ “Seize them and drag them into the depths of the Hellfire.

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Verse 48

ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

Transliteration

Summa subboo fawqa ra'sihee min 'azaabil hameem

Translation

Then pour over their heads the torment of boiling water.”

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Verse 49

ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ

Transliteration

Zuq innaka antal 'azeezul kareem

Translation

˹The wicked will be told,˺ “Taste this. You mighty, noble one!

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Verse 50

إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ

Transliteration

Inna haazaa maa kuntum bihee tamtaroon

Translation

This is truly what you ˹all˺ used to doubt.”

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Verse 51

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍۢ

Transliteration

Innal muttaqeena fee maqaamin ameen

Translation

Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure place,

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Verse 52

فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ

Transliteration

Fee jannaatinw wa 'uyoon

Translation

amid Gardens and springs,

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Verse 53

يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍۢ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍۢ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

Transliteration

Yalbasoona min sundusinw wa istabraqim mutaqaabileen

Translation

dressed in fine silk and rich brocade, facing one another.

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Verse 54

كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍۢ

Transliteration

Kazaalika wa zawwajnaahum bihoorin 'een

Translation

So it will be. And We will pair them to maidens with gorgeous eyes.

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Verse 55

يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ

Transliteration

Yad'oona feehaa bikulli faakihatin aamineen

Translation

There they will call for every fruit in serenity.

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Verse 56

لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Transliteration

Laa yazooqoona feehal mawtaa illal mawtatal oolaa wa waqaahum 'azaabal jaheem

Translation

There they will never taste death, beyond the first death. And He will protect them from the punishment of the Hellfire—

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Verse 57

فَضْلًۭا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

Transliteration

Fadlam mir rabbik; zaalika huwal fawzul 'azeem

Translation

as ˹an act of˺ grace from your Lord. That is ˹truly˺ the ultimate triumph.

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Verse 58

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

Transliteration

Fa innamaa yassarnaahu bilisaanika la'allahum yatazakkaroon

Translation

Indeed, We have made this ˹Quran˺ easy in your own language ˹O Prophet˺ so perhaps they will be mindful.

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Verse 59

فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ

Transliteration

Fartaqib innahum murta qiboon

Translation

Wait then! They too are certainly waiting.