44 - Surah Ad-Dukhan الدخان

Ha, Meem.

hha-meem

By the clear Book,

wal-kitābi l-mubīni

Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night. Indeed, We were to warn [mankind].

innā anzalnāhu fī laylatin mubārakatin innā kunnā mundhirīna

On that night is made distinct every precise matter -

fīhā yuf'raqu kullu amrin ḥakīmin

[Every] matter [proceeding] from Us. Indeed, We were to send [a messenger]

amran min ʿindinā innā kunnā mur'silīna

As mercy from your Lord. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

raḥmatan min rabbika innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them, if you would be certain.

rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīna

There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death. [He is] your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers.

lā ilāha illā huwa yuḥ'yī wayumītu rabbukum warabbu ābāikumu l-awalīna

But they are in doubt, amusing themselves.

bal hum fī shakkin yalʿabūna

Then watch for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke.

fa-ir'taqib yawma tatī l-samāu bidukhānin mubīnin

Covering the people; this is a painful torment.

yaghshā l-nāsa hādhā ʿadhābun alīmun

[They will say], "Our Lord, remove from us the torment; indeed, we are believers."

rabbanā ik'shif ʿannā l-ʿadhāba innā mu'minūna

How will there be for them a reminder [at that time]? And there had come to them a clear Messenger.

annā lahumu l-dhik'rā waqad jāahum rasūlun mubīnun

Then they turned away from him and said, "[He was] taught [and is] a madman."

thumma tawallaw ʿanhu waqālū muʿallamun majnūnun

Indeed, We will remove the torment for a little. Indeed, you [disbelievers] will return [to disbelief].

innā kāshifū l-ʿadhābi qalīlan innakum ʿāidūna

The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.

yawma nabṭishu l-baṭshata l-kub'rā innā muntaqimūna

And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger,

walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'ʿawna wajāahum rasūlun karīmun

[Saying], "Render to me the servants of Allah. Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger,"

an addū ilayya ʿibāda l-lahi innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

And [saying], "Be not haughty with Allah. Indeed, I have come to you with clear authority.

wa-an lā taʿlū ʿalā l-lahi innī ātīkum bisul'ṭānin mubīnin

And indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me.

wa-innī ʿudh'tu birabbī warabbikum an tarjumūni

But if you do not believe me, then leave me alone."

wa-in lam tu'minū lī fa-iʿ'tazilūni

And [finally] he called to his Lord that these were a criminal people.

fadaʿā rabbahu anna hāulāi qawmun muj'rimūna

[Allah said], "Then set out with My servants by night. Indeed, you are to be pursued.

fa-asri biʿibādī laylan innakum muttabaʿūna

And leave the sea in stillness. Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."

wa-ut'ruki l-baḥra rahwan innahum jundun mugh'raqūna

How much they left behind of gardens and springs

kam tarakū min jannātin waʿuyūnin

And crops and noble sites

wazurūʿin wamaqāmin karīmin

And comfort wherein they were amused.

wanaʿmatin kānū fīhā fākihīna

Thus. And We caused to inherit it another people.

kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā qawman ākharīna

And the heaven and earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.

famā bakat ʿalayhimu l-samāu wal-arḍu wamā kānū munẓarīna

And We certainly saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment -

walaqad najjaynā banī is'rāīla mina l-ʿadhābi l-muhīni

From Pharaoh. Indeed, he was a haughty one among the transgressors.

min fir'ʿawna innahu kāna ʿāliyan mina l-mus'rifīna

And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.

walaqadi ikh'tarnāhum ʿalā ʿil'min ʿalā l-ʿālamīna

And We gave them of signs that in which there was a clear trial.

waātaynāhum mina l-āyāti mā fīhi balāon mubīnun

Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying,

inna hāulāi layaqūlūna

"There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.

in hiya illā mawtatunā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimunsharīna

Then bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."

fatū biābāinā in kuntum ṣādiqīna

Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.

ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaʿin wa-alladhīna min qablihim ahlaknāhum innahum kānū muj'rimīna

And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play.

wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīna

We did not create them except in truth, but most of them do not know.

mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna

Indeed, the Day of Judgement is the appointed time for them all -

inna yawma l-faṣli mīqātuhum ajmaʿīna

The Day when no relation will avail a relation at all, nor will they be helped -

yawma lā yugh'nī mawlan ʿan mawlan shayan walā hum yunṣarūna

Except those [believers] on whom Allah has mercy. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

illā man raḥima l-lahu innahu huwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

Indeed, the tree of zaqqum

inna shajarata l-zaqūmi

Is food for the sinful.

ṭaʿāmu l-athīmi

Like murky oil, it boils within bellies

kal-muh'li yaghlī fī l-buṭūni

Like the boiling of scalding water.

kaghalyi l-ḥamīmi

[It will be commanded], "Seize him and drag him into the midst of the Hellfire,

khudhūhu fa-iʿ'tilūhu ilā sawāi l-jaḥīmi

Then pour over his head from the torment of scalding water."

thumma ṣubbū fawqa rasihi min ʿadhābi l-ḥamīmi

[It will be said], "Taste! Indeed, you are the honored, the noble!

dhuq innaka anta l-ʿazīzu l-karīmu

Indeed, this is what you used to dispute."

inna hādhā mā kuntum bihi tamtarūna

Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure place;

inna l-mutaqīna fī maqāmin amīnin

Within gardens and springs,

fī jannātin waʿuyūnin

Wearing [garments of] fine silk and brocade, facing each other.

yalbasūna min sundusin wa-is'tabraqin mutaqābilīna

Thus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.

kadhālika wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīnin

They will call therein for every [kind of] fruit - safe and secure.

yadʿūna fīhā bikulli fākihatin āminīna

They will not taste death therein except the first death, and He will have protected them from the punishment of Hellfire

lā yadhūqūna fīhā l-mawta illā l-mawtata l-ūlā wawaqāhum ʿadhāba l-jaḥīmi

As bounty from your Lord. That is what is the great attainment.

faḍlan min rabbika dhālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu

And indeed, We have eased the Qur'an in your tongue that they might be reminded.

fa-innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna

So watch, [O Muhammad]; indeed, they are watching [for your end].

fa-ir'taqib innahum mur'taqibūna