Surah Ad Dukhan

Translation by:
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1. حٰمۤ ۚ

   Ḥā mīm.

   Ḥâ-Mĩm.

2. وَالْكِتٰبِ الْمُبِيْنِۙ

   Wal-kitābil-mubīn(i).

   By the clear Book!

3. اِنَّآ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ فِيْ لَيْلَةٍ مُّبٰرَكَةٍ اِنَّا كُنَّا مُنْذِرِيْنَ

   Innā anzalnāhu fī lailatim mubārakatin innā kunnā munżirīn(a).

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

4. فِيْهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ اَمْرٍ حَكِيْمٍۙ

   Fīhā yufraqu kullu amrin ḥakīm(in).

   On that night every matter of wisdom is ordained

5. اَمْرًا مِّنْ عِنْدِنَاۗ اِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِيْنَۖ

   Amram min ‘indinā, innā kunnā mursilīn(a).

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

6. رَحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ ۗاِنَّهٗ هُوَ السَّمِيْعُ الْعَلِيْمُۗ

   Raḥmatam mir rabbik(a), innahū huwas-samī‘ul-‘alīm(u).

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

7. رَبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاۘ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُّوْقِنِيْنَ

   Rabbis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā bainahumā, in kuntum mūqinīn(a).

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

8. لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيٖ وَيُمِيْتُ ۗرَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ اٰبَاۤىِٕكُمُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ

   Lā ilāha illā huwa yuḥyī wa yumīt(u), rabbukum wa rabbu ābā'ikumul-awwalīn(a).

   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.

9. بَلْ هُمْ فِيْ شَكٍّ يَّلْعَبُوْنَ

   Bal hum fī syakkiy yal‘abūn(a).

   In fact, they are in doubt, amusing themselves.

10. فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى السَّمَاۤءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِيْنٍ

    Fartaqib yauma ta'tis-samā'u bidukhānim mubīn(in).

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

11. يَغْشَى النَّاسَۗ هٰذَا عَذَابٌ اَلِيْمٌ

    Yagsyan-nās(a), hāżā ‘ażābun alīm(un).

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

12. رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ اِنَّا مُؤْمِنُوْنَ

    Rabbanaksyif ‘annal-‘ażāba innā mu'minūn(a).

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

13. اَنّٰى لَهُمُ الذِّكْرٰى وَقَدْ جَاۤءَهُمْ رَسُوْلٌ مُّبِيْنٌۙ

    Annā lahumuż-żikrā wa qad jā'ahum rasūlum mubīn(un).

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

14. ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوْا مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُوْنٌۘ

    Ṡumma tawallau ‘anhu wa qālū mu‘allamum majnūn(un).

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

15. اِنَّا كَاشِفُوا الْعَذَابِ قَلِيْلًا اِنَّكُمْ عَاۤىِٕدُوْنَۘ

    Innā kāsyiful-‘ażābi qalīlan innakum ‘ā'idūn(a).

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

16. يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرٰىۚ اِنَّا مُنْتَقِمُوْنَ

    Yauma nabṭisyul baṭsyatal kubrā, innā muntaqimūn(a).

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

17. ۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاۤءَهُمْ رَسُوْلٌ كَرِيْمٌۙ

    Wa laqad fatannā qablahum qauma fir‘auna wa jā'ahum rasūlun karīm(un).

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

18. اَنْ اَدُّوْٓا اِلَيَّ عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ ۗاِنِّيْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِيْنٌۙ

    An addū ilayya ‘ibādallāh(i), innī lakum rasūlun amīn(un).

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

19. وَّاَنْ لَّا تَعْلُوْا عَلَى اللّٰهِ ۚاِنِّيْٓ اٰتِيْكُمْ بِسُلْطٰنٍ مُّبِيْنٍۚ

    Wa al lā ta‘lū ‘alallāh(i), innī ātīkum bisulṭānim mubīn(in).

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

20. وَاِنِّيْ عُذْتُ بِرَبِّيْ وَرَبِّكُمْ اَنْ تَرْجُمُوْنِۚ

    Wa innī ‘użtu birabbī wa rabbikum an tarjumūn(i).

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

21. وَاِنْ لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوْا لِيْ فَاعْتَزِلُوْنِ

    Wa il lam tu'minū lī fa‘tazilūn(i).

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

22. فَدَعَا رَبَّهٗٓ اَنَّ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُوْنَ

    Fa da‘ā rabbahū anna hā'ulā'i qaumum mujrimūn(a).

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

23. فَاَسْرِ بِعِبَادِيْ لَيْلًا اِنَّكُمْ مُّتَّبَعُوْنَۙ

    Fa asri bi‘ibādī lailan innakum muttaba‘ūn(a).

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

24. وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًاۗ اِنَّهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُّغْرَقُوْنَ

    Watrukil-baḥra rahwā(n), innahum jundum mugraqūn(a).

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

25. كَمْ تَرَكُوْا مِنْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍۙ

    Kam tarakū min jannātiw wa ‘uyūn(in).

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

26. وَّزُرُوْعٍ وَّمَقَامٍ كَرِيْمٍۙ

    Wa zurū‘iw wa maqāmin karīm(in).

    as well as ˹various˺ crops and splendid residences,

27. وَّنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوْا فِيْهَا فٰكِهِيْنَۙ

    Wa na‘matin kānū fīhā fākihīn(a).

    and luxuries which they fully enjoyed.

28. كَذٰلِكَ ۗوَاَوْرَثْنٰهَا قَوْمًا اٰخَرِيْنَۚ

    Każālik(a), wa auraṡnāhā qauman ākharīn(a).

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

29. فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاۤءُ وَالْاَرْضُۗ وَمَا كَانُوْا مُنْظَرِيْنَ ࣖ

    Famā bakat ‘alaihimus-samā'u wal-arḍ(u), wa mā kānū munẓarīn(a).

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

30. وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِيْنِۙ

    Wa laqad najjainā banī isrā'īla minal-‘ażābil-muhīn(i).

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

31. مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ ۗاِنَّهٗ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ الْمُسْرِفِيْنَ

    Min fir‘aun(a), innahū kāna ‘āliyam minal-musrifīn(a).

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

32. وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنٰهُمْ عَلٰى عِلْمٍ عَلَى الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۚ

    Wa laqadikhtarnāhum ‘alā ‘ilmin ‘alal-‘ālamīn(a).

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

33. وَاٰتَيْنٰهُمْ مِّنَ الْاٰيٰتِ مَا فِيْهِ بَلٰۤـؤٌا مُّبِيْنٌ

    Wa ātaināhum minal-āyāti mā fīhi balā'um mubīn(un).

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

34. اِنَّ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ لَيَقُوْلُوْنَۙ

    Inna hā'ulā'i layaqūlūn(a).

    Indeed, these ˹Meccans˺ say,

35. اِنْ هِيَ اِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْاُوْلٰى وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنْشَرِيْنَ

    In hiya illā mautatunal-ūlā wa mā naḥnu bimunsyarīn(a).

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

36. فَأْتُوْا بِاٰبَاۤىِٕنَآ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ

    Fa'tū bi'ābā'inā in kuntum ṣādiqīn(a).

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

37. اَهُمْ خَيْرٌ اَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍۙ وَّالَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۗ اَهْلَكْنٰهُمْ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا مُجْرِمِيْنَ

    Ahum khairun am qaumu tubba‘(in), wal-lażīna min qablihim, ahlaknāhum innahum kānū mujrimīn(a).

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

38. وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لٰعِبِيْنَ

    Wa mā khalaqnas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa mā bainahumā lā‘ibīn(a).

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

39. مَا خَلَقْنٰهُمَآ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ

    Mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqqi wa lākinna akṡarahum lā ya‘lamūn(a).

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

40. اِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِيْقَاتُهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَ ۙ

    Inna yaumal-faṣli mīqātuhum ajma‘īn(a).

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

41. يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِيْ مَوْلًى عَنْ مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَّلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُوْنَۙ

    Yauma lā yugnī maulan ‘am maulan syai'aw wa lā hum yunṣarūn(a).

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

42. اِلَّا مَنْ رَّحِمَ اللّٰهُ ۗاِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ࣖ

    Illā mar raḥimallāh(u), innahū huwal-‘azīzur-raḥīm(u).

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

43. اِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّوْمِۙ

    Inna syajarataz-zaqqūm(i).

    Surely ˹the fruit of˺ the tree of Zaqqûm

44. طَعَامُ الْاَثِيْمِ ۛ

    Ta‘āmul-aṡīm(i).

    will be the food of the evildoer.

45. كَالْمُهْلِ ۛ يَغْلِيْ فِى الْبُطُوْنِۙ

    Kal-muhl(i), yaglī fil-buṭūn(i).

    Like molten metal, it will boil in the bellies

46. كَغَلْيِ الْحَمِيْمِ ۗ

    Kagalyil-ḥamīm(i).

    like the boiling of hot water.

47. خُذُوْهُ فَاعْتِلُوْهُ اِلٰى سَوَاۤءِ الْجَحِيْمِۙ

    Khużūhu fa‘tilūhu ilā sawā'il-jaḥīm(i).

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

48. ثُمَّ صُبُّوْا فَوْقَ رَأْسِهٖ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِيْمِۗ

    Ṡumma ṣubbū fauqa ra'sihī min ‘azābil-ḥamīm(i).

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

49. ذُقْۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْكَرِيْمُ

    Żuq, innaka antal-‘azīzul-karīm(u).

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

50. اِنَّ هٰذَا مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تَمْتَرُوْنَ

    Inna hāżā mā kuntum bihī tamtarūn(a).

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

51. اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِيْ مَقَامٍ اَمِيْنٍۙ

    Innal-muttaqīna fī maqāmin amīn(in).

    Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure place,

52. فِيْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍ ۙ

    Fī jannātiw wa ‘uyūn(in).

    amid Gardens and springs,

53. يَّلْبَسُوْنَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَّاِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِيْنَۚ

    Yalbasūna min sundusiw wa istabraqim mutaqābilīn(a).

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

54. كَذٰلِكَۗ وَزَوَّجْنٰهُمْ بِحُوْرٍ عِيْنٍۗ

    Każālik(a), wa zawwajnāhum biḥūrin ‘īn(in).

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

55. يَدْعُوْنَ فِيْهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ اٰمِنِيْنَۙ

    Yad‘ūna fīhā bikulli fākihatin āminīn(a).

    There they will call for every fruit in serenity.

56. لَا يَذُوْقُوْنَ فِيْهَا الْمَوْتَ اِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْاُوْلٰىۚ وَوَقٰىهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيْمِۙ

    Lā yażūqūna fīhal-mauta illal-mautatal-ūlā, wa waqāhum ‘ażābal-jaḥīm(i).

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

57. فَضْلًا مِّنْ رَّبِّكَۚ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيْمُ

    Faḍlam mir rabbika żālika huwal-fauzul-‘aẓīm(u).

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

58. فَاِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُوْنَ

    Fa innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika la‘allahum yatażakkarūn(a).

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

59. فَارْتَقِبْ اِنَّهُمْ مُّرْتَقِبُوْنَ ࣖࣖ

    Fartaqib innahum murtaqibūn(a).

    Wait then! They too are certainly waiting.