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Surah Ad-Dukhan ( The Smoke )

English - Yusuf Ali

Surah Ad-Dukhan ( The Smoke ) - Aya count 59

حمٓ ﰀ ﴿١﴾

Ha-Mim.

وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ﰁ ﴿٢﴾

By the Book that makes things clear;-

إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ فِي لَيۡلَةٖ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ ﰂ ﴿٣﴾

We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil).

فِيهَا يُفۡرَقُ كُلُّ أَمۡرٍ حَكِيمٍ ﰃ ﴿٤﴾

In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom,

أَمۡرٗا مِّنۡ عِندِنَآۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرۡسِلِينَ ﰄ ﴿٥﴾

By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send (revelations),

رَحۡمَةٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ﰅ ﴿٦﴾

As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);

رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ﰆ ﴿٧﴾

The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if ye (but) have an assured faith.

لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُۖ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ﰇ ﴿٨﴾

There is no god but He: It is He Who gives life and gives death,- The Lord and Cherisher to you and your earliest ancestors.

بَلۡ هُمۡ فِي شَكّٖ يَلۡعَبُونَ ﰈ ﴿٩﴾

Yet they play about in doubt.

فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ يَوۡمَ تَأۡتِي ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٖ مُّبِينٖ ﰉ ﴿١٠﴾

Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible,

يَغۡشَى ٱلنَّاسَۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ﰊ ﴿١١﴾

Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.

رَّبَّنَا ٱكۡشِفۡ عَنَّا ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤۡمِنُونَ ﰋ ﴿١٢﴾

(They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us, for we do really believe!"

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ وَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ مُّبِينٞ ﰌ ﴿١٣﴾

How shall the message be (effectual) for them, seeing that an Messenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them,-

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُواْ مُعَلَّمٞ مَّجۡنُونٌ ﰍ ﴿١٤﴾

Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!"

إِنَّا كَاشِفُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ قَلِيلًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ عَآئِدُونَ ﰎ ﴿١٥﴾

We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while, (but) truly ye will revert (to your ways).

يَوۡمَ نَبۡطِشُ ٱلۡبَطۡشَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ﰏ ﴿١٦﴾

One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed (then) exact Retribution!

۞ وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَجَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ كَرِيمٌ ﰐ ﴿١٧﴾

We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable,

أَنۡ أَدُّوٓاْ إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ﰑ ﴿١٨﴾

Saying: "Restore to me the Servants of Allah: I am to you an messenger worthy of all trust;

وَأَن لَّا تَعۡلُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّيٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ ﰒ ﴿١٩﴾

"And be not arrogant as against Allah: for I come to you with authority manifest.

وَإِنِّي عُذۡتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمۡ أَن تَرۡجُمُونِ ﰓ ﴿٢٠﴾

"For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me.

وَإِن لَّمۡ تُؤۡمِنُواْ لِي فَٱعۡتَزِلُونِ ﰔ ﴿٢١﴾

"If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوۡمٞ مُّجۡرِمُونَ ﰕ ﴿٢٢﴾

(But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."

فَأَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيۡلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ﰖ ﴿٢٣﴾

(The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.

وَٱتۡرُكِ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ رَهۡوًاۖ إِنَّهُمۡ جُندٞ مُّغۡرَقُونَ ﰗ ﴿٢٤﴾

"And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."

كَمۡ تَرَكُواْ مِن جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ﰘ ﴿٢٥﴾

How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,

وَزُرُوعٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ ﰙ ﴿٢٦﴾

And corn-fields and noble buildings,

وَنَعۡمَةٖ كَانُواْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ ﰚ ﴿٢٧﴾

And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight!

كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ﰛ ﴿٢٨﴾

Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things)!

فَمَا بَكَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنظَرِينَ ﰜ ﴿٢٩﴾

And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again).

وَلَقَدۡ نَجَّيۡنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡمُهِينِ ﰝ ﴿٣٠﴾

We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,

مِن فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ﰞ ﴿٣١﴾

Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors.

وَلَقَدِ ٱخۡتَرۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﰟ ﴿٣٢﴾

And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,

وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَٰٓؤٞاْ مُّبِينٌ ﰠ ﴿٣٣﴾

And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ ﰡ ﴿٣٤﴾

As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:

إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوۡتَتُنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ ﰢ ﴿٣٥﴾

"There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.

فَأۡتُواْ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ﰣ ﴿٣٦﴾

"Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"

أَهُمۡ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ ﰤ ﴿٣٧﴾

What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.

وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ ﰥ ﴿٣٨﴾

We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:

مَا خَلَقۡنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ﰦ ﴿٣٩﴾

We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.

إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ﰧ ﴿٤٠﴾

Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them,-

يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي مَوۡلًى عَن مَّوۡلٗى شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ﰨ ﴿٤١﴾

The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﰩ ﴿٤٢﴾

Except such as receive Allah's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ﰪ ﴿٤٣﴾

Verily the tree of Zaqqum

طَعَامُ ٱلۡأَثِيمِ ﰫ ﴿٤٤﴾

Will be the food of the Sinful,-

كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ يَغۡلِي فِي ٱلۡبُطُونِ ﰬ ﴿٤٥﴾

Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.

كَغَلۡيِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ ﰭ ﴿٤٦﴾

Like the boiling of scalding water.

خُذُوهُ فَٱعۡتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ﰮ ﴿٤٧﴾

(A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!

ثُمَّ صُبُّواْ فَوۡقَ رَأۡسِهِۦ مِنۡ عَذَابِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ ﰯ ﴿٤٨﴾

"Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,

ذُقۡ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡكَرِيمُ ﰰ ﴿٤٩﴾

"Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!

إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمۡتَرُونَ ﰱ ﴿٥٠﴾

"Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٖ ﰲ ﴿٥١﴾

As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,

فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ﰳ ﴿٥٢﴾

Among Gardens and Springs;

يَلۡبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٖ وَإِسۡتَبۡرَقٖ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ﰴ ﴿٥٣﴾

Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;

كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ ﰵ ﴿٥٤﴾

So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.

يَدۡعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ ﰶ ﴿٥٥﴾

There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;

لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلۡمَوۡتَ إِلَّا ٱلۡمَوۡتَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ﰷ ﴿٥٦﴾

Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire,-

فَضۡلٗا مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ ﰸ ﴿٥٧﴾

As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرۡنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ﰹ ﴿٥٨﴾

Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed.

فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ إِنَّهُم مُّرۡتَقِبُونَ ﰺ ﴿٥٩﴾

So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.