Surah Ad-Dukhaan

حٰم࢜ ۝١ۚۛ

1Ha, Meem.

وَالْكِتٰبِ الْمُبِيْنِ ۝٢ۙۛ

2By the Manifest Book!

اِنَّا͏ٓ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ فِيْ لَيْلَةٍ مُّبٰرَكَةٍ اِنَّا كُنَّا مُنْذِرِيْنَ ۝٣

3We sent it down on a blessed night, and We have been warning [mankind].

فِيْهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ اَمْرٍ حَكِيْمٍ ۝٤ۙ

4Every definitive matter is resolved on it,

اَمْرًا مِّنْ عِنْدِنَاؕ اِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِيْنَ ۝٥ۚ

5as an ordinance from Us. We have been sending [apostles]

رَحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ السَّمِيْعُ الْعَلِيْمُ ۝٦ۙ

6as a mercy from your Lord—indeed He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing—

رَبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاۘ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُّوْقِنِيْنَ ۝٧

7the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, should you have conviction.

لَا͏ٓ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيٖ وَيُمِيْتُؕ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ اٰبَا࢜ىِٕكُمُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۝٨

8There is no god except Him: He gives life and brings death, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.

بَلْ هُمْ فِيْ شَكٍّ يَّلْعَبُوْنَ ۝٩

9But they play around in doubt.

فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَاْتِي السَّمَا࢜ءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِيْنٍ ۝١٠ۙ

10So watch out for the day when the sky brings on a manifest smoke,

يَّغْشَي النَّاسَؕ هٰذَا عَذَابٌ اَلِيْمٌ ۝١١

11enveloping the people. [They will cry out:] ‘This is a painful punishment.

رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ اِنَّا مُو͏ٔ͏ْمِنُوْنَ ۝١٢

12Our Lord! Remove this punishment from us. Indeed we have believed!’

اَنّٰي لَهُمُ الذِّكْرٰي وَقَدْ جَا࢜ءَهُمْ رَسُوْلٌ مُّبِيْنٌ ۝١٣ۙ

13What will the admonition avail them, when a manifest apostle had already come to them,

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوْا مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُوْنٌ ۝١٤ۘ

14but they turned away from him, and said, ‘A tutored madman?’

اِنَّا كَاشِفُوا الْعَذَابِ قَلِيْلًا اِنَّكُمْ عَا࢜ىِٕدُوْنَ ۝١٥ۘ

15Indeed We will withdraw the punishment a little; but you will revert [to your earlier ways].

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرٰيۚ اِنَّا مُنْتَقِمُوْنَ ۝١٦

16The day We shall strike with the most terrible striking, We will indeed take vengeance [on them].

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَا࢜ءَهُمْ رَسُوْلٌ كَرِيْمٌ ۝١٧ۙ

17Certainly We tried the people of Pharaoh before them, when a noble apostle came to them,

اَنْ اَدُّوْٓا اِلَيَّ عِبَادَ اللّٰهِؕ اِنِّيْ لَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ اَمِيْنٌ ۝١٨ۙ

18[saying,] ‘Give over the servants of Allah to me; indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you.

وَّاَنْ لَّا تَعْلُوْا عَلَي اللّٰهِؕ اِنِّيْٓ اٰتِيْكُمْ بِسُلْطٰنٍ مُّبِيْنٍ ۝١٩ۚ

19Do not defy Allah. Indeed I bring you a manifest authority.

وَاِنِّيْ عُذْتُ بِرَبِّيْ وَرَبِّكُمْ اَنْ تَرْجُمُوْنِ ۝٢٠ؗ

20I seek the protection of my Lord and your Lord, lest you should stone me.

وَاِنْ لَّمْ تُو͏ٔ͏ْمِنُوْا لِيْ فَاعْتَزِلُوْنِ ۝٢١

21And if you do not believe me, keep out of my way.’

فَدَعَا رَبَّهٗٓ اَنَّ هٰٓو͏ٔ͏ُلَا࢜ءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُوْنَ ۝٢٢

22Then he invoked his Lord, [saying,] ‘These are indeed a guilty lot.’

فَاَسْرِ بِعِبَادِيْ لَيْلًا اِنَّكُمْ مُّتَّبَعُوْنَ ۝٢٣ۙ

23[Allah told him,] ‘Set out by night with My servants; for you will be pursued.

وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًاؕ اِنَّهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُّغْرَقُوْنَ ۝٢٤

24Leave behind the sea unmoving; for they will be a drowned host.’

كَمْ تَرَكُوْا مِنْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍ ۝٢٥ۙ

25How many gardens and springs did they leave behind!

وَّزُرُوْعٍ وَّمَقَامٍ كَرِيْمٍ ۝٢٦ۙ

26Fields and splendid places,

وَّنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوْا فِيْهَا فٰكِهِيْنَ ۝٢٧ۙ

27and the affluence wherein they rejoiced!

كَذٰلِكَࣞ وَاَوْرَثْنٰهَا قَوْمًا اٰخَرِيْنَ ۝٢٨

28So it was; and We bequeathed them to another people.

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَا࢜ءُ وَالْاَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوْا مُنْظَرِيْنَ ۝٢٩ࣖ

29So neither the sky wept for them, nor the earth; nor were they granted any respite.

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَا࢜ءِيْلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِيْنِ ۝٣٠ۙ

30Certainly We delivered the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment

مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ الْمُسْرِفِيْنَ ۝٣١

31of Pharaoh. Indeed, he was a tyrant among the transgressors.

وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنٰهُمْ عَلٰي عِلْمٍ عَلَي الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۝٣٢ۚ

32Certainly We chose them knowingly above all the nations,

وَاٰتَيْنٰهُمْ مِّنَ الْاٰيٰتِ مَا فِيْهِ بَلٰ࢜و͏ٔ͏ٌا مُّبِيْنٌ ۝٣٣

33and We gave them some signs in which there was a manifest test.

اِنَّ هٰٓو͏ٔ͏ُلَا࢜ءِ لَيَقُوْلُوْنَ ۝٣٤ۙ

34These ones say,

اِنْ هِيَ اِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْاُوْلٰي وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنْشَرِيْنَ ۝٣٥

35‘It will be only our first death, and we shall not be resurrected.

فَاْتُوْا بِاٰبَا࢜ىِٕنَا͏ٓ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ ۝٣٦

36Bring our fathers back [to life], if you are truthful.’

اَهُمْ خَيْرٌ اَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍۙ وَّالَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْؕ اَهْلَكْنٰهُمْؗ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا مُجْرِمِيْنَ ۝٣٧

37Are they better, or the people of Tubba‘, and those who were before them? We destroyed them; indeed, they were guilty.

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لٰعِبِيْنَ ۝٣٨

38We did not create the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them for play.

مَا خَلَقْنٰهُمَا͏ٓ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٣٩

39We did not create them except with consummate wisdom; but most of them do not know.

اِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِيْقَاتُهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَ ۝٤٠ۙ

40Indeed the Day of Judgement is the tryst for them all,

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِيْ مَوْلًي عَنْ مَّوْلًي شَيْـًٔا وَّلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُوْنَ ۝٤١ۙ

41the day when a friend will not avail a friend in any way, nor will they be helped,

اِلَّا مَنْ رَّحِمَ اللّٰهُؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الرَّحِيْمُ ۝٤٢ࣖ

42except for him on whom Allah has mercy. Indeed He is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

اِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّوْمِ ۝٤٣ۙ

43Indeed the tree of Zaqqum

طَعَامُ الْاَثِيْمِ ۝٤٤ۚۖۛ

44will be the food of the sinful.

كَالْمُهْلِۚۛ يَغْلِيْ فِي الْبُطُوْنِ ۝٤٥ۙ

45Like molten copper it will boil in their bellies,

كَغَلْيِ الْحَمِيْمِ ۝٤٦

46seething like boiling water.

خُذُوْهُ فَاعْتِلُوْهُ اِلٰي سَوَا࢜ءِ الْجَحِيْمِ ۝٤٧ࣗۖ

47[The keepers of hell will be told,] ‘Seize him and drag him to the middle of hell,

ثُمَّ صُبُّوْا فَوْقَ رَاْسِهٖ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِيْمِ ۝٤٨ؕ

48then pour over his head boiling water as punishment,

ذُقْۚۙ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْكَرِيْمُ ۝٤٩

49[and tell them,] “Taste this! Indeed you are the [self-styled] mighty and noble!

اِنَّ هٰذَا مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تَمْتَرُوْنَ ۝٥٠

50This is what you used to doubt!’

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِيْ مَقَامٍ اَمِيْنٍ ۝٥١ۙ

51Indeed the Godwary will be in a safe place,

فِيْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّعُيُوْنٍ ۝٥٢ۚۙ

52amid gardens and springs,

يَّلْبَسُوْنَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَّاِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِيْنَ ۝٥٣ۚۙ

53dressed in fine silk and brocade, sitting face to face.

كَذٰلِكَࣞ وَزَوَّجْنٰهُمْ بِحُوْرٍ عِيْنٍ ۝٥٤ؕ

54So shall it be, and We shall wed them to black-eyed houris.

يَدْعُوْنَ فِيْهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ اٰمِنِيْنَ ۝٥٥ۙ

55Secure [from any kind of harm,] there they will call for every kind of fruit [they wish].

لَا يَذُوْقُوْنَ فِيْهَا الْمَوْتَ اِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْاُوْلٰيۚ وَوَقٰىهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيْمِ ۝٥٦ۙ

56Other than the first death, they will not taste death therein, and He will save them from the punishment of hell

فَضْلًا مِّنْ رَّبِّكَؕ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيْمُ ۝٥٧

57—a grace from your Lord. That is the great success.

فَاِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُوْنَ ۝٥٨

58Indeed We have made it simple in your language, so that they may take admonition.

فَارْتَقِبْ اِنَّهُمْ مُّرْتَقِبُوْنَ ۝٥٩ࣖ

59So wait! They [too] are waiting.