حمٓ ﴿١﴾
Ḥā-Mīm
Ha. Mim.
الدخان
44. Ad-Dukhaan
The Smoke · Meccan · 59 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢﴾
Wal-kitābi al-mubīn
By the Scripture that maketh plain
إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ ﴿٣﴾
Innā anzalnāhu fī laylatin mubārakatin innā kunnā mundhirīn
Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -
فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ ﴿٤﴾
Fīhā yufraqu kullu amrin ḥakīm
Whereon every wise command is made clear
أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ ﴿٥﴾
Amran min ʿindinā innā kunnā mursilīn
As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -
رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٦﴾
Raḥmatan min rabbika innahu huwa as-samīʿu al-ʿalīm
A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,
رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ﴿٧﴾
Rabbi as-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīn
Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure.
لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٨﴾
Lā ilāha illā huwa yuḥyī wayumītu rabbukum warabbu ābāʾikumu al-awwalīn
There is no Allah save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.
بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ ﴿٩﴾
Bal hum fī shakkin yalʿabūn
Nay, but they play in doubt.
فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿١٠﴾
Fārtaqib yawma taʾtī as-samāʾu bidukhānin mubīn
But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke
يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿١١﴾
Yaghshā an-nāsa hādhā ʿadhābun alīm
That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.
رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿١٢﴾
Rabbanā ikshif ʿannā al-ʿadhāba innā muʾminūn
(Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers.
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١٣﴾
Annā lahumu adh-dhikrā waqad jāʾahum rasūlun mubīn
How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them,
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ ﴿١٤﴾
Thumma tawallaw ʿanhu waqālū muʿallamun majnūn
And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman?
إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ ﴿١٥﴾
Innā kāshifū al-ʿadhābi qalīlan innakum ʿāʾidūn
Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).
يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ﴿١٦﴾
Yawma nabṭishu al-baṭshata al-kubrā innā muntaqimūn
On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.
۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ ﴿١٧﴾
Walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma firʿawna wajāʾahum rasūlun karīm
And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,
أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ﴿١٨﴾
An addū ilayya ʿibāda Allāhi innī lakum rasūlun amīn
Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.
وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿١٩﴾
Waʾan lā taʿlū ʿalā Allāhi innī ātīkum bisulṭānin mubīn
And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.
وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ ﴿٢٠﴾
Waʾinnī ʿudhtu birabbī warabbikum an tarjumūn
And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.
وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ ﴿٢١﴾
Waʾin lam tuʾminū lī fāʿtazilūn
And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾
Fadaʿā rabbahu anna hāʾulāʾi qawmun mujrimūn
And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾
Faʾasri biʿibādī laylan innakum muttabaʿūn
Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed,
وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ ﴿٢٤﴾
Wātruki al-baḥra rahwan innahum jundun mughraqūn
And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.
كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿٢٥﴾
Kam tarakū min jannātin waʿuyūn
How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,
وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿٢٦﴾
Wazurūʿin wamaqāmin karīm
And the cornlands and the goodly sites
وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾
Wanaʿmatin kānū fīhā fākihīn
And pleasant things wherein they took delight!
كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ﴿٢٨﴾
Kadhālika waʾawrathnāhā qawman ākharīn
Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾
Famā bakat ʿalayhimu as-samāʾu wal-arḍu wamā kānū munẓarīn
And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.
وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ ﴿٣٠﴾
Walaqad najjaynā banī isrāʾīla mina al-ʿadhābi al-muhīn
And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;
مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ﴿٣١﴾
Min firʿawna innahu kāna ʿāliyan mina al-musrifīn
(We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.
وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٣٢﴾
Walaqadi ikhtarnāhum ʿalā ʿilmin ʿalā al-ʿālamīn
And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.
وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَـٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٣٣﴾
Waʾātaynāhum mina al-āyāti mā fīhi balāʾun mubīn
And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.
إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾
Inna hāʾulāʾi layaqūlūn
Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:
إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ ﴿٣٥﴾
In hiya illā mawtatunā al-ulā wamā naḥnu bimunsharīn
There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾
Faʾtū biʾābāʾinā in kuntum ṣādiqīn
Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾
Ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaʿin walladhīna min qablihim ahlaknāhum innahum kānū mujrimīn
Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ ﴿٣٨﴾
Wamā khalaqnā as-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīn
And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.
مَا خَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾
Mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqqi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn
We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَـٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾
Inna yawma al-faṣli mīqātuhum ajmaʿīn
Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ﴿٤١﴾
Yawma lā yughnī mawlan ʿan mawlan shayʾan walā hum yunṣarūn
A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,
إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٤٢﴾
Illā man raḥima Allāhu innahu huwa al-ʿazīzu ar-raḥīm
Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ﴿٤٣﴾
Inna shajarata az-zaqqūm
Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,
طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ ﴿٤٤﴾
Ṭaʿāmu al-athīm
The food of the sinner!
كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ ﴿٤٥﴾
Kal-muhli yaghlī fī al-buṭūn
Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies
كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ﴿٤٦﴾
Kaghalyi al-ḥamīm
As the seething of boiling water.
خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٤٧﴾
Khudhūhu fāʿtilūhu ilā sawāʾi al-jaḥīm
(And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,
ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ﴿٤٨﴾
Thumma ṣubbū fawqa raʾsihi min ʿadhābi al-ḥamīm
Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.
ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ ﴿٤٩﴾
Dhuq innaka anta al-ʿazīzu al-karīm
(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾
Inna hādhā mā kuntum bihi tamtarūn
Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ ﴿٥١﴾
Inna al-muttaqīna fī maqāmin amīn
Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.
فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ﴿٥٢﴾
Fī jannātin waʿuyūn
Amid gardens and watersprings,
يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ ﴿٥٣﴾
Yalbasūna min sundusin waʾistabraqin mutaqābilīn
Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ ﴿٥٤﴾
Kadhālika wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīn
Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ ﴿٥٥﴾
Yadʿūna fīhā bikulli fākihatin āminīn
They call therein for every fruit in safety.
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿٥٦﴾
Lā yadhūqūna fīhā al-mawta illā al-mawtata al-ulā wawaqāhum ʿadhāba al-jaḥīm
They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell,
فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ﴿٥٧﴾
Faḍlan min rabbika dhālika huwa al-fawzu al-ʿaẓīm
A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٥٨﴾
Faʾinnamā yassarnāhu bilisānika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn
And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.
فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ ﴿٥٩﴾
Fārtaqib innahum murtaqibūn
Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.
Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.
Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.
Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.