Ad-Dukhan
(Smoke) is the 44th chapter (sura) of the Quran with 59 verses. The first verse is one of Quran's Muqatta'at, the letter combinations that appear in the beginning of some chapters. Verse 37 mentions the people of Tubba, interpreters explain that this refers to the people of Sheba. The word dukhan, meaning 'smoke', is mentioned in verse 10.
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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Transliteration
Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem
Yusuf Ali
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
44:0
حم
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44:1
وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ
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Transliteration
Walkitabi almubeen
Yusuf Ali
By the Book that makes things clear;-
44:2
إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُبَارَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنْذِرِينَ
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Transliteration
Inna anzalnahu fee laylatin mubarakatininna kunna munthireen
Yusuf Ali
We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil).
44:3
فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ
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Transliteration
Feeha yufraqu kullu amrin hakeem
Yusuf Ali
In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom,
44:4
أَمْرًا مِنْ عِنْدِنَا ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ
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Transliteration
Amran min AAindina inna kunnamursileen
Yusuf Ali
By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send (revelations),
44:5
رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
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Transliteration
Rahmatan min rabbika innahu huwa assameeAAualAAaleem
Yusuf Ali
As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);
44:6
رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُوقِنِينَ
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Transliteration
Rabbi assamawati wal-ardiwama baynahuma in kuntum mooqineen
Yusuf Ali
The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if ye (but) have an assured faith.
44:7
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
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Transliteration
La ilaha illa huwa yuhyeewayumeetu rabbukum warabbu aba-ikumu al-awwaleen
Yusuf Ali
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.
44:8
بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ
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Transliteration
Bal hum fee shakkin yalAAaboon
Yusuf Ali
Yet they play about in doubt.
44:9
فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُبِينٍ
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Transliteration
Fartaqib yawma ta/tee assamaobidukhanin mubeen
Yusuf Ali
Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible,
44:10
يَغْشَى النَّاسَ ۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
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Transliteration
Yaghsha annasa hathaAAathabun aleem
Yusuf Ali
Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.
44:11
رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ
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Transliteration
Rabbana ikshif AAanna alAAathabainna mu/minoon
Yusuf Ali
(They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us, for we do really believe!"
44:12
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ الذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُبِينٌ
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Transliteration
Anna lahumu aththikrawaqad jaahum rasoolun mubeen
Yusuf Ali
How shall the message be (effectual) for them, seeing that an Messenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them,-
44:13
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا مُعَلَّمٌ مَجْنُونٌ
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Transliteration
Thumma tawallaw AAanhu waqaloomuAAallamun majnoon
Yusuf Ali
Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!"
44:14
إِنَّا كَاشِفُو الْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَائِدُونَ
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Transliteration
Inna kashifoo alAAathabiqaleelan innakum AAa-idoon
Yusuf Ali
We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while, (but) truly ye will revert (to your ways).
44:15
يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ إِنَّا مُنْتَقِمُونَ
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Transliteration
Yawma nabtishu albatshataalkubra inna muntaqimoon
Yusuf Ali
One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed (then) exact Retribution!
44:16
۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ
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Transliteration
Walaqad fatanna qablahum qawmafirAAawna wajaahum rasoolun kareem
Yusuf Ali
We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable,
44:17
أَنْ أَدُّوا إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
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Transliteration
An addoo ilayya AAibada Allahiinnee lakum rasoolun ameen
Yusuf Ali
Saying: "Restore to me the Servants of Allah: I am to you an messenger worthy of all trust;
44:18
وَأَنْ لَا تَعْلُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي آتِيكُمْ بِسُلْطَانٍ مُبِينٍ
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Transliteration
Waan la taAAloo AAala Allahiinnee ateekum bisultanin mubeen
Yusuf Ali
"And be not arrogant as against Allah: for I come to you with authority manifest.
44:19
وَإِنِّي عُذْتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمْ أَنْ تَرْجُمُونِ
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Transliteration
Wa-innee AAuthtu birabbee warabbikuman tarjumoon
Yusuf Ali
"For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me.
44:20
وَإِنْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا لِي فَاعْتَزِلُونِ
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Transliteration
Wa-in lam tu/minoo lee faAAtaziloon
Yusuf Ali
"If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."
44:21
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ مُجْرِمُونَ
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Transliteration
FadaAAa rabbahu anna haola-iqawmun mujrimoon
Yusuf Ali
(But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."
44:22
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيْلًا إِنَّكُمْ مُتَّبَعُونَ
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Transliteration
Faasri biAAibadee laylan innakummuttabaAAoon
Yusuf Ali
(The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.
44:23
وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُغْرَقُونَ
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Transliteration
Watruki albahra rahwaninnahum jundun mughraqoon
Yusuf Ali
"And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."
44:24
كَمْ تَرَكُوا مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
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Transliteration
Kam tarakoo min jannatin waAAuyoon
Yusuf Ali
How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,
44:25
وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
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Transliteration
WazurooAAin wamaqamin kareem
Yusuf Ali
And corn-fields and noble buildings,
44:26
وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا فِيهَا فَاكِهِينَ
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Transliteration
WanaAAmatin kanoo feeha fakiheen
Yusuf Ali
And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight!
44:27
كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ
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Transliteration
Kathalika waawrathnahaqawman akhareen
Yusuf Ali
Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those things)!
44:28
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنْظَرِينَ
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Transliteration
Fama bakat AAalayhimu assamaowal-ardu wama kanoo munthareen
Yusuf Ali
And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again).
44:29
وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ
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Transliteration
Walaqad najjayna banee isra-eelamina alAAathabi almuheen
Yusuf Ali
We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,
44:30
مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِنَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ
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Transliteration
Min firAAawna innahu kana AAaliyanmina almusrifeen
Yusuf Ali
Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors.
44:31
وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ
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Transliteration
Walaqadi ikhtarnahum AAalaAAilmin AAala alAAalameen
Yusuf Ali
And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,
44:32
وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَاءٌ مُبِينٌ
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Transliteration
Waataynahum mina al-ayatima feehi balaon mubeen
Yusuf Ali
And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial
44:33
إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَيَقُولُونَ
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Transliteration
Inna haola-i layaqooloon
Yusuf Ali
As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:
44:34
إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنْشَرِينَ
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Transliteration
In hiya illa mawtatuna al-oolawama nahnu bimunshareen
Yusuf Ali
"There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
44:35
فَأْتُوا بِآبَائِنَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
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Transliteration
Fa/too bi-aba-ina inkuntum sadiqeen
Yusuf Ali
"Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"
44:36
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ
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Transliteration
Ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaAAin wallatheenamin qablihim ahlaknahum innahum kanoo mujrimeen
Yusuf Ali
What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.
44:37
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ
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Transliteration
Wama khalaqna assamawatiwal-arda wama baynahuma laAAibeen
Yusuf Ali
We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:
44:38
مَا خَلَقْنَاهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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Transliteration
Ma khalaqnahuma illabilhaqqi walakinna aktharahum layaAAlamoon
Yusuf Ali
We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.
44:39
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِيقَاتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
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Transliteration
Inna yawma alfasli meeqatuhumajmaAAeen
Yusuf Ali
Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them,-
44:40
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِي مَوْلًى عَنْ مَوْلًى شَيْئًا وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ
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Transliteration
Yawma la yughnee mawlan AAan mawlanshay-an wala hum yunsaroon
Yusuf Ali
The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,
44:41
إِلَّا مَنْ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
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Transliteration
Illa man rahima Allahuinnahu huwa alAAazeezu arraheem
Yusuf Ali
Except such as receive Allah's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
44:42
إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّومِ
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Transliteration
Inna shajarata azzaqqoom
Yusuf Ali
Verily the tree of Zaqqum
44:43
طَعَامُ الْأَثِيمِ
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Transliteration
TaAAamu al-atheem
Yusuf Ali
Will be the food of the Sinful,-
44:44
كَالْمُهْلِ يَغْلِي فِي الْبُطُونِ
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Transliteration
Kalmuhli yaghlee fee albutoon
Yusuf Ali
Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.
44:45
كَغَلْيِ الْحَمِيمِ
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Transliteration
Kaghalyi alhameem
Yusuf Ali
Like the boiling of scalding water.
44:46
خُذُوهُ فَاعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ
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Transliteration
Khuthoohu faAAtiloohu ilasawa-i aljaheem
Yusuf Ali
(A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!
44:47
ثُمَّ صُبُّوا فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِيمِ
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Transliteration
Thumma subboo fawqa ra/sihi min AAathabialhameem
Yusuf Ali
"Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,
44:48
ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْكَرِيمُ
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Transliteration
Thuq innaka anta alAAazeezu alkareem
Yusuf Ali
"Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!
44:49
إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تَمْتَرُونَ
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Transliteration
Inna hatha ma kuntum bihitamtaroon
Yusuf Ali
"Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"
44:50
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ
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Transliteration
Inna almuttaqeena fee maqamin ameen
Yusuf Ali
As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,
44:51
فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
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Transliteration
Fee jannatin waAAuyoon
Yusuf Ali
Among Gardens and Springs;
44:52
يَلْبَسُونَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ
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Transliteration
Yalbasoona min sundusin wa-istabraqin mutaqabileen
Yusuf Ali
Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;
44:53
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُمْ بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
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Transliteration
Kathalika wazawwajnahum bihoorinAAeen
Yusuf Ali
So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.
44:54
يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ آمِنِينَ
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Transliteration
YadAAoona feeha bikulli fakihatinamineen
Yusuf Ali
There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;
44:55
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا الْمَوْتَ إِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَاهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ
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Transliteration
La yathooqoona feehaalmawta illa almawtata al-oola wawaqahum AAathabaaljaheem
Yusuf Ali
Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire,-
44:56
فَضْلًا مِنْ رَبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
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Transliteration
Fadlan min rabbika thalikahuwa alfawzu alAAatheem
Yusuf Ali
As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!
44:57
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَاهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
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Transliteration
Fa-innama yassarnahu bilisanikalaAAallahum yatathakkaroon
Yusuf Ali
Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed.
44:58
فَارْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُمْ مُرْتَقِبُونَ
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Transliteration
Fartaqib innahum murtaqiboon
Yusuf Ali
So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.
44:59