الدخان

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Ha. Mim.

1 Ha - Mim.

1 Hameem

2 By the Scripture that maketh plain

2 By the Book that makes things clear; -

2 Waalkitabi almubeeni

3 Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -

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

3 Inna anzalnahu fee laylatin mubarakatin inna kunna munthireena

4 Whereon every wise command is made clear

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

4 Feeha yufraqu kullu amrin hakeemin

5 As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -

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

5 Amran min AAindina inna kunna mursileena

6 A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,

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

6 Rahmatan min rabbika innahu huwa alssameeAAu alAAaleemu

7 Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure.

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

7 Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma in kuntum mooqineena

8 There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.

8 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.

8 La ilaha illa huwa yuhyee wayumeetu rabbukum warabbu abaikumu alawwaleena

9 Nay, but they play in doubt.

9 Yet they play about in doubt.

9 Bal hum fee shakkin yalAAaboona

10 But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke

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

10 Fairtaqib yawma tatee alssamao bidukhanin mubeenin

11 That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.

11 Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.

11 Yaghsha alnnasa hatha AAathabun aleemun

12 (Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers.

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

12 Rabbana ikshif AAanna alAAathaba inna muminoona

13 How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them,

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

13 Anna lahumu alththikra waqad jaahum rasoolun mubeenun

14 And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman ?

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

14 Thumma tawallaw AAanhu waqaloo muAAallamun majnoonun

15 Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).

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

15 Inna kashifoo alAAathabi qaleelan innakum AAaidoona

16 On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.

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

16 Yawma nabtishu albatshata alkubra inna muntaqimoona

17 And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,

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

17 Walaqad fatanna qablahum qawma firAAawna wajaahum rasoolun kareemun

18 Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.

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

18 An addoo ilayya AAibada Allahi innee lakum rasoolun ameenun

19 And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.

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

19 Waan la taAAloo AAala Allahi innee ateekum bisultanin mubeenin

20 And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.

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

20 Wainnee AAuthtu birabbee warabbikum an tarjumooni

21 And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.

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

21 Wain lam tuminoo lee faiAAtazilooni

22 And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.

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

22 FadaAAa rabbahu anna haolai qawmun mujrimoona

23 Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed,

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

23 Faasri biAAibadee laylan innakum muttabaAAoona

24 And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.

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

24 Waotruki albahra rahwan innahum jundun mughraqoona

25 How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,

25 How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,

25 Kam tarakoo min jannatin waAAuyoonin

26 And the cornlands and the goodly sites

26 And corn - fields and noble buildings,

26 WazurooAAin wamaqamin kareemin

27 And pleasant things wherein they took delight!

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

27 WanaAAmatin kanoo feeha fakiheena

28 Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;

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

28 Kathalika waawrathnaha qawman akhareena

29 And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.

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

29 Fama bakat AAalayhimu alssamao waalardu wama kanoo munthareena

30 And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;

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

30 Walaqad najjayna banee israeela mina alAAathabi almuheeni

31 (We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.

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

31 Min firAAawna innahu kana AAaliyan mina almusrifeena

32 And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.

32 And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,

32 Walaqadi ikhtarnahum AAala AAilmin AAala alAAalameena

33 And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.

33 And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial

33 Waataynahum mina alayati ma feehi balaon mubeenun

34 Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:

34 As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:

34 Inna haolai layaqooloona

35 There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.

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

35 In hiya illa mawtatuna aloola wama nahnu bimunshareena

36 Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!

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

36 Fatoo biabaina in kuntum sadiqeena

37 Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them ? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.

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

37 Ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaAAin waallatheena min qablihim ahlaknahum innahum kanoo mujrimeena

38 And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.

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

38 Wama khalaqna alssamawati waalarda wama baynahuma laAAibeena

39 We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.

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

39 Ma khalaqnahuma illa bialhaqqi walakinna aktharahum la yaAAlamoona

40 Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,

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

40 Inna yawma alfasli meeqatuhum ajmaAAeena

41 A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,

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

41 Yawma la yughnee mawlan AAan mawlan shayan wala hum yunsaroona

42 Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.

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

42 Illa man rahima Allahu innahu huwa alAAazeezu alrraheemu

43 Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,

43 Verily the tree of Zaqqum

43 Inna shajarata alzzaqqoomi

44 The food of the sinner!

44 Will be the food of the Sinful, -

44 TaAAamu alatheemi

45 Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies

45 Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.

45 Kaalmuhli yaghlee fee albutooni

46 As the seething of boiling water.

46 Like the boiling of scalding water.

46 Kaghalyi alhameemi

47 (And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,

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

47 Khuthoohu faiAAtiloohu ila sawai aljaheemi

48 Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.

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

48 Thumma subboo fawqa rasihi min AAathabi alhameemi

49 (Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!

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

49 Thuq innaka anta alAAazeezu alkareemu

50 Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.

50 "Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"

50 Inna hatha ma kuntum bihi tamtaroona

51 Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.

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

51 Inna almuttaqeena fee maqamin ameenin

52 Amid gardens and watersprings,

52 Among Gardens and Springs;

52 Fee jannatin waAAuyoonin

53 Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.

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

53 Yalbasoona min sundusin waistabraqin mutaqabileena

54 Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.

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

54 Kathalika wazawwajnahum bihoorin AAeenin

55 They call therein for every fruit in safety.

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

55 YadAAoona feeha bikulli fakihatin amineena

56 They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell,

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

56 La yathooqoona feeha almawta illa almawtata aloola wawaqahum AAathaba aljaheemi

57 A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.

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

57 Fadlan min rabbika thalika huwa alfawzu alAAatheemu

58 And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.

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

58 Fainnama yassarnahu bilisanika laAAallahum yatathakkaroona

59 Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.

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

59 Fairtaqib innahum murtaqiboona