Ad-Dukhaan

Ha Mim

حم

hha-meem

By the Scripture that makes things clear,

وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ

wal-kitābi l-mubīni

truly We sent it down on a blessed night––We have always sent warnings––

إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُبَارَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنْذِرِينَ

innā anzalnāhu fī laylatin mubārakatin innā kunnā mundhirīna

a night when every matter of wisdom was made distinct

فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ

fīhā yuf'raqu kullu amrin ḥakīmin

at Our command––We have always sent messages to man––

أَمْرًا مِنْ عِنْدِنَا ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ

amran min ʿindinā innā kunnā mur'silīna

as a mercy [Prophet] from your Lord who sees and knows all,

رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

raḥmatan min rabbika innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything between––if only you people were firm believers––

رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُوقِنِينَ

rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīna

there is no god but Him: He gives life and death––He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers––

لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

lā ilāha illā huwa yuḥ'yī wayumītu rabbukum warabbu ābāikumu l-awalīna

yet in [their state of] doubt they take nothing seriously.

بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ

bal hum fī shakkin yalʿabūna

[Prophet], watch out for the Day when the sky brings forth clouds of smoke for all to see.

فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُبِينٍ

fa-ir'taqib yawma tatī l-samāu bidukhānin mubīnin

It will envelop the people. They will cry, ‘This is a terrible torment!

يَغْشَى النَّاسَ ۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

yaghshā l-nāsa hādhā ʿadhābun alīmun

Lord relieve us from this torment! We believe!’

رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ

rabbanā ik'shif ʿannā l-ʿadhāba innā mu'minūna

How will this [sudden] faith benefit them? When a prophet came to warn them plainly,

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ الذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُبِينٌ

annā lahumu l-dhik'rā waqad jāahum rasūlun mubīnun

they turned their backs on him, saying, ‘He is tutored! He is possessed!’

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا مُعَلَّمٌ مَجْنُونٌ

thumma tawallaw ʿanhu waqālū muʿallamun majnūnun

We shall hold the torment back for a while ––you are sure to return [to Us]––

إِنَّا كَاشِفُو الْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَائِدُونَ

innā kāshifū l-ʿadhābi qalīlan innakum ʿāidūna

and on the Day We seize [them] mightily We shall exact retribution.

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ إِنَّا مُنْتَقِمُونَ

yawma nabṭishu l-baṭshata l-kub'rā innā muntaqimūna

We tested the people of Pharaoh before them: a noble messenger was sent to them,

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ

walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'ʿawna wajāahum rasūlun karīmun

saying, ‘Hand the servants of God over to me! I am a faithful messenger who has been sent to you.

أَنْ أَدُّوا إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

an addū ilayya ʿibāda l-lahi innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

Do not consider yourselves to be above God! I come to you with clear authority.

وَأَنْ لَا تَعْلُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي آتِيكُمْ بِسُلْطَانٍ مُبِينٍ

wa-an lā taʿlū ʿalā l-lahi innī ātīkum bisul'ṭānin mubīnin

I seek refuge in my Lord and yours against your insults!

وَإِنِّي عُذْتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمْ أَنْ تَرْجُمُونِ

wa-innī ʿudh'tu birabbī warabbikum an tarjumūni

If you do not believe me, just let me be.’

وَإِنْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا لِي فَاعْتَزِلُونِ

wa-in lam tu'minū lī fa-iʿ'tazilūni

[Moses] cried to his Lord, ‘These people are evildoers!’

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ مُجْرِمُونَ

fadaʿā rabbahu anna hāulāi qawmun muj'rimūna

[God replied], ‘Escape in the night with My servants, for you are sure to be pursued.

فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيْلًا إِنَّكُمْ مُتَّبَعُونَ

fa-asri biʿibādī laylan innakum muttabaʿūna

Leave the sea behind you parted and their army will be drowned.’

وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُغْرَقُونَ

wa-ut'ruki l-baḥra rahwan innahum jundun mugh'raqūna

Many a garden and spring they left behind,

كَمْ تَرَكُوا مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

kam tarakū min jannātin waʿuyūnin

many a cornfield and noble building,

وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

wazurūʿin wamaqāmin karīmin

many a thing in which they had delighted:

وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا فِيهَا فَاكِهِينَ

wanaʿmatin kānū fīhā fākihīna

We gave these to another people to inherit.

كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ

kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā qawman ākharīna

Neither heavens nor earth shed a tear for them, nor were they given any time.

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنْظَرِينَ

famā bakat ʿalayhimu l-samāu wal-arḍu wamā kānū munẓarīna

We saved the Children of Israel from their degrading suffering

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ

walaqad najjaynā banī is'rāīla mina l-ʿadhābi l-muhīni

at the hands of Pharaoh: he was a tyrant who exceeded all bounds.

مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِنَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ

min fir'ʿawna innahu kāna ʿāliyan mina l-mus'rifīna

We chose them knowingly above others:

وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ

walaqadi ikh'tarnāhum ʿalā ʿil'min ʿalā l-ʿālamīna

We gave them revelations in which there was a clear test.

وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَاءٌ مُبِينٌ

waātaynāhum mina l-āyāti mā fīhi balāon mubīnun

These people here assert,

إِنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ لَيَقُولُونَ

inna hāulāi layaqūlūna

‘There is nothing beyond our one death: we will not be resurrected.

إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنْشَرِينَ

in hiya illā mawtatunā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimunsharīna

Bring back our forefathers, if what you say is true.’

فَأْتُوا بِآبَائِنَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

fatū biābāinā in kuntum ṣādiqīna

Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who flourished before them? We destroyed them all- they were guilty.

أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ

ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaʿin wa-alladhīna min qablihim ahlaknāhum innahum kānū muj'rimīna

We were not playing a pointless game when We created the heavens and earth and everything in between;

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ

wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīna

We created them for a true purpose, but most people do not comprehend.

مَا خَلَقْنَاهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna

The Day of Decision is the time appointed for all;

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِيقَاتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

inna yawma l-faṣli mīqātuhum ajmaʿīna

a Day when no friend can take another’s place.

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِي مَوْلًى عَنْ مَوْلًى شَيْئًا وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ

yawma lā yugh'nī mawlan ʿan mawlan shayan walā hum yunṣarūna

No one will receive any help except for those to whom God shows mercy: He is the Mighty, the Merciful Lord.

إِلَّا مَنْ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

illā man raḥima l-lahu innahu huwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

The tree of Zaqqum

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّومِ

inna shajarata l-zaqūmi

will be food for the sinners:

طَعَامُ الْأَثِيمِ

ṭaʿāmu l-athīmi

[hot] as molten metal, it boils in their bellies

كَالْمُهْلِ يَغْلِي فِي الْبُطُونِ

kal-muh'li yaghlī fī l-buṭūni

like seething water.

كَغَلْيِ الْحَمِيمِ

kaghalyi l-ḥamīmi

‘Take him! Thrust him into the depths of Hell!

خُذُوهُ فَاعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ

khudhūhu fa-iʿ'tilūhu ilā sawāi l-jaḥīmi

Pour scalding water over his head as punishment!’

ثُمَّ صُبُّوا فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِيمِ

thumma ṣubbū fawqa rasihi min ʿadhābi l-ḥamīmi

‘Taste this, you powerful, respected man!

ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْكَرِيمُ

dhuq innaka anta l-ʿazīzu l-karīmu

This is what you doubted.’

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تَمْتَرُونَ

inna hādhā mā kuntum bihi tamtarūna

But those mindful of God will be in a safe place

إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ

inna l-mutaqīna fī maqāmin amīnin

amid Gardens and springs,

فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

fī jannātin waʿuyūnin

clothed in silk and fine brocade, facing one another:

يَلْبَسُونَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ

yalbasūna min sundusin wa-is'tabraqin mutaqābilīna

so it will be. We shall wed them to maidens with large, dark eyes.

كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُمْ بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

kadhālika wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīnin

Secure and contented, they will call for every kind of fruit.

يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ آمِنِينَ

yadʿūna fīhā bikulli fākihatin āminīna

After the one death they will taste death no more. God will guard them from the torment of Hell,

لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا الْمَوْتَ إِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَاهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ

lā yadhūqūna fīhā l-mawta illā l-mawtata l-ūlā wawaqāhum ʿadhāba l-jaḥīmi

a bounty from your Lord. That is the supreme triumph.

فَضْلًا مِنْ رَبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ

faḍlan min rabbika dhālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu

We have made this Quran easy to understand- in your own language [Prophet]- so that they may take heed.

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَاهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

fa-innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna

So wait; the disbelievers too are waiting.

فَارْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُمْ مُرْتَقِبُونَ

fa-ir'taqib innahum mur'taqibūna