Surah Ad-Dukhān (The Smoke) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. حم

   1

   Ha, Meem.

   ḥ-m (ḥā mīm)

2. والكتاب المبين

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   By the Manifest Book!

   wa-l-kitābi l-mubīni

3. إنا أنزلناه في ليلة مباركة إنا كنا منذرين

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

   ʾinnā ʾanzalnāhu fī laylatin mubārakatin ʾinnā kunnā mundhirīna

4. فيها يفرق كل أمر حكيم

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   Every definitive matter is resolved on it,

   fīhā yufraqu kullu ʾamrin ḥakīmin

5. أمرا من عندنا إنا كنا مرسلين

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

   ʾamran min ʿindinā ʾinnā kunnā mursilīna

6. رحمة من ربك إنه هو السميع العليم

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

   raḥmatan min rabbika ʾinnahū huwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

7. رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما إن كنتم موقنين

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

   rabbi s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-mā baynahumā ʾin kuntum mūqinīna

8. لا إله إلا هو يحيي ويميت ربكم ورب آبائكم الأولين

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

   lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa yuḥyī wa-yumītu rabbukum wa-rabbu ʾābāʾikumu l-ʾawwalīna

9. بل هم في شك يلعبون

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   But they play around in doubt.

   bal hum fī shakkin yalʿabūna

10. فارتقب يوم تأتي السماء بدخان مبين

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

    fa-rtaqib yawma taʾtī s-samāʾu bi-dukhānin mubīnin

11. يغشى الناس هذا عذاب أليم

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

    yaghshā n-nāsa hādhā ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

12. ربنا اكشف عنا العذاب إنا مؤمنون

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

    rabbanā kshif ʿannā l-ʿadhāba ʾinnā muʾminūna

13. أنى لهم الذكرى وقد جاءهم رسول مبين

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

    ʾannā lahumu dh-dhikrā wa-qad jāʾahum rasūlun mubīnun

14. ثم تولوا عنه وقالوا معلم مجنون

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

    thumma tawallaw ʿanhu wa-qālū muʿallamun majnūnun

15. إنا كاشفو العذاب قليلا إنكم عائدون

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

    ʾinnā kāshifū l-ʿadhābi qalīlan ʾinnakum ʿāʾidūna

16. يوم نبطش البطشة الكبرى إنا منتقمون

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

    yawma nabṭishu l-baṭshata l-kubrā ʾinnā muntaqimūna

17. ولقد فتنا قبلهم قوم فرعون وجاءهم رسول كريم

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

    wa-la-qad fatannā qablahum qawma firʿawna wa-jāʾahum rasūlun karīmun

18. أن أدوا إلي عباد الله إني لكم رسول أمين

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

    ʾan ʾaddū ʾilayya ʿibāda llāhi ʾinnī lakum rasūlun ʾamīnun