Surah Ad-Dukhān (The Smoke) in English

1. إن يوم الفصل ميقاتهم أجمعين

   40

   Indeed the Day of Judgement is the tryst for them all,

   ʾinna yawma l-faṣli mīqātuhum ʾajmaʿīna

2. يوم لا يغني مولى عن مولى شيئا ولا هم ينصرون

   41

   the day when a friend will not avail a friend in any way, nor will they be helped,

   yawma lā yughnī mawlan ʿan mawlan shayʾan wa-lā hum yunṣarūna

3. إلا من رحم الله إنه هو العزيز الرحيم

   42

   except for him on whom Allah has mercy. Indeed He is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

   ʾillā man raḥima llāhu ʾinnahū huwa l-ʿazīzu r-raḥīmu

4. إن شجرت الزقوم

   43

   Indeed the tree of Zaqqum

   ʾinna shajarata z-zaqqūmi

5. طعام الأثيم

   44

   will be the food of the sinful.

   ṭaʿāmu l-ʾathīmi

6. كالمهل يغلي في البطون

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   Like molten copper it will boil in their bellies,

   ka-l-muhli yaghlī fī l-buṭūni

7. كغلي الحميم

   46

   seething like boiling water.

   ka-ghalyi l-ḥamīmi

8. خذوه فاعتلوه إلى سواء الجحيم

   47

   [The keepers of hell will be told,] ‘Seize him and drag him to the middle of hell,

   khudhūhu fa-ʿtilūhu ʾilā sawāʾi l-jaḥīmi

9. ثم صبوا فوق رأسه من عذاب الحميم

   48

   then pour over his head boiling water as punishment,

   thumma ṣubbū fawqa raʾsihī min ʿadhābi l-ḥamīmi

10. ذق إنك أنت العزيز الكريم

    49

    [and tell them,] “Taste this! Indeed you are the [self-styled] mighty and noble!

    dhuq ʾinnaka ʾanta l-ʿazīzu l-karīmu

11. إن هذا ما كنتم به تمترون

    50

    This is what you used to doubt!’

    ʾinna hādhā mā kuntum bihī tamtarūna

12. إن المتقين في مقام أمين

    51

    Indeed the Godwary will be in a safe place,

    ʾinna l-muttaqīna fī maqāmin ʾamīnin

13. في جنات وعيون

    52

    amid gardens and springs,

    fī jannātin wa-ʿuyūnin

14. يلبسون من سندس وإستبرق متقابلين

    53

    dressed in fine silk and brocade, sitting face to face.

    yalbasūna min sundusin wa-ʾistabraqin mutaqābilīna

15. كذلك وزوجناهم بحور عين

    54

    So shall it be, and We shall wed them to black-eyed houris.

    ka-dhālika wa-zawwajnāhum bi-ḥūrin ʿīnin

16. يدعون فيها بكل فاكهة آمنين

    55

    Secure [from any kind of harm,] there they will call for every kind of fruit [they wish].

    yadʿūna fīhā bi-kulli fākihatin ʾāminīna

17. لا يذوقون فيها الموت إلا الموتة الأولى ووقاهم عذاب الجحيم

    56

    Other than the first death, they will not taste death therein, and He will save them from the punishment of hell

    lā yadhūqūna fīhā l-mawta ʾillā l-mawtata l-ʾūlā wa-waqāhum ʿadhāba l-jaḥīmi

18. فضلا من ربك ذلك هو الفوز العظيم

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    —a grace from your Lord. That is the great success.

    faḍlan min rabbika dhālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu

19. فإنما يسرناه بلسانك لعلهم يتذكرون

    58

    Indeed We have made it simple in your language, so that they may take admonition.

    fa-ʾinnamā yassarnāhu bi-lisānika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna

20. فارتقب إنهم مرتقبون

    59

    So wait! They [too] are waiting.

    fa-rtaqib ʾinnahum murtaqibūna