Surah Ad-Dukhan
سورة الدخان · The Smoke · 59 verses · Meccan
Surah Ad-Dukhan (الدخان, "The Smoke") is chapter 44 of the Quran. It has 59 verses, was revealed in Mecca and is found in juz 25. Here you can read the complete Arabic text with English translation and transliteration, and listen verse by verse.
Also written as: Dukhan
- Number
- 44
- Arabic
- الدخان
- Meaning
- The Smoke
- Verses
- 59
- Revealed in
- Mecca
- Juz
- 25
- Mushaf page
- 496–498
Surah Ad-Dukhan in Arabic and English
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
حمٓ ﴿١﴾
Hameem
Ha, Meem
وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ﴿٢﴾
Waalkitabi almubeeni
By the clear Book
إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ فِي لَيۡلَةٖ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ ﴿٣﴾
Inna anzalnahu fee laylatin mubarakatin inna kunna munthireena
Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night. Indeed, We were to warn [mankind]
فِيهَا يُفۡرَقُ كُلُّ أَمۡرٍ حَكِيمٍ ﴿٤﴾
Feeha yufraqu kullu amrin hakeemin
On that night is made distinct every precise matter
أَمۡرٗا مِّنۡ عِندِنَآۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرۡسِلِينَ ﴿٥﴾
Amran min ʿindina inna kunna mursileena
[Every] matter [proceeding] from Us. Indeed, We were to send [a messenger]
رَحۡمَةٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ﴿٦﴾
Rahmatan min rabbika innahu huwa alssameeʿu alʿaleemu
As mercy from your Lord. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing
رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ﴿٧﴾
Rabbi alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma in kuntum mooqineena
Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them, if you would be certain
لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُۖ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٨﴾
La ilaha illa huwa yuhyee wayumeetu rabbukum warabbu abaikumu alawwaleena
There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death. [He is] your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers
بَلۡ هُمۡ فِي شَكّٖ يَلۡعَبُونَ ﴿٩﴾
Bal hum fee shakkin yalʿaboona
But they are in doubt, amusing themselves
فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ يَوۡمَ تَأۡتِي ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٖ مُّبِينٖ ﴿١٠﴾
Fairtaqib yawma tatee alssamao bidukhanin mubeenin
Then watch for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke
يَغۡشَى ٱلنَّاسَۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ﴿١١﴾
Yaghsha alnnasa hatha ʿathabun aleemun
Covering the people; this is a painful torment
رَّبَّنَا ٱكۡشِفۡ عَنَّا ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤۡمِنُونَ ﴿١٢﴾
Rabbana ikshif ʿanna alʿathaba inna muminoona
[They will say], "Our Lord, remove from us the torment; indeed, we are believers
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ وَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ مُّبِينٞ ﴿١٣﴾
Anna lahumu alththikra waqad jaahum rasoolun mubeenun
How will there be for them a reminder [at that time]? And there had come to them a clear Messenger
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُواْ مُعَلَّمٞ مَّجۡنُونٌ ﴿١٤﴾
Thumma tawallaw ʿanhu waqaloo muʿallamun majnoonun
Then they turned away from him and said, "[He was] taught [and is] a madman
إِنَّا كَاشِفُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ قَلِيلًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ عَآئِدُونَ ﴿١٥﴾
Inna kashifoo alʿathabi qaleelan innakum ʿaidoona
Indeed, We will remove the torment for a little. Indeed, you [disbelievers] will return [to disbelief]
يَوۡمَ نَبۡطِشُ ٱلۡبَطۡشَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ﴿١٦﴾
Yawma nabtishu albatshata alkubra inna muntaqimoona
The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution
۞وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَجَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ كَرِيمٌ ﴿١٧﴾
Walaqad fatanna qablahum qawma firʿawna wajaahum rasoolun kareemun
And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger
أَنۡ أَدُّوٓاْ إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ﴿١٨﴾
An addoo ilayya ʿibada Allahi innee lakum rasoolun ameenun
[Saying], "Render to me the servants of Allah. Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger
وَأَن لَّا تَعۡلُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّيٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ ﴿١٩﴾
Waan la taʿloo ʿala Allahi innee ateekum bisultanin mubeenin
And [saying], "Be not haughty with Allah. Indeed, I have come to you with clear authority
وَإِنِّي عُذۡتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمۡ أَن تَرۡجُمُونِ ﴿٢٠﴾
Wainnee ʿuthtu birabbee warabbikum an tarjumooni
And indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me
وَإِن لَّمۡ تُؤۡمِنُواْ لِي فَٱعۡتَزِلُونِ ﴿٢١﴾
Wain lam tuminoo lee faiʿtazilooni
But if you do not believe me, then leave me alone
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوۡمٞ مُّجۡرِمُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾
Fadaʿa rabbahu anna haolai qawmun mujrimoona
And [finally] he called to his Lord that these were a criminal people
فَأَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيۡلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾
Faasri biʿibadee laylan innakum muttabaʿoona
[Allah said], "Then set out with My servants by night. Indeed, you are to be pursued
وَٱتۡرُكِ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ رَهۡوًاۖ إِنَّهُمۡ جُندٞ مُّغۡرَقُونَ ﴿٢٤﴾
Waotruki albahra rahwan innahum jundun mughraqoona
And leave the sea in stillness. Indeed, they are an army to be drowned
كَمۡ تَرَكُواْ مِن جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ﴿٢٥﴾
Kam tarakoo min jannatin waʿuyoonin
How much they left behind of gardens and springs
وَزُرُوعٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ ﴿٢٦﴾
Wazurooʿin wamaqamin kareemin
And crops and noble sites
وَنَعۡمَةٖ كَانُواْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾
Wanaʿmatin kanoo feeha fakiheena
And comfort wherein they were amused
كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ﴿٢٨﴾
Kathalika waawrathnaha qawman akhareena
Thus. And We caused to inherit it another people
فَمَا بَكَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنظَرِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾
Fama bakat ʿalayhimu alssamao waalardu wama kanoo munthareena
And the heaven and earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved
وَلَقَدۡ نَجَّيۡنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡمُهِينِ ﴿٣٠﴾
Walaqad najjayna banee israeela mina alʿathabi almuheeni
And We certainly saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment
مِن فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ﴿٣١﴾
Min firʿawna innahu kana ʿaliyan mina almusrifeena
From Pharaoh. Indeed, he was a haughty one among the transgressors
وَلَقَدِ ٱخۡتَرۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٣٢﴾
Walaqadi ikhtarnahum ʿala ʿilmin ʿala alʿalameena
And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds
وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَـٰٓؤٞاْ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٣٣﴾
Waataynahum mina alayati ma feehi balaon mubeenun
And We gave them of signs that in which there was a clear trial
إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾
Inna haolai layaqooloona
Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying
إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوۡتَتُنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ ﴿٣٥﴾
In hiya illa mawtatuna aloola wama nahnu bimunshareena
There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected
فَأۡتُواْ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾
Fatoo biabaina in kuntum sadiqeena
Then bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful
أَهُمۡ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾
Ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaʿin waallatheena min qablihim ahlaknahum innahum kanoo mujrimeena
Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals
وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ ﴿٣٨﴾
Wama khalaqna alssamawati waalarda wama baynahuma laʿibeena
And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play
مَا خَلَقۡنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾
Ma khalaqnahuma illa bialhaqqi walakinna aktharahum la yaʿlamoona
We did not create them except in truth, but most of them do not know
إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾
Inna yawma alfasli meeqatuhum ajmaʿeena
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is the appointed time for them all
يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي مَوۡلًى عَن مَّوۡلٗى شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ﴿٤١﴾
Yawma la yughnee mawlan ʿan mawlan shayan wala hum yunsaroona
The Day when no relation will avail a relation at all, nor will they be helped
إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٤٢﴾
Illa man rahima Allahu innahu huwa alʿazeezu alrraheemu
Except those [believers] on whom Allah has mercy. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful
إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ﴿٤٣﴾
Inna shajarata alzzaqqoomi
Indeed, the tree of zaqqum
طَعَامُ ٱلۡأَثِيمِ ﴿٤٤﴾
Taʿamu alatheemi
Is food for the sinful
كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ يَغۡلِي فِي ٱلۡبُطُونِ ﴿٤٥﴾
Kaalmuhli yaghlee fee albutooni
Like murky oil, it boils within bellies
كَغَلۡيِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ ﴿٤٦﴾
Kaghalyi alhameemi
Like the boiling of scalding water
خُذُوهُ فَٱعۡتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ﴿٤٧﴾
Khuthoohu faiʿtiloohu ila sawai aljaheemi
[It will be commanded], "Seize him and drag him into the midst of the Hellfire
ثُمَّ صُبُّواْ فَوۡقَ رَأۡسِهِۦ مِنۡ عَذَابِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ ﴿٤٨﴾
Thumma subboo fawqa rasihi min ʿathabi alhameemi
Then pour over his head from the torment of scalding water
ذُقۡ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡكَرِيمُ ﴿٤٩﴾
Thuq innaka anta alʿazeezu alkareemu
[It will be said], "Taste! Indeed, you are the honored, the noble
إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمۡتَرُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾
Inna hatha ma kuntum bihi tamtaroona
Indeed, this is what you used to dispute
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٖ ﴿٥١﴾
Inna almuttaqeena fee maqamin ameenin
Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure place
فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ﴿٥٢﴾
Fee jannatin waʿuyoonin
Within gardens and springs
يَلۡبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٖ وَإِسۡتَبۡرَقٖ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ﴿٥٣﴾
Yalbasoona min sundusin waistabraqin mutaqabileena
Wearing [garments of] fine silk and brocade, facing each other
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ ﴿٥٤﴾
Kathalika wazawwajnahum bihoorin ʿeenin
Thus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes
يَدۡعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ ﴿٥٥﴾
Yadʿoona feeha bikulli fakihatin amineena
They will call therein for every [kind of] fruit - safe and secure
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلۡمَوۡتَ إِلَّا ٱلۡمَوۡتَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ﴿٥٦﴾
La yathooqoona feeha almawta illa almawtata aloola wawaqahum ʿathaba aljaheemi
They will not taste death therein except the first death, and He will have protected them from the punishment of Hellfire
فَضۡلٗا مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ ﴿٥٧﴾
Fadlan min rabbika thalika huwa alfawzu alʿatheemu
As bounty from your Lord. That is what is the great attainment
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرۡنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٥٨﴾
Fainnama yassarnahu bilisanika laʿallahum yatathakkaroona
And indeed, We have eased the Qur'an in your tongue that they might be reminded
فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ إِنَّهُم مُّرۡتَقِبُونَ ﴿٥٩﴾
Fairtaqib innahum murtaqiboona
So watch, [O Muhammad]; indeed, they are watching [for your end]
Translation: Saheeh International. Transliteration: Tanzil.net. Recitation: Mishary Alafasy (EveryAyah.com). A translation conveys the meaning and does not replace the Arabic text.
Frequently asked questions
How many verses are in Surah Ad-Dukhan?
Surah Ad-Dukhan has 59 verses.
Where was Surah Ad-Dukhan revealed?
Surah Ad-Dukhan is a Meccan surah; it was revealed in Mecca.
Which juz is Surah Ad-Dukhan in?
Surah Ad-Dukhan is in juz 25, on pages 496–498 of the standard Madinah mushaf.
What does Ad-Dukhan mean?
الدخان means "The Smoke".