Surah Ad-Dukhan ( The Smoke )

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Surah Ad-Dukhan ( The Smoke ) - Aya count 59

حم ( 1 )

H.M. Ha-Mim. Hameed Owner of all Praise, Majeed Owner of all Glory, states that:

وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ ( 2 )

By this Divine Writ that is clear in itself and makes things clear.

إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ ( 3 )

Behold, We have revealed it on a Blessed Night, for, verily We have always been warning. (Revealed on the Prophet's heart in a Blessed Night in the month of Ramadhan, 610 C.E., and then conveyed to mankind in stages over a period of 23 years. (2:185), (97:1)).

فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ ( 4 )

Herein is distinctly presented every Matter of Wisdom.

أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ ( 5 )

A Command from Our Presence, behold, We have always been sending.

رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ ( 6 )

A Mercy from your Lord. Behold! He is the Hearer, the Knower.

رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ( 7 )

Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if you could ever attain conviction.

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ ( 8 )

There is no god but He. He it is Who gives life and gives death; your Lord and the Lord of your earliest ancestors.

بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ ( 9 )

Nay, but they are toying with their doubts.

فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ ( 10 )

Wait, then, for the Day when the sky will bring forth a pall of visible smoke.

يَغْشَى النَّاسَ ۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ( 11 )

Enveloping all mankind, heralding an outcry, "Grievous is this suffering!

رَّبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ ( 12 )

O Our Lord! Relieve us of this suffering. Behold, now we are believers (in Your Laws)."

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ الذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ ( 13 )

How can there be another Reminder for them seeing that a Messenger had already come to them, clearly expounding the Truth? (And this Qur'an is the Eternal Reminder).

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ ( 14 )

Whereupon they had turned away from him, and said, "Taught and tutored is he, a man possessed?"

إِنَّا كَاشِفُو الْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَائِدُونَ ( 15 )

Still, behold, We shall postpone this suffering for a while although you will revert to your old ways.

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ( 16 )

On the Day when We shall seize with mighty grasp, verily, We shall indeed dispense Our Requital.

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ ( 17 )

And indeed We put to test before them Pharaoh's nation, for there came unto them an honorable Messenger.

أَنْ أَدُّوا إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ( 18 )

(He said), "Pay attention to me O Servants of Allah! Verily, I am a Messenger to you worthy of trust. ('Add' = Pay dues, to give in, to listen, to return the trust).

وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي آتِيكُم بِسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ ( 19 )

Exalt not yourselves against Allah, for, verily, I have come to you with a Clear Authority (Divine Revelation).

وَإِنِّي عُذْتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ ( 20 )

And, behold, it is with my Lord and your Lord that I seek refuge against that you debar me. ('Rajm' = Debar, stone, revile, expel, insult, dismiss, humiliate, curse, deride, mock, ridicule, belittle).

وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا لِي فَاعْتَزِلُونِ ( 21 )

And if you do not believe in me, then simply leave me alone." (Allow me to take my people with me. Thereupon Pharaoh and his chiefs denied him).

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ ( 22 )

So he cried unto his Lord, "This is an exploitive people." ('Mujrim' = One who thrives on the fruit of others' toil = Exploitive).

فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ( 23 )

(And his Lord Commanded), "Take away My servants by night. Behold, you will be followed.

وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ ( 24 )

And leave the ebbed, becalmed sea behind, for, verily, they are an army destined to be drowned."

كَمْ تَرَكُوا مِن جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ( 25 )

How many gardens did they leave behind, and water-springs,

وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ ( 26 )

And fields of grain, and grand palaces,

وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا فِيهَا فَاكِهِينَ ( 27 )

And blessings that they enjoyed.

كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ ( 28 )

Thus it was! And We made another people heirs. (26:59-63).

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنظَرِينَ ( 29 )

And neither the sky nor the earth wept over them, nor were they reprieved again.

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ ( 30 )

And, indeed, We delivered the Children of Israel from the humiliating suffering (of bondage).

مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ ( 31 )

From Pharaoh, for he glorified himself to the extent of wasting his own "Self."

وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ ( 32 )

And, indeed, We chose them among the contemporary nations because of the Knowledge (of Revelation).

وَآتَيْنَاهُم مِّنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَاءٌ مُّبِينٌ ( 33 )

And We gave them Signs in which there was a manifest trial.

إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَيَقُولُونَ ( 34 )

Behold, now, these people say,

إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ ( 35 )

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

فَأْتُوا بِآبَائِنَا إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ( 36 )

So then, bring back our forefathers if you are men of truth."

أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ ( 37 )

Are they, then, by any means better than the nation of Tubba and those before them? (Yet) We annihilated them for their violation of human rights. (50:14).

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ ( 38 )

For, We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, merely as idle sport.

مَا خَلَقْنَاهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ( 39 )

None of this have We created without Purpose. But most of them are not aware of this fact. (They fail to realize that the human 'Self' lives on after death and must be recompensed in the Hereafter).

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِيقَاتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ( 40 )

Verily, the Day of Decision is appointed for them all.

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِي مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْئًا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ( 41 )

The Day, when no friend shall be of avail to his friend, and none shall be helped.

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ ( 42 )

Except those who made themselves worthy of Allah's Mercy. For, verily, He, He alone is the Mighty, the Merciful.

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّومِ ( 43 )

Verily, the tree of bitter deeds,

طَعَامُ الْأَثِيمِ ( 44 )

Will be the food of him who plunged down his and other's capacities. (17:60), (37:62-65).

كَالْمُهْلِ يَغْلِي فِي الْبُطُونِ ( 45 )

Like molten brass will it boil in the belly.

كَغَلْيِ الْحَمِيمِ ( 46 )

As the boiling, burning despair. (102:1-2).

خُذُوهُ فَاعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ ( 47 )

Take him and drag him into the midst of hell. (That is what the unending greed does (104:1-9))

ثُمَّ صُبُّوا فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِيمِ ( 48 )

Then pour upon his head the boiling anguish.

ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْكَرِيمُ ( 49 )

Taste! Behold, you considered yourself so mighty, so noble. (But the Law of Requital is absolutely just (56:52)).

إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِ تَمْتَرُونَ ( 50 )

Behold, this is the very thing you doubted (and hence, trampled Divine Values).

إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ ( 51 )

Verily, those who walked aright, will find themselves in a secure state.

فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ( 52 )

Amid gardens and water springs.

يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَابِلِينَ ( 53 )

Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, in a company affectionate they will be.

كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ ( 54 )

Thus shall it be. And We shall pair them with virtuous companions of beautiful vision.

يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ آمِنِينَ ( 55 )

In that Paradise they shall claim all the delicious fruits of their deeds in blissful contentment.

لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا الْمَوْتَ إِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَاهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ ( 56 )

True immortality! They taste not death again after the first death. Thus will He save them from getting stuck at the Insurmountable Barrier. (2:28), (40:11).

فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ ( 57 )

A Bounty from your Lord! That is the Supreme Triumph.

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَاهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ( 58 )

Thus, then, (O Prophet) We have made this Qur'an easy to understand, in your own human language, so that people might take it to their minds and hearts.

فَارْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ ( 59 )