Surah information

Name

سُورَةُ الدُّخَانِ

English name

Ad-Dukhaan

Translation

The Smoke

Number

44

Ayahs

59

Revelation

Meccan

Translations

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1

حمۤ 

Ha. Mim.

2

وَٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِینِ 

CONSIDER this divine writ, clear in itself and clearly showing the truth!

3

إِنَّاۤ أَنزَلۡنَـٰهُ فِی لَیۡلَةࣲ مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِینَ 

Behold, from on high have We bestowed it on a blessed night: for, verily, We have always been warning [man].

4

فِیهَا یُفۡرَقُ كُلُّ أَمۡرٍ حَكِیمٍ 

On that [night] was made clear, in wisdom, the distinction between all things [good and evil]

5

أَمۡرࣰا مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۤۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرۡسِلِینَ 

at a behest from Ourselves: for, verily, We have always been sending [Our messages of guidance]

6

رَحۡمَةࣰ مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِیعُ ٱلۡعَلِیمُ 

in pur­suance of thy Sustainer’s grace [unto man]. Verily, He alone is all-hearing, all-knowing,

7

رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَاۤۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِینَ 

the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them - if you could but grasp it with inner certainty!

8

لَاۤ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ یُحۡیِۦ وَیُمِیتُۖ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَاۤئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ 

There is no deity save Him: He grants life and deals death: He is your Sustainer as well as the Sustainer of your forebears of old.

9

بَلۡ هُمۡ فِی شَكࣲّ یَلۡعَبُونَ 

Nay, but they [who lack inner certainty] are but Dying with their doubts.

10

فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ یَوۡمَ تَأۡتِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ بِدُخَانࣲ مُّبِینࣲ 

WAIT, THEN, for the Day when the skies shall bring forth a pall of smoke which will make obvious [the approach of the Last Hour],