Sura 44: Al-Dukhãn (The Smoke) - Quran Inspector

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

بِسْمِbis'miٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmi

حمٓhha-meem ﴿١﴾

[44:2] And this enlightening scripture.

وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِwal-kitābiٱلْمُبِينِl-mubīni ﴿٢﴾

[44:3] We have sent it down in a blessed night, for we are to warn.

إِنَّآinnāأَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuفِىfīلَيْلَةٍlaylatinمُّبَـٰرَكَةٍmubārakatinإِنَّاinnāكُنَّاkunnāمُنذِرِينَmundhirīna ﴿٣﴾

[44:4] In it (the scripture), every matter of wisdom is clarified.

فِيهَاfīhāيُفْرَقُyuf'raquكُلُّkulluأَمْرٍamrinحَكِيمٍḥakīmin ﴿٤﴾

[44:5] It is a predetermined command from us that we send messengers.

أَمْرًاamranمِّنْminعِندِنَآʿindināإِنَّاinnāكُنَّاkunnāمُرْسِلِينَmur'silīna ﴿٥﴾

[44:6] This is a mercy from your Lord. He is the Hearer, the Omniscient.

رَحْمَةًraḥmatanمِّنminرَّبِّكَrabbikaإِنَّهُۥinnahuهُوَhuwaٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿuٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu ﴿٦﴾

[44:7] Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them. If only you could be certain!

رَبِّrabbiٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiوَمَاwamāبَيْنَهُمَآbaynahumāإِنinكُنتُمkuntumمُّوقِنِينَmūqinīna ﴿٧﴾

[44:8] There is no other god beside Him. He controls life and death; your Lord and the Lord of your ancestors.

لَآlāإِلَـٰهَilāhaإِلَّاillāهُوَhuwaيُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīوَيُمِيتُwayumītuرَبُّكُمْrabbukumوَرَبُّwarabbuءَابَآئِكُمُābāikumuٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna ﴿٨﴾

[44:9] Indeed, they are doubtful, heedless.

بَلْbalهُمْhumفِىfīشَكٍّshakkinيَلْعَبُونَyalʿabūna ﴿٩﴾

[44:10] Therefore, watch for the day when the sky brings a profound smoke.*

فَٱرْتَقِبْfa-ir'taqibيَوْمَyawmaتَأْتِىtatīٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāuبِدُخَانٍbidukhāninمُّبِينٍmubīnin ﴿١٠﴾

*44:10 Only two signs are yet to be fulfilled, this smoke and Gog and Magog (Appendix 25).

[44:11] It will envelop the people; this is a painful retribution.

يَغْشَىyaghshāٱلنَّاسَl-nāsaهَـٰذَاhādhāعَذَابٌʿadhābunأَلِيمٌalīmun ﴿١١﴾

[44:12] "Our Lord, relieve this retribution for us; we are believers."

رَّبَّنَاrabbanāٱكْشِفْik'shifعَنَّاʿannāٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābaإِنَّاinnāمُؤْمِنُونَmu'minūna ﴿١٢﴾

[44:13] Now that it is too late, they remember! An enlightening messenger had come to them.*

أَنَّىٰannāلَهُمُlahumuٱلذِّكْرَىٰl-dhik'rāوَقَدْwaqadجَآءَهُمْjāahumرَسُولٌrasūlunمُّبِينٌmubīnun ﴿١٣﴾

*44:13 The sum of sura and verse numbers (44+13) is 57, 19x3, and this Quranic code was proclaimed by God's Messenger of the Covenant (Appendices 1, 2, & 26).

[44:14] But they turned away from him, saying, "Well educated, but crazy!"

ثُمَّthummaتَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawعَنْهُʿanhuوَقَالُوا۟waqālūمُعَلَّمٌmuʿallamunمَّجْنُونٌmajnūnun ﴿١٤﴾

[44:15] We will relieve the retribution for awhile; you will soon revert.

إِنَّاinnāكَاشِفُوا۟kāshifūٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābiقَلِيلًاqalīlanإِنَّكُمْinnakumعَآئِدُونَʿāidūna ﴿١٥﴾

[44:16] The day we strike the big stroke, we will avenge.

يَوْمَyawmaنَبْطِشُnabṭishuٱلْبَطْشَةَl-baṭshataٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓl-kub'rāإِنَّاinnāمُنتَقِمُونَmuntaqimūna ﴿١٦﴾

[44:17] We have tested before them the people of Pharaoh; an honorable messenger went to them.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadفَتَنَّاfatannāقَبْلَهُمْqablahumقَوْمَqawmaفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaوَجَآءَهُمْwajāahumرَسُولٌrasūlunكَرِيمٌkarīmun ﴿١٧﴾

[44:18] Proclaiming: "Listen to me, servants of GOD. I am an honest messenger to you."

أَنْanأَدُّوٓا۟addūإِلَىَّilayyaعِبَادَʿibādaٱللَّهِl-lahiإِنِّىinnīلَكُمْlakumرَسُولٌrasūlunأَمِينٌamīnun ﴿١٨﴾

[44:19] And, "Do not transgress against GOD. I bring to you powerful proofs.

وَأَنwa-anلَّاlāتَعْلُوا۟taʿlūعَلَىʿalāٱللَّهِl-lahiإِنِّىٓinnīءَاتِيكُمātīkumبِسُلْطَـٰنٍbisul'ṭāninمُّبِينٍmubīnin ﴿١٩﴾

[44:20] "I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord, if you oppose me.

وَإِنِّىwa-innīتَرْجُمُونِtarjumūniعُذْتُʿudh'tuبِرَبِّىbirabbīوَرَبِّكُمْwarabbikumأَنan ﴿٢٠﴾

[44:21] "If you do not wish to believe, then simply leave me alone."

وَإِنwa-inلَّمْlamتُؤْمِنُوا۟tu'minūلِىlīفَٱعْتَزِلُونِfa-iʿ'tazilūni ﴿٢١﴾

[44:22] Subsequently, he implored his Lord: "These are wicked people."

فَدَعَاfadaʿāرَبَّهُۥٓrabbahuأَنَّannaهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiقَوْمٌqawmunمُّجْرِمُونَmuj'rimūna ﴿٢٢﴾

[44:23] (GOD said,) "Travel with My servants during the night; you will be pursued.

فَأَسْرِfa-asriبِعِبَادِىbiʿibādīلَيْلًاlaylanإِنَّكُمinnakumمُّتَّبَعُونَmuttabaʿūna ﴿٢٣﴾

[44:24] "Cross the sea quickly; their troops will be drowned."

وَٱتْرُكِwa-ut'rukiٱلْبَحْرَl-baḥraرَهْوًاrahwanإِنَّهُمْinnahumجُندٌjundunمُّغْرَقُونَmugh'raqūna ﴿٢٤﴾

[44:25] Thus, they left behind many gardens and springs.

كَمْkamتَرَكُوا۟tarakūمِنminجَنَّـٰتٍjannātinوَعُيُونٍwaʿuyūnin ﴿٢٥﴾

[44:26] Crops and a luxurious life.

وَزُرُوعٍwazurūʿinوَمَقَامٍwamaqāminكَرِيمٍkarīmin ﴿٢٦﴾

[44:27] Blessings that they enjoyed.

وَنَعْمَةٍwanaʿmatinكَانُوا۟kānūفِيهَاfīhāفَـٰكِهِينَfākihīna ﴿٢٧﴾

[44:28] All these we caused to be inherited by other people.

كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaوَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَاwa-awrathnāhāقَوْمًاqawmanءَاخَرِينَākharīna ﴿٢٨﴾

[44:29] Neither the heaven, nor the earth wept over them, and they were not respited.

فَمَاfamāبَكَتْbakatعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāuوَٱلْأَرْضُwal-arḍuوَمَاwamāكَانُوا۟kānūمُنظَرِينَmunẓarīna ﴿٢٩﴾

[44:30] Meanwhile, we saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating persecution.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadنَجَّيْنَاnajjaynāبَنِىٓbanīإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaمِنَminaٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābiٱلْمُهِينِl-muhīni ﴿٣٠﴾

[44:31] From Pharaoh; he was a tyrant.

مِنminفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaإِنَّهُۥinnahuكَانَkānaعَالِيًاʿāliyanمِّنَminaٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīna ﴿٣١﴾

[44:32] We have chosen them from among all the people, knowingly.

وَلَقَدِwalaqadiٱخْتَرْنَـٰهُمْikh'tarnāhumعَلَىٰʿalāعِلْمٍʿil'minعَلَىʿalāٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna ﴿٣٢﴾

[44:33] We showed them so many proofs, which constituted a great test.

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمwaātaynāhumمِّنَminaٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātiمَاmāفِيهِfīhiبَلَـٰٓؤٌا۟balāonمُّبِينٌmubīnun ﴿٣٣﴾

[44:34] The present generations say,

إِنَّinnaهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiلَيَقُولُونَlayaqūlūna ﴿٣٤﴾

[44:35] "We only die the first death; we will never be resurrected!

إِلَّاillāإِنْinهِىَhiyaمَوْتَتُنَاmawtatunāٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlāوَمَاwamāنَحْنُnaḥnuبِمُنشَرِينَbimunsharīna ﴿٣٥﴾

[44:36] "Bring back our forefathers, if you are truthful."

فَأْتُوا۟fatūبِـَٔابَآئِنَآbiābāināإِنinكُنتُمْkuntumصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīna ﴿٣٦﴾

[44:37] Are they better than the people of Tubba' and others before them? We annihilated them for their crimes.

أَهُمْahumخَيْرٌkhayrunأَمْamقَوْمُqawmuتُبَّعٍtubbaʿinوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaمِنminقَبْلِهِمْqablihimأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْahlaknāhumإِنَّهُمْinnahumكَانُوا۟kānūمُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīna ﴿٣٧﴾

[44:38] We did not create the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, just to play.

وَمَاwamāخَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaوَمَاwamāبَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumāلَـٰعِبِينَlāʿibīna ﴿٣٨﴾

[44:39] We created them for a specific purpose, but most of them do not know.

مَاmāخَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآkhalaqnāhumāإِلَّاillāبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaأَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahumلَاlāيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna ﴿٣٩﴾

[44:40] The Day of Decision awaits them all.

إِنَّinnaيَوْمَyawmaٱلْفَصْلِl-faṣliمِيقَـٰتُهُمْmīqātuhumأَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīna ﴿٤٠﴾

[44:41] That is the day when no friend can help his friend in any way; no one can be helped.

يَوْمَyawmaلَاlāيُغْنِىyugh'nīمَوْلًىmawlanعَنʿanمَّوْلًىmawlanشَيْـًٔاshayanوَلَاwalāهُمْhumيُنصَرُونَyunṣarūna ﴿٤١﴾

[44:42] Only those who attain mercy from GOD. He is the Almighty, Most Merciful.

إِلَّاillāمَنmanرَّحِمَraḥimaٱللَّهُl-lahuإِنَّهُۥinnahuهُوَhuwaٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmu ﴿٤٢﴾

[44:43] Surely, the tree of bitterness -

إِنَّinnaشَجَرَتَshajarataٱلزَّقُّومِl-zaqūmi ﴿٤٣﴾

[44:44] will provide the food for the sinful.

طَعَامُṭaʿāmuٱلْأَثِيمِl-athīmi ﴿٤٤﴾

[44:45] Like lye, it will boil in the stomachs.

كَٱلْمُهْلِkal-muh'liيَغْلِىyaghlīفِىfīٱلْبُطُونِl-buṭūni ﴿٤٥﴾

[44:46] Like the boiling of hellish drinks.

كَغَلْىِkaghalyiٱلْحَمِيمِl-ḥamīmi ﴿٤٦﴾

[44:47] Take him and throw him into the center of Hell.

خُذُوهُkhudhūhuفَٱعْتِلُوهُfa-iʿ'tilūhuإِلَىٰilāسَوَآءِsawāiٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmi ﴿٤٧﴾

[44:48] Then pour upon his head the retribution of the Inferno.

ثُمَّthummaصُبُّوا۟ṣubbūفَوْقَfawqaرَأْسِهِۦrasihiمِنْminعَذَابِʿadhābiٱلْحَمِيمِl-ḥamīmi ﴿٤٨﴾

[44:49] "Taste this; you were so powerful, so honorable."

ذُقْdhuqإِنَّكَinnakaأَنتَantaٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuٱلْكَرِيمُl-karīmu ﴿٤٩﴾

[44:50] This is what you used to doubt.

إِنَّinnaهَـٰذَاhādhāمَاmāكُنتُمkuntumبِهِۦbihiتَمْتَرُونَtamtarūna ﴿٥٠﴾

[44:51] The righteous will be in a secure position.

إِنَّinnaٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnaفِىfīمَقَامٍmaqāminأَمِينٍamīnin ﴿٥١﴾

[44:52] Enjoying gardens and springs.

فِىfīجَنَّـٰتٍjannātinوَعُيُونٍwaʿuyūnin ﴿٥٢﴾

[44:53] Wearing velvet and satin; close to each other.

يَلْبَسُونَyalbasūnaمِنminسُندُسٍsundusinوَإِسْتَبْرَقٍwa-is'tabraqinمُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَmutaqābilīna ﴿٥٣﴾

[44:54] We grant them wonderful spouses.

كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaوَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُمwazawwajnāhumبِحُورٍbiḥūrinعِينٍʿīnin ﴿٥٤﴾

[44:55] They enjoy in it all kinds of fruits, in perfect peace.

يَدْعُونَyadʿūnaفِيهَاfīhāبِكُلِّbikulliفَـٰكِهَةٍfākihatinءَامِنِينَāminīna ﴿٥٥﴾

[44:56] They do not taste death therein - beyond the first death* - and He has spared them the retribution of Hell.

لَاlāيَذُوقُونَyadhūqūnaفِيهَاfīhāٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtaإِلَّاillāٱلْمَوْتَةَl-mawtataٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlāوَوَقَىٰهُمْwawaqāhumعَذَابَʿadhābaٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmi ﴿٥٦﴾

*44:56 As detailed in Appendix 17, the righteous do not really die; they move on directly to the same Paradise where Adam and Eve once lived. Compare this statement with the disbelievers' statement in 40:11.

[44:57] Such is the blessing from your Lord. Such is the great triumph.

فَضْلًاfaḍlanمِّنminرَّبِّكَrabbikaذَٰلِكَdhālikaهُوَhuwaٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzuٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmu ﴿٥٧﴾

[44:58] We have thus clarified it in your language, that they may take heed.

فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāيَسَّرْنَـٰهُyassarnāhuبِلِسَانِكَbilisānikaلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumيَتَذَكَّرُونَyatadhakkarūna ﴿٥٨﴾

[44:59] Therefore, wait; they too will have to wait.

فَٱرْتَقِبْfa-ir'taqibإِنَّهُمinnahumمُّرْتَقِبُونَmur'taqibūna ﴿٥٩﴾

Sura 44: Al-Dukhãn (The Smoke) الدّخان

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