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Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 11

سورة الدخان، الآية ١١

44:11 Juz 25 Hizb 50 Page 496 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 44:11

يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ۝١١

Transliteration

yaghshā l-nāsa hādhā ʿadhābun alīmun

Translation

Covering the people; this is a painful torment.

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Verse 11 of Surah Ad-Dukhan (44:11), a Meccan surah, is in juz 25, on page 496 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 11

Al-Mukhtasar

It will cover the people, and will be said to them, “This punishment that has afflicted you is a painful punishment.”

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Other translations of verse 11

that will overwhelm the people. This is a painful punishment!

Covering the people: this is a painful torment.

That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.

Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.

That shall overtake men; this is a painful punishment.

That will envelop mankind; this is a painful torment.

Verse 11 word by word

  1. يَغْشَى yaghshā Enveloping غ ش و
  2. ٱلنَّاسَ l-nāsa the people أ ن س
  3. هَٰذَا hādhā This
  4. عَذَابٌ ʿadhābun (will be) a punishment ع ذ ب
  5. أَلِيمٌ alīmun painful أ ل م

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4809

We came upon `Abdullah bin Mas`ud and he said "O people! If somebody knows something, he can say it, but if he does not know it, he should say, "Allah knows better,' for it is a sign of having knowledge to say about something which one does not know, 'Allah knows better.' Allah said to His Prophet…

اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَيْهِمْ بِسَبْعٍ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ ‏"

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd + 9 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4821

It (i.e., the imagined smoke) was because, when the Quraish refused to obey the Prophet, he asked Allah to afflict them with years of famine similar to those of (Prophet) Joseph. So they were stricken with famine and fatigue, so much so that they ate even bones. A man would look towards the sky and…

إِنَّكَ لَجَرِيءٌ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَاسْتَسْقَى فَسُقُوا‏.‏ فَنَزَلَتْ ‏‏{‏إِنَّكُمْ عَائِدُونَ‏}‏ فَلَمَّا أَصَابَتْهُمُ الرَّفَاهِيَةُ عَادُوا إِلَى حَالِهِمْ حِينَ أَصَابَتْهُمُ الرَّفَاهِيَةُ‏.‏ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ…

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd + 2 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4823

I came upon `Abdullah and he said, "When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) invited Quraish (to Islam), they disbelieved him and stood against him. So he (the Prophet) said, "O Allah! Help me against them by afflicting them with seven years of famine similar to the seven years of Joseph.' So they were stricken…

اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَيْهِمْ بِسَبْعٍ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ ‏"

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd + 9 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Hadith qudsi Sahih Muslim 2798a

We were sitting in the company of Abdullah and he was lying on the bed that a person came and said: Abd Abd al-Rabmin, a story-teller at the gates of Kinda says that the verse (of the Qur'an) which deals with the" smoke" implies that which is about to come and it would hold the breath of the…

فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَالَ لِنَبِيِّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏‏{‏ قُلْ مَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ‏}‏ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَمَّا رَأَى مِنَ…

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd + 9 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 2798b

I have left behind in the mosque a man who explains the Qur'an according to his personal discretion and he explained this verse:" So wait for the day when the Heaven brings a clear smoke." He says that a smoke would come to the people on the Day of Resurrection anl it will withhold breath and they…

إِنَّمَا كَانَ هَذَا أَنَّ قُرَيْشًا لَمَّا اسْتَعْصَتْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم دَعَا عَلَيْهِمْ بِسِنِينَ كَسِنِي يُوسُفَ فَأَصَابَهُمْ قَحْطٌ وَجَهْدٌ حَتَّى جَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ…

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd + 2 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3254

"A man came to 'Abdullah and said: 'A story teller has said that a smoke will appear from the earth, taking the hearing of disbelievers and manifesting as a cold for the believers.'" He became angry, and since he was reclining, he sat up then said: 'When one of you is asked about something he…

"‏ اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَيْهِمْ بِسَبْعٍ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ ‏"

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd + 9 other versions

Other hadiths (4)

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