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Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 14

سورة الدخان، الآية ١٤

44:14 Juz 25 Hizb 50 Page 496 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 44:14

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ ۝١٤

Transliteration

thumma tawallaw ʿanhu waqālū muʿallamun majnūnun

Translation

Then they turned away from him and said, "[He was] taught [and is] a madman."

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Verse 14 of Surah Ad-Dukhan (44:14), 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 14

Al-Mukhtasar

They turned away from believing in him, and said about him, “He was taught. Other people taught him; he is not a messenger.” They also said, “He is a madman.”

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Other translations of verse 14

Then they turned away from him and said, “[He is] a madman, taught by others.”

Then they had turned away from him (Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) and said: (He is) one taught (by a human being), a madman!"

And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman?

Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!"

Yet they turned their backs on him and said: One taught (by others), a madman.

(Yet) thereafter they turned away from him and said, "A man taught (by others), a madman!"

Verse 14 word by word

  1. ثُمَّ thumma Then
  2. تَوَلَّوْا۟ tawallaw they turned away و ل ي
  3. عَنْهُ ʿanhu from him
  4. وَقَالُوا۟ waqālū and said ق و ل
  5. مُعَلَّمٌ muʿallamun One taught ع ل م
  6. مَّجْنُونٌ majnūnun a mad man ج ن ن

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 4824

Allah sent (the Prophet) Muhammad and said:-- 'Say, No wage do I ask of you for this (Qur'an) nor am I one of the pretenders (i.e. a person who pretends things which do not exist). (38.68) When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw Quraish standing against him, he said, "O Allah! Help me against them by…

اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَيْهِمْ بِسَبْعٍ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ ‏"

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd + 9 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 1007

We were with `Abdullah and he said, "When the Prophet (ﷺ) saw the refusal of the people to accept Islam he said, "O Allah! Send (famine) years on them for (seven years) like the seven years (of famine during the time) of (Prophet) Joseph." So famine overtook them for one year and destroyed every…

اللَّهُمَّ سَبْعٌ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ سَنَةٌ حَصَّتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ حَتَّى أَكَلُوا الْجُلُودَ وَالْمَيْتَةَ وَالْجِيَفَ، وَيَنْظُرَ أَحَدُهُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَيَرَى الدُّخَانَ مِنَ الْجُوعِ

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd + 9 other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 1020

One day I went to Ibn Mas`ud who said, "When Quraish delayed in embracing Islam, the Prophet (ﷺ) I invoked Allah to curse them, so they were afflicted with a (famine) year because of which many of them died and they ate the carcasses and Abu Sufyan came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, 'O Muhammad! You…

اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلاَ عَلَيْنَا ‏"‏‏.‏ فَانْحَدَرَتِ السَّحَابَةُ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ، فَسُقُوا النَّاسُ حَوْلَهُمْ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

Verses related to verse 14

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Fajr 89:23–24

    وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ …

    And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance? …

  • Saba 34:51–54

    وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ فَزِعُوا۟ فَلَا فَوْتَ وَأُخِذُوا۟ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ …

    And if you could see when they are terrified but there is no escape, and they will be seized from a place nearby. …

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