حمٓ ١
hha-meem
1. Ḥā, Meem.1458
Notes
[1458] See footnote to 2:1.
Surah Ad-Dukhan transliteration
سورة الدخان
Here is Surah Ad-Dukhan (“The Smoke”) in transliteration: each of its 59 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ٢
wal-kitābi l-mubīni
2. By the clear Book,
إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ ٣
innā anzalnāhu fī laylatin mubārakatin innā kunnā mundhirīna
3. Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night.1459 Indeed, We were to warn [mankind].
Notes
[1459] The Night of Decree (Qadr). See Sūrah al-Qadr.
فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ ٤
fīhā yuf'raqu kullu amrin ḥakīmin
4. Therein [i.e., on that night] is made distinct1460 every precise matter -
Notes
[1460] Or "is separated" or "apportioned," from what is inscribed in the Preserved Slate. The angels record and descend with whatever Allāh has decreed for the coming year.
أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ ٥
amran min ʿindinā innā kunnā mur'silīna
5. [Every] matter [proceeding] from Us. Indeed, We were to send [a messenger]
رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٦
raḥmatan min rabbika innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu
6. As mercy from your Lord. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing,
رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ٧
rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīna
7. Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them, if you would be certain.
لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٨
lā ilāha illā huwa yuḥ'yī wayumītu rabbukum warabbu ābāikumu l-awalīna
8. There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death. [He is] your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers.
بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ ٩
bal hum fī shakkin yalʿabūna
9. But they are in doubt, amusing themselves.
فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ ١٠
fa-ir'taqib yawma tatī l-samāu bidukhānin mubīnin
10. Then watch for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke
يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ١١
yaghshā l-nāsa hādhā ʿadhābun alīmun
11. Covering the people; this is a painful torment.
رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ ١٢
rabbanā ik'shif ʿannā l-ʿadhāba innā mu'minūna
12. [They will say], "Our Lord, remove from us the torment; indeed, we are believers."
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ ١٣
annā lahumu l-dhik'rā waqad jāahum rasūlun mubīnun
13. How will there be for them a reminder [at that time]? And there had come to them a clear Messenger.
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ ١٤
thumma tawallaw ʿanhu waqālū muʿallamun majnūnun
14. Then they turned away from him and said, "[He was] taught [and is] a madman."
إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ ١٥
innā kāshifū l-ʿadhābi qalīlan innakum ʿāidūna
15. Indeed, We will remove the torment for a little. Indeed, you [disbelievers] will return [to disbelief].
يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ١٦
yawma nabṭishu l-baṭshata l-kub'rā innā muntaqimūna
16. The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ ١٧
walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'ʿawna wajāahum rasūlun karīmun
17. And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger [i.e., Moses],
أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ١٨
an addū ilayya ʿibāda l-lahi innī lakum rasūlun amīnun
18. [Saying], "Render to me the servants of Allāh.1461 Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger,"
Notes
[1461] i.e., the Children of Israel.
وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ١٩
wa-an lā taʿlū ʿalā l-lahi innī ātīkum bisul'ṭānin mubīnin
19. And [saying], "Be not haughty with Allāh. Indeed, I have come to you with clear evidence.
وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ ٢٠
wa-innī ʿudh'tu birabbī warabbikum an tarjumūni
20. And indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me.1462
Notes
[1462] To death. Or "lest you assault me [with your tongues or harm me otherwise]."
وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ ٢١
wa-in lam tu'minū lī fa-iʿ'tazilūni
21. But if you do not believe me, then leave me alone."
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ ٢٢
fadaʿā rabbahu anna hāulāi qawmun muj'rimūna
22. And [finally] he called to his Lord that these were a criminal people.
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ٢٣
fa-asri biʿibādī laylan innakum muttabaʿūna
23. [Allāh said], "Then set out with My servants by night. Indeed, you are to be pursued.
وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ ٢٤
wa-ut'ruki l-baḥra rahwan innahum jundun mugh'raqūna
24. And leave the sea in stillness.1463 Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."
Notes
[1463] After it has parted, in order that the soldiers of Pharaoh would follow the Children of Israel and be drowned.
كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ٢٥
kam tarakū min jannātin waʿuyūnin
25. How much they left behind of gardens and springs
وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ ٢٦
wazurūʿin wamaqāmin karīmin
26. And crops and noble sites
وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ ٢٧
wanaʿmatin kānū fīhā fākihīna
27. And comfort wherein they were amused.
كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ٢٨
kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā qawman ākharīna
28. Thus. And We caused to inherit it another people.
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ ٢٩
famā bakat ʿalayhimu l-samāu wal-arḍu wamā kānū munẓarīna
29. And the heaven and earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.
وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ ٣٠
walaqad najjaynā banī is'rāīla mina l-ʿadhābi l-muhīni
30. And We certainly saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment -
مِن فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ٣١
min fir'ʿawna innahu kāna ʿāliyan mina l-mus'rifīna
31. From Pharaoh. Indeed, he was a haughty one among the transgressors.
وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٣٢
walaqadi ikh'tarnāhum ʿalā ʿil'min ʿalā l-ʿālamīna
32. And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.
وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ ٣٣
waātaynāhum mina l-āyāti mā fīhi balāon mubīnun
33. And We gave them of signs that in which there was a clear trial.
إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ ٣٤
inna hāulāi layaqūlūna
34. Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying,
إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ ٣٥
in hiya illā mawtatunā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimunsharīna
35. "There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.
فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ٣٦
fatū biābāinā in kuntum ṣādiqīna
36. Then bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ ٣٧
ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaʿin wa-alladhīna min qablihim ahlaknāhum innahum kānū muj'rimīna
37. Are they better or the people of Tubbaʿ1464 and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.
Notes
[1464] The tribe of Saba’.
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ ٣٨
wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīna
38. And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play.
مَا خَلَقْنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٣٩
mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna
39. We did not create them except in truth, but most of them do not know.
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٤٠
inna yawma l-faṣli mīqātuhum ajmaʿīna
40. Indeed, the Day of Judgement is the appointed time for them all -
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ٤١
yawma lā yugh'nī mawlan ʿan mawlan shayan walā hum yunṣarūna
41. The Day when no relation1465 will avail a relation at all, nor will they be helped -
Notes
[1465] i.e., patron, protector or close associate.
إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٤٢
illā man raḥima l-lahu innahu huwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu
42. Except those [believers] on whom Allāh has mercy. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ٤٣
inna shajarata l-zaqūmi
43. Indeed, the tree of zaqqūm
طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ ٤٤
ṭaʿāmu l-athīmi
44. Is food for the sinful.
كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ ٤٥
kal-muh'li yaghlī fī l-buṭūni
45. Like murky oil, it boils within bellies
كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ٤٦
kaghalyi l-ḥamīmi
46. Like the boiling of scalding water.
خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ٤٧
khudhūhu fa-iʿ'tilūhu ilā sawāi l-jaḥīmi
47. [It will be commanded], "Seize him and drag him into the midst of the Hellfire,
ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ٤٨
thumma ṣubbū fawqa rasihi min ʿadhābi l-ḥamīmi
48. Then pour over his head from the torment of scalding water."
ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ ٤٩
dhuq innaka anta l-ʿazīzu l-karīmu
49. [It will be said], "Taste! Indeed, you are the honored, the noble!1466
Notes
[1466] As he had claimed upon the earth. He is taunted with these words in Hell as a reminder and additional torment.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ ٥٠
inna hādhā mā kuntum bihi tamtarūna
50. Indeed, this is what you used to dispute."
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ ٥١
inna l-mutaqīna fī maqāmin amīnin
51. Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure place:
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ٥٢
fī jannātin waʿuyūnin
52. Within gardens and springs,
يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ٥٣
yalbasūna min sundusin wa-is'tabraqin mutaqābilīna
53. Wearing [garments of] fine silk and brocade, facing each other.
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ ٥٤
kadhālika wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīnin
54. Thus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ ٥٥
yadʿūna fīhā bikulli fākihatin āminīna
55. They will call therein for every [kind of] fruit - safe and secure.
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ٥٦
lā yadhūqūna fīhā l-mawta illā l-mawtata l-ūlā wawaqāhum ʿadhāba l-jaḥīmi
56. They will not taste death therein except the first death, and He will have protected them from the punishment of Hellfire
فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ٥٧
faḍlan min rabbika dhālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu
57. As bounty from your Lord. That is what is the great attainment.
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ٥٨
fa-innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna
58. And indeed, We have eased it [i.e., the Qur’ān] in your tongue that they might be reminded.
فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ ٥٩
fa-ir'taqib innahum mur'taqibūna
59. So watch, [O Muḥammad]; indeed, they are watching [for your end].
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