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

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

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

حمٓhha-meemH.M. ﴿١﴾

[44:2] And this enlightening scripture.

وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِwal-kitābiBy the book / scriptureٱلْمُبِينِl-mubīnithe enlightening. ﴿٢﴾

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

إِنَّآinnāIndeed, weأَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhu[we] revealed itفِىfīinلَيْلَةٍlaylatina night,مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍmubārakatina blessed one.إِنَّاinnāIndeed, [we]كُنَّاkunnāwe wereمُنذِرِينَmundhirīnawarners. ﴿٣﴾

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

فِيهَاfīhāIn itيُفْرَقُyuf'raqu[it] is made distinctكُلُّkullueveryأَمْرٍamrinaffair / command,حَكِيمٍḥakīminwise. ﴿٤﴾

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

أَمْرًاamranA commandمِّنْminfromعِندِنَآʿindinā[at] us.إِنَّاinnāIndeed, [we]كُنَّاkunnāwe wereمُرْسِلِينَmur'silīnasenders (of messengers). ﴿٥﴾

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

رَحْمَةًraḥmatanA mercyمِّنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, [He]هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿuthe Hearer,ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe Omniscient. ﴿٦﴾

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

رَبِّrabbiLord (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earthوَمَاwamāand whatever (is)بَيْنَهُمَآbaynahumābetween both of them,إِنinifكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] areمُّوقِنِينَmūqinīnacertain ones. ﴿٧﴾

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

لَآlāNoإِلَـٰهَilāhagodإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHim;يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīHe gives lifeوَيُمِيتُwayumītuand [He] causes deathرَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord,وَرَبُّwarabbuand Lord (of)ءَابَآئِكُمُābāikumuyour fathers (of)*ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnathe former / past [ones] (*ancestors). ﴿٨﴾

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

بَلْbalNay,هُمْhumthey (are)فِىfīinشَكٍّshakkindoubtيَلْعَبُونَyalʿabūna[they] playing (heedless). ﴿٩﴾

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

فَٱرْتَقِبْfa-ir'taqibThen watch / waitيَوْمَyawma(for the) Dayتَأْتِىtatī(when) [it] will bringٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāuthe skyبِدُخَانٍbidukhāninof smokeمُّبِينٍmubīninprofound. ﴿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.

يَغْشَىyaghshā[It] will envelopeٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people.هَـٰذَاhādhāThisعَذَابٌʿadhābun(will be) a retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainful. ﴿١١﴾

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

رَّبَّنَاrabbanā"Our Lord!ٱكْشِفْik'shifRemove / Relieveعَنَّاʿannāfrom usٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe retribution;إِنَّاinnāindeed, we (are)مُؤْمِنُونَmu'minūnabelievers." ﴿١٢﴾

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

أَنَّىٰannāHow / Whenلَهُمُlahumufor themٱلذِّكْرَىٰl-dhik'rāthe remembrance.وَقَدْwaqadAnd certainly,جَآءَهُمْjāahum[he] came to themرَسُولٌrasūluna messengerمُّبِينٌmubīnunclarifying / enlightening. ﴿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!"

ثُمَّthummaThenتَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turned awayعَنْهُʿanhufrom himوَقَالُوا۟waqālūand [they] said,مُعَلَّمٌmuʿallamun"a teacher / one who is well educated,مَّجْنُونٌmajnūnunone who is crazy." ﴿١٤﴾

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

إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we (are)كَاشِفُوا۟kāshifū[ones who] will removeٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe retributionقَلِيلًاqalīlana little,إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you [all]عَآئِدُونَʿāidūna[ones who] will return. ﴿١٥﴾

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

يَوْمَyawma(The) Dayنَبْطِشُnabṭishuwe will seizeٱلْبَطْشَةَl-baṭshata(with) the strike / strokeٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓl-kub'rāthe great,إِنَّاinnāindeed, we (are)مُنتَقِمُونَmuntaqimūnathose who avenge. ﴿١٦﴾

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

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly,فَتَنَّاfatannāwe testedقَبْلَهُمْqablahumbefore themقَوْمَqawma(the) people (of)فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaPharaoh,وَجَآءَهُمْwajāahumand [he] came to themرَسُولٌrasūluna messengerكَرِيمٌkarīmunnoble / honorable. ﴿١٧﴾

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

أَنْanThat,أَدُّوٓا۟addū"Hand over / deliver (listen) [you all] إِلَىَّilayyato meعِبَادَʿibādaservantsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I amلَكُمْlakumto you [all]رَسُولٌrasūluna messengerأَمِينٌamīnunhonest. ﴿١٨﴾

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

وَأَنwa-anAnd thatلَّاlā(do) notتَعْلُوا۟taʿlūyou [all] exalt (yourselves)عَلَىʿalātoٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, Iءَاتِيكُمātīkum[I] bring you [all]بِسُلْطَـٰنٍbisul'ṭāninwith an authorityمُّبِينٍmubīninclear / profound. ﴿١٩﴾

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

وَإِنِّىwa-innī"And indeed, Iعُذْتُʿudh'tu[I] sought refugeبِرَبِّىbirabbīin my Lordوَرَبِّكُمْwarabbikumand your Lordأَنanlestتَرْجُمُونِtarjumūniyou [all] stone me / reject me / oppose me. ﴿٢٠﴾

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

وَإِنwa-in"And ifلَّمْlamnotتُؤْمِنُوا۟tu'minūyou [all] believeلِىlī[to] me,فَٱعْتَزِلُونِfa-iʿ'tazilūnithen isolate from me (*leave me alone)." ﴿٢١﴾

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

فَدَعَاfadaʿāSo he calledرَبَّهُۥٓrabbahuhis Lord,أَنَّanna"Thatهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese (are)قَوْمٌqawmuna peopleمُّجْرِمُونَmuj'rimūnacriminals / guilty / wicked [ones]." ﴿٢٢﴾

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

فَأَسْرِfa-asri"So travel [at night]بِعِبَادِىbiʿibādīwith My servantsلَيْلًاlaylan(by) night.إِنَّكُمinnakumIndeed, you [all] (are)مُّتَّبَعُونَmuttabaʿūnaones who will be pursued. ﴿٢٣﴾

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

وَٱتْرُكِwa-ut'ruki"And leaveٱلْبَحْرَl-baḥrathe seaرَهْوًاrahwanparted.إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they (are)جُندٌjunduntroopsمُّغْرَقُونَmugh'raqūnaones who are drowned." ﴿٢٤﴾

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

كَمْkamHow manyتَرَكُوا۟tarakūthey leftمِنminofجَنَّـٰتٍjannātingardensوَعُيُونٍwaʿuyūninand springs, ﴿٢٥﴾

[44:26] Crops and a luxurious life.

وَزُرُوعٍwazurūʿinAnd cropsوَمَقَامٍwamaqāminand placesكَرِيمٍkarīminnoble / generous, ﴿٢٦﴾

[44:27] Blessings that they enjoyed.

وَنَعْمَةٍwanaʿmatinAnd pleasant thingsكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereفِيهَاfīhāthereinفَـٰكِهِينَfākihīnaones delighting / enjoying! ﴿٢٧﴾

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

كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus.وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَاwa-awrathnāhāAnd we made it an inheritanceقَوْمًاqawman(for) a peopleءَاخَرِينَākharīnaothers. ﴿٢٨﴾

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

فَمَاfamāAnd notبَكَتْbakat[it] weptعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor themٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāuthe heavenوَٱلْأَرْضُwal-arḍuand the earthوَمَاwamāand notكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereمُنظَرِينَmunẓarīnathose given respite. ﴿٢٩﴾

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

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd for certain,نَجَّيْنَاnajjaynāwe savedبَنِىٓbanī(the) Children (of) إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaIsraelمِنَminafromٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment / persecutionٱلْمُهِينِl-muhīnithe humiliating, ﴿٣٠﴾

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

مِنminfromفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaPharaoh.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, heكَانَkāna[he] wasعَالِيًاʿāliyanarrogantمِّنَminaamongٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīnathe ones who commit excesses / transgressors / tyrants. ﴿٣١﴾

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

وَلَقَدِwalaqadiAnd for certain,ٱخْتَرْنَـٰهُمْikh'tarnāhumwe chose themعَلَىٰʿalāupon*عِلْمٍʿil'minknowledge (*knowingly),عَلَىʿalāoverٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds / all people. ﴿٣٢﴾

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

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمwaātaynāhumAnd we gave themمِّنَminafromٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe signs / proofsمَاmāthatفِيهِfīhiin it (was)بَلَـٰٓؤٌا۟balāona testمُّبِينٌmubīnunclear / profound. ﴿٣٣﴾

[44:34] The present generations say,

إِنَّinnaIndeed,هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāitheseلَيَقُولُونَlayaqūlūnasurely they say, ﴿٣٤﴾

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

إِنْin"Notهِىَhiyait (is)إِلَّاillābutمَوْتَتُنَاmawtatunāour deathٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlāthe firstوَمَاwamāand notنَحْنُnaḥnuweبِمُنشَرِينَbimunsharīnaever those who will be raised / resurrected (again). ﴿٣٥﴾

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

فَأْتُوا۟fatū"Then bring [you all]بِـَٔابَآئِنَآbiābāināof our forefathers,إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful [ones]." ﴿٣٦﴾

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

أَهُمْahumAre theyخَيْرٌkhayrunbetterأَمْamor areقَوْمُqawmu(the) people (of)تُبَّعٍtubbaʿinTubbaوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand the onesمِنminfromقَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore them?أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْahlaknāhumWe annihilated them,إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, theyكَانُوا۟kānū[they] wereمُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminals. ﴿٣٧﴾

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

وَمَاwamāAnd notخَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāwe createdٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earthوَمَاwamāand whatever (is)بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumābetween both of themلَـٰعِبِينَlāʿibīna[both] for play / amusement. ﴿٣٨﴾

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

مَاmāNotخَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآkhalaqnāhumāwe created both of themإِلَّاillābutبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin the truth (*truthfully),وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutأَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of themلَاlānotيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know. ﴿٣٩﴾

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

إِنَّinnaIndeed,يَوْمَyawma(the) Day (of)ٱلْفَصْلِl-faṣli[the] Decision (is)مِيقَـٰتُهُمْmīqātuhuman appointed time for themأَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall. ﴿٤٠﴾

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

يَوْمَyawma(The) Dayلَاlānotيُغْنِىyugh'nīit avails / helpsمَوْلًىmawlana relationعَنʿanforمَّوْلًىmawlana relationشَيْـًٔاshayananythingوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيُنصَرُونَyunṣarūna[they] will be helped. ﴿٤١﴾

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

إِلَّاillāExceptمَنmanwhomرَّحِمَraḥima[He] had mercyٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, [He]هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe Almighty,ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuMost Merciful. ﴿٤٢﴾

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

إِنَّinnaIndeed,شَجَرَتَshajarata(the) tree (of)ٱلزَّقُّومِl-zaqūmithe deadly food / bitterness ﴿٤٣﴾

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

طَعَامُṭaʿāmu(will be) foodٱلْأَثِيمِl-athīmi(for) the sinful. ﴿٤٤﴾

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

كَٱلْمُهْلِkal-muh'liLike [the] molten lead / lye,يَغْلِىyaghlīit boilsفِىfīinٱلْبُطُونِl-buṭūnithe stomach, ﴿٤٥﴾

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

كَغَلْىِkaghalyiLike boiling (of)ٱلْحَمِيمِl-ḥamīmithe scalding water / inferno. ﴿٤٦﴾

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

خُذُوهُkhudhūhu"Take him [you all]فَٱعْتِلُوهُfa-iʿ'tilūhuand drag him [you all]إِلَىٰilāintoسَوَآءِsawāi(the) midst / center (of)ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmithe Hellfire, ﴿٤٧﴾

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

ثُمَّthummaThenصُبُّوا۟ṣubbūpour [you all]فَوْقَfawqaoverرَأْسِهِۦrasihihis headمِنْminfromعَذَابِʿadhābi(the) retribution (of)ٱلْحَمِيمِl-ḥamīmithe scalding water / inferno. ﴿٤٨﴾

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

ذُقْdhuq"Taste!إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, [you]أَنتَantayou (were)ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe mighty / powerful,ٱلْكَرِيمُl-karīmuthe noble / honorable." ﴿٤٩﴾

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

إِنَّinnaIndeed,هَـٰذَاhādhāthis (is)مَاmāwhatكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] used toبِهِۦbihiabout itتَمْتَرُونَtamtarūna[you all] doubt." ﴿٥٠﴾

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

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous [ones]فِىfī(will be) inمَقَامٍmaqāmina place / positionأَمِينٍamīninsecure. ﴿٥١﴾

[44:52] Enjoying gardens and springs.

فِىfīInجَنَّـٰتٍjannātingardensوَعُيُونٍwaʿuyūninand springs, ﴿٥٢﴾

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

يَلْبَسُونَyalbasūnaThey wearing garmentsمِنminofسُندُسٍsundusinfine silk / velvetوَإِسْتَبْرَقٍwa-is'tabraqinand brocade / satin;مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَmutaqābilīnathose facing each other (*close to each other). ﴿٥٣﴾

[44:54] We grant them wonderful spouses.

كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus.وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُمwazawwajnāhumAnd we (will) marry themبِحُورٍbiḥūrinwith fair ones / beautiful / whitened*عِينٍʿīninlovely / wide-eyed / large eyes (*wonderful spouses) ﴿٥٤﴾

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

يَدْعُونَyadʿūnaThey will callفِيهَاfīhāthereinبِكُلِّbikulliof every (kind)فَـٰكِهَةٍfākihatin(of) fruits,ءَامِنِينَāminīnaones peaceful and secure. ﴿٥٥﴾

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

لَاlāNotيَذُوقُونَyadhūqūnathey will tasteفِيهَاfīhāthereinٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtathe deathإِلَّاillāexceptٱلْمَوْتَةَl-mawtatathe deathٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlāthe first.وَوَقَىٰهُمْwawaqāhumAnd He (will) protect them (from)عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) retribution (of)ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmithe Hellfire. ﴿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.

فَضْلًاfaḍlanA bounty / blessingمِّنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatهُوَhuwaitٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzu(will be) the triumphٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmuthe great. ﴿٥٧﴾

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

فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamā[So] indeed, thatيَسَّرْنَـٰهُyassarnāhuwe made it easyبِلِسَانِكَbilisānikain your tongueلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَتَذَكَّرُونَyatadhakkarūna[they] take heed. ﴿٥٨﴾

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

فَٱرْتَقِبْfa-ir'taqibSo watch / wait;إِنَّهُمinnahumindeed, they (too)مُّرْتَقِبُونَmur'taqibūna[those] who watch / wait. ﴿٥٩﴾

Sura 44: Al-Dukhãn (The Smoke) الدّخان

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