Surah Ad-Dukhaan

حمٓ

Ha. Mim.

وَٱلْكِتَٰبِٱلْمُبِينِ

CONSIDER this divine writ, clear in itself and clearly showing the truth!

إِنَّآأَنزَلْنَٰهُفِىلَيْلَةٍۢمُّبَٰرَكَةٍإِنَّاكُنَّامُنذِرِينَ

Behold, from on high have We bestowed it on a blessed night: for, verily, We have always been warning [man].

فِيهَايُفْرَقُكُلُّأَمْرٍحَكِيمٍ

On that [night] was made clear, in wisdom, the distinction between all things [good and evil]

أَمْرًۭامِّنْعِندِنَآإِنَّاكُنَّامُرْسِلِينَ

at a behest from Ourselves: for, verily, We have always been sending [Our messages of guidance]

رَحْمَةًۭمِّنرَّبِّكَإِنَّهُۥهُوَٱلسَّمِيعُٱلْعَلِيمُ

in pur­suance of thy Sustainer’s grace [unto man]. Verily, He alone is all-hearing, all-knowing,

رَبِّٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَمَابَيْنَهُمَآإِنكُنتُممُّوقِنِينَ

the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them - if you could but grasp it with inner certainty!

لَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَيُحْىِۦوَيُمِيتُرَبُّكُمْوَرَبُّءَابَآئِكُمُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

There is no deity save Him: He grants life and deals death: He is your Sustainer as well as the Sustainer of your forebears of old.

بَلْهُمْفِىشَكٍّۢيَلْعَبُونَ

Nay, but they [who lack inner certainty] are but Dying with their doubts.

فَٱرْتَقِبْيَوْمَتَأْتِىٱلسَّمَآءُبِدُخَانٍۢمُّبِينٍۢ

WAIT, THEN, for the Day when the skies shall bring forth a pall of smoke which will make obvious [the approach of the Last Hour],

يَغْشَىٱلنَّاسَهَٰذَاعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌۭ

enveloping all mankind, [and causing the sinners to exclaim:] “Grievous is this suffering!

رَّبَّنَاٱكْشِفْعَنَّاٱلْعَذَابَإِنَّامُؤْمِنُونَ

O our Sustainer, relieve us of suffering, for, verily, we [now] believe [in Thee]!”

أَنَّىٰلَهُمُٱلذِّكْرَىٰوَقَدْجَآءَهُمْرَسُولٌۭمُّبِينٌۭ

[But] how shall this remembrance avail them [at the Last Hour], seeing that an apostle had pre­viously come unto them, clearly expounding the truth,

ثُمَّتَوَلَّوْا۟عَنْهُوَقَالُوا۟مُعَلَّمٌۭمَّجْنُونٌ

whereupon they turned their backs on him and said, “Taught [by others] is he, a madman”?

إِنَّاكَاشِفُوا۟ٱلْعَذَابِقَلِيلًاإِنَّكُمْعَآئِدُونَ

[Still,] behold, We shall postpone this suffer­ing for a little while, although you are bound to revert [to your evil ways: but]

يَوْمَنَبْطِشُٱلْبَطْشَةَٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓإِنَّامُنتَقِمُونَ

on the Day when We shall seize [all sinners] with a most mighty onslaught, We shall, verily, inflict Our retribution [on you as well]!

وَلَقَدْفَتَنَّاقَبْلَهُمْقَوْمَفِرْعَوْنَوَجَآءَهُمْرَسُولٌۭكَرِيمٌ

AND, INDEED, [long] before their time did We try Pharaoh’s people [in the same way]: for there came unto them a noble apostle, [who said:]

أَنْأَدُّوٓا۟إِلَىَّعِبَادَٱللَّهِإِنِّىلَكُمْرَسُولٌأَمِينٌۭ

“Give in unto me, O God’s bondmen! Verily, I am an apostle [sent] unto you, worthy of trust!

وَأَنلَّاتَعْلُوا۟عَلَىٱللَّهِإِنِّىٓءَاتِيكُمبِسُلْطَٰنٍۢمُّبِينٍۢ

“And exalt not yourselves against God: for, verily, I come unto you with a manifest authority [from Him];

وَإِنِّىعُذْتُبِرَبِّىوَرَبِّكُمْأَنتَرْجُمُونِ

and, behold, it is with my Sustainer - and your Sustainer - that I seek refuge against all your endeavours to revile me.