Ad-Dukhan 44
The SmokeHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.
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About this surah
The surah opens with Ha Mim and an oath by the clear Book, saying it was sent down on a blessed night in which every wise matter is made distinct. It tells people to watch for the Day when the sky brings a visible smoke that envelops them, and warns of those who promise to believe if the punishment is lifted, only to turn back again. It then recounts the messenger who asked Pharaoh to hand over God's servants, the Children of Israel leaving by night through a parted sea, and Pharaoh's army drowning while leaving behind gardens, springs and fine dwellings; the sky and earth, it says, shed no tears over them. Those who deny resurrection are reminded of the people of Tubba, who were destroyed. The heavens and earth were not created as a pastime, and the surah closes by contrasting the sinner fed from the tree of Zaqqum with the God-fearing, secure among gardens and springs.
- Revelation on a blessed night
- The Day of Smoke
- Pharaoh's downfall
- Creation with purpose
- Zaqqum and the Garden
The name It is named after the visible smoke in verse 10, which the sky will bring to cover the people.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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حم하 밈
Ha Mim.
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وَالْكِتَابِ왈키타빌 الْمُبِينِ무빈
By the clear Book!
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إِنَّا인나 أَنْزَلْنَاهُ안잘나후 فِيf피 لَيْلَةٍ라일라팀 مُبَارَكَةٍ무바r라카틴 ۚ إِنَّا인나 كُنَّا쿤나 مُنْذِرِينَ문ð디r린
We sent it down on a blessed night. We have always been warning.
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فِيهَاf피하 يُفْرَقُ유f프r라꾸 كُلُّ쿨루 أَمْرٍ암r린 حَكِيمٍ하킴
In it every wise matter is made distinct,
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أَمْرًا암r람 مِنْ민 عِنْدِنَا인디나 ۚ إِنَّا인나 كُنَّا쿤나 مُرْسِلِينَ무r르실린
as a command from Us. We have always been sending [messengers],
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رَحْمَةًr라흐마탐 مِنْ민 رَبِّكَr랍비카 ۚ إِنَّهُ인나후 هُوَ후왓 السَّمِيعُ사미울 الْعَلِيمُ알림
a mercy proceeding from your Lord; truly He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing,
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رَبِّr랍빗 السَّمَاوَاتِ사마와티 وَالْأَرْضِ왈아r르디 وَمَا와마 بَيْنَهُمَا바이나후마 ۖ إِنْ인 كُنْتُمْ쿤툼 مُوقِنِينَ무끼닌
the Lord of the heavens, the earth, and everything between them — if you are truly certain.
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لَا라 إِلَٰهَ일라하 إِلَّا일라 هُوَ후와 يُحْيِي유흐이 وَيُمِيتُ와유미투 ۖ رَبُّكُمْr랍부쿰 وَرَبُّ와r랍부 آبَائِكُمُ아바이쿠물 الْأَوَّلِينَ아우왈린
There is no god except Him; He brings to life and brings death. He is your Lord and the Lord of your earliest forefathers.
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بَلْ발 هُمْ훔 فِيf피 شَكٍّ샥킨 يَلْعَبُونَ얄아분
Yet they are in doubt, amusing themselves.
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فَارْتَقِبْf파r르타끼브 يَوْمَ야우마 تَأْتِي타으팃 السَّمَاءُ사마우 بِدُخَانٍ비두카님 مُبِينٍ무빈
So watch for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke,
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يَغْشَى야그샨 النَّاسَ나사 ۖ هَٰذَا하ð다 عَذَابٌ아ð다분 أَلِيمٌ알림
enveloping the people. This is a painful punishment.
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رَبَّنَاr랍바나 اكْشِفْ크시f프 عَنَّا안날 الْعَذَابَ아ð다바 إِنَّا인나 مُؤْمِنُونَ무으미눈
"Our Lord, remove the punishment from us; we are believers."
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أَنَّىٰ안나 لَهُمُ라후뭇 الذِّكْرَىٰð디크r라 وَقَدْ와까드 جَاءَهُمْ자아훔 رَسُولٌr라술룸 مُبِينٌ무빈
How can they take heed now, when a clear messenger had already come to them?
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ثُمَّθ숨마 تَوَلَّوْا타왈라우 عَنْهُ안후 وَقَالُوا와깔루 مُعَلَّمٌ무알라뭄 مَجْنُونٌ마즈눈
Then they turned away from him and said, "Taught [by others], a madman."
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إِنَّا인나 كَاشِفُو카시f풀 الْعَذَابِ아ð다비 قَلِيلًا깔릴란 ۚ إِنَّكُمْ인나쿰 عَائِدُونَ아이둔
We will remove the punishment for a little while, [but] you will surely return [to disbelief].
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يَوْمَ야우마 نَبْطِشُ납띠슐 الْبَطْشَةَ바뜨샤탈 الْكُبْرَىٰ쿠브r라 إِنَّا인나 مُنْتَقِمُونَ문타끼문
The Day We strike with the greatest onslaught, We will surely take retribution.
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وَلَقَدْ왈라까드 فَتَنَّاf파탄나 قَبْلَهُمْ까블라훔 قَوْمَ까우마 فِرْعَوْنَf피r르아우나 وَجَاءَهُمْ와자아훔 رَسُولٌr라술룬 كَرِيمٌ카r림
Before them We tested the people of Pharaoh, and a noble messenger came to them,
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أَنْ안 أَدُّوا앗두 إِلَيَّ일라이야 عِبَادَ이바달 اللَّهِ라히 ۖ إِنِّي인니 لَكُمْ라쿰 رَسُولٌr라술룬 أَمِينٌ아민
[saying], "Hand over to me the servants of God. I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
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وَأَنْ와알 لَا라 تَعْلُوا타을루 عَلَى알랄 اللَّهِ라히 ۖ إِنِّي인니 آتِيكُمْ아티쿰 بِسُلْطَانٍ비술따님 مُبِينٍ무빈
Do not set yourselves above God. I bring you a manifest authority.
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وَإِنِّي와인니 عُذْتُ우ð드투 بِرَبِّي비r랍비 وَرَبِّكُمْ와r랍비쿰 أَنْ안 تَرْجُمُونِ타r르주문
And I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me.
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وَإِنْ와일 لَمْ람 تُؤْمِنُوا투으미누 لِي리 فَاعْتَزِلُونِf파으타질룬
And if you do not believe me, then leave me alone."
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فَدَعَاf파다아 رَبَّهُr랍바후 أَنَّ안나 هَٰؤُلَاءِ하울라이 قَوْمٌ까우뭄 مُجْرِمُونَ무즈r리문
So he cried out to his Lord, "These people are criminals."
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فَأَسْرِf파아스r리 بِعِبَادِي비이바디 لَيْلًا라일란 إِنَّكُمْ인나쿰 مُتَّبَعُونَ뭇타바운
"Then set out with My servants by night; you will surely be pursued.
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وَاتْرُكِ와트r루킬 الْبَحْرَ바흐r라 رَهْوًاr라흐완 ۖ إِنَّهُمْ인나훔 جُنْدٌ준둠 مُغْرَقُونَ무그r라꾼
And leave the sea parted and still. They are an army to be drowned."
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كَمْ캄 تَرَكُوا타r라쿠 مِنْ민 جَنَّاتٍ잔나틴 وَعُيُونٍ와우윤
How many gardens and springs they left behind,
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وَزُرُوعٍ와주r루인 وَمَقَامٍ와마까민 كَرِيمٍ카r림
and crops and noble dwellings,
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وَنَعْمَةٍ와나으마틴 كَانُوا카누 فِيهَاf피하 فَاكِهِينَf파키힌
and comforts in which they used to delight!
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كَذَٰلِكَ카ð달리카 ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا와아우r라θ스나하 قَوْمًا까우만 آخَرِينَ아카r린
Thus it was. And We made another people inherit them.
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فَمَاf파마 بَكَتْ바카트 عَلَيْهِمُ알라이히뭇 السَّمَاءُ사마우 وَالْأَرْضُ왈아r르두 وَمَا와마 كَانُوا카누 مُنْظَرِينَ문ð다r린
The sky and the earth shed no tears over them, and they were given no reprieve.
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وَلَقَدْ왈라까드 نَجَّيْنَا낫자이나 بَنِي바니 إِسْرَائِيلَ이스r라일라 مِنَ미날 الْعَذَابِ아ð다빌 الْمُهِينِ무힌
And We saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment,
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مِنْ민 فِرْعَوْنَf피r르아우나 ۚ إِنَّهُ인나후 كَانَ카나 عَالِيًا알리얌 مِنَ미날 الْمُسْرِفِينَ무스r리f핀
from Pharaoh. He was arrogant, one of the excessive.
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وَلَقَدِ왈라까디 اخْتَرْنَاهُمْ흐타r르나훔 عَلَىٰ알라 عِلْمٍ일민 عَلَى알랄 الْعَالَمِينَ알라민
And We chose them, knowingly, above all the worlds.
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وَآتَيْنَاهُمْ와아타이나훔 مِنَ미날 الْآيَاتِ아야티 مَا마 فِيهِf피히 بَلَاءٌ발라움 مُبِينٌ무빈
And We gave them signs in which there was a clear trial.
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إِنَّ인나 هَٰؤُلَاءِ하울라이 لَيَقُولُونَ라야꿀룬
These [people] say,
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إِنْ인 هِيَ히야 إِلَّا일라 مَوْتَتُنَا마우타투날 الْأُولَىٰ울라 وَمَا와마 نَحْنُ나흐누 بِمُنْشَرِينَ비문샤r린
"There is nothing but our first death, and we will not be raised again.
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فَأْتُواf파으투 بِآبَائِنَا비아바이나 إِنْ인 كُنْتُمْ쿤툼 صَادِقِينَ사디낀
Then bring back our forefathers, if you are truthful."
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أَهُمْ아훔 خَيْرٌ카이r룬 أَمْ암 قَوْمُ까우무 تُبَّعٍ툽바인 وَالَّذِينَ왈라ð디나 مِنْ민 قَبْلِهِمْ까블리힘 ۚ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ아흘라크나훔 ۖ إِنَّهُمْ인나훔 كَانُوا카누 مُجْرِمِينَ무즈r리민
Are they better, or the people of Tubba and those before them? We destroyed them, for they were guilty.
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وَمَا와마 خَلَقْنَا칼라끄낫 السَّمَاوَاتِ사마와티 وَالْأَرْضَ왈아r르다 وَمَا와마 بَيْنَهُمَا바이나후마 لَاعِبِينَ라이빈
It was not as a pastime that We created the heavens, the earth, and everything between them.
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مَا마 خَلَقْنَاهُمَا칼라끄나후마 إِلَّا일라 بِالْحَقِّ빌학끼 وَلَٰكِنَّ왈라킨나 أَكْثَرَهُمْ악θ사r라훔 لَا라 يَعْلَمُونَ야을라문
We created them only with truth, but most of them do not know.
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إِنَّ인나 يَوْمَ야우말 الْفَصْلِf파슬리 مِيقَاتُهُمْ미까투훔 أَجْمَعِينَ아즈마인
The Day of Decision is the appointed time for all of them,
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يَوْمَ야우마 لَا라 يُغْنِي유그니 مَوْلًى마울란 عَنْ암 مَوْلًى마울란 شَيْئًا샤이안 وَلَا왈라 هُمْ훔 يُنْصَرُونَ윤사r룬
the Day when no ally will avail an ally in anything, nor will they be helped,
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إِلَّا일라 مَنْ만 رَحِمَr라히말 اللَّهُ라후 ۚ إِنَّهُ인나후 هُوَ후왈 الْعَزِيزُ아지주 الرَّحِيمُ르r라힘
except those on whom God has mercy. He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.
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إِنَّ인나 شَجَرَتَ샤자r라탓 الزَّقُّومِ작꿈
The tree of Zaqqum
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طَعَامُ따아물 الْأَثِيمِ아θ심
is the food of the sinner,
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كَالْمُهْلِ칼무흘리 يَغْلِي야글리 فِيf필 الْبُطُونِ부뚠
like molten metal, boiling in the bellies,
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كَغَلْيِ카갈일 الْحَمِيمِ하밈
like the boiling of scalding water.
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خُذُوهُ쿠ð두후 فَاعْتِلُوهُf파으틸루후 إِلَىٰ일라 سَوَاءِ사와일 الْجَحِيمِ자힘
"Seize him and drag him into the midst of the Blaze.
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ثُمَّθ숨마 صُبُّوا숩부 فَوْقَf파우까 رَأْسِهِr라으시히 مِنْ민 عَذَابِ아ð다빌 الْحَمِيمِ하밈
Then drench his head with the torment of boiling water."
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ذُقْð두끄 إِنَّكَ인나카 أَنْتَ안탈 الْعَزِيزُ아지줄 الْكَرِيمُ카r림
"Taste! You are indeed the mighty, the noble!"
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إِنَّ인나 هَٰذَا하ð다 مَا마 كُنْتُمْ쿤툼 بِهِ비히 تَمْتَرُونَ탐타r룬
"This is what you used to doubt."
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إِنَّ인날 الْمُتَّقِينَ뭇타끼나 فِيf피 مَقَامٍ마까민 أَمِينٍ아민
The God-fearing will be in a secure place,
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فِيf피 جَنَّاتٍ잔나틴 وَعُيُونٍ와우윤
amid gardens and springs,
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يَلْبَسُونَ얄바수나 مِنْ민 سُنْدُسٍ순두신 وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ와이스타브r라낌 مُتَقَابِلِينَ무타까빌린
wearing fine silk and rich brocade, facing one another.
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كَذَٰلِكَ카ð달리카 وَزَوَّجْنَاهُمْ와자우와즈나훔 بِحُورٍ비후r린 عِينٍ인
Thus it will be. And We will pair them with companions with large, beautiful eyes.
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يَدْعُونَ야드우나 فِيهَاf피하 بِكُلِّ비쿨리 فَاكِهَةٍf파키하틴 آمِنِينَ아미닌
There they will call for every kind of fruit, in security.
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لَا라 يَذُوقُونَ야ð두꾸나 فِيهَاf피할 الْمَوْتَ마우타 إِلَّا일랄 الْمَوْتَةَ마우타탈 الْأُولَىٰ울라 ۖ وَوَقَاهُمْ와와까훔 عَذَابَ아ð다발 الْجَحِيمِ자힘
They will not taste death there, except the first death, and He will have protected them from the punishment of the Blaze,
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فَضْلًاf파들람 مِنْ민 رَبِّكَr랍비카 ۚ ذَٰلِكَð달리카 هُوَ후왈 الْفَوْزُf파우줄 الْعَظِيمُ아ð딤
as a bounty from your Lord. That is the supreme triumph.
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فَإِنَّمَاf파인나마 يَسَّرْنَاهُ얏사r르나후 بِلِسَانِكَ빌리사니카 لَعَلَّهُمْ라알라훔 يَتَذَكَّرُونَ야타ð닥카r룬
We have made it easy in your tongue so that they may take heed.
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فَارْتَقِبْf파r르타끼브 إِنَّهُمْ인나훔 مُرْتَقِبُونَ무r르타끼분
So watch and wait; they too are watching and waiting.