Islamic prayer
Surah Dukhan
Surah Dukhan from the Qur'an, in Arabic, in English letters and with its meaning.
- 59 verses
- About 3 minutes to recite
- From the Qur'an
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allahi ar‑Rahmani ar‑Rahim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
- 1
حمٓ
Ha Mim
Ha. Mim.
- 2
وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Wa al‑kitabi al‑mubin
By the Scripture that maketh plain
- 3
إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ
Inna anzalnahu fi laylatin mubarakatin inna kunna mundhirin
Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -
- 4
فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ
Fiha yufraqu kullu amrin hakim
Whereon every wise command is made clear
- 5
أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ
Amran min 'indina inna kunna mursilin
As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -
- 6
رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Rahmatan min rabbika innahu huwa as‑sami'u al-'alim
A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,
- 7
رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
Rabbi as‑samawati wa al‑ardi wa ma baynahuma in kuntum muqinin
Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure.
- 8
لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
La ilaha illa huwa yuhyi wa yumitu rabbukum wa rabbu aba'ikumu al‑awwalin
There is no Allah save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.
- 9
بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ
Bal hum fi shakkin yal'abun
Nay, but they play in doubt.
- 10
فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
Fartaqib yawma ta'ti as‑sama'u bidukhanin mubin
But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke
- 11
يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Yaghsha an‑nasa hadha 'adhabun alim
That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.
- 12
رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ
Rabbana ikshif 'anna al-'adhaba inna mu'minun
(Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers.
- 13
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ
Anna lahumu adh‑dhikra wa qad ja'ahum rasulun mubin
How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them,
- 14
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ
Thumma tawallaw 'anhu wa qalu mu'allamun majnun
And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman?
- 15
إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ
Inna kashifu al-'adhabi qalilan innakum 'a'idun
Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).
- 16
يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ
Yawma nabtishu al‑batshata al‑kubra inna muntaqimun
On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.
- 17
۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ
Wa laqad fatanna qablahum qawma fir'awna wa ja'ahum rasulun karim
And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,
- 18
أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
An addu ilayya 'ibada Allahi inni lakum rasulun amin
Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.
- 19
وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
Wa an la ta'lu 'ala Allahi inni atikum bisultanin mubin
And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.
- 20
وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ
Wa inni 'udhtu birabbi wa rabbikum an tarjumun
And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.
- 21
وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ
Wa in lam tu'minu li fa'tazilun
And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.
- 22
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ
Fada'a rabbahu anna ha'ula'i qawmun mujrimun
And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.
- 23
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
Fa'asri bi'ibadi laylan innakum muttaba'un
Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed,
- 24
وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ
Wa utruki al‑bahra rahwan innahum jundun mughraqun
And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.
- 25
كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Kam taraku min jannatin wa 'uyun
How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,
- 26
وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ
Wa zuru'in wa maqamin karim
And the cornlands and the goodly sites
- 27
وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ
Wa na'matin kanu fiha fakihin
And pleasant things wherein they took delight!
- 28
كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ
Kadhalika wa awrathnaha qawman akharin
Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;
- 29
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ
Fama bakat 'alayhimu as‑sama'u wa al‑ardu wa ma kanu munzarin
And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.
- 30
وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ
Wa laqad najjayna bani Isra'ila mina al-'adhabi al‑muhin
And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;
- 31
مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
Min Fir'awna innahu kana 'aliyan mina al‑musrifin
(We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.
- 32
وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Wa laqadi ikhtarnahum 'ala 'ilmin 'ala al-'alamin
And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.
- 33
وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ
Wa ataynahum mina al‑ayati ma fihi bala'un mubin
And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.
- 34
إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ
Inna ha'ula'i layaqulun
Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:
- 35
إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ
In hiya illa mawtatuna al‑ula wa ma nahnu bimunsharin
There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
- 36
فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Fa'tu bi'aba'ina in kuntum sadiqin
Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!
- 37
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
Ahum khayrun am qawmu Tubba'in wa alladhina min qablihim ahlaknahum innahum kanu mujrimin
Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
- 38
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ
Wa ma khalaqna as‑samawati wa al‑arda wa ma baynahuma la'ibin
And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.
- 39
مَا خَلَقْنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Ma khalaqnahuma illa bi al‑haqqi wa lakinna aktharahum la ya'lamun
We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.
- 40
إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Inna yawma al‑fasli miqatuhum ajma'in
Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,
- 41
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
Yawma la yughni mawlan 'an mawlan shay'an wa la hum yunsarun
A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,
- 42
إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Illa man rahima Allahu innahu huwa al-'azizu ar‑Rahim
Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
- 43
إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
Inna shajarata az‑zaqqum
Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,
- 44
طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ
Ta'amu al‑athim
The food of the sinner!
- 45
كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ
Ka al‑muhli yaghli fi al‑butun
Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies
- 46
كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ
Ka ghalyi al‑hamim
As the seething of boiling water.
- 47
خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Khudhuhu fa'tiluhu ila sawa'i al‑jahim
(And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,
- 48
ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ
Thumma subbu fawqa ra'sihi min 'adhabi al‑hamim
Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.
- 49
ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ
Dhuq innaka anta al-'azizu al‑karim
(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!
- 50
إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ
Inna hadha ma kuntum bihi tamtarun
Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.
- 51
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ
Inna al‑muttaqina fi maqamin amin
Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.
- 52
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ
Fi jannatin wa 'uyun
Amid gardens and watersprings,
- 53
يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ
Yalbasuna min sundusin wa istabraqin mutaqabilin
Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.
- 54
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
Kadhalika wa zawwajnahum bihurin 'in
Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
- 55
يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ
Yad'una fiha bikulli fakihatin aminin
They call therein for every fruit in safety.
- 56
لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
La yadhuquna fiha al‑mawta illa al‑mawtata al‑ula wa waqahum 'adhaba al‑jahim
They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell,
- 57
فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
Fadlan min rabbika dhalika huwa al‑fawzu al-'azim
A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.
- 58
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
Fa'innama yassarnahu bilisanika la'allahum yatadhakkarun
And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.
- 59
فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ
Fartaqib innahum murtaqibun
Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.
Text: The Qur'an, Arabic text in the Uthmani script (reading of Hafs from Asim). Meaning: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, translated by Marmaduke Pickthall, 1930. Copied word for word from the edition named here
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Hvornår den fremsiges
Many Sunni Muslims recite Surah Dukhan during personal Qur'an reading, prayer or quiet reflection. It may be read at any time; no particular occasion is required. Its themes invite reflection on God's mercy, accountability and the life to come.
Hvor den stammer fra
Surah Dukhan comes from the Qur'an and is generally classified as a Meccan surah, revealed before the Prophet Muhammad's migration to Medina. Its name means “The Smoke” and refers to the smoke mentioned in the text. It also recounts Moses' encounter with Pharaoh and speaks of resurrection and judgment.

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Spørgsmål om Surah Dukhan
How many verses are in Surah Dukhan?
Surah Dukhan has 59 verses.
What does Dukhan mean?
Dukhan means “smoke” in Arabic. The surah takes its name from the smoke mentioned in its warning of judgment.
How long does it take to recite?
Allow about 3 minutes to recite it, though the time varies with pace and pauses.
Must Surah Dukhan be recited at a particular time?
It may be recited at any time. Many Muslims include it in their regular Qur'an reading or personal worship.
What language is Surah Dukhan in?
The original text is Arabic. The English letters help readers follow its pronunciation, while the meaning helps them understand its message.


















