44. Surah Ad-Dukhaan

الدخانThe Smoke · 59 ayahsتفہیم القرآن انگلش

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Ayah 44:41

یَوْمَ لَا یُغْنِیْ مَوْلًى عَنْ مَّوْلًى شَیْئًا وَّ لَا هُمْ یُنْصَرُوْنَۙ Open ayah 44:41 in the Quran reader

the Day when a kinsman shall not avail his kinsman 36 anything at all, nor shall they receive any help from anywhere

36 The Arabic word "maula " is used for a person who supports another person either because of kinship, or friendship, or some other relationship.
Ayah 44:42

اِلَّا مَنْ رَّحِمَ اللّٰهُ١ؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْعَزِیْزُ الرَّحِیْمُ۠ Open ayah 44:42 in the Quran reader

except that Allah Himself may show His mercy to some one: He is the All-Mighty, the All-Merciful. 37

37 These sentences portray the nature of the Court that will be established on the Day of Decision. It will be a Court where nobody's help or support will help rescue any culprit nor have his sentence reduced. All powers will rest with the real Sovereign Whose decisions cannot be withheld from being enforced nor influenced by any power. It will entirely depend on His own discretion whether He forgives somebody mercifully, or awards him a lesser punishment; it indeed behoves Him to exercise justice mercifully and not mercilessly, but whatever decision He gives in any case, will be enforced entirely and completely. After this portrayal of the nature of the Divine Court, in the following few sentences it has been stated what will be the fate of those who will be found guilty in that Court, and what will be conferred on those about whom it will be established that they had been refraining from Allah's disobedience in the world out of _fear of Him.
Ayah 44:43

اِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّوْمِۙ Open ayah 44:43 in the Quran reader

The zaqqum-tree 38

38 For the explanation of zaqqum, see E.N. 34 of Surah As-Saaffat.
Ayahs 44:44–45

طَعَامُ الْاَثِیْمِ٤ۖۛۚ Open ayah 44:44 in the Quran reader

shall be the sinner's food,

كَالْمُهْلِ١ۛۚ یَغْلِیْ فِی الْبُطُوْنِۙ Open ayah 44:45 in the Quran reader

like the dregs of oil. 39 It will boil in the belly

39 The word al--muhl in the original has several meanings: molten metal, pus-blood, molten tar, lava, dregs of oil. These are the different meanings given by the lexicographers and commentators, but if this word is understood with reference to zaqqum (cactus), it may mean its juice which will probably be like the dregs of oil.
Ayahs 44:46–51

كَغَلْیِ الْحَمِیْمِ Open ayah 44:46 in the Quran reader

like the boiling of hot water.

خُذُوْهُ فَاعْتِلُوْهُ اِلٰى سَوَآءِ الْجَحِیْمِۗۖ Open ayah 44:47 in the Quran reader

"Seize him and drag him into the midst of Hell,

ثُمَّ صُبُّوْا فَوْقَ رَاْسِهٖ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِیْمِؕ Open ayah 44:48 in the Quran reader

and pour over his head the chastisement of boiling water.

ذُقْ١ۙۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْعَزِیْزُ الْكَرِیْمُ Open ayah 44:49 in the Quran reader

Taste this: a mighty and honourable man that you are!

اِنَّ هٰذَا مَا كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تَمْتَرُوْنَ Open ayah 44:50 in the Quran reader

This is the same thing about which you entertained doubts. "

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِیْنَ فِیْ مَقَامٍ اَمِیْنٍۙ Open ayah 44:51 in the Quran reader

The God-fearing shall be in a secure place, 40

40 "A secure place" : A place safe from every kind of fear, grief, worry and danger, hardship and trouble. According to a Hadith, the Holy Prophet said: "It will be proclaimed to the dwellers of Paradise: You will remain in good health, will never fall ill; will live for ever: will never die; will ever remain happy and prosperous and will never meet with a misfortune; will ever remain youthful, will never become old. " (Muslim, on the authority of Abu Hurairah and Abu Sa id Khudri).
Ayahs 44:52–53

فِیْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّ عُیُوْنٍۚۙ Open ayah 44:52 in the Quran reader

in the gardens and springs,

یَّلْبَسُوْنَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَّ اِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِیْنَۚۙ Open ayah 44:53 in the Quran reader

dressed in silk and brocade, 41 sitting face to face.

41 Sundus and istabraq in the original are fine silk cloth and thick silk cloth respectively.
Ayah 44:54

كَذٰلِكَ١۫ وَ زَوَّجْنٰهُمْ بِحُوْرٍ عِیْنٍؕ Open ayah 44:54 in the Quran reader

Such will be their station! And We shall wed to them fair-complexioned, gazelle-eyed women. 42

42 In the original, hur-un 'in : fair complexioned, large-eyed women. (For further explanation, see E.N.'s 26,29 of As-Saaffat).
Ayah 44:55

یَدْعُوْنَ فِیْهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ اٰمِنِیْنَۙ Open ayah 44:55 in the Quran reader

There, in full peace, they shall ask for all kinds of tasty things. 43

43 That is, they will order the attendants in Paradise to bring anything they would like in any measure they would demand, and it will be presented before them. In this world, a man cannot ask for a thing in a hotel, or even his own things in his own house, with the freedom and satisfaction as he will ask for these in Paradise, for in the world nothing is found anywhere in un-limited measure; whatever man uses here, he has to pay for it. In Paradise, things will belong to Allah, and the servants will enjoy full freedom to use them. Neither will there be the danger of the failure of the supply, nor the necessity of a bill to pay.
Ayah 44:56

لَا یَذُوْقُوْنَ فِیْهَا الْمَوْتَ اِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْاُوْلٰى١ۚ وَ وَقٰىهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِیْمِۙ Open ayah 44:56 in the Quran reader

There they shall never taste death, after their fast death in the world, and Allah will protect them from the torment of Hell, 44

44 Two things are worthy of notice in this verse. First, after mentioning the blessings of Paradise special mention has been made of being secure from Hell separately whereas a person's entry into Paradise by itself amounts to his being safe from Hell. This is because man can feel the worth of the reward of obedience fully only when he is informed what end the disobedient people have met and from what evil end he himself has ban saved. Secondly, Allah is mentioning those people's safety from Hell and their entry into Paradise as a result of His own grace. This is meant to warn man of the truth that this success cannot be achieved by any person unless he is blessed by Allah's grace. Although man will be rewarded for his own good deeds, in the first place he cannot do good unless favoured by Allah's succour; then even the best deed that man is able to perform, cannot be absolutely perfect and none can claim that it is flawless and faultless. It is only Allah's bounty that He should overlook the servant's weaknesses and defects in his actions and accept his services and bless him with rewards; otherwise if He resorts to minute accountability no one can dare claim to win Paradise only on the strength of his own deeds. The same thing has been said by the Holy Prophet in a Hadith to the effect: "Act and try to act as righteously as you possibly can, but know that the action of a person alone will not make him enter Paradise. It was asked: What about your own action, O Messenger of Allah? He replied: Yes, even I won't enter Paradise on the strength of my actions, unless of course, my Lord covers me up in His mercy."
Ayahs 44:57–59

فَضْلًا مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ١ؕ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِیْمُ Open ayah 44:57 in the Quran reader

by His grace. This is the supreme success!

فَاِنَّمَا یَسَّرْنٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَتَذَكَّرُوْنَ Open ayah 44:58 in the Quran reader

O Prophet. We have made this Book easy in your own tongue so that they may take counsel

فَارْتَقِبْ اِنَّهُمْ مُّرْتَقِبُوْنَ۠ Open ayah 44:59 in the Quran reader

Wait then, as they too are waiting. 45

45 That is, "If they do not accept the admonition even now, you should wait to see how they arc visited by their doom; and they also arc waiting to see what becomes of the message that you are giving them.