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Surah Ad-Dukhan

El Humo

Chapter 44 of 114

Hermosa recitación del Corán

Surah Ad-Dukhan

Recited by Salaah Bukhaatir

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About this Surah

It is derived from the very first verse; Wayl-ul-lil mutaffifin.

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Surah 44 of 114

Translation
Spanish
Recitation
Salaah Bukhaatir

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Tafsir

<h2>Name</h2>
<p>It is derived from the very <a href=/83/1>first verse</a>; <em>Wayl-ul-lil mutaffifin</em>.</p>
<h2>Period of Revelation</h2>
<p>The style of the Surah and its subject matter clearly show that it was revealed in the earliest stage at Makkah, when surah after surah was being revealed to impress the doctrine of the Hereafter on the people's minds. This Surah was revealed when they had started ridiculing the Muslims and disgracing them publicly in the streets and in their assemblies, but persecution and manhandling of the Muslims had not yet started. Some commentators regard this as a Madani Surah. This misunderstanding has been caused by a tradition from Ibn Abbas according to which when the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) arrived in Madinah, the evil of giving short weight and measure was widespread among the people there. Then Allah sent down <em>Wayl ul-lil mutaffifin</em> and the people began to give full weight and measure. (Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, Ibn Marduyah, Ibn Jarir, Baihaqi: <em>Shu\`ab-il-Iman</em>) But, as we have explained in the introduction to Surah Ad-Dahr, the common practice with the
Companions and their successors was that when they found that a verse applied to a certain matter of life, they would say that it had been sent down concerning that particular matter. Therefore, what is proved by the tradition of Ibn Abbas is that when after his emigration to Madinah the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) saw that the evil was widespread among the people there, he recited this Surah before them by Allah's Command and this helped them mend their ways.</p>
<h2>Theme and Subject Matter</h2>
<p>The theme of this Surah too is the Hereafter. In the <a href=/83/1-6>first six verses</a> the people have been taken to task for the prevalent evil practice in their commercial dealings. When they had to receive their due from others, they demanded that it be given in full, but when they had to measure or weigh for others, they would give less than what was due. Taking this one evil as an example out of countless evils prevalent in society, it has been said that it is an inevitable result of the heedlessness of the Hereafter. Unless the people realized that one day they would have to appear before God and account for each single act they performed in the world, it was not possible that they would adopt piety and righteousness in their daily affairs. Even if a person might practice honesty in some of his less important dealings in view of "honesty is the best policy," he would never practice honesty on occasions when dishonesty would seem to be "the best policy". Man can develop true and enduring
honesty only when he fears God and sincerely believes in the Hereafter, for then he would regard honesty not merely as "a policy" but as "a duty" and obligation, and his being constant in it, or otherwise, would not be dependent on its being useful or useless in the world.</p>
<p>Thus, after making explicit the relation between morality and the doctrine of the Hereafter in an effective and impressive way, in <a href=/83/7-17>vv. 7-17</a>, it has been said: The deeds of the wicked are already being recorded in the black list of the culprits, and in the Hereafter they will meet with utter ruin. Then in <a href=/83/18-28>vv. 18-28</a>, the best end of the virtuous has been described and it has been laid that their deeds are being recorded in the list of the exalted people, on which are appointed the angels nearest to Allah.</p>
<p>In conclusion, the believers have been consoled, and the disbelievers warned, as if to say: "The people who are disgracing and humiliating the believers today, are culprits who, on the Resurrection Day, will meet with a most evil end in consequence of their conduct, and these very believers will feel comforted when they see their fate."</p>

Verse by verse

Surah Ad-Dukhan · El Humo

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. Ayah 1

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ حم

    Ha’. Mim.

  2. Ayah 2

    وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ

    [Juro] por el Libro clarificador,

  3. Ayah 3

    إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ

    que he revelado en una noche bendita: ¡Les he advertido!

  4. Ayah 4

    فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ

    En ella se decreta sabiamente cada asunto.

  5. Ayah 5

    أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ

    Todo sucede por Mi designio. He enviado [Profetas y libros sagrados]

  6. Ayah 6

    رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

    como una misericordia de tu Señor. Él todo lo oye, todo lo sabe.

  7. Ayah 7

    رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

    Señor de los cielos y de la Tierra, y de lo que existe entre ambos. ¿Acaso no tienen certeza de eso?

  8. Ayah 8

    لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

    No hay nada ni nadie con derecho a ser adorado salvo Dios; Él da la vida y da la muerte. Él es su Señor y el de sus ancestros.

  9. Ayah 9

    بَلْ هُمْ فِي شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ

    Pero ellos juegan con las dudas.

  10. Ayah 10

    فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ

    Aguarda el día en que el cielo traiga un humo visible

  11. Ayah 11

    يَغْشَى النَّاسَ ۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    que cubrirá a la gente. Ese será un castigo doloroso.

  12. Ayah 12

    رَّبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ

    [Dirán los que se negaron a creer:] "¡Oh, Señor nuestro! Aparta de nosotros el castigo, somos creyentes".

  13. Ayah 13

    أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ الذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ

    De qué les servirá recapacitar entonces, si cuando se les presentó un Mensajero con pruebas evidentes

  14. Ayah 14

    ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ

    lo rechazaron y dijeron: "Fue aleccionado o es un loco".

  15. Ayah 15

    إِنَّا كَاشِفُو الْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَائِدُونَ

    Los libraré del castigo por un tiempo, pero reincidirán.

  16. Ayah 16

    يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ

    El día que acometa con el máximo rigor, les infligiré un castigo doloroso.

  17. Ayah 17

    وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ

    Antes de ellos probé al pueblo del Faraón, cuando se les presentó un Mensajero noble,

  18. Ayah 18

    أَنْ أَدُّوا إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

    [que les dijo:] "Dejen en libertad a los siervos de Dios para que puedan marcharse conmigo. Yo he sido enviado para ustedes como un Mensajero leal.

  19. Ayah 19

    وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي آتِيكُم بِسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ

    No sean soberbios con Dios. Les he presentado pruebas evidentes.

  20. Ayah 20

    وَإِنِّي عُذْتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ

    Me refugio en mi Señor y el suyo para que no me injurien.

  21. Ayah 21

    وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا لِي فَاعْتَزِلُونِ

    Si no creen en mí, déjenme en paz".

  22. Ayah 22

    فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ

    Pero invocó a su Señor diciendo: "Éste es un pueblo de criminales".

  23. Ayah 23

    فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

    [Entonces Dios le respondió:] "Marcha con Mis siervos por la noche, pero sabe que ellos van a perseguirlos.

  24. Ayah 24

    وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ

    Deja el mar [luego de que se haya abierto para ti] tal como está, que el ejército será ahogado.

  25. Ayah 25

    كَمْ تَرَكُوا مِن جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

    Cuántos huertos y manantiales abandonaron,

  26. Ayah 26

    وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

    cultivos y hermosas residencias,

  27. Ayah 27

    وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا فِيهَا فَاكِهِينَ

    y una comodidad de la que disfrutaban.

  28. Ayah 28

    كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ

    Así fue. Pero se lo di en herencia a otro pueblo.

  29. Ayah 29

    فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنظَرِينَ

    No lloraron por ellos ni el cielo ni la Tierra. Tampoco fueron perdonados.

  30. Ayah 30

    وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ

    Salvé a los Hijos de Israel de un tormento humillante

  31. Ayah 31

    مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ

    que les infligía el Faraón. Él era soberbio y transgresor.

  32. Ayah 32

    وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ

    [Al pueblo de Israel,] basado en un conocimiento, lo elegí entre sus contemporáneos,

  33. Ayah 33

    وَآتَيْنَاهُم مِّنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَاءٌ مُّبِينٌ

    y les concedí signos que representaban una prueba clara en su fe.

  34. Ayah 34

    إِنَّ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ لَيَقُولُونَ

    Pero ellos dicen:

  35. Ayah 35

    إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا الْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ

    "Solo moriremos una vez, y no seremos resucitados.

  36. Ayah 36

    فَأْتُوا بِآبَائِنَا إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

    Resucita a nuestros padres, si es que eres veraz".

  37. Ayah 37

    أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ

    ¿Acaso ellos son mejores que los pueblos que he destruido, como el pueblo de Tubba’ y los que los precedieron? Todos ellos fueron criminales.

  38. Ayah 38

    وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ

    No he creado a los cielos, la Tierra y todo lo que hay entre ellos como un simple juego.

  39. Ayah 39

    مَا خَلَقْنَاهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    Los creé con un fin justo y verdadero, pero la mayoría de la gente lo ignora.

  40. Ayah 40

    إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ مِيقَاتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    El Día del Juicio es una cita establecida para todos.

  41. Ayah 41

    يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِي مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْئًا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

    Ese día no podrán los familiares ayudarse entre sí, nadie recibirá socorro,

  42. Ayah 42

    إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

    excepto aquel de quien Dios tenga misericordia. Él es el Poderoso, el Misericordioso.

  43. Ayah 43

    إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّومِ

    El árbol de Zaqqum

  44. Ayah 44

    طَعَامُ الْأَثِيمِ

    será la comida del pecador.

  45. Ayah 45

    كَالْمُهْلِ يَغْلِي فِي الْبُطُونِ

    Similar al metal fundido, hierve en las entrañas,

  46. Ayah 46

    كَغَلْيِ الْحَمِيمِ

    como si fuera agua hirviente.

  47. Ayah 47

    خُذُوهُ فَاعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ

    [Se les dirá a los ángeles:] "Tomen [a este transgresor] y arrójenlo al centro del Infierno.

  48. Ayah 48

    ثُمَّ صُبُّوا فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْحَمِيمِ

    Luego viertan sobre su cabeza el castigo hirviente".

  49. Ayah 49

    ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْكَرِيمُ

    ¡Súfrelo! [Porque en la vida mundanal pensabas que] eras "el poderoso" y "el noble".

  50. Ayah 50

    إِنَّ هَـٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِ تَمْتَرُونَ

    Esto es sobre lo que dudabas.

  51. Ayah 51

    إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ

    Pero los piadosos estarán en una situación segura,

  52. Ayah 52

    فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

    en jardines y manantiales.

  53. Ayah 53

    يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَابِلِينَ

    Vestirán fina seda y brocado, y se sentarán unos frente a otros.

  54. Ayah 54

    كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

    Los desposaremos con huríes de grandes ojos.

  55. Ayah 55

    يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ آمِنِينَ

    Allí podrán pedir toda clase de frutas. Estarán en total seguridad.

  56. Ayah 56

    لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا الْمَوْتَ إِلَّا الْمَوْتَةَ الْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَاهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ

    No experimentarán otra vez la muerte, salvo la que ya conocieron. Él los preservará del castigo infernal.

  57. Ayah 57

    فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ

    Ese es el favor de tu Señor. ¡Ese es el gran éxito!

  58. Ayah 58

    فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَاهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

    Para facilitar su comprensión lo he revelado [al Corán] en tu lengua, para que reflexionen.

  59. Ayah 59

    فَارْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ

    Así que espera pacientemente, de la misma manera que ellos están esperando.

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