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سُورَةُ الدُّخَانِ · 44:10
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فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

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Then watch for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke.

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Introduction

This is āyah 10 of Sūrat Ad-Dukhaan (The Smoke), the 64th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 25. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
64 of 114
Surah
Ad-Dukhaan (44)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Nay! They play about in doubt (9)Then wait you for the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke (10)Covering mankind, this is a painful torment (11)(They will say): "Our Lord! Remove the torment from us, really we shall become believers! (12)How can there be for them an admonition, when a Messenger explaining things clearly has already come to them (13)Then they had turned away from him and said: "(He is) one taught, a madman! (14)Verily, We shall remove the torment for a while. Verily, you will revert (15)On the Day when We shall strike you with the great Batshah. Verily, We will exact retribution (16) Alarming the Idolators with News of the Day when the Sky will bring forth a visible Smoke Allah says, these idolaters are playing about in doubt, i.e., the certain truth has come to them, but they doubt it and do not believe in it. Then Allah says, warning and threatening them:…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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