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Unicode Qur'an: 44. ‏الدخان‎ 'ldx'n

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This is Surah Ad-Dukhan (Chapter 44, "The Smoke") from the Quran, presented in a dual-column scholarly format pairing the Arabic scriptural text with a detailed phonetic transcription using IPA-adjacent notation. The surah opens by invoking the Quran as a blessed revelation sent down on a sacred night, declaring God's role as warner and sender of mercy. Its central theological arguments address divine sovereignty, eschatology, and the consequences of rejecting prophecy: a coming day when smoke will envelop the unbelievers, and a final Day of Judgment where no intercession will avail except God's mercy. The surah draws on the Exodus narrative — Moses commanding Pharaoh to release the Israelites, Pharaoh's refusal, and Egypt's subsequent destruction — as a paradigmatic warning to the Quraysh who dismiss Muhammad as a "taught madman." It closes with a sharp eschatological contrast: the damned eating from the Zaqqum tree and being dragged into hellfire, versus the righteous dwelling in gardens with fine garments and companions, exempt from death. The scholarly transliteration scheme, which encodes gemination, vowel length, and emphatic consonants with precision, suggests this text is intended for linguistic analysis, recitation study, or comparative Quranic phonology rather than general devotional reading.

Unicode Qur'an: 44. ‏الدخان‎ 'ldx'n

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