# Dal-Kh-Nun — دخن (dxn)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/dxn

- **Meaning:** To smoke, raise smoke or dust, become altered, be ill-natured, fumigate, grope clumsily, handle (a thing) clumsily, spoil, fail to handle properly
- **Derived forms:** دُخَان (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** دُخَانٌۭ — dukhānun · "smoke"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰٓى اِلَى السَّمَٓاءِ وَهِيَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْاَرْضِ ائْتِيَا طَوْعاً اَوْ كَرْهاًۜ قَالَـتَٓا اَتَيْنَا طَٓائِع۪ينَ

Thumma istawa ila assama-iwahiya dukhanun faqala laha walil-ardii/tiya tawAAan aw karhan qalata ataynata-iAAeen

Then He directed Himself to the sky when it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth: “Come, willingly or unwillingly.” They said: “We come willingly.”

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-11.md_

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** بِدُخَانٍۢ — bidukhānin · "smoke"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَٓاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُب۪ينٍۙ

Fartaqib yawma ta/tee assamaobidukhanin mubeen

So watch thou for the day the sky will bring obvious smoke

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-10.md_

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