# 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 9 - **Surah:** 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan (The Smoke) — سورة الدخان - **Verse:** 9 / 59 · **Juz:** 25 · **Mushaf page:** 495 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-9 ## Arabic بَلْ هُمْ ف۪ي شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ ## Transcription Bal hum fee shakkin yalAAaboon ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley Yet they play around in doubt. ### Progressive Muslims No; they are in doubt, playing. ### Shabbir Ahmed Nay, but they are toying with their doubts. ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation The truth is, they are in doubt, playing. ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation No; they are in doubt, playing. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament Indeed, they are doubtful, heedless. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira Yet they are lost in doubt and play. ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) But they are in doubt, amusing themselves. ### Muhammad Asad Nay, but they [who lack inner certainty] are but Dying with their doubts. ### Marmaduke Pickthall Nay, but they play in doubt. ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary (But the fact is, they lack certainty) and frolic about in doubt.[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] In this brief sentence an allusion has been made to an important truth. Even atheists or polytheists do come across occasions when their being from within says: There is somewhere some weakness in the creed that we have adopted. The atheist may apparently be very firm in his denial of God, his heart at one or the other time does bear the testimony that this wonderful and wise system which extends from the particle of dust to the galaxies and from a blade of grass to the creation of man, could not come into existence without an All-Wise Designer. Likewise, a polytheist may be deeply submerged in his polytheism, his heart also sometimes cries out: Those whom you have adopted as deities cannot be God. But this testimony of the heart neither leads the atheist nor the polytheist to the conviction about the existence and Oneness of God, nor to conviction and satisfaction about their creed of atheism and polytheism itself. Instead, their religion, in fact, is based on doubt, no matter how convinced they might appear to be of its truth. As for the question: Why doesn’t this doubt make them restless and why don’t they seek the truth seriously so as to obtain a satisfactory ground for their convictions? The answer is: they lack seriousness in religious matters. What they really regard as important are the worldly earnings and acquisitions and their enjoyment, in search of which they expend all their powers and abilities of the heart and mind and body. As for the religious matters, they are in fact no more than fun, a mere pastime, amusement, or a mental diversion for them, for which they cannot spare even a few moments of serious study. Religious rites are being performed as an entertainment; discussions about denial and atheism are being engaged in as an amusement. No one can spare a few moments from his worldly pursuits to consider whether he has turned away from the truth, and if so, what would be its consequences. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab Yet they are objectively uncertain of the plain truth and they give occasion to uncertainty, and they follow that emotion which they think would help them attain the object from which pleasure and satisfaction are expected. ### Bijan Moeinian What a shame that you doubt in the existence of God. ### Al-Hilali & Khan Nay! They play about in doubt. ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali Yet they play about in doubt. ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran In fact, they are in doubt, amusing themselves. ### Taqi Usmani But they, being in doubt, are playing around. ### Abdul Haleem yet in [their state of] doubt they take nothing seriously. ### Arthur John Arberry Nay, but they are in doubt, playing. ### E. Henry Palmer Nay, they in doubt do play! ### Hamid S. Aziz Nay, but they make sport in doubt, ### Mahmoud Ghali No indeed, (but) they are in doubt, playing. ### George Sale Yet do they amuse themselves with doubt. ### Syed Vickar Ahamed Yet, they amuse themselves in doubt. ### Amatul Rahman Omar Yet (they have no faith, ) they are steeped in doubt (and) occupied with unreal things. ### Ali Quli Qarai Rather they play around in doubt. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Ama onlar, şüphe içinde oynuyorlar. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Hayır, onlar kuşkulu yaşam içinde, (dünya hayatıyla) eğlenip duruyorlar. ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Hayır, onlar şüphe içindedirler; oynayıp oyalanıyorlar. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali Doğrusu onlar şüphe içerisinde oynamaktadırlar. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Fakat onlar, şüphe içinde eğlenip duruyorlar. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Fakat onlar şekk içinde oynuyorlar ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Fakat onlar şüphe içinde oynuyorlar. ### Gültekin Onan Hayır, onlar şüphe içindedirler; oynayıp yalanlıyorlar. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Hayır, onlar (tekrar dirilmekden) şübhe içindedirler. (Bununla} eğlenirler. ### İbni Kesir Hayır, onlar şüphe içinde oynayıp dururlar. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı Evet, ama onlar, (bütün kalpleriyle inanıp bağlanmaktan uzak olanlar), yalnızca kendi şüpheleriyle oyalanıp duruyorlar. ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Fakat, onlar şüphe içinde eğlenirler. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali İş, onların sandığı gibi değil! Bir kuşku içinde oynayıp oyalanmaktadırlar. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Ama nerde! Onlar, şüphe bataklığında oyalanıp duruyorlar. ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Hayır! Onlar, kuşku içinde eğlenip duruyorlar. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Hayır, onlar, kuşku içinde oyalanıyorlar. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Hayır, ötekiler şüphe içinde oyalanıp duruyorlar. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Ne var ki onlar şüphe içinde eğlenip duruyorlar. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Hayır! Onlar, kuşku içinde eğlenip duruyorlar. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Hayır! Onlar, kuşku içinde eğlenip duruyorlar. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Bütün bunlara rağmen onlar ikilem içindeler, eğlenip duruyorlar[1]. _Footnotes_ - [1] [Enbiya 21/2,](https://quran.so/21/2) [Sad 38/8,](https://quran.so/38/8) [Tur 52/11](https://quran.so/52/11)-[12.](https://quran.so/52/12) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | بَلْ — bal | Nay | — | | 2 | هُمْ — hum | they | — | | 3 | فِى — fī | (are) in | — | | 4 | شَكٍّۢ — shakkin | doubt | شكك — Şin-Kef-Kef | | 5 | يَلْعَبُونَ — yalʿabūna | playing | لعب — Lam-Ayn-Be | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-8.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-10.md Retrieved: 2026-08-26 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.