Ad-Dukhan

Posted on 03/25/2012 by marina

AD-DUKHAN الدخان
” The Smoke.” The title of the XLIVth chapter of the Qur’an, in which the words occur (9th verse): “Expect thou the day when the heaven shall bring a palpable smoke.”

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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