الـمّـدّثّـر

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

1 O you who covers himself [with a garment],

2 Arise and warn!

2 Qum faanthir

2 Arise and warn

3 Thy Lord magnify,

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

3 And your Lord glorify

4 Thy raiment purify,

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

4 And your clothing purify

5 Pollution shun!

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

5 And uncleanliness avoid

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

6 And do not confer favor to acquire more

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

7 Walirabbika faisbir

7 But for your Lord be patient.

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

8 And when the trumpet is blown,

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

9 That Day will be a difficult day

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

10 For the disbelievers - not easy.

11 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

11 Leave Me with the one I created alone

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

12 And to whom I granted extensive wealth

13 And sons abiding in his presence

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

13 And children present [with him]

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

14 And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

15 Then he desires that I should add more.

16 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

16 No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

17 I will cover him with arduous torment.

18 For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

18 Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

19 (Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

19 So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

20 Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

20 Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

21 Then looked he,

21 Thumma nathara

21 Then he considered [again];

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

22 Then he frowned and scowled;

23 Then turned he away in pride

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

23 Then he turned back and was arrogant

24 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

24 And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

25 This is not but the word of a human being."

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

26 Saosleehi saqara

26 I will drive him into Saqar.

27 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

27 And what can make you know what is Saqar?

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

28 It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

29 It shrivelleth the man.

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

29 Blackening the skins.

30 Above it are nineteen.

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

30 Over it are nineteen [angels].

31 We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling - block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude ? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals.

31 Wama jaAAalna ashaba alnnari illa malaikatan wama jaAAalna AAiddatahum illa fitnatan lillatheena kafaroo liyastayqina allatheena ootoo alkitaba wayazdada allatheena amanoo eemanan wala yartaba allatheena ootoo alkitaba waalmuminoona waliyaqoola allatheena fee quloobihim maradun waalkafiroona matha arada Allahu bihatha mathalan kathalika yudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashao wama yaAAlamu junooda rabbika illa huwa wama hiya illa thikra lilbashari

31 And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is hypocrisy and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allah intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allah leave astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And mention of the Fire is not but a reminder to humanity.

32 Nay, by the Moon

32 Kalla waalqamari

32 No! By the moon

33 And the night when it withdraweth

33 Waallayli ith adbara

33 And [by] the night when it departs

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

34 And [by] the morning when it brightens,

35 Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

35 Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]

36 As a warning unto men,

36 Natheeran lilbashari

36 As a warning to humanity -

37 Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

37 To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

38 Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

39 Except the companions of the right,

40 In gardens they will ask one another

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

40 [Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

41 Concerning the guilty:

41 AAani almujrimeena

41 About the criminals,

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

42 [And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"

43 They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

43 They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,

44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

44 Nor did we used to feed the poor.

45 We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

45 And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

46 And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

47 Until there came to us the certainty."

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

48 So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

49 Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

50 As they were frightened asses

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

50 As if they were alarmed donkeys

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

51 Fleeing from a lion?

52 Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

52 Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

52 Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

53 No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

54 Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

54 No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder

55 So whosoever will may heed.

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

55 Then whoever wills will remember it.

56 And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.

56 Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati

56 And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.