الـمّـدّثّـر

1 O you who are clothed!

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

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

2 Arise and warn,

2 Arise and warn!

2 Qum faanthir

3 And your Lord do magnify,

3 Thy Lord magnify,

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

4 And your garments do purify,

4 Thy raiment purify,

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

5 And uncleanness do shun,

5 Pollution shun!

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

6 And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

7 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

7 Walirabbika faisbir

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

9 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

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

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

12 And give him vast riches,

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

13 And sons abiding in his presence

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

16 By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.

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

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

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

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

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

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

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

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

21 Then he looked,

21 Then looked he,

21 Thumma nathara

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

23 Then turned he away in pride

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

24 ~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);

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

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

26 I will cast him into hell.

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

26 Saosleehi saqara

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

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

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

29 It scorches the mortal.

29 It shrivelleth the man.

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

30 Over it are nineteen.

30 Above it are nineteen.

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

31 And We have not made the wardens of the fire others than angels, and We have not made their number but as a trial for those who disbelieve, that those who have been given the book may be certain and those who believe may increase in faith, and those who have been given the book and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the unbelievers may say: What does Allah mean by this parable? Thus does Allah make err whom He pleases, and He guides whom He pleases, and none knows the hosts of your Lord but He Himself; and this is naught but a reminder to the mortals.

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

32 Nay; I swear by the moon,

32 Nay, by the Moon

32 Kalla waalqamari

33 And the night when it departs,

33 And the night when it withdraweth

33 Waallayli ith adbara

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

35 Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),

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

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

36 A warning to mortals,

36 As a warning unto men,

36 Natheeran lilbashari

37 To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.

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

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

38 Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

39 Except the people of the right hand,

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

40 In gardens they will ask one another

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

41 About the guilty:

41 Concerning the guilty:

41 AAani almujrimeena

42 What has brought you into hell?

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

43 They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;

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

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

44 And we used not to feed the poor;

44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

45 And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.

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

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

46 And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

47 Till death overtook us.

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

49 What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

50 As if they were asses taking fright

50 As they were frightened asses

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

51 That had fled from a lion?

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

52 Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;

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

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

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

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

55 So whosoever will may heed.

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

56 And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.

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