الـمّـدّثّـر

1 O you who are clothed!

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

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

2 Arise and warn,

2 Arise and warn!

2 Arise and deliver thy warning!

3 And your Lord do magnify,

3 Thy Lord magnify,

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

4 And your garments do purify,

4 Thy raiment purify,

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

5 And uncleanness do shun,

5 Pollution shun!

5 And all abomination shun!

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

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

6 Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!

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

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

7 But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

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

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

9 That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

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

11 Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -

12 And give him vast riches,

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

12 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

13 And sons abiding in his presence

13 And sons to be by his side! -

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

14 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

15 Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -

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

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

16 By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

17 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

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

18 For he thought and he plotted; -

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

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

19 And woe to him! How he plotted! -

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

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

20 Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -

21 Then he looked,

21 Then looked he,

21 Then he looked round;

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

22 Then he frowned and he scowled;

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

23 Then turned he away in pride

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

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 Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

25 "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

26 I will cast him into hell.

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

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

27 And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

28 Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -

29 It scorches the mortal.

29 It shrivelleth the man.

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

30 Over it are nineteen.

30 Above it are nineteen.

30 Over it are Nineteen.

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 And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers, - in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith, - and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.

32 Nay; I swear by the moon,

32 Nay, by the Moon

32 Nay, verily: By the Moon,

33 And the night when it departs,

33 And the night when it withdraweth

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

34 And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -

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

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

35 This is but one of the mighty (portents),

36 A warning to mortals,

36 As a warning unto men,

36 A warning to mankind, -

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 To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -

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

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

38 Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.

39 Except the people of the right hand,

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

39 Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

40 In gardens they will ask one another

40 (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,

41 About the guilty:

41 Concerning the guilty:

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

42 What has brought you into hell?

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

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

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

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

44 And we used not to feed the poor;

44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

44 "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;

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 "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;

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

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

46 "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

47 Till death overtook us.

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

47 "Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

48 Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

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 Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -

50 As if they were asses taking fright

50 As they were frightened asses

50 As if they were affrighted asses,

51 That had fled from a lion?

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

51 Fleeing from a lion!

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 Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

53 By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

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

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

55 So whosoever will may heed.

55 Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

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 But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.