الـمّـدّثّـر

1 O you who are clothed!

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

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

2 Arise and warn,

2 Qum faanthir

2 Arise and warn!

3 And your Lord do magnify,

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

3 Thy Lord magnify,

4 And your garments do purify,

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

4 Thy raiment purify,

5 And uncleanness do shun,

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

5 Pollution shun!

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

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

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

7 Walirabbika faisbir

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

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

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

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

12 And give him vast riches,

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

13 And sons abiding in his presence

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

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

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

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

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

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

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

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

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

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

21 Then he looked,

21 Thumma nathara

21 Then looked he,

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

23 Then turned he away in pride

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

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

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

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

26 I will cast him into hell.

26 Saosleehi saqara

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

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

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

29 It scorches the mortal.

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

29 It shrivelleth the man.

30 Over it are nineteen.

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

30 Above 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 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 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.

32 Nay; I swear by the moon,

32 Kalla waalqamari

32 Nay, by the Moon

33 And the night when it departs,

33 Waallayli ith adbara

33 And the night when it withdraweth

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

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

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

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

36 A warning to mortals,

36 Natheeran lilbashari

36 As a warning unto men,

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

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

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

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

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

39 Except the people of the right hand,

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

40 In gardens they will ask one another

41 About the guilty:

41 AAani almujrimeena

41 Concerning the guilty:

42 What has brought you into hell?

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

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

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

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

44 And we used not to feed the poor;

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

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

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

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

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

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

47 Till death overtook us.

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

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

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

50 As if they were asses taking fright

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

50 As they were frightened asses

51 That had fled from a lion?

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

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

52 Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

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

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

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

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

55 So whosoever will may heed.

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

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

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