الـمّـدّثّـر

1 O you who are clothed!

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 And your Lord do magnify,

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

3 And your Lord glorify

4 And your garments do purify,

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

4 And your clothing purify

5 And uncleanness do shun,

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

5 And uncleanliness avoid

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

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

6 And do not confer favor to acquire more

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

7 Walirabbika faisbir

7 But for your Lord be patient.

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

8 And when the trumpet is blown,

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

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

9 That Day will be a difficult day

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

10 For the disbelievers - not easy.

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

11 Leave Me with the one I created alone

12 And give him vast riches,

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

12 And to whom I granted extensive wealth

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

13 And children present [with him]

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

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

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

15 Then he desires that I should add more.

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

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

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

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

17 I will cover him with arduous torment.

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

18 Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

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

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

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

21 Then he looked,

21 Thumma nathara

21 Then he considered [again];

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

22 Then he frowned and scowled;

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

23 Then he turned back and was arrogant

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

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

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

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

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

26 I will cast him into hell.

26 Saosleehi saqara

26 I will drive him into Saqar.

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

27 And what can make you know what is Saqar?

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

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

29 It scorches the mortal.

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

29 Blackening the skins.

30 Over it are nineteen.

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

30 Over it are nineteen [angels].

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 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; I swear by the moon,

32 Kalla waalqamari

32 No! By the moon

33 And the night when it departs,

33 Waallayli ith adbara

33 And [by] the night when it departs

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

34 And [by] the morning when it brightens,

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

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

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

36 A warning to mortals,

36 Natheeran lilbashari

36 As a warning to humanity -

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

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

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

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

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

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

39 Except the people of the right hand,

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

39 Except the companions of the right,

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

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

41 About the guilty:

41 AAani almujrimeena

41 About the criminals,

42 What has brought you into hell?

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

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

43 They shall say: 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 And we used not to feed the poor;

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

44 Nor did we used to feed the poor.

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

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 call the day of judgment a lie;

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

46 And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

47 Till death overtook us.

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

47 Until there came to us the certainty."

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

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

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

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

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

50 As if they were asses taking fright

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

50 As if they were alarmed donkeys

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

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

53 No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

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

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

55 Then whoever wills will remember it.

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 remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.