الـمّـدّثّـر

1 O you who are clothed!

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

2 Arise and warn,

2 Qum faanthir

2 Arise and deliver thy warning!

3 And your Lord do magnify,

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

4 And your garments do purify,

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

5 And uncleanness do shun,

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

5 And all abomination shun!

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

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

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

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

7 Walirabbika faisbir

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

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

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

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

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

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

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

12 And give him vast riches,

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

12 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

13 And sons to be by his side! -

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

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

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

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

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

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

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

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

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

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

18 For he thought and he plotted; -

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

19 And woe to him! How he plotted! -

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

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

21 Then he looked,

21 Thumma nathara

21 Then he looked round;

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

22 Then he frowned and he scowled;

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

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

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

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

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

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

26 I will cast him into hell.

26 Saosleehi saqara

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

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

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

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

29 It scorches the mortal.

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

30 Over it are nineteen.

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

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 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 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 Kalla waalqamari

32 Nay, verily: By the Moon,

33 And the night when it departs,

33 Waallayli ith adbara

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

34 And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -

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

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

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

36 A warning to mortals,

36 Natheeran lilbashari

36 A warning to mankind, -

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

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

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 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

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

39 Except the people of the right hand,

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

39 Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

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

41 About the guilty:

41 AAani almujrimeena

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

42 What has brought you into hell?

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

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 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 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

45 "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;

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

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

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 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

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

50 As if they were asses taking fright

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

50 As if they were affrighted 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 Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

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

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

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 Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati

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