الـمّـدّثّـر

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

2 Qum faanthir

2 Arise and deliver thy warning!

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

5 And all abomination shun!

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

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

7 Walirabbika faisbir

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

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

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

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

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

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

12 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

13 And sons to be by his side! -

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

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

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

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

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

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

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

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

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

18 For he thought and he plotted; -

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

19 And woe to him! How he plotted! -

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

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

21 Thumma nathara

21 Then he looked round;

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

22 Then he frowned and he scowled;

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

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

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

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

26 Saosleehi saqara

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

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

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

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

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

30 Over it are Nineteen.

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 Kalla waalqamari

32 Nay, verily: By the Moon,

33 Waallayli ith adbara

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

34 And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

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

36 Natheeran lilbashari

36 A warning to mankind, -

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

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

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

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

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

39 Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

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

41 AAani almujrimeena

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

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

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

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

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

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

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

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

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

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

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

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

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

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

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

50 As if they were affrighted asses,

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

51 Fleeing from a lion!

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 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

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

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

55 Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

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.