And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).
Shakir
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
Arabic, with marks
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
Word by word
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
Arabic
ولربك فاصبر
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
Shakir
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
Arabic, with marks
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ
Word by word
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
Arabic
فإذا نقر في الناقور
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
Shakir
For when the trumpet is sounded,
Arabic, with marks
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ
Word by word
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
Arabic
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
Shakir
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Arabic, with marks
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Word by word
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Arabic
على الكافرين غير يسير
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
Shakir
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Arabic, with marks
عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Word by word
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Arabic
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Leave Me Alone (to deal) with whom I created lonely (without any wealth or children etc, i.e. Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah Al-Makhzumi)!
Shakir
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Arabic, with marks
ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
Word by word
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
Arabic
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And then granted him resources in abundance.
Shakir
And give him vast riches,
Arabic, with marks
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
Word by word
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
Arabic
وبنين شهودا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And children to be by his side.
Shakir
And sons dwelling in his presence,
Arabic, with marks
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
Word by word
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
Arabic
ومهدت له تمهيدا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
Shakir
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
Arabic, with marks
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا
Word by word
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
Arabic
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
After all that he desires that I should give more;
Shakir
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Word by word
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Arabic
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
Shakir
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Arabic, with marks
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا
Word by word
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
Arabic
سأرهقه صعودا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!
Shakir
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
Arabic, with marks
سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا
Word by word
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
Arabic
إنه فكر وقدر
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, he thought and plotted.
Shakir
Surely he reflected and guessed,
Arabic, with marks
إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
Word by word
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
Arabic
فقتل كيف قدر
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Shakir
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
Arabic, with marks
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Word by word
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Arabic
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Shakir
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Word by word
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Arabic
ثم نظر
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then he thought.
Shakir
Then he looked,
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Word by word
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Arabic
ثم عبس وبسر
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
Shakir
Then he frowned and scowled,
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Word by word
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Arabic
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then he turned back, and was proud.
Shakir
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ
Word by word
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
Arabic
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
Shakir
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
Arabic, with marks
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
Word by word
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
Arabic
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
Shakir
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
Arabic, with marks
إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ
Word by word
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
Arabic
سأصليه سقر
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
Shakir
I will cast him into hell.
Arabic, with marks
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Word by word
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Arabic
وما أدراك ما سقر
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
Shakir
And what will make you realize what hell is?
Arabic, with marks
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ
Word by word
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
Arabic
لا تبقي ولا تذر
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
Shakir
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
Arabic, with marks
لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
Word by word
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
Arabic
لواحة للبشر
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Burning and blackening the skins!
Shakir
It scorches the mortal.
Arabic, with marks
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Word by word
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Arabic
عليها تسعة عشر
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
Shakir
Over it are nineteen.
Arabic, with marks
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
Word by word
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
Arabic
وما جعلنا أصحاب النار إلا ملائكة ۙ وما جعلنا عدتهم إلا فتنة للذين كفروا ليستيقن الذين أوتوا الكتاب ويزداد الذين آمنوا إيمانا ۙ ولا يرتاب الذين أوتوا الكتاب والمؤمنون ۙ وليقول الذين في قلوبهم مرض والكافرون ماذا أراد الله بهذا مثلا ۚ كذلك يضل الله من يشاء ويهدي من يشاء ۚ وما يعلم جنود ربك إلا هو ۚ وما هي إلا ذكرى للبشر
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And We have set none but angels as guardians of the Fire. And We have fixed their number (19) only as a trial for the disbelievers, in order that the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) may arrive at a certainty [that this Qur'an is the truth as it agrees with their Books regarding the number (19) which is written in the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] and that the believers may increase in Faith (as this Qur'an is the truth), and that no doubt may be left for the people of the Scripture and the believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease (of hypocrisy) and the disbelievers may say: "What Allah intends by this (curious) example ?" Thus Allah leads astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none can know the hosts of your Lord but He. And this (Hell) is nothing else than a (warning) reminder to mankind.
Shakir
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.
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
Shakir
Except the people of the right hand,
Arabic, with marks
إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ
Word by word
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Arabic
في جنات يتساءلون
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
Shakir
In gardens, they shall ask each other
Arabic, with marks
فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
Word by word
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Arabic
عن المجرمين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
Shakir
About the guilty:
Arabic, with marks
عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
Word by word
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Arabic
ما سلككم في سقر
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
Shakir
What has brought you into hell?
Arabic, with marks
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ
Word by word
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
Arabic
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),
Shakir
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
Arabic, with marks
قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ
Word by word
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Arabic
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
Shakir
And we used not to feed the poor;
Arabic, with marks
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ
Word by word
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
Arabic
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.
Shakir
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
Arabic, with marks
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ
Word by word
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
Arabic
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
Shakir
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
Arabic, with marks
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Word by word
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Arabic
حتى أتانا اليقين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
Shakir
Till death overtook us.
Arabic, with marks
حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ
Word by word
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
Arabic
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
Shakir
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
Arabic, with marks
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ
Word by word
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ
Arabic
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?
Shakir
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
Arabic, with marks
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
Word by word
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
Arabic
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
Shakir
As if they were asses taking fright
Arabic, with marks
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Word by word
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Arabic
فرت من قسورة
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
Shakir
That had fled from a lion?
Arabic, with marks
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍ
Word by word
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
Arabic
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay, everyone of them desires that he should be given pages spread out (coming from Allah with a writing that Islam is the right religion, and Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم has come with the truth from Allah, the Lord of the heavens and earth).
Shakir
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).
Shakir
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Arabic, with marks
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
Word by word
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Arabic
كلا إنه تذكرة
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
Shakir
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Arabic, with marks
كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ
Word by word
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
Arabic
فمن شاء ذكره
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!
Shakir
So whoever pleases may mind it.
Arabic, with marks
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
Word by word
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Arabic
وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And they will not receive admonition unless Allah wills; He (Allah) is the One, deserving that mankind should be afraid of, and should be dutiful to Him, and should not take any Ilah (god) along with Him, and He is the One Who forgives (sins).
Shakir
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.