Chapter 74, 56 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) enveloped in garments!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn!
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
وربك فكبر
And magnify your Lord (Allah)!
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
وثيابك فطهر
And purify your garments!
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
والرجز فاهجر
And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!
وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
ولربك فاصبر
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ
فإذا نقر في الناقور
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
على الكافرين غير يسير
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
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)!
ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And then granted him resources in abundance.
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
وبنين شهودا
And children to be by his side.
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
After all that he desires that I should give more;
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا
سأرهقه صعودا
I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!
سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا
إنه فكر وقدر
Verily, he thought and plotted.
إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
فقتل كيف قدر
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
ثم قتل كيف قدر
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
ثم نظر
Then he thought.
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back, and was proud.
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ
سأصليه سقر
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
لواحة للبشر
Burning and blackening the skins!
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
عليها تسعة عشر
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
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
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.
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِيمَانًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَالْكَافِرُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ
كلا والقمر
Nay! And by the moon
كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ
والليل إذ أدبر
And by the night when it withdraws.
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
والصبح إذا أسفر
And by the dawn when it brightens.
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Verily, it (Hell, or their denial of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, or the Day of Resurrection) is but one of the greatest (signs).
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ
نذيرا للبشر
A warning to mankind -
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ
في جنات يتساءلون
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
عن المجرمين
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
ما سلككم في سقر
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),
قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
حتى أتانا اليقين
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
فرت من قسورة
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍ
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
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).
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ
فمن شاء ذكره
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة
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).
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ