الـمّـدّثّـر

1 O you who covers himself [with a garment],

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

2 Arise and warn

2 Qum faanthir

2 Arise and warn!

3 And your Lord glorify

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

3 Thy Lord magnify,

4 And your clothing purify

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

4 Thy raiment purify,

5 And uncleanliness avoid

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

5 Pollution shun!

6 And do not confer favor to acquire more

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

7 But for your Lord be patient.

7 Walirabbika faisbir

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

8 And when the trumpet is blown,

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

9 That Day will be a difficult day

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

10 For the disbelievers - not easy.

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

11 Leave Me with the one I created alone

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

11 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,

12 And to whom I granted extensive wealth

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

13 And children present [with him]

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

13 And sons abiding in his presence

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

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

15 Then he desires that I should add more.

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

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

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

16 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

17 I will cover him with arduous torment.

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

18 Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

18 For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

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

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

19 (Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!

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

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

20 Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -

21 Then he considered [again];

21 Thumma nathara

21 Then looked he,

22 Then he frowned and scowled;

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

23 Then he turned back and was arrogant

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

23 Then turned he away in pride

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

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

24 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

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

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

26 I will drive him into Saqar.

26 Saosleehi saqara

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

27 And what can make you know what is Saqar?

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

27 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

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

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

29 Blackening the skins.

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

29 It shrivelleth the man.

30 Over it are nineteen [angels].

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

30 Above it are nineteen.

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.

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 We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling - block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude ? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals.

32 No! By the moon

32 Kalla waalqamari

32 Nay, by the Moon

33 And [by] the night when it departs

33 Waallayli ith adbara

33 And the night when it withdraweth

34 And [by] the morning when it brightens,

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

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

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

35 Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

36 As a warning to humanity -

36 Natheeran lilbashari

36 As a warning unto men,

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

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

37 Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

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

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

39 Except the companions of the right,

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

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

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

40 In gardens they will ask one another

41 About the criminals,

41 AAani almujrimeena

41 Concerning the guilty:

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

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

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

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

43 They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

44 Nor did we used to feed the poor.

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

45 And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

45 We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

46 And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

47 Until there came to us the certainty."

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

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

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

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

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

50 As if they were alarmed donkeys

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

50 As they were frightened asses

51 Fleeing from a lion?

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

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

52 Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

52 Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

53 No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

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

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

54 Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

55 Then whoever wills will remember it.

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

55 So whosoever will may heed.

56 And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.

56 Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati

56 And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.