الـمّـدّثّـر

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

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

2 Arise and warn

2 Arise and deliver thy warning!

3 And your Lord glorify

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

4 And your clothing purify

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

5 And uncleanliness avoid

5 And all abomination shun!

6 And do not confer favor to acquire more

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

7 But for your Lord be patient.

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

8 And when the trumpet is blown,

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

9 That Day will be a difficult day

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

10 For the disbelievers - not easy.

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

11 Leave Me with the one I created alone

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

12 And to whom I granted extensive wealth

12 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

13 And children present [with him]

13 And sons to be by his side! -

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

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

15 Then he desires that I should add more.

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

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

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

17 I will cover him with arduous torment.

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

18 Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

18 For he thought and he plotted; -

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

19 And woe to him! How he plotted! -

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

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

21 Then he considered [again];

21 Then he looked round;

22 Then he frowned and scowled;

22 Then he frowned and he scowled;

23 Then he turned back and was arrogant

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

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

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

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

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

26 I will drive him into Saqar.

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

27 And what can make you know what is Saqar?

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

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

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

29 Blackening the skins.

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

30 Over it are nineteen [angels].

30 Over 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 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 No! By the moon

32 Nay, verily: By the Moon,

33 And [by] the night when it departs

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

34 And [by] the morning when it brightens,

34 And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -

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

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

36 As a warning to humanity -

36 A warning to mankind, -

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

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

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

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

39 Except the companions of the right,

39 Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

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

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

41 About the criminals,

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

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

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

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

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

44 Nor did we used to feed the poor.

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

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

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

46 And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

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

47 Until there came to us the certainty."

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

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

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

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

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

50 As if they were alarmed donkeys

50 As if they were affrighted asses,

51 Fleeing from a lion?

51 Fleeing from a lion!

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

52 Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

53 No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

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

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

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

55 Then whoever wills will remember it.

55 Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

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

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