الـمّـدّثّـر

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

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

2 Arise and deliver thy warning!

2 Arise and warn

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

3 And your Lord glorify

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

4 And your clothing purify

5 And all abomination shun!

5 And uncleanliness avoid

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

6 And do not confer favor to acquire more

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

7 But for your Lord be patient.

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

8 And when the trumpet is blown,

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

9 That Day will be a difficult day

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

10 For the disbelievers - not easy.

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

11 Leave Me with the one I created alone

12 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

12 And to whom I granted extensive wealth

13 And sons to be by his side! -

13 And children present [with him]

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

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

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

15 Then he desires that I should add more.

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

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

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

17 I will cover him with arduous torment.

18 For he thought and he plotted; -

18 Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

19 And woe to him! How he plotted! -

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

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

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

21 Then he looked round;

21 Then he considered [again];

22 Then he frowned and he scowled;

22 Then he frowned and scowled;

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

23 Then he turned back and was arrogant

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

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

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

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

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

26 I will drive him into Saqar.

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

27 And what can make you know what is Saqar?

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

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

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

29 Blackening the skins.

30 Over it are Nineteen.

30 Over it are nineteen [angels].

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.

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.

32 Nay, verily: By the Moon,

32 No! By the moon

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

33 And [by] the night when it departs

34 And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -

34 And [by] the morning when it brightens,

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

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

36 A warning to mankind, -

36 As a warning to humanity -

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

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

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

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

39 Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

39 Except the companions of the right,

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

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

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

41 About the criminals,

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

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

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

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

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

44 Nor did we used to feed the poor.

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

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

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

46 And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

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

47 Until there came to us the certainty."

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

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

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

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

50 As if they were affrighted asses,

50 As if they were alarmed donkeys

51 Fleeing from a lion!

51 Fleeing from a lion?

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

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

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

53 No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

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

55 Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

55 Then whoever wills will remember it.

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

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