Al Muddathth

Pickthall

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

Shakir

1 O you who are clothed!

Yusuf Ali

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

Pickthall

2 Arise and warn!

Shakir

2 Arise and warn,

Yusuf Ali

2 Arise and deliver thy warning!

Pickthall

3 Thy Lord magnify,

Shakir

3 And your Lord do magnify,

Yusuf Ali

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

Pickthall

4 Thy raiment purify,

Shakir

4 And your garments do purify,

Yusuf Ali

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

Pickthall

5 Pollution shun!

Shakir

5 And uncleanness do shun,

Yusuf Ali

5 And all abomination shun!

Pickthall

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

Shakir

6 And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

Shakir

7 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

Shakir

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

Yusuf Ali

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

Pickthall

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

Shakir

9 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

Shakir

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

Yusuf Ali

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

Pickthall

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

Shakir

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

Shakir

12 And give him vast riches,

Yusuf Ali

12 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

Pickthall

13 And sons abiding in his presence

Shakir

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

Yusuf Ali

13 And sons to be by his side! -

Pickthall

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

Shakir

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

Shakir

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

16 By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

Shakir

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

Yusuf Ali

18 For he thought and he plotted; -

Pickthall

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

Shakir

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

Yusuf Ali

19 And woe to him! How he plotted! -

Pickthall

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

Shakir

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

21 Then looked he,

Shakir

21 Then he looked,

Yusuf Ali

21 Then he looked round;

Pickthall

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

Shakir

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

Yusuf Ali

22 Then he frowned and he scowled;

Pickthall

23 Then turned he away in pride

Shakir

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

Yusuf Ali

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

Pickthall

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

Shakir

24 ~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

Shakir

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

Shakir

26 I will cast him into hell.

Yusuf Ali

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

Pickthall

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

Shakir

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

Shakir

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

29 It shrivelleth the man.

Shakir

29 It scorches the mortal.

Yusuf Ali

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

Pickthall

30 Above it are nineteen.

Shakir

30 Over it are nineteen.

Yusuf Ali

30 Over it are Nineteen.

Pickthall

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.

Shakir

31 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.

Yusuf Ali

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.

Pickthall

32 Nay, by the Moon

Shakir

32 Nay; I swear by the moon,

Yusuf Ali

32 Nay, verily: By the Moon,

Pickthall

33 And the night when it withdraweth

Shakir

33 And the night when it departs,

Yusuf Ali

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

Pickthall

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

Shakir

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

Yusuf Ali

34 And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -

Pickthall

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

Shakir

35 Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

36 As a warning unto men,

Shakir

36 A warning to mortals,

Yusuf Ali

36 A warning to mankind, -

Pickthall

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

Shakir

37 To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

Shakir

38 Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

Shakir

39 Except the people of the right hand,

Yusuf Ali

39 Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

Pickthall

40 In gardens they will ask one another

Shakir

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

41 Concerning the guilty:

Shakir

41 About the guilty:

Yusuf Ali

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

Pickthall

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

Shakir

42 What has brought you into hell?

Yusuf Ali

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

Shakir

44 And we used not to feed the poor;

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

45 And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

Shakir

46 And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

Shakir

47 Till death overtook us.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

Shakir

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

Shakir

49 What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

50 As they were frightened asses

Shakir

50 As if they were asses taking fright

Yusuf Ali

50 As if they were affrighted asses,

Pickthall

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

Shakir

51 That had fled from a lion?

Yusuf Ali

51 Fleeing from a lion!

Pickthall

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

Shakir

52 Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

Shakir

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

Yusuf Ali

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

Pickthall

55 So whosoever will may heed.

Shakir

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

Yusuf Ali

55 Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

Pickthall

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

Shakir

56 And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.

Yusuf Ali

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