Chapter 74, 56 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
O you who are clothed!
Arise and warn!
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn,
Thy Lord magnify,
وربك فكبر
And your Lord do magnify,
Thy raiment purify,
وثيابك فطهر
And your garments do purify,
Pollution shun!
والرجز فاهجر
And uncleanness do shun,
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
ولربك فاصبر
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
For when the trumpet shall sound,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
For when the trumpet is sounded,
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
على الكافرين غير يسير
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And give him vast riches,
And sons abiding in his presence
وبنين شهودا
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And made (life) smooth for him.
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
سأرهقه صعودا
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
إنه فكر وقدر
Surely he reflected and guessed,
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
فقتل كيف قدر
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Then looked he,
ثم نظر
Then he looked,
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then turned he away in pride
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
سأصليه سقر
I will cast him into hell.
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what will make you realize what hell is?
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
It shrivelleth the man.
لواحة للبشر
It scorches the mortal.
Above it are nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
Over it are nineteen.
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.
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 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.
Nay, by the Moon
كلا والقمر
Nay; I swear by the moon,
And the night when it withdraweth
والليل إذ أدبر
And the night when it departs,
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
والصبح إذا أسفر
And the daybreak when it shines;
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
As a warning unto men,
نذيرا للبشر
A warning to mortals,
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the people of the right hand,
In gardens they will ask one another
في جنات يتساءلون
In gardens, they shall ask each other
Concerning the guilty:
عن المجرمين
About the guilty:
What hath brought you to this burning ?
ما سلككم في سقر
What has brought you into hell?
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
Nor did we feed the wretched.
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
And we used not to feed the poor;
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
حتى أتانا اليقين
Till death overtook us.
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
As they were frightened asses
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were asses taking fright
Fleeing from a lion ?
فرت من قسورة
That had fled from a lion?
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
So whosoever will may heed.
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever pleases may mind it.
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.
وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.