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
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
O you who are clothed!
Arise and warn!
قم فأنذر
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn,
Thy Lord magnify,
وربك فكبر
Warabbaka fakabbir
And your Lord do magnify,
Thy raiment purify,
وثيابك فطهر
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And your garments do purify,
Pollution shun!
والرجز فاهجر
Waalrrujza faohjur
And uncleanness do shun,
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
ولا تمنن تستكثر
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
ولربك فاصبر
Walirabbika faisbir
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
For when the trumpet shall sound,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
For when the trumpet is sounded,
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
على الكافرين غير يسير
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And give him vast riches,
And sons abiding in his presence
وبنين شهودا
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And made (life) smooth for him.
ومهدت له تمهيدا
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
سأرهقه صعودا
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
إنه فكر وقدر
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
Surely he reflected and guessed,
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
فقتل كيف قدر
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Then looked he,
ثم نظر
Thumma nathara
Then he looked,
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
ثم عبس وبسر
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then turned he away in pride
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Thumma adbara waistakbara
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
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
~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
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
سأصليه سقر
Saosleehi saqara
I will cast him into hell.
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
وما أدراك ما سقر
Wama adraka ma saqaru
And what will make you realize what hell is?
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
لا تبقي ولا تذر
La tubqee wala tatharu
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
It shrivelleth the man.
لواحة للبشر
Lawwahatun lilbashari
It scorches the mortal.
Above it are nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
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
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
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
Kalla waalqamari
Nay; I swear by the moon,
And the night when it withdraweth
والليل إذ أدبر
Waallayli ith adbara
And the night when it departs,
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
والصبح إذا أسفر
Waalssubhi itha asfara
And the daybreak when it shines;
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Innaha laihda alkubari
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
As a warning unto men,
نذيرا للبشر
Natheeran lilbashari
A warning to mortals,
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
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
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Except the people of the right hand,
In gardens they will ask one another
في جنات يتساءلون
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
In gardens, they shall ask each other
Concerning the guilty:
عن المجرمين
AAani almujrimeena
About the guilty:
What hath brought you to this burning ?
ما سلككم في سقر
Ma salakakum fee saqara
What has brought you into hell?
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
Nor did we feed the wretched.
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
And we used not to feed the poor;
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
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
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
حتى أتانا اليقين
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
Till death overtook us.
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
As they were frightened asses
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As if they were asses taking fright
Fleeing from a lion ?
فرت من قسورة
Farrat min qaswaratin
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
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
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
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
كلا إنه تذكرة
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
So whosoever will may heed.
فمن شاء ذكره
Faman shaa thakarahu
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
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.