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
Arise and warn!
قم فأنذر
Qum faanthir
Thy Lord magnify,
وربك فكبر
Warabbaka fakabbir
Thy raiment purify,
وثيابك فطهر
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
Pollution shun!
والرجز فاهجر
Waalrrujza faohjur
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
ولا تمنن تستكثر
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
ولربك فاصبر
Walirabbika faisbir
For when the trumpet shall sound,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
على الكافرين غير يسير
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And sons abiding in his presence
وبنين شهودا
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And made (life) smooth for him.
ومهدت له تمهيدا
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
سأرهقه صعودا
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
إنه فكر وقدر
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
فقتل كيف قدر
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Then looked he,
ثم نظر
Thumma nathara
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
ثم عبس وبسر
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then turned he away in pride
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Thumma adbara waistakbara
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
سأصليه سقر
Saosleehi saqara
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
وما أدراك ما سقر
Wama adraka ma saqaru
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
لا تبقي ولا تذر
La tubqee wala tatharu
It shrivelleth the man.
لواحة للبشر
Lawwahatun lilbashari
Above it are nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
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
Nay, by the Moon
كلا والقمر
Kalla waalqamari
And the night when it withdraweth
والليل إذ أدبر
Waallayli ith adbara
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
والصبح إذا أسفر
Waalssubhi itha asfara
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Innaha laihda alkubari
As a warning unto men,
نذيرا للبشر
Natheeran lilbashari
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Illa ashaba alyameeni
In gardens they will ask one another
في جنات يتساءلون
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
Concerning the guilty:
عن المجرمين
AAani almujrimeena
What hath brought you to this burning ?
ما سلككم في سقر
Ma salakakum fee saqara
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
Nor did we feed the wretched.
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
حتى أتانا اليقين
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
As they were frightened asses
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
Fleeing from a lion ?
فرت من قسورة
Farrat min qaswaratin
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, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
كلا إنه تذكرة
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
So whosoever will may heed.
فمن شاء ذكره
Faman shaa thakarahu
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