Chapter 74, 56 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
O you who are clothed!
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
Arise and warn!
Arise and warn,
Qum faanthir
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
Thy Lord magnify,
And your Lord do magnify,
Warabbaka fakabbir
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
Thy raiment purify,
And your garments do purify,
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
Pollution shun!
And uncleanness do shun,
Waalrrujza faohjur
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
Walirabbika faisbir
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
For when the trumpet shall sound,
For when the trumpet is sounded,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And give him vast riches,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And sons abiding in his presence
And sons dwelling in his presence,
Wabaneena shuhoodan
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
And made (life) smooth for him.
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Surely he reflected and guessed,
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then looked he,
Then he looked,
Thumma nathara
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he frowned and scowled,
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then turned he away in pride
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Thumma adbara waistakbara
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
I will cast him into hell.
Saosleehi saqara
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
And what will make you realize what hell is?
Wama adraka ma saqaru
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
La tubqee wala tatharu
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
It shrivelleth the man.
It scorches the mortal.
Lawwahatun lilbashari
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Above it are nineteen.
Over it are nineteen.
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
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.
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.
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
وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًا وَ
Nay, by the Moon
Nay; I swear by the moon,
Kalla waalqamari
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
And the night when it withdraweth
And the night when it departs,
Waallayli ith adbara
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
And the daybreak when it shines;
Waalssubhi itha asfara
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Innaha laihda alkubari
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
As a warning unto men,
A warning to mortals,
Natheeran lilbashari
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Except the people of the right hand,
Illa ashaba alyameeni
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
In gardens they will ask one another
In gardens, they shall ask each other
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Concerning the guilty:
About the guilty:
AAani almujrimeena
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
What hath brought you to this burning ?
What has brought you into hell?
Ma salakakum fee saqara
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Nor did we feed the wretched.
And we used not to feed the poor;
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Till death overtook us.
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
As they were frightened asses
As if they were asses taking fright
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Fleeing from a lion ?
That had fled from a lion?
Farrat min qaswaratin
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
So whosoever will may heed.
So whoever pleases may mind it.
Faman shaa thakarahu
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ