Chapter 74, 56 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
O you who are clothed!
Arise and warn!
Qum faanthir
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn,
Thy Lord magnify,
Warabbaka fakabbir
وربك فكبر
And your Lord do magnify,
Thy raiment purify,
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
وثيابك فطهر
And your garments do purify,
Pollution shun!
Waalrrujza faohjur
والرجز فاهجر
And uncleanness do shun,
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
Walirabbika faisbir
ولربك فاصبر
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
For when the trumpet shall sound,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
فإذا نقر في الناقور
For when the trumpet is sounded,
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
على الكافرين غير يسير
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And give him vast riches,
And sons abiding in his presence
Wabaneena shuhoodan
وبنين شهودا
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And made (life) smooth for him.
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
سأرهقه صعودا
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
إنه فكر وقدر
Surely he reflected and guessed,
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
فقتل كيف قدر
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Then looked he,
Thumma nathara
ثم نظر
Then he looked,
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then turned he away in pride
Thumma adbara waistakbara
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
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.
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
Saosleehi saqara
سأصليه سقر
I will cast him into hell.
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
Wama adraka ma saqaru
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what will make you realize what hell is?
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
La tubqee wala tatharu
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
It shrivelleth the man.
Lawwahatun lilbashari
لواحة للبشر
It scorches the mortal.
Above it are nineteen.
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
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.
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
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
Kalla waalqamari
كلا والقمر
Nay; I swear by the moon,
And the night when it withdraweth
Waallayli ith adbara
والليل إذ أدبر
And the night when it departs,
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
Waalssubhi itha asfara
والصبح إذا أسفر
And the daybreak when it shines;
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Innaha laihda alkubari
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
As a warning unto men,
Natheeran lilbashari
نذيرا للبشر
A warning to mortals,
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
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;
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Illa ashaba alyameeni
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the people of the right hand,
In gardens they will ask one another
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
في جنات يتساءلون
In gardens, they shall ask each other
Concerning the guilty:
AAani almujrimeena
عن المجرمين
About the guilty:
What hath brought you to this burning ?
Ma salakakum fee saqara
ما سلككم في سقر
What has brought you into hell?
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
Nor did we feed the wretched.
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
And we used not to feed the poor;
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
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,
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
حتى أتانا اليقين
Till death overtook us.
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
As they were frightened asses
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were asses taking fright
Fleeing from a lion ?
Farrat min qaswaratin
فرت من قسورة
That had fled from a lion?
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
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.
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
So whosoever will may heed.
Faman shaa thakarahu
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.
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati
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.