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 covers himself [with a garment],
Arise and warn!
Qum faanthir
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn
Thy Lord magnify,
Warabbaka fakabbir
وربك فكبر
And your Lord glorify
Thy raiment purify,
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
وثيابك فطهر
And your clothing purify
Pollution shun!
Waalrrujza faohjur
والرجز فاهجر
And uncleanliness avoid
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And do not confer favor to acquire more
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
Walirabbika faisbir
ولربك فاصبر
But for your Lord be patient.
For when the trumpet shall sound,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
فإذا نقر في الناقور
And when the trumpet is blown,
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That Day will be a difficult day
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
على الكافرين غير يسير
For the disbelievers - not easy.
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me with the one I created alone
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
And sons abiding in his presence
Wabaneena shuhoodan
وبنين شهودا
And children present [with him]
And made (life) smooth for him.
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Then 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
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
سأرهقه صعودا
I will cover him with arduous torment.
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
إنه فكر وقدر
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
فقتل كيف قدر
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Then looked he,
Thumma nathara
ثم نظر
Then he considered [again];
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 arrogant
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is not but the word of a human being."
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
Saosleehi saqara
سأصليه سقر
I will drive him into Saqar.
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
Wama adraka ma saqaru
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
La tubqee wala tatharu
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
It shrivelleth the man.
Lawwahatun lilbashari
لواحة للبشر
Blackening the skins.
Above it are nineteen.
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
عليها تسعة عشر
Over it are nineteen [angels].
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 keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is hypocrisy and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allah intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allah leave astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And mention of the Fire is not but a reminder to humanity.
Nay, by the Moon
Kalla waalqamari
كلا والقمر
No! By the moon
And the night when it withdraweth
Waallayli ith adbara
والليل إذ أدبر
And [by] the night when it departs
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
Waalssubhi itha asfara
والصبح إذا أسفر
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Innaha laihda alkubari
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
As a warning unto men,
Natheeran lilbashari
نذيرا للبشر
As a warning to humanity -
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 whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Illa ashaba alyameeni
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the companions of the right,
In gardens they will ask one another
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
في جنات يتساءلون
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
Concerning the guilty:
AAani almujrimeena
عن المجرمين
About the criminals,
What hath brought you to this burning ?
Ma salakakum fee saqara
ما سلككم في سقر
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
Nor did we feed the wretched.
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Nor did we used 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 engaged [in it],
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
حتى أتانا اليقين
Until there came to us the certainty."
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
As they were frightened asses
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were alarmed donkeys
Fleeing from a lion ?
Farrat min qaswaratin
فرت من قسورة
Fleeing 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
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
كلا إنه تذكرة
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
So whosoever will may heed.
Faman shaa thakarahu
فمن شاء ذكره
Then whoever wills will remember 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 remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.