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