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