Chapter 74, 56 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
Arise and warn!
Qum faanthir
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
Thy Lord magnify,
Warabbaka fakabbir
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
Thy raiment purify,
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
Pollution shun!
Waalrrujza faohjur
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
Walirabbika faisbir
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
For when the trumpet shall sound,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And sons abiding in his presence
Wabaneena shuhoodan
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
And made (life) smooth for him.
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then looked he,
Thumma nathara
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then turned he away in pride
Thumma adbara waistakbara
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
Saosleehi saqara
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
Wama adraka ma saqaru
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
La tubqee wala tatharu
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
It shrivelleth the man.
Lawwahatun lilbashari
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Above 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.
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
Kalla waalqamari
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
And the night when it withdraweth
Waallayli ith adbara
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
Waalssubhi itha asfara
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Innaha laihda alkubari
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
As a warning unto men,
Natheeran lilbashari
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Illa ashaba alyameeni
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
In gardens they will ask one another
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Concerning the guilty:
AAani almujrimeena
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
What hath brought you to this burning ?
Ma salakakum fee saqara
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Nor did we feed the wretched.
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
As they were frightened asses
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Fleeing from a lion ?
Farrat min qaswaratin
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
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
So whosoever will may heed.
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.
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ