Al Muddathth

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

Transliteration

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

Yusuf Ali

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

Pickthall

2 Arise and warn!

Transliteration

2 Qum faanthir

Yusuf Ali

2 Arise and deliver thy warning!

Pickthall

3 Thy Lord magnify,

Transliteration

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

Yusuf Ali

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

Pickthall

4 Thy raiment purify,

Transliteration

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

Yusuf Ali

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

Pickthall

5 Pollution shun!

Transliteration

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

Yusuf Ali

5 And all abomination shun!

Pickthall

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

Transliteration

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

Yusuf Ali

6 Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!

Pickthall

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

Transliteration

7 Walirabbika faisbir

Yusuf Ali

7 But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!

Pickthall

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

Transliteration

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

Yusuf Ali

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

Pickthall

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

Transliteration

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

Yusuf Ali

9 That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -

Pickthall

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

Transliteration

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

Yusuf Ali

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

Pickthall

11 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,

Transliteration

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

Yusuf Ali

11 Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -

Pickthall

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

Transliteration

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

Yusuf Ali

12 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

Pickthall

13 And sons abiding in his presence

Transliteration

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

Yusuf Ali

13 And sons to be by his side! -

Pickthall

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

Transliteration

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

Yusuf Ali

14 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!

Pickthall

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

Transliteration

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

Yusuf Ali

15 Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -

Pickthall

16 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

Transliteration

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

Yusuf Ali

16 By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!

Pickthall

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

Transliteration

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

Yusuf Ali

17 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!

Pickthall

18 For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

Transliteration

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

Yusuf Ali

18 For he thought and he plotted; -

Pickthall

19 (Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!

Transliteration

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

Yusuf Ali

19 And woe to him! How he plotted! -

Pickthall

20 Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -

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20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

Yusuf Ali

20 Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -

Pickthall

21 Then looked he,

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21 Thumma nathara

Yusuf Ali

21 Then he looked round;

Pickthall

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

Transliteration

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

Yusuf Ali

22 Then he frowned and he scowled;

Pickthall

23 Then turned he away in pride

Transliteration

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

Yusuf Ali

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

Pickthall

24 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

Transliteration

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

Yusuf Ali

24 Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;

Pickthall

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

Transliteration

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

Yusuf Ali

25 "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

Pickthall

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

Transliteration

26 Saosleehi saqara

Yusuf Ali

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

Pickthall

27 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

Transliteration

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

Yusuf Ali

27 And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?

Pickthall

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

Transliteration

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

Yusuf Ali

28 Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -

Pickthall

29 It shrivelleth the man.

Transliteration

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

Yusuf Ali

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

Pickthall

30 Above it are nineteen.

Transliteration

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

Yusuf Ali

30 Over it are Nineteen.

Pickthall

31 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.

Transliteration

31 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

Yusuf Ali

31 And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers, - in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith, - and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.

Pickthall

32 Nay, by the Moon

Transliteration

32 Kalla waalqamari

Yusuf Ali

32 Nay, verily: By the Moon,

Pickthall

33 And the night when it withdraweth

Transliteration

33 Waallayli ith adbara

Yusuf Ali

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

Pickthall

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

Transliteration

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

Yusuf Ali

34 And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -

Pickthall

35 Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

Transliteration

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

Yusuf Ali

35 This is but one of the mighty (portents),

Pickthall

36 As a warning unto men,

Transliteration

36 Natheeran lilbashari

Yusuf Ali

36 A warning to mankind, -

Pickthall

37 Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

Transliteration

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

Yusuf Ali

37 To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -

Pickthall

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

Transliteration

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

Yusuf Ali

38 Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.

Pickthall

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

Transliteration

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

Yusuf Ali

39 Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

Pickthall

40 In gardens they will ask one another

Transliteration

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

Yusuf Ali

40 (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,

Pickthall

41 Concerning the guilty:

Transliteration

41 AAani almujrimeena

Yusuf Ali

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

Pickthall

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

Transliteration

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

Yusuf Ali

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

Pickthall

43 They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

Transliteration

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

Yusuf Ali

43 They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;

Pickthall

44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

Transliteration

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

Yusuf Ali

44 "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;

Pickthall

45 We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

Transliteration

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

Yusuf Ali

45 "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;

Pickthall

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

Transliteration

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

Yusuf Ali

46 "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

Pickthall

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

Transliteration

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

Yusuf Ali

47 "Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."

Pickthall

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

Transliteration

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

Yusuf Ali

48 Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

Pickthall

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

Transliteration

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

Yusuf Ali

49 Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -

Pickthall

50 As they were frightened asses

Transliteration

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

Yusuf Ali

50 As if they were affrighted asses,

Pickthall

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

Transliteration

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

Yusuf Ali

51 Fleeing from a lion!

Pickthall

52 Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

Transliteration

52 Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

Yusuf Ali

52 Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

Pickthall

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

Transliteration

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

Yusuf Ali

53 By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,

Pickthall

54 Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

Transliteration

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

Yusuf Ali

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

Pickthall

55 So whosoever will may heed.

Transliteration

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

Yusuf Ali

55 Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

Pickthall

56 And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.

Transliteration

56 Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati

Yusuf Ali

56 But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.