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 covers himself [with a garment],
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
Arise and warn!
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
Thy Lord magnify,
Warabbaka fakabbir
And your Lord glorify
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
Thy raiment purify,
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And your clothing purify
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
Pollution shun!
Waalrrujza faohjur
And uncleanliness avoid
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And do not confer favor to acquire more
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
Walirabbika faisbir
But for your Lord be patient.
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
For when the trumpet shall sound,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
And when the trumpet is blown,
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
That Day will be a difficult day
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
For the disbelievers - not easy.
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
Leave Me with the one I created alone
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And sons abiding in his presence
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And children present [with him]
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
And made (life) smooth for him.
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
Then 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
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
I will cover him with arduous torment.
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then looked he,
Thumma nathara
Then he considered [again];
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 arrogant
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
This is not but the word of a human being."
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
Saosleehi saqara
I will drive him into Saqar.
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
Wama adraka ma saqaru
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
La tubqee wala tatharu
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
It shrivelleth the man.
Lawwahatun lilbashari
Blackening the skins.
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Above it are nineteen.
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
Over it are nineteen [angels].
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 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.
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
No! By the moon
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
And the night when it withdraweth
Waallayli ith adbara
And [by] the night when it departs
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
Waalssubhi itha asfara
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Innaha laihda alkubari
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
As a warning unto men,
Natheeran lilbashari
As a warning to humanity -
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Except the companions of the right,
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
In gardens they will ask one another
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Concerning the guilty:
AAani almujrimeena
About the criminals,
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
What hath brought you to this burning ?
Ma salakakum fee saqara
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Nor did we feed the wretched.
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
Nor did we used 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 engaged [in it],
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
Until there came to us the certainty."
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
As they were frightened asses
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As if they were alarmed donkeys
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Fleeing from a lion ?
Farrat min qaswaratin
Fleeing 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
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
So whosoever will may heed.
Faman shaa thakarahu
Then whoever wills will remember 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 remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ