Chapter 74, 56 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
O you who are clothed!
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
Arise and warn!
Arise and warn
Arise and warn,
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
Thy Lord magnify,
And your Lord glorify
And your Lord do magnify,
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
Thy raiment purify,
And your clothing purify
And your garments do purify,
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
Pollution shun!
And uncleanliness avoid
And uncleanness do shun,
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
And do not confer favor to acquire more
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
But for your Lord be patient.
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
For when the trumpet shall sound,
And when the trumpet is blown,
For when the trumpet is sounded,
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
That Day will be a difficult day
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
For the disbelievers - not easy.
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
Leave Me with the one I created alone
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
And give him vast riches,
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And sons abiding in his presence
And children present [with him]
And sons dwelling in his presence,
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
And made (life) smooth for him.
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
Then he desires that I should add more.
And yet he desires that I should add more!
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
I will cover him with arduous torment.
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
Surely he reflected and guessed,
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then looked he,
Then he considered [again];
Then he looked,
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he frowned and scowled;
Then he frowned and scowled,
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then turned he away in pride
Then he turned back and was arrogant
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
~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.
This is not but the word of a human being."
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
I will drive him into Saqar.
I will cast him into hell.
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
And what will make you realize what hell is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
It shrivelleth the man.
Blackening the skins.
It scorches the mortal.
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Above it are nineteen.
Over it are nineteen [angels].
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.
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.
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
No! By the moon
Nay; I swear by the moon,
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
And the night when it withdraweth
And [by] the night when it departs
And the night when it departs,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
And the daybreak when it shines;
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
As a warning unto men,
As a warning to humanity -
A warning to mortals,
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
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;
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Except the companions of the right,
Except the people of the right hand,
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
In gardens they will ask one another
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
In gardens, they shall ask each other
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Concerning the guilty:
About the criminals,
About the guilty:
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
What hath brought you to this burning ?
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
What has brought you into hell?
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Nor did we feed the wretched.
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
And we used not to feed the poor;
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
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,
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Until there came to us the certainty."
Till death overtook us.
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
As they were frightened asses
As if they were alarmed donkeys
As if they were asses taking fright
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Fleeing from a lion ?
Fleeing from a lion?
That had fled from a lion?
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
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.
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
So whosoever will may heed.
Then whoever wills will remember it.
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.
And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.
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