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