Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who are clothed!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
Arise and warn,
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn!
Arise and warn
And your Lord do magnify,
وربك فكبر
Thy Lord magnify,
And your Lord glorify
And your garments do purify,
وثيابك فطهر
Thy raiment purify,
And your clothing purify
And uncleanness do shun,
والرجز فاهجر
Pollution shun!
And uncleanliness avoid
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
And do not confer favor to acquire more
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
ولربك فاصبر
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
But for your Lord be patient.
For when the trumpet is sounded,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
For when the trumpet shall sound,
And when the trumpet is blown,
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
That Day will be a difficult day
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
على الكافرين غير يسير
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
For the disbelievers - not easy.
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
Leave Me with the one I created alone
And give him vast riches,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
And sons dwelling in his presence,
وبنين شهودا
And sons abiding in his presence
And children present [with him]
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And made (life) smooth for him.
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
And yet he desires that I should add more!
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
Then he desires that I should add more.
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
سأرهقه صعودا
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
I will cover him with arduous torment.
Surely he reflected and guessed,
إنه فكر وقدر
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
فقتل كيف قدر
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Then he looked,
ثم نظر
Then looked he,
Then he considered [again];
Then he frowned and scowled,
ثم عبس وبسر
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he frowned and scowled;
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then turned he away in pride
Then he turned back and was arrogant
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
This is not but the word of a human being."
I will cast him into hell.
سأصليه سقر
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
I will drive him into Saqar.
And what will make you realize what hell is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
It scorches the mortal.
لواحة للبشر
It shrivelleth the man.
Blackening the skins.
Over it are nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
Above it are nineteen.
Over it are nineteen [angels].
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.
وما جعلنا أصحاب النار إلا ملائكة ۙ وما جعلنا عدتهم إلا فتنة للذين كفروا ليستيقن الذين أوتوا الكتاب ويزداد الذين آمنوا إيمانا ۙ ولا يرتاب الذين أوتوا الكتاب والمؤمنون ۙ وليقول الذين في قلوبهم مرض والكافرون ماذا أراد الله بهذا مثلا ۚ كذلك يضل الله من يشاء ويهدي من يشاء ۚ وما يعلم جنود ربك إلا هو ۚ وما هي إلا ذكرى للبشر
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.
Nay; I swear by the moon,
كلا والقمر
Nay, by the Moon
No! By the moon
And the night when it departs,
والليل إذ أدبر
And the night when it withdraweth
And [by] the night when it departs
And the daybreak when it shines;
والصبح إذا أسفر
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
A warning to mortals,
نذيرا للبشر
As a warning unto men,
As a warning to humanity -
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Except the people of the right hand,
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Except the companions of the right,
In gardens, they shall ask each other
في جنات يتساءلون
In gardens they will ask one another
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
About the guilty:
عن المجرمين
Concerning the guilty:
About the criminals,
What has brought you into hell?
ما سلككم في سقر
What hath brought you to this burning ?
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
And we used not to feed the poor;
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Nor did we feed the wretched.
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
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 call the day of judgment a lie;
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
Till death overtook us.
حتى أتانا اليقين
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Until there came to us the certainty."
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
As if they were asses taking fright
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As they were frightened asses
As if they were alarmed donkeys
That had fled from a lion?
فرت من قسورة
Fleeing from a lion ?
Fleeing from a lion?
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
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! but they do not fear the hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
So whoever pleases may mind it.
فمن شاء ذكره
So whosoever will may heed.
Then whoever wills will remember it.
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة
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.