Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who are clothed!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
Arise and warn,
قم فأنذر
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn!
And your Lord do magnify,
وربك فكبر
Warabbaka fakabbir
Thy Lord magnify,
And your garments do purify,
وثيابك فطهر
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
Thy raiment purify,
And uncleanness do shun,
والرجز فاهجر
Waalrrujza faohjur
Pollution shun!
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
ولا تمنن تستكثر
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
ولربك فاصبر
Walirabbika faisbir
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
For when the trumpet is sounded,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
For when the trumpet shall sound,
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
على الكافرين غير يسير
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
And give him vast riches,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And sons dwelling in his presence,
وبنين شهودا
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And sons abiding in his presence
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
ومهدت له تمهيدا
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And made (life) smooth for him.
And yet he desires that I should add more!
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
سأرهقه صعودا
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
Surely he reflected and guessed,
إنه فكر وقدر
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
فقتل كيف قدر
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Then he looked,
ثم نظر
Thumma nathara
Then looked he,
Then he frowned and scowled,
ثم عبس وبسر
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Thumma adbara waistakbara
Then turned he away in pride
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
I will cast him into hell.
سأصليه سقر
Saosleehi saqara
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
And what will make you realize what hell is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
Wama adraka ma saqaru
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
لا تبقي ولا تذر
La tubqee wala tatharu
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
It scorches the mortal.
لواحة للبشر
Lawwahatun lilbashari
It shrivelleth the man.
Over it are nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
Above it are nineteen.
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
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
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.
Nay; I swear by the moon,
كلا والقمر
Kalla waalqamari
Nay, by the Moon
And the night when it departs,
والليل إذ أدبر
Waallayli ith adbara
And the night when it withdraweth
And the daybreak when it shines;
والصبح إذا أسفر
Waalssubhi itha asfara
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Innaha laihda alkubari
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
A warning to mortals,
نذيرا للبشر
Natheeran lilbashari
As a warning unto men,
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Except the people of the right hand,
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
In gardens, they shall ask each other
في جنات يتساءلون
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
In gardens they will ask one another
About the guilty:
عن المجرمين
AAani almujrimeena
Concerning the guilty:
What has brought you into hell?
ما سلككم في سقر
Ma salakakum fee saqara
What hath brought you to this burning ?
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
And we used not to feed the poor;
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
Nor did we feed the wretched.
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Till death overtook us.
حتى أتانا اليقين
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
As if they were asses taking fright
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As they were frightened asses
That had fled from a lion?
فرت من قسورة
Farrat min qaswaratin
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
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
كلا إنه تذكرة
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
So whoever pleases may mind it.
فمن شاء ذكره
Faman shaa thakarahu
So whosoever will may heed.
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
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.