Kitab

Al Muddathth

Chapter 74, 56 verses

  • Shakir
  • Arabic
  • Transliteration
  • Word by word
Shakir

O you who are clothed!

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر

Transliteration

Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

Word by word

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ

Shakir

Arise and warn,

Arabic

قم فأنذر

Transliteration

Qum faanthir

Word by word

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ

Shakir

And your Lord do magnify,

Arabic

وربك فكبر

Transliteration

Warabbaka fakabbir

Word by word

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ

Shakir

And your garments do purify,

Arabic

وثيابك فطهر

Transliteration

Wathiyabaka fatahhir

Word by word

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ

Shakir

And uncleanness do shun,

Arabic

والرجز فاهجر

Transliteration

Waalrrujza faohjur

Word by word

وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ

Shakir

And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,

Arabic

ولا تمنن تستكثر

Transliteration

Wala tamnun tastakthiru

Word by word

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ

Shakir

And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.

Arabic

ولربك فاصبر

Transliteration

Walirabbika faisbir

Word by word

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ

Shakir

For when the trumpet is sounded,

Arabic

فإذا نقر في الناقور

Transliteration

Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

Word by word

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ

Shakir

That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,

Arabic

فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير

Transliteration

Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

Word by word

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

Shakir

For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

Arabic

على الكافرين غير يسير

Transliteration

AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

Word by word

عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ

Shakir

Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

Arabic

ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا

Transliteration

Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

Word by word

ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا

Shakir

And give him vast riches,

Arabic

وجعلت له مالا ممدودا

Transliteration

WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

Word by word

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا

Shakir

And sons dwelling in his presence,

Arabic

وبنين شهودا

Transliteration

Wabaneena shuhoodan

Word by word

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا

Shakir

And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

Arabic

ومهدت له تمهيدا

Transliteration

Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

Word by word

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا

Shakir

And yet he desires that I should add more!

Arabic

ثم يطمع أن أزيد

Transliteration

Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

Word by word

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ

Shakir

By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.

Arabic

كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا

Transliteration

Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

Word by word

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا

Shakir

I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

Arabic

سأرهقه صعودا

Transliteration

Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

Word by word

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

Shakir

Surely he reflected and guessed,

Arabic

إنه فكر وقدر

Transliteration

Innahu fakkara waqaddara

Word by word

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

Shakir

But may he be cursed how he plotted;

Arabic

فقتل كيف قدر

Transliteration

Faqutila kayfa qaddara

Word by word

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

Shakir

Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

Arabic

ثم قتل كيف قدر

Transliteration

Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

Word by word

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

Shakir

Then he looked,

Arabic

ثم نظر

Transliteration

Thumma nathara

Word by word

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

Shakir

Then he frowned and scowled,

Arabic

ثم عبس وبسر

Transliteration

Thumma AAabasa wabasara

Word by word

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

Shakir

Then he turned back and was big with pride,

Arabic

ثم أدبر واستكبر

Transliteration

Thumma adbara waistakbara

Word by word

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

Shakir

~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);

Arabic

فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر

Transliteration

Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

Word by word

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ

Shakir

This is naught but the word of a mortal.

Arabic

إن هذا إلا قول البشر

Transliteration

In hatha illa qawlu albashari

Word by word

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

Shakir

I will cast him into hell.

Arabic

سأصليه سقر

Transliteration

Saosleehi saqara

Word by word

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

Shakir

And what will make you realize what hell is?

Arabic

وما أدراك ما سقر

Transliteration

Wama adraka ma saqaru

Word by word

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

Shakir

It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

Arabic

لا تبقي ولا تذر

Transliteration

La tubqee wala tatharu

Word by word

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ

Shakir

It scorches the mortal.

Arabic

لواحة للبشر

Transliteration

Lawwahatun lilbashari

Word by word

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ

Shakir

Over it are nineteen.

Arabic

عليها تسعة عشر

Transliteration

AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

Word by word

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

Shakir

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.

Arabic

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

Transliteration

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

Word by word

وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًا وَ

Shakir

Nay; I swear by the moon,

Arabic

كلا والقمر

Transliteration

Kalla waalqamari

Word by word

كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ

Shakir

And the night when it departs,

Arabic

والليل إذ أدبر

Transliteration

Waallayli ith adbara

Word by word

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

Shakir

And the daybreak when it shines;

Arabic

والصبح إذا أسفر

Transliteration

Waalssubhi itha asfara

Word by word

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ

Shakir

Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),

Arabic

إنها لإحدى الكبر

Transliteration

Innaha laihda alkubari

Word by word

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ

Shakir

A warning to mortals,

Arabic

نذيرا للبشر

Transliteration

Natheeran lilbashari

Word by word

نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ

Shakir

To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.

Arabic

لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر

Transliteration

Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

Word by word

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

Shakir

Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,

Arabic

كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة

Transliteration

Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

Word by word

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

Shakir

Except the people of the right hand,

Arabic

إلا أصحاب اليمين

Transliteration

Illa ashaba alyameeni

Word by word

إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ

Shakir

In gardens, they shall ask each other

Arabic

في جنات يتساءلون

Transliteration

Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

Word by word

فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

Shakir

About the guilty:

Arabic

عن المجرمين

Transliteration

AAani almujrimeena

Word by word

عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Shakir

What has brought you into hell?

Arabic

ما سلككم في سقر

Transliteration

Ma salakakum fee saqara

Word by word

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ

Shakir

They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;

Arabic

قالوا لم نك من المصلين

Transliteration

Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

Word by word

قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

Shakir

And we used not to feed the poor;

Arabic

ولم نك نطعم المسكين

Transliteration

Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

Word by word

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

Shakir

And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.

Arabic

وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين

Transliteration

Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

Word by word

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

Shakir

And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;

Arabic

وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين

Transliteration

Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

Word by word

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Shakir

Till death overtook us.

Arabic

حتى أتانا اليقين

Transliteration

Hatta atana alyaqeenu

Word by word

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

Shakir

So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

Arabic

فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين

Transliteration

Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

Word by word

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ

Shakir

What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition

Arabic

فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين

Transliteration

Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

Word by word

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

Shakir

As if they were asses taking fright

Arabic

كأنهم حمر مستنفرة

Transliteration

Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

Word by word

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ

Shakir

That had fled from a lion?

Arabic

فرت من قسورة

Transliteration

Farrat min qaswaratin

Word by word

فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ

Shakir

Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;

Arabic

بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة

Transliteration

Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

Word by word

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً

Shakir

Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

Arabic

كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة

Transliteration

Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

Word by word

كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ

Shakir

Nay! it is surely an admonition.

Arabic

كلا إنه تذكرة

Transliteration

Kalla innahu tathkiratun

Word by word

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ

Shakir

So whoever pleases may mind it.

Arabic

فمن شاء ذكره

Transliteration

Faman shaa thakarahu

Word by word

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

Shakir

And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.

Arabic

وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة

Transliteration

Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati

Word by word

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ

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