Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who are clothed!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
Arise and warn,
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn
Qum faanthir
And your Lord do magnify,
وربك فكبر
And your Lord glorify
Warabbaka fakabbir
And your garments do purify,
وثيابك فطهر
And your clothing purify
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And uncleanness do shun,
والرجز فاهجر
And uncleanliness avoid
Waalrrujza faohjur
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And do not confer favor to acquire more
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
ولربك فاصبر
But for your Lord be patient.
Walirabbika faisbir
For when the trumpet is sounded,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
And when the trumpet is blown,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That Day will be a difficult day
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
على الكافرين غير يسير
For the disbelievers - not easy.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me with the one I created alone
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
And give him vast riches,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And sons dwelling in his presence,
وبنين شهودا
And children present [with him]
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And yet he desires that I should add more!
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Then he desires that I should add more.
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
سأرهقه صعودا
I will cover him with arduous torment.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
Surely he reflected and guessed,
إنه فكر وقدر
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
فقتل كيف قدر
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Then he looked,
ثم نظر
Then he considered [again];
Thumma nathara
Then he frowned and scowled,
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and scowled;
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back and was arrogant
Thumma adbara waistakbara
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is not but the word of a human being."
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
I will cast him into hell.
سأصليه سقر
I will drive him into Saqar.
Saosleehi saqara
And what will make you realize what hell is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
Wama adraka ma saqaru
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
La tubqee wala tatharu
It scorches the mortal.
لواحة للبشر
Blackening the skins.
Lawwahatun lilbashari
Over it are nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
Over it are nineteen [angels].
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
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
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
Nay; I swear by the moon,
كلا والقمر
No! By the moon
Kalla waalqamari
And the night when it departs,
والليل إذ أدبر
And [by] the night when it departs
Waallayli ith adbara
And the daybreak when it shines;
والصبح إذا أسفر
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
Waalssubhi itha asfara
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
Innaha laihda alkubari
A warning to mortals,
نذيرا للبشر
As a warning to humanity -
Natheeran lilbashari
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Except the people of the right hand,
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the companions of the right,
Illa ashaba alyameeni
In gardens, they shall ask each other
في جنات يتساءلون
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
About the guilty:
عن المجرمين
About the criminals,
AAani almujrimeena
What has brought you into hell?
ما سلككم في سقر
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
Ma salakakum fee saqara
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
And we used not to feed the poor;
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
Till death overtook us.
حتى أتانا اليقين
Until there came to us the certainty."
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
As if they were asses taking fright
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were alarmed donkeys
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
That had fled from a lion?
فرت من قسورة
Fleeing from a lion?
Farrat min qaswaratin
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
كلا إنه تذكرة
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
So whoever pleases may mind it.
فمن شاء ذكره
Then whoever wills will remember it.
Faman shaa thakarahu
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 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