Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who are clothed!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
Arise and warn,
قم فأنذر
Arise and deliver thy warning!
Arise and warn!
And your Lord do magnify,
وربك فكبر
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
Thy Lord magnify,
And your garments do purify,
وثيابك فطهر
And thy garments keep free from stain!
Thy raiment purify,
And uncleanness do shun,
والرجز فاهجر
And all abomination shun!
Pollution shun!
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
ولا تمنن تستكثر
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
ولربك فاصبر
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
For when the trumpet is sounded,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
For when the trumpet shall sound,
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
على الكافرين غير يسير
Far from easy for those without Faith.
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
And give him vast riches,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And sons dwelling in his presence,
وبنين شهودا
And sons to be by his side! -
And sons abiding in his presence
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
ومهدت له تمهيدا
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
And made (life) smooth for him.
And yet he desires that I should add more!
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
سأرهقه صعودا
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
Surely he reflected and guessed,
إنه فكر وقدر
For he thought and he plotted; -
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
فقتل كيف قدر
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Then he looked,
ثم نظر
Then he looked round;
Then looked he,
Then he frowned and scowled,
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and he scowled;
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back and was haughty;
Then turned he away in pride
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
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
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
I will cast him into hell.
سأصليه سقر
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
And what will make you realize what hell is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
لا تبقي ولا تذر
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
It scorches the mortal.
لواحة للبشر
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
It shrivelleth the man.
Over it are nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
Over it are Nineteen.
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
And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers, - in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith, - and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.
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
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
Nay, by the Moon
And the night when it departs,
والليل إذ أدبر
And by the Night as it retreateth,
And the night when it withdraweth
And the daybreak when it shines;
والصبح إذا أسفر
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
إنها لإحدى الكبر
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
A warning to mortals,
نذيرا للبشر
A warning to mankind, -
As a warning unto men,
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -
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
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Except the people of the right hand,
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
In gardens, they shall ask each other
في جنات يتساءلون
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
In gardens they will ask one another
About the guilty:
عن المجرمين
And (ask) of the Sinners:
Concerning the guilty:
What has brought you into hell?
ما سلككم في سقر
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
What hath brought you to this burning ?
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;
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
And we used not to feed the poor;
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
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
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
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
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Till death overtook us.
حتى أتانا اليقين
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
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
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
As if they were asses taking fright
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were affrighted asses,
As they were frightened asses
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
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
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
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
So whoever pleases may mind it.
فمن شاء ذكره
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
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
But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.