Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who are clothed!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
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!
And your Lord glorify
And your garments do purify,
وثيابك فطهر
And thy garments keep free from stain!
And your clothing purify
And uncleanness do shun,
والرجز فاهجر
And all abomination shun!
And uncleanliness avoid
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
ولا تمنن تستكثر
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
And do not confer favor to acquire more
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
ولربك فاصبر
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
But for your Lord be patient.
For when the trumpet is sounded,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
And when the trumpet is blown,
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
That Day will be a difficult day
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
على الكافرين غير يسير
Far from easy for those without Faith.
For the disbelievers - not easy.
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 with the one I created alone
And give him vast riches,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
And sons dwelling in his presence,
وبنين شهودا
And sons to be by his side! -
And children present [with him]
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
ومهدت له تمهيدا
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
And yet he desires that I should add more!
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
Then he desires that I should add 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!
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
سأرهقه صعودا
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
I will cover him with arduous torment.
Surely he reflected and guessed,
إنه فكر وقدر
For he thought and he plotted; -
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
فقتل كيف قدر
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Then he looked,
ثم نظر
Then he looked round;
Then he considered [again];
Then he frowned and scowled,
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and he scowled;
Then he frowned and scowled;
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back and was haughty;
Then he turned back and was arrogant
~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 not but magic imitated [from others].
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 not but the word of a human being."
I will cast him into hell.
سأصليه سقر
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
I will drive him into Saqar.
And what will make you realize what hell is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
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 lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
It scorches the mortal.
لواحة للبشر
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
Blackening the skins.
Over it are nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
Over 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
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.
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, verily: By the Moon,
No! By the moon
And the night when it departs,
والليل إذ أدبر
And by the Night as it retreateth,
And [by] the night when it departs
And the daybreak when it shines;
والصبح إذا أسفر
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
إنها لإحدى الكبر
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
A warning to mortals,
نذيرا للبشر
A warning to mankind, -
As a warning to humanity -
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; -
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 will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Except the people of the right hand,
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
Except the companions of the right,
In gardens, they shall ask each other
في جنات يتساءلون
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
About the guilty:
عن المجرمين
And (ask) of the Sinners:
About the criminals,
What has brought you into hell?
ما سلككم في سقر
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
[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 say: "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 were we of those who fed the indigent;
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
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
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
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
Until there came to us the certainty."
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
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
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -
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 if they were affrighted 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
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
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
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
So whoever pleases may mind it.
فمن شاء ذكره
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
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
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 remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.