Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who are clothed!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
Arise and warn,
Arise and warn!
قم فأنذر
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
And your Lord do magnify,
Thy Lord magnify,
وربك فكبر
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
And your garments do purify,
Thy raiment purify,
وثيابك فطهر
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
And uncleanness do shun,
Pollution shun!
والرجز فاهجر
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
ولا تمنن تستكثر
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
ولربك فاصبر
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
For when the trumpet is sounded,
For when the trumpet shall sound,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
على الكافرين غير يسير
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
And give him vast riches,
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And sons abiding in his presence
وبنين شهودا
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
And made (life) smooth for him.
ومهدت له تمهيدا
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
سأرهقه صعودا
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
Surely he reflected and guessed,
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
إنه فكر وقدر
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
فقتل كيف قدر
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
ثم قتل كيف قدر
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then he looked,
Then looked he,
ثم نظر
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
ثم عبس وبسر
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Then turned he away in pride
ثم أدبر واستكبر
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
I will cast him into hell.
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
سأصليه سقر
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
And what will make you realize what hell is?
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
وما أدراك ما سقر
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
لا تبقي ولا تذر
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
It scorches the mortal.
It shrivelleth the man.
لواحة للبشر
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Over it are nineteen.
Above it are nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
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.
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.
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
وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًا وَ
Nay; I swear by the moon,
Nay, by the Moon
كلا والقمر
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
And the night when it departs,
And the night when it withdraweth
والليل إذ أدبر
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And the daybreak when it shines;
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
والصبح إذا أسفر
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
إنها لإحدى الكبر
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
A warning to mortals,
As a warning unto men,
نذيرا للبشر
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Except the people of the right hand,
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
إلا أصحاب اليمين
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
In gardens, they shall ask each other
In gardens they will ask one another
في جنات يتساءلون
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
About the guilty:
Concerning the guilty:
عن المجرمين
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
What has brought you into hell?
What hath brought you to this burning ?
ما سلككم في سقر
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
And we used not to feed the poor;
Nor did we feed the wretched.
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Till death overtook us.
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
حتى أتانا اليقين
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
As if they were asses taking fright
As they were frightened asses
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
That had fled from a lion?
Fleeing from a lion ?
فرت من قسورة
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
كلا إنه تذكرة
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
So whoever pleases may mind it.
So whosoever will may heed.
فمن شاء ذكره
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.
وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ