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
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
Arise and warn,
Arise and warn!
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn
And your Lord do magnify,
Thy Lord magnify,
وربك فكبر
And your Lord glorify
And your garments do purify,
Thy raiment purify,
وثيابك فطهر
And your clothing purify
And uncleanness do shun,
Pollution shun!
والرجز فاهجر
And uncleanliness avoid
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And do not confer favor to acquire more
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
ولربك فاصبر
But for your Lord be patient.
For when the trumpet is sounded,
For when the trumpet shall sound,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
And when the trumpet is blown,
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That Day will be a difficult day
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
على الكافرين غير يسير
For the disbelievers - not easy.
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me with the one I created alone
And give him vast riches,
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And sons abiding in his presence
وبنين شهودا
And children present [with him]
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
And made (life) smooth for him.
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Then he desires that I should add more.
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
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
سأرهقه صعودا
I will cover him with arduous torment.
Surely he reflected and guessed,
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
إنه فكر وقدر
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
فقتل كيف قدر
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Then he looked,
Then looked he,
ثم نظر
Then he considered [again];
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and scowled;
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Then turned he away in pride
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back and was arrogant
~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
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is not but the word of a human being."
I will cast him into hell.
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
سأصليه سقر
I will drive him into Saqar.
And what will make you realize what hell is?
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
It scorches the mortal.
It shrivelleth the man.
لواحة للبشر
Blackening the skins.
Over it are nineteen.
Above it are nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
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.
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
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,
Nay, by the Moon
كلا والقمر
No! By the moon
And the night when it departs,
And the night when it withdraweth
والليل إذ أدبر
And [by] the night when it departs
And the daybreak when it shines;
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
والصبح إذا أسفر
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
A warning to mortals,
As a warning unto men,
نذيرا للبشر
As a warning to humanity -
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
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Except the people of the right hand,
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the companions of the right,
In gardens, they shall ask each other
In gardens they will ask one another
في جنات يتساءلون
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
About the guilty:
Concerning the guilty:
عن المجرمين
About the criminals,
What has brought you into hell?
What hath brought you to this burning ?
ما سلككم في سقر
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
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
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
And we used not to feed the poor;
Nor did we feed the wretched.
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
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
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;
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
Till death overtook us.
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
حتى أتانا اليقين
Until there came to us the certainty."
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
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
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
As if they were asses taking fright
As they were frightened asses
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were alarmed donkeys
That had fled from a lion?
Fleeing from a lion ?
فرت من قسورة
Fleeing from a lion?
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
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
كلا إنه تذكرة
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
So whoever pleases may mind it.
So whosoever will may heed.
فمن شاء ذكره
Then whoever wills will remember it.
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
And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.