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 thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
Arise and warn,
Arise and warn!
قم فأنذر
Arise and deliver thy warning!
And your Lord do magnify,
Thy Lord magnify,
وربك فكبر
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
And your garments do purify,
Thy raiment purify,
وثيابك فطهر
And thy garments keep free from stain!
And uncleanness do shun,
Pollution shun!
والرجز فاهجر
And all abomination shun!
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
ولا تمنن تستكثر
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
ولربك فاصبر
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
For when the trumpet is sounded,
For when the trumpet shall sound,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
على الكافرين غير يسير
Far from easy for those without Faith.
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
And give him vast riches,
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And sons abiding in his presence
وبنين شهودا
And sons to be by his side! -
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
And made (life) smooth for him.
ومهدت له تمهيدا
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet 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
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
سأرهقه صعودا
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
Surely he reflected and guessed,
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
إنه فكر وقدر
For he thought and he plotted; -
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
فقتل كيف قدر
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
Then he looked,
Then looked he,
ثم نظر
Then he looked round;
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and he 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 haughty;
~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
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
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 nothing but the word of a mortal!"
I will cast him into hell.
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
سأصليه سقر
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
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 will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
لا تبقي ولا تذر
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
It scorches the mortal.
It shrivelleth the man.
لواحة للبشر
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
Over it are nineteen.
Above it are nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
Over 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.
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 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.
Nay; I swear by the moon,
Nay, by the Moon
كلا والقمر
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
And the night when it departs,
And the night when it withdraweth
والليل إذ أدبر
And by the Night as it retreateth,
And the daybreak when it shines;
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
والصبح إذا أسفر
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
إنها لإحدى الكبر
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
A warning to mortals,
As a warning unto men,
نذيرا للبشر
A warning to mankind, -
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 any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow 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 will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
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 Hand.
In gardens, they shall ask each other
In gardens they will ask one another
في جنات يتساءلون
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
About the guilty:
Concerning the guilty:
عن المجرمين
And (ask) of the Sinners:
What has brought you into hell?
What hath brought you to this burning ?
ما سلككم في سقر
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
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 were we of those who fed the indigent;
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
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
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 Judgment,
Till death overtook us.
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
حتى أتانا اليقين
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
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 turn away from admonition? -
As if they were asses taking fright
As they were frightened asses
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were affrighted asses,
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
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
So whoever pleases may mind it.
So whosoever will may heed.
فمن شاء ذكره
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
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
But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.