Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who are clothed!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
Arise and warn,
Arise and warn!
Qum faanthir
And your Lord do magnify,
Thy Lord magnify,
Warabbaka fakabbir
And your garments do purify,
Thy raiment purify,
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And uncleanness do shun,
Pollution shun!
Waalrrujza faohjur
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
Walirabbika faisbir
For when the trumpet is sounded,
For when the trumpet shall sound,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
And give him vast riches,
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And sons abiding in his presence
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
And made (life) smooth for him.
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
Surely he reflected and guessed,
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Then he looked,
Then looked he,
Thumma nathara
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Then turned he away in pride
Thumma adbara waistakbara
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
I will cast him into hell.
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
Saosleehi saqara
And what will make you realize what hell is?
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
Wama adraka ma saqaru
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
La tubqee wala tatharu
It scorches the mortal.
It shrivelleth the man.
Lawwahatun lilbashari
Over it are nineteen.
Above it are nineteen.
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
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.
Wama jaAAalna ashaba alnnari illa malaikatan wama jaAAalna AAiddatahum illa fitnatan lillatheena kafaroo liyastayqina allatheena ootoo alkitaba wayazdada allatheena amanoo eemanan wala yartaba allatheena ootoo alkitaba waalmuminoona waliyaqoola allatheena fee quloobihim maradun waalkafiroona matha arada Allahu bihatha mathalan kathalika yudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashao wama yaAAlamu junooda rabbika illa huwa wama hiya illa thikra lilbashari
Nay; I swear by the moon,
Nay, by the Moon
Kalla waalqamari
And the night when it departs,
And the night when it withdraweth
Waallayli ith adbara
And the daybreak when it shines;
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
Waalssubhi itha asfara
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Innaha laihda alkubari
A warning to mortals,
As a warning unto men,
Natheeran lilbashari
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Except the people of the right hand,
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Illa ashaba alyameeni
In gardens, they shall ask each other
In gardens they will ask one another
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
About the guilty:
Concerning the guilty:
AAani almujrimeena
What has brought you into hell?
What hath brought you to this burning ?
Ma salakakum fee saqara
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
And we used not to feed the poor;
Nor did we feed the wretched.
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
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,
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
Till death overtook us.
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
As if they were asses taking fright
As they were frightened asses
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
That had fled from a lion?
Fleeing from a lion ?
Farrat min qaswaratin
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).
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
So whoever pleases may mind it.
So whosoever will may heed.
Faman shaa thakarahu
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.
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati