Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who are clothed!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
Arise and warn,
Arise and warn!
Arise and warn
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
And your Lord do magnify,
Thy Lord magnify,
And your Lord glorify
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
And your garments do purify,
Thy raiment purify,
And your clothing purify
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
And uncleanness do shun,
Pollution shun!
And uncleanliness avoid
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
And do not confer favor to acquire more
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
But for your Lord be patient.
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
For when the trumpet is sounded,
For when the trumpet shall sound,
And when the trumpet is blown,
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
That Day will be a difficult day
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
For the disbelievers - not easy.
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
Leave Me with the one I created alone
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
And give him vast riches,
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And sons abiding in his presence
And children present [with him]
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
And made (life) smooth for him.
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
Then he desires that I should add more.
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
I will cover him with arduous torment.
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
Surely he reflected and guessed,
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then he looked,
Then looked he,
Then he considered [again];
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he frowned and scowled;
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Then turned he away in pride
Then he turned back and was arrogant
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;
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
This is not but the word of a human being."
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
I will cast him into hell.
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
I will drive him into Saqar.
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
And what will make you realize what hell is?
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
It scorches the mortal.
It shrivelleth the man.
Blackening the skins.
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Over it are nineteen.
Above it are nineteen.
Over it are nineteen [angels].
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.
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.
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
No! By the moon
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
And the night when it departs,
And the night when it withdraweth
And [by] the night when it departs
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And the daybreak when it shines;
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
A warning to mortals,
As a warning unto men,
As a warning to humanity -
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
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;
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Except the people of the right hand,
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Except the companions of the right,
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
In gardens, they shall ask each other
In gardens they will ask one another
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
About the guilty:
Concerning the guilty:
About the criminals,
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
What has brought you into hell?
What hath brought you to this burning ?
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
And we used not to feed the poor;
Nor did we feed the wretched.
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
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,
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Till death overtook us.
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Until there came to us the certainty."
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
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,
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
As if they were asses taking fright
As they were frightened asses
As if they were alarmed donkeys
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
That had fled from a lion?
Fleeing from a lion ?
Fleeing from a lion?
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).
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
So whoever pleases may mind it.
So whosoever will may heed.
Then whoever wills will remember it.
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.
And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ