Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who are clothed!
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
Arise and warn,
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn!
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
And your Lord do magnify,
Warabbaka fakabbir
Thy Lord magnify,
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
And your garments do purify,
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
Thy raiment purify,
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
And uncleanness do shun,
Waalrrujza faohjur
Pollution shun!
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
Walirabbika faisbir
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
For when the trumpet is sounded,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
For when the trumpet shall sound,
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
And give him vast riches,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And sons dwelling in his presence,
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And sons abiding in his presence
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And made (life) smooth for him.
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
Surely he reflected and guessed,
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then he looked,
Thumma nathara
Then looked he,
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he frowned and scowled,
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Thumma adbara waistakbara
Then turned he away in pride
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
I will cast him into hell.
Saosleehi saqara
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
And what will make you realize what hell is?
Wama adraka ma saqaru
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
La tubqee wala tatharu
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
It scorches the mortal.
Lawwahatun lilbashari
It shrivelleth the man.
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Over it are nineteen.
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
Above it are nineteen.
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.
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
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.
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,
Kalla waalqamari
Nay, by the Moon
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
And the night when it departs,
Waallayli ith adbara
And the night when it withdraweth
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And the daybreak when it shines;
Waalssubhi itha asfara
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Innaha laihda alkubari
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
A warning to mortals,
Natheeran lilbashari
As a warning unto men,
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Except the people of the right hand,
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
In gardens, they shall ask each other
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
In gardens they will ask one another
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
About the guilty:
AAani almujrimeena
Concerning the guilty:
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
What has brought you into hell?
Ma salakakum fee saqara
What hath brought you to this burning ?
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
And we used not to feed the poor;
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
Nor did we feed the wretched.
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Till death overtook us.
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
As if they were asses taking fright
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As they were frightened asses
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
That had fled from a lion?
Farrat min qaswaratin
Fleeing from a lion ?
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
So whoever pleases may mind it.
Faman shaa thakarahu
So whosoever will may heed.
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ