Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who are clothed!
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
Arise and warn,
Qum faanthir
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
Arise and warn!
And your Lord do magnify,
Warabbaka fakabbir
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
Thy Lord magnify,
And your garments do purify,
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
Thy raiment purify,
And uncleanness do shun,
Waalrrujza faohjur
وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ
Pollution shun!
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
Walirabbika faisbir
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
For when the trumpet is sounded,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ
For when the trumpet shall sound,
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
And give him vast riches,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And sons dwelling in his presence,
Wabaneena shuhoodan
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
And sons abiding in his presence
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا
And made (life) smooth for him.
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
Surely he reflected and guessed,
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Then he looked,
Thumma nathara
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then looked he,
Then he frowned and scowled,
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Thumma adbara waistakbara
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ
Then turned he away in pride
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
I will cast him into hell.
Saosleehi saqara
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
And what will make you realize what hell is?
Wama adraka ma saqaru
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
La tubqee wala tatharu
لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
It scorches the mortal.
Lawwahatun lilbashari
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
It shrivelleth the man.
Over it are nineteen.
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
Above 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.
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
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِيمَانًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَالْكَافِرُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ
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.
Nay; I swear by the moon,
Kalla waalqamari
كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ
Nay, by the Moon
And the night when it departs,
Waallayli ith adbara
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And the night when it withdraweth
And the daybreak when it shines;
Waalssubhi itha asfara
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Innaha laihda alkubari
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
A warning to mortals,
Natheeran lilbashari
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
As a warning unto men,
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Except the people of the right hand,
Illa ashaba alyameeni
إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
In gardens, they shall ask each other
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
In gardens they will ask one another
About the guilty:
AAani almujrimeena
عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
Concerning the guilty:
What has brought you into hell?
Ma salakakum fee saqara
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ
What hath brought you to this burning ?
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
And we used not to feed the poor;
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ
Nor did we feed the wretched.
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Till death overtook us.
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
As if they were asses taking fright
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
As they were frightened asses
That had fled from a lion?
Farrat min qaswaratin
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍ
Fleeing from a lion ?
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
So whoever pleases may mind it.
Faman shaa thakarahu
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
So whosoever will may heed.
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
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.