Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who are clothed!
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
Arise and warn,
Qum faanthir
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
Arise and warn
And your Lord do magnify,
Warabbaka fakabbir
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
And your Lord glorify
And your garments do purify,
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
And your clothing purify
And uncleanness do shun,
Waalrrujza faohjur
وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ
And uncleanliness avoid
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
And do not confer favor to acquire more
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
Walirabbika faisbir
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ
But for your Lord be patient.
For when the trumpet is sounded,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ
And when the trumpet is blown,
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
That Day will be a difficult day
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
For the disbelievers - not easy.
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
Leave Me with the one I created alone
And give him vast riches,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
And sons dwelling in his presence,
Wabaneena shuhoodan
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
And children present [with him]
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Then he desires that I should add more.
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا
I will cover him with arduous torment.
Surely he reflected and guessed,
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Then he looked,
Thumma nathara
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he considered [again];
Then he frowned and scowled,
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then he frowned and scowled;
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Thumma adbara waistakbara
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ
Then he turned back and was arrogant
~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 not but magic imitated [from others].
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ
This is not but the word of a human being."
I will cast him into hell.
Saosleehi saqara
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
I will drive him into Saqar.
And what will make you realize what hell is?
Wama adraka ma saqaru
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
La tubqee wala tatharu
لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
It scorches the mortal.
Lawwahatun lilbashari
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Blackening the skins.
Over it are nineteen.
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
Over it are nineteen [angels].
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
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.
Nay; I swear by the moon,
Kalla waalqamari
كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ
No! By the moon
And the night when it departs,
Waallayli ith adbara
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And [by] the night when it departs
And the daybreak when it shines;
Waalssubhi itha asfara
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Innaha laihda alkubari
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
A warning to mortals,
Natheeran lilbashari
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
As a warning to humanity -
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
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Except the people of the right hand,
Illa ashaba alyameeni
إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ
Except the companions of the right,
In gardens, they shall ask each other
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
About the guilty:
AAani almujrimeena
عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
About the criminals,
What has brought you into hell?
Ma salakakum fee saqara
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ
They will say, "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 used to feed the poor.
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
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 Recompense
Till death overtook us.
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ
Until there came to us the certainty."
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
As if they were asses taking fright
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
As if they were alarmed donkeys
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
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
So whoever pleases may mind it.
Faman shaa thakarahu
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
Then whoever wills will remember it.
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 remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.