Al Muddathth

Shakir

1 O you who are clothed!

Transliteration

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

Saheeh International

1 O you who covers himself [with a garment],

Shakir

2 Arise and warn,

Transliteration

2 Qum faanthir

Saheeh International

2 Arise and warn

Shakir

3 And your Lord do magnify,

Transliteration

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

Saheeh International

3 And your Lord glorify

Shakir

4 And your garments do purify,

Transliteration

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

Saheeh International

4 And your clothing purify

Shakir

5 And uncleanness do shun,

Transliteration

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

Saheeh International

5 And uncleanliness avoid

Shakir

6 And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,

Transliteration

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

Saheeh International

6 And do not confer favor to acquire more

Shakir

7 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.

Transliteration

7 Walirabbika faisbir

Saheeh International

7 But for your Lord be patient.

Shakir

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

Transliteration

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

Saheeh International

8 And when the trumpet is blown,

Shakir

9 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,

Transliteration

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

Saheeh International

9 That Day will be a difficult day

Shakir

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

Transliteration

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

Saheeh International

10 For the disbelievers - not easy.

Shakir

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

Transliteration

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

Saheeh International

11 Leave Me with the one I created alone

Shakir

12 And give him vast riches,

Transliteration

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

Saheeh International

12 And to whom I granted extensive wealth

Shakir

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

Transliteration

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

Saheeh International

13 And children present [with him]

Shakir

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

Transliteration

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

Saheeh International

14 And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].

Shakir

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

Transliteration

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

Saheeh International

15 Then he desires that I should add more.

Shakir

16 By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.

Transliteration

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

Saheeh International

16 No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.

Shakir

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

Transliteration

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

Saheeh International

17 I will cover him with arduous torment.

Shakir

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

Transliteration

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

Saheeh International

18 Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

Shakir

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

Transliteration

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

Saheeh International

19 So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

Shakir

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

Transliteration

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

Saheeh International

20 Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

Shakir

21 Then he looked,

Transliteration

21 Thumma nathara

Saheeh International

21 Then he considered [again];

Shakir

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

Transliteration

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

Saheeh International

22 Then he frowned and scowled;

Shakir

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

Transliteration

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

Saheeh International

23 Then he turned back and was arrogant

Shakir

24 ~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);

Transliteration

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

Saheeh International

24 And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

Shakir

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

Transliteration

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

Saheeh International

25 This is not but the word of a human being."

Shakir

26 I will cast him into hell.

Transliteration

26 Saosleehi saqara

Saheeh International

26 I will drive him into Saqar.

Shakir

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

Transliteration

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

Saheeh International

27 And what can make you know what is Saqar?

Shakir

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

Transliteration

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

Saheeh International

28 It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

Shakir

29 It scorches the mortal.

Transliteration

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

Saheeh International

29 Blackening the skins.

Shakir

30 Over it are nineteen.

Transliteration

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

Saheeh International

30 Over it are nineteen [angels].

Shakir

31 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.

Transliteration

31 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

Saheeh International

31 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.

Shakir

32 Nay; I swear by the moon,

Transliteration

32 Kalla waalqamari

Saheeh International

32 No! By the moon

Shakir

33 And the night when it departs,

Transliteration

33 Waallayli ith adbara

Saheeh International

33 And [by] the night when it departs

Shakir

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

Transliteration

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

Saheeh International

34 And [by] the morning when it brightens,

Shakir

35 Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),

Transliteration

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

Saheeh International

35 Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]

Shakir

36 A warning to mortals,

Transliteration

36 Natheeran lilbashari

Saheeh International

36 As a warning to humanity -

Shakir

37 To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.

Transliteration

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

Saheeh International

37 To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

Shakir

38 Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,

Transliteration

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

Saheeh International

38 Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained

Shakir

39 Except the people of the right hand,

Transliteration

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

Saheeh International

39 Except the companions of the right,

Shakir

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

Transliteration

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

Saheeh International

40 [Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

Shakir

41 About the guilty:

Transliteration

41 AAani almujrimeena

Saheeh International

41 About the criminals,

Shakir

42 What has brought you into hell?

Transliteration

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

Saheeh International

42 [And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"

Shakir

43 They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;

Transliteration

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

Saheeh International

43 They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,

Shakir

44 And we used not to feed the poor;

Transliteration

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

Saheeh International

44 Nor did we used to feed the poor.

Shakir

45 And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.

Transliteration

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

Saheeh International

45 And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

Shakir

46 And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;

Transliteration

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

Saheeh International

46 And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

Shakir

47 Till death overtook us.

Transliteration

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

Saheeh International

47 Until there came to us the certainty."

Shakir

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

Transliteration

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

Saheeh International

48 So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.

Shakir

49 What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition

Transliteration

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

Saheeh International

49 Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

Shakir

50 As if they were asses taking fright

Transliteration

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

Saheeh International

50 As if they were alarmed donkeys

Shakir

51 That had fled from a lion?

Transliteration

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

Saheeh International

51 Fleeing from a lion?

Shakir

52 Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;

Transliteration

52 Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

Saheeh International

52 Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.

Shakir

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

Transliteration

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

Saheeh International

53 No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

Shakir

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

Transliteration

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

Saheeh International

54 No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder

Shakir

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

Transliteration

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

Saheeh International

55 Then whoever wills will remember it.

Shakir

56 And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.

Transliteration

56 Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati

Saheeh International

56 And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.