Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who are clothed!
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
Arise and warn,
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
And your Lord do magnify,
Warabbaka fakabbir
And your Lord glorify
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
And your garments do purify,
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And your clothing purify
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
And uncleanness do shun,
Waalrrujza faohjur
And uncleanliness avoid
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And do not confer favor to acquire more
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
Walirabbika faisbir
But for your Lord be patient.
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
For when the trumpet is sounded,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
And when the trumpet is blown,
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
That Day will be a difficult day
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
For the disbelievers - not easy.
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
Leave Me with the one I created alone
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
And give him vast riches,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And sons dwelling in his presence,
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And children present [with him]
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
Then he desires that I should add more.
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
I will cover him with arduous torment.
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
Surely he reflected and guessed,
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then he looked,
Thumma nathara
Then he considered [again];
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he frowned and scowled,
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he frowned and scowled;
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Thumma adbara waistakbara
Then he turned back and was arrogant
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
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.
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
This is not but the word of a human being."
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
I will cast him into hell.
Saosleehi saqara
I will drive him into Saqar.
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
And what will make you realize what hell is?
Wama adraka ma saqaru
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
La tubqee wala tatharu
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
It scorches the mortal.
Lawwahatun lilbashari
Blackening the skins.
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Over it are nineteen.
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
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.
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
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,
Kalla waalqamari
No! By the moon
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
And the night when it departs,
Waallayli ith adbara
And [by] the night when it departs
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And the daybreak when it shines;
Waalssubhi itha asfara
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Innaha laihda alkubari
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
A warning to mortals,
Natheeran lilbashari
As a warning to humanity -
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
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,
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Except the people of the right hand,
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Except the companions of the right,
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
In gardens, they shall ask each other
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
About the guilty:
AAani almujrimeena
About the criminals,
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
What has brought you into hell?
Ma salakakum fee saqara
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
They will say, "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 used to feed the poor.
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
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;
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Till death overtook us.
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
Until there came to us the certainty."
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
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
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
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
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As if they were alarmed donkeys
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
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.
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
So whoever pleases may mind it.
Faman shaa thakarahu
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.
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati
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