Al Muddathth

Shakir

1 O you who are clothed!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) enveloped in garments!

Yusuf Ali

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

Shakir

2 Arise and warn,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 Arise and warn!

Yusuf Ali

2 Arise and deliver thy warning!

Shakir

3 And your Lord do magnify,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

Yusuf Ali

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

Shakir

4 And your garments do purify,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And purify your garments!

Yusuf Ali

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

Shakir

5 And uncleanness do shun,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!

Yusuf Ali

5 And all abomination shun!

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).

Yusuf Ali

6 Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!

Yusuf Ali

7 But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!

Shakir

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).

Yusuf Ali

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

Yusuf Ali

9 That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -

Shakir

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 Far from easy for the disbelievers.

Yusuf Ali

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

Shakir

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 Leave Me Alone (to deal) with whom I created lonely (without any wealth or children etc, i.e. Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah Al-Makhzumi)!

Yusuf Ali

11 Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -

Shakir

12 And give him vast riches,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And then granted him resources in abundance.

Yusuf Ali

12 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

Shakir

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And children to be by his side.

Yusuf Ali

13 And sons to be by his side! -

Shakir

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

Yusuf Ali

14 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!

Shakir

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 After all that he desires that I should give more;

Yusuf Ali

15 Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).

Yusuf Ali

16 By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!

Shakir

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!

Yusuf Ali

17 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!

Shakir

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Verily, he thought and plotted.

Yusuf Ali

18 For he thought and he plotted; -

Shakir

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

Yusuf Ali

19 And woe to him! How he plotted! -

Shakir

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!

Yusuf Ali

20 Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -

Shakir

21 Then he looked,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Then he thought.

Yusuf Ali

21 Then he looked round;

Shakir

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;

Yusuf Ali

22 Then he frowned and he scowled;

Shakir

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Then he turned back, and was proud.

Yusuf Ali

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,

Yusuf Ali

24 Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;

Shakir

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 "This is nothing but the word of a human being!"

Yusuf Ali

25 "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

Shakir

26 I will cast him into hell.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 I will cast him into Hell-fire.

Yusuf Ali

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

Shakir

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?

Yusuf Ali

27 And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?

Shakir

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!

Yusuf Ali

28 Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -

Shakir

29 It scorches the mortal.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 Burning and blackening the skins!

Yusuf Ali

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

Shakir

30 Over it are nineteen.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).

Yusuf Ali

30 Over it are Nineteen.

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 And We have set none but angels as guardians of the Fire. And We have fixed their number (19) only as a trial for the disbelievers, in order that the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) may arrive at a certainty [that this Qur'an is the truth as it agrees with their Books regarding the number (19) which is written in the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] and that the believers may increase in Faith (as this Qur'an is the truth), and that no doubt may be left for the people of the Scripture and the believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease (of hypocrisy) and the disbelievers may say: "What Allah intends by this (curious) example ?" Thus Allah leads astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none can know the hosts of your Lord but He. And this (Hell) is nothing else than a (warning) reminder to mankind.

Yusuf Ali

31 And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers, - in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith, - and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.

Shakir

32 Nay; I swear by the moon,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Nay! And by the moon

Yusuf Ali

32 Nay, verily: By the Moon,

Shakir

33 And the night when it departs,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 And by the night when it withdraws.

Yusuf Ali

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

Shakir

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And by the dawn when it brightens.

Yusuf Ali

34 And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 Verily, it (Hell, or their denial of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, or the Day of Resurrection) is but one of the greatest (signs).

Yusuf Ali

35 This is but one of the mighty (portents),

Shakir

36 A warning to mortals,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 A warning to mankind -

Yusuf Ali

36 A warning to mankind, -

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).

Yusuf Ali

37 To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,

Yusuf Ali

38 Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.

Shakir

39 Except the people of the right hand,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).

Yusuf Ali

39 Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

Shakir

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

40 In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,

Yusuf Ali

40 (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,

Shakir

41 About the guilty:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

41 About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):

Yusuf Ali

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

Shakir

42 What has brought you into hell?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

42 "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

Yusuf Ali

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

43 They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

44 And we used not to feed the poor;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

44 "Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);

Yusuf Ali

44 "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

45 "And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.

Yusuf Ali

45 "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

46 And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,

Yusuf Ali

46 "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

Shakir

47 Till death overtook us.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

47 "Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."

Yusuf Ali

47 "Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."

Shakir

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

48 So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.

Yusuf Ali

48 Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

49 Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?

Yusuf Ali

49 Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -

Shakir

50 As if they were asses taking fright

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

50 As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

Yusuf Ali

50 As if they were affrighted asses,

Shakir

51 That had fled from a lion?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

51 Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.

Yusuf Ali

51 Fleeing from a lion!

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

52 Nay, everyone of them desires that he should be given pages spread out (coming from Allah with a writing that Islam is the right religion, and Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم has come with the truth from Allah, the Lord of the heavens and earth).

Yusuf Ali

52 Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

Shakir

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

53 Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).

Yusuf Ali

53 By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,

Shakir

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

54 Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,

Yusuf Ali

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

Shakir

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

55 So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!

Yusuf Ali

55 Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

56 And they will not receive admonition unless Allah wills; He (Allah) is the One, deserving that mankind should be afraid of, and should be dutiful to Him, and should not take any Ilah (god) along with Him, and He is the One Who forgives (sins).

Yusuf Ali

56 But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.