Al Muddathth, Al-Quran English Tran. Shakir

Shakir

O you who are clothed!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

O you who covers himself [with a garment],

Pickthall

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

Shakir

Arise and warn,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Arise and warn!

Saheeh International

Arise and warn

Pickthall

Arise and warn!

Shakir

And your Lord do magnify,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

Saheeh International

And your Lord glorify

Pickthall

Thy Lord magnify,

Shakir

And your garments do purify,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And purify your garments!

Saheeh International

And your clothing purify

Pickthall

Thy raiment purify,

Shakir

And uncleanness do shun,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

And uncleanliness avoid

Pickthall

Pollution shun!

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

And do not confer favor to acquire more

Pickthall

And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

Shakir

And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

But for your Lord be patient.

Pickthall

For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

Shakir

For when the trumpet is sounded,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

And when the trumpet is blown,

Pickthall

For when the trumpet shall sound,

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

Saheeh International

That Day will be a difficult day

Pickthall

Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

Shakir

For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Far from easy for the disbelievers.

Saheeh International

For the disbelievers - not easy.

Pickthall

Not of ease, for disbelievers.

Shakir

Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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)!

Saheeh International

Leave Me with the one I created alone

Pickthall

Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,

Shakir

And give him vast riches,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And then granted him resources in abundance.

Saheeh International

And to whom I granted extensive wealth

Pickthall

And then bestowed upon him ample means,

Shakir

And sons dwelling in his presence,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And children to be by his side.

Saheeh International

And children present [with him]

Pickthall

And sons abiding in his presence

Shakir

And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

And made (life) smooth for him.

Shakir

And yet he desires that I should add more!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

After all that he desires that I should give more;

Saheeh International

Then he desires that I should add more.

Pickthall

Yet he desireth that I should give more.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

Shakir

I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

I will cover him with arduous torment.

Pickthall

On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

Shakir

Surely he reflected and guessed,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Verily, he thought and plotted.

Saheeh International

Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

Pickthall

For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

Shakir

But may he be cursed how he plotted;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!

Shakir

Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -

Shakir

Then he looked,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Then he thought.

Saheeh International

Then he considered [again];

Pickthall

Then looked he,

Shakir

Then he frowned and scowled,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

Then he frowned and scowled;

Pickthall

Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

Shakir

Then he turned back and was big with pride,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Then he turned back, and was proud.

Saheeh International

Then he turned back and was arrogant

Pickthall

Then turned he away in pride

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

Shakir

This is naught but the word of a mortal.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

Shakir

I will cast him into hell.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

I will cast him into Hell-fire.

Saheeh International

I will drive him into Saqar.

Pickthall

Him shall I fling unto the burning.

Shakir

And what will make you realize what hell is?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

And what can make you know what is Saqar?

Pickthall

- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

Shakir

It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

Pickthall

It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

Shakir

It scorches the mortal.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Burning and blackening the skins!

Saheeh International

Blackening the skins.

Pickthall

It shrivelleth the man.

Shakir

Over it are nineteen.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

Over it are nineteen [angels].

Pickthall

Above it are nineteen.

Shakir

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

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.

Saheeh International

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.

Pickthall

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.

Shakir

Nay; I swear by the moon,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Nay! And by the moon

Saheeh International

No! By the moon

Pickthall

Nay, by the Moon

Shakir

And the night when it departs,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And by the night when it withdraws.

Saheeh International

And [by] the night when it departs

Pickthall

And the night when it withdraweth

Shakir

And the daybreak when it shines;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And by the dawn when it brightens.

Saheeh International

And [by] the morning when it brightens,

Pickthall

And the dawn when it shineth forth,

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Saheeh International

Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]

Pickthall

Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

Shakir

A warning to mortals,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

A warning to mankind -

Saheeh International

As a warning to humanity -

Pickthall

As a warning unto men,

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

Pickthall

Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

Shakir

Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

Shakir

Except the people of the right hand,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

Except the companions of the right,

Pickthall

Save those who will stand on the right hand.

Shakir

In gardens, they shall ask each other

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,

Saheeh International

[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

Pickthall

In gardens they will ask one another

Shakir

About the guilty:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

About the criminals,

Pickthall

Concerning the guilty:

Shakir

What has brought you into hell?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"What has caused you to enter Hell?"

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

What hath brought you to this burning ?

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

Shakir

And we used not to feed the poor;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

Nor did we used to feed the poor.

Pickthall

Nor did we feed the wretched.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,

Saheeh International

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

Pickthall

And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

Shakir

Till death overtook us.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

Until there came to us the certainty."

Pickthall

Till the Inevitable came unto us.

Shakir

So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

Shakir

As if they were asses taking fright

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

Saheeh International

As if they were alarmed donkeys

Pickthall

As they were frightened asses

Shakir

That had fled from a lion?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

Fleeing from a lion?

Pickthall

Fleeing from a lion ?

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

Shakir

Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

Pickthall

Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

Shakir

Nay! it is surely an admonition.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder

Pickthall

Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

Shakir

So whoever pleases may mind it.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

Then whoever wills will remember it.

Pickthall

So whosoever will may heed.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.

Al Muddathth

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