Al Muddathth

Shakir

1 O you who are clothed!

Pickthall

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

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!

Shakir

2 Arise and warn,

Pickthall

2 Arise and warn!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 Arise and warn!

Shakir

3 And your Lord do magnify,

Pickthall

3 Thy Lord magnify,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

Shakir

4 And your garments do purify,

Pickthall

4 Thy raiment purify,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And purify your garments!

Shakir

5 And uncleanness do shun,

Pickthall

5 Pollution shun!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

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).

Shakir

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

Pickthall

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

Pickthall

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

Shakir

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

Pickthall

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 Far from easy for the disbelievers.

Shakir

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

Pickthall

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

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)!

Shakir

12 And give him vast riches,

Pickthall

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And then granted him resources in abundance.

Shakir

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

Pickthall

13 And sons abiding in his presence

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And children to be by his side.

Shakir

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

Pickthall

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

Shakir

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

Pickthall

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

Pickthall

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

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!

Shakir

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

Pickthall

18 For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Verily, he thought and plotted.

Shakir

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

Shakir

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

21 Then he looked,

Pickthall

21 Then looked he,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Then he thought.

Shakir

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

Pickthall

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

Pickthall

23 Then turned he away in pride

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Then he turned back, and was proud.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

Pickthall

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

26 I will cast him into hell.

Pickthall

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 I will cast him into Hell-fire.

Shakir

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

Pickthall

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

29 It scorches the mortal.

Pickthall

29 It shrivelleth the man.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 Burning and blackening the skins!

Shakir

30 Over it are nineteen.

Pickthall

30 Above it are nineteen.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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.

Pickthall

31 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.

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.

Shakir

32 Nay; I swear by the moon,

Pickthall

32 Nay, by the Moon

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Nay! And by the moon

Shakir

33 And the night when it departs,

Pickthall

33 And the night when it withdraweth

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 And by the night when it withdraws.

Shakir

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

Pickthall

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And by the dawn when it brightens.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

35 Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

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).

Shakir

36 A warning to mortals,

Pickthall

36 As a warning unto men,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 A warning to mankind -

Shakir

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

Pickthall

37 Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

39 Except the people of the right hand,

Pickthall

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

Pickthall

40 In gardens they will ask one another

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

41 About the guilty:

Pickthall

41 Concerning the guilty:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

42 What has brought you into hell?

Pickthall

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

42 "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

Shakir

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

Pickthall

43 They will answer: 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),

Shakir

44 And we used not to feed the poor;

Pickthall

44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

46 And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,

Shakir

47 Till death overtook us.

Pickthall

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

Pickthall

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

50 As if they were asses taking fright

Pickthall

50 As they were frightened asses

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

50 As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

Shakir

51 That had fled from a lion?

Pickthall

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

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).

Shakir

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

Pickthall

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

Pickthall

54 Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

Pickthall

55 So whosoever will may heed.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

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).