Al Muddathth

Shakir

1 O you who are clothed!

Yusuf Ali

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

Shakir

2 Arise and warn,

Yusuf Ali

2 Arise and deliver thy warning!

Shakir

3 And your Lord do magnify,

Yusuf Ali

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

Shakir

4 And your garments do purify,

Yusuf Ali

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

Shakir

5 And uncleanness do shun,

Yusuf Ali

5 And all abomination shun!

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

Yusuf Ali

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

Yusuf Ali

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

Shakir

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

12 And give him vast riches,

Yusuf Ali

12 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

Shakir

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

Yusuf Ali

13 And sons to be by his side! -

Shakir

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

15 And yet he desires that I should add 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.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

Yusuf Ali

18 For he thought and he plotted; -

Shakir

19 But may he 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;

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

21 Then he looked,

Yusuf Ali

21 Then he looked round;

Shakir

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

Yusuf Ali

22 Then he frowned and he scowled;

Shakir

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

Yusuf Ali

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

Shakir

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

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

26 I will cast him into hell.

Yusuf Ali

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

Shakir

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

29 It scorches the mortal.

Yusuf Ali

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

Shakir

30 Over it are nineteen.

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.

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,

Yusuf Ali

32 Nay, verily: By the Moon,

Shakir

33 And the night when it departs,

Yusuf Ali

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

Shakir

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

Yusuf Ali

34 And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

36 A warning to mortals,

Yusuf Ali

36 A warning to mankind, -

Shakir

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

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,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

39 Except the people of the right hand,

Yusuf Ali

39 Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

Shakir

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

41 About the guilty:

Yusuf Ali

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

Shakir

42 What has brought you into hell?

Yusuf Ali

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

44 And we used not to feed 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.

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;

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

47 Till death overtook us.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail 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

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

Yusuf Ali

50 As if they were affrighted asses,

Shakir

51 That had fled from a lion?

Yusuf Ali

51 Fleeing from a lion!

Shakir

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

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

Yusuf Ali

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

Shakir

55 So whoever pleases may mind 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.

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.