Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who are clothed!
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
Arise and warn,
Arise and warn
قم فأنذر
And your Lord do magnify,
And your Lord glorify
وربك فكبر
And your garments do purify,
And your clothing purify
وثيابك فطهر
And uncleanness do shun,
And uncleanliness avoid
والرجز فاهجر
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
And do not confer favor to acquire more
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
But for your Lord be patient.
ولربك فاصبر
For when the trumpet is sounded,
And when the trumpet is blown,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
That Day will be a difficult day
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
For the disbelievers - not easy.
على الكافرين غير يسير
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Leave Me with the one I created alone
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
And give him vast riches,
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And children present [with him]
وبنين شهودا
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Then he desires that I should add more.
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
I will cover him with arduous torment.
سأرهقه صعودا
Surely he reflected and guessed,
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
إنه فكر وقدر
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
فقتل كيف قدر
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Then he looked,
Then he considered [again];
ثم نظر
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then he frowned and scowled;
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Then he turned back and was arrogant
ثم أدبر واستكبر
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
This is not but the word of a human being."
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
I will cast him into hell.
I will drive him into Saqar.
سأصليه سقر
And what will make you realize what hell is?
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
وما أدراك ما سقر
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It scorches the mortal.
Blackening the skins.
لواحة للبشر
Over it are nineteen.
Over it are nineteen [angels].
عليها تسعة عشر
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.
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.
وما جعلنا أصحاب النار إلا ملائكة ۙ وما جعلنا عدتهم إلا فتنة للذين كفروا ليستيقن الذين أوتوا الكتاب ويزداد الذين آمنوا إيمانا ۙ ولا يرتاب الذين أوتوا الكتاب والمؤمنون ۙ وليقول الذين في قلوبهم مرض والكافرون ماذا أراد الله بهذا مثلا ۚ كذلك يضل الله من يشاء ويهدي من يشاء ۚ وما يعلم جنود ربك إلا هو ۚ وما هي إلا ذكرى للبشر
Nay; I swear by the moon,
No! By the moon
كلا والقمر
And the night when it departs,
And [by] the night when it departs
والليل إذ أدبر
And the daybreak when it shines;
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
والصبح إذا أسفر
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
إنها لإحدى الكبر
A warning to mortals,
As a warning to humanity -
نذيرا للبشر
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Except the people of the right hand,
Except the companions of the right,
إلا أصحاب اليمين
In gardens, they shall ask each other
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
في جنات يتساءلون
About the guilty:
About the criminals,
عن المجرمين
What has brought you into hell?
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
ما سلككم في سقر
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
And we used not to feed the poor;
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
Till death overtook us.
Until there came to us the certainty."
حتى أتانا اليقين
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
As if they were asses taking fright
As if they were alarmed donkeys
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
That had fled from a lion?
Fleeing from a lion?
فرت من قسورة
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
كلا إنه تذكرة
So whoever pleases may mind it.
Then whoever wills will remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.
وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة