Al Muddathth

Shakir

1 O you who are clothed!

Saheeh International

1 O you who covers himself [with a garment],

Transliteration

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

Shakir

2 Arise and warn,

Saheeh International

2 Arise and warn

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2 Qum faanthir

Shakir

3 And your Lord do magnify,

Saheeh International

3 And your Lord glorify

Transliteration

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

Shakir

4 And your garments do purify,

Saheeh International

4 And your clothing purify

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4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

Shakir

5 And uncleanness do shun,

Saheeh International

5 And uncleanliness avoid

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5 Waalrrujza faohjur

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

6 And do not confer favor to acquire more

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6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

7 But for your Lord be patient.

Transliteration

7 Walirabbika faisbir

Shakir

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

Saheeh International

8 And when the trumpet is blown,

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8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

9 That Day will be a difficult day

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9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

Shakir

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

Saheeh International

10 For the disbelievers - not easy.

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10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

Shakir

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

Saheeh International

11 Leave Me with the one I created alone

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11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

Shakir

12 And give him vast riches,

Saheeh International

12 And to whom I granted extensive wealth

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12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

Shakir

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

Saheeh International

13 And children present [with him]

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13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

Shakir

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

Saheeh International

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

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14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

Shakir

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

Saheeh International

15 Then he desires that I should add more.

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15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

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16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

Shakir

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

Saheeh International

17 I will cover him with arduous torment.

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17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

Shakir

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

Saheeh International

18 Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

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18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

Shakir

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

Saheeh International

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

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19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

Shakir

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

Saheeh International

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

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20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

Shakir

21 Then he looked,

Saheeh International

21 Then he considered [again];

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21 Thumma nathara

Shakir

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

Saheeh International

22 Then he frowned and scowled;

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22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

Shakir

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

Saheeh International

23 Then he turned back and was arrogant

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23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

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24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

Shakir

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

Saheeh International

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

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25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

Shakir

26 I will cast him into hell.

Saheeh International

26 I will drive him into Saqar.

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26 Saosleehi saqara

Shakir

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

Saheeh International

27 And what can make you know what is Saqar?

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27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

Shakir

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

Saheeh International

28 It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

Transliteration

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

Shakir

29 It scorches the mortal.

Saheeh International

29 Blackening the skins.

Transliteration

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

Shakir

30 Over it are nineteen.

Saheeh International

30 Over it are nineteen [angels].

Transliteration

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

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.

Saheeh International

31 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.

Transliteration

31 Wama jaAAalna ashaba alnnari illa malaikatan wama jaAAalna AAiddatahum illa fitnatan lillatheena kafaroo liyastayqina allatheena ootoo alkitaba wayazdada allatheena amanoo eemanan wala yartaba allatheena ootoo alkitaba waalmuminoona waliyaqoola allatheena fee quloobihim maradun waalkafiroona matha arada Allahu bihatha mathalan kathalika yudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashao wama yaAAlamu junooda rabbika illa huwa wama hiya illa thikra lilbashari

Shakir

32 Nay; I swear by the moon,

Saheeh International

32 No! By the moon

Transliteration

32 Kalla waalqamari

Shakir

33 And the night when it departs,

Saheeh International

33 And [by] the night when it departs

Transliteration

33 Waallayli ith adbara

Shakir

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

Saheeh International

34 And [by] the morning when it brightens,

Transliteration

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

35 Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]

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35 Innaha laihda alkubari

Shakir

36 A warning to mortals,

Saheeh International

36 As a warning to humanity -

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36 Natheeran lilbashari

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

37 To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

Transliteration

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

Shakir

39 Except the people of the right hand,

Saheeh International

39 Except the companions of the right,

Transliteration

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

Shakir

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

Saheeh International

40 [Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

Transliteration

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

Shakir

41 About the guilty:

Saheeh International

41 About the criminals,

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41 AAani almujrimeena

Shakir

42 What has brought you into hell?

Saheeh International

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

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42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

Shakir

44 And we used not to feed the poor;

Saheeh International

44 Nor did we used to feed the poor.

Transliteration

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

46 And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

Transliteration

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

Shakir

47 Till death overtook us.

Saheeh International

47 Until there came to us the certainty."

Transliteration

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

Shakir

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

Shakir

50 As if they were asses taking fright

Saheeh International

50 As if they were alarmed donkeys

Transliteration

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

Shakir

51 That had fled from a lion?

Saheeh International

51 Fleeing from a lion?

Transliteration

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

52 Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

Shakir

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

Saheeh International

53 No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

Transliteration

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

Shakir

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

Saheeh International

54 No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder

Transliteration

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

Shakir

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

Saheeh International

55 Then whoever wills will remember it.

Transliteration

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

56 Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati