Al Muddathth

Shakir

1 O you who are clothed!

Saheeh International

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

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,

Saheeh International

2 Arise and warn

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 Arise and warn!

Shakir

3 And your Lord do magnify,

Saheeh International

3 And your Lord glorify

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

Shakir

4 And your garments do purify,

Saheeh International

4 And your clothing purify

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And purify your garments!

Shakir

5 And uncleanness do shun,

Saheeh International

5 And uncleanliness avoid

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,

Saheeh International

6 And do not confer favor to acquire more

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.

Saheeh International

7 But for your 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,

Saheeh International

8 And when the trumpet is blown,

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,

Saheeh International

9 That Day will be a difficult day

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

Shakir

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

Saheeh International

10 For the disbelievers - not easy.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 Far from easy for the disbelievers.

Shakir

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

Saheeh International

11 Leave Me with the one I created alone

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,

Saheeh International

12 And to whom I granted extensive wealth

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And then granted him resources in abundance.

Shakir

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

Saheeh International

13 And children present [with him]

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And children to be by his side.

Shakir

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

Shakir

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

Saheeh International

15 Then he desires that I should add 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.

Saheeh International

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

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.

Saheeh International

17 I will cover him with arduous torment.

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,

Saheeh International

18 Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Verily, he thought and plotted.

Shakir

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

Shakir

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

21 Then he looked,

Saheeh International

21 Then he considered [again];

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Then he thought.

Shakir

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

Saheeh International

22 Then he frowned and scowled;

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,

Saheeh International

23 Then he turned back and was arrogant

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Then he turned back, and was proud.

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].

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.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

26 I will cast him into hell.

Saheeh International

26 I will drive him into Saqar.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 I will cast him into Hell-fire.

Shakir

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

Saheeh International

27 And what can make you know what is Saqar?

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.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

29 It scorches the mortal.

Saheeh International

29 Blackening the skins.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 Burning and blackening the skins!

Shakir

30 Over it are nineteen.

Saheeh International

30 Over it are nineteen [angels].

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.

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.

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,

Saheeh International

32 No! By the moon

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Nay! And by the moon

Shakir

33 And the night when it departs,

Saheeh International

33 And [by] the night when it departs

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 And by the night when it withdraws.

Shakir

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

Saheeh International

34 And [by] the morning when it brightens,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And by the dawn when it brightens.

Shakir

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

Saheeh International

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

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,

Saheeh International

36 As a warning to humanity -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 A warning to mankind -

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.

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,

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

39 Except the people of the right hand,

Saheeh International

39 Except the companions of the right,

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

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

41 About the guilty:

Saheeh International

41 About the criminals,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

42 What has brought you into hell?

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

42 "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

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,

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;

Saheeh International

44 Nor did we used to feed the poor.

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.

Saheeh International

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

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;

Saheeh International

46 And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

46 And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,

Shakir

47 Till death overtook us.

Saheeh International

47 Until there came to us the certainty."

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.

Saheeh International

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

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

Saheeh International

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

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

Saheeh International

50 As if they were alarmed donkeys

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

50 As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

Shakir

51 That had fled from a lion?

Saheeh International

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;

Saheeh International

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

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.

Saheeh International

53 No! But they do not fear 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.

Saheeh International

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

Saheeh International

55 Then whoever wills will remember it.

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.

Saheeh International

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

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).