Al Muddathth

Shakir

1 O you who are clothed!

Yusuf Ali

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

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,

Yusuf Ali

2 Arise and deliver thy warning!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 Arise and warn!

Shakir

3 And your Lord do magnify,

Yusuf Ali

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

Shakir

4 And your garments do purify,

Yusuf Ali

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And purify your garments!

Shakir

5 And uncleanness do shun,

Yusuf Ali

5 And all abomination 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,

Yusuf Ali

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

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

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,

Yusuf Ali

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

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,

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

Shakir

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

Yusuf Ali

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 Far from easy for the disbelievers.

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! -

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,

Yusuf Ali

12 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And then granted him resources in abundance.

Shakir

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

Yusuf Ali

13 And sons to be by his side! -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And children 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!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

Shakir

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

Yusuf Ali

15 Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet 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.

Yusuf Ali

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

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

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,

Yusuf Ali

18 For he thought and he plotted; -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Verily, he thought and plotted.

Shakir

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

Yusuf Ali

19 And woe to him! How he plotted! -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

Shakir

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

21 Then he looked,

Yusuf Ali

21 Then he looked round;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Then he thought.

Shakir

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

Yusuf Ali

22 Then he frowned and he 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,

Yusuf Ali

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Then he turned back, and was proud.

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;

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

26 I will cast him into hell.

Yusuf Ali

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 I will 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?

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

29 It scorches the mortal.

Yusuf Ali

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 Burning and blackening the skins!

Shakir

30 Over it are nineteen.

Yusuf Ali

30 Over 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.

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.

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,

Yusuf Ali

32 Nay, verily: By the Moon,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Nay! And by the moon

Shakir

33 And the night when it departs,

Yusuf Ali

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 And by the night when it withdraws.

Shakir

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

Yusuf Ali

34 And by the Dawn as 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),

Yusuf Ali

35 This is but one of the mighty (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,

Yusuf Ali

36 A warning to mankind, -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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; -

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,

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

39 Except the people of the right hand,

Yusuf Ali

39 Except the Companions of 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

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

41 About the guilty:

Yusuf Ali

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

42 What has brought you into hell?

Yusuf Ali

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

42 "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

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;

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;

Yusuf Ali

44 "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;

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.

Yusuf Ali

45 "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;

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;

Yusuf Ali

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

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.

Yusuf Ali

48 Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

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

Yusuf Ali

49 Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -

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

Yusuf Ali

50 As if they were affrighted asses,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

50 As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

Shakir

51 That had fled from a lion?

Yusuf Ali

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;

Yusuf Ali

52 Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

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.

Yusuf Ali

53 By no means! But 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.

Yusuf Ali

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

Yusuf Ali

55 Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

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.

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.

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).