Chapter 74, 56 verses
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
Qum faanthir
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn!
Warabbaka fakabbir
وربك فكبر
Thy Lord magnify,
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
وثيابك فطهر
Thy raiment purify,
Waalrrujza faohjur
والرجز فاهجر
Pollution shun!
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
Walirabbika faisbir
ولربك فاصبر
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
فإذا نقر في الناقور
For when the trumpet shall sound,
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
على الكافرين غير يسير
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
Wabaneena shuhoodan
وبنين شهودا
And sons abiding in his presence
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And made (life) smooth for him.
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
سأرهقه صعودا
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
إنه فكر وقدر
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
فقتل كيف قدر
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Thumma nathara
ثم نظر
Then looked he,
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
ثم عبس وبسر
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Thumma adbara waistakbara
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then turned he away in pride
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
Saosleehi saqara
سأصليه سقر
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
Wama adraka ma saqaru
وما أدراك ما سقر
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
La tubqee wala tatharu
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
Lawwahatun lilbashari
لواحة للبشر
It shrivelleth the man.
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
عليها تسعة عشر
Above it are nineteen.
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
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
We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling - block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude ? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals.
Kalla waalqamari
كلا والقمر
Nay, by the Moon
Waallayli ith adbara
والليل إذ أدبر
And the night when it withdraweth
Waalssubhi itha asfara
والصبح إذا أسفر
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
Innaha laihda alkubari
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Natheeran lilbashari
نذيرا للبشر
As a warning unto men,
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Illa ashaba alyameeni
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
في جنات يتساءلون
In gardens they will ask one another
AAani almujrimeena
عن المجرمين
Concerning the guilty:
Ma salakakum fee saqara
ما سلككم في سقر
What hath brought you to this burning ?
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Nor did we feed the wretched.
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
حتى أتانا اليقين
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As they were frightened asses
Farrat min qaswaratin
فرت من قسورة
Fleeing from a lion ?
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Faman shaa thakarahu
فمن شاء ذكره
So whosoever will may heed.
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati
وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.