Chapter 74, 56 verses
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
O you who are clothed!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
Qum faanthir
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn,
Arise and warn!
Warabbaka fakabbir
وربك فكبر
And your Lord do magnify,
Thy Lord magnify,
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
وثيابك فطهر
And your garments do purify,
Thy raiment purify,
Waalrrujza faohjur
والرجز فاهجر
And uncleanness do shun,
Pollution shun!
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
Walirabbika faisbir
ولربك فاصبر
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
فإذا نقر في الناقور
For when the trumpet is sounded,
For when the trumpet shall sound,
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
على الكافرين غير يسير
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And give him vast riches,
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
Wabaneena shuhoodan
وبنين شهودا
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And sons abiding in his presence
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
And made (life) smooth for him.
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
سأرهقه صعودا
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
إنه فكر وقدر
Surely he reflected and guessed,
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
فقتل كيف قدر
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Thumma nathara
ثم نظر
Then he looked,
Then looked he,
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Thumma adbara waistakbara
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Then turned he away in pride
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
Saosleehi saqara
سأصليه سقر
I will cast him into hell.
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
Wama adraka ma saqaru
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what will make you realize what hell is?
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
La tubqee wala tatharu
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
Lawwahatun lilbashari
لواحة للبشر
It scorches the mortal.
It shrivelleth the man.
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
عليها تسعة عشر
Over it are nineteen.
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
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.
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; I swear by the moon,
Nay, by the Moon
Waallayli ith adbara
والليل إذ أدبر
And the night when it departs,
And the night when it withdraweth
Waalssubhi itha asfara
والصبح إذا أسفر
And the daybreak when it shines;
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
Innaha laihda alkubari
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Natheeran lilbashari
نذيرا للبشر
A warning to mortals,
As a warning unto men,
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Illa ashaba alyameeni
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the people of the right hand,
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
في جنات يتساءلون
In gardens, they shall ask each other
In gardens they will ask one another
AAani almujrimeena
عن المجرمين
About the guilty:
Concerning the guilty:
Ma salakakum fee saqara
ما سلككم في سقر
What has brought you into hell?
What hath brought you to this burning ?
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
And we used not to feed the poor;
Nor did we feed the wretched.
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
حتى أتانا اليقين
Till death overtook us.
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were asses taking fright
As they were frightened asses
Farrat min qaswaratin
فرت من قسورة
That had fled from a lion?
Fleeing from a lion ?
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
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! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Faman shaa thakarahu
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever pleases may mind it.
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 mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.