Chapter 74, 56 verses
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
Qum faanthir
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn
Arise and deliver thy warning!
Warabbaka fakabbir
وربك فكبر
And your Lord glorify
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
وثيابك فطهر
And your clothing purify
And thy garments keep free from stain!
Waalrrujza faohjur
والرجز فاهجر
And uncleanliness avoid
And all abomination shun!
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And do not confer favor to acquire more
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
Walirabbika faisbir
ولربك فاصبر
But for your Lord be patient.
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
فإذا نقر في الناقور
And when the trumpet is blown,
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That Day will be a difficult day
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
على الكافرين غير يسير
For the disbelievers - not easy.
Far from easy for those without Faith.
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me with the one I created alone
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
Wabaneena shuhoodan
وبنين شهودا
And children present [with him]
And sons to be by his side! -
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Then he desires that I should add more.
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
سأرهقه صعودا
I will cover him with arduous torment.
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
إنه فكر وقدر
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
For he thought and he plotted; -
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
فقتل كيف قدر
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
Thumma nathara
ثم نظر
Then he considered [again];
Then he looked round;
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and scowled;
Then he frowned and he scowled;
Thumma adbara waistakbara
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back and was arrogant
Then he turned back and was haughty;
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is not but the word of a human being."
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
Saosleehi saqara
سأصليه سقر
I will drive him into Saqar.
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
Wama adraka ma saqaru
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
La tubqee wala tatharu
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
Lawwahatun lilbashari
لواحة للبشر
Blackening the skins.
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
عليها تسعة عشر
Over it are nineteen [angels].
Over 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 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.
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.
Kalla waalqamari
كلا والقمر
No! By the moon
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
Waallayli ith adbara
والليل إذ أدبر
And [by] the night when it departs
And by the Night as it retreateth,
Waalssubhi itha asfara
والصبح إذا أسفر
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
Innaha laihda alkubari
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
Natheeran lilbashari
نذيرا للبشر
As a warning to humanity -
A warning to mankind, -
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
Illa ashaba alyameeni
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the companions of the right,
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
في جنات يتساءلون
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
AAani almujrimeena
عن المجرمين
About the criminals,
And (ask) of the Sinners:
Ma salakakum fee saqara
ما سلككم في سقر
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
حتى أتانا اليقين
Until there came to us the certainty."
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were alarmed donkeys
As if they were affrighted asses,
Farrat min qaswaratin
فرت من قسورة
Fleeing 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
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
كلا إنه تذكرة
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
Faman shaa thakarahu
فمن شاء ذكره
Then whoever wills will remember it.
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
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 remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.
But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.