Chapter 74, 56 verses
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
O you who are clothed!
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn!
Arise and warn,
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
Warabbaka fakabbir
Thy Lord magnify,
And your Lord do magnify,
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
Thy raiment purify,
And your garments do purify,
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
Waalrrujza faohjur
Pollution shun!
And uncleanness do shun,
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
Walirabbika faisbir
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
For when the trumpet shall sound,
For when the trumpet is sounded,
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And give him vast riches,
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And sons abiding in his presence
And sons dwelling in his presence,
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And made (life) smooth for him.
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
And yet he desires that I should add more!
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Surely he reflected and guessed,
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Thumma nathara
Then looked he,
Then he looked,
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he frowned and scowled,
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Thumma adbara waistakbara
Then turned he away in pride
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
Saosleehi saqara
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
I will cast him into hell.
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Wama adraka ma saqaru
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
And what will make you realize what hell is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
La tubqee wala tatharu
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
Lawwahatun lilbashari
It shrivelleth the man.
It scorches the mortal.
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
Above it are nineteen.
Over it are nineteen.
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
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
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.
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.
وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًا وَ
Kalla waalqamari
Nay, by the Moon
Nay; I swear by the moon,
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
Waallayli ith adbara
And the night when it withdraweth
And the night when it departs,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
Waalssubhi itha asfara
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
And the daybreak when it shines;
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
Innaha laihda alkubari
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
Natheeran lilbashari
As a warning unto men,
A warning to mortals,
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Except the people of the right hand,
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
In gardens they will ask one another
In gardens, they shall ask each other
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
AAani almujrimeena
Concerning the guilty:
About the guilty:
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Ma salakakum fee saqara
What hath brought you to this burning ?
What has brought you into hell?
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
Nor did we feed the wretched.
And we used not to feed the poor;
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Till death overtook us.
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As they were frightened asses
As if they were asses taking fright
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Farrat min qaswaratin
Fleeing from a lion ?
That had fled from a lion?
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
Faman shaa thakarahu
So whosoever will may heed.
So whoever pleases may mind it.
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ