Chapter 74, 56 verses
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
O you who are clothed!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) enveloped in garments!
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn,
Arise and warn!
Warabbaka fakabbir
And your Lord do magnify,
And magnify your Lord (Allah)!
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And your garments do purify,
And purify your garments!
Waalrrujza faohjur
And uncleanness do shun,
And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).
Walirabbika faisbir
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
For when the trumpet is sounded,
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
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)!
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And give him vast riches,
And then granted him resources in abundance.
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And children to be by his side.
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
And yet he desires that I should add more!
After all that he desires that I should give more;
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
Surely he reflected and guessed,
Verily, he thought and plotted.
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Thumma nathara
Then he looked,
Then he thought.
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
Thumma adbara waistakbara
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Then he turned back, and was proud.
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
Saosleehi saqara
I will cast him into hell.
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
Wama adraka ma saqaru
And what will make you realize what hell is?
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
La tubqee wala tatharu
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
Lawwahatun lilbashari
It scorches the mortal.
Burning and blackening the skins!
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
Over it are nineteen.
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
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
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.
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.
Kalla waalqamari
Nay; I swear by the moon,
Nay! And by the moon
Waallayli ith adbara
And the night when it departs,
And by the night when it withdraws.
Waalssubhi itha asfara
And the daybreak when it shines;
And by the dawn when it brightens.
Innaha laihda alkubari
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
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).
Natheeran lilbashari
A warning to mortals,
A warning to mankind -
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Except the people of the right hand,
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
In gardens, they shall ask each other
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
AAani almujrimeena
About the guilty:
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
Ma salakakum fee saqara
What has brought you into hell?
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
And we used not to feed the poor;
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
Till death overtook us.
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As if they were asses taking fright
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
Farrat min qaswaratin
That had fled from a lion?
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
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).
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
Faman shaa thakarahu
So whoever pleases may mind it.
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
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).