Chapter 74, 56 verses
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) enveloped in garments!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn!
قم فأنذر
Warabbaka fakabbir
And magnify your Lord (Allah)!
وربك فكبر
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And purify your garments!
وثيابك فطهر
Waalrrujza faohjur
And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!
والرجز فاهجر
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).
ولا تمنن تستكثر
Walirabbika faisbir
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
ولربك فاصبر
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
فإذا نقر في الناقور
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
على الكافرين غير يسير
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
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)!
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And then granted him resources in abundance.
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And children to be by his side.
وبنين شهودا
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
ومهدت له تمهيدا
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
After all that he desires that I should give more;
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!
سأرهقه صعودا
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
Verily, he thought and plotted.
إنه فكر وقدر
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
فقتل كيف قدر
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Thumma nathara
Then he thought.
ثم نظر
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
ثم عبس وبسر
Thumma adbara waistakbara
Then he turned back, and was proud.
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
Saosleehi saqara
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
سأصليه سقر
Wama adraka ma saqaru
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
La tubqee wala tatharu
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
لا تبقي ولا تذر
Lawwahatun lilbashari
Burning and blackening the skins!
لواحة للبشر
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
عليها تسعة عشر
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 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.
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
Kalla waalqamari
Nay! And by the moon
كلا والقمر
Waallayli ith adbara
And by the night when it withdraws.
والليل إذ أدبر
Waalssubhi itha asfara
And by the dawn when it brightens.
والصبح إذا أسفر
Innaha laihda alkubari
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).
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Natheeran lilbashari
A warning to mankind -
نذيرا للبشر
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
في جنات يتساءلون
AAani almujrimeena
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
عن المجرمين
Ma salakakum fee saqara
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
ما سلككم في سقر
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
حتى أتانا اليقين
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
Farrat min qaswaratin
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
فرت من قسورة
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
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).
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
كلا إنه تذكرة
Faman shaa thakarahu
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!
فمن شاء ذكره
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati
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).
وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة