Al Muddathth

Transliteration

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

Shakir

1 O you who are clothed!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) enveloped in garments!

Transliteration

2 Qum faanthir

Shakir

2 Arise and warn,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 Arise and warn!

Transliteration

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

Shakir

3 And your Lord do magnify,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

Transliteration

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

Shakir

4 And your garments do purify,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And purify your garments!

Transliteration

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

Shakir

5 And uncleanness do shun,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!

Transliteration

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

Shakir

6 And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).

Transliteration

7 Walirabbika faisbir

Shakir

7 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!

Transliteration

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

Shakir

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).

Transliteration

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

Shakir

9 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

Transliteration

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

Shakir

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 Far from easy for the disbelievers.

Transliteration

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

Shakir

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 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)!

Transliteration

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

Shakir

12 And give him vast riches,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And then granted him resources in abundance.

Transliteration

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

Shakir

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And children to be by his side.

Transliteration

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

Shakir

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

Transliteration

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

Shakir

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 After all that he desires that I should give more;

Transliteration

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

Shakir

16 By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).

Transliteration

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

Shakir

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!

Transliteration

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

Shakir

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Verily, he thought and plotted.

Transliteration

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

Shakir

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

Transliteration

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

Shakir

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!

Transliteration

21 Thumma nathara

Shakir

21 Then he looked,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Then he thought.

Transliteration

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

Shakir

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;

Transliteration

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

Shakir

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Then he turned back, and was proud.

Transliteration

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

Shakir

24 ~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,

Transliteration

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

Shakir

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 "This is nothing but the word of a human being!"

Transliteration

26 Saosleehi saqara

Shakir

26 I will cast him into hell.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 I will cast him into Hell-fire.

Transliteration

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

Shakir

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?

Transliteration

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

Shakir

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!

Transliteration

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

Shakir

29 It scorches the mortal.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 Burning and blackening the skins!

Transliteration

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

Shakir

30 Over it are nineteen.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).

Transliteration

31 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

Shakir

31 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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 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.

Transliteration

32 Kalla waalqamari

Shakir

32 Nay; I swear by the moon,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Nay! And by the moon

Transliteration

33 Waallayli ith adbara

Shakir

33 And the night when it departs,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 And by the night when it withdraws.

Transliteration

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

Shakir

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And by the dawn when it brightens.

Transliteration

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

Shakir

35 Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 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).

Transliteration

36 Natheeran lilbashari

Shakir

36 A warning to mortals,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 A warning to mankind -

Transliteration

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

Shakir

37 To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).

Transliteration

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

Shakir

38 Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,

Transliteration

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

Shakir

39 Except the people of the right hand,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).

Transliteration

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

Shakir

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

40 In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,

Transliteration

41 AAani almujrimeena

Shakir

41 About the guilty:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

41 About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):

Transliteration

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

Shakir

42 What has brought you into hell?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

42 "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

Transliteration

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

Shakir

43 They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

43 They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),

Transliteration

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

Shakir

44 And we used not to feed the poor;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

44 "Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);

Transliteration

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

Shakir

45 And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

45 "And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.

Transliteration

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

Shakir

46 And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

46 And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,

Transliteration

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

Shakir

47 Till death overtook us.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

47 "Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."

Transliteration

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

Shakir

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

48 So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.

Transliteration

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

Shakir

49 What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

49 Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?

Transliteration

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

Shakir

50 As if they were asses taking fright

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

50 As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

Transliteration

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

Shakir

51 That had fled from a lion?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

51 Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.

Transliteration

52 Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

Shakir

52 Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

52 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).

Transliteration

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

Shakir

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

53 Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).

Transliteration

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

Shakir

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

54 Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,

Transliteration

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

Shakir

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

55 So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!

Transliteration

56 Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati

Shakir

56 And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

56 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).