Al Muddathth

Transliteration

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

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!

Yusuf Ali

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

Transliteration

2 Qum faanthir

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 Arise and warn!

Yusuf Ali

2 Arise and deliver thy warning!

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3 Warabbaka fakabbir

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

Yusuf Ali

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

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4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And purify your garments!

Yusuf Ali

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

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5 Waalrrujza faohjur

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

5 And all abomination shun!

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6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

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).

Yusuf Ali

6 Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!

Transliteration

7 Walirabbika faisbir

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

7 But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!

Transliteration

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

Transliteration

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

Yusuf Ali

9 That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -

Transliteration

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 Far from easy for the disbelievers.

Yusuf Ali

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

Transliteration

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

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)!

Yusuf Ali

11 Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -

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12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And then granted him resources in abundance.

Yusuf Ali

12 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

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13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And children to be by his side.

Yusuf Ali

13 And sons to be by his side! -

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14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

Yusuf Ali

14 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!

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15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

15 Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -

Transliteration

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

16 By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!

Transliteration

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

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!

Yusuf Ali

17 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!

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18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Verily, he thought and plotted.

Yusuf Ali

18 For he thought and he plotted; -

Transliteration

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

Yusuf Ali

19 And woe to him! How he plotted! -

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20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

20 Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -

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21 Thumma nathara

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Then he thought.

Yusuf Ali

21 Then he looked round;

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22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

22 Then he frowned and he scowled;

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23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Then he turned back, and was proud.

Yusuf Ali

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

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24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

25 "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

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26 Saosleehi saqara

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 I will cast him into Hell-fire.

Yusuf Ali

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

Transliteration

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

27 And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?

Transliteration

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

28 Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -

Transliteration

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 Burning and blackening the skins!

Yusuf Ali

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

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30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

30 Over it are Nineteen.

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

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.

Yusuf Ali

31 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.

Transliteration

32 Kalla waalqamari

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Nay! And by the moon

Yusuf Ali

32 Nay, verily: By the Moon,

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33 Waallayli ith adbara

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 And by the night when it withdraws.

Yusuf Ali

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

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34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And by the dawn when it brightens.

Yusuf Ali

34 And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -

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35 Innaha laihda alkubari

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).

Yusuf Ali

35 This is but one of the mighty (portents),

Transliteration

36 Natheeran lilbashari

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 A warning to mankind -

Yusuf Ali

36 A warning to mankind, -

Transliteration

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

37 To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -

Transliteration

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

38 Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.

Transliteration

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

39 Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

Transliteration

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

40 (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,

Transliteration

41 AAani almujrimeena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

Transliteration

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

42 "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

Yusuf Ali

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

Transliteration

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

44 "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;

Transliteration

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

45 "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;

Transliteration

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

46 And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,

Yusuf Ali

46 "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

Transliteration

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

48 Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

Transliteration

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

49 Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -

Transliteration

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

50 As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

Yusuf Ali

50 As if they were affrighted asses,

Transliteration

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

51 Fleeing from a lion!

Transliteration

52 Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

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).

Yusuf Ali

52 Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

Transliteration

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

53 By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,

Transliteration

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

Transliteration

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

55 Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

Transliteration

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

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).

Yusuf Ali

56 But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.