Al Muddathth

Transliteration

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

Shakir

1 O you who are clothed!

Transliteration

2 Qum faanthir

Pickthall

2 Arise and warn!

Shakir

2 Arise and warn,

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3 Warabbaka fakabbir

Pickthall

3 Thy Lord magnify,

Shakir

3 And your Lord do magnify,

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4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

Pickthall

4 Thy raiment purify,

Shakir

4 And your garments do purify,

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5 Waalrrujza faohjur

Pickthall

5 Pollution shun!

Shakir

5 And uncleanness do shun,

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6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

Pickthall

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

Shakir

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

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7 Walirabbika faisbir

Pickthall

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

Shakir

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

Transliteration

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

Pickthall

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

Shakir

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

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9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

Pickthall

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

Shakir

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

Transliteration

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

Pickthall

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

Shakir

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

Transliteration

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

Pickthall

11 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,

Shakir

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

Transliteration

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

Pickthall

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

Shakir

12 And give him vast riches,

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13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

Pickthall

13 And sons abiding in his presence

Shakir

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

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14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

Pickthall

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

Shakir

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

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15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

Pickthall

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

Shakir

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

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16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

Pickthall

16 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

Shakir

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

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17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

Pickthall

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

Shakir

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

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18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

Pickthall

18 For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

Shakir

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

Transliteration

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

Pickthall

19 (Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!

Shakir

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

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20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

Pickthall

20 Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -

Shakir

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

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21 Thumma nathara

Pickthall

21 Then looked he,

Shakir

21 Then he looked,

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22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

Pickthall

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

Shakir

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

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23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

Pickthall

23 Then turned he away in pride

Shakir

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

Transliteration

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

Pickthall

24 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

Shakir

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

Transliteration

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

Pickthall

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

Shakir

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

Transliteration

26 Saosleehi saqara

Pickthall

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

Shakir

26 I will cast him into hell.

Transliteration

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

Pickthall

27 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

Shakir

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

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28 La tubqee wala tatharu

Pickthall

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

Shakir

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

Transliteration

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

Pickthall

29 It shrivelleth the man.

Shakir

29 It scorches the mortal.

Transliteration

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

Pickthall

30 Above it are nineteen.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

31 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.

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.

Transliteration

32 Kalla waalqamari

Pickthall

32 Nay, by the Moon

Shakir

32 Nay; I swear by the moon,

Transliteration

33 Waallayli ith adbara

Pickthall

33 And the night when it withdraweth

Shakir

33 And the night when it departs,

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34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

Pickthall

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

Shakir

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

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35 Innaha laihda alkubari

Pickthall

35 Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

Shakir

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

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36 Natheeran lilbashari

Pickthall

36 As a warning unto men,

Shakir

36 A warning to mortals,

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37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

Pickthall

37 Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

Pickthall

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

Shakir

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

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39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

Pickthall

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

Shakir

39 Except the people of the right hand,

Transliteration

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

Pickthall

40 In gardens they will ask one another

Shakir

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

Transliteration

41 AAani almujrimeena

Pickthall

41 Concerning the guilty:

Shakir

41 About the guilty:

Transliteration

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

Pickthall

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

Shakir

42 What has brought you into hell?

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43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

Pickthall

43 They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

Shakir

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

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44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

Pickthall

44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

Shakir

44 And we used not to feed the poor;

Transliteration

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

Pickthall

45 We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

Shakir

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

Transliteration

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

Pickthall

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

Shakir

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

Transliteration

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

Pickthall

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

Shakir

47 Till death overtook us.

Transliteration

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

Pickthall

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

Shakir

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

Transliteration

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

Pickthall

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

Shakir

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

Transliteration

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

Pickthall

50 As they were frightened asses

Shakir

50 As if they were asses taking fright

Transliteration

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

Pickthall

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

Shakir

51 That had fled from a lion?

Transliteration

52 Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

Pickthall

52 Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

Shakir

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

Transliteration

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

Pickthall

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

Shakir

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

Transliteration

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

Pickthall

54 Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

Shakir

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

Transliteration

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

Pickthall

55 So whosoever will may heed.

Shakir

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

56 And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.

Shakir

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