Al Muddathth

Transliteration

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

Saheeh International

1 O you who covers himself [with a garment],

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!

Shakir

1 O you who are clothed!

Transliteration

2 Qum faanthir

Saheeh International

2 Arise and warn

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 Arise and warn!

Shakir

2 Arise and warn,

Transliteration

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

Saheeh International

3 And your Lord glorify

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

Shakir

3 And your Lord do magnify,

Transliteration

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

Saheeh International

4 And your clothing purify

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And purify your garments!

Shakir

4 And your garments do purify,

Transliteration

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

Saheeh International

5 And uncleanliness avoid

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

5 And uncleanness do shun,

Transliteration

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

Saheeh International

6 And do not confer favor to acquire more

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).

Shakir

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

Transliteration

7 Walirabbika faisbir

Saheeh International

7 But for your Lord be patient.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

Saheeh International

8 And when the trumpet is blown,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

Transliteration

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

Saheeh International

9 That Day will be a difficult day

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

Shakir

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

Transliteration

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

Saheeh International

10 For the disbelievers - not easy.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 Far from easy for the disbelievers.

Shakir

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

Transliteration

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

Saheeh International

11 Leave Me with the one 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)!

Shakir

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

Transliteration

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

Saheeh International

12 And to whom I granted extensive wealth

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And then granted him resources in abundance.

Shakir

12 And give him vast riches,

Transliteration

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

Saheeh International

13 And children present [with him]

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And children to be by his side.

Shakir

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

Transliteration

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

Saheeh International

14 And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

Shakir

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

Transliteration

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

Saheeh International

15 Then he desires that I should add more.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

Transliteration

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

Saheeh International

16 No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

Saheeh International

17 I will cover him with arduous torment.

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!

Shakir

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

Transliteration

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

Saheeh International

18 Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Verily, he thought and plotted.

Shakir

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

Transliteration

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

Saheeh International

19 So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

Shakir

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

Transliteration

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

Saheeh International

20 Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

Transliteration

21 Thumma nathara

Saheeh International

21 Then he considered [again];

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Then he thought.

Shakir

21 Then he looked,

Transliteration

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

Saheeh International

22 Then he frowned and scowled;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

Transliteration

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

Saheeh International

23 Then he turned back and was arrogant

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Then he turned back, and was proud.

Shakir

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

Transliteration

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

Saheeh International

24 And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

Saheeh International

25 This is not but the word of a human being."

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

Transliteration

26 Saosleehi saqara

Saheeh International

26 I will drive him into Saqar.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 I will cast him into Hell-fire.

Shakir

26 I will cast him into hell.

Transliteration

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

Saheeh International

27 And what can make you know what is Saqar?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

Transliteration

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

Saheeh International

28 It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

Transliteration

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

Saheeh International

29 Blackening the skins.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 Burning and blackening the skins!

Shakir

29 It scorches the mortal.

Transliteration

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

Saheeh International

30 Over it are nineteen [angels].

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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

Saheeh International

31 And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is hypocrisy and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allah intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allah leave astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And mention of the Fire is not but a reminder to humanity.

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.

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

Saheeh International

32 No! By the moon

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Nay! And by the moon

Shakir

32 Nay; I swear by the moon,

Transliteration

33 Waallayli ith adbara

Saheeh International

33 And [by] the night when it departs

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 And by the night when it withdraws.

Shakir

33 And the night when it departs,

Transliteration

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

Saheeh International

34 And [by] the morning when it brightens,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And by the dawn when it brightens.

Shakir

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

Transliteration

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

Saheeh International

35 Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]

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).

Shakir

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

Transliteration

36 Natheeran lilbashari

Saheeh International

36 As a warning to humanity -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 A warning to mankind -

Shakir

36 A warning to mortals,

Transliteration

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

Saheeh International

37 To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay 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).

Shakir

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

Transliteration

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

Saheeh International

38 Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

Saheeh International

39 Except the companions of the right,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

39 Except the people of the right hand,

Transliteration

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

Saheeh International

40 [Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

Transliteration

41 AAani almujrimeena

Saheeh International

41 About the criminals,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

41 About the guilty:

Transliteration

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

Saheeh International

42 [And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

42 "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

Shakir

42 What has brought you into hell?

Transliteration

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

Saheeh International

43 They will 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),

Shakir

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

Transliteration

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

Saheeh International

44 Nor did we used to feed the poor.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

44 And we used not to feed the poor;

Transliteration

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

Saheeh International

45 And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

Saheeh International

46 And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

46 And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,

Shakir

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

Transliteration

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

Saheeh International

47 Until there came to us the certainty."

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

47 Till death overtook us.

Transliteration

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

Saheeh International

48 So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

Transliteration

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

Saheeh International

49 Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

Saheeh International

50 As if they were alarmed donkeys

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

50 As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

Shakir

50 As if they were asses taking fright

Transliteration

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

Saheeh International

51 Fleeing from a lion?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

51 That had fled from a lion?

Transliteration

52 Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

Saheeh International

52 Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.

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).

Shakir

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

Transliteration

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

Saheeh International

53 No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

Transliteration

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

Saheeh International

54 No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

Transliteration

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

Saheeh International

55 Then whoever wills will remember it.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

Transliteration

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

Saheeh International

56 And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.

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).

Shakir

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