Chapter 74, 56 verses
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
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ
Arise and warn!
قم فأنذر
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
And magnify your Lord (Allah)!
وربك فكبر
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
And purify your garments!
وثيابك فطهر
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!
والرجز فاهجر
وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ
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
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
ولربك فاصبر
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
فإذا نقر في الناقور
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
على الكافرين غير يسير
عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
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
ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
And then granted him resources in abundance.
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And children to be by his side.
وبنين شهودا
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
ومهدت له تمهيدا
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا
After all that he desires that I should give more;
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا
I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!
سأرهقه صعودا
سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا
Verily, he thought and plotted.
إنه فكر وقدر
إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
فقتل كيف قدر
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
ثم قتل كيف قدر
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then he thought.
ثم نظر
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
ثم عبس وبسر
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then he turned back, and was proud.
ثم أدبر واستكبر
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
سأصليه سقر
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
لا تبقي ولا تذر
لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
Burning and blackening the skins!
لواحة للبشر
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
عليها تسعة عشر
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
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
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِيمَانًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَالْكَافِرُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ
Nay! And by the moon
كلا والقمر
كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ
And by the night when it withdraws.
والليل إذ أدبر
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And by the dawn when it brightens.
والصبح إذا أسفر
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ
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
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ
A warning to mankind -
نذيرا للبشر
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
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
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
إلا أصحاب اليمين
إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
في جنات يتساءلون
فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
عن المجرمين
عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
ما سلككم في سقر
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
حتى أتانا اليقين
حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ
Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
فرت من قسورة
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍ
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
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
كلا إنه تذكرة
كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!
فمن شاء ذكره
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
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
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ