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
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
Arise and warn!
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn
And magnify your Lord (Allah)!
وربك فكبر
And your Lord glorify
And purify your garments!
وثيابك فطهر
And your clothing purify
And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!
والرجز فاهجر
And uncleanliness avoid
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
And do not confer favor to acquire more
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
ولربك فاصبر
But for your Lord be patient.
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
فإذا نقر في الناقور
And when the trumpet is blown,
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That Day will be a difficult day
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
على الكافرين غير يسير
For the disbelievers - not easy.
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
Leave Me with the one I created alone
And then granted him resources in abundance.
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
And children to be by his side.
وبنين شهودا
And children present [with him]
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
After all that he desires that I should give more;
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Then he desires that I should add more.
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!
سأرهقه صعودا
I will cover him with arduous torment.
Verily, he thought and plotted.
إنه فكر وقدر
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
فقتل كيف قدر
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Then he thought.
ثم نظر
Then he considered [again];
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and scowled;
Then he turned back, and was proud.
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back and was arrogant
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is not but the word of a human being."
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
سأصليه سقر
I will drive him into Saqar.
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
Burning and blackening the skins!
لواحة للبشر
Blackening the skins.
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
عليها تسعة عشر
Over it are nineteen [angels].
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
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.
Nay! And by the moon
كلا والقمر
No! By the moon
And by the night when it withdraws.
والليل إذ أدبر
And [by] the night when it departs
And by the dawn when it brightens.
والصبح إذا أسفر
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
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
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
A warning to mankind -
نذيرا للبشر
As a warning to humanity -
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
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the companions of the right,
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
في جنات يتساءلون
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
عن المجرمين
About the criminals,
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
ما سلككم في سقر
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
حتى أتانا اليقين
Until there came to us the certainty."
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were alarmed donkeys
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
فرت من قسورة
Fleeing from a lion?
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
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
كلا إنه تذكرة
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!
فمن شاء ذكره
Then whoever wills will remember it.
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
And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.