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!
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
Arise and warn!
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn
And magnify your Lord (Allah)!
Warabbaka fakabbir
And your Lord glorify
And purify your garments!
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And your clothing purify
And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!
Waalrrujza faohjur
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).
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And do not confer favor to acquire more
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
Walirabbika faisbir
But for your Lord be patient.
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
And when the trumpet is blown,
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
That Day will be a difficult day
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
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)!
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
Leave Me with the one I created alone
And then granted him resources in abundance.
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
And children to be by his side.
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And children present [with him]
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
After all that he desires that I should give more;
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
Then he desires that I should add more.
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
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!
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
I will cover him with arduous torment.
Verily, he thought and plotted.
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Then he thought.
Thumma nathara
Then he considered [again];
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he frowned and scowled;
Then he turned back, and was proud.
Thumma adbara waistakbara
Then he turned back and was arrogant
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
This is not but the word of a human being."
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
Saosleehi saqara
I will drive him into Saqar.
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
Wama adraka ma saqaru
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
La tubqee wala tatharu
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
Burning and blackening the skins!
Lawwahatun lilbashari
Blackening the skins.
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
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.
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
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
Kalla waalqamari
No! By the moon
And by the night when it withdraws.
Waallayli ith adbara
And [by] the night when it departs
And by the dawn when it brightens.
Waalssubhi itha asfara
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).
Innaha laihda alkubari
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
A warning to mankind -
Natheeran lilbashari
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).
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Except the companions of the right,
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
AAani almujrimeena
About the criminals,
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
Ma salakakum fee saqara
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
Until there came to us the certainty."
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
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?
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As if they were alarmed donkeys
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
Farrat min qaswaratin
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).
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
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).
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!
Faman shaa thakarahu
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).
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati
And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.