And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).
Arabic, with marks
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
Arabic
ولا تمنن تستكثر
Shakir
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
Word by word
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
Arabic, with marks
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ
Arabic
ولربك فاصبر
Shakir
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
Word by word
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
Arabic, with marks
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ
Arabic
فإذا نقر في الناقور
Shakir
For when the trumpet is sounded,
Word by word
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
Arabic, with marks
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Arabic
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Shakir
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Word by word
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
Arabic, with marks
عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Arabic
على الكافرين غير يسير
Shakir
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Word by word
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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)!
Arabic, with marks
ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
Arabic
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Shakir
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Word by word
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And then granted him resources in abundance.
Arabic, with marks
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
Arabic
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
Shakir
And give him vast riches,
Word by word
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And children to be by his side.
Arabic, with marks
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
Arabic
وبنين شهودا
Shakir
And sons dwelling in his presence,
Word by word
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
Arabic, with marks
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا
Arabic
ومهدت له تمهيدا
Shakir
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
Word by word
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
After all that he desires that I should give more;
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Arabic
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Shakir
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Word by word
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
Arabic, with marks
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا
Arabic
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Shakir
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Word by word
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!
Arabic, with marks
سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا
Arabic
سأرهقه صعودا
Shakir
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
Word by word
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, he thought and plotted.
Arabic, with marks
إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
Arabic
إنه فكر وقدر
Shakir
Surely he reflected and guessed,
Word by word
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Arabic, with marks
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Arabic
فقتل كيف قدر
Shakir
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
Word by word
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Arabic
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Shakir
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Word by word
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then he thought.
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Arabic
ثم نظر
Shakir
Then he looked,
Word by word
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Arabic
ثم عبس وبسر
Shakir
Then he frowned and scowled,
Word by word
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then he turned back, and was proud.
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ
Arabic
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Shakir
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Word by word
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
Arabic, with marks
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
Arabic
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
Shakir
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
Word by word
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
Arabic, with marks
إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ
Arabic
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
Shakir
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
Word by word
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
Arabic, with marks
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Arabic
سأصليه سقر
Shakir
I will cast him into hell.
Word by word
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
Arabic, with marks
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ
Arabic
وما أدراك ما سقر
Shakir
And what will make you realize what hell is?
Word by word
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
Arabic, with marks
لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
Arabic
لا تبقي ولا تذر
Shakir
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
Word by word
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Burning and blackening the skins!
Arabic, with marks
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Arabic
لواحة للبشر
Shakir
It scorches the mortal.
Word by word
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
Arabic, with marks
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
Arabic
عليها تسعة عشر
Shakir
Over it are nineteen.
Word by word
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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
Shakir
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.
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
Arabic, with marks
إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ
Arabic
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Shakir
Except the people of the right hand,
Word by word
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
Arabic, with marks
فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
Arabic
في جنات يتساءلون
Shakir
In gardens, they shall ask each other
Word by word
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
Arabic, with marks
عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
Arabic
عن المجرمين
Shakir
About the guilty:
Word by word
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
Arabic, with marks
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ
Arabic
ما سلككم في سقر
Shakir
What has brought you into hell?
Word by word
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),
Arabic, with marks
قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ
Arabic
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
Shakir
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
Word by word
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
Arabic, with marks
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ
Arabic
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Shakir
And we used not to feed the poor;
Word by word
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.
Arabic, with marks
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ
Arabic
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
Shakir
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
Word by word
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
Arabic, with marks
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Arabic
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
Shakir
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
Word by word
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
Arabic, with marks
حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ
Arabic
حتى أتانا اليقين
Shakir
Till death overtook us.
Word by word
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
Arabic, with marks
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ
Arabic
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Shakir
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
Word by word
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?
Arabic, with marks
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
Arabic
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Shakir
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
Word by word
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
Arabic, with marks
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Arabic
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
Shakir
As if they were asses taking fright
Word by word
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
Arabic, with marks
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍ
Arabic
فرت من قسورة
Shakir
That had fled from a lion?
Word by word
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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).
Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).
Arabic, with marks
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
Arabic
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Shakir
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Word by word
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
Arabic, with marks
كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ
Arabic
كلا إنه تذكرة
Shakir
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Word by word
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!
Arabic, with marks
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
Arabic
فمن شاء ذكره
Shakir
So whoever pleases may mind it.
Word by word
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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).