In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) enveloped in garments!
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
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!
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
Arise and warn!
Arise and warn
قم فأنذر
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
And magnify your Lord (Allah)!
And your Lord glorify
وربك فكبر
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
And purify your garments!
And your clothing purify
وثيابك فطهر
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!
And uncleanliness avoid
والرجز فاهجر
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).
And do not confer favor to acquire more
ولا تمنن تستكثر
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
But for your Lord be patient.
ولربك فاصبر
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
And when the trumpet is blown,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
That Day will be a difficult day
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
For the disbelievers - not easy.
على الكافرين غير يسير
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ 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)!
Leave Me with the one I created alone
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
And then granted him resources in abundance.
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And children to be by his side.
And children present [with him]
وبنين شهودا
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
ومهدت له تمهيدا
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
After all that he desires that I should give more;
Then he desires that I should add more.
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!
I will cover him with arduous torment.
سأرهقه صعودا
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
Verily, he thought and plotted.
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
إنه فكر وقدر
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
فقتل كيف قدر
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثم قتل كيف قدر
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then he thought.
Then he considered [again];
ثم نظر
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
Then he frowned and scowled;
ثم عبس وبسر
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then he turned back, and was proud.
Then he turned back and was arrogant
ثم أدبر واستكبر
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
This is not but the word of a human being."
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
I will drive him into Saqar.
سأصليه سقر
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
وما أدراك ما سقر
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
لا تبقي ولا تذر
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
Burning and blackening the skins!
Blackening the skins.
لواحة للبشر
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
Over it are nineteen [angels].
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.
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.
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 جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًا وَ
Nay! And by the moon
No! By the moon
كلا والقمر
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
And by the night when it withdraws.
And [by] the night when it departs
والليل إذ أدبر
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And by the dawn when it brightens.
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
والصبح إذا أسفر
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ 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).
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
إنها لإحدى الكبر
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
A warning to mankind -
As a warning to humanity -
نذيرا للبشر
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
Except the companions of the right,
إلا أصحاب اليمين
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
في جنات يتساءلون
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
About the criminals,
عن المجرمين
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
ما سلككم في سقر
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
Until there came to us the certainty."
حتى أتانا اليقين
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ
Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
As if they were alarmed donkeys
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
Fleeing from a lion?
فرت من قسورة
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
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).
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
كلا إنه تذكرة
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!
Then whoever wills will remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
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).
And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.
وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ