In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) enveloped in garments!
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
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 thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
Arise and warn!
Arise and deliver thy warning!
قم فأنذر
Qum faanthir
And magnify your Lord (Allah)!
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
وربك فكبر
Warabbaka fakabbir
And purify your garments!
And thy garments keep free from stain!
وثيابك فطهر
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!
And all abomination shun!
والرجز فاهجر
Waalrrujza faohjur
And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
ولا تمنن تستكثر
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
ولربك فاصبر
Walirabbika faisbir
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
Far from easy for those without Faith.
على الكافرين غير يسير
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
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 alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
And then granted him resources in abundance.
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And children to be by his side.
And sons to be by his side! -
وبنين شهودا
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
ومهدت له تمهيدا
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
After all that he desires that I should give more;
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
سأرهقه صعودا
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
Verily, he thought and plotted.
For he thought and he plotted; -
إنه فكر وقدر
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
فقتل كيف قدر
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Then he thought.
Then he looked round;
ثم نظر
Thumma nathara
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
Then he frowned and he scowled;
ثم عبس وبسر
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he turned back, and was proud.
Then he turned back and was haughty;
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Thumma adbara waistakbara
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
سأصليه سقر
Saosleehi saqara
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
Wama adraka ma saqaru
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
لا تبقي ولا تذر
La tubqee wala tatharu
Burning and blackening the skins!
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
لواحة للبشر
Lawwahatun lilbashari
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
Over it are Nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
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 set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers, - in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith, - and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning 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
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
Nay! And by the moon
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
كلا والقمر
Kalla waalqamari
And by the night when it withdraws.
And by the Night as it retreateth,
والليل إذ أدبر
Waallayli ith adbara
And by the dawn when it brightens.
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
والصبح إذا أسفر
Waalssubhi itha asfara
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).
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Innaha laihda alkubari
A warning to mankind -
A warning to mankind, -
نذيرا للبشر
Natheeran lilbashari
To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).
To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Illa ashaba alyameeni
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
في جنات يتساءلون
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
And (ask) of the Sinners:
عن المجرمين
AAani almujrimeena
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
ما سلككم في سقر
Ma salakakum fee saqara
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
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
حتى أتانا اليقين
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
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 turn away from admonition? -
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
As if they were affrighted asses,
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
Fleeing from a lion!
فرت من قسورة
Farrat min qaswaratin
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).
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
كلا إنه تذكرة
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
فمن شاء ذكره
Faman shaa thakarahu
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).
But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.
وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati