الـمّـدّثّـر

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) enveloped in garments!

2 Arise and warn!

2 Qum faanthir

2 Arise and warn!

3 Thy Lord magnify,

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

3 And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

4 Thy raiment purify,

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

4 And purify your garments!

5 Pollution shun!

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

5 And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

6 And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

7 Walirabbika faisbir

7 And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

8 Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

9 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

10 Far from easy for the disbelievers.

11 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

11 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)!

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

12 And then granted him resources in abundance.

13 And sons abiding in his presence

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

13 And children to be by his side.

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

14 And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

15 After all that he desires that I should give more;

16 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

16 Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

17 I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!

18 For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

18 Verily, he thought and plotted.

19 (Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

19 So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

20 Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

20 And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!

21 Then looked he,

21 Thumma nathara

21 Then he thought.

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

22 Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;

23 Then turned he away in pride

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

23 Then he turned back, and was proud.

24 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

24 Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

25 "This is nothing but the word of a human being!"

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

26 Saosleehi saqara

26 I will cast him into Hell-fire.

27 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

27 And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

28 It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!

29 It shrivelleth the man.

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

29 Burning and blackening the skins!

30 Above it are nineteen.

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

30 Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).

31 We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling - block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude ? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals.

31 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

31 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.

32 Nay, by the Moon

32 Kalla waalqamari

32 Nay! And by the moon

33 And the night when it withdraweth

33 Waallayli ith adbara

33 And by the night when it withdraws.

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

34 And by the dawn when it brightens.

35 Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

35 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).

36 As a warning unto men,

36 Natheeran lilbashari

36 A warning to mankind -

37 Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

37 To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

38 Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

39 Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).

40 In gardens they will ask one another

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

40 In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,

41 Concerning the guilty:

41 AAani almujrimeena

41 About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

42 "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

43 They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

43 They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),

44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

44 "Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);

45 We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

45 "And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

46 And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

47 "Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

48 So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

49 Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?

50 As they were frightened asses

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

50 As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

51 Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.

52 Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

52 Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

52 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).

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

53 Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).

54 Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

54 Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,

55 So whosoever will may heed.

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

55 So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!

56 And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.

56 Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati

56 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).