الـمّـدّثّـر

1 O you who are clothed!

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 And your Lord do magnify,

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

3 And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

4 And your garments do purify,

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

4 And purify your garments!

5 And uncleanness do shun,

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

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

6 And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,

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 And for the sake of your 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 is sounded,

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

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

9 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

9 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

10 Far from easy for the disbelievers.

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

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 give him vast riches,

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

12 And then granted him resources in abundance.

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

13 And children to be by his side.

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

14 And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

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

16 By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

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

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

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 Surely he reflected and guessed,

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

18 Verily, he thought and plotted.

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

19 So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

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

21 Then he looked,

21 Thumma nathara

21 Then he thought.

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

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

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

23 Then he turned back, and was proud.

24 ~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

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

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

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

26 I will cast him into hell.

26 Saosleehi saqara

26 I will cast him into Hell-fire.

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

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

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

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

29 It scorches the mortal.

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

29 Burning and blackening the skins!

30 Over it are nineteen.

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

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

31 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.

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; I swear by the moon,

32 Kalla waalqamari

32 Nay! And by the moon

33 And the night when it departs,

33 Waallayli ith adbara

33 And by the night when it withdraws.

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

34 And by the dawn when it brightens.

35 Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),

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 A warning to mortals,

36 Natheeran lilbashari

36 A warning to mankind -

37 To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.

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 held in pledge for what it earns,

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

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

39 Except the people of 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 shall ask each other

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

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

41 About the guilty:

41 AAani almujrimeena

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

42 What has brought you into hell?

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

42 "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

43 They shall say: 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 And we used not to feed the poor;

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

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

45 And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.

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 call the day of judgment a lie;

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

46 And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,

47 Till death overtook us.

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

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

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

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

49 What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition

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 if they were asses taking fright

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

50 As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

51 That had fled from a lion?

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

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

52 Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;

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! but they do not fear the hereafter.

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

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

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

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

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

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

56 And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.

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).