الـمّـدّثّـر

1 O you who are clothed!

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

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

2 Arise and warn,

2 Arise and warn!

2 Qum faanthir

3 And your Lord do magnify,

3 And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

4 And your garments do purify,

4 And purify your garments!

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

5 And uncleanness do shun,

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

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

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

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).

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

7 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.

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

7 Walirabbika faisbir

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

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

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

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

9 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

10 Far from easy for the disbelievers.

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

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)!

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

12 And give him vast riches,

12 And then granted him resources in abundance.

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

13 And children to be by his side.

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

14 And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

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

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

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

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

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

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

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

18 Verily, he thought and plotted.

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

19 So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

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

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

21 Then he looked,

21 Then he thought.

21 Thumma nathara

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

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

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

23 Then he turned back, and was proud.

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

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

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

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

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

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

26 I will cast him into hell.

26 I will cast him into Hell-fire.

26 Saosleehi saqara

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

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

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

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

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

29 It scorches the mortal.

29 Burning and blackening the skins!

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

30 Over it are nineteen.

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

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

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 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.

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

32 Nay; I swear by the moon,

32 Nay! And by the moon

32 Kalla waalqamari

33 And the night when it departs,

33 And by the night when it withdraws.

33 Waallayli ith adbara

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

34 And by the dawn when it brightens.

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

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

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).

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

36 A warning to mortals,

36 A warning to mankind -

36 Natheeran lilbashari

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

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

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

38 Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,

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

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

39 Except the people of the right hand,

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

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

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

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

41 About the guilty:

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

41 AAani almujrimeena

42 What has brought you into hell?

42 "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

43 They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;

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

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

44 And we used not to feed the poor;

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

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

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

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

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

46 And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;

46 And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

47 Till death overtook us.

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

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

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

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

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

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

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

50 As if they were asses taking fright

50 As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

51 That had fled from a lion?

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

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

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

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).

52 Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

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

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

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

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

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

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

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

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).

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