الـمّـدّثّـر

1 O you who are clothed!

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

2 Arise and warn,

2 Arise and deliver thy warning!

3 And your Lord do magnify,

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

4 And your garments do purify,

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

5 And uncleanness do shun,

5 And all abomination shun!

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

6 Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!

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

7 But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

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

9 That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

11 Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -

12 And give him vast riches,

12 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

13 And sons to be by his side! -

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

14 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

15 Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -

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

16 By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

17 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

18 For he thought and he plotted; -

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

19 And woe to him! How he plotted! -

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

20 Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -

21 Then he looked,

21 Then he looked round;

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

22 Then he frowned and he scowled;

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

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

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

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

25 "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

26 I will cast him into hell.

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

27 And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

28 Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -

29 It scorches the mortal.

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

30 Over it are nineteen.

30 Over it are Nineteen.

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 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.

32 Nay; I swear by the moon,

32 Nay, verily: By the Moon,

33 And the night when it departs,

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

34 And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -

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

35 This is but one of the mighty (portents),

36 A warning to mortals,

36 A warning to mankind, -

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

37 To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -

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

38 Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.

39 Except the people of the right hand,

39 Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

40 (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,

41 About the guilty:

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

42 What has brought you into hell?

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

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

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

44 And we used not to feed the poor;

44 "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;

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

45 "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;

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

46 "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

47 Till death overtook us.

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

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

48 Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

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

49 Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -

50 As if they were asses taking fright

50 As if they were affrighted asses,

51 That had fled from a lion?

51 Fleeing from a lion!

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

52 Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

53 By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

55 Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

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

56 But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.