الـمّـدّثّـر

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

1 O you who covers himself [with a garment],

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

2 Qum faanthir

2 Arise and warn

2 Arise and warn!

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

3 And your Lord glorify

3 And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

4 And your clothing purify

4 And purify your garments!

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

5 And uncleanliness avoid

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

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

6 And do not confer favor to acquire more

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 Walirabbika faisbir

7 But for your Lord be patient.

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

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

8 And when the trumpet is blown,

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

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

9 That Day will be a difficult day

9 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

10 For the disbelievers - not easy.

10 Far from easy for the disbelievers.

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

11 Leave Me with the one 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)!

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

12 And to whom I granted extensive wealth

12 And then granted him resources in abundance.

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

13 And children present [with him]

13 And children to be by his side.

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

14 And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].

14 And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

15 Then he desires that I should add more.

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

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

16 No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.

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

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

17 I will cover him with arduous torment.

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

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

18 Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

18 Verily, he thought and plotted.

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

19 So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

19 So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

20 Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

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

21 Thumma nathara

21 Then he considered [again];

21 Then he thought.

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

22 Then he frowned and scowled;

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

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

23 Then he turned back and was arrogant

23 Then he turned back, and was proud.

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

24 And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

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

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

25 This is not but the word of a human being."

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

26 Saosleehi saqara

26 I will drive him into Saqar.

26 I will cast him into Hell-fire.

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

27 And what can make you know what is Saqar?

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

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

28 It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

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

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

29 Blackening the skins.

29 Burning and blackening the skins!

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

30 Over it are nineteen [angels].

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

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 not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is hypocrisy and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allah intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allah leave astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And mention of the Fire is not but a reminder to humanity.

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 Kalla waalqamari

32 No! By the moon

32 Nay! And by the moon

33 Waallayli ith adbara

33 And [by] the night when it departs

33 And by the night when it withdraws.

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

34 And [by] the morning when it brightens,

34 And by the dawn when it brightens.

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

35 Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]

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 Natheeran lilbashari

36 As a warning to humanity -

36 A warning to mankind -

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

37 To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

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

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

38 Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained

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

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

39 Except the companions of the right,

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

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

40 [Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

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

41 AAani almujrimeena

41 About the criminals,

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

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

42 [And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"

42 "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

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

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

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

44 Nor did we used to feed the poor.

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

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

45 And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

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

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

46 And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

46 And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

47 Until there came to us the certainty."

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

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

48 So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.

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

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

49 Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

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

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

50 As if they were alarmed donkeys

50 As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

51 Fleeing from a lion?

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

52 Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

52 Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.

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 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

53 No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

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

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

54 No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder

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

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

55 Then whoever wills will remember it.

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

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

56 And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.

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).