الـمّـدّثّـر

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

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

2 Arise and warn!

2 Arise and deliver thy warning!

2 Qum faanthir

3 And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

4 And purify your garments!

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

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

5 And all abomination shun!

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

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

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

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

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

7 Walirabbika faisbir

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

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

9 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

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

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

10 Far from easy for the disbelievers.

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

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

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

12 And then granted him resources in abundance.

12 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

13 And children to be by his side.

13 And sons to be by his side! -

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

14 And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

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

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

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

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

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

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

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

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

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

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

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

18 Verily, he thought and plotted.

18 For he thought and he plotted; -

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

19 So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

19 And woe to him! How he plotted! -

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

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

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

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

21 Then he thought.

21 Then he looked round;

21 Thumma nathara

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

22 Then he frowned and he scowled;

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

23 Then he turned back, and was proud.

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

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

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

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

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

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

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

26 I will cast him into Hell-fire.

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

26 Saosleehi saqara

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

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

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

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

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

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

29 Burning and blackening the skins!

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

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

30 Over it are Nineteen.

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

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 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.

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! And by the moon

32 Nay, verily: By the Moon,

32 Kalla waalqamari

33 And by the night when it withdraws.

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

33 Waallayli ith adbara

34 And by the dawn when it brightens.

34 And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

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 This is but one of the mighty (portents),

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

36 A warning to mankind -

36 A warning to mankind, -

36 Natheeran lilbashari

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

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

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

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

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

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

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

39 Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

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

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

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

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

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

41 AAani almujrimeena

42 "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

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

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

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

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

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

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

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

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

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

46 And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,

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

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

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

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

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

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

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

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

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

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

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

50 As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

50 As if they were affrighted asses,

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

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

51 Fleeing from a lion!

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

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

52 Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

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

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

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

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

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

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

55 Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

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

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