الـمّـدّثّـر

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

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

2 Arise and warn

2 Arise and warn!

3 And your Lord glorify

3 Thy Lord magnify,

4 And your clothing purify

4 Thy raiment purify,

5 And uncleanliness avoid

5 Pollution shun!

6 And do not confer favor to acquire more

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

7 But for your Lord be patient.

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

8 And when the trumpet is blown,

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

9 That Day will be a difficult day

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

10 For the disbelievers - not easy.

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

11 Leave Me with the one I created alone

11 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,

12 And to whom I granted extensive wealth

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

13 And children present [with him]

13 And sons abiding in his presence

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

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

15 Then he desires that I should add more.

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

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

16 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

17 I will cover him with arduous torment.

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

18 Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

18 For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

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

19 (Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!

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

20 Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -

21 Then he considered [again];

21 Then looked he,

22 Then he frowned and scowled;

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

23 Then he turned back and was arrogant

23 Then turned he away in pride

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

24 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

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

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

26 I will drive him into Saqar.

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

27 And what can make you know what is Saqar?

27 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

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

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

29 Blackening the skins.

29 It shrivelleth the man.

30 Over it are nineteen [angels].

30 Above it are nineteen.

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 We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling - block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude ? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals.

32 No! By the moon

32 Nay, by the Moon

33 And [by] the night when it departs

33 And the night when it withdraweth

34 And [by] the morning when it brightens,

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

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

35 Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

36 As a warning to humanity -

36 As a warning unto men,

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

37 Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

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

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

39 Except the companions of the right,

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

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

40 In gardens they will ask one another

41 About the criminals,

41 Concerning the guilty:

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

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

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

43 They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

44 Nor did we used to feed the poor.

44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

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

45 We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

46 And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

47 Until there came to us the certainty."

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

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

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

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

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

50 As if they were alarmed donkeys

50 As they were frightened asses

51 Fleeing from a lion?

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

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

52 Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

53 No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

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

54 Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

55 Then whoever wills will remember it.

55 So whosoever will may heed.

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 heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.