الـمّـدّثّـر

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

1 O you who are clothed!

2 Arise and warn

2 Arise and warn,

3 And your Lord glorify

3 And your Lord do magnify,

4 And your clothing purify

4 And your garments do purify,

5 And uncleanliness avoid

5 And uncleanness do shun,

6 And do not confer favor to acquire more

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

7 But for your Lord be patient.

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

8 And when the trumpet is blown,

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

9 That Day will be a difficult day

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

10 For the disbelievers - not easy.

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

11 Leave Me with the one I created alone

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

12 And to whom I granted extensive wealth

12 And give him vast riches,

13 And children present [with him]

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

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

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

15 Then he desires that I should add more.

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

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

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

17 I will cover him with arduous torment.

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

18 Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

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

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

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

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

21 Then he considered [again];

21 Then he looked,

22 Then he frowned and scowled;

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

23 Then he turned back and was arrogant

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

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

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

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

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

26 I will drive him into Saqar.

26 I will cast him into hell.

27 And what can make you know what is Saqar?

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

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

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

29 Blackening the skins.

29 It scorches the mortal.

30 Over it are nineteen [angels].

30 Over 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 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.

32 No! By the moon

32 Nay; I swear by the moon,

33 And [by] the night when it departs

33 And the night when it departs,

34 And [by] the morning when it brightens,

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

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

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

36 As a warning to humanity -

36 A warning to mortals,

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

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

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

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

39 Except the companions of the right,

39 Except the people of the right hand,

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

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

41 About the criminals,

41 About the guilty:

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

42 What has brought you into hell?

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

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

44 Nor did we used to feed the poor.

44 And we used not to feed the poor;

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

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

46 And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

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

47 Until there came to us the certainty."

47 Till death overtook us.

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

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

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

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

50 As if they were alarmed donkeys

50 As if they were asses taking fright

51 Fleeing from a lion?

51 That had fled from a lion?

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

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

53 No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

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

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

55 Then whoever wills will remember it.

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

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 mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.