Al Muddathth

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

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

2 Arise and warn!

2 Arise and warn!

3 Thy Lord magnify,

3 And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

4 Thy raiment purify,

4 And purify your garments!

5 Pollution shun!

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

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

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 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

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

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

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

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

9 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

10 Far from easy for the disbelievers.

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

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 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

12 And then granted him resources in abundance.

13 And sons abiding in his presence

13 And children to be by his side.

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

14 And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

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

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

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

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

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

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

18 Verily, he thought and plotted.

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

19 So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

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

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

21 Then looked he,

21 Then he thought.

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

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

23 Then turned he away in pride

23 Then he turned back, and was proud.

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

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

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

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

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

26 I will cast him into Hell-fire.

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

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

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

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

29 It shrivelleth the man.

29 Burning and blackening the skins!

30 Above it are nineteen.

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

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.

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 Nay, by the Moon

32 Nay! And by the moon

33 And the night when it withdraweth

33 And by the night when it withdraws.

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

34 And by the dawn when it brightens.

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

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 As a warning unto men,

36 A warning to mankind -

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

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

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

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

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

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

40 In gardens they will ask one another

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

41 Concerning the guilty:

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

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

42 "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

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

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

44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

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

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

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

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

46 And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

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

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

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

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

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

50 As they were frightened asses

50 As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

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

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

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 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

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

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

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

55 So whosoever will may heed.

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

56 And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.

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).