Al Muddathth

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

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

2 Arise and warn!

2 Qum faanthir

3 Thy Lord magnify,

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

4 Thy raiment purify,

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

5 Pollution shun!

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

7 Walirabbika faisbir

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

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

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

13 And sons abiding in his presence

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

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

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

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

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

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

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

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

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

21 Then looked he,

21 Thumma nathara

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

23 Then turned he away in pride

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

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

24 Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

26 Saosleehi saqara

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

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

29 It shrivelleth the man.

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

30 Above it are nineteen.

30 AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

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 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, by the Moon

32 Kalla waalqamari

33 And the night when it withdraweth

33 Waallayli ith adbara

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

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

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

36 As a warning unto men,

36 Natheeran lilbashari

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

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

40 In gardens they will ask one another

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

41 Concerning the guilty:

41 AAani almujrimeena

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

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

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

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

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

49 Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

50 As they were frightened asses

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

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

52 Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

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

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

55 So whosoever will may heed.

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

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

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