Al Muddathth

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

1 Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

2 Arise and deliver thy warning!

2 Qum faanthir

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

3 Warabbaka fakabbir

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

4 Wathiyabaka fatahhir

5 And all abomination shun!

5 Waalrrujza faohjur

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

6 Wala tamnun tastakthiru

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

7 Walirabbika faisbir

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

8 Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

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

9 Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

10 AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

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

11 Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

12 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

12 WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

13 And sons to be by his side! -

13 Wabaneena shuhoodan

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

14 Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

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

15 Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

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

16 Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

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

17 Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

18 For he thought and he plotted; -

18 Innahu fakkara waqaddara

19 And woe to him! How he plotted! -

19 Faqutila kayfa qaddara

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

20 Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

21 Then he looked round;

21 Thumma nathara

22 Then he frowned and he scowled;

22 Thumma AAabasa wabasara

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

23 Thumma adbara waistakbara

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 mortal!"

25 In hatha illa qawlu albashari

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

26 Saosleehi saqara

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

27 Wama adraka ma saqaru

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

28 La tubqee wala tatharu

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

29 Lawwahatun lilbashari

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 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, verily: By the Moon,

32 Kalla waalqamari

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

33 Waallayli ith adbara

34 And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -

34 Waalssubhi itha asfara

35 This is but one of the mighty (portents),

35 Innaha laihda alkubari

36 A warning to mankind, -

36 Natheeran lilbashari

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

37 Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

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

38 Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

39 Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

39 Illa ashaba alyameeni

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

40 Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

41 AAani almujrimeena

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

42 Ma salakakum fee saqara

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

43 Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

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

44 Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

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

45 Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

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

46 Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

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

47 Hatta atana alyaqeenu

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

48 Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

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 affrighted asses,

50 Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

51 Fleeing from a lion!

51 Farrat min qaswaratin

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 By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,

53 Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

54 Kalla innahu tathkiratun

55 Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

55 Faman shaa thakarahu

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