Al Muddathth

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

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 deliver thy warning!

2 Arise and warn!

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

3 And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

4 And purify your garments!

5 And all abomination shun!

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

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

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

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

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

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

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

9 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

10 Far from easy for the disbelievers.

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

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 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

12 And then granted him resources in abundance.

13 And sons to be by his side! -

13 And children to be by his side.

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

14 And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

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

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

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

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

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

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 he thought and he plotted; -

18 Verily, he thought and plotted.

19 And woe to him! How he plotted! -

19 So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

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

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

21 Then he looked round;

21 Then he thought.

22 Then he frowned and he scowled;

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

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

23 Then he turned back, and was proud.

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

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

25 "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

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

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

26 I will cast him into Hell-fire.

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

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

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

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

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

29 Burning and blackening the skins!

30 Over it are Nineteen.

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

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 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, verily: By the Moon,

32 Nay! And by the moon

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

33 And by the night when it withdraws.

34 And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -

34 And by the dawn when it brightens.

35 This is but one of the mighty (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 A warning to mankind, -

36 A warning to mankind -

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

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

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

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

39 Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

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

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

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

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

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

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

42 "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

43 They will say: "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 were we of those who fed the indigent;

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

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

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

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

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

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

49 Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -

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

50 As if they were affrighted 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 Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

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 By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,

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

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

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

55 Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

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

56 But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.

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).