Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
O you who are clothed!
Arise and warn
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn!
Arise and warn,
And your Lord glorify
وربك فكبر
Thy Lord magnify,
And your Lord do magnify,
And your clothing purify
وثيابك فطهر
Thy raiment purify,
And your garments do purify,
And uncleanliness avoid
والرجز فاهجر
Pollution shun!
And uncleanness do shun,
And do not confer favor to acquire more
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
But for your Lord be patient.
ولربك فاصبر
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
And when the trumpet is blown,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
For when the trumpet shall sound,
For when the trumpet is sounded,
That Day will be a difficult day
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
For the disbelievers - not easy.
على الكافرين غير يسير
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Leave Me with the one I created alone
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And give him vast riches,
And children present [with him]
وبنين شهودا
And sons abiding in his presence
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And made (life) smooth for him.
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
Then he desires that I should add more.
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
And yet he desires that I should add more!
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
I will cover him with arduous torment.
سأرهقه صعودا
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
إنه فكر وقدر
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Surely he reflected and guessed,
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
فقتل كيف قدر
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Then he considered [again];
ثم نظر
Then looked he,
Then he looked,
Then he frowned and scowled;
ثم عبس وبسر
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then he turned back and was arrogant
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then turned he away in pride
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
This is not but the word of a human being."
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
I will drive him into Saqar.
سأصليه سقر
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
I will cast him into hell.
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
وما أدراك ما سقر
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
And what will make you realize what hell is?
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
Blackening the skins.
لواحة للبشر
It shrivelleth the man.
It scorches the mortal.
Over it are nineteen [angels].
عليها تسعة عشر
Above it are nineteen.
Over it are nineteen.
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.
وما جعلنا أصحاب النار إلا ملائكة ۙ وما جعلنا عدتهم إلا فتنة للذين كفروا ليستيقن الذين أوتوا الكتاب ويزداد الذين آمنوا إيمانا ۙ ولا يرتاب الذين أوتوا الكتاب والمؤمنون ۙ وليقول الذين في قلوبهم مرض والكافرون ماذا أراد الله بهذا مثلا ۚ كذلك يضل الله من يشاء ويهدي من يشاء ۚ وما يعلم جنود ربك إلا هو ۚ وما هي إلا ذكرى للبشر
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.
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.
No! By the moon
كلا والقمر
Nay, by the Moon
Nay; I swear by the moon,
And [by] the night when it departs
والليل إذ أدبر
And the night when it withdraweth
And the night when it departs,
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
والصبح إذا أسفر
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
And the daybreak when it shines;
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
As a warning to humanity -
نذيرا للبشر
As a warning unto men,
A warning to mortals,
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Except the companions of the right,
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Except the people of the right hand,
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
في جنات يتساءلون
In gardens they will ask one another
In gardens, they shall ask each other
About the criminals,
عن المجرمين
Concerning the guilty:
About the guilty:
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
ما سلككم في سقر
What hath brought you to this burning ?
What has brought you into hell?
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Nor did we feed the wretched.
And we used not to feed the poor;
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
Until there came to us the certainty."
حتى أتانا اليقين
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Till death overtook us.
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
As if they were alarmed donkeys
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As they were frightened asses
As if they were asses taking fright
Fleeing from a lion?
فرت من قسورة
Fleeing from a lion ?
That had fled from a lion?
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Then whoever wills will remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
So whosoever will may heed.
So whoever pleases may mind it.
And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.
وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.