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,
Arise and warn
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn!
And your Lord glorify
وربك فكبر
Thy Lord magnify,
And your clothing purify
وثيابك فطهر
Thy raiment purify,
And uncleanliness avoid
والرجز فاهجر
Pollution shun!
And do not confer favor to acquire more
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
But for your Lord be patient.
ولربك فاصبر
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
And when the trumpet is blown,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
For when the trumpet shall sound,
That Day will be a difficult day
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
For the disbelievers - not easy.
على الكافرين غير يسير
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
Leave Me with the one I created alone
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And children present [with him]
وبنين شهودا
And sons abiding in his presence
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And made (life) smooth for him.
Then he desires that I should add more.
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Yet he desireth that I should give 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.
I will cover him with arduous torment.
سأرهقه صعودا
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
إنه فكر وقدر
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
فقتل كيف قدر
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Then he considered [again];
ثم نظر
Then looked he,
Then he frowned and scowled;
ثم عبس وبسر
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he turned back and was arrogant
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then turned he away in 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;
This is not but the word of a human being."
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
I will drive him into Saqar.
سأصليه سقر
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
وما أدراك ما سقر
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
Blackening the skins.
لواحة للبشر
It shrivelleth the man.
Over it are nineteen [angels].
عليها تسعة عشر
Above 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.
No! By the moon
كلا والقمر
Nay, by the Moon
And [by] the night when it departs
والليل إذ أدبر
And the night when it withdraweth
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
والصبح إذا أسفر
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
As a warning to humanity -
نذيرا للبشر
As a warning unto men,
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.
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Except the companions of the right,
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
في جنات يتساءلون
In gardens they will ask one another
About the criminals,
عن المجرمين
Concerning the guilty:
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
ما سلككم في سقر
What hath brought you to this burning ?
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
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Nor did we feed the wretched.
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 deny the Day of Recompense
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Until there came to us the certainty."
حتى أتانا اليقين
Till the Inevitable came unto 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.
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,
As if they were alarmed donkeys
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As they were frightened asses
Fleeing from a lion?
فرت من قسورة
Fleeing 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).
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Then whoever wills will remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
So whosoever will may heed.
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.