Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
O you who are clothed!
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
Arise and warn
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn,
Qum faanthir
And your Lord glorify
وربك فكبر
And your Lord do magnify,
Warabbaka fakabbir
And your clothing purify
وثيابك فطهر
And your garments do purify,
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And uncleanliness avoid
والرجز فاهجر
And uncleanness do shun,
Waalrrujza faohjur
And do not confer favor to acquire more
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
But for your Lord be patient.
ولربك فاصبر
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
Walirabbika faisbir
And when the trumpet is blown,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
For when the trumpet is sounded,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
That Day will be a difficult day
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
For the disbelievers - not easy.
على الكافرين غير يسير
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
Leave Me with the one I created alone
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And give him vast riches,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And children present [with him]
وبنين شهودا
And sons dwelling in his presence,
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
Then he desires that I should add more.
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
I will cover him with arduous torment.
سأرهقه صعودا
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
إنه فكر وقدر
Surely he reflected and guessed,
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
فقتل كيف قدر
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Then he considered [again];
ثم نظر
Then he looked,
Thumma nathara
Then he frowned and scowled;
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and scowled,
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he turned back and was arrogant
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Thumma adbara waistakbara
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
This is not but the word of a human being."
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
I will drive him into Saqar.
سأصليه سقر
I will cast him into hell.
Saosleehi saqara
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what will make you realize what hell is?
Wama adraka ma saqaru
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
La tubqee wala tatharu
Blackening the skins.
لواحة للبشر
It scorches the mortal.
Lawwahatun lilbashari
Over it are nineteen [angels].
عليها تسعة عشر
Over it are nineteen.
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
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
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.
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
No! By the moon
كلا والقمر
Nay; I swear by the moon,
Kalla waalqamari
And [by] the night when it departs
والليل إذ أدبر
And the night when it departs,
Waallayli ith adbara
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
والصبح إذا أسفر
And the daybreak when it shines;
Waalssubhi itha asfara
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Innaha laihda alkubari
As a warning to humanity -
نذيرا للبشر
A warning to mortals,
Natheeran lilbashari
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Except the companions of the right,
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the people of the right hand,
Illa ashaba alyameeni
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
في جنات يتساءلون
In gardens, they shall ask each other
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
About the criminals,
عن المجرمين
About the guilty:
AAani almujrimeena
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
ما سلككم في سقر
What has brought you into hell?
Ma salakakum fee saqara
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
And we used not to feed the poor;
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
Until there came to us the certainty."
حتى أتانا اليقين
Till death overtook us.
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
As if they were alarmed donkeys
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were asses taking fright
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
Fleeing from a lion?
فرت من قسورة
That had fled from a lion?
Farrat min qaswaratin
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
Then whoever wills will remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever pleases may mind it.
Faman shaa thakarahu
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 mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati