Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
O you who are clothed!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ
Arise and warn
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn,
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
And your Lord glorify
وربك فكبر
And your Lord do magnify,
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
And your clothing purify
وثيابك فطهر
And your garments do purify,
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
And uncleanliness avoid
والرجز فاهجر
And uncleanness do shun,
وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ
And do not confer favor to acquire more
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
But for your Lord be patient.
ولربك فاصبر
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ
And when the trumpet is blown,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
For when the trumpet is sounded,
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ
That Day will be a difficult day
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
For the disbelievers - not easy.
على الكافرين غير يسير
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Leave Me with the one I created alone
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And give him vast riches,
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And children present [with him]
وبنين شهودا
And sons dwelling in his presence,
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا
Then he desires that I should add more.
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
And yet he desires that I should add more!
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا
I will cover him with arduous torment.
سأرهقه صعودا
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
إنه فكر وقدر
Surely he reflected and guessed,
إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
فقتل كيف قدر
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then he considered [again];
ثم نظر
Then he looked,
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he frowned and scowled;
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and scowled,
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then he turned back and was arrogant
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ
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);
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
This is not but the word of a human being."
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ
I will drive him into Saqar.
سأصليه سقر
I will cast him into hell.
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what will make you realize what hell is?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
Blackening the skins.
لواحة للبشر
It scorches the mortal.
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Over it are nineteen [angels].
عليها تسعة عشر
Over it are nineteen.
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
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.
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِيمَانًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَالْكَافِرُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ
No! By the moon
كلا والقمر
Nay; I swear by the moon,
كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ
And [by] the night when it departs
والليل إذ أدبر
And the night when it departs,
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
والصبح إذا أسفر
And the daybreak when it shines;
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ
As a warning to humanity -
نذيرا للبشر
A warning to mortals,
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
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.
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
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,
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Except the companions of the right,
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the people of the right hand,
إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
في جنات يتساءلون
In gardens, they shall ask each other
فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
About the criminals,
عن المجرمين
About the guilty:
عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
ما سلككم في سقر
What has brought you into hell?
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ
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;
قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
And we used not to feed the poor;
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ
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.
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Until there came to us the certainty."
حتى أتانا اليقين
Till death overtook us.
حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ
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
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
As if they were alarmed donkeys
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were asses taking fright
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Fleeing from a lion?
فرت من قسورة
That had fled from a lion?
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍ
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;
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ
Then whoever wills will remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever pleases may mind it.
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
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.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ