Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
Arise and warn
قم فأنذر
Arise and deliver thy warning!
Arise and warn!
And your Lord glorify
وربك فكبر
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
Thy Lord magnify,
And your clothing purify
وثيابك فطهر
And thy garments keep free from stain!
Thy raiment purify,
And uncleanliness avoid
والرجز فاهجر
And all abomination shun!
Pollution shun!
And do not confer favor to acquire more
ولا تمنن تستكثر
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
But for your Lord be patient.
ولربك فاصبر
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
And when the trumpet is blown,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
For when the trumpet shall sound,
That Day will be a difficult day
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
For the disbelievers - not easy.
على الكافرين غير يسير
Far from easy for those without Faith.
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
Leave Me with the one I created alone
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And children present [with him]
وبنين شهودا
And sons to be by his side! -
And sons abiding in his presence
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
ومهدت له تمهيدا
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
And made (life) smooth for him.
Then he desires that I should add more.
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
I will cover him with arduous torment.
سأرهقه صعودا
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
إنه فكر وقدر
For he thought and he plotted; -
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
فقتل كيف قدر
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Then he considered [again];
ثم نظر
Then he looked round;
Then looked he,
Then he frowned and scowled;
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and he scowled;
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he turned back and was arrogant
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back and was haughty;
Then turned he away in pride
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
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 nothing but the word of a mortal!"
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
I will drive him into Saqar.
سأصليه سقر
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
لا تبقي ولا تذر
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
Blackening the skins.
لواحة للبشر
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
It shrivelleth the man.
Over it are nineteen [angels].
عليها تسعة عشر
Over it are Nineteen.
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
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.
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, verily: By the Moon,
Nay, by the Moon
And [by] the night when it departs
والليل إذ أدبر
And by the Night as it retreateth,
And the night when it withdraweth
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
والصبح إذا أسفر
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
إنها لإحدى الكبر
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
As a warning to humanity -
نذيرا للبشر
A warning to mankind, -
As a warning unto men,
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -
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 will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Except the companions of the right,
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
في جنات يتساءلون
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
In gardens they will ask one another
About the criminals,
عن المجرمين
And (ask) of the Sinners:
Concerning the guilty:
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
ما سلككم في سقر
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
What hath brought you to this burning ?
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
Nor did we feed the wretched.
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
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,
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Until there came to us the certainty."
حتى أتانا اليقين
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
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
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
As if they were alarmed donkeys
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were affrighted asses,
As they were frightened asses
Fleeing from a lion?
فرت من قسورة
Fleeing from a lion!
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
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
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
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Then whoever wills will remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
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
But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.