Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
Arise and warn
Arise and warn!
قم فأنذر
Qum faanthir
And your Lord glorify
Thy Lord magnify,
وربك فكبر
Warabbaka fakabbir
And your clothing purify
Thy raiment purify,
وثيابك فطهر
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And uncleanliness avoid
Pollution shun!
والرجز فاهجر
Waalrrujza faohjur
And do not confer favor to acquire more
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
ولا تمنن تستكثر
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
But for your Lord be patient.
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
ولربك فاصبر
Walirabbika faisbir
And when the trumpet is blown,
For when the trumpet shall sound,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
That Day will be a difficult day
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
For the disbelievers - not easy.
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
على الكافرين غير يسير
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
Leave Me with the one I created alone
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And children present [with him]
And sons abiding in his presence
وبنين شهودا
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
And made (life) smooth for him.
ومهدت له تمهيدا
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
Then he desires that I should add more.
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
I will cover him with arduous torment.
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
سأرهقه صعودا
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
إنه فكر وقدر
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
فقتل كيف قدر
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Then he considered [again];
Then looked he,
ثم نظر
Thumma nathara
Then he frowned and scowled;
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
ثم عبس وبسر
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he turned back and was arrogant
Then turned he away in pride
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Thumma adbara waistakbara
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
This is not but the word of a human being."
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
I will drive him into Saqar.
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
سأصليه سقر
Saosleehi saqara
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
وما أدراك ما سقر
Wama adraka ma saqaru
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
لا تبقي ولا تذر
La tubqee wala tatharu
Blackening the skins.
It shrivelleth the man.
لواحة للبشر
Lawwahatun lilbashari
Over it are nineteen [angels].
Above it are nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
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.
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.
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
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
Nay, by the Moon
كلا والقمر
Kalla waalqamari
And [by] the night when it departs
And the night when it withdraweth
والليل إذ أدبر
Waallayli ith adbara
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
والصبح إذا أسفر
Waalssubhi itha asfara
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Innaha laihda alkubari
As a warning to humanity -
As a warning unto men,
نذيرا للبشر
Natheeran lilbashari
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Except the companions of the right,
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Illa ashaba alyameeni
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
In gardens they will ask one another
في جنات يتساءلون
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
About the criminals,
Concerning the guilty:
عن المجرمين
AAani almujrimeena
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
What hath brought you to this burning ?
ما سلككم في سقر
Ma salakakum fee saqara
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
Nor did we feed the wretched.
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
Until there came to us the certainty."
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
حتى أتانا اليقين
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
As if they were alarmed donkeys
As they were frightened asses
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
Fleeing from a lion?
Fleeing from a lion ?
فرت من قسورة
Farrat min qaswaratin
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
كلا إنه تذكرة
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
Then whoever wills will remember it.
So whosoever will may heed.
فمن شاء ذكره
Faman shaa thakarahu
And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.
وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati