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