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