Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
O you who are clothed!
Arise and warn
Qum faanthir
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn,
And your Lord glorify
Warabbaka fakabbir
وربك فكبر
And your Lord do magnify,
And your clothing purify
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
وثيابك فطهر
And your garments do purify,
And uncleanliness avoid
Waalrrujza faohjur
والرجز فاهجر
And uncleanness do shun,
And do not confer favor to acquire more
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
But for your Lord be patient.
Walirabbika faisbir
ولربك فاصبر
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
And when the trumpet is blown,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
فإذا نقر في الناقور
For when the trumpet is sounded,
That Day will be a difficult day
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
For the disbelievers - not easy.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
على الكافرين غير يسير
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Leave Me with the one I created alone
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And give him vast riches,
And children present [with him]
Wabaneena shuhoodan
وبنين شهودا
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
Then he desires that I should add more.
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
And yet he desires that I should add more!
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
I will cover him with arduous torment.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
سأرهقه صعودا
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
إنه فكر وقدر
Surely he reflected and guessed,
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
فقتل كيف قدر
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Then he considered [again];
Thumma nathara
ثم نظر
Then he looked,
Then he frowned and scowled;
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then he turned back and was arrogant
Thumma adbara waistakbara
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
This is not but the word of a human being."
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
I will drive him into Saqar.
Saosleehi saqara
سأصليه سقر
I will cast him into hell.
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
Wama adraka ma saqaru
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what will make you realize what hell is?
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
La tubqee wala tatharu
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
Blackening the skins.
Lawwahatun lilbashari
لواحة للبشر
It scorches the mortal.
Over it are nineteen [angels].
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
عليها تسعة عشر
Over 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
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.
No! By the moon
Kalla waalqamari
كلا والقمر
Nay; I swear by the moon,
And [by] the night when it departs
Waallayli ith adbara
والليل إذ أدبر
And the night when it departs,
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
Waalssubhi itha asfara
والصبح إذا أسفر
And the daybreak when it shines;
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
Innaha laihda alkubari
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
As a warning to humanity -
Natheeran lilbashari
نذيرا للبشر
A warning to mortals,
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Except the companions of the right,
Illa ashaba alyameeni
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the people of the right hand,
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
في جنات يتساءلون
In gardens, they shall ask each other
About the criminals,
AAani almujrimeena
عن المجرمين
About the guilty:
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
Ma salakakum fee saqara
ما سلككم في سقر
What has brought you into hell?
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
And we used not to feed the poor;
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
Until there came to us the certainty."
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
حتى أتانا اليقين
Till death overtook us.
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
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
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
As if they were alarmed donkeys
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were asses taking fright
Fleeing from a lion?
Farrat min qaswaratin
فرت من قسورة
That had fled 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; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Then whoever wills will remember it.
Faman shaa thakarahu
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever pleases may mind it.
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 mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.