Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) enveloped in garments!
Arise and warn
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn!
And your Lord glorify
Warabbaka fakabbir
And magnify your Lord (Allah)!
And your clothing purify
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And purify your garments!
And uncleanliness avoid
Waalrrujza faohjur
And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!
And do not confer favor to acquire more
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).
But for your Lord be patient.
Walirabbika faisbir
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
And when the trumpet is blown,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
That Day will be a difficult day
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
For the disbelievers - not easy.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
Leave Me with the one I created alone
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
Leave Me Alone (to deal) with whom I created lonely (without any wealth or children etc, i.e. Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah Al-Makhzumi)!
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And then granted him resources in abundance.
And children present [with him]
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And children to be by his side.
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
Then he desires that I should add more.
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
After all that he desires that I should give more;
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
I will cover him with arduous torment.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
Verily, he thought and plotted.
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
Then he considered [again];
Thumma nathara
Then he thought.
Then he frowned and scowled;
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
Then he turned back and was arrogant
Thumma adbara waistakbara
Then he turned back, and was proud.
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
This is not but the word of a human being."
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
I will drive him into Saqar.
Saosleehi saqara
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
Wama adraka ma saqaru
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
La tubqee wala tatharu
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
Blackening the skins.
Lawwahatun lilbashari
Burning and blackening the skins!
Over it are nineteen [angels].
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
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
And We have set none but angels as guardians of the Fire. And We have fixed their number (19) only as a trial for the disbelievers, in order that the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) may arrive at a certainty [that this Qur'an is the truth as it agrees with their Books regarding the number (19) which is written in the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] and that the believers may increase in Faith (as this Qur'an is the truth), and that no doubt may be left for the people of the Scripture and the believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease (of hypocrisy) and the disbelievers may say: "What Allah intends by this (curious) example ?" Thus Allah leads astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none can know the hosts of your Lord but He. And this (Hell) is nothing else than a (warning) reminder to mankind.
No! By the moon
Kalla waalqamari
Nay! And by the moon
And [by] the night when it departs
Waallayli ith adbara
And by the night when it withdraws.
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
Waalssubhi itha asfara
And by the dawn when it brightens.
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
Innaha laihda alkubari
Verily, it (Hell, or their denial of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, or the Day of Resurrection) is but one of the greatest (signs).
As a warning to humanity -
Natheeran lilbashari
A warning to mankind -
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
Except the companions of the right,
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
About the criminals,
AAani almujrimeena
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
Ma salakakum fee saqara
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
Until there came to us the certainty."
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?
As if they were alarmed donkeys
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
Fleeing from a lion?
Farrat min qaswaratin
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
Nay, everyone of them desires that he should be given pages spread out (coming from Allah with a writing that Islam is the right religion, and Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم has come with the truth from Allah, the Lord of the heavens and earth).
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
Then whoever wills will remember it.
Faman shaa thakarahu
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from 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
And they will not receive admonition unless Allah wills; He (Allah) is the One, deserving that mankind should be afraid of, and should be dutiful to Him, and should not take any Ilah (god) along with Him, and He is the One Who forgives (sins).