Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
Arise and warn
Qum faanthir
Arise and deliver thy warning!
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
And your Lord glorify
Warabbaka fakabbir
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
And your clothing purify
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And thy garments keep free from stain!
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
And uncleanliness avoid
Waalrrujza faohjur
And all abomination shun!
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
And do not confer favor to acquire more
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
But for your Lord be patient.
Walirabbika faisbir
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
And when the trumpet is blown,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
That Day will be a difficult day
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
For the disbelievers - not easy.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
Far from easy for those without Faith.
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Leave Me with the one I created alone
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And children present [with him]
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And sons to be by his side! -
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
Then he desires that I should add more.
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
I will cover him with arduous torment.
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
For he thought and he plotted; -
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then he considered [again];
Thumma nathara
Then he looked round;
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he frowned and scowled;
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he frowned and he scowled;
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then he turned back and was arrogant
Thumma adbara waistakbara
Then he turned back and was haughty;
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
This is not but the word of a human being."
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
I will drive him into Saqar.
Saosleehi saqara
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
Wama adraka ma saqaru
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
La tubqee wala tatharu
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
Blackening the skins.
Lawwahatun lilbashari
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Over it are nineteen [angels].
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
Over it are Nineteen.
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
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 only as a trial for Unbelievers, - in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith, - and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.
وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًا وَ
No! By the moon
Kalla waalqamari
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
And [by] the night when it departs
Waallayli ith adbara
And by the Night as it retreateth,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
Waalssubhi itha asfara
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
Innaha laihda alkubari
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
As a warning to humanity -
Natheeran lilbashari
A warning to mankind, -
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Except the companions of the right,
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
About the criminals,
AAani almujrimeena
And (ask) of the Sinners:
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
Ma salakakum fee saqara
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Until there came to us the certainty."
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
As if they were alarmed donkeys
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As if they were affrighted asses,
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Fleeing from a lion?
Farrat min qaswaratin
Fleeing from a lion!
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
Then whoever wills will remember it.
Faman shaa thakarahu
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
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
But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ