O you who covers himself [with a garment],
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) enveloped in garments!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) enveloped in garments!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
Arise and warn
Arise and warn!
قم فأنذر
Qum faanthir
And your Lord glorify
And magnify your Lord (Allah)!
وربك فكبر
Warabbaka fakabbir
And your clothing purify
And purify your garments!
وثيابك فطهر
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And uncleanliness avoid
And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!
والرجز فاهجر
Waalrrujza faohjur
And do not confer favor to acquire more
And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).
ولا تمنن تستكثر
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
But for your Lord be patient.
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
ولربك فاصبر
Walirabbika faisbir
And when the trumpet is blown,
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).
فإذا نقر في الناقور
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
That Day will be a difficult day
Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
For the disbelievers - not easy.
Far from easy for the disbelievers.
على الكافرين غير يسير
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
Leave Me with the one I created alone
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)!
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
And then granted him resources in abundance.
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And children present [with him]
And children to be by his side.
وبنين شهودا
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
And made life smooth and comfortable for him.
ومهدت له تمهيدا
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
Then he desires that I should add more.
After all that he desires that I should give more;
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
I will cover him with arduous torment.
I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!
سأرهقه صعودا
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
Verily, he thought and plotted.
إنه فكر وقدر
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
So let him be cursed: how he plotted!
فقتل كيف قدر
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Then he considered [again];
Then he thought.
ثم نظر
Thumma nathara
Then he frowned and scowled;
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;
ثم عبس وبسر
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he turned back and was arrogant
Then he turned back, and was proud.
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Thumma adbara waistakbara
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
This is not but the word of a human being."
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
I will drive him into Saqar.
I will cast him into Hell-fire.
سأصليه سقر
Saosleehi saqara
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
Wama adraka ma saqaru
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!
لا تبقي ولا تذر
La tubqee wala tatharu
Blackening the skins.
Burning and blackening the skins!
لواحة للبشر
Lawwahatun lilbashari
Over it are nineteen [angels].
Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).
عليها تسعة عشر
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
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.
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.
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
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
No! By the moon
Nay! And by the moon
كلا والقمر
Kalla waalqamari
And [by] the night when it departs
And by the night when it withdraws.
والليل إذ أدبر
Waallayli ith adbara
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
And by the dawn when it brightens.
والصبح إذا أسفر
Waalssubhi itha asfara
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
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).
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Innaha laihda alkubari
As a warning to humanity -
A warning to mankind -
نذيرا للبشر
Natheeran lilbashari
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Except the companions of the right,
Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Illa ashaba alyameeni
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,
في جنات يتساءلون
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
About the criminals,
About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):
عن المجرمين
AAani almujrimeena
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
"What has caused you to enter Hell?"
ما سلككم في سقر
Ma salakakum fee saqara
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
Until there came to us the certainty."
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
حتى أتانا اليقين
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
As if they were alarmed donkeys
As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
Fleeing from a lion?
Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.
فرت من قسورة
Farrat min qaswaratin
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
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).
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,
كلا إنه تذكرة
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
Then whoever wills will remember it.
So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!
فمن شاء ذكره
Faman shaa thakarahu
And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.
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).
وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati