Al Muddathth

Saheeh International

1 O you who covers himself [with a garment],

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) enveloped in garments!

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

Saheeh International

2 Arise and warn

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 Arise and warn!

Pickthall

2 Arise and warn!

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3 And your Lord glorify

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

Pickthall

3 Thy Lord magnify,

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4 And your clothing purify

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And purify your garments!

Pickthall

4 Thy raiment purify,

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5 And uncleanliness avoid

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!

Pickthall

5 Pollution shun!

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6 And do not confer favor to acquire more

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).

Pickthall

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

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7 But for your Lord be patient.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!

Pickthall

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

Saheeh International

8 And when the trumpet is blown,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).

Pickthall

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

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9 That Day will be a difficult day

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

Pickthall

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

Saheeh International

10 For the disbelievers - not easy.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 Far from easy for the disbelievers.

Pickthall

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

Saheeh International

11 Leave Me with the one I created alone

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 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)!

Pickthall

11 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,

Saheeh International

12 And to whom I granted extensive wealth

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And then granted him resources in abundance.

Pickthall

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

Saheeh International

13 And children present [with him]

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And children to be by his side.

Pickthall

13 And sons abiding in his presence

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14 And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

Pickthall

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

Saheeh International

15 Then he desires that I should add more.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 After all that he desires that I should give more;

Pickthall

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

Saheeh International

16 No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).

Pickthall

16 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

Saheeh International

17 I will cover him with arduous torment.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!

Pickthall

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

Saheeh International

18 Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Verily, he thought and plotted.

Pickthall

18 For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

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19 So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

Pickthall

19 (Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!

Saheeh International

20 Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!

Pickthall

20 Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -

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21 Then he considered [again];

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Then he thought.

Pickthall

21 Then looked he,

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22 Then he frowned and scowled;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;

Pickthall

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

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23 Then he turned back and was arrogant

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Then he turned back, and was proud.

Pickthall

23 Then turned he away in pride

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24 And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,

Pickthall

24 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

Saheeh International

25 This is not but the word of a human being."

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 "This is nothing but the word of a human being!"

Pickthall

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

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26 I will drive him into Saqar.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 I will cast him into Hell-fire.

Pickthall

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

Saheeh International

27 And what can make you know what is Saqar?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?

Pickthall

27 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

Saheeh International

28 It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!

Pickthall

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

Saheeh International

29 Blackening the skins.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 Burning and blackening the skins!

Pickthall

29 It shrivelleth the man.

Saheeh International

30 Over it are nineteen [angels].

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).

Pickthall

30 Above it are nineteen.

Saheeh International

31 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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 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.

Pickthall

31 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.

Saheeh International

32 No! By the moon

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Nay! And by the moon

Pickthall

32 Nay, by the Moon

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33 And [by] the night when it departs

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 And by the night when it withdraws.

Pickthall

33 And the night when it withdraweth

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34 And [by] the morning when it brightens,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And by the dawn when it brightens.

Pickthall

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

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35 Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 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).

Pickthall

35 Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

Saheeh International

36 As a warning to humanity -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 A warning to mankind -

Pickthall

36 As a warning unto men,

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37 To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).

Pickthall

37 Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

Saheeh International

38 Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,

Pickthall

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

Saheeh International

39 Except the companions of the right,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).

Pickthall

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

Saheeh International

40 [Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

40 In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,

Pickthall

40 In gardens they will ask one another

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41 About the criminals,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

41 About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):

Pickthall

41 Concerning the guilty:

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42 [And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

42 "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

Pickthall

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

Saheeh International

43 They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

43 They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),

Pickthall

43 They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

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44 Nor did we used to feed the poor.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

44 "Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);

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44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

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45 And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

45 "And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.

Pickthall

45 We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

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46 And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

46 And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,

Pickthall

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

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47 Until there came to us the certainty."

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

47 "Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."

Pickthall

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

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48 So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

48 So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.

Pickthall

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

Saheeh International

49 Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

49 Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?

Pickthall

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

Saheeh International

50 As if they were alarmed donkeys

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

50 As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

Pickthall

50 As they were frightened asses

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51 Fleeing from a lion?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

51 Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.

Pickthall

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

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52 Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

52 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).

Pickthall

52 Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

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53 No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

53 Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).

Pickthall

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

Saheeh International

54 No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

54 Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,

Pickthall

54 Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

Saheeh International

55 Then whoever wills will remember it.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

55 So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!

Pickthall

55 So whosoever will may heed.

Saheeh International

56 And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

56 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).

Pickthall

56 And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.