Chapter 74, 56 verses
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
Arise and warn
Arise and deliver thy warning!
قم فأنذر
And your Lord glorify
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
وربك فكبر
And your clothing purify
And thy garments keep free from stain!
وثيابك فطهر
And uncleanliness avoid
And all abomination shun!
والرجز فاهجر
And do not confer favor to acquire more
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
ولا تمنن تستكثر
But for your Lord be patient.
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
ولربك فاصبر
And when the trumpet is blown,
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
That Day will be a difficult day
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
For the disbelievers - not easy.
Far from easy for those without Faith.
على الكافرين غير يسير
Leave Me with the one I created alone
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And children present [with him]
And sons to be by his side! -
وبنين شهودا
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
ومهدت له تمهيدا
Then he desires that I should add more.
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
I will cover him with arduous torment.
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
سأرهقه صعودا
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
For he thought and he plotted; -
إنه فكر وقدر
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
فقتل كيف قدر
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Then he considered [again];
Then he looked round;
ثم نظر
Then he frowned and scowled;
Then he frowned and he scowled;
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he turned back and was arrogant
Then he turned back and was haughty;
ثم أدبر واستكبر
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
This is not but the word of a human being."
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
I will drive him into Saqar.
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
سأصليه سقر
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
لا تبقي ولا تذر
Blackening the skins.
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
لواحة للبشر
Over it are nineteen [angels].
Over it are Nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
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 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.
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
No! By the moon
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
كلا والقمر
And [by] the night when it departs
And by the Night as it retreateth,
والليل إذ أدبر
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
والصبح إذا أسفر
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
إنها لإحدى الكبر
As a warning to humanity -
A warning to mankind, -
نذيرا للبشر
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Except the companions of the right,
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
إلا أصحاب اليمين
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
في جنات يتساءلون
About the criminals,
And (ask) of the Sinners:
عن المجرمين
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
ما سلككم في سقر
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
Until there came to us the certainty."
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
حتى أتانا اليقين
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
As if they were alarmed donkeys
As if they were affrighted asses,
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
Fleeing from a lion?
Fleeing from a lion!
فرت من قسورة
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
كلا إنه تذكرة
Then whoever wills will remember it.
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
فمن شاء ذكره
And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.
But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.
وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة