Chapter 74, 56 verses
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
Arise and deliver thy warning!
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn!
Arise and warn
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
وربك فكبر
Thy Lord magnify,
And your Lord glorify
And thy garments keep free from stain!
وثيابك فطهر
Thy raiment purify,
And your clothing purify
And all abomination shun!
والرجز فاهجر
Pollution shun!
And uncleanliness avoid
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
And do not confer favor to acquire more
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
ولربك فاصبر
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
But for your Lord be patient.
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
For when the trumpet shall sound,
And when the trumpet is blown,
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
That Day will be a difficult day
Far from easy for those without Faith.
على الكافرين غير يسير
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
For the disbelievers - not easy.
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
Leave Me with the one I created alone
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
And sons to be by his side! -
وبنين شهودا
And sons abiding in his presence
And children present [with him]
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And made (life) smooth for him.
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
Then he desires that I should add more.
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
سأرهقه صعودا
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
I will cover him with arduous torment.
For he thought and he plotted; -
إنه فكر وقدر
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
فقتل كيف قدر
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Then he looked round;
ثم نظر
Then looked he,
Then he considered [again];
Then he frowned and he scowled;
ثم عبس وبسر
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he frowned and scowled;
Then he turned back and was haughty;
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then turned he away in pride
Then he turned back and was arrogant
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
This is not but the word of a human being."
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
سأصليه سقر
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
I will drive him into Saqar.
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
لواحة للبشر
It shrivelleth the man.
Blackening the skins.
Over it are Nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
Above it are nineteen.
Over it are nineteen [angels].
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
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.
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.
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
كلا والقمر
Nay, by the Moon
No! By the moon
And by the Night as it retreateth,
والليل إذ أدبر
And the night when it withdraweth
And [by] the night when it departs
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
والصبح إذا أسفر
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
A warning to mankind, -
نذيرا للبشر
As a warning unto men,
As a warning to humanity -
To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Except the companions of the right,
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
في جنات يتساءلون
In gardens they will ask one another
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
And (ask) of the Sinners:
عن المجرمين
Concerning the guilty:
About the criminals,
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
ما سلككم في سقر
What hath brought you to this burning ?
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Nor did we feed the wretched.
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
حتى أتانا اليقين
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Until there came to us the certainty."
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
As if they were affrighted asses,
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As they were frightened asses
As if they were alarmed donkeys
Fleeing from a lion!
فرت من قسورة
Fleeing from a lion ?
Fleeing from a lion?
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
فمن شاء ذكره
So whosoever will may heed.
Then whoever wills will remember it.
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
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.
And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.