Chapter 74, 56 verses
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
O you who are clothed!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
Arise and deliver thy warning!
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn,
Arise and warn!
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
وربك فكبر
And your Lord do magnify,
Thy Lord magnify,
And thy garments keep free from stain!
وثيابك فطهر
And your garments do purify,
Thy raiment purify,
And all abomination shun!
والرجز فاهجر
And uncleanness do shun,
Pollution shun!
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
ولربك فاصبر
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
For when the trumpet is sounded,
For when the trumpet shall sound,
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
Far from easy for those without Faith.
على الكافرين غير يسير
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And give him vast riches,
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And sons to be by his side! -
وبنين شهودا
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And sons abiding in his presence
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
And made (life) smooth for him.
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
سأرهقه صعودا
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
For he thought and he plotted; -
إنه فكر وقدر
Surely he reflected and guessed,
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
فقتل كيف قدر
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Then he looked round;
ثم نظر
Then he looked,
Then looked he,
Then he frowned and he scowled;
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he turned back and was haughty;
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Then turned he away in pride
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
سأصليه سقر
I will cast him into hell.
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what will make you realize what hell is?
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
لواحة للبشر
It scorches the mortal.
It shrivelleth the man.
Over it are Nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
Over it are nineteen.
Above it are nineteen.
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
And We have not made the wardens of the fire others than angels, and We have not made their number but as a trial for those who disbelieve, that those who have been given the book may be certain and those who believe may increase in faith, and those who have been given the book and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the unbelievers may say: What does Allah mean by this parable? Thus does Allah make err whom He pleases, and He guides whom He pleases, and none knows the hosts of your Lord but He Himself; and this is naught but a reminder to the mortals.
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.
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
كلا والقمر
Nay; I swear by the moon,
Nay, by the Moon
And by the Night as it retreateth,
والليل إذ أدبر
And the night when it departs,
And the night when it withdraweth
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
والصبح إذا أسفر
And the daybreak when it shines;
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
A warning to mankind, -
نذيرا للبشر
A warning to mortals,
As a warning unto men,
To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the people of the right hand,
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
في جنات يتساءلون
In gardens, they shall ask each other
In gardens they will ask one another
And (ask) of the Sinners:
عن المجرمين
About the guilty:
Concerning the guilty:
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
ما سلككم في سقر
What has brought you into hell?
What hath brought you to this burning ?
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
And we used not to feed the poor;
Nor did we feed the wretched.
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
حتى أتانا اليقين
Till death overtook us.
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
As if they were affrighted asses,
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were asses taking fright
As they were frightened asses
Fleeing from a lion!
فرت من قسورة
That had fled 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; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever pleases may mind it.
So whosoever will may heed.
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 mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.