Chapter 74, 56 verses
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
O you who are clothed!
Arise and deliver thy warning!
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn,
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
وربك فكبر
And your Lord do magnify,
And thy garments keep free from stain!
وثيابك فطهر
And your garments do purify,
And all abomination shun!
والرجز فاهجر
And uncleanness do shun,
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
ولربك فاصبر
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
For when the trumpet is sounded,
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Far from easy for those without Faith.
على الكافرين غير يسير
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
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,
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And give him vast riches,
And sons to be by his side! -
وبنين شهودا
And sons dwelling in his presence,
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
And yet he desires that I should add 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.
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
سأرهقه صعودا
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
For he thought and he plotted; -
إنه فكر وقدر
Surely he reflected and guessed,
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
فقتل كيف قدر
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Then he looked round;
ثم نظر
Then he looked,
Then he frowned and he scowled;
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then he turned back and was haughty;
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back and was big with 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);
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
سأصليه سقر
I will cast him into hell.
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what will make you realize what hell 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.
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
لواحة للبشر
It scorches the mortal.
Over it are Nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
Over 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.
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
كلا والقمر
Nay; I swear by the moon,
And by the Night as it retreateth,
والليل إذ أدبر
And the night when it departs,
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
والصبح إذا أسفر
And the daybreak when it shines;
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
A warning to mankind, -
نذيرا للبشر
A warning to mortals,
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.
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,
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the people of 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
And (ask) of the Sinners:
عن المجرمين
About the guilty:
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
ما سلككم في سقر
What has brought you into hell?
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;
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
And we used not to feed the poor;
"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.
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
حتى أتانا اليقين
Till death overtook us.
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
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
As if they were affrighted asses,
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were asses taking fright
Fleeing from a lion!
فرت من قسورة
That had fled 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;
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever pleases may mind 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 mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.