Chapter 74, 56 verses
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
Arise and deliver thy warning!
قم فأنذر
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
وربك فكبر
Warabbaka fakabbir
And your Lord glorify
And thy garments keep free from stain!
وثيابك فطهر
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And your clothing purify
And all abomination shun!
والرجز فاهجر
Waalrrujza faohjur
And uncleanliness avoid
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
ولا تمنن تستكثر
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And do not confer favor to acquire more
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
ولربك فاصبر
Walirabbika faisbir
But for your Lord be patient.
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
And when the trumpet is blown,
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
That Day will be a difficult day
Far from easy for those without Faith.
على الكافرين غير يسير
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
For the disbelievers - not easy.
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
Leave Me with the one I created alone
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
And sons to be by his side! -
وبنين شهودا
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And children present [with him]
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
ومهدت له تمهيدا
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
Then he desires that I should add more.
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
سأرهقه صعودا
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
I will cover him with arduous torment.
For he thought and he plotted; -
إنه فكر وقدر
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
فقتل كيف قدر
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Then he looked round;
ثم نظر
Thumma nathara
Then he considered [again];
Then he frowned and he scowled;
ثم عبس وبسر
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he frowned and scowled;
Then he turned back and was haughty;
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Thumma adbara waistakbara
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
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
This is not but the word of a human being."
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
سأصليه سقر
Saosleehi saqara
I will drive him into Saqar.
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
Wama adraka ma saqaru
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
La tubqee wala tatharu
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
لواحة للبشر
Lawwahatun lilbashari
Blackening the skins.
Over it are Nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
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
Wama jaAAalna ashaba alnnari illa malaikatan wama jaAAalna AAiddatahum illa fitnatan lillatheena kafaroo liyastayqina allatheena ootoo alkitaba wayazdada allatheena amanoo eemanan wala yartaba allatheena ootoo alkitaba waalmuminoona waliyaqoola allatheena fee quloobihim maradun waalkafiroona matha arada Allahu bihatha mathalan kathalika yudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashao wama yaAAlamu junooda rabbika illa huwa wama hiya illa thikra lilbashari
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
Kalla waalqamari
No! By the moon
And by the Night as it retreateth,
والليل إذ أدبر
Waallayli ith adbara
And [by] the night when it departs
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
والصبح إذا أسفر
Waalssubhi itha asfara
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Innaha laihda alkubari
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
A warning to mankind, -
نذيرا للبشر
Natheeran lilbashari
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
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
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
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Except the companions of the right,
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
في جنات يتساءلون
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
And (ask) of the Sinners:
عن المجرمين
AAani almujrimeena
About the criminals,
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
ما سلككم في سقر
Ma salakakum fee saqara
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
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
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
حتى أتانا اليقين
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
Until there came to us the certainty."
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
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
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
As if they were affrighted asses,
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As if they were alarmed donkeys
Fleeing from a lion!
فرت من قسورة
Farrat min qaswaratin
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
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
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
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
كلا إنه تذكرة
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
فمن شاء ذكره
Faman shaa thakarahu
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
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati
And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.