Chapter 74, 56 verses
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
Arise and deliver thy warning!
قم فأنذر
Qum faanthir
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
وربك فكبر
Warabbaka fakabbir
And thy garments keep free from stain!
وثيابك فطهر
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And all abomination shun!
والرجز فاهجر
Waalrrujza faohjur
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
ولا تمنن تستكثر
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
ولربك فاصبر
Walirabbika faisbir
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
Far from easy for those without Faith.
على الكافرين غير يسير
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And sons to be by his side! -
وبنين شهودا
Wabaneena shuhoodan
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
ومهدت له تمهيدا
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
سأرهقه صعودا
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
For he thought and he plotted; -
إنه فكر وقدر
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
فقتل كيف قدر
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Then he looked round;
ثم نظر
Thumma nathara
Then he frowned and he scowled;
ثم عبس وبسر
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he turned back and was haughty;
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Thumma adbara waistakbara
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
سأصليه سقر
Saosleehi saqara
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
Wama adraka ma saqaru
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
لا تبقي ولا تذر
La tubqee wala tatharu
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
لواحة للبشر
Lawwahatun lilbashari
Over it are Nineteen.
عليها تسعة عشر
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
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
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
كلا والقمر
Kalla waalqamari
And by the Night as it retreateth,
والليل إذ أدبر
Waallayli ith adbara
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
والصبح إذا أسفر
Waalssubhi itha asfara
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Innaha laihda alkubari
A warning to mankind, -
نذيرا للبشر
Natheeran lilbashari
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
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Illa ashaba alyameeni
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
في جنات يتساءلون
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
And (ask) of the Sinners:
عن المجرمين
AAani almujrimeena
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
ما سلككم في سقر
Ma salakakum fee saqara
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
حتى أتانا اليقين
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
As if they were affrighted asses,
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
Fleeing from a lion!
فرت من قسورة
Farrat min qaswaratin
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
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
كلا إنه تذكرة
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
فمن شاء ذكره
Faman shaa thakarahu
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