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