Al Muddathth

Yusuf Ali

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

Shakir

1 O you who are clothed!

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

Yusuf Ali

2 Arise and deliver thy warning!

Shakir

2 Arise and warn,

Pickthall

2 Arise and warn!

Yusuf Ali

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

Shakir

3 And your Lord do magnify,

Pickthall

3 Thy Lord magnify,

Yusuf Ali

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

Shakir

4 And your garments do purify,

Pickthall

4 Thy raiment purify,

Yusuf Ali

5 And all abomination shun!

Shakir

5 And uncleanness do shun,

Pickthall

5 Pollution shun!

Yusuf Ali

6 Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!

Shakir

6 And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,

Pickthall

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

Yusuf Ali

7 But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!

Shakir

7 And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.

Pickthall

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

Yusuf Ali

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

Shakir

8 For when the trumpet is sounded,

Pickthall

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

Yusuf Ali

9 That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -

Shakir

9 That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,

Pickthall

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

Yusuf Ali

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

Shakir

10 For the unbelievers, anything but easy.

Pickthall

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

Yusuf Ali

11 Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -

Shakir

11 Leave Me and him whom I created alone,

Pickthall

11 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,

Yusuf Ali

12 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

Shakir

12 And give him vast riches,

Pickthall

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

Yusuf Ali

13 And sons to be by his side! -

Shakir

13 And sons dwelling in his presence,

Pickthall

13 And sons abiding in his presence

Yusuf Ali

14 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!

Shakir

14 And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;

Pickthall

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

Yusuf Ali

15 Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -

Shakir

15 And yet he desires that I should add more!

Pickthall

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

Yusuf Ali

16 By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!

Shakir

16 By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.

Pickthall

16 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

Yusuf Ali

17 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!

Shakir

17 I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

Pickthall

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

Yusuf Ali

18 For he thought and he plotted; -

Shakir

18 Surely he reflected and guessed,

Pickthall

18 For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

Yusuf Ali

19 And woe to him! How he plotted! -

Shakir

19 But may he be cursed how he plotted;

Pickthall

19 (Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!

Yusuf Ali

20 Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -

Shakir

20 Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

Pickthall

20 Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -

Yusuf Ali

21 Then he looked round;

Shakir

21 Then he looked,

Pickthall

21 Then looked he,

Yusuf Ali

22 Then he frowned and he scowled;

Shakir

22 Then he frowned and scowled,

Pickthall

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

Yusuf Ali

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

Shakir

23 Then he turned back and was big with pride,

Pickthall

23 Then turned he away in pride

Yusuf Ali

24 Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;

Shakir

24 ~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);

Pickthall

24 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

Yusuf Ali

25 "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

Shakir

25 This is naught but the word of a mortal.

Pickthall

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

Yusuf Ali

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

Shakir

26 I will cast him into hell.

Pickthall

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

Yusuf Ali

27 And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?

Shakir

27 And what will make you realize what hell is?

Pickthall

27 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

Yusuf Ali

28 Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -

Shakir

28 It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

Pickthall

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

Yusuf Ali

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

Shakir

29 It scorches the mortal.

Pickthall

29 It shrivelleth the man.

Yusuf Ali

30 Over it are Nineteen.

Shakir

30 Over it are nineteen.

Pickthall

30 Above it are nineteen.

Yusuf Ali

31 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.

Shakir

31 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.

Pickthall

31 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.

Yusuf Ali

32 Nay, verily: By the Moon,

Shakir

32 Nay; I swear by the moon,

Pickthall

32 Nay, by the Moon

Yusuf Ali

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

Shakir

33 And the night when it departs,

Pickthall

33 And the night when it withdraweth

Yusuf Ali

34 And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -

Shakir

34 And the daybreak when it shines;

Pickthall

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

Yusuf Ali

35 This is but one of the mighty (portents),

Shakir

35 Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),

Pickthall

35 Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

Yusuf Ali

36 A warning to mankind, -

Shakir

36 A warning to mortals,

Pickthall

36 As a warning unto men,

Yusuf Ali

37 To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -

Shakir

37 To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.

Pickthall

37 Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

Yusuf Ali

38 Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.

Shakir

38 Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,

Pickthall

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

Yusuf Ali

39 Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

Shakir

39 Except the people of the right hand,

Pickthall

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

Yusuf Ali

40 (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,

Shakir

40 In gardens, they shall ask each other

Pickthall

40 In gardens they will ask one another

Yusuf Ali

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

Shakir

41 About the guilty:

Pickthall

41 Concerning the guilty:

Yusuf Ali

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

Shakir

42 What has brought you into hell?

Pickthall

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

Yusuf Ali

43 They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;

Shakir

43 They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;

Pickthall

43 They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

Yusuf Ali

44 "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;

Shakir

44 And we used not to feed the poor;

Pickthall

44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

Yusuf Ali

45 "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;

Shakir

45 And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.

Pickthall

45 We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

Yusuf Ali

46 "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

Shakir

46 And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;

Pickthall

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

Yusuf Ali

47 "Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."

Shakir

47 Till death overtook us.

Pickthall

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

Yusuf Ali

48 Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

Shakir

48 So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

Pickthall

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

Yusuf Ali

49 Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -

Shakir

49 What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition

Pickthall

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

Yusuf Ali

50 As if they were affrighted asses,

Shakir

50 As if they were asses taking fright

Pickthall

50 As they were frightened asses

Yusuf Ali

51 Fleeing from a lion!

Shakir

51 That had fled from a lion?

Pickthall

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

Yusuf Ali

52 Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

Shakir

52 Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;

Pickthall

52 Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

Yusuf Ali

53 By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,

Shakir

53 Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

Pickthall

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

Yusuf Ali

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

Shakir

54 Nay! it is surely an admonition.

Pickthall

54 Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

Yusuf Ali

55 Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

Shakir

55 So whoever pleases may mind it.

Pickthall

55 So whosoever will may heed.

Yusuf Ali

56 But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.

Shakir

56 And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.

Pickthall

56 And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.