Chapter 74, 56 verses
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
O you who are clothed!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ
Arise and deliver thy warning!
Arise and warn,
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
And your Lord do magnify,
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
And thy garments keep free from stain!
And your garments do purify,
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
And all abomination shun!
And uncleanness do shun,
وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
For when the trumpet is sounded,
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Far from easy for those without Faith.
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
And give him vast riches,
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And sons to be by his side! -
And sons dwelling in his presence,
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
And yet he desires that I should add more!
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا
For he thought and he plotted; -
Surely he reflected and guessed,
إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then he looked round;
Then he looked,
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he frowned and he scowled;
Then he frowned and scowled,
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then he turned back and was haughty;
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
I will cast him into hell.
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
And what will make you realize what hell is?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
It scorches the mortal.
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Over it are Nineteen.
Over it are nineteen.
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
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.
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.
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِيمَانًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَالْكَافِرُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
Nay; I swear by the moon,
كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ
And by the Night as it retreateth,
And the night when it departs,
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
And the daybreak when it shines;
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ
A warning to mankind, -
A warning to mortals,
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
Except the people of the right hand,
إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
In gardens, they shall ask each other
فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ
And (ask) of the Sinners:
About the guilty:
عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
What has brought you into hell?
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
And we used not to feed the poor;
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
Till death overtook us.
حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
As if they were affrighted asses,
As if they were asses taking fright
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Fleeing from a lion!
That had fled from a lion?
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍ
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
So whoever pleases may mind it.
فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ
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 mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ