Chapter 74, 56 verses
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
O you who are clothed!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
Arise and deliver thy warning!
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn,
قم فأنذر
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
Warabbaka fakabbir
And your Lord do magnify,
وربك فكبر
And thy garments keep free from stain!
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And your garments do purify,
وثيابك فطهر
And all abomination shun!
Waalrrujza faohjur
And uncleanness do shun,
والرجز فاهجر
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
ولا تمنن تستكثر
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
Walirabbika faisbir
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
ولربك فاصبر
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
For when the trumpet is sounded,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Far from easy for those without Faith.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
على الكافرين غير يسير
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
Leave Me and him whom I created alone,
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And give him vast riches,
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And sons to be by his side! -
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And sons dwelling in his presence,
وبنين شهودا
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
ومهدت له تمهيدا
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
And yet he desires that I should add more!
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
سأرهقه صعودا
For he thought and he plotted; -
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
Surely he reflected and guessed,
إنه فكر وقدر
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
فقتل كيف قدر
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Then he looked round;
Thumma nathara
Then he looked,
ثم نظر
Then he frowned and he scowled;
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he frowned and scowled,
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he turned back and was haughty;
Thumma adbara waistakbara
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
Saosleehi saqara
I will cast him into hell.
سأصليه سقر
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
Wama adraka ma saqaru
And what will make you realize what hell is?
وما أدراك ما سقر
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
La tubqee wala tatharu
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
لا تبقي ولا تذر
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
Lawwahatun lilbashari
It scorches the mortal.
لواحة للبشر
Over it are Nineteen.
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
Over 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.
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 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.
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,
Kalla waalqamari
Nay; I swear by the moon,
كلا والقمر
And by the Night as it retreateth,
Waallayli ith adbara
And the night when it departs,
والليل إذ أدبر
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
Waalssubhi itha asfara
And the daybreak when it shines;
والصبح إذا أسفر
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
Innaha laihda alkubari
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
إنها لإحدى الكبر
A warning to mankind, -
Natheeran lilbashari
A warning to mortals,
نذيرا للبشر
To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Except the people of the right hand,
إلا أصحاب اليمين
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
In gardens, they shall ask each other
في جنات يتساءلون
And (ask) of the Sinners:
AAani almujrimeena
About the guilty:
عن المجرمين
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
Ma salakakum fee saqara
What has brought you into hell?
ما سلككم في سقر
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
And we used not to feed the poor;
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
Till death overtook us.
حتى أتانا اليقين
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
As if they were affrighted asses,
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As if they were asses taking fright
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
Fleeing from a lion!
Farrat min qaswaratin
That had fled from a lion?
فرت من قسورة
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
كلا إنه تذكرة
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
Faman shaa thakarahu
So whoever pleases may mind it.
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.
Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati
And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.
وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة