Chapter 74, 56 verses
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
O you who are clothed!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
Arise and deliver thy warning!
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn,
Arise and warn!
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
Warabbaka fakabbir
And your Lord do magnify,
Thy Lord magnify,
And thy garments keep free from stain!
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And your garments do purify,
Thy raiment purify,
And all abomination shun!
Waalrrujza faohjur
And uncleanness do shun,
Pollution shun!
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
Walirabbika faisbir
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
For when the trumpet is sounded,
For when the trumpet shall sound,
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
Far from easy for those without Faith.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
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,
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And give him vast riches,
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And sons to be by his side! -
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And sons abiding in his presence
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
And made (life) smooth for him.
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
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.
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
For he thought and he plotted; -
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
Surely he reflected and guessed,
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Then he looked round;
Thumma nathara
Then he looked,
Then looked he,
Then he frowned and he scowled;
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he turned back and was haughty;
Thumma adbara waistakbara
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Then turned he away in pride
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);
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
This is naught but the word of a mortal.
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
Saosleehi saqara
I will cast him into hell.
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
Wama adraka ma saqaru
And what will make you realize what hell is?
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
La tubqee wala tatharu
It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
Lawwahatun lilbashari
It scorches the mortal.
It shrivelleth the man.
Over it are Nineteen.
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
Over it are nineteen.
Above it are nineteen.
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.
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.
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
Kalla waalqamari
Nay; I swear by the moon,
Nay, by the Moon
And by the Night as it retreateth,
Waallayli ith adbara
And the night when it departs,
And the night when it withdraweth
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
Waalssubhi itha asfara
And the daybreak when it shines;
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
Innaha laihda alkubari
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
A warning to mankind, -
Natheeran lilbashari
A warning to mortals,
As a warning unto men,
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.
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
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,
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Except the people of the right hand,
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
In gardens, they shall ask each other
In gardens they will ask one another
And (ask) of the Sinners:
AAani almujrimeena
About the guilty:
Concerning the guilty:
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
Ma salakakum fee saqara
What has brought you into hell?
What hath brought you to this burning ?
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;
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
And we used not to feed the poor;
Nor did we feed the wretched.
"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.
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
And we used to call the day of judgment a lie;
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
Till death overtook us.
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
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
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
As if they were affrighted asses,
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As if they were asses taking fright
As they were frightened asses
Fleeing from a lion!
Farrat min qaswaratin
That had fled from a lion?
Fleeing from a lion ?
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;
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
Faman shaa thakarahu
So whoever pleases may mind it.
So whosoever will may heed.
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.
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.