Chapter 74, 56 verses
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
O you who are clothed!
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
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,
And your Lord glorify
And thy garments keep free from stain!
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And your garments do purify,
And your clothing purify
And all abomination shun!
Waalrrujza faohjur
And uncleanness do shun,
And uncleanliness avoid
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
And do not confer favor to acquire more
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
Walirabbika faisbir
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
But for your Lord be patient.
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
For when the trumpet is sounded,
And when the trumpet is blown,
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
That Day will be a difficult day
Far from easy for those without Faith.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
For the disbelievers - not easy.
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 with the one I created alone
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And give him vast riches,
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
And sons to be by his side! -
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And sons dwelling in his presence,
And children present [with him]
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
And yet he desires that I should add more!
Then he desires that I should add 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.
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
I will cover him with arduous torment.
For he thought and he plotted; -
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
Surely he reflected and guessed,
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Then he looked round;
Thumma nathara
Then he looked,
Then he considered [again];
Then he frowned and he scowled;
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then he frowned and scowled;
Then he turned back and was haughty;
Thumma adbara waistakbara
Then he turned back and was big with pride,
Then he turned back and was arrogant
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 not but magic imitated [from others].
"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 not but the word of a human being."
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
Saosleehi saqara
I will cast him into hell.
I will drive him into Saqar.
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
Wama adraka ma saqaru
And what will make you realize what hell is?
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
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 lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
Lawwahatun lilbashari
It scorches the mortal.
Blackening the skins.
Over it are Nineteen.
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
Over it are nineteen.
Over it are nineteen [angels].
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.
And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is hypocrisy and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allah intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allah leave astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And mention of the Fire is not but a reminder to humanity.
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
Kalla waalqamari
Nay; I swear by the moon,
No! By the moon
And by the Night as it retreateth,
Waallayli ith adbara
And the night when it departs,
And [by] the night when it departs
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
Waalssubhi itha asfara
And the daybreak when it shines;
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
Innaha laihda alkubari
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
A warning to mankind, -
Natheeran lilbashari
A warning to mortals,
As a warning to humanity -
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.
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
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, for what it has earned, will be retained
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Except the people of the right hand,
Except the companions of the right,
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
In gardens, they shall ask each other
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
And (ask) of the Sinners:
AAani almujrimeena
About the guilty:
About the criminals,
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
Ma salakakum fee saqara
What has brought you into hell?
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
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 say, "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 used to feed the poor.
"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.
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
"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 Recompense
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
Till death overtook us.
Until there came to us the certainty."
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
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
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
As if they were affrighted asses,
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As if they were asses taking fright
As if they were alarmed donkeys
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;
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
Faman shaa thakarahu
So whoever pleases may mind it.
Then whoever wills will remember it.
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 remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.