Chapter 74, 56 verses
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
Arise and deliver thy warning!
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
Warabbaka fakabbir
And your Lord glorify
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
And thy garments keep free from stain!
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And your clothing purify
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
And all abomination shun!
Waalrrujza faohjur
And uncleanliness avoid
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
Wala tamnun tastakthiru
And do not confer favor to acquire more
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
Walirabbika faisbir
But for your Lord be patient.
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori
And when the trumpet is blown,
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun
That Day will be a difficult day
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Far from easy for those without Faith.
AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin
For the disbelievers - not easy.
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan
Leave Me with the one I created alone
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
And sons to be by his side! -
Wabaneena shuhoodan
And children present [with him]
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda
Then he desires that I should add more.
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
Saorhiquhu saAAoodan
I will cover him with arduous torment.
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
For he thought and he plotted; -
Innahu fakkara waqaddara
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
Faqutila kayfa qaddara
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Then he looked round;
Thumma nathara
Then he considered [again];
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then he frowned and he scowled;
Thumma AAabasa wabasara
Then he frowned and scowled;
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then he turned back and was haughty;
Thumma adbara waistakbara
Then he turned back and was arrogant
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
In hatha illa qawlu albashari
This is not but the word of a human being."
إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
Saosleehi saqara
I will drive him into Saqar.
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
Wama adraka ma saqaru
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
La tubqee wala tatharu
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
Lawwahatun lilbashari
Blackening the skins.
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Over it are Nineteen.
AAalayha tisAAata AAashara
Over it are nineteen [angels].
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.
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 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.
وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًا وَ
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
Kalla waalqamari
No! By the moon
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
And by the Night as it retreateth,
Waallayli ith adbara
And [by] the night when it departs
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
Waalssubhi itha asfara
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
Innaha laihda alkubari
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
A warning to mankind, -
Natheeran lilbashari
As a warning to humanity -
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
Illa ashaba alyameeni
Except the companions of the right,
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
Fee jannatin yatasaaloona
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
And (ask) of the Sinners:
AAani almujrimeena
About the criminals,
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
Ma salakakum fee saqara
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
Hatta atana alyaqeenu
Until there came to us the certainty."
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -
Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
As if they were affrighted asses,
Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun
As if they were alarmed donkeys
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Fleeing from a lion!
Farrat min qaswaratin
Fleeing from a lion?
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
Kalla innahu tathkiratun
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
Faman shaa thakarahu
Then whoever wills will remember it.
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
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 remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ