Al Muddathth

Yusuf Ali

1 O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) enveloped in garments!

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

Yusuf Ali

2 Arise and deliver thy warning!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 Arise and warn!

Pickthall

2 Arise and warn!

Yusuf Ali

3 And thy Lord do thou magnify!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And magnify your Lord (Allah)!

Pickthall

3 Thy Lord magnify,

Yusuf Ali

4 And thy garments keep free from stain!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And purify your garments!

Pickthall

4 Thy raiment purify,

Yusuf Ali

5 And all abomination shun!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!

Pickthall

5 Pollution shun!

Yusuf Ali

6 Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of obedience to Allah as a favour to Him).

Pickthall

6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

Yusuf Ali

7 But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!

Pickthall

7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

Yusuf Ali

8 Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. the second blowing of the horn).

Pickthall

8 For when the trumpet shall sound,

Yusuf Ali

9 That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

Pickthall

9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

Yusuf Ali

10 Far from easy for those without Faith.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 Far from easy for the disbelievers.

Pickthall

10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.

Yusuf Ali

11 Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 Leave Me Alone (to deal) with whom I created lonely (without any wealth or children etc, i.e. Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah Al-Makhzumi)!

Pickthall

11 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,

Yusuf Ali

12 To whom I granted resources in abundance,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And then granted him resources in abundance.

Pickthall

12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,

Yusuf Ali

13 And sons to be by his side! -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And children to be by his side.

Pickthall

13 And sons abiding in his presence

Yusuf Ali

14 To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

Pickthall

14 And made (life) smooth for him.

Yusuf Ali

15 Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 After all that he desires that I should give more;

Pickthall

15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.

Yusuf Ali

16 By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).

Pickthall

16 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

Yusuf Ali

17 Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called As-Sa'ud, or) face a severe torment!

Pickthall

17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

Yusuf Ali

18 For he thought and he plotted; -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Verily, he thought and plotted.

Pickthall

18 For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

Yusuf Ali

19 And woe to him! How he plotted! -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

Pickthall

19 (Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!

Yusuf Ali

20 Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 And once more let him be cursed: how he plotted!

Pickthall

20 Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -

Yusuf Ali

21 Then he looked round;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Then he thought.

Pickthall

21 Then looked he,

Yusuf Ali

22 Then he frowned and he scowled;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;

Pickthall

22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

Yusuf Ali

23 Then he turned back and was haughty;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Then he turned back, and was proud.

Pickthall

23 Then turned he away in pride

Yusuf Ali

24 Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old,

Pickthall

24 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

Yusuf Ali

25 "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 "This is nothing but the word of a human being!"

Pickthall

25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

Yusuf Ali

26 Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 I will cast him into Hell-fire.

Pickthall

26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.

Yusuf Ali

27 And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 And what will make you know (exactly) what Hell-fire is?

Pickthall

27 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

Yusuf Ali

28 Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!

Pickthall

28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

Yusuf Ali

29 Darkening and changing the colour of man!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 Burning and blackening the skins!

Pickthall

29 It shrivelleth the man.

Yusuf Ali

30 Over it are Nineteen.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).

Pickthall

30 Above it are nineteen.

Yusuf Ali

31 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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 And We have set none but angels as guardians of the Fire. And We have fixed their number (19) only as a trial for the disbelievers, in order that the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) may arrive at a certainty [that this Qur'an is the truth as it agrees with their Books regarding the number (19) which is written in the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] and that the believers may increase in Faith (as this Qur'an is the truth), and that no doubt may be left for the people of the Scripture and the believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease (of hypocrisy) and the disbelievers may say: "What Allah intends by this (curious) example ?" Thus Allah leads astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none can know the hosts of your Lord but He. And this (Hell) is nothing else than a (warning) reminder to mankind.

Pickthall

31 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.

Yusuf Ali

32 Nay, verily: By the Moon,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 Nay! And by the moon

Pickthall

32 Nay, by the Moon

Yusuf Ali

33 And by the Night as it retreateth,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 And by the night when it withdraws.

Pickthall

33 And the night when it withdraweth

Yusuf Ali

34 And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 And by the dawn when it brightens.

Pickthall

34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,

Yusuf Ali

35 This is but one of the mighty (portents),

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 Verily, it (Hell, or their denial of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, or the Day of Resurrection) is but one of the greatest (signs).

Pickthall

35 Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

Yusuf Ali

36 A warning to mankind, -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 A warning to mankind -

Pickthall

36 As a warning unto men,

Yusuf Ali

37 To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by committing sins).

Pickthall

37 Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

Yusuf Ali

38 Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,

Pickthall

38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

Yusuf Ali

39 Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islamic Monotheism).

Pickthall

39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.

Yusuf Ali

40 (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

40 In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,

Pickthall

40 In gardens they will ask one another

Yusuf Ali

41 And (ask) of the Sinners:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

41 About Al-Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers), (And they will say to them):

Pickthall

41 Concerning the guilty:

Yusuf Ali

42 "What led you into Hell Fire?"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

42 "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

Pickthall

42 What hath brought you to this burning ?

Yusuf Ali

43 They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

43 They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salat (prayers),

Pickthall

43 They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

Yusuf Ali

44 "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

44 "Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);

Pickthall

44 Nor did we feed the wretched.

Yusuf Ali

45 "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

45 "And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers.

Pickthall

45 We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

Yusuf Ali

46 "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

46 And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,

Pickthall

46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

Yusuf Ali

47 "Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

47 "Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."

Pickthall

47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.

Yusuf Ali

48 Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

48 So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.

Pickthall

48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

Yusuf Ali

49 Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

49 Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the polytheists, the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?

Pickthall

49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

Yusuf Ali

50 As if they were affrighted asses,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

50 As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

Pickthall

50 As they were frightened asses

Yusuf Ali

51 Fleeing from a lion!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

51 Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.

Pickthall

51 Fleeing from a lion ?

Yusuf Ali

52 Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

52 Nay, everyone of them desires that he should be given pages spread out (coming from Allah with a writing that Islam is the right religion, and Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم has come with the truth from Allah, the Lord of the heavens and earth).

Pickthall

52 Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

Yusuf Ali

53 By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

53 Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allah's punishment).

Pickthall

53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

Yusuf Ali

54 Nay, this surely is an admonition:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

54 Nay, verily, this (Qur'an) is an admonition,

Pickthall

54 Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

Yusuf Ali

55 Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

55 So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!

Pickthall

55 So whosoever will may heed.

Yusuf Ali

56 But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

56 And they will not receive admonition unless Allah wills; He (Allah) is the One, deserving that mankind should be afraid of, and should be dutiful to Him, and should not take any Ilah (god) along with Him, and He is the One Who forgives (sins).

Pickthall

56 And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.