Chapter 74, 56 verses
O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا أيها المدثر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
Arise and deliver thy warning!
Arise and warn
قم فأنذر
Arise and warn!
And thy Lord do thou magnify!
And your Lord glorify
وربك فكبر
Thy Lord magnify,
And thy garments keep free from stain!
And your clothing purify
وثيابك فطهر
Thy raiment purify,
And all abomination shun!
And uncleanliness avoid
والرجز فاهجر
Pollution shun!
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
And do not confer favor to acquire more
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
But for your Lord be patient.
ولربك فاصبر
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
And when the trumpet is blown,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
For when the trumpet shall sound,
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
That Day will be a difficult day
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
Far from easy for those without Faith.
For the disbelievers - not easy.
على الكافرين غير يسير
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -
Leave Me with the one I created alone
ذرني ومن خلقت وحيدا
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
And sons to be by his side! -
And children present [with him]
وبنين شهودا
And sons abiding in his presence
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And made (life) smooth for him.
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
Then he desires that I should add more.
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
كلا ۖ إنه كان لآياتنا عنيدا
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
I will cover him with arduous torment.
سأرهقه صعودا
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
For he thought and he plotted; -
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
إنه فكر وقدر
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
فقتل كيف قدر
(Self - )destroyed is he, how he planned!
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Again (self - )destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Then he looked round;
Then he considered [again];
ثم نظر
Then looked he,
Then he frowned and he scowled;
Then he frowned and scowled;
ثم عبس وبسر
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Then he turned back and was haughty;
Then he turned back and was arrogant
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then turned he away in pride
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
فقال إن هذا إلا سحر يؤثر
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
This is not but the word of a human being."
إن هذا إلا قول البشر
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
I will drive him into Saqar.
سأصليه سقر
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
وما أدراك ما سقر
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
لا تبقي ولا تذر
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
Blackening the skins.
لواحة للبشر
It shrivelleth the man.
Over it are Nineteen.
Over it are nineteen [angels].
عليها تسعة عشر
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.
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.
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
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,
No! By the moon
كلا والقمر
Nay, by the Moon
And by the Night as it retreateth,
And [by] the night when it departs
والليل إذ أدبر
And the night when it withdraweth
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
والصبح إذا أسفر
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
A warning to mankind, -
As a warning to humanity -
نذيرا للبشر
As a warning unto men,
To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind; -
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
لمن شاء منكم أن يتقدم أو يتأخر
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينة
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
Except the companions of the right,
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
في جنات يتساءلون
In gardens they will ask one another
And (ask) of the Sinners:
About the criminals,
عن المجرمين
Concerning the guilty:
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
ما سلككم في سقر
What hath brought you to this burning ?
They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
قالوا لم نك من المصلين
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
ولم نك نطعم المسكين
Nor did we feed the wretched.
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
وكنا نخوض مع الخائضين
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
وكنا نكذب بيوم الدين
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
Until there came to us the certainty."
حتى أتانا اليقين
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
فما تنفعهم شفاعة الشافعين
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
فما لهم عن التذكرة معرضين
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
As if they were affrighted asses,
As if they were alarmed donkeys
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As they were frightened asses
Fleeing from a lion!
Fleeing from a lion?
فرت من قسورة
Fleeing from a lion ?
Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
بل يريد كل امرئ منهم أن يؤتى صحفا منشرة
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
Then whoever wills will remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
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.
And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.
وما يذكرون إلا أن يشاء الله ۚ هو أهل التقوى وأهل المغفرة
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.