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
O you who are clothed!
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
And your Lord do magnify,
And thy garments keep free from stain!
And your clothing purify
وثيابك فطهر
And your garments do purify,
And all abomination shun!
And uncleanliness avoid
والرجز فاهجر
And uncleanness do shun,
Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!
And do not confer favor to acquire more
ولا تمنن تستكثر
And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
But for your Lord be patient.
ولربك فاصبر
And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.
Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,
And when the trumpet is blown,
فإذا نقر في الناقور
For when the trumpet is sounded,
That will be - that Day - a Day of Distress, -
That Day will be a difficult day
فذلك يومئذ يوم عسير
That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,
Far from easy for those without Faith.
For the disbelievers - not easy.
على الكافرين غير يسير
For the unbelievers, anything but easy.
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 and him whom I created alone,
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
وجعلت له مالا ممدودا
And give him vast riches,
And sons to be by his side! -
And children present [with him]
وبنين شهودا
And sons dwelling in his presence,
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
ومهدت له تمهيدا
And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;
Yet is he greedy - that I should add (yet more); -
Then he desires that I should add more.
ثم يطمع أن أزيد
And yet he desires that I should add 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
By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
I will cover him with arduous torment.
سأرهقه صعودا
I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.
For he thought and he plotted; -
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
إنه فكر وقدر
Surely he reflected and guessed,
And woe to him! How he plotted! -
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
فقتل كيف قدر
But may he be cursed how he plotted;
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted! -
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
ثم قتل كيف قدر
Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;
Then he looked round;
Then he considered [again];
ثم نظر
Then he looked,
Then he frowned and he scowled;
Then he frowned and scowled;
ثم عبس وبسر
Then he frowned and scowled,
Then he turned back and was haughty;
Then he turned back and was arrogant
ثم أدبر واستكبر
Then he turned back and was big with 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
~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);
"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 but the word of a mortal.
Soon will I cast him into Hell - Fire!
I will drive him into Saqar.
سأصليه سقر
I will cast him into hell.
And what will explain to thee what Hell - Fire is?
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
وما أدراك ما سقر
And what will make you realize what hell 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 leaves naught nor does it spare aught.
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
Blackening the skins.
لواحة للبشر
It scorches the mortal.
Over it are Nineteen.
Over it are nineteen [angels].
عليها تسعة عشر
Over 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
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.
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
No! By the moon
كلا والقمر
Nay; I swear 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 departs,
And by the Dawn as it shineth forth, -
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
والصبح إذا أسفر
And the daybreak when it shines;
This is but one of the mighty (portents),
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
إنها لإحدى الكبر
Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),
A warning to mankind, -
As a warning to humanity -
نذيرا للبشر
A warning to mortals,
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
To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.
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 held in pledge for what it earns,
Except the Companions of the Right Hand.
Except the companions of the right,
إلا أصحاب اليمين
Except the people of 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 shall ask each other
And (ask) of the Sinners:
About the criminals,
عن المجرمين
About the guilty:
"What led you into Hell Fire?"
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
ما سلككم في سقر
What has brought you into hell?
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 shall say: 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
And we used not to feed the poor;
"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
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.
"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 call the day of judgment a lie;
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
Until there came to us the certainty."
حتى أتانا اليقين
Till death overtook 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
So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.
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
What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition
As if they were affrighted asses,
As if they were alarmed donkeys
كأنهم حمر مستنفرة
As if they were asses taking fright
Fleeing from a lion!
Fleeing from a lion?
فرت من قسورة
That had fled 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; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;
By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
كلا ۖ بل لا يخافون الآخرة
Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.
Nay, this surely is an admonition:
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
كلا إنه تذكرة
Nay! it is surely an admonition.
Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!
Then whoever wills will remember it.
فمن شاء ذكره
So whoever pleases may mind it.
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 mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive.