يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
Ya ayyuha almuddaththir
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
O you, enveloped in a mantle,
Surah 74
Al-Muddaththir
The Cloaked One
56 verses · Makkan · revealed 4th
المدثر
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn.
stand up and warn,
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
Warabbaka fakabbir
And your Lord glorify.
and pronounce the greatness of your Lord,
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And your clothing purify.
and purify your clothes,
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
Warrujza fahjur
And uncleanliness avoid.
and keep away from filth,
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
Wala tamnun tastakthir
And do not confer favor to acquire more.
and do not do a favour (to anyone merely) to seek more (in return).
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
Walirabbika fasbir
But for your Lord be patient.
And for the sake of your Lord, observe patience.
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
Fa-itha nuqira fee annaqoor
And when the trumpet is blown,
For when the trumpet will be blown,
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Fathalika yawma-ithin yawmunAAaseer
That Day will be a difficult day
that day will be a difficult day,
عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
AAala alkafireena ghayruyaseer
For the disbelievers - not easy.
not easy for the disbelievers.
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheeda
Leave Me with the one I created alone
Leave me alone (to deal) with the one whom I created lonely,
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdooda
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
and gave him extensive wealth,
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
Wabaneena shuhooda
And children present [with him]
and sons present before (his) eyes,
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheeda
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
and extended (power and honour) to him pretty well.
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeed
Then he desires that I should add more.
Still, he aspires that I should give him more.
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
Kalla innahu kana li-ayatinaAAaneeda
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
Never! He is inimical towards Our verses.
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
Saorhiquhu saAAooda
I will cover him with arduous torment.
I will force him to climb the mountain Sa‘ūd.
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
Innahu fakkara waqaddar
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
He pondered and surmised.
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Faqutila kayfa qaddar
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Death onto him! How (bad) is the surmise he put forward!
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Thumma qutila kayfa qaddar
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
Again, death unto him! How (bad) is the surmise he put forward!
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Thumma nathar
Then he considered [again];
Then he looked (to those around him,)
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Thumma AAabasa wabasar
Then he frowned and scowled;
then he frowned and scowled,
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
Thumma adbara wastakbar
Then he turned back and was arrogant
then turned his back, and waxed proud,
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
Faqala in hatha illa sihrunyu/thar
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
then said, “This is nothing but traditional magic;
إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
In hatha illa qawlu albashar
This is not but the word of a human being."
this is nothing but saying of a mortal.”
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Saosleehi saqar
I will drive him into Saqar.
I will put him into Saqar (Hell).
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
Wama adraka ma saqar
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
And what can let you know what Saqar is?
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
La tubqee wala tathar
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
It neither spares (anything inside it from burning) nor leaves (any disbeliever outside).
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Lawwahatun lilbashar
Altering [i.e., blackening] the skins.
It will disfigure the skins.
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
AAalayha tisAAata AAashar
Over it are nineteen [angels].
Appointed on it are nineteen (wardens).
وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَـٰنًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ
Wama jaAAalna as-habaannari illa mala-ikatan wamajaAAalna AAiddatahum illa fitnatan lillatheenakafaroo liyastayqina allatheena ootoo alkitabawayazdada allatheena amanoo eemananwala yartaba allatheena ootoo alkitabawalmu/minoona waliyaqoola allatheena feequloobihim maradun walkafiroona mathaarada Allahu bihatha mathalan kathalikayudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashaowama yaAAlamu junooda rabbika illa huwa wamahiya illa thikra lilbashar
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 disease [i.e., hypocrisy] and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allāh intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allāh send astray whom He wills and guide whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And it [i.e., mention of the Fire] is not but a reminder to humanity.
And We did not make wardens of the Fire but (from) angels, and did not fix their number but as a test for those who disbelieve, so that those who are given the Book may come to believe, and those who believe may improve in belief, and so that those who are given the Book and those who believe may not doubt (its correctness), and so that those having malady in their hearts and the disbelievers say, “What has Allah meant by this strange statement?” Thus Allah lets go astray whomever He wills, and leads to the right path whomever He wills. And no one knows the hosts of your Lord but He. And this is nothing else but a reminder for mankind.
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
Kalla walqamar
No! By the moon.
Truly, I swear by the moon,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
Wallayli ith adbar
And [by] the night when it departs.
and by the night when it goes back,
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
Wassubhi ithaasfar
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
and by the morning when it becomes bright,
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
Innaha la-ihda alkubar
Indeed, it [i.e., the Fire] is of the greatest [afflictions].
it (Saqar : Hell) is one of the greatest things
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
Natheeran lilbashar
As a warning to humanity -
as a warning to the mankind,
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama awyataakhkhar
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
to the one from among you who wishes to come forward (towards good deeds) or to go back (from them).
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheena
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained.
Everyone will be detained (in the Hell) because of what he did,
إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Illa as-haba alyameen
Except the companions of the right,.
except the People of the Right, (i.e. those who will be given their Book of Deeds in their right hands)
فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Fee jannatin yatasaaloon
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
who will be in gardens, asking
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
AAani almujrimeen
About the criminals,
about the guilty persons,
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
Ma salakakum fee saqar
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
“What has brought you to Saqar? (Hell)”
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleen
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
They will say, “We were not among those who offered Salāh , (obligatory prayer)
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeen
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
and we did not give food to the needy,
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkha-ideen
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
and we indulged (in mocking at the truth) along with those who indulged,
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi addeen
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
and we used to deny the Day of Requital,
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
Hatta atanaalyaqeen
Until there came to us the certainty [i.e., death]."
until when we were overtaken by that which is certain.”
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu ashshafiAAeen
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
Then intercession of intercessors will not benefit them.
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
Fama lahum AAani attathkiratimuAArideen
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away.
So what has happened to them that they are turning away from the Reminder,
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Kaannahum humurun mustanfira
As if they were alarmed donkeys.
as if they were wild donkeys,
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
Farrat min qaswara
Fleeing from a lion?
fleeing from a lion?
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
Bal yureedu kullu imri-in minhum an yu/tasuhufan munashshara
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
Rather, every one of them wishes that he should be given unrolled (divine) scriptures.
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ
Kalla bal la yakhafoonaal-akhira
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
Never! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
Kalla innahu tathkira
No! Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder.
Never! Indeed, this is a Reminder.
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Faman shaa thakarah
Then whoever wills will remember it.
So, whoever so wishes may take advice from it.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ
Wama yathkuroona illaan yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu attaqwawaahlu almaghfirat
And they will not remember except that Allāh wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.
And they will not take advice unless Allah so wills. He is worthy to be feared, and worthy to forgive.