Al-Muddaththir

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ

   Yaaa ayyuhal muddassir

   O you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) enveloped in garments!

2. 2

   قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ

   Qum fa anzir

   Arise and warn!

3. 3

   وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ

   Wa rabbaka fakabbir

   And magnify your Lord (Allâh)!

4. 4

   وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ

   Wa siyaabaka fatahhir

   And purify your garments!

5. 5

   وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ

   Warrujza fahjur

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

6. 6

   وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ

   Wa laa tamnun tastaksir

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

7. 7

   وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ

   Wa li Rabbika fasbir

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

8. 8

   فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ

   Fa izaa nuqira fin naaqoor

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

9. 9

   فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

   Fazaalika yawma 'iziny yawmun 'aseer

   Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day -

10. 10

    عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍۢ

    'Alal kaafireena ghayru yaseer

    Far from easy for the disbelievers.

11. 11

    ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًۭا

    Zamee wa man khalaqtu waheedaa

    Leave Me Alone (to deal) with whom I created lonely (without any wealth or children etc, i.e. Al-Walîd bin Al-Mughîrah Al-Makhzûmî)!

12. 12

    وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًۭا مَّمْدُودًۭا

    Wa ja'altu lahoo maalam mamdoodaa

    And then granted him resources in abundance.

13. 13

    وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًۭا

    Wa baneena shuhoodaa

    And children to be by his side.

14. 14

    وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًۭا

    Wa mahhattu lahoo tamheeda

    And made life smooth and comfortable for him.

15. 15

    ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ

    Summa yat ma'u an azeed

    After all that he desires that I should give more;

16. 16

    كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًۭا

    Kallaaa innahoo kaana li Aayaatinaa 'aneedaa

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

17. 17

    سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

    Sa urhiquhoo sa'oodaa

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

18. 18

    إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

    Innahoo fakkara wa qaddar

    Verily, he thought and plotted.

19. 19

    فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

    Faqutila kayfa qaddar

    So let him be cursed: how he plotted!

20. 20

    ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

    Summa qutila kaifa qaddar

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

21. 21

    ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

    Summa nazar

    Then he thought.

22. 22

    ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

    Summa 'abasa wa basar

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

23. 23

    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

    Summaa adbara wastakbar

    Then he turned back, and was proud.

24. 24

    فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ يُؤْثَرُ

    Faqaala in haazaaa illaa sihruny yu'sar

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

25. 25

    إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

    In haazaaa illaa qawlul bashar

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

26. 26

    سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

    Sa usleehi saqar

    I will cast him into Hell-fire.[1]

    (V.74:26) See the footnote of (V.17:97).

27. 27

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

    Wa maaa adraaka maa saqar

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

28. 28

    لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ

    Laa tubqee wa laa tazar

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

29. 29

    لَوَّاحَةٌۭ لِّلْبَشَرِ

    Lawwaahatul lilbashar

    Burning and blackening the skins!

30. 30

    عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

    'Alaihaa tis'ata 'ashar

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

31. 31

    وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةًۭ ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًۭا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ

    Wa maaja''alnaaa As haaban naari illaa malaaa 'ikatanw wa maa ja'alnaa 'iddatahum illaa fitnatal lillazeena kafaroo liyastayqinal lazeena ootul kitaaba wa yazdaadal lazeena aamanooo eemaananw wa laa yartaabal lazeena ootul kitaaba walmu'minoona wa liyaqoolal lazeena fee quloo bihim maradunw walkaafiroona maazaaa araadal laahu bihaazaa masalaa; kazaalika yudillul laahu many yashaaa'u wa yahdee many yashaaa'; wa maa ya'lamu junooda rabbika illaa hoo; wa maa hiya illaa zikraa lil bashar

    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’ân is the truth as it agrees with their Books regarding the number (19) which is written in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] and that the believers may increase in Faith (as this Qur’ân 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 Allâh intends by this (curious) example ?" Thus Allâh 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.

32. 32

    كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ

    Kallaa walqamar

    Nay! And by the moon

33. 33

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

    Wallaili adbar

    And by the night when it withdraws.

34. 34

    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ

    Wassub hi izaaa asfar

    And by the dawn when it brightens.

35. 35

    إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ

    Innahaa la ihdal kubar

    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).

36. 36

    نَذِيرًۭا لِّلْبَشَرِ

    Nazeeral lilbashar

    A warning to mankind -

37. 37

    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

    Liman shaaa'a minkum any yataqaddama aw yata akhkhar

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

38. 38

    كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

    Kullu nafsim bim kasabat raheenah

    Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,

39. 39

    إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ

    Illaaa as haabal yameen

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

40. 40

    فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    Fee jannaatiny yata saaa'aloon

    In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,

41. 41

    عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    'Anil mujrimeen

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

42. 42

    مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ

    Maa salakakum fee saqar

    "What has caused you to enter Hell?"

43. 43

    قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

    Qaaloo lam naku minal musalleen

    They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salât (prayers),[2]

    (V.74:43) See the footnote of (V.8:39).

44. 44

    وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

    Wa lam naku nut'imul miskeen

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

45. 45

    وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

    Wa kunnaa nakhoodu ma'al khaaa'ideen

    "And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allâh hated) with vain talkers.[3]

    (V.74:45) See the footnote of (V.4:5).

46. 46

    وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    Wa kunnaa nukazzibu bi yawmid Deen

    And we used to belie the Day of Recompense,[4]

    (V.74:46) See the footnotes of (V.3:85).

47. 47

    حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

    Hattaaa ataanal yaqeen

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

48. 48

    فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ

    Famaa tanfa'uhum shafaa'atush shaafi'een

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

49. 49

    فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

    Famaa lahum 'anittazkirati mu'rideen

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

50. 50

    كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌۭ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌۭ

    Ka annahum humurum mustanfirah

    As if they were (frightened) wild donkeys.

51. 51

    فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ

    Farrat min qaswarah

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

52. 52

    بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًۭا مُّنَشَّرَةًۭ

    Bal yureedu kullum ri'im minhum any yu'taa suhufam munashsharah

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

53. 53

    كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ

    Kallaa bal laa yakhaafoonal aakhirah

    Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allâh’s punishment).

54. 54

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌۭ

    Kallaaa innahoo tazkirah

    Nay, verily, this (Qur’an) is an admonition,

55. 55

    فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

    Fa man shaaa'a zakarah

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

56. 56

    وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ

    Wa maa yazkuroona illaaa any yashaaa'al laah; Huwa ahlut taqwaa wa ahlul maghfirah

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