74. Al-Muddaththir

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُدَّثِّرُ

O you enveloped in your cloak

قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ

Arise, and warn

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ

and magnify the glory of your Lord

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ

and purify your robes

وَٱلرُّجۡزَ فَٱهۡجُرۡ

and shun uncleanness

وَلَا تَمۡنُن تَسۡتَكۡثِرُ

and bestow not favour in order to seek from others a greater return

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصۡبِرۡ

and persevere for your Lord's sake

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي ٱلنَّاقُورِ

When the Trumpet shall be sounded

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ يَوۡمٌ عَسِيرٌ

that will surely be a hard day

عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ غَيۡرُ يَسِيرࣲ‏

not an easy day for the unbelievers

ذَرۡنِي وَمَنۡ خَلَقۡتُ وَحِيدࣰ ا

Leave Me with him whom I alone have created

وَجَعَلۡتُ لَهُۥ مَالࣰ ا مَّمۡدُودࣰ ا

whom I have endowed with abundant riches

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودࣰ ا

and sons ever present with him

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِيدࣰ ا

and for whom I have smoothed the way (to power and riches)

ثُمَّ يَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِيدَ

and who still greedily desires that I should bestow upon him more

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِأٓيَٰتِنَا عَنِيدࣰ ا

By no means; he is stubbornly opposed to Our Signs

سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

I shall soon constrain him to a hard ascent

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

He reflected and then hatched a scheme

فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ

Ruin seize him, how did he hatch a scheme

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ

Again, ruin seize him, how did he hatch a scheme

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

He looked (at others)

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

then frowned and scowled

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ

then he retreated and waxed proud

فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرࣱ يُؤۡثَرُ

and said: “This (Qur'an) is merely a sorcery of yore

إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ

this is nothing but the word of a mere mortal!”

سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ

Him shall I soon roast in Hell

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

And what do you know what Hell is

لَا تُبۡقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ

It spares nothing; it leaves nothing intact

لَوَّاحَةࣱ لِّلۡبَشَرِ

it scorches (even) the skin

عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ

Over it are nineteen keepers

وَمَا جَعَلۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةࣰۖ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا عِدَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةࣰ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِيَسۡتَيۡقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَيَزۡدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِيمَٰنࣰ ا وَلَا يَرۡتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضࣱ وَٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلࣰ اۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَا يَعۡلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡبَشَرِ

We have appointed none but angels as the keepers of the Fire, and We have not made their number but as a trial for the unbelievers so that those who have been endowed with the Book will be convinced and the believers' faith will increase, and neither those who have been endowed with the Book nor the believers will fall into any doubt. As for those in whose hearts there is a sickness as well as the unbelievers, they will say: “What did Allah aim at by this strange parable?” Thus does Allah let whomsoever He pleases to go astray, and directs whomsoever He pleases to the Right Way. And none knows the hosts of your Lord but He. (And Hell has only been mentioned here) that people may take heed

كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ

Nay, by the moon

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ

and by the night when it recedes

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ

and by the day when it dawns (with its radiance)

إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ

surely (Hell) is one of the greatest Signs

نَذِيرࣰ ا لِّلۡبَشَرِ

a warning to humankind

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ

a warning to everyone of you whether he would like to come forward or lag behind

كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ

Each one is a hostage to one's deeds

إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ

save the People of the Right Hand

فِي جَنَّٰتࣲ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

who shall be in the Gardens, and shall ask

عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ

about the guilty ones

مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ

“What drove you to Hell?”

قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ

They will answer: “We were not among those who observed Prayer

وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ

and we did not feed the poor

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ

and we indulged in vain talk with those who indulged in vain talk

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

and we gave the lie to the Day of Judgement

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ

until the inevitable event overtook us.”

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ

The intercession of the intercessors shall then be of no avail to them

فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِينَ

What is the matter with people that they are turning away from this Exhortation

كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرࣱ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةࣱ‏

as though they were frightened wild asses

فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ

fleeing from a lion

بَلۡ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيࣲٕ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُؤۡتَىٰ صُحُفࣰ ا مُّنَشَّرَةࣰ‏

No indeed; each one of them desires that open letters be sent to each of them

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ

No indeed; the truth is that they have no fear of the Hereafter

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذۡكِرَةࣱ‏

Nay; this is an Exhortation

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

So, whoever wills may benefit from it

وَمَا يَذۡكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ هُوَ أَهۡلُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَأَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِ

But they will not benefit from it unless Allah Himself so wills. He is worthy to be feared; and He is worthy to forgive (those that fear Him)