Surah Al-Muddaththir

يٰٓاَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ ۝١ۙ

1O you wrapped up in your mantle!

قُمْ فَاَنْذِرْ ۝٢ࣕۙ

2Rise up and warn!

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ ۝٣ࣕۙ

3Magnify your Lord,

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ ۝٤ࣕۙ

4and purify your clothes,

وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ ۝٥ࣕۙ

5and keep away from all impurity!

وَلَا تَمْنُنْ تَسْتَكْثِرُ ۝٦ࣕۙ

6Do not grant a favour seeking a greater gain,

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ ۝٧ؕ

7and be patient for the sake of your Lord.

فَاِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُوْرِ ۝٨ۙ

8When the Trumpet will be sounded,

فَذٰلِكَ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ يَّوْمٌ عَسِيْرٌ ۝٩ۙ

9that will be a day of hardship,

عَلَي الْكٰفِرِيْنَ غَيْرُ يَسِيْرٍ ۝١٠

10not at all easy for the faithless.

ذَرْنِيْ وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيْدًا ۝١١ۙ

11Leave Me [to deal] with him whom I created alone,

وَّجَعَلْتُ لَهٗ مَالًا مَّمْدُوْدًا ۝١٢ۙ

12and furnished him with extensive means,

وَّبَنِيْنَ شُهُوْدًا ۝١٣ۙ

13[gave him] sons to be at his side,

وَّمَهَّدْتُّ لَهٗ تَمْهِيْدًا ۝١٤ۙ

14and facilitated [all matters] for him.

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ اَنْ اَزِيْدَ ۝١٥ࣗۙ

15Still he is eager that I should give him more.

كَلَّاؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ لِاٰيٰتِنَا عَنِيْدًا ۝١٦ؕ

16No indeed! He is an obstinate opponent of Our signs.

سَاُرْهِقُهٗ صَعُوْدًا ۝١٧ؕ

17Soon I will overwhelm him with hardship.

اِنَّهٗ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ ۝١٨ۙ

18Indeed he reflected and decided.

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ۝١٩ۙ

19Perish he, how he decided!

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ۝٢٠ۙ

20Again, perish he, how he decided!

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ ۝٢١ۙ

21Then he looked;

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ ۝٢٢ۙ

22then frowned and scowled.

ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ ۝٢٣ۙ

23Then he walked away disdainfully,

فَقَالَ اِنْ هٰذَا͏ٓ اِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُّو͏ٔ͏ْثَرُ ۝٢٤ۙ

24saying, ‘It is nothing but traditional sorcery.

اِنْ هٰذَا͏ٓ اِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ ۝٢٥ؕ

25It is nothing but the speech of a human.’

سَاُصْلِيْهِ سَقَرَ ۝٢٦

26Soon I will cast him into Saqar.

وَمَا͏ٓ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا سَقَرُ ۝٢٧ؕ

27And what will show you what is Saqar?

لَا تُبْقِيْ وَلَا تَذَرُ ۝٢٨ۚ

28It neither spares, nor leaves [anything].

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ ۝٢٩ۚۖ

29It burns the skin.

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ ۝٣٠ؕ

30There are nineteen [keepers] over it.

وَمَا جَعَلْنَا͏ٓ اَصْحٰبَ النَّارِ اِلَّا مَلٰ࢜ىِٕكَةًࣕ وَّمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ اِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْاۙ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْتُوا الْكِتٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْٓا اِيْمَانًا وَّلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْتُوا الْكِتٰبَ وَالْمُو͏ٔ͏ْمِنُوْنَۙ وَلِيَقُوْلَ الَّذِيْنَ فِيْ قُلُوْبِهِمْ مَّرَضٌ وَّالْكٰفِرُوْنَ مَاذَا͏ٓ اَرَادَ اللّٰهُ بِهٰذَا مَثَلًاؕ كَذٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ مَنْ يَّشَا࢜ءُ وَيَهْدِيْ مَنْ يَّشَا࢜ءُؕ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُوْدَ رَبِّكَ اِلَّا هُوَؕ وَمَا هِيَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٰي لِلْبَشَرِ ۝٣١ࣖ

31We have assigned only angels as keepers of the Fire, and We have made their number merely a stumbling block for the faithless, and so that those who were given the Book may be reassured, and the faithful may increase in [their] faith, and so that those who were given the Book and the faithful may not be in doubt, and so that the faithless and those in whose hearts is a sickness may say, ‘What did Allah mean by this description?’ Thus does Allah lead astray whomever He wishes and guides whomever He wishes. No one knows the hosts of your Lord except Him, and it is just an admonition for all humans.

كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ ۝٣٢ۙ

32No indeed! By the Moon!

وَالَّيْلِ اِذْ اَدْبَرَ ۝٣٣ۙ

33By the night when it recedes!

وَالصُّبْحِ اِذَا͏ٓ اَسْفَرَ ۝٣٤ۙ

34By the dawn when it brightens!

اِنَّهَا لَاِحْدَي الْكُبَرِ ۝٣٥ۙ

35Indeed they are one of the greatest [signs of God]

نَذِيْرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ ۝٣٦ۙ

36—a warner to all humans,

لِمَنْ شَا࢜ءَ مِنْكُمْ اَنْ يَّتَقَدَّمَ اَوْ يَتَاَخَّرَ ۝٣٧ؕ

37[alike] for those of you who like to advance ahead and those who would remain behind.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِيْنَةٌ ۝٣٨ۙ

38Every soul is hostage to what it has earned,

اِلَّا͏ٓ اَصْحٰبَ الْيَمِيْنِ ۝٣٩ؕۛ

39except the People of the Right Hand.

فِيْ جَنّٰتٍࣞۛ يَتَسَا࢜ءَلُوْنَ ۝٤٠ۙ

40[They will be] in gardens, questioning

عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ ۝٤١ۙ

41the guilty:

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِيْ سَقَرَ ۝٤٢

42‘What drew you into Hell?’

قَالُوْا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّيْنَ ۝٤٣ۙ

43They will answer, ‘We were not among those who prayed.

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِيْنَ ۝٤٤ۙ

44Nor did we feed the poor.

وَكُنَّا نَخُوْضُ مَعَ الْخَا࢜ىِٕضِيْنَ ۝٤٥ۙ

45We used to indulge in [profane] gossip along with the gossipers,

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ ۝٤٦ۙ

46and we used to deny the Day of Retribution

حَتّٰٓي اَتٰىنَا الْيَقِيْنُ ۝٤٧ؕ

47until death came to us.’

فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشّٰفِعِيْنَ ۝٤٨ؕ

48So the intercession of the intercessors will not avail them.

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِيْنَ ۝٤٩ۙ

49What is the matter with them that they evade the Reminder

كَاَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنْفِرَةٌ ۝٥٠ۙ

50as if they were terrified asses

فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍ ۝٥١ؕ

51fleeing from a lion?

بَلْ يُرِيْدُ كُلُّ امْرِي͏ٔ͏ٍ مِّنْهُمْ اَنْ يُّو͏ٔ͏ْتٰي صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً ۝٥٢ۙ

52But everyone of them desires to be given unrolled scriptures [from Allah]!

كَلَّاؕ بَلْ لَّا يَخَافُوْنَ الْاٰخِرَةَ ۝٥٣ؕ

53No! Indeed, they do not fear the Hereafter.

كَلَّا͏ٓ اِنَّهٗ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۝٥٤ۚ

54No! It is indeed a reminder.

فَمَنْ شَا࢜ءَ ذَكَرَهٗ ۝٥٥ؕ

55So let anyone who wishes be mindful of it.

وَمَا يَذْكُرُوْنَ اِلَّا͏ٓ اَنْ يَّشَا࢜ءَ اللّٰهُؕ هُوَ اَهْلُ التَّقْوٰي وَاَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ ۝٥٦ࣖ

56And they will not be mindful unless Allah wishes. He is worthy of [your] being wary [of Him] and He is worthy to forgive.