Al-Muddaththir المدثر

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim ya ayyuha al-muddaththir

O you who covers himself [with a garment],

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ

qum fa-andhir

Arise and warn

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ

wa-rabbaka fa-kabbir

And your Lord glorify

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ

wathiyabaka fatahhir

And your clothing purify

وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ

wal-rujza fa-hjur

And uncleanliness avoid

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ

wa la tamnun tastakthir

And do not confer favor to acquire more

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ

wa-rabbika fa-sbir

But for your Lord be patient.

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ

fa-itha nuqir fi an-naqur

And when the trumpet is blown,

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

fa-dhalika yawma'idhin yawm 'asir

That Day will be a difficult day

عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ

'ala al-kafirin ghayr yasin

For the disbelievers - not easy.

ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا

dharni wa-man khalaqtu wahida

Leave Me with the one I created alone

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا

wa-ja'altu lahu malan mamdudan

And to whom I granted extensive wealth

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا

wa-banin shuhud

And children present [with him]

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا

wa-mahhaddu lahu tamhidan

And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ

thumma yatma'u an azida

Then he desires that I should add more.

كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا

kalla innahu kana li-'ayatina 'anid

No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.

سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا

sa'urhiquhu sa'uda

I will cover him with arduous torment.

إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

innahu fakkar wa-qaddar

Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

fa-qutila kayfa qaddar

So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

thumma qutila kayfa qaddar

Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

thumma nazara

Then he considered [again];

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

thumma 'abasa wa-basara

Then he frowned and scowled;

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ

thumma adbara wa-stakbara

Then he turned back and was arrogant

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ

fa-qala in hadha illa sihrun yu'tharu

And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ

in hadha illa qawl al-bashar

This is not but the word of a human being."

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

sa-uslihi saqar

I will drive him into Saqar.

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ

wa-ma adraka ma saqar

And what can make you know what is Saqar?

لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ

la tubqi wa-la tathar

It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ

lawwah lil-bashar

Blackening the skins.

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

'alayha tis'ata 'ashar

Over it are nineteen [angels].

وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِيمَانًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَالْكَافِرُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ

wa-ma ja'alna ashab an-nar illa mala'ikah wa-ma ja'alna 'iddatahum illa fitnah lil-ladhina kafaru li-yastayqin al-ladhina utu al-kitab wa-yazdad al-ladhina amanu iman wa-la yartab al-ladhina utu al-kitab wal-mu'minun wa-liyaqul al-ladhina fi qulubihim marad wal-kafirun madha arada Allah bihadha mathalan kadhalika yudillu Allah man yasha' wa-yahdi man yasha' wa-ma ya'lam junud rabbak illa huwa wa-ma hiya illa dhikra lil-bashar

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.

كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ

kalla wal-qamar

No! By the moon

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

wal-layl idh adbar

And [by] the night when it departs

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ

was-subh idha asfar

And [by] the morning when it brightens,

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ

innaha la-ihda al-kubar

Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]

نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ

nazir lil-bashar

As a warning to humanity -

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

liman sha'a minkum an yataqaddama aw yata'akhkhar

To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

kull nafs bima kasabat rahinah

Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained

إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ

illa ashab al-yamin

Except the companions of the right,

فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

fi jannat yatasaa'alun

[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

'ani al-mujrimin

About the criminals,

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ

ma salakakum fi saqar

[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"

قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ

qalu lam naku min al-musallin

They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ

wa-lam naku nut'im al-miskin

Nor did we used to feed the poor.

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ

wa-kunna nakhudh ma'a al-kha'idhin

And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ

wa-kunna nukadhdhibu bi-yawm ad-din

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ

hatta atana al-yaqin

Until there came to us the certainty."

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ

fa-ma tanfa'uhum shafa'at ash-shafi'in

So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

fa-ma lahum 'an at-tadhkirah mu'ridin

Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ

ka-annahum humur mustanfirah

As if they were alarmed donkeys

فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍ

farrat min qaswarah

Fleeing from a lion?

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً

bal yurid kull umri' minhum an yu'ta suhuf munashsharah

Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ

kalla bal la yakhafun al-akhirah

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ

kalla innahu tadhkirah

No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder

فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ

faman sha'a dhakarah

Then whoever wills will remember it.

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ

wa-ma yadhkuruna illa an yasha' Allah hu ahl at-taqwa wa-ahl al-maghfirah

And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.