74 - Surah Al-Muddaththir المدثر

O you who covers himself [with a garment],

yāayyuhā l-mudathiru

Arise and warn

qum fa-andhir

And your Lord glorify

warabbaka fakabbir

And your clothing purify

wathiyābaka faṭahhir

And uncleanliness avoid

wal-ruj'za fa-uh'jur

And do not confer favor to acquire more

walā tamnun tastakthiru

But for your Lord be patient.

walirabbika fa-iṣ'bir

And when the trumpet is blown,

fa-idhā nuqira fī l-nāqūri

That Day will be a difficult day

fadhālika yawma-idhin yawmun ʿasīrun

For the disbelievers - not easy.

ʿalā l-kāfirīna ghayru yasīrin

Leave Me with the one I created alone

dharnī waman khalaqtu waḥīdan

And to whom I granted extensive wealth

wajaʿaltu lahu mālan mamdūdan

And children present [with him]

wabanīna shuhūdan

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

wamahhadttu lahu tamhīdan

Then he desires that I should add more.

thumma yaṭmaʿu an azīda

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

kallā innahu kāna liāyātinā ʿanīdan

I will cover him with arduous torment.

sa-ur'hiquhu ṣaʿūdan

Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

innahu fakkara waqaddara

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

faqutila kayfa qaddara

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

thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

Then he considered [again];

thumma naẓara

Then he frowned and scowled;

thumma ʿabasa wabasara

Then he turned back and was arrogant

thumma adbara wa-is'takbara

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

faqāla in hādhā illā siḥ'run yu'tharu

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

in hādhā illā qawlu l-bashari

I will drive him into Saqar.

sa-uṣ'līhi saqara

And what can make you know what is Saqar?

wamā adrāka mā saqaru

It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

lā tub'qī walā tadharu

Blackening the skins.

lawwāḥatun lil'bashari

Over it are nineteen [angels].

ʿalayhā tis'ʿata ʿashara

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.

wamā jaʿalnā aṣḥāba l-nāri illā malāikatan wamā jaʿalnā ʿiddatahum illā fit'natan lilladhīna kafarū liyastayqina alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba wayazdāda alladhīna āmanū īmānan walā yartāba alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba wal-mu'minūna waliyaqūla alladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun wal-kāfirūna mādhā arāda l-lahu bihādhā mathalan kadhālika yuḍillu l-lahu man yashāu wayahdī man yashāu wamā yaʿlamu junūda rabbika illā huwa wamā hiya illā dhik'rā lil'bashari

No! By the moon

kallā wal-qamari

And [by] the night when it departs

wa-al-layli idh adbara

And [by] the morning when it brightens,

wal-ṣub'ḥi idhā asfara

Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]

innahā la-iḥ'dā l-kubari

As a warning to humanity -

nadhīran lil'bashari

To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

liman shāa minkum an yataqaddama aw yata-akhara

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

kullu nafsin bimā kasabat rahīnatun

Except the companions of the right,

illā aṣḥāba l-yamīni

[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

fī jannātin yatasāalūna

About the criminals,

ʿani l-muj'rimīna

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

mā salakakum fī saqara

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

qālū lam naku mina l-muṣalīna

Nor did we used to feed the poor.

walam naku nuṭ'ʿimu l-mis'kīna

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

wakunnā nakhūḍu maʿa l-khāiḍīna

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

wakunnā nukadhibu biyawmi l-dīni

Until there came to us the certainty."

ḥattā atānā l-yaqīnu

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

famā tanfaʿuhum shafāʿatu l-shāfiʿīna

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

famā lahum ʿani l-tadhkirati muʿ'riḍīna

As if they were alarmed donkeys

ka-annahum ḥumurun mus'tanfiratun

Fleeing from a lion?

farrat min qaswaratin

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

bal yurīdu kullu im'ri-in min'hum an yu'tā ṣuḥufan munasharatan

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

kallā bal lā yakhāfūna l-ākhirata

No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder

kallā innahu tadhkiratun

Then whoever wills will remember it.

faman shāa dhakarahu

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

wamā yadhkurūna illā an yashāa l-lahu huwa ahlu l-taqwā wa-ahlu l-maghfirati