Surah 74: Al-Muddaththir سُورَةُ المُدَّثِّرِ

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ 1

¹O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ 2

²Arise and warn!

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ 3

³Thy Lord magnify,

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ 4

⁴Thy raiment purify,

وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ 5

⁵Pollution shun!

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ 6

⁶And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ 7

⁷For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ 8

⁸For when the trumpet shall sound,

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ 9

⁹Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ 10

¹⁰Not of ease, for disbelievers.

ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا 11

¹¹Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا 12

¹²And then bestowed upon him ample means,

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا 13

¹³And sons abiding in his presence

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا 14

¹⁴And made (life) smooth for him.

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ 15

¹⁵Yet he desireth that I should give more.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا 16

¹⁶Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا 17

¹⁷On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ 18

¹⁸For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ 19

¹⁹(Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned!

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ 20

²⁰Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! -

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ 21

²¹Then looked he,

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ 22

²²Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ 23

²³Then turned he away in pride

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ 24

²⁴And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ 25

²⁵This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ 26

²⁶Him shall I fling unto the burning.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ 27

²⁷- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ 28

²⁸It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ 29

²⁹It shrivelleth the man.

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ 30

³⁰Above it are nineteen.

وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًا وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ 31

³¹We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling-block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals.

كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ 32

³²Nay, by the Moon

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ 33

³³And the night when it withdraweth

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ 34

³⁴And the dawn when it shineth forth,

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ 35

³⁵Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ 36

³⁶As a warning unto men,

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ 37

³⁷Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ 38

³⁸Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ 39

³⁹Save those who will stand on the right hand.

فِى جَنَّٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ 40

⁴⁰In gardens they will ask one another

عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ 41

⁴¹Concerning the guilty:

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ 42

⁴²What hath brought you to this burning?

قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ 43

⁴³They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ 44

⁴⁴Nor did we feed the wretched.

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ 45

⁴⁵We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ 46

⁴⁶And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ 47

⁴⁷Till the Inevitable came unto us.

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ 48

⁴⁸The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ 49

⁴⁹Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ 50

⁵⁰As they were frightened asses

فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ 51

⁵¹Fleeing from a lion?

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً 52

⁵²Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ 53

⁵³Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ 54

⁵⁴Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ 55

⁵⁵So whosoever will may heed.

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ 56

⁵⁶And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.