Surah Al-Muddaththir سُورَةُ المُدَّثِّرِ

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ1

O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ2

Arise and deliver thy warning!

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ3

And thy Lord do thou magnify!

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ4

And thy garments keep free from stain!

وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ5

And all abomination shun!

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ6

Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ7

But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ8

Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ9

That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress,-

عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍۢ10

Far from easy for those without Faith.

ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًۭا11

Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone!-

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًۭا مَّمْدُودًۭا12

To whom I granted resources in abundance,

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًۭا13

And sons to be by his side!-

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًۭا14

To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ15

Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);-

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًۭا16

By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا17

Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ18

For he thought and he plotted;-

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ19

And woe to him! How he plotted!-

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ20

Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!-

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ21

Then he looked round;

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ22

Then he frowned and he scowled;

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ23

Then he turned back and was haughty;

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ يُؤْثَرُ24

Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ25

"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ26

Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire!

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ27

And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is?

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ28

Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!-

لَوَّاحَةٌۭ لِّلْبَشَرِ29

Darkening and changing the colour of man!

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ30

Over it are Nineteen.

وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةًۭ ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًۭا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ31

And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.

كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ32

Nay, verily: By the Moon,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ33

And by the Night as it retreateth,

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ34

And by the Dawn as it shineth forth,-

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ35

This is but one of the mighty (portents),

نَذِيرًۭا لِّلْبَشَرِ36

A warning to mankind,-

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ37

To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind;-

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ38

Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.

إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ39

Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ40

(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,

عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ41

And (ask) of the Sinners:

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ42

"What led you into Hell Fire?"

قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ43

They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ44

"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ45

"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ46

"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ47

"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ48

Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ49

Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition?-

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌۭ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌۭ50

As if they were affrighted asses,

فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ51

Fleeing from a lion!

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًۭا مُّنَشَّرَةًۭ52

Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ53

By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌۭ54

Nay, this surely is an admonition:

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ55

Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ56

But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.