المدثر
Surah Al-Muddaththir
“The Cloaked One” · 56 verses · Meccan · Revelation order: 4
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ
Ya ayyuha almuddaththir
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ
Qum faanthir
Arise and warn.
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ
Warabbaka fakabbir
And your Lord glorify.
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
Wathiyabaka fatahhir
And your clothing purify.
وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ
Warrujza fahjur
And uncleanliness avoid.
وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ
Wala tamnun tastakthir
And do not confer favor to acquire more.
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
Walirabbika fasbir
But for your Lord be patient.
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ
Fa-itha nuqira fee annaqoor
And when the trumpet is blown,
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Fathalika yawma-ithin yawmunAAaseer
That Day will be a difficult day
عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ
AAala alkafireena ghayruyaseer
For the disbelievers - not easy.
ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا
Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheeda
Leave Me with the one I created alone
وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا
WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdooda
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا
Wabaneena shuhooda
And children present [with him]
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا
Wamahhadtu lahu tamheeda
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ
Thumma yatmaAAu an azeed
Then he desires that I should add more.
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا
Kalla innahu kana li-ayatinaAAaneeda
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
Saorhiquhu saAAooda
I will cover him with arduous torment.
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
Innahu fakkara waqaddar
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ
Faqutila 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 nathar
Then he considered [again];
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Thumma AAabasa wabasar
Then he frowned and scowled;
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ
Thumma adbara wastakbar
Then he turned back and was arrogant
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ
Faqala in hatha illa sihrunyu'thar
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ
In hatha illa qawlu albashar
This is not but the word of a human being."
سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Saosleehi saqar
I will drive him into Saqar.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
Wama adraka ma saqar
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ
La tubqee wala tathar
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ
Lawwahatun lilbashar
Altering [i.e., blackening] the skins.
عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
AAalayha tisAAata AAashar
Over it are nineteen [angels].
وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَـٰنًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ
Wama jaAAalna as-habaannari illa mala-ikatan wamajaAAalna AAiddatahum illa fitnatan lillatheenakafaroo liyastayqina allatheena ootoo alkitabawayazdada allatheena amanoo eemananwala yartaba allatheena ootoo alkitabawalmu'minoona waliyaqoola allatheena feequloobihim maradun walkafiroona mathaarada Allahu bihatha mathalan kathalikayudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashaowama yaAAlamu junooda rabbika illa huwa wamahiya illa thikra lilbashar
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 disease [i.e., hypocrisy] and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allāh intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allāh send astray whom He wills and guide whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And it [i.e., mention of the Fire] is not but a reminder to humanity.
كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ
Kalla walqamar
No! By the moon.
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ
Wallayli ith adbar
And [by] the night when it departs.
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ
Wassubhi ithaasfar
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ
Innaha la-ihda alkubar
Indeed, it [i.e., the Fire] is of the greatest [afflictions].
نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ
Natheeran lilbashar
As a warning to humanity -
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama awyataakhkhar
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheena
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained.
إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Illa as-haba alyameen
Except the companions of the right,.
فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Fee jannatin yatasaaloon
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
AAani almujrimeen
About the criminals,
مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ
Ma salakakum fee saqar
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleen
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ
Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeen
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkha-ideen
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi addeen
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ
Hatta atanaalyaqeen
Until there came to us the certainty [i.e., death]."
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ
Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu ashshafiAAeen
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ
Fama lahum AAani attathkiratimuAArideen
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away.
كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ
Kaannahum humurun mustanfira
As if they were alarmed donkeys.
فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ
Farrat min qaswara
Fleeing from a lion?
بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً
Bal yureedu kullu imri-in minhum an yu'tasuhufan munashshara
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ
Kalla bal la yakhafoonaal-akhira
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ
Kalla innahu tathkira
No! Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder.
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
Faman shaa thakarah
Then whoever wills will remember it.
وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ
Wama yathkuroona illaan yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu attaqwawaahlu almaghfirat
And they will not remember except that Allāh wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.