Al-Muddaththir

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ

Ya ayyuha almuddaththir

You, wrapped in your cloak,

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ

Qum faanthir

arise and give warning!

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ

Warabbaka fakabbir

Proclaim the greatness of your Lord;

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ

Wathiyabaka fatahhir

cleanse yourself;

وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ

Warrujza fahjur

keep away from all filth;

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ

Wala tamnun tastakthir

do not be overwhelmed and weaken;

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ

Walirabbika fasbir

be steadfast in your Lord’s cause.

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ

Fa-itha nuqira fee annaqoor

When the Trumpet sounds,

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

Fathalika yawma-ithin yawmunAAaseer

that will be a Day of anguish for the disbelievers.

عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ

AAala alkafireena ghayruyaseer

They will have no ease.

ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا

Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheeda

[Prophet], leave Me to deal with the one I created helpless,

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا

WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdooda

then gave vast wealth,

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا

Wabaneena shuhooda

and sons by his side,

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا

Wamahhadtu lahu tamheeda

making everything easy for him––

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ

Thumma yatmaAAu an azeed

yet he still hopes I will give him more.

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا

Kalla innahu kana li-ayatinaAAaneeda

No! He has been stubbornly hostile to Our revelation:

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

Saorhiquhu saAAooda

I will inflict a spiralling torment on him.

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

Innahu fakkara waqaddar

He planned and plotted––

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

Faqutila kayfa qaddar

devilishly he plotted!

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

Thumma qutila kayfa qaddar

ferociously he plotted!––

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

Thumma nathar

and looked

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

Thumma AAabasa wabasar

and frowned and scowled

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

Thumma adbara wastakbar

and turned away and behaved arrogantly

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ

Faqala in hatha illa sihrunyu/thar

and said, ‘This is just old sorcery,

إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

In hatha illa qawlu albashar

just the talk of a mortal!’

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

Saosleehi saqar

I will throw him into the scorching Fire.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

Wama adraka ma saqar

What will explain to you what the scorching Fire is?

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ

La tubqee wala tathar

It spares nothing and leaves nothing;

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ

Lawwahatun lilbashar

it scorches the flesh of humans;

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

AAalayha tisAAata AAashar

there are nineteen in charge of it––

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

none other than angels appointed by Us to guard Hellfire- and We have made their number a test for the disbelievers. So those who have been given the Scripture will be certain and those who believe will have their faith increased: neither those who have been given the Scripture nor the believers will have any doubts, but the sick at heart and the disbelievers will say, ‘What could God mean by this description?’ God leaves whoever He will to stray and guides whoever He will- no one knows your Lord’s forces except Him- this [description] is a warning to mortals.

كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ

Kalla walqamar

Yes––by the moon!

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

Wallayli ith adbar

By the departing night!

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ

Wassubhi ithaasfar

By the shining dawn!

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ

Innaha la-ihda alkubar

It is one of the mightiest things,

نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ

Natheeran lilbashar

a warning to all mortals,

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama awyataakhkhar

to those of you who choose to go ahead and those who lag behind.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheena

Every soul is held in pledge for its deeds,

إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ

Illa as-haba alyameen

but the Companions of the Right will stay

فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

Fee jannatin yatasaaloon

in Gardens and ask

عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

AAani almujrimeen

about the guilty.

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ

Ma salakakum fee saqar

‘What drove you to the Scorching Fire?’ [they will ask]

قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleen

and they will answer, ‘We did not pray;

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeen

we did not feed the poor;

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkha-ideen

we indulged with others [in mocking the believers];

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi addeen

we denied the Day of Judgement

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

Hatta atanaalyaqeen

until the Certain End came upon us.’

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ

Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu ashshafiAAeen

No intercessor’s plea will benefit them now.

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

Fama lahum AAani attathkiratimuAArideen

What is the matter with them? Why do they turn away from the warning,

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ

Kaannahum humurun mustanfira

like frightened asses

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

Each one of them demands that a scripture be sent down to him and unrolled before his very eyes-

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

Kalla bal la yakhafoonaal-akhira

No! Truly they have no fear of the life to come-

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ

Kalla innahu tathkira

but truly this is a reminder.

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

Faman shaa thakarah

Let whoever wishes to take heed do so:

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ

Wama yathkuroona illaan yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu attaqwawaahlu almaghfirat

they will only take heed if God so wishes. He is the Lord who should be heeded, the Lord of forgiveness.