Al-Muddaththir

Ya ayyuha almuddaththir

O you who covers himself [with a garment],

Qum faanthir

Arise and warn.

Warabbaka fakabbir

And your Lord glorify.

Wathiyabaka fatahhir

And your clothing purify.

Warrujza fahjur

And uncleanliness avoid.

Wala tamnun tastakthir

And do not confer favor to acquire more.

Walirabbika fasbir

But for your Lord be patient.

Fa-itha nuqira fee annaqoor

And when the trumpet is blown,

Fathalika yawma-ithin yawmunAAaseer

That Day will be a difficult day

AAala alkafireena ghayruyaseer

For the disbelievers - not easy.

Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheeda

Leave Me with the one I created alone

WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdooda

And to whom I granted extensive wealth

Wabaneena shuhooda

And children present [with him]

Wamahhadtu lahu tamheeda

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

Thumma yatmaAAu an azeed

Then he desires that I should add more.

Kalla innahu kana li-ayatinaAAaneeda

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

Saorhiquhu saAAooda

I will cover him with arduous torment.

Innahu fakkara waqaddar

Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

Faqutila kayfa qaddar

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

Thumma qutila kayfa qaddar

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

Thumma nathar

Then he considered [again];

Thumma AAabasa wabasar

Then he frowned and scowled;

Thumma adbara wastakbar

Then he turned back and was arrogant

Faqala in hatha illa sihrunyu/thar

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

In hatha illa qawlu albashar

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

Saosleehi saqar

I will drive him into Saqar.

Wama adraka ma saqar

And what can make you know what is Saqar?

La tubqee wala tathar

It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

Lawwahatun lilbashar

Altering [i.e., blackening] the skins.

AAalayha tisAAata AAashar

Over it are nineteen [angels].

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.

Kalla walqamar

No! By the moon.

Wallayli ith adbar

And [by] the night when it departs.

Wassubhi ithaasfar

And [by] the morning when it brightens,

Innaha la-ihda alkubar

Indeed, it [i.e., the Fire] is of the greatest [afflictions].

Natheeran lilbashar

As a warning to humanity -

Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama awyataakhkhar

To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheena

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

Illa as-haba alyameen

Except the companions of the right,.

Fee jannatin yatasaaloon

[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

AAani almujrimeen

About the criminals,

Ma salakakum fee saqar

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

Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleen

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

Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeen

Nor did we used to feed the poor.

Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkha-ideen

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

Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi addeen

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

Hatta atanaalyaqeen

Until there came to us the certainty [i.e., death]."

Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu ashshafiAAeen

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

Fama lahum AAani attathkiratimuAArideen

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

Kaannahum humurun mustanfira

As if they were alarmed donkeys.

Farrat min qaswara

Fleeing from a lion?

Bal yureedu kullu imri-in minhum an yu/tasuhufan munashshara

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

Kalla bal la yakhafoonaal-akhira

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

Kalla innahu tathkira

No! Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder.

Faman shaa thakarah

Then whoever wills will remember it.

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.