Al-Muddaththir

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ ١

O you covered up ˹in your clothes˺

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ ٢

Arise and warn ˹all˺

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ ٣

Revere your Lord ˹alone˺

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ ٤

Purify your garments

وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ ٥

˹Continue to˺ shun idols

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ ٦

Do not do a favour expecting more ˹in return˺

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ ٧

And persevere for ˹the sake of˺ your Lord

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ ٨

˹For˺ when the Trumpet will be sounded

فَذَٲلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ ٩

that will ˹truly˺ be a difficult Day—

عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ ١٠

far from easy for the disbelievers

ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا ١١

And leave to me ˹O Prophet˺ the one I created all by Myself

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالاً مَّمْدُودًا ١٢

and granted him abundant wealth

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا ١٣

and children always by his side

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا ١٤

and made life very easy for him

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ ١٥

Yet he is hungry for more

كَلَّآ‌ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِأَيَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا ١٦

But no! ˹For˺ he has been truly stubborn with Our revelations

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا ١٧

I will make his fate unbearable

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ ١٨

for he contemplated and determined ˹a degrading label for the Quran˺

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ١٩

May he be condemned! How evil was what he determined

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ٢٠

May he be condemned even more! How evil was what he determined

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ ٢١

Then he re-contemplated ˹in frustration˺

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ ٢٢

then frowned and scowled

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ ٢٣

then turned his back ˹on the truth˺ and acted arrogantly

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ ٢٤

saying, “This ˹Quran˺ is nothing but magic from the ancients

إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ ٢٥

This is no more than the word of a man.”

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ ٢٦

Soon I will burn him in Hell

وَمَآ أَدْرَٮٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ ٢٧

And what will make you realize what Hell is

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ ٢٨

It does not let anyone live or die

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ ٢٩

scorching the skin

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ ٣٠

It is overseen by nineteen ˹keepers˺

وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةً‌ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِيمَـٰنًا‌ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ‌ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا مَثَلاً‌ۚ كَذَٲلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ‌ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ‌ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ ٣١

We have appointed only ˹stern˺ angels as wardens of the Fire. And We have made their number only as a test for the disbelievers, so that the People of the Book will be certain, and the believers will increase in faith, and neither the People of the Book nor the believers will have any doubts, and so that those ˹hypocrites˺ with sickness in their hearts and the disbelievers will argue, “What does Allah mean by such a number?” In this way Allah leaves whoever He wills to stray and guides whoever He wills. And none knows the forces of your Lord except He. And this ˹description of Hell˺ is only a reminder to humanity

كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ ٣٢

But no! By the moon

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ ٣٣

and the night as it retreats

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ ٣٤

and the day as it breaks

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ ٣٥

Surely Hell is one of the mightiest catastrophes—

نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ ٣٦

a warning to humankind

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ ٣٧

to whichever of you chooses to take the lead or lag behind

كُلُّ نَفْسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ ٣٨

Every soul will be detained for what it has done

إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ ٣٩

except the people of the right

فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ٤٠

who will be in Gardens, asking one another

عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ٤١

about the wicked ˹who will then be asked˺

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ ٤٢

“What has landed you in Hell?”

قَالُواْ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ ٤٣

They will reply, “We were not of those who prayed

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ ٤٤

nor did we feed the poor

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ ٤٥

We used to indulge ˹in falsehood˺ along with others

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ٤٦

and deny the Day of Judgment

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَـٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ ٤٧

until the inevitable came to us.”

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ ٤٨

So the pleas of intercessors will be of no benefit to them

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ ٤٩

Now, what is the matter with them that they are turning away from the reminder

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ ٥٠

as if they were spooked zebras

فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةِۭ ٥١

fleeing from a lion

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِىٍٕ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً ٥٢

In fact, each one of them wishes to be given a ˹personal˺ letter ˹from Allah˺ for all ˹to read˺

كَلَّا‌ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْأَخِرَةَ ٥٣

But no! In fact, they do not fear the Hereafter

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ ٥٤

Enough! Surely this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ٥٥

So let whoever wills be mindful of it

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ‌ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ٥٦

But they cannot do so unless Allah wills. He ˹alone˺ is worthy to be feared and entitled to forgive