Al-Muddaththir
المدثر
Chapter 74. The Cloaked One
Al-Muddaththir 74:1
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُدَّثِّرُ
O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
Al-Muddaththir 74:2
قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ
Arise and warn!
Al-Muddaththir 74:3
وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ
Thy Lord magnify,
Al-Muddaththir 74:4
وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ
Thy raiment purify,
Al-Muddaththir 74:5
وَٱلرُّجۡزَ فَٱهۡجُرۡ
Pollution shun!
Al-Muddaththir 74:6
وَلَا تَمۡنُن تَسۡتَكۡثِرُ
And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
Al-Muddaththir 74:7
وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصۡبِرۡ
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
Al-Muddaththir 74:8
فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي ٱلنَّاقُورِ
For when the trumpet shall sound,
Al-Muddaththir 74:9
فَذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَوۡمٌ عَسِيرٌ
Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
Al-Muddaththir 74:10
عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ غَيۡرُ يَسِيرٖ
Not of ease, for disbelievers.
Al-Muddaththir 74:11
ذَرۡنِي وَمَنۡ خَلَقۡتُ وَحِيدٗا
Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
Al-Muddaththir 74:12
وَجَعَلۡتُ لَهُۥ مَالٗا مَّمۡدُودٗا
And then bestowed upon him ample means,
Al-Muddaththir 74:13
وَبَنِينَ شُهُودٗا
And sons abiding in his presence
Al-Muddaththir 74:14
وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِيدٗا
And made (life) smooth for him.
Al-Muddaththir 74:15
ثُمَّ يَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِيدَ
Yet he desireth that I should give more.
Al-Muddaththir 74:16
كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِأٓيَٰتِنَا عَنِيدٗا
Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
Al-Muddaththir 74:17
سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا
On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
Al-Muddaththir 74:18
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ
For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
Al-Muddaththir 74:19
فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
(Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned!
Al-Muddaththir 74:20
ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ
Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! -
Al-Muddaththir 74:21
ثُمَّ نَظَرَ
Then looked he,
Al-Muddaththir 74:22
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ
Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
Al-Muddaththir 74:23
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ
Then turned he away in pride
Al-Muddaththir 74:24
فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ يُؤۡثَرُ
And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
Al-Muddaththir 74:25
إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ
This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
Al-Muddaththir 74:26
سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ
Him shall I fling unto the burning.
Al-Muddaththir 74:27
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
Al-Muddaththir 74:28
لَا تُبۡقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ
It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
Al-Muddaththir 74:29
لَوَّاحَةٞ لِّلۡبَشَرِ
It shrivelleth the man.
Al-Muddaththir 74:30
عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ
Above it are nineteen.
Al-Muddaththir 74:31
وَمَا جَعَلۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةٗۖ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا عِدَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِيَسۡتَيۡقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَيَزۡدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِيمَٰنٗا وَلَا يَرۡتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ وَٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَا يَعۡلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡبَشَرِ
We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling-block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals.
Al-Muddaththir 74:32
كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ
Nay, by the Moon
Al-Muddaththir 74:33
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ
And the night when it withdraweth
Al-Muddaththir 74:34
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ
And the dawn when it shineth forth,
Al-Muddaththir 74:35
إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ
Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
Al-Muddaththir 74:36
نَذِيرٗا لِّلۡبَشَرِ
As a warning unto men,
Al-Muddaththir 74:37
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ
Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
Al-Muddaththir 74:38
كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Al-Muddaththir 74:39
إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ
Save those who will stand on the right hand.
Al-Muddaththir 74:40
فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
In gardens they will ask one another
Al-Muddaththir 74:41
عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
Concerning the guilty:
Al-Muddaththir 74:42
مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ
What hath brought you to this burning?
Al-Muddaththir 74:43
قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ
They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
Al-Muddaththir 74:44
وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ
Nor did we feed the wretched.
Al-Muddaththir 74:45
وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
Al-Muddaththir 74:46
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
Al-Muddaththir 74:47
حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ
Till the Inevitable came unto us.
Al-Muddaththir 74:48
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ
The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
Al-Muddaththir 74:49
فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِينَ
Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
Al-Muddaththir 74:50
كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرٞ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةٞ
As they were frightened asses
Al-Muddaththir 74:51
فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ
Fleeing from a lion?
Al-Muddaththir 74:52
بَلۡ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُؤۡتَىٰ صُحُفٗا مُّنَشَّرَةٗ
Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
Al-Muddaththir 74:53
كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ
Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
Al-Muddaththir 74:54
كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذۡكِرَةٞ
Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
Al-Muddaththir 74:55
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So whosoever will may heed.
Al-Muddaththir 74:56
وَمَا يَذۡكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ هُوَ أَهۡلُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَأَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِ
And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.