Al-Muddaththir

یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلۡمُدَّثِّرُ

O thou enveloped in thy cloak

قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ

Arise and warn

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ

Thy Lord magnify

وَثِیَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ

Thy raiment purify

وَٱلرُّجۡزَ فَٱهۡجُرۡ

Pollution shun

وَلَا تَمۡنُن تَسۡتَكۡثِرُ

And show not favour, seeking wordly gain

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصۡبِرۡ

For the sake of thy Lord, be patient

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِی ٱلنَّاقُورِ

For when the trumpet shall sound

فَذَ ٰلِكَ یَوۡمَئِذࣲ یَوۡمٌ عَسِیرٌ

Surely that day will be a day of anguish

عَلَى ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ غَیۡرُ یَسِیرࣲ

Not of ease, for disbelievers

ذَرۡنِی وَمَنۡ خَلَقۡتُ وَحِیدࣰا

Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely

وَجَعَلۡتُ لَهُۥ مَالࣰا مَّمۡدُودࣰا

And then bestowed upon him ample means

وَبَنِینَ شُهُودࣰا

And sons abiding in his presence

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِیدࣰا

And made (life) smooth for him

ثُمَّ یَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِیدَ

Yet he desireth that I should give more

كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَایَـٰتِنَا عَنِیدࣰا

Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations

سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

On him I shall impose a fearful doom

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

For lo! he did consider; then he planned

فَقُتِلَ كَیۡفَ قَدَّرَ

(Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَیۡفَ قَدَّرَ

Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

Then looked he

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

Then frowned he and showed displeasure

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ

Then turned he away in pride

فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا سِحۡرࣱ یُؤۡثَرُ

And said: This is naught else than magic from of old

إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ

This is naught else than speech of mortal man

سَأُصۡلِیهِ سَقَرَ

Him shall I fling unto the burning

وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is

لَا تُبۡقِی وَلَا تَذَرُ

It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

لَوَّاحَةࣱ لِّلۡبَشَرِ

It shrivelleth the man

عَلَیۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ

Above it are nineteen

وَمَا جَعَلۡنَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰۤئِكَةࣰۖ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا عِدَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةࣰ لِّلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِیَسۡتَیۡقِنَ ٱلَّذِینَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ وَیَزۡدَادَ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوۤا۟ إِیمَـٰنࣰا وَلَا یَرۡتَابَ ٱلَّذِینَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَلِیَقُولَ ٱلَّذِینَ فِی قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضࣱ وَٱلۡكَـٰفِرُونَ مَاذَاۤ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا مَثَلࣰاۚ كَذَ ٰلِكَ یُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن یَشَاۤءُ وَیَهۡدِی مَن یَشَاۤءُۚ وَمَا یَعۡلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَمَا هِیَ 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

كَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ

Nay, by the Moon

وَٱلَّیۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ

And the night when it withdraweth

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَاۤ أَسۡفَرَ

And the dawn when it shineth forth

إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ

Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

نَذِیرࣰا لِّلۡبَشَرِ

As a warning unto men

لِمَن شَاۤءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن یَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ یَتَأَخَّرَ

Unto him of you who will advance or hang back

كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِینَةٌ

Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds

إِلَّاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبَ ٱلۡیَمِینِ

Save those who will stand on the right hand

فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ یَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ

In gardens they will ask one another

عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ

Concerning the guilty

مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِی سَقَرَ

What hath brought you to this burning

قَالُوا۟ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّینَ

They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِینَ

Nor did we feed the wretched

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَاۤئِضِینَ

We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِیَوۡمِ ٱلدِّینِ

And we used to deny the Day of Judgment

حَتَّىٰۤ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡیَقِینُ

Till the Inevitable came unto us

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِینَ

The mediation of no mediators will avail them then

فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِینَ

Why now turn they away from the Admonishment

كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرࣱ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةࣱ

As they were frightened asses

فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ

Fleeing from a lion

بَلۡ یُرِیدُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِئࣲ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن یُؤۡتَىٰ صُحُفࣰا مُّنَشَّرَةࣰ

Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah)

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا یَخَافُونَ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةَ

Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter

كَلَّاۤ إِنَّهُۥ تَذۡكِرَةࣱ

Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment

فَمَن شَاۤءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

So whosoever will may heed

وَمَا یَذۡكُرُونَ إِلَّاۤ أَن یَشَاۤءَ 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