المُدَّثِّرِ

74. Al-Muddaththir

The Cloaked One · 56 verses · Meccan

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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُدَّثِّرُ

O you who covers himself [with a garment],

— Saheeh International

Ya ayyuha almuddaththiru

— Transliteration

2

قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ

Arise and warn

— Saheeh International

Qum faanthir

— Transliteration

3

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ

And your Lord glorify

— Saheeh International

Warabbaka fakabbir

— Transliteration

4

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ

And your clothing purify

— Saheeh International

Wathiyabaka fatahhir

— Transliteration

5

وَٱلرُّجۡزَ فَٱهۡجُرۡ

And uncleanliness avoid

— Saheeh International

Waalrrujza faohjur

— Transliteration

6

وَلَا تَمۡنُن تَسۡتَكۡثِرُ

And do not confer favor to acquire more

— Saheeh International

Wala tamnun tastakthiru

— Transliteration

7

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصۡبِرۡ

But for your Lord be patient.

— Saheeh International

Walirabbika faisbir

— Transliteration

8

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي ٱلنَّاقُورِ

And when the trumpet is blown,

— Saheeh International

Faitha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

— Transliteration

9

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَوۡمٌ عَسِيرٌ

That Day will be a difficult day

— Saheeh International

Fathalika yawmaithin yawmun AAaseerun

— Transliteration

10

عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ غَيۡرُ يَسِيرٖ

For the disbelievers - not easy.

— Saheeh International

AAala alkafireena ghayru yaseerin

— Transliteration

11

ذَرۡنِي وَمَنۡ خَلَقۡتُ وَحِيدٗا

Leave Me with the one I created alone

— Saheeh International

Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheedan

— Transliteration

12

وَجَعَلۡتُ لَهُۥ مَالٗا مَّمۡدُودٗا

And to whom I granted extensive wealth

— Saheeh International

WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdoodan

— Transliteration

13

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودٗا

And children present [with him]

— Saheeh International

Wabaneena shuhoodan

— Transliteration

14

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِيدٗا

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

— Saheeh International

Wamahhadtu lahu tamheedan

— Transliteration

15

ثُمَّ يَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِيدَ

Then he desires that I should add more.

— Saheeh International

Thumma yatmaAAu an azeeda

— Transliteration

16

كـَلَّآۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِأٓيَٰتِنَا عَنِيدٗا

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

— Saheeh International

Kalla innahu kana liayatina AAaneedan

— Transliteration

17

سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

I will cover him with arduous torment.

— Saheeh International

Saorhiquhu saAAoodan

— Transliteration

18

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

— Saheeh International

Innahu fakkara waqaddara

— Transliteration

19

فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ

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

— Saheeh International

Faqutila kayfa qaddara

— Transliteration

20

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ

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

— Saheeh International

Thumma qutila kayfa qaddara

— Transliteration

21

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

Then he considered [again];

— Saheeh International

Thumma na<i>th</i>ara

— Transliteration

22

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

Then he frowned and scowled;

— Saheeh International

Thumma AAabasa wabasara

— Transliteration

23

ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ

Then he turned back and was arrogant

— Saheeh International

Thumma adbara waistakbara

— Transliteration

24

فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ يُؤۡثَرُ

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

— Saheeh International

Faqala in hatha illa sihrun yutharu

— Transliteration

25

إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ

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

— Saheeh International

In hatha illa qawlu albashari

— Transliteration

26

سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ

I will drive him into Saqar.

— Saheeh International

Saosleehi saqara

— Transliteration

27

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

And what can make you know what is Saqar?

— Saheeh International

Wama adraka ma saqaru

— Transliteration

28

لَا تُبۡقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ

It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

— Saheeh International

La tubqee wala tatharu

— Transliteration

29

لَوَّاحَةٞ لِّلۡبَشَرِ

Blackening the skins.

— Saheeh International

Lawwahatun lilbashari

— Transliteration

30

عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ

Over it are nineteen [angels].

— Saheeh International

AAalayha tisAAata AAashara

— Transliteration

31

وَمَا جَعَلۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗۖ 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

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 hypocrisy and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allah intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allah leave astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And mention of the Fire is not but a reminder to humanity.

— Saheeh International

Wama jaAAalna ashaba alnnari illa malaikatan wama jaAAalna AAiddatahum illa fitnatan lillatheena kafaroo liyastayqina allatheena ootoo alkitaba wayazdada allatheena amanoo eemanan wala yartaba allatheena ootoo alkitaba waalmuminoona waliyaqoola allatheena fee quloobihim maradun waalkafiroona matha arada Allahu bihatha mathalan kathalika yudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashao wama yaAAlamu junooda rabbika illa huwa wama hiya illa thikra lilbashari

— Transliteration

32

كـَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ

No! By the moon

— Saheeh International

Kalla waalqamari

— Transliteration

33

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ

And [by] the night when it departs

— Saheeh International

Waallayli ith adbara

— Transliteration

34

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ

And [by] the morning when it brightens,

— Saheeh International

Waalssubhi itha asfara

— Transliteration

35

إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ

Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]

— Saheeh International

Innaha laihda alkubari

— Transliteration

36

نَذِيرٗا لِّلۡبَشَرِ

As a warning to humanity -

— Saheeh International

Natheeran lilbashari

— Transliteration

37

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ

To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

— Saheeh International

Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama aw yataakhkhara

— Transliteration

38

كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ

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

— Saheeh International

Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheenatun

— Transliteration

39

إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ

Except the companions of the right,

— Saheeh International

Illa ashaba alyameeni

— Transliteration

40

فِي جَنَّٰتٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

— Saheeh International

Fee jannatin yatasaaloona

— Transliteration

41

عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ

About the criminals,

— Saheeh International

AAani almujrimeena

— Transliteration

42

مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ

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

— Saheeh International

Ma salakakum fee saqara

— Transliteration

43

قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ

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

— Saheeh International

Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleena

— Transliteration

44

وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ

Nor did we used to feed the poor.

— Saheeh International

Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeena

— Transliteration

45

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ

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

— Saheeh International

Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkhaideena

— Transliteration

46

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

— Saheeh International

Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi alddeeni

— Transliteration

47

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ

Until there came to us the certainty."

— Saheeh International

Hatta atana alyaqeenu

— Transliteration

48

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ

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

— Saheeh International

Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu alshshafiAAeena

— Transliteration

49

فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِينَ

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

— Saheeh International

Fama lahum AAani alttathkirati muAArideena

— Transliteration

50

كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرٞ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةٞ

As if they were alarmed donkeys

— Saheeh International

Kaannahum humurun mustanfiratun

— Transliteration

51

فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ

Fleeing from a lion?

— Saheeh International

Farrat min qaswaratin

— Transliteration

52

بَلۡ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُؤۡتَىٰ صُحُفٗا مُّنَشَّرَةٗ

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

— Saheeh International

Bal yureedu kullu imriin minhum an yuta suhufan munashsharatan

— Transliteration

53

كـَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

— Saheeh International

Kalla bal la yakhafoona alakhirata

— Transliteration

54

كـَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذۡكِرَةٞ

No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder

— Saheeh International

Kalla innahu tathkiratun

— Transliteration

55

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

Then whoever wills will remember it.

— Saheeh International

Faman shaa thakarahu

— Transliteration

56

وَمَا يَذۡكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ هُوَ أَهۡلُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَأَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِ

And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.

— Saheeh International

Wama yathkuroona illa an yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu alttaqwa waahlu almaghfirati

— Transliteration

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