Al-Muddaththir

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ

O thou enveloped in thy cloak

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ

Arise and warn

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ

Thy Lord magnify

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ

Thy raiment purify

وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ

Pollution shun

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ

And show not favour, seeking wordly gain

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ

For the sake of thy Lord, be patient

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ

For when the trumpet shall sound

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

Surely that day will be a day of anguish

عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ

Not of ease, for disbelievers

ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا

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

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا

And then bestowed upon him ample means

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا

And sons abiding in his presence

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا

And made (life) smooth for him

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ

Yet he desireth that I should give more

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا

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

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

On him I shall impose a fearful doom

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

For lo! he did consider; then he planned

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

(Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

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

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

Then looked he

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

Then frowned he and showed displeasure

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

Then turned he away in pride

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ

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

إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

This is naught else than speech of mortal man

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

Him shall I fling unto the burning

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ

It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ

It shrivelleth the man

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

Above it are nineteen

وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَـٰٓئِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَـٰنًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ

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 وَٱلْقَمَرِ

Nay, by the Moon

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

And the night when it withdraweth

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ

And the dawn when it shineth forth

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ

Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ

As a warning unto men

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

Unto him of you who will advance or hang back

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds

إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ

Save those who will stand on the right hand

فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

In gardens they will ask one another

عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Concerning the guilty

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ

What hath brought you to this burning

قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

Nor did we feed the wretched

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

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

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

And we used to deny the Day of Judgment

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

Till the Inevitable came unto us

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ

The mediation of no mediators will avail them then

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

Why now turn they away from the Admonishment

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ

As they were frightened asses

فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ

Fleeing from a lion

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً

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

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ

Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

So whosoever will may heed

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ

And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy