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Surah Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One)

(سورة المُدَّثِّرِ)
Surah 74 • Category: Meccan • Verses: 56
1

يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ

English Translation
O you who covers himself [with a garment],
2

قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ

English Translation
Arise and warn
3

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ

English Translation
And your Lord glorify
4

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ

English Translation
And your clothing purify
5

وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ

English Translation
And uncleanliness avoid
6

وَلَا تَمْنُنْ تَسْتَكْثِرُ

English Translation
And do not confer favor to acquire more
7

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ

English Translation
But for your Lord be patient.
8

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِ

English Translation
And when the trumpet is blown,
9

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

English Translation
That Day will be a difficult day
10

عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ

English Translation
For the disbelievers - not easy.
11

ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا

English Translation
Leave Me with the one I created alone
12

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالًا مَمْدُودًا

English Translation
And to whom I granted extensive wealth
13

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا

English Translation
And children present [with him]
14

وَمَهَّدْتُ لَهُ تَمْهِيدًا

English Translation
And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].
15

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ

English Translation
Then he desires that I should add more.
16

كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِآيَاتِنَا عَنِيدًا

English Translation
No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.
17

سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُودًا

English Translation
I will cover him with arduous torment.
18

إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

English Translation
Indeed, he thought and deliberated.
19

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

English Translation
So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
20

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

English Translation
Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.
21

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

English Translation
Then he considered [again];
22

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

English Translation
Then he frowned and scowled;
23

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ

English Translation
Then he turned back and was arrogant
24

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ

English Translation
And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].
25

إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ

English Translation
This is not but the word of a human being."
26

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

English Translation
I will drive him into Saqar.
27

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سَقَرُ

English Translation
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
28

لَا تُبْقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ

English Translation
It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],
29

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِلْبَشَرِ

English Translation
Blackening the skins.
30

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

English Translation
Over it are nineteen [angels].
31

وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِيمَانًا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ وَالْكَافِرُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ

English Translation
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.
32

كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ

English Translation
No! By the moon
33

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

English Translation
And [by] the night when it departs
34

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ

English Translation
And [by] the morning when it brightens,
35

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى الْكُبَرِ

English Translation
Indeed, the Fire is of the greatest [afflictions]
36

نَذِيرًا لِلْبَشَرِ

English Translation
As a warning to humanity -
37

لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

English Translation
To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.
38

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

English Translation
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
39

إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ الْيَمِينِ

English Translation
Except the companions of the right,
40

فِي جَنَّاتٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

English Translation
[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other
41

عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

English Translation
About the criminals,
42

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِي سَقَرَ

English Translation
[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"
43

قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ

English Translation
They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,
44

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ

English Translation
Nor did we used to feed the poor.
45

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَائِضِينَ

English Translation
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],
46

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ

English Translation
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
47

حَتَّىٰ أَتَانَا الْيَقِينُ

English Translation
Until there came to us the certainty."
48

فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ

English Translation
So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.
49

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

English Translation
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away
50

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُسْتَنْفِرَةٌ

English Translation
As if they were alarmed donkeys
51

فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍ

English Translation
Fleeing from a lion?
52

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُنَشَّرَةً

English Translation
Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.
53

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا يَخَافُونَ الْآخِرَةَ

English Translation
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
54

كَلَّا إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ

English Translation
No! Indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder
55

فَمَنْ شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ

English Translation
Then whoever wills will remember it.
56

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ

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

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