Al-Muddaththir

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ

O you covered up ˹in your clothes˺!

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ

Arise and warn ˹all˺.

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ

Revere your Lord ˹alone˺.

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ

Purify your garments.

وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ

˹Continue to˺ shun idols.

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ

Do not do a favour expecting more ˹in return˺.

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ

And persevere for ˹the sake of˺ your Lord.

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ

˹For˺ when the Trumpet will be sounded

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

that will ˹truly˺ be a difficult Day—

عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ

far from easy for the disbelievers.

ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا

And leave to me ˹O Prophet˺ the one I created all by Myself

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا

and granted him abundant wealth

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا

and children always by his side

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا

and made life very easy for him.

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ

Yet he is hungry for more.

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا

But no! ˹For˺ he has been truly stubborn with Our revelations.

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

I will make his fate unbearable

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

for he contemplated and determined ˹a degrading label for the Quran˺.

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

May he be condemned! How evil was what he determined!

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

May he be condemned even more! How evil was what he determined!

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

Then he re-contemplated ˹in frustration˺

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

then frowned and scowled

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

then turned his back ˹on the truth˺ and acted arrogantly

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ

saying, “This ˹Quran˺ is nothing but magic from the ancients.

إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

This is no more than the word of a man.”

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

Soon I will burn him in Hell!

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

And what will make you realize what Hell is?

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ

It does not let anyone live or die

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ

scorching the skin.

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

It is overseen by nineteen ˹keepers˺.

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 ˹stern˺ angels as wardens of the Fire. And We have made their number only as a test for the disbelievers, so that the People of the Book will be certain, and the believers will increase in faith, and neither the People of the Book nor the believers will have any doubts, and so that those ˹hypocrites˺ with sickness in their hearts and the disbelievers will argue, “What does Allah mean by such a number?” In this way Allah leaves whoever He wills to stray and guides whoever He wills. And none knows the forces of your Lord except He. And this ˹description of Hell˺ is only a reminder to humanity.

كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ

But no! By the moon

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

and the night as it retreats

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ

and the day as it breaks!

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ

Surely Hell is one of the mightiest catastrophes—

نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ

a warning to humankind

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

to whichever of you chooses to take the lead or lag behind.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

Every soul will be detained for what it has done

إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ

except the people of the right

فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

who will be in Gardens, asking one another

عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

about the wicked ˹who will then be asked˺:

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ

“What has landed you in Hell?”

قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

They will reply, “We were not of those who prayed

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

nor did we feed the poor.

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

We used to indulge ˹in falsehood˺ along with others

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

and deny the Day of Judgment

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

until the inevitable came to us.”

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ

So the pleas of intercessors will be of no benefit to them.

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

Now, what is the matter with them that they are turning away from the reminder

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ

as if they were spooked zebras

فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ

fleeing from a lion?

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً

In fact, each one of them wishes to be given a ˹personal˺ letter ˹from Allah˺ for all ˹to read˺.

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ

But no! In fact, they do not fear the Hereafter.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ

Enough! Surely this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder.

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

So let whoever wills be mindful of it.

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ

But they cannot do so unless Allah wills. He ˹alone˺ is worthy to be feared and entitled to forgive.