Surah Muddaththir — The Cloaked One

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ 74:1

Ya ayyuha almuddaththir

O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ 74:2

Qum faanthir

Arise and warn!

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ 74:3

Warabbaka fakabbir

Thy Lord magnify,

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ 74:4

Wathiyabaka fatahhir

Thy raiment purify,

وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ 74:5

Warrujza fahjur

Pollution shun!

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ 74:6

Wala tamnun tastakthir

And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ 74:7

Walirabbika fasbir

For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ 74:8

Fa-itha nuqira fee annaqoor

For when the trumpet shall sound,

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ 74:9

Fathalika yawma-ithin yawmunAAaseer

Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ 74:10

AAala alkafireena ghayruyaseer

Not of ease, for disbelievers.

ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا 74:11

Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheeda

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

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا 74:12

WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdooda

And then bestowed upon him ample means,

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا 74:13

Wabaneena shuhooda

And sons abiding in his presence

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًا 74:14

Wamahhadtu lahu tamheeda

And made (life) smooth for him.

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ 74:15

Thumma yatmaAAu an azeed

Yet he desireth that I should give more.

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا 74:16

Kalla innahu kana li-ayatinaAAaneeda

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

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا 74:17

Saorhiquhu saAAooda

On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ 74:18

Innahu fakkara waqaddar

For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ 74:19

Faqutila kayfa qaddar

(Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned!

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ 74:20

Thumma qutila kayfa qaddar

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

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ 74:21

Thumma nathar

Then looked he,

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ 74:22

Thumma AAabasa wabasar

Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ 74:23

Thumma adbara wastakbar

Then turned he away in pride

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ 74:24

Faqala in hatha illa sihrunyu/thar

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

إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ 74:25

In hatha illa qawlu albashar

This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ 74:26

Saosleehi saqar

Him shall I fling unto the burning.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ 74:27

Wama adraka ma saqar

- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ 74:28

La tubqee wala tathar

It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

لَوَّاحَةٌ لِّلْبَشَرِ 74:29

Lawwahatun lilbashar

It shrivelleth the man.

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ 74:30

AAalayha tisAAata AAashar

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 74:31

Wama jaAAalna as-habaannari illa mala-ikatan wamajaAAalna AAiddatahum illa fitnatan lillatheenakafaroo liyastayqina allatheena ootoo alkitabawayazdada allatheena amanoo eemananwala yartaba allatheena ootoo alkitabawalmu/minoona waliyaqoola allatheena feequloobihim maradun walkafiroona mathaarada Allahu bihatha mathalan kathalikayudillu Allahu man yashao wayahdee man yashaowama yaAAlamu junooda rabbika illa huwa wamahiya illa thikra lilbashar

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 74:32

Kalla walqamar

Nay, by the Moon

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ 74:33

Wallayli ith adbar

And the night when it withdraweth

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ 74:34

Wassubhi ithaasfar

And the dawn when it shineth forth,

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ 74:35

Innaha la-ihda alkubar

Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

نَذِيرًا لِّلْبَشَرِ 74:36

Natheeran lilbashar

As a warning unto men,

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ 74:37

Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama awyataakhkhar

Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ 74:38

Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheena

Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

إِلَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ 74:39

Illa as-haba alyameen

Save those who will stand on the right hand.

فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ 74:40

Fee jannatin yatasaaloon

In gardens they will ask one another

عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ 74:41

AAani almujrimeen

Concerning the guilty:

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ 74:42

Ma salakakum fee saqar

What hath brought you to this burning?

قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ 74:43

Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleen

They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ 74:44

Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeen

Nor did we feed the wretched.

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ 74:45

Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkha-ideen

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

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ 74:46

Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi addeen

And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ 74:47

Hatta atanaalyaqeen

Till the Inevitable came unto us.

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ 74:48

Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu ashshafiAAeen

The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ 74:49

Fama lahum AAani attathkiratimuAArideen

Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ 74:50

Kaannahum humurun mustanfira

As they were frightened asses

فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ 74:51

Farrat min qaswara

Fleeing from a lion?

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًا مُّنَشَّرَةً 74:52

Bal yureedu kullu imri-in minhum an yu/tasuhufan munashshara

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

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ 74:53

Kalla bal la yakhafoonaal-akhira

Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌ 74:54

Kalla innahu tathkira

Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ 74:55

Faman shaa thakarah

So whosoever will may heed.

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ 74:56

Wama yathkuroona illaan yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu attaqwawaahlu almaghfirat

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