Surah Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One)

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ

O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ

Arise and deliver thy warning!

Arise and warn!

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ

And thy Lord do thou magnify!

Thy Lord magnify,

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ

And thy garments keep free from stain!

Thy raiment purify,

وَٱلرُّجْزَ فَٱهْجُرْ

And all abomination shun!

Pollution shun!

وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ

Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!

And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ

But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!

For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ

Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

For when the trumpet shall sound,

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress,-

Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍۢ

Far from easy for those without Faith.

Not of ease, for disbelievers.

ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًۭا

Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone!-

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

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًۭا مَّمْدُودًۭا

To whom I granted resources in abundance,

And then bestowed upon him ample means,

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًۭا

And sons to be by his side!-

And sons abiding in his presence

وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيدًۭا

To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!

And made (life) smooth for him.

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ

Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);-

Yet he desireth that I should give more.

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِءَايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًۭا

By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!

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

سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!

On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

For he thought and he plotted;-

For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

And woe to him! How he plotted!-

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

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!-

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

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

Then he looked round;

Then looked he,

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

Then he frowned and he scowled;

Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

Then he turned back and was haughty;

Then turned he away in pride

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ يُؤْثَرُ

Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;

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

إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire!

Him shall I fling unto the burning.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ

And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is?

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

لَا تُبْقِى وَلَا تَذَرُ

Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!-

It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

لَوَّاحَةٌۭ لِّلْبَشَرِ

Darkening and changing the colour of man!

It shrivelleth the man.

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

Over it are Nineteen.

Above it are nineteen.

وَمَا جَعَلْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةًۭ ۙ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَيَزْدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًۭا ۙ وَلَا يَرْتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۙ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ وَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَمَا هِىَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْبَشَرِ

And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.

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, verily: By the Moon,

Nay, by the Moon

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

And by the Night as it retreateth,

And the night when it withdraweth

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَآ أَسْفَرَ

And by the Dawn as it shineth forth,-

And the dawn when it shineth forth,

إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ

This is but one of the mighty (portents),

Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)

نَذِيرًۭا لِّلْبَشَرِ

A warning to mankind,-

As a warning unto men,

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ

To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind;-

Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ

Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.

Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ

Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

Save those who will stand on the right hand.

فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,

In gardens they will ask one another

عَنِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

And (ask) of the Sinners:

Concerning the guilty:

مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ

"What led you into Hell Fire?"

What hath brought you to this burning?

قَالُوا۟ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;

They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;

Nor did we feed the wretched.

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ

"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;

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

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلْيَقِينُ

"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."

Till the Inevitable came unto us.

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ

Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلتَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ

Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition?-

Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌۭ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌۭ

As if they were affrighted asses,

As they were frightened asses

فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍۭ

Fleeing from a lion!

Fleeing from a lion?

بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَىٰ صُحُفًۭا مُّنَشَّرَةًۭ

Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

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

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ

By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,

Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذْكِرَةٌۭ

Nay, this surely is an admonition:

Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ

Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

So whosoever will may heed.

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ

But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.

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