74. Surah Al-Muddaththir The Cloaked One

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُۙ

Ya ayyuha almuddaththir

You who are enveloped in your cloak!

قُمْ فَاَنْذِرْۙ

Qum faanthir

Arise and warn.

وَرَبَّكَ فَـكَبِّرْۙ

Warabbaka fakabbir

Magnify your Lord.

وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْۙ

Wathiyabaka fatahhir

Purify your clothes.

وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْۙ

Warrujza fahjur

Shun all filth.

وَلَا تَمْنُنْ تَسْتَكْثِرُۙ

Wala tamnun tastakthir

Do not give out of a desire for gain.

وَلِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْۜ

Walirabbika fasbir

Be steadfast for your Lord.

فَاِذَا نُقِرَ فِي النَّاقُورِۙ

Fa-itha nuqira fee annaqoor

For when the Trumpet is blown,

فَذٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَس۪يرٌۙ

Fathalika yawma-ithin yawmunAAaseer

that Day will be a difficult day,

عَلَى الْـكَافِر۪ينَ غَيْرُ يَس۪يرٍ

AAala alkafireena ghayruyaseer

not easy for the kafirun.

ذَرْن۪ي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَح۪يداًۙ

Tharnee waman khalaqtu waheeda

Leave the person I created on his own to Me alone,

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ مَالاً مَمْدُوداًۙ

WajaAAaltu lahu malan mamdooda

him to whom I have given great wealth

وَبَن۪ينَ شُهُوداًۙ

Wabaneena shuhooda

and sons who stay with him,

وَمَهَّدْتُ لَهُ تَمْه۪يداًۙ

Wamahhadtu lahu tamheeda

and whose way I have smoothed.

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ اَنْ اَز۪يدَۗ

Thumma yatmaAAu an azeed

Then he wants Me to add yet more!

كَلَّاۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ لِاٰيَاتِنَا عَن۪يداًۜ

Kalla innahu kana li-ayatinaAAaneeda

No indeed! He is obdurate about Our Signs.

سَاُرْهِقُهُ صَعُوداًۜ

Saorhiquhu saAAooda

I will force him to climb a fiery slope.

اِنَّهُ فَـكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَۙ

Innahu fakkara waqaddar

He reflected and considered.

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَۙ

Faqutila kayfa qaddar

Curse him, how he considered!

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَۙ

Thumma qutila kayfa qaddar

Again curse him, how he considered!

ثُمَّ نَظَرَۙ

Thumma nathar

Then he looked.

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَۙ

Thumma AAabasa wabasar

Then he frowned and glowered.

ثُمَّ اَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَۙ

Thumma adbara wastakbar

Then he drew back and was proud.

فَقَالَ اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُۙ

Faqala in hatha illa sihrunyu/thar

He said, ‘This is nothing but magic from the past.

اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِۜ

In hatha illa qawlu albashar

This is nothing but the words of a human being. ’

سَاُصْل۪يهِ سَقَرَ

Saosleehi saqar

I will roast him in Saqar.

وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا سَقَرُۜ

Wama adraka ma saqar

What will convey to you what Saqar is?

لَا تُبْق۪ي وَلَا تَذَرُۚ

La tubqee wala tathar

It does not spare and does not ease up,

لَـوَّاحَةٌ لِلْبَشَرِۚ

Lawwahatun lilbashar

ceaselessly scorching the flesh.

عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَۜ

AAalayha tisAAata AAashar

There are nineteen in charge of it.

وَمَا جَعَلْنَٓا اَصْحَابَ النَّارِ اِلَّا مَلٰٓئِكَةًۖ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ اِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِلَّذ۪ينَ كَـفَرُواۙ لِيَسْتَيْقِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْـكِتَابَ وَيَزْدَادَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا ا۪يمَاناً وَلَا يَرْتَابَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْـكِتَابَ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَۙ وَلِيَقُولَ الَّذ۪ينَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ وَالْـكَافِرُونَ مَاذَٓا اَرَادَ اللّٰهُ بِهٰذَا مَثَلاًۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَـهْد۪ي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ اِلَّا هُوَۜ وَمَا هِيَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٰى لِلْبَشَرِ۟

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 only appointed angels as masters of the Fire and We have only specified their number as a trial for those who are kafir; so that those who were given the Book might gain in certainty, and those who have iman might increase in their iman, and both those who were given the Book and the muminun might have no doubt; and so that those with sickness in their hearts and the kuffar might say, ‘What did Allah intend by this example?’ In this way Allah misguides those He wills and guides those He wills. No one knows the legions of your Lord but Him. This is nothing but a reminder to all human beings.

كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِۙ

Kalla walqamar

No indeed! By the moon

وَالَّيْلِ اِذْ اَدْبَرَۙ

Wallayli ith adbar

and the night when it withdraws

وَالصُّبْحِ اِذَٓا اَسْفَرَۙ

Wassubhi ithaasfar

and the dawn when it grows bright,

اِنَّهَا لَاِحْدَى الْـكُبَرِۙ

Innaha la-ihda alkubar

it truly is one of the greatest of all things,

نَذ۪يراً لِلْبَشَرِۙ

Natheeran lilbashar

a warning to human beings:

لِمَنْ شَٓاءَ مِنْكُمْ اَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ اَوْ يَتَاَخَّرَۜ

Liman shaa minkum an yataqaddama awyataakhkhar

for any of you who want to go forward or hang back.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَه۪ينَةٌۙ

Kullu nafsin bima kasabat raheena

Every self is held in pledge against what it earned,

اِلَّٓا اَصْحَابَ الْيَم۪ينِۜۛ

Illa as-haba alyameen

except for the companions of the Right.

ف۪ي جَنَّاتٍۜۛ يَتَسَٓاءَلُونَۙ

Fee jannatin yatasaaloon

In Gardens they will ask

عَنِ الْمُجْرِم۪ينَۙ

AAani almujrimeen

ask the evildoers:

مَا سَلَـكَكُمْ ف۪ي سَقَرَ

Ma salakakum fee saqar

‘What caused you to enter Saqar?’

قَالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلّ۪ينَۙ

Qaloo lam naku mina almusalleen

They will say, ‘We were not among those who did salat

وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْك۪ينَۙ

Walam naku nutAAimu almiskeen

and we did not feed the poor.

وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الْخَٓائِض۪ينَۙ

Wakunna nakhoodu maAAa alkha-ideen

We plunged with those who plunged

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدّ۪ينِۙ

Wakunna nukaththibu biyawmi addeen

and denied the Day of Judgment

حَتّٰٓى اَتٰينَا الْيَق۪ينُۜ

Hatta atanaalyaqeen

until the Certain came to us. ’

فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِع۪ينَۜ

Fama tanfaAAuhum shafaAAatu ashshafiAAeen

The intercession of the interceders will not help them.

فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِض۪ينَۙ

Fama lahum AAani attathkiratimuAArideen

What is the matter with them that they run from the Reminder

كَاَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُسْتَنْفِرَةٌۙ

Kaannahum humurun mustanfira

like panicked donkeys

فَرَّتْ مِنْ قَسْوَرَةٍۜ

Farrat min qaswara

fleeing from a lion?

بَلْ يُر۪يدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ اَنْ يُؤْتٰى صُحُفاً مُنَشَّرَةًۙ

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

In fact each one of them wants to be given an unfurled scroll.

كَلَّاۜ بَلْ لَا يَخَافُونَ الْاٰخِرَةَۜ

Kalla bal la yakhafoonaal-akhira

No indeed! The truth is they do not fear the Next World.

كَلَّٓا اِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌۚ

Kalla innahu tathkira

No indeed! It is truly a reminder

فَمَنْ شَٓاءَ ذَكَرَهُۜ

Faman shaa thakarah

to which anyone who wills may pay heed.

وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَشَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۜ هُوَ اَهْلُ التَّقْوٰى وَاَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ

Wama yathkuroona illaan yashaa Allahu huwa ahlu attaqwawaahlu almaghfirat

But they will only pay heed if Allah wills. He is entitled to be feared and entitled to forgive.